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justdream
2013-02-08, 08:44 PM
A report into how the UK would cope with a "solar superstorm" -- a huge outburst of radiation from the Sun has warned that future 4G networks are more vulnerable to being knocked offline than current GSM and 3G networks.

http://cellular-news.com/story/58487.php?s=h

T_ADD
2013-02-09, 03:32 AM
I wonder why this news specifies 4G networks. Every electronic equipment can get knocked out by solar storms.

justdream
2013-02-09, 05:03 AM
I wonder why this news specifies 4G networks. Every electronic equipment can get knocked out by solar storms.maybe because it depends on GPS based synchronization

T_ADD
2013-02-09, 06:45 AM
Does 4G use GPS? Don't think so. Anyway, like I said all electronic HW is susceptible to solar storms. Regards.