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Cellular towers aren't able to talk that far.
by zaarn 8y ago
Cellular towers aren't able to talk that far.
- sitkack 8y agohttp://lteuniversity.com/ask_the_expert/f/59/p/3370/11922.aspx#11922 http://lteuniversity.com/ask_the_expert/f/59/p/3370/11922.as... Or replace "cellular tower" with long-range wifi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-range_Wi-Fi#Notable_links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-range_Wi-Fi#Notable_links My point stands that there exists a possible path to get TB to PB of data down to earth through existing handsets. A collection of handsets could form a phased array receiver, everything is basically SDR anyways.
- zaarn 8y agoThe satellite will likely have less than 30 seconds to connect to such a tower, upload the data and get new task data. And it looks like the connection in your example used aimed antennas, not just broadcasting the signal onto the surface of the planet, which means you loose a lot of signal strength.