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Positioning Navigation and Timing Executives Want More Resiliency for GPS

Broadband Breakfast

Global Positioning System in the form of Russia’s GLONASS and China’s BeiDou, with the latter using a mixture of low Earth orbit , middle Earth orbit and geosynchronous satellites to maintain a robust communications and positioning network.  Both nations have formulated answers to the U.S.

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Joe Supan: The Rise and Inevitable Downfall of 7,000 Starlink Satellites

Broadband Breakfast

  Conte tells me that his office has had trouble finding internet providers willing to take grant money to build fiber networks to rural areas in Texas.  " Ookla data shows that Starlink has actually gotten slower as more people have joined the network. Will the speeds go up as the technology improves?

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A Guide to Wireless Communication

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Understanding the fundamentals of wireless communication includes knowledge of signal propagation, frequency spectrum, and the various protocols and standards that govern wireless networks. Scalability and Expansion Wireless networks can be easily scaled and expanded to accommodate growing communication needs.