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It sounds to me like you want an inexpensive basestation and a fully-open source software stack (at all layers) to run on it. And you want to set it up to run
by chrispeel 5y ago
It sounds to me like you want an inexpensive basestation and a fully-open source software stack (at all layers) to run on it. And you want to set it up to run in a open band like 3.5 GHz. I like this vision!
BTW, WiMax is obsolete :-)
- exikyut 5y agoI don't actually have a cohesive/concrete idea per se, but I don't find myself disagreeing with any of that description :D TIL 3.5GHz is open. Where can I read more about it? It isn't in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISM_radio_band https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISM_radio_band. Is it open worldwide? I'm in Australia (and generally interested in noodling over solutions that are region-agnostic). Edit: Ah TIL about CBRS from another comment (which I replied to, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30490470 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30490470). And thanks for the headsup about WiMAX, I was wondering what happened to it. The Wikipedia article on it made relatedness noises pointing at LTE, I get the impression it kinda ended up getting used for parts. (It's curious why stuff that seems to attract reasonable investment just doesn't take off, I wouldn't mind learning more, but yeah, idle curiosity.)
- chrispeel 5y agoYeah, when I said 3.5 GHz, I meant CBRS [1], which is a US thing. I do think that other countries will have similarly-open bands, even if they don't match exactly. I.e. bands that you don't need to pay a license to use. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_Broadband_Radio_Service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_Broadband_Radio_Servi...