Private Wireless Use Case Foundations
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I focus most of this on P5G and PLTE, but I am looking into Wi-Fi and LoRa as well. I think LoRa will continue to grow, it’s got a lot going for it. I see LoRa being a competitor to Wi-Fi, P5G, and PLTE for IOT specifically. It’s way more cost effective to deploy and it’s a proven technology. Not only that, but there is a plethora of devices that work in LoRa compared to maybe a dozen affordable devices in P5G.
But…….. Wi-Fi, P5G, and PLTE can serve as backhaul connections for the hubs of LoRa. I am telling you that moving forward we will need to rely on the HetNet models more and more. After all, look at Wi-Fi inside your home and the Cable modem or FWA connection to the internet. They need to work together.
While you like to think you’re building something for the customer, it’s not the wireless nor the network you’re making customer specific, but the application and end user’s interface. It’s the backend that will be unique to your customer.?
There’s the rub, right? When you talk to these customers you must explain that it’s not the network, but the use case that really matters. It has to either make them money or save them money. Unfortunately, you can’t just build it because it’s cool unless you can afford to do it for free.