On 08/11/15 11:33, David Boxall wrote: > I'd assumed that mobile 'phone towers would be connected to the network > by optical fibre. ...
Vodafone says: "Base stations are connected to each other by cables or wireless technology such as radio transmission dishes, to create a network. ... They operate with a power of between one milliwatt and up to one watt maximum depending on the size of the dish and distance of the link. They are used to link individual radio base stations to each other, and, through a series of links, into the wider mobile phone and fixed line networks. Transmission dishes send a narrow conical RF wave around one or two degrees wide overhead, directly linking with a neighbouring dish at a nearby telecommunications facility. ..." http://www.vodafone.com.au/aboutvodafone/health-mobile-phone-technology/mobile-phone-network -- Tom Worthington FACS CP, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150 The Higher Education Whisperer http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/ PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia http://www.tomw.net.au Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Research School of Computer Science, Australian National University http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/ _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
