GPS interference tests "unfair" claims LightSquared
0. phoneArena posted on 27 Jan 2012, 01:00
With the government holding up LightSquared's wholesale mobile network from getting turned on, the company is claiming that the tests used to show interference between LightSquared's pipeline and GPS systems were "unfair"...
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2. Droid_X_Doug posted on 27 Jan 2012, 02:34 0 0
Waaaa! See what happens when you try to go up against Uncle Sam? Uncle Sam ain't gonna dump its legacy GPS investment. Unless and until LightSquared figures out how to make Uncle Sam's legacy GPS systems not be affected by the LightSquared signal, they can kiss goodbye to turning on their signal in the U.S.
3. Uzzelien posted on 27 Jan 2012, 16:01 0 0
There is a very simple solution here...give them a different spectrum and charge the GPS makes for what they have stolen.
4. Forsaken77 posted on 28 Jan 2012, 00:30 0 0
This article is a little off. LightSquared didn't want to move their spectrum they were using. They had two different bands they were using. One band interfered completely and then LightSquared said they won't use that band and that the further band should suffice with filters. But without filters the band isn't far enough that it doesn't come dangerously close to the gps bands. This is the problem. LightSquared thinks it should be able to filter all the gps bands so they won't get interfered with. The government doesn't want that, and I agree. If one of these filters fails it could cause catastrophic incidents around the world. The government also said they're making legislation that spectrum bands have to be confirmed good for use BEFORE entering into business deals so this never happens again. Now both LightSquared and Sprint are screwed. That was supposed to be Sprints' LTE network.... not any more.
