Public Safety Radio Uplink Performance: Addressing Interference, BDAs, and Other Challenges
Thursday, September 7, 2023 at 2 PM EDT | Brought to you by PCTEL
Uplink radio performance is crucial for ensuring seamless in-building and outdoor communications. Radio performance degrades due to interference and noise issues, which are more common on the uplink. These issues often go undetected by audio testing, leaving first responders unable to communicate in an emergency. In this webinar, you’ll learn best practices for testing and monitoring uplink radio performance on public safety and private wireless networks, illustrated by real-world examples from Washington DC’s Office of Unified Communications.
Topics include:
- Why measuring uplink LMR performance is critical for public safety and private network communications
- Regulatory requirements and testing processes related to in-building coverage and Emergency Responder Communication Enhancement Systems (ERCES)
- Managing interactions between in-building signal boosters/BDAs (bi-directional amplifiers) and the outdoor network
- Real-world examples of effective interference mitigation through proactive testing and monitoring
Speakers:
David Adams
Solutions Architect and Product Manager,
PCTEL
David Adams is a leading expert in Service Quality and Performance Management of Mobile Networks, with a recent focus on public safety and critical communications networks, including P25, TETRA, DMR, and broadband cellular technologies. As a solutions architect and product manager, he has managed the design and deployment of innovative approaches, including PCTEL’s widely adopted, award-winning public safety network testing solution. In addition to his work at PCTEL, in September 2023 David becomes President of the Board of Directors at the Safer Buildings Coalition, a nonprofit organization focused on improving awareness of the critical nature of properly performing indoor communications. In over 3 years of service on the SBC’s Board, David has provided expertise in radio coverage testing methods for public safety and wireless industries through educational and outreach efforts such as the SBC’s Complete ERCES Handbook.
Mathew Theisz
RF Engineer,
Telecommunications Development Corp
Mathew Theisz is an RF Engineer with Telecommunications Development Corp and has been working with the DC Office of Unified Communications (OUC) for the last 6 years. Mathew is the Engineer behind the OUC’s current in building technical and testing requirements. His operational role included plan review, acceptance testing, and interference event troubleshooting. These days he performs an advisory and consulting role as the program continues to evolve.
Mathew’s LMR support portfolio includes strategic Communications planning for DC and partners including primary and backup radio systems, operations centers for multiple agencies, training and workforce skills development. Responsibilities include P25 encrypted radio interoperability, infrastructure from HF to 800 Mhz, to mmWave.
Prior to his work with the District of Columbia, Mathew worked in the NYC market in Cellular design, LMR, In Building, WIFI and SCADA Mesh solutions. Mathew also spent over a decade as a Volunteer EMT with the Twp of Washington Volunteer Ambulance Corps.
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