Your Cellphone Will Be a Satphone

Re:Your Cellphone Will Be a Satphone by bee_rider on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @09:34PM (#34156882)

Ya know I am now realizing that I always assumed that I thought the link was phone -> tower -> satellite, and I’m just now realizing that that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.

They are often off in the woods, though! Do some connect to satellites?

Edit: apparently satellite backhaul is a thing but kinda rare.

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Re:Your Cellphone Will Be a Satphone by Cerium on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @09:55PM (#34156989)

I believe it is commom for the tower in this situation to have a point to point link to the another tower.

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Re:Your Cellphone Will Be a Satphone by toast0 on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @10:04PM (#34157049)

Bouncing off a geosynchronous satellite makes the latency awful, but it is an option. Fiber, copper, or point to point wireless are better options, though.

Latency for bouncing off LEO satellites isn't too bad though.

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