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Silly legal question.
Ian Stirling wrote:
: Would it be legal to use 802.11 network gear for LEO to earth : comms? : Obviously slightly larger than normal antennas would be needed, and My non-JD opinion: No. AFAIK it is not approved for LEO, and would need to go through the usual regulatory hurdles - very considerable ones since it is not currently allocated for that use. I can't help but wonder what the satellite-radio folks (like XM) would think about that, as concerned as they are with interference from groundbased 802.11 setups. regards, ---------------------------------------------------------- |
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Silly legal question.
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Ian Stirling wrote: Would it be legal to use 802.11 network gear for LEO to earth comms? Probably not; satellite communications are in a completely different category and explicit authorization would probably be needed. Obviously slightly larger than normal antennas would be needed, and perhaps some firmware tweaks. I wonder if the protocols would work at all; I'm not familiar with the details of 802.11, but many such designs assume short speed-of-light lags. (As with wired Ethernet, you can often get away with modest violations of the rules, at the cost of reduced performance and/or robustness, but there are limits.) -- MOST launched 30 June; science observations running | Henry Spencer since Oct; first surprises seen; papers pending. | |
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