Mobile Wireless
There are at least ? companies with solutions for mobile wireless/Cellular network standards: 1G: (AMPS, NMT, TACS, et al.), 2G: (TDMA (IS-136)), G2.5 , 3G, 4G , 5G
Overview
| Wikipedia | Documentation in OpenWrt Wiki | Linux support for mobile wireless standard | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5G | 4G | 3.5 | 3G | G2.5 | 2G | 1G | |||||
| n/a | LTE | WiMAX | HSPA | UMTS, EDGE | CDMA2000 (1xRTT, EV-DO) | GPRS | GSM | CDMA (IS-95) | analogue | ||
| Qualcomm | qualcomm.mobile | ✓ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ||
| Android driver | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Linux driver (proprietary) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✘ | |||
| Linux driver (free and open-source) | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | |||
| Altair Semiconductor | altair.mobile | ✓ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☑ | ||
| Android driver | |||||||||||
| Linux driver (proprietary) | |||||||||||
| Linux driver (free and open-source) | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | |||
| Broadcom | broadcom.mobile | ✓ | |||||||||
| Android driver | |||||||||||
| Linux driver (proprietary) | |||||||||||
| Linux driver (free and open-source) | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | |||
| Intel | intel.mobile | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Android driver | |||||||||||
| Linux driver (proprietary) | |||||||||||
| Linux driver (free and open-source) | ✘ | ✘ | |||||||||
| MediaTek | mediatek.mobile | ✓ | |||||||||
| Android driver | |||||||||||
| Linux driver (proprietary) | |||||||||||
| Linux driver (free and open-source) | ✘ | ||||||||||
| Nvidia | nvidia.mobile | ✓ | |||||||||
| Android driver | |||||||||||
| Linux driver (proprietary) | |||||||||||
| Linux driver (free and open-source) | ✘ | ||||||||||
✘ ✔
If there is Android support, Linux support is maybe obtainable through libhybris.