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

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Edit: fixed terminology

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[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I agree. That is not great.