Wireless Technologies and the National Information Infrastructure.
Chapter 12 - Electromagnetic Interference and Wireless Devices:
Finding

As new radio devices and wireless systems proliferate, particularly at low power levels and in nontraditional applications, and with the increasing numbers of other passive electronic devices in society, radio frequency interference among them may become an increasing problem. As devices become smaller, people are increasingly likely to carry and use them in situations unanticipated by designers. Nonradio electronic devices such as personal computers have not necessarily been designed to be immune from wireless telecommunications emissions, and can also cause interference to radio receivers. (see footnote 1) This chapter discusses how wireless devices and systems may interfere with each other as well as with other electronic equipment and identifies some possible solutions.

FINDING

Interference between different wireless systems and between wireless systems and other electronic devices is potentially serious, but also is amenable to technical and regulatory solutions. Wireless devices can cause interference to electrical components and vice versa, and as new generations of digital radio equipment become widely used, these problems may increase in the short term. However, installation of lower power microcells, improved shielding, and electrical design techniques can usually mitigate most interference problems. In cases where other solutions are not feasible, carefully targeted use restrictions may be required.