In the increasingly crowded radio-frequency spectrum, military radios sending critical messages run the risk of interference, whether accidental or, more likely, intentional. Since the spectrum is ...

The proliferation of digital technology has introduced an unprecedented reliance on access to the wireless spectrum. Wireless communication is now used virtually everywhere, which has offered ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a South London-based technology journalist, consultant and author The electromagnetic spectrum is a contested battleground, ...

In its ongoing balancing act to apportion coveted access to the increasingly crowded electromagnetic spectrum, the Defense Department is aiming its attention at software-based solutions and management ...

When U.S. forces operate overseas, they must first determine that their radio frequencies do not interfere with local and coalition communications. The manual process of assigning frequencies to all ...

The FCC seeks comment on so-called ‘Smart Radios’ or software-defined radios. Smart radios can adapt their spectrum use in response to information external to the radio. These radios sense their ...

Software-defined radios (SDRs) are combining the flexibility of digital signal processing (DSP) with RF circuitry to allow software to dynamically control communications parameters such as carrier ...