PSA: The LoRa PHY layer is proprietary (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by rah@feddit.uk to c/meshtastic@mander.xyz

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LoRa modems are all black boxes, available only from a single company. Meanwhile, IEEE 802.11ah, a.k.a. Wi-Fi HaLow, is an open standard that you can download without a fee: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9363693

That is all.

Edit: fixed terminology

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[-] rah@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

the actual radios

Looks like we're using different terminology. I mean the bits that take care of the RF part. The "chirp spread spectrum". Perhaps "modem" would be a better word.

But regardless, whatever word you use to refer to it, it's proprietary. And that's bad.

[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I agree. That is not great.

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