content: <PAGE>
  
  
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D. C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                           Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 2, 2001
  
  
                           ADAPTIVE BROADBAND CORPORATION
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
                                      Delaware
                              (State of incorporation)
  
          000-07428                                         94-1668412
     (Commission File No.)                       (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  
  
                            2055 GATEWAY PLACE, SUITE 400
                             SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95110
                (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
  
  
         Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (408) 451-3940
  
  
  
  
                            ---------------------------
  
  
  <PAGE>
  
  Item 2. Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
  
       On November 2, 2001, Adaptive Broadband Corporation, Debtor and Debtor in
  Possession ("Debtor"), purchased substantially all of the assets, including
  goodwill, intellectual property rights, plant and equipment and records related
  to the AB-Access business (the "ABL Assets"), of its wholly owned subsidiary,
  Adaptive Broadband Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales and
  currently in administration in England ("ABL"), with the business of ABL
  transferred to Debtor as a going concern pursuant to that certain Agreement for
  Sale of Business, dated November 2, 2001, by and among (1) Adaptive Broadband
  Limited (In Administration) and (2) Debtor and (3) Martin Fishman and Roy
  Bailey, joint administrators of ABL (the "ABL Agreement").
  
       Immediately thereafter, also on November 2, 2001, Debtor sold substantially
  all of its assets, including all of its fixed assets, machinery, equipment,
  claims and rights under certain executory contracts and unexpired leases,
  intellectual property rights, inventory, general intangibles, accounts
  receivable and the ABL Assets, to Moseley Associates, Inc. pursuant to that
  certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 26, 2001, by and between
  Moseley Associates, Inc. and Debtor, as amended (the "Moseley Agreement") and an
  order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California, San Jose
  Division. Debtor received $7,500,000 in consideration for such assets, of which
  $1,000,000 was allocated and immediately paid to ABL for the purchase of the ABL
  Assets pursuant to the ABL Agreement. The ABL Agreement and the Moseley
  Agreement are attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 and Exhibit 2.2, respectively.
  
  Item 7. Exhibits.
  
       2.1    Agreement for Sale of Business, dated November 2, 2001, by
              and among (1) Adaptive Broadband Limited (In
              Administration) and (2) Debtor and (3) Martin Fishman and
              Roy Bailey.
  
       2.2    Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 26, 2001, by and
              between Moseley Associates, Inc. and Adaptive Broadband Corporation.
  
  <PAGE>
  
                                      SIGNATURE
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
  
  
                                          ADAPTIVE BROADBAND CORPORATION
  
  Dated:  November 7, 2001                By:      /s/ Elias Nader
                                             -----------------------------------
                                                    Elias Nader
                                                    Secretary
  
  <PAGE>
  
  
                                  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  
          Exhibit
          Number     Description
          -------    -----------
          2.1        Agreement for Sale of Business, dated November 2, 2001, by
                     and among (1) Adaptive Broadband Limited (In
                     Administration) and (2) Debtor and (3) Martin Fishman and
                     Roy Bailey.
  
          2.2        Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 26, 2001,
                     by and between Moseley Associates, Inc. and Adaptive
                     Broadband Corporation.
metadata_documents: [{"type": "8-K", "sequence": "1", "filename": "d8k.txt", "description": "FORM 8-K", "secsgml_size_bytes": 4405}]
metadata_filer: {"company-data": {"conformed-name": "ADAPTIVE BROADBAND CORP", "cik": "0000016357", "assigned-sic": "3663", "irs-number": "941668412", "state-of-incorporation": "DE", "fiscal-year-end": "1231"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "8-K", "act": "34", "file-number": "000-07428", "film-number": "1777362"}, "business-address": {"street1": "1143 BORREGAS AVE", "city": "SUNNYVALE", "state": "CA", "zip": "94089", "phone": "4087324000"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "ADAPTIVE BROADBAND CORPORATION", "street2": "1143 BORREGAS AVE", "city": "SUNNYVALE", "state": "CA", "zip": "94089"}, "former-company": {"former-conformed-name": "CALIFORNIA MICROWAVE INC", "date-changed": "19920703"}}
text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D. C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                           Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 2, 2001
  
                           ADAPTIVE BROADBAND CORPORATION
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
                                      Delaware
                              (State of incorporation)
  
          000-07428                                         94-1668412
     (Commission File No.)                       (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  
                            2055 GATEWAY PLACE, SUITE 400
                             SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95110
                (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
  
         Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (408) 451-3940
  
                            ---------------------------
  Item 2. Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
  
       On November 2, 2001, Adaptive Broadband Corporation, Debtor and Debtor in
  Possession ("Debtor"), purchased substantially all of the assets, including
  goodwill, intellectual property rights, plant and equipment and records related
  to the AB-Access business (the "ABL Assets"), of its wholly owned subsidiary,
  Adaptive Broadband Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales and
  currently in administration in England ("ABL"), with the business of ABL
  transferred to Debtor as a going concern pursuant to that certain Agreement for
  Sale of Business, dated November 2, 2001, by and among (1) Adaptive Broadband
  Limited (In Administration) and (2) Debtor and (3) Martin Fishman and Roy
  Bailey, joint administrators of ABL (the "ABL Agreement").
  
       Immediately thereafter, also on November 2, 2001, Debtor sold substantially
  all of its assets, including all of its fixed assets, machinery, equipment,
  claims and rights under certain executory contracts and unexpired leases,
  intellectual property rights, inventory, general intangibles, accounts
  receivable and the ABL Assets, to Moseley Associates, Inc. pursuant to that
  certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 26, 2001, by and between
  Moseley Associates, Inc. and Debtor, as amended (the "Moseley Agreement") and an
  order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California, San Jose
  Division. Debtor received $7,500,000 in consideration for such assets, of which
  $1,000,000 was allocated and immediately paid to ABL for the purchase of the ABL
  Assets pursuant to the ABL Agreement. The ABL Agreement and the Moseley
  Agreement are attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 and Exhibit 2.2, respectively.
  
  Item 7. Exhibits.
  
       2.1    Agreement for Sale of Business, dated November 2, 2001, by
              and among (1) Adaptive Broadband Limited (In
              Administration) and (2) Debtor and (3) Martin Fishman and
              Roy Bailey.
  
       2.2    Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 26, 2001, by and
              between Moseley Associates, Inc. and Adaptive Broadband Corporation.
  SIGNATURE
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
  
                                          ADAPTIVE BROADBAND CORPORATION
  
  Dated:  November 7, 2001                By:      /s/ Elias Nader
                                             -----------------------------------
                                                    Elias Nader
                                                    Secretary
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  
          Exhibit
          Number     Description
          -------    -----------
          2.1        Agreement for Sale of Business, dated November 2, 2001, by
                     and among (1) Adaptive Broadband Limited (In
                     Administration) and (2) Debtor and (3) Martin Fishman and
                     Roy Bailey.
  
          2.2        Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 26, 2001,
                     by and between Moseley Associates, Inc. and Adaptive
                     Broadband Corporation.