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A Guide to Wireless Communication

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It encompasses various technologies and mediums, such as radio waves, microwaves, and infrared signals, to transmit data over short and long distances. Fundamentals of Wireless Communication At its core, wireless communication involves transmitting signals through the air rather than through physical cables.

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

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Before Starlink was available, he used a local  fixed wireless  provider — a connection type that uses radio frequencies instead of physical cables — that charged $125 monthly for 20 Mbps speeds.   . "It's less than what I was paying for," Walker says. Space junk is a problem here on Earth too.

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Meeting A National Security Challenge: The Race To GPS Resiliency

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As noted in a National Security Space Association  report , China and Russia already have terrestrial complements to space-based positioning, navigation and timing (PNT), decades after the U.S. originally invented the Global Positioning System (GPS). Then we must toughen GPS signals against attacks.