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Magma: Open-source carrier-grade wireless networking platform for rural areas

145 points by teleforce 4y ago

birdman3131 4y ago
Seems to be a crypto based cell network thing? "Magma provides a new way to incentive users to create their own peer to peer networks that provide cellular network infrastructure by offering cryptocurrency rewards."
- slut 4y ago
  That sounds more like Helium/FreedomFi, which is probably utilizing Magma. Magma itself came out of Facebook Connectivity and has nothing to do with crytpo AFAIK
  - birdman3131 4y ago
    From the magma site itself. https://magmacore.org/deploy-magma/ https://magmacore.org/deploy-magma/
    - slut 4y ago
      Yeah it references FreedomFi directly there...
- rektide 4y ago
  From the actual link, > Magma is an open-source software platform that gives network operators an open, flexible and extensible mobile core network solution. It's mostly about packing network processing stacka onto pc based systems.
- wferrell 4y ago
  I think you are thinking of http://pollenmobile.io http://pollenmobile.io which uses magma
- kotaKat 4y ago
  Yes and no. There's a couple major groups (FreedomFi and Pollen) that are leveraging Magma's software stack to run their cellular networks, yes - those are probably the two largest Magma users right now that are publicly known and where a lot of the development resources (seem) to be going (mainly support for eNodeBs - LTE base station radios - that the FreedomFi/Pollen projects primarily use and are low cost COTS solutions). But anyone could deploy a Magma Orchestrator in the cloud, build local Access Gateways, link everything together, and roll their own cell network around Magma's setup, no crypto required. CBRS LTE changes everything in the US.
teleforce 4y ago
This is the paper on Magma to be presented at NSDI 2023 conference next year: Building Flexible, Low-Cost Wireless Access Networks With Magma: https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.10001 https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.10001
dqv 4y ago
If you're having déjà vu, it's because there is also an encrypted email service called Magma: https://github.com/lavabit/magma https://github.com/lavabit/magma
- baruchel 4y ago
  There is also a Computer Algebra System called Magma: http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/magma/ http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/magma/
vkdelta 4y ago
This was part of Facebook connectivity initiatives https://www.fiercewireless.com/private-wireless/facebook-s-open-mobile-packet-core-project-to-reside-at-linux-foundation https://www.fiercewireless.com/private-wireless/facebook-s-o...
Gordonjcp 4y ago
Radio transmitters brought to you by the same people who are boiling the oceans to produce Dunning-Krugerrand. What could possibly go wrong?
mud_dauber 4y ago
I live in Appalachia & see many of the usual characteristics of isolated, impoverished communities. How would I start?

145 points by teleforce 4y ago

Seems to be a crypto based cell network thing? "Magma provides a new way to incentive users to create their own peer to peer networks that provide cellular network infrastructure by offering cryptocurrency rewards."

slut 4y ago
That sounds more like Helium/FreedomFi, which is probably utilizing Magma. Magma itself came out of Facebook Connectivity and has nothing to do with crytpo AFAIK
- birdman3131 4y ago
  From the magma site itself. https://magmacore.org/deploy-magma/ https://magmacore.org/deploy-magma/
  - slut 4y ago
    Yeah it references FreedomFi directly there...
rektide 4y ago
From the actual link, > Magma is an open-source software platform that gives network operators an open, flexible and extensible mobile core network solution. It's mostly about packing network processing stacka onto pc based systems.
wferrell 4y ago
I think you are thinking of http://pollenmobile.io http://pollenmobile.io which uses magma
kotaKat 4y ago
Yes and no. There's a couple major groups (FreedomFi and Pollen) that are leveraging Magma's software stack to run their cellular networks, yes - those are probably the two largest Magma users right now that are publicly known and where a lot of the development resources (seem) to be going (mainly support for eNodeBs - LTE base station radios - that the FreedomFi/Pollen projects primarily use and are low cost COTS solutions). But anyone could deploy a Magma Orchestrator in the cloud, build local Access Gateways, link everything together, and roll their own cell network around Magma's setup, no crypto required. CBRS LTE changes everything in the US.

teleforce 4y ago

This is the paper on Magma to be presented at NSDI 2023 conference next year: Building Flexible, Low-Cost Wireless Access Networks With Magma: https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.10001 https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.10001

dqv 4y ago

If you're having déjà vu, it's because there is also an encrypted email service called Magma: https://github.com/lavabit/magma https://github.com/lavabit/magma

baruchel 4y ago
There is also a Computer Algebra System called Magma: http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/magma/ http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/magma/

vkdelta 4y ago

This was part of Facebook connectivity initiatives https://www.fiercewireless.com/private-wireless/facebook-s-open-mobile-packet-core-project-to-reside-at-linux-foundation https://www.fiercewireless.com/private-wireless/facebook-s-o...

Gordonjcp 4y ago

Radio transmitters brought to you by the same people who are boiling the oceans to produce Dunning-Krugerrand. What could possibly go wrong?

mud_dauber 4y ago

I live in Appalachia & see many of the usual characteristics of isolated, impoverished communities. How would I start?