World's First Fully Programmable and Open-Source Massive-MIMO Platform

Re:World's First Fully Programmable and Open-Source Massive-... by Abishek_Muthian on Sunday August 02, 2020 @09:49AM (#24028681)

>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-...

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Re:World's First Fully Programmable and Open-Source Massive-... by supertrope on Sunday August 02, 2020 @12:03PM (#24029476)

Not 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.

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Re:World's First Fully Programmable and Open-Source Massive-... by Abishek_Muthian on Sunday August 02, 2020 @03:32PM (#24030980)

>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.

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