[1st-mile-nm] more 5g fun: neighborhood small cells

[Christopher Mitchell]

Regarding the lower frequencies, did they discuss the amount of bandwidth
available?  I believe T-Mo is going to use those lower frequencies but
common expectation is significantly lower capacity I thought.

Christopher Mitchell
Director, Community Broadband Networks
Institute for Local Self-Reliance

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On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 5:56 PM Michael Harris <mharris at visgence.com> wrote:

> I just listened to this podcast where they go into some of the deeper
> technical detail of high frequency 5G and point out that there are 5G
> schemes that run on lower frequencies where you don't need a cell every 100m
>
> https://theamphour.com/430-shahriar-discusses-5g/
>
> Something else that they point out is that the mm wave tech is not going
> to wind up in phones, but is more for vehicles or PTMP fixed wireless.
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 4:30 PM Doug Orr <doug.orr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This one is kinda new to me but makes perfect sense. Rather than say, "5g
>> building penetration sucks leaving it of marginal utility indoors" we have
>> a marketing program for neighborhood small cells (!) which are open access
>> (!!) and sound positively homey.
>>
>> I hate marketing.
>>
>> Looks to me like you need to augment or replace your wifi with an open
>> access NSC (neighborhood small cell!) in order to watch high def cat videos
>> on your phone indoors.
>>
>> These reports make it clear that this is nothing but upside.
>>
>>
>> https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2018/10/22/samsung-and-qualcomm-work-deliver-industry-leading-5g-nr-small-cell
>>
>> https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2018/10/15/ubiquitous-5g-experiences-small-cells
>>
>> Marketing bonuses all around.
>>
>> And a word from Qualcomm's Dean Brenner
>> <https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2018/04/12/fcc-takes-action-accelerate-small-cell-deployments-and-strengthen-5g-readiness>
>> who lets us know that we'll need small cells "indoors and out" and applauds
>> the FCC's steamroller,
>>
>>   Doug
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