private 5G networks?

Shane Ronan shane at ronan-online.com
Tue Nov 30 21:08:38 UTC 2021


Happy, no, but it wouldn't be illegal. And if they are building their
warehouse automation based on wifi, it would surely be a problem if someone
was competing for bandwidth.

The policy functions and timing interval of a cellular network are also far
superior to wifi.

On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 4:00 PM Michael Thomas <mike at mtcc.com> wrote:

>
> On 11/30/21 12:53 PM, Shane Ronan wrote:
>
> What makes it different is once you've been allocated spectrum, which for
> in-building use is almost guaranteed, no one else can use that spectrum, so
> it's guaranteed. Unlike Wifi, where any device can transmit in those
> frequencies.
>
> If it's in premise would that really matter much? I mean if I tried to set
> up an AP in an Amazon warehouse I assume they wouldn't be too happy about
> that.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> Shane
>
> On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 3:45 PM Michael Thomas <mike at mtcc.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 11/30/21 12:43 PM, Shane Ronan wrote:
>>
>> What do you mean 3rd Tier?
>>
>> General Authorized Access? Taken from some random site looking it up.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 2:47 PM Michael Thomas <mike at mtcc.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 11/30/21 11:38 AM, Shane Ronan wrote:
>>>
>>> The spectrum is CBRS and there are MANY benefits to 5G over Wifi,
>>> including but not limited to guaranteed spectrum.
>>>
>>> For the 3rd tier I assume that works pretty much like wifi spectrum,
>>> right? It seems to be at about 3.5Ghz so that would be pretty short
>>> distance. Other than handoff what other advantages does it have over wifi
>>> (can wifi do seamless l2 handoff these days?)
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 2:29 PM Michael Thomas <mike at mtcc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/preview-aws-private-5g/
>>>>
>>>> Why would somebody want this over wifi? And what spectrum are they
>>>> using? They can't just camp on allocated spectrum, right?
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>>
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