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Re:LoRaWAN distance world record broken twice: 766km using 2... by Eduard on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @10:00PM (#20571111)
wifi and 3gpp can be considered proprietary as well, considering patents
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Re:LoRaWAN distance world record broken twice: 766km using 2... by zoobab on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @05:53AM (#20572918)
80211 has no public specifications neither. Those specifications are behind paywalls.
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Re:LoRaWAN distance world record broken twice: 766km using 2... by nybble41 on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @05:52PM (#20578939)
Lack of public (official) specifications is much less of a problem than patents. Closed specifications can be reverse-engineered, but patents impede even independent clean-room implementations.
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