By Eric Colard Head of Emerging Products, Frequency & Time Systems Microchip Technology Mobile operators are investing heavily in the deployment of LTE-Advanced and 5G networks that will transform cellular communications and connectivity. They face big risks, though: the high-performance mobile services delivered over these networks are extremely dependent on precise time from GPS and other similar regional constellations broadly... read more
Precise timing grandmaster with gateway clock and high-performance boundary clock enhances 5G mobile network phase protection To help 5G mobile providers, cable operators and utility providers ensure phase delivery, protection and synchronization even when GNSS is offline, jammed or spoofed, Microchip Technology Inc. has released software version 2.1 for its TimeProvider 4100 precision timing grandmaster. TimeProvider 4100 is a 1588... read more
Nearly 4,000 waivers granted under Part 107; about 20 percent of waivers granted to organizations received by first responders Almost four years after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) established rules for the commercial operation of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), a new report by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) found that nearly 4,000 operators across all 50... read more
The U.S. Air Force has released the 5th Edition of the GPS Standard Positioning System (SPS) Performance Standard (PS), according to U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center (NAVCEN) Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC). With final signature by the U.S. Department of Defense, the standard was cleared for public release on April 16. This is the first update to the SPS... read more
Small businesses, including many surveyors, are being hit particularly hard by the current economic situation caused by the measures required to fight the COVID-19 pandemic because most of them do not have large cash reserves. The CARES Act, signed into law on March 27, contains $349 billion to keep small businesses afloat. The funds are administered by the Small Business Administration... read more
Around the world, countries are cautiously beginning to reopen businesses and activities they had shut down to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Countries Austria will reopen some smaller shops, hardware and garden stores but people will have to wear masks to supermarkets and on public transport. From May 1, all stores, shopping centers and hairdressers will open; restaurants and hotels... read more
The five-member Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously to approve an order to allow Ligado Networks to deploy a low-power nationwide 5G network. The approval comes despite objections from the U.S. Defense Department (DOD), other federal agencies and major U.S. airlines, all of whom are concerned about near-band interference with GPS. The FCC said the approval order included stringent conditions... read more
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