Tech Support - Wireless Frequencies
LTE & GSM Bands: Frequency Allocations 4G & 3G
LTE BAND # (FDD)
UPLINK (MHz)
DOWNLINK (MHz)
1
1920 - 1980
2110 - 2170
2
1850 - 1910
1930 - 1990
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Posted by George Hardesty on 24th Sep 2020
WiFi Channels: Complete Guide with Tips to Boost Signal Performance
Channel planning will help you get the best WIFI connection.
Using non-overlapping channels can boost WiFi network performance.
What are the best WiFi channels?
How can I change WiFi channels
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Posted by George Hardesty on 24th Aug 2020
5GHz Wireless Frequency: Properties, Applications & Comparison to 2.4GHz WiFi
What is the 5GHz frequency?
This
is a frequency at which electromagnetic energy can be transferred from one
point to another in waves. One gigahertz is equal to one billion Hertz, which
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Posted by George Hardesty on 25th Jul 2020
C-V2X and DSRC: Connected car / Autonomous Vehicle technologies
The development and implementation of
connected car and autonomous vehicle technology is currently accelerating and
carries with it the expectation of a major transformation of how vehicles and
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Posted by George Hardesty on 15th Jul 2020
RFID Wireless Technologies, Frequencies and Applications in IoT
Wireless Technologies used in RFID applications
RFID transmits across three main frequency ranges on the electromagnetic spectrum.
The low frequency band of 120-150kHz is used for ba
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Posted by George Hardesty on 21st Sep 2019
NarrowBand-Internet of Things (NB-IoT)
NB-IoT is a wireless IoT protocol using Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) technology, and that uses licensed frequency bands. The range is up to three miles u
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Posted by George Hardesty on 13th Sep 2019
If Antenna frequency band exceeds needed range: Use Filter on system board to reduce excess band
Example: You need only 860-960 MHz
GSM band but the antenna covers
800-960MHz: One customer told us that using an antenna that includes 824-960 band allows too much interference, that comes
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Posted by George Hardesty on 12th Apr 2019
LoRa: Long Range Wireless for Internet of Things (IOT): Frequency Bands, Antennas
LoRa is a French wireless
networking standard currently owned and developed by the Californian company
Semtech and overseen by the LoRa Alliance. The protocol outlines a Low Power
Wide Area Netw
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Posted by George Hardesty on 12th Apr 2019
5G, 4G & 3G Standards: LTE, GSM CDMA, ISM, WCDMA, HSPA
LTE (4G), GSM (3G & 2G), CDMA (3G & 2G), 5G and ISM. The fundamental differences between these four modern technologies is the way they transmit and receive information.
LTE (Long Term Evolut
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Posted by George Hardesty on 12th Apr 2019
ISM Band of Frequencies and Allocation
ISM means Industrial, Scientific and Medical frequency band. This is a band of radio and microwave frequencies clustered around 2.4GHz, reserved and designated for industrial, scientific and medica
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Posted by George Hardesty on 31st Mar 2019
Legal & Illegal Frequencies & Channels In the United States
LEGAL & ILLEGAL FREQUENCIES IN THE BAND 4.9GHz to 5.825 (United States only)
Channel
Frequency
United States
(MHz)
40/20 MHz
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Posted by George Hardesty on 30th Mar 2019
IoT (Internet of Things) Wireless Protocols and Their Frequency Bands
IoT (Internet of Things) is a growing network of objects, devices and machines each able to communicate with the other using a wireless network to access the Internet. IoT devices have a
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Posted by George Hardesty on 18th Mar 2019
WiFi Network Standards Compared: 802.11ac, 802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11b and 802.11a
802.11ac is the latest WiFi standard and uses the 5.8GHz frequency band. Older standards 802.11n and earlier used 2.4GHz as its frequency band.
Advantages of 802.11ac over 802.11n
802
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Posted by George Hardesty on 16th Mar 2019
WiFi Frequency Bands: Uses, advantages & disadvantages of 2.4GHz, 5GHz, 900MHz Ranges
2.4GHz: Older Consumer WiFi products (before 802.11ac) are 2.4GHzFar better at traveling through walls than 5GHzDisadvantage is that it is typically more cluttered with signals than 5GHz
5.2 t
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Posted by George Hardesty on 16th Mar 2019
802.11B for Long-Distance Links on Older Gear
If you are trying to reach a distant or weak network signal for internet access 802.11b will provide better range/distance than 802.11g, and 802.11b provides plenty of bandwidth for
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Posted by George Hardesty on 16th Mar 2019
