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FCC filings show this devices is 2.4Ghz so I would assume that anything from cheap nordic 2.4Ghz chipsets to microwave to a HackRF/BladeRF/LimeSDR/USRP will be able to bother all signals coming out of these devices.

It looks like they are flooding the area and measuring off a reflection. Nothing ground breaking.

EDIT: Forgot FCC info: https://fccid.io/2AJF7




Wouldn't this effectively act as a signal jammer for all 2.4 GHz devices if it's constantly transmitting? I'm sure your neighbors will love it when their WiFi goes down every time you leave the house!


I doubt is is going to act like a jammer. It is probably narrow in bandwidth. Your microwave also leaks a healthy amount of 2.4 GHz. That's why most wireless specs that use 2.4 GHz (e.g., Bluetooth) have the concept of channels and hop to avoid interference.


I would guess it's based on methods from Wi-Vi [0], so the ground-breaking was done in 2013 in academia.

[0] http://people.csail.mit.edu/fadel/papers/wivi-paper.pdf SIGCOMM'13




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