New contract by U.S. Strategic Command’s space organization shows the U.S. military’s attention to a growing problem for government and commercial satellite operators: radio-frequency interference. On ...

New studies by a noted wireless industry analyst have brought to light the significant impact of non-Wi-Fi devices on both the performance and security of Wi-Fi networks. Wi-Fi and non-Wi-Fi devices ...

RF interference acts like a light switch. Absent interference, things work fine. However, as soon as interference is present performance comes almost to a grinding halt. Over the past two months I ...

A comprehensive methodology combines spectral-separation and code-tracking spectral-sensitivity coefficients to analyze interference among GPS, Galileo, and Compass. The authors propose determining ...

Widespread availability of Wi-Fi functionality on smart devices, the potential for an overall improved quality of service (QoS), and the ability to stream video to smartphones in dense environments ...

Is the traditional screen room of yesterday the compact RF test enclosure of today? With all the new wireless devices operating in the over-populated frequency bands from 30 MHz to >6 GHz, it has ...

Munich, Germany. Rohde & Schwarz has introduced the R&S MNT100 RF interference locator, which enables expert interference hunting in mobile networks. The company explains that unwanted transmitters ...

Designers face increasing challenges from RFI (radio-frequency interference) when integrating batteries and protection circuitry into systems. At a basic level, a battery pack is an energy-storage ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. Your brand ...

No audio available for this content. Not with Purple Haze, but with signal interference — although, come to think of it, the two may be not unalike, phenomenologically. The October reader’s poll asked ...

I have DIY PC setup, built in late 2010 (mostly with components from the Ars Guide--thanks continuum!) Base setup is Core i5-760 CPU on a Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 motherboard, in an Antec P182 mid-tower ...

Your brand new Apple iPhone is sitting next to the PC on your desk at work as you're typing away, listening to some music from your computer's speakers, when all of a sudden you hear it. It might ...