6G Communications: Fronthaul backhaul satellites

13 January 2021 by Dr Peter Harrop
For 6G communications, the upload/ download of maximum reach is satellites. Here the incumbent, geosynchronous equatorial orbit GEO at around 35k km compete with the new arrival, low earth orbit satellites LEO at 160-2000km vs only 20km for communications drones.
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