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DARPA Wants Wireless Devices That Can Blast Through the Noise

Posted by timothy on from the don't-we-all? dept.

coondoggie writes "What if your wireless communications just absolutely, positively have to be heard above the din of other users or in the face of massive interference? That is the question at the heart of a new $150,000 challenge that will be thrown down in January by the scientists at DARPA as the agency detailed its Spectrum Challenge — a competition that aims to find developers who can create software-defined radio protocols that best use communication channels in the presence of other users and interfering signals."

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  1. Re:I think that it depends... by AK+Marc · · Score: 1, Insightful

    If he's a non sequitur, then you are an off-topic.

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  2. Re:Don't worry, I have the solution here. by AK+Marc · · Score: 3, Insightful

    PSK has been around longer than you. Most of the tech words used in Star Trek were stolen from real technical terms that most ACs were too dumb to know. Though a winning solution would likely include some phase component (and other things that sound like sci-fi terms).

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  3. Re:I think that it depends... by SuricouRaven · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The 'Turn up to eleven' approach could work for stationary equipment, but it isn't practical for things like field radios - which are exactly the sort of thing that a hostile force may want to jam prior to and during an ambush, to keep the targets from calling for backup.