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Attenuation only at transmit without affecting receiver

My office in a basement and I have bought an amplifier in AliExpress to be able to make calls from the basement. The local cellular company says my amplifier is blocking close by cells (oops). Is ...
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4G Cellular Antenna

I have a Huawei E3372H-153 USB 4G dongle. It has two external antenna ports. What I want to know is that how can I make the full use of those two antenna ports to get the best 4G reception possible? ...
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An effective way to knock down GSM on demand

I am building a test rig for a device that has a GSM module to communicate and I want to test how the FW behaves when there is a comms loss and recovery. The GSM module of the device has an antenna ...
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LTE 4G simultaneous connected devices for one cell site

I'm trying to find out how many simultaneous connected devices can handle a typical LTE 4G or 3G public cell site. I know my question sounds broad, but i'am developping an mobile application which is ...
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using a sim module for sending more than 1kbytes throught htpps

I'm going to use that module for internet connection and to send data to a server. https://www.waveshare.com/wiki/SIM7020E_NB-IoT_HAT My question is I know that TCP stack only supports max of 1200 ...
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Telit cellular module pins connection

I have the UE910 cellular module from Telit. I have manufactured a PCB containing the module but it's not working (power is reaching it but serial program not communicating with the tx and rx pins). I ...
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Differences between OFDM, OFDMA and SC-FDMA?

I understand that - multiple user scenarios lead to OFDMA in SD-FDMA at any point of time, all subcarriers carry the same symbol. What I want is to understand on what exactly differentiates them.
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How is 4g much faster than 3g? [closed]

The data rate for 3g is up to 2Mbps but for 4g it's up to 20 Mbps or more. But the frequency Band of 3g is 1.8 - 2.5 GHz but for 4g it's 2 - 8 GHz. I understand that increasing the frequency band ...
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M2M vs normal SIM cards

I recently bought some global 3G modules from Digi International and wanted to test one of them with the SIM card from my phone. I was surprised when I saw the module couldn't connect to the network....
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What drives the advancement towards ever faster cellular network speeds? [closed]

I've always accepted that technology advances. Being born in the 90s, everything just becomes faster, smaller, cheaper and generally better if you wait a few years. This was most obvious with consumer ...
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SIM800L - No response while sending AT commands

I'm new to this arduino world. I'm trying to communicate with my arduino nano and SIM800L. I read few things in the internet and found a basic code. I tried copying it and tried to work it out, but I'...
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LTE vs 3G power cost at low speed

I am currently working on a device in which I need to implement internet connection. For that I intend to use a GSM module, for example this one: SIM5320. This is a 3G module. I have been reading ...
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SIM800L not responding to AT commands

I am on a very exciting project, by the SIM800L module is resisting hard ! The hardware : clone arduino nano (dx.com) SIM800L module + antenna (dx.com) Lipo battery 3.7V 150mAh (letmeknow.com) The ...
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SimCom SIM5360 sharing SD card with uController

I am designing a data logging system that uploads its data via 3G. I'm going to be sampling an I2C sensor at 10Hz, buffering this in local memory (or FRAM), and then dumping the contents of the ...
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How do I send data over TCP from a SIM5320A?

NOTE: I have been using this as a reference. After recently purchasing a SIM5320A breakout board (the board) I have been trying to connect it to a TCP server. After having to connect the board to an ...
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Can I deal with the differents standards of 3G? And of 4G? [closed]

I have a very popular device (a smartphone) which works on 3G: TD-SCDMA 1880/2010 standards and 4G: LTE 1900/2300/2600. I want to turn it compatible with 3G: UMTS 900/2100 or, if not possible, with 4G:...
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