Download or read book Vulnerability of Wireline and Cellular Telecommunications Networks to High Power Radio Frequency Fields written by Perry Wilson and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High level magnetic fields can upset and damage electronics, as well as disrupt or disable computer software. Thus, high power radio frequency (RF) fields pose a threat to electronics and software dependent systems. Critical infrastructures such as telecomm. could be targeted. This report examines the general vulnerability of public and emergency telecomm. networks to high power RF fields. The following primary questions are addressed: (1) Can the loss of a node (e.g., a switching station or a wireless base station), or nodes, cascade through the telecomm. network, causing a large-scale system blackout or crash?; (2) Can a high power RF device disrupt or disable a node? What vulnerable equipment is located a various nodal types? Charts and tables.