Test & Measurement

DARPA’s first test of cognitive radio goes well

• 16th January 2009

Initial testing of a cognitive radio that military officials plan to be sold for less than $500 per unit met expectations, and the project remains on track for realizing its goal of completing development of the devices in late 2010

Handheld analyzer tests P25

• 1st January 2009

Anritsu introduced the S412D LMR Master, a handheld test-and-measurement instrument for the installation, verification and servicing of Project 25, or P25, communications systems.

Prototype connects to cells, satellites

• 1st January 2009

Embedded technology solutions developer Elektrobit Corp., known as EB, unveiled a satellite/terrestrial connectivity module that currently is in the research and design stage.

Key Dates in the N.Y. Statewide Wireless Network Testing

• 1st January 2009

Aug. 29: New York state CIO issues letter of default to Tyco Electronics M/A-COM; gives company 45 days to address 19 deficiencies in the first phase

Urgent Communications – Test and Measurement

• 16th December 2008

The universal headache

• 1st December 2008

The amount of noise generated within a receiver system is one of the factors that sets the limits on such systems. Of particular importance is the noise

Two-in-one system tests network reliability

• 1st December 2008

Agilent Technologies introduced the FieldFox handheld RF analyzer for wireless network installation and base station maintenance. The handheld is aimed

Reporter’s Notebook

• 6th November 2008

The state of New York began its internal systems-integration testing of the first phase of the statewide wireless network (SWN) being built by Tyco Electronics M/A-COM

M/A-COM: New York Technical Issues Resolved

• 1st November 2008

Tyco Electronics M/A-COM announced that the first phase of New York’s $2 billion Statewide Wireless Network is ready for testing by the state’s Office for Technology (OFT).

Designing simulcast networks

• 1st November 2008

Simulcast is an abbreviation for simultaneous broadcast, and in the context of land mobile radio, it means simultaneous transmission from two or more repeater sites on the same radio frequency and with the same modulation.