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Japanese telecom NTT, suggests high-altitude solar-powered drones could be 5G base stations in Africa. With coverage of 200 sq km per drone, approx 150,000 of them could blanket the continent with 5G (interestingengineering.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Lugh to c/futurology

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[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I haven't read about this, but I suspect this is going to be more useful for low population density areas. There is usually a connection cap that will be far too low for any kind of urban use. That's okay, though. It's usually easier and cheaper per user to have ground-based installations in an urban setting. This could be a great option to extend coverage in rural zones.

[–] CanadaPlus 1 points 10 months ago

Same for Starlink. There’s only so much bandwidth even a very modern antenna can have. And something flying is going to be power-limited as well.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Same for Starlink. There's only so much bandwidth even a very modern antenna can have. And something flying is going to be power-limited as well.