Live support chatIntroduction to Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
In Introduction to Radio Frequency Interference (RFI), you'll learn ...
- What is Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
- The causes of RFI
- How Co-Channel Interference, Intermodulation Interference, and Transmitter Noise and Receiver
- Desense (TxNRxD) are calculated
- How to mitigate RFI
Overview
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Credit: 1 PDH
Length: 20 pages
This introductory course is intended for RF engineers and non-RF engineers involved in the design, deployment and testing of wireless communication systems. Wireless systems exist today in the form of cellular phone service, emergency services radio networks, remote metering and control systems, automatic vehicle location, distributed antenna systems (DAS), Wi-Fi, WiMAX, and Microwave, to mention a few.
This course provides an introduction to the phenomena of radio frequency (RF) interference and its impact on system performance. Consideration for RFI is a very important subject when designing a wireless system, as it will have a direct impact on system performance, user confidence, and ultimately the user’s experience. Lack of care when evaluating RFI has the potential of becoming very costly if addressed after a system has been deployed.
The course begins with a high-level description of the elements of a communication’s link, then it will describe the most common types of RF interference, and how they are generated. This course will also review the effects of interference on system performance through illustrative examples. And finally, the course will address various methods to minimize the possibility of RFI and maintain system performance.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Elements of a radio frequency communications link
- Description of radio frequency interference (RFI)
- Sources of RFI
- Calculation of RFI
- Impact of RFI on system performance
- RFI mitigation techniques
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 10 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 1 PDH
Length: 20 pages
