Q.Their own standard. What is WIPP?WIPP (Wireless Internetworking Polling Protocol)
https://www.otcwireless.com/support/01.html
WIPP vs. 802.11b/WiFi.
802.11b (or WiFi) is the IEEE standard for wireless networking. 802.11b/Wifi products made by different companies are all, by this standard, compatible with each other. WIPP, however, is OTC Wireless' proprietary wireless networking standard. It includes its own set of security features not found on most standard 802.11b devices.
Could it have anything to do with this CBC compressed signal feed splitting for the Athens Olympics?
https://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040331.gttruth31/BNStory/Technology/
CBC system could revolutionize broadcasting
By WILLIAM HOUSTON
POSTED AT 8:08 AM EST Wednesday, Mar. 31, 2004
International broadcasters are taking a close look at a system developed by the CBC for transmitting Olympic coverage.
''I believe -- and I'm almost positive of this -- that we're the first broadcaster in the world to try this type of technology,'' said Nancy Lee, the executive director of CBC Sports.
The new server technology allows a television network to compress dozens of feeds into one signal. The signal is sent from the site of an event directly to a network's home base. There, the feed is opened up, edited and put on the air.
The CBC will use this delivery system for some of its content at the Athens Olympics.
"NBC, the BBC, the Australians, everybody's going to come in and see how it's working in Athens," Lee said. "It's the wave of the future, but it's also a work in progress."
The CBC has been working on the system for several years, but there are still glitches. It was used a small amount at the Manchester Commonwealth Games and the 2003 track and field championships at Paris.
The compressed signal can be applied to sports telecast, but is best for multigames events in which dozens of activities take place in a short time.
With Olympic TV rights sharply increasing, the major benefit to a network is as a cost saver. Instead of sending a crew of technicians to an Olympics to put together a broadcast feed on-site, the work is done at home.
"If it's a success, we're going to continue applying it with the intent to reduce our production costs, which is huge for the travel and accommodation of people on-site," Lee said. "The whole point is, the International Olympic Committee, for a number of years, has been very keen for the media to reduce numbers."
The technology would make it more feasible for networks to use announcers based in a studio to call events, which is probably a bad thing for the quality of the broadcast.
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