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

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months 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 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

the radios are cheap and work incredibly well

But they're proprietary. Which is bad.

Edit: and to be clear, it's not just that the radios are proprietary black boxes, which is bad, it's also that by using them, you make it necessary for all other parties you communicate with to use matching proprietary black boxes, which is bad squared.

there isn't much of a reason for someone to homebrew their own

Especially when there's an existing, open standard for communication using the same principles.