10 Dec
2025
10 Dec
'25
9:21 a.m.
On 12/10/25 02:14, Ron via Talk wrote:
Also quite difficult to replace because they're unreachable at layers below Android, and also because they're quite complex.
Quite so. 5G uses something called beam forming where the cell site sends a narrow beam to the phone. This takes a lot of math on both the phone and cell site to work. Add to this things like IPSec encryption, along with whatever apps you use.