Teledyne Paradise Datacom… Interference Impediment (SatCom)

[SatNews] A breakthrough technology combatting satellite interference has made its debut…

Paradise Datacom, a Teledyne Technologies company (NYSE: TDY), has released LinkGuard™, the new detection technology that allows operators — for the first time — to engage in pro-active, 24/7 interference monitoring of all modem carriers at all times, with no disruption to live modem traffic and without the need for an operator to be present. A “first line of defense” solution, LinkGuard is complimentary to the sophisticated stand-alone detection equipment on the market today. However, as LinkGuard ships standard and embedded in Paradise modems, it gives operators a powerful new detection capability that until now has been economically cost-prohibitive for most operators.

Working in concert with Paradise’s on-board spectrum analyzer, LinkGuard’s exclusive Signal-Under-Carrier interference detection provides automated, round-the-clock monitoring “at source” in the modem from local or remote locations. This patent-pending technology can identify previously undetected interference due to other Modulated Carriers, tonal interferers (such as CW), poor Cross-polarization Rejection, Radar and Jammers, and intermittent signals such as WiMAX. LinkGuard continues to work even when carrier overlap technology is being used to reuse transponder space segment. LinkGuard’s Spectrum Web Graphic gives operators a visual display of traffic and interfering signals. Users set a power density threshold for interference above which the modem provides an automatic alarm, available locally on the modem and also via a web server, SNMP traps and physical contact relays. More detailed LinkGuard features, specifications, and graphics can be seen in the Paradise white paper, LinkGuard™ Signal-Under-Carrier Interference Detection.