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Vodafone unveils prototype 5G network built on a Raspberry Pi computer

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Re: Vodafone unveils prototype 5G network built on a Raspberry Pi computer

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Post by smarx007 »

secondcoming wrote: post #11

What's the benefit over a normal 5G router? I'd imagine SDR is somewhat power hungry, not ideal in the current energy climate in some countries. I did try using a bog-standard 5G mobile phone as a dedicated hotspot, but there's quite a speed drop so I assume Android isn't optimised at all for this use-case, which is a shame since 5G routers are essentially stripped down mobile phones. Huawei seem to dominate the 5G r…

5G router is a UE (user equipment), this is a femtocell (a base station). UEs connect to base stations.

Re: Vodafone unveils prototype 5G network built on a Raspberry Pi computer

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Post by _joel »

EwanToo wrote: post #12
Schattenbaer wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We maybe come from different worlds but I have soc == security operations centre and ebnf == extended Backus-Naur form. What are these in the context of your comment, though?

SoC in this case is a system on a chip - despite the "a" it's abbreviated the same https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_on_a_chip

Probably see SBC's used more as a term for them than SoC's as they incorporate more than just the die (imho)

Re: Vodafone unveils prototype 5G network built on a Raspberry Pi computer

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Post by atlgator »

Schattenbaer wrote: post #8
hinkley wrote: post #4

If we could get an off the shelf SOC that's powerful enough to manage a PCIe daughter card, that would make me so happy. Software defined radio, offloaded eBPF, RAID controllers, are just the most obvious compute peripherals but there are a million others that could exist but don't. edit: acronym typo

We maybe come from different worlds but I have soc == security operations centre and ebnf == extended Backus-Naur form. What are these in the context of your comment, though?

You're right. SOC versus SoC. The capitalization is important.

Re: Vodafone unveils prototype 5G network built on a Raspberry Pi computer

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Post by smcl »

Ok this is cool but maybe Vodafone can focus on more customer-oriented things like figuring out how I can pay them the -7000 CZK they've been harassing me about for 2 months. Effectively I overpaid last year (due to their billing stupidity) and now they've been threatening to disconnect if I don't pay them minus US$315-ish. I don't quite know how to do that legally...

Stupid company.

Re: Vodafone unveils prototype 5G network built on a Raspberry Pi computer

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Post by meindnoch »

hinkley wrote: post #4

If we could get an off the shelf SOC that's powerful enough to manage a PCIe daughter card, that would make me so happy. Software defined radio, offloaded eBPF, RAID controllers, are just the most obvious compute peripherals but there are a million others that could exist but don't. edit: acronym typo

Offloaded eBNF? You must be dealing with extremely large grammars if you need dedicated hardware to manage it :0

Re: Vodafone unveils prototype 5G network built on a Raspberry Pi computer

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Post by chatmasta »

wmf wrote: post #25
atlgator wrote: post #24

Isn't this just a femtocell with off-the-shelf hardware inside?

A 5G femtocell with Raspberry Pi™ inside. Everything's better with buzzwords.

I guess now we know who's responsible for the Raspberry Pi shortage.

Re: Vodafone unveils prototype 5G network built on a Raspberry Pi computer

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Post by Benjamin_Dobell »

smcl wrote: post #27

Ok this is cool but maybe Vodafone can focus on more customer-oriented things like figuring out how I can pay them the -7000 CZK they've been harassing me about for 2 months. Effectively I overpaid last year (due to their billing stupidity) and now they've been threatening to disconnect if I don't pay them minus US$315-ish. I don't quite know how to do that legally... Stupid company.

You just made me realise something. For 10 years, every month I'd received an SMS saying:

> Your latest bill $-0.02 on [... blah blah...]

From a telco provider I no longer use. Turns out they finally stopped messaging me in November last year. I wonder if they worked it out or whether their system gives up after 10 years.

Hopefully you don't have to wait that long!

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