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Chiming in from GP: I think mobile setups like base stations mounted on drones or high altitude platforms are really interesting. We’re currently looking at pro
by pgorczak 8y ago
Chiming in from GP: I think mobile setups like base stations mounted on drones or high altitude platforms are really interesting. We’re currently looking at providing cellular connectivity to rescuers and rescuees at sea using a fixed wing drone.
- jcims 8y agoWhat do you have to do to get a run of the mill android or iphone to work on a network like this?
- AnonymousRider 8y agoThat is the first question that jumped into mind for me. How is this useful to me now. I assume that the LTE chip in our devices will handshake with these networks seamlessly.
- pgorczak 8y agoThey do and pretty reliably. The devs of the srsLTE stack even have this neat CI setup where they test the codebase against commercial hardware: http://www.softwareradiosystems.com/pipermail/srslte-users/2018-March/001460.html http://www.softwareradiosystems.com/pipermail/srslte-users/2...
- pgorczak 8y agoNot much actually. You need to make auth work which means knowing some secrets stored on the SIM card. You can buy your own custom cards or probably use eSIM (however I haven’t tried option 2).