LightSquared and GPS Interference
Spirent equipment is currently being used by test labs involved in researching the interference concern. Read Spirent's comments on the LightSquared issue:
Both LightSquared and the GPS industry are hunkering down their arguments for and against LTE in the satellite bands. In this definitive look at the issue, the question of who's right is addressed.
Spirent has been active in providing test equipment to help with the investigation and in contributing test plan automation to ensure that results are available.
More Information
Information concerning potential interference to GPS receivers from the LightSquared communications network.
Investigating the effects of the would-be cellular broadband company's terrestrial transmitters on GPS receivers operating in an adjacent RF band.
The Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation are voicing new concerns over LightSquared's hybrid satellite-terrestrial LTE network, which they fear will interfere with government GPS systems.