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Motorola Solutions exec shares company’s approach toward AI, development of other innovative technologies

Motorola Solutions is exploring the capabilities of artificial intelligence and other new technologies, but the public-safety communications giant is striving to use them in a manner that improves the mission workflow and lets human beings make the ultimate decisions, according to a company executive. Paul Steinberg, Motorola Solutions’ senior vice president of technology, acknowledged that […]

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Univ. of Cincinnati: Howard Fan outlines how ProSe tech can deliver location information

Howard Fan, a professor at the University of Cincinnati, explains how Proximity Service (ProSe) technology—the LTE standard for direct-mode communications—can be leveraged to determine the location of a user, even when network infrastructure is unavailable. Fan spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the PSCR Public Safety Broadband Stakeholders Meeting conducted this […]

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Newscan: Public-safety agencies deploy drones to plan for and prevent disasters

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Public-safety agencies deploy drones to plan for and prevent disasters Florida firefighters test and fly advanced rescue drones Drones and AI to complement rescue operations Trade groups urge DOE to fight FCC 6 GHz plan seen as threat to utilities’ networks Motorola Solutions buys body cam maker, consolidating […]

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NetMotion, Cradlepoint announce technology alliance

NetMotion and Cradlepoint today announced a technology alliance that is designed to ensure that the companies’ complementary software and hardware products can work well together and that user agencies receive consistent input about best practices for implementing solutions to support broadband communications. NetMotion CEO Christopher Kennessey said that the alliance is a natural step, because […]

NYU Wireless: Marco Mezzavilla outlines public-safety benefits of 60 GHz comms, particularly with drones

Marco Mezzavilla, a research scientist at New York University (NYU) Wireless, explains how public-safety agencies could leverage 60 GHz unlicensed spectrum to deliver multiple-gigabits-per-second data speeds. One primary use case would be to enable real-time video streaming from aerial drones over one-mile links that could support a daisy-chain architecture to increase the total effective […]

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Newscan: House passes 911 dispatcher reclassification

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations House passes 911 dispatcher reclassification New York facing ‘Russian roulette’ with future power outages, Gov. Andrew Cuomo says Blackout: Con Edison apologizes but offers few clues about ‘root cause’ Heeding the call for better technology, dollars flow into 911 communications Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge: Huawei should […]

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NIST: Fabio da Silva showcases prototype solution to locate victims, first responders in buildings

Fabio da Silva, staff scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, describes the features of a prototype deployable solution that is being developed to help locate people–for example, firefighters or the people they are trying to save during an incident–inside of a building by using ultrawideband (UWB) radar transmitted from just outside […]

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Haply Robotics: Felix Desourdy outlines potential benefits of haptics to first responders

Felix Desourdy, lead mechanical engineer for Haply Robotics, explains how haptics technology–the use of solutions that communicate via the sense of touch and motion–could be used to deliver messaging to first responders under stress, when their visual and hearing senses may be overwhelmed. At the PSCR Public Safety Broadband Stakeholders Meeting in Chicago, Haply […]

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FirstNet Chair Horowitz expects Authority to make multiple network investments each year

FirstNet Authority board members likely will make multiple decisions annually to invest in the FirstNet system as the nationwide public-safety broadband system evolves, with enhancing the network core and improving coverage being key near-term priorities, FirstNet Chairman Ed Horowitz said last week. In a keynote speech delivered last week at the PSCR Public Safety Broadband […]

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Univ. of Michigan: Hun-Seok Kim describes approach to low-cost, high-accuracy location solution

Hun-Seok Kim, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Michigan, outlines the progress his team has made to develop an “infrastructure-light” location solution that is designed to leverage 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz Wi-Fi signals to deliver location data that is accurate within 10 centimeters. Kim spoke with IWCE’s Urgent […]

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Motorola Solutions exec shares company’s approach toward AI, development of other innovative technologies

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Univ. of Cincinnati: Howard Fan outlines how ProSe tech can deliver location information

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Newscan: Public-safety agencies deploy drones to plan for and prevent disasters

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NetMotion, Cradlepoint announce technology alliance

NYU Wireless: Marco Mezzavilla outlines public-safety benefits of 60 GHz comms, particularly with drones

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Newscan: House passes 911 dispatcher reclassification

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NIST: Fabio da Silva showcases prototype solution to locate victims, first responders in buildings

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Haply Robotics: Felix Desourdy outlines potential benefits of haptics to first responders

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FirstNet Chair Horowitz expects Authority to make multiple network investments each year

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Univ. of Michigan: Hun-Seok Kim describes approach to low-cost, high-accuracy location solution

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