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https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45471959
China has ambitions for its rapidly expanding Beidou satellite navigation system to serve the whole world, not just Asia, but will it really be able to rival the well-established - and US-owned - GPS system?
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There currently exist several global positioning systems (GPS) including our own. The Chinese system seems to incorporate remote digital message delivery capability, which seems novel & necessary in their vast land area.
I caught the tail end of a discussion on BBC TV last night where the participants were discussing the availability of the necessary radio spectrum needed to support this new system. These multiple bandwidth-intensive systems have apparently gobbled up most or all of the radio spectrum allotted to this use. How this will shake out remains to be seen.
China has ambitions for its rapidly expanding Beidou satellite navigation system to serve the whole world, not just Asia, but will it really be able to rival the well-established - and US-owned - GPS system?
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There currently exist several global positioning systems (GPS) including our own. The Chinese system seems to incorporate remote digital message delivery capability, which seems novel & necessary in their vast land area.
I caught the tail end of a discussion on BBC TV last night where the participants were discussing the availability of the necessary radio spectrum needed to support this new system. These multiple bandwidth-intensive systems have apparently gobbled up most or all of the radio spectrum allotted to this use. How this will shake out remains to be seen.