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Modern society is definitely more mobile than it was several decades ago. Accompanying the increased mobility is a corresponding craving for greater quantities of information. The increased demand has ...

The ITC announces that it will allow broadcasters to use either the 16-QAM or 64-QAM mode of transmission. The ITC has announced that it has decided to allow broadcasters to use either the 16-QAM or ...

I am confused about what QAM channels are. From what I read, they seem to be HD channels that are distributed over cable TV.<BR><BR>Now, with regular cable (non HD), the cable is carrying a series of ...

Maxim Integrated is highlighting its high-density, wideband, scalable QAM modulator chipset: the MAX5880 digital upconverter (DUC) and MAX5882 RF digital-to-analog converter (RF DAC). Maxim Integrated ...

Dense device environment deployment will be made possible with WiFi 6. This will result in the support of higher service-level agreements to more concurrently connected users and devices with more ...

You used to need a couple racks of modulator modules and related gear to accumulate and combine a full complement of TV channel signals that were ready to transmit. Now, you can do most of that with a ...

Error vector magnitude (EVM) is a measure of modulation quality and error performance in complex wireless systems. It provides a method to evaluate the performance of ...

An unencrypted digital channel from the cable company. Most digital TV sets have a built-in clear QAM tuner, which can decode a limited number of TV stations, such as local broadcasts, PBS and ...