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Re: Motorola 'Secure-Clear' Cordless Telephones

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From: Phil Karn
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1993 11:03
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In article <1993Jan3.054517.29505@colnet.cmhnet.org> res@colnet.cmhnet.org (Rob Stampfli) writes:
>>Another is that Bell Labs developed a truly remarkable (given the
>>technology of the day) secure speech system that really was secure. It
>How did they keep them in sync?

Good question. I seem to remember that this was a problem. The system
was written up in IEEE Spectrum some years ago, but I don't have a
copy on hand.

I believe it was the same issue that explained how Hedy Lamarr (yes,
the movie actress) invented frequency hopping, one of the fundamental
forms of spread spectrum radio.

Phil
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