Most GPS Devices Not Hurt by Adjacent Band LTE, Ligado Says
Most GPS devices don't suffer lengthy signal reacquisition problems when in the presence of adjacent band LTE signals, said a Ligado-commissioned study it summarized in a filing Friday in docket 11-109. The study was done by Roberson and Associates and…
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looked at 18 GPS devices made by Trimble, Topcon, NavCom, Motorola, Garmin and Furuno and how quickly they reacquired GPS signals both in and out of the presence of LTE signals of varying strengths and in different bands, said the filing. A variety of GPS companies signed off on Ligado's broadband terrestrial low-power service plans over the past year (see 1612060023).