AWS Private 5G

#1

Post by Trisell » Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 5:18 PM UTC

AWS Private 5G
aws.amazon.com

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#2

Post by rajul » Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 5:30 PM UTC

Super excited about the new edge usecases this could potentially enable

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#3

Post by darklion » Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 5:30 PM UTC

rajul wrote: post #2

Super excited about the new edge usecases this could potentially enable

Such as?

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#4

Post by cinbun8 » Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 5:31 PM UTC

What's the business case for a service like this? Is there anyone on HN that would order this for example?

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#5

Post by ghshephard » Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 5:34 PM UTC

Intriguing - but the first three questions that immediately came to mind didn't seem to have an immediate answer. (1) What range/power, (2) Pricing (3) Density/Number of connections? I'd love to see a network architecture that shows how they hop from antenna to antenna as well, and whether it's guaranteed with no interruption to service.

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#6

Post by flipbrad » Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 5:34 PM UTC

cinbun8 wrote: post #4

What's the business case for a service like this? Is there anyone on HN that would order this for example?

If only the linked-to page had a section clearly headed "Use cases"

/s

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#7

Post by nerdbaggy » Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 5:34 PM UTC

This is fantastic, I wonder what the pricing will be. Cellular stuff is always expensive it seems.

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#8

Post by cinbun8 » Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 5:35 PM UTC

flipbrad wrote: post #6

cinbun8 wrote: post #4

What's the business case for a service like this? Is there anyone on HN that would order this for example?

If only the linked-to page had a section clearly headed "Use cases" /s

I completely missed that

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#9

Post by anonymousDan » Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 5:36 PM UTC

Surely the problem is access to spectrum, or is the idea to rely on unused spectrum bands reserved for local experimental use?

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#10

Post by tyingq » Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 5:37 PM UTC

cinbun8 wrote: post #4

What's the business case for a service like this? Is there anyone on HN that would order this for example?

There's use cases further down the page. A fair amount of companies have existing applications that are on-prem and could be made to work with mobile devices this way without having to expose endpoints to the internet. Things like mobile barcode scanners, iot sensors, roving employees with tablets, etc.

Edit: Though there are other options: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29395370