[GeoStL] LightSquared GPS Interference - Another party weighs in
- From: Mike Lusicic <lusicic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Geocache ListServer <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:27:28 -0500
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For those following the battle, I saw another tidbit. An acquaintance of
mine who was in on one of the first cell phone companies way back when
said when all this started that LightSquared doesn't stand much chance
of winning this. Anyway, here is the latest:
The European Commission has added its name to the long list of those
opposed to LightSquared's plan to use satellite band frequencies for a
ground network of broadband transmitters. The proposal, which is now
before the Federal Communications Commission for comment, has been
widely condemned by pro-GPS companies and organizations in the U.S.
because it could disrupt GPS service. The European Commission is now
officially worried the broadband signals will obliterate signals from
its Galileo satellite-based navigation system, which will deploy in
three years, and Heinz Zourek, the director general for enterprise and
industry, says the signals may have an even greater impact on Galileo
equipment than the interference being reported on GPS receivers.
"Interference effects have been determined to occur in the range [of]
100 [meters] to almost 1,000 [kilometers]," Zourek said in a letter to
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski.
The main concern is that Galileo receivers operating in the U.S. will be
affected by the signals but Zourek notes GPS users will also be affected
by the interference caused to Galileo signals. He said Galileo is
designed to work hand-in-glove with GPS to improve accuracy and
reliability. Zourek acknowledged that individual countries can allocate
radio spectrum as they see fit but international conventions don't allow
interference with the systems of other countries.
Quoted from AvWeb
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