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>This openess makes it easier for researchers to develop new ideas for wireless networks Could it be used as part of the stack to create city wide non-cellular
by Abishek_Muthian 6y ago
>This openess makes it easier for researchers to develop new ideas for wireless networks
Could it be used as part of the stack to create city wide non-cellular wireless network for Internet[1], Are there any such current projects anywhere?
[1]https://needgap.com/problems/51-non-cellular-network-mobile-internet-telecom-internet https://needgap.com/problems/51-non-cellular-network-mobile-...
- supertrope 6y agoNot really. The same economic and spectrum constraints apply. By the time you've extended the Wi-Fi PHY and built out a network to cover most of a city you've effectively reinvented LTE.
- Abishek_Muthian 6y ago>The same economic and spectrum constraints apply Single Indian Telecom (Airtel) paid ~ 2 Billion USD(current price) in 2016 for 173.8 Mhz spectrum across 1800/2100/2300 Mhz bands. Where as small YC startup(Link in my parent comment) has created Bangalore city wide WiFi Internet(2.4 Ghz/ 5 GHz has been made unregulated and free). So, definitely telecom spectrum cannot be called same as WiFi as one requires Billion dollar oligarchy to enter the space and the latter can be entered with 4 member startup team.