- Aug 24, 2000
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Title pretty much says it all.
I'm running a Lab network that uses GSM/EDGE and I've also got a WiMAX base station at the 2500 band with my own CPE's.
I want to use the Sprint Motorola Photon to access all three technologies by unlocking it. The GSM/EDGE should be cake.. It's a world phone so I shouldn't (hopefully) have to dork with unlocking it.
The WiMAX is a question mark. I know I can allow the phone access to the base station, but getting the phone so see the base station is the question.
I assume I will need to somehow tell the phone to stop looking for Sprint's WiMAX and look for my channels instead. Seems like it should be doable - it's all IEEE 802.16e. The biggest challenge I see is reprogramming the appropriate WiMAX channels into the phone assuming it doesn't scan the entire band automatically and attempt to authenticate whatever it sees (like the way GSM does).
Before I drop $700.00 on a pair of phones though, I want to know it can be done.
What say ye?
I'm running a Lab network that uses GSM/EDGE and I've also got a WiMAX base station at the 2500 band with my own CPE's.
I want to use the Sprint Motorola Photon to access all three technologies by unlocking it. The GSM/EDGE should be cake.. It's a world phone so I shouldn't (hopefully) have to dork with unlocking it.
The WiMAX is a question mark. I know I can allow the phone access to the base station, but getting the phone so see the base station is the question.
I assume I will need to somehow tell the phone to stop looking for Sprint's WiMAX and look for my channels instead. Seems like it should be doable - it's all IEEE 802.16e. The biggest challenge I see is reprogramming the appropriate WiMAX channels into the phone assuming it doesn't scan the entire band automatically and attempt to authenticate whatever it sees (like the way GSM does).
Before I drop $700.00 on a pair of phones though, I want to know it can be done.
What say ye?
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