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Support 5G on the Helium network#133

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Thanks for introducing this. I really like the concept. Some minor comments to improve the text.

In the future, as we grow and expand the network, we may want to have different conversion ratios, but for the purposes of the initial contemplated pilot, we’d like to focus on introducing just a conversion ratio that would denominate economics of a CBRS network. To figure out the initial cost of CBRS Data Credit we looked at the following guiding factors:

- Corner cases should be dissected by example.
- Cheap prepaid LTE data plans in US sell for $1.50/Gb (Mint Mobile 15Gb bundle)

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Maybe add a reference to this price point? I am unable to find it. The 15GB/month plan costs $45 ($3/GB) when I check https://www.mintmobile.com/plans/

The good news, however, is that unlike in LoRaWan networks, cellular networks already have a large number of devices that are continuously seeking for a cell tower to attach to. To validate that the CBRS cell is on and, at the same time, to estimate the usefulness of a particular CBRS cell on the network, Helium miner attached to the cell will need to perform the following tasks:

- How will current users be impacted?
- Continuously collect data on the unique number of IMSIs attempting to attach to the PLMN(s) broadcasted by the cell.

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Might need to be clear on how to protect privacy. Depending on juridistiction, IMSIs will be considered personal identifiable information (PII).

@jamiew jamiew changed the title Update-0027-Support-5G-on-Helium-Network Support 5G on the Helium network Feb 24, 2021
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LGTM, merging for discussion! Welcome HIP27

@jamiew jamiew merged commit 4c0b16c into helium:master Feb 24, 2021
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