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ISCO solutions improve mobile network performance by automatically removing many types of interference.

Our software applications condition the RF link between the base station and the subscriber device to cancel interference and improve signal quality. With tens of thousands of deployments under our belt, our products and solutions are proven to improve throughput, increase network accessibility and deliver more capacity.

ISCO’s patented algorithms apply artificial intelligence to automatically identify interference, detect the type of interference (PIM, narrowband, wideband) and use digital signal processing techniques to cancel interference and noise.

  • PIM Cancellation

  • Interference Cancellation

  • SINR Optimization

  • RF Filtering

PIM caused by Physical, Environmental and Spectrum Conditions

Signals from multiple transmitters can interact and create Passive Intermodulation (PIM) that degrades the uplink signal, coverage and overall network performance. The PIM problem is growing as networks evolve with more frequency bands being deployed. Our solution cancels PIM, regardless of its source.

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New and Noteworthy

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ISCO is part of the O-RAN Alliance, a worldwide community of mobile network operators, vendors, and research/academic institutions.  The Alliance has a mission to re-shape the RAN industry towards more intelligent, open, virtualized, and fully interoperable mobile networks, accomplished with a focus on specifications, software development and testing/integration.

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Calculate impact of PIM on the uplink  

New PIM Calculator shows IM3/IM5/IM7/Triple Beat

ISCO's new online PIM Calculator shows how transmit frequencies mix to create PIM in the uplink, affecting throughput, carried traffic, and other KPIs. Quickly see the results of these mathematical combinations, including triple beat, in a clear graphical and tabular display.


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ISCOinsights

Another year of innovation recognition
Another year of innovation recognition
Each year Crain’s Chicago Business issues their list of Chicago’s Most Innovative Companies, and ISCO International is very excited to be in the top 20 of this year’s list. The list is based on the quality of patents awarded last year, and our consistent inclusion in the list year after year is a reflection of […]
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Taking the fear out of interFEARence
Taking the fear out of interFEARence
Mobile network interference can be very, very SCARY indeed. Not just on Halloween. Like a ghost, it’s invisible. You don’t know where it’s coming from, nor when it’ll show up. When it manifests, all kinds of things can go haywire. Your cell site starts acting erratically and starts dropping calls. Data throughput takes a dive. […]
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ISCO In the News
ISCO In the News
ISCO’s ability to cancel interference to improve wireless network performance was recently covered by industry analyst Dr. Gerry Purdy of Mobilocity. You can find Dr. Purdy’s article about ISCO and interference at this link.
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What is Tropospheric Ducting?
What is Tropospheric Ducting?
How the weather can cause interference for mobile networks In 1943, the United States Army built Kagnew Station in Eritrea, Africa. Disguised as a telephone relay station and equipped with satellite dishes and antenna farms, its true purpose was to serve as a listening post during the Cold War. The listening post received signals from […]
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Freeing Spectrum from Jammers
Freeing Spectrum from Jammers
The practice of jamming cell phone signals is illegal in the United States, but that does not mean it does not exist. Recently, wideband interference from a jammer in a Mexico prison near the border was noticed by multiple US wireless carriers. Unfortunately, while jammers prevent the use of unauthorized phones inside prisons, they create […]
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Innovation lands ISCO on Crain’s list again
Innovation lands ISCO on Crain’s list again
The wireless industry requires innovation to keep up with new technologies and applications, and ISCO delivers. Crain’s Chicago Business released their new list of innovators based on 2020 patent quality and ISCO is there again, right in the top 25. We have consistently received this recognition based on creating new ways to improve performance and […]
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ISCO Joins O-RAN Alliance
ISCO Joins O-RAN Alliance
ISCO is pleased to announce it has joined the O-RAN Alliance. Recognized as the industry leader of PIM and wideband interference cancellation solutions, ISCO’s patented algorithms and technology will now be available to equipment and solution providers for use in RRUs, O-RAN Radios, DUs and other in-line components of the O-RAN and 4G/5G RAN networks.  […]
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Find it. Fix it. Move on to the next.
Find it. Fix it. Move on to the next.
A common way to track performance problems in a wireless network is to report Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for individual sites or sectors. Problems are prioritized based on severity and impact on users of the network. Our customer invested in a ProteusCPRI Portable to make it easy to tackle the sites on the report. The […]
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ISCO’s PIM Calculator helps Mobile Network Operators plan for frequency mixes that harm the uplink
ISCO’s PIM Calculator helps Mobile Network Operators plan for frequency mixes that harm the uplink
A PIM problem is often not found until after a cell site is up and running, when a performance issue is flagged by severely degraded throughput or other KPIs. By then it can be difficult to identify and solve. ISCO’s PIM Calculator is an easy-to-use online tool that shows the Passive Intermodulation products IM3, IM5, […]
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Wideband interference from digital TV? Not anymore.
Wideband interference from digital TV? Not anymore.
High levels of wideband interference from digital TV signals caused our customer continuous harm across multiple PRBs. It was unpredictable and changing over time, with power levels above -85dB impacting KPIs. ISCO’s ProteusCPRI with Dynamic Spectrum Recovery (DSR) removed the interference as it appeared and improved KPIs, returning the site to normal operation. Besides digital […]
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