In-Building

Guardly: IPS solution zeroes in on indoor location, including the elusive Z coordinate

• 5th November 2014

Guardly CEO Rob Moffat talks about the company’s Indoor Positioning System with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Associate Editor Jill Nolin at the recent ASIS conference in Atlanta..

Dali Wireless: Gary Spedaliere highlights features of company’s digital DAS solution

• 4th November 2014

Gary Spedaliere, senior director of technical sales for Dali Wireless, describes the features of the company’s flexible digital DAS solution during this conversation with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the recent HetNet Expo in Chicago.

Ensuring reliable first-responder communications inside buildings critical to public safety

• 30th October 2014

Many emergencies occur inside structures, so first-responder communications require in-building coverage that is complete, reliable and flexible enough to support myriad technologies. All-digital DAS solutions may be the answer.

Commscope: Bachir Aboujaoude showcases capabilities of new ION-U DAS solution

• 29th October 2014

Bachir Aboujaoude, business development manager for Commscope’s distributed coverage and capacity solutions group, describes the features of the new ION-U, which is designed to simplify DAS planning, deployment and optimization. Aboujaoude spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the recent HetNet Expo in Chicago.

iBwave: Mekki Bennis demonstrates mobile application to model in-building coverage

• 22nd October 2014

Mekki Bennis, sales engineer for iBwave, demonstrates the capabilities of the company’s new Mobile Planner, which lets users model Wi-Fi and small-cell coverage for customized in-building system designs on a tablet, at the HetNet Expo in Chicago.

JMA Wireless: Todd Landry highlights company’s indoor, outdoor solutions for enterprises, public safety

• 19th October 2014

Todd Landry, corporate vice president of product and market strategy for JMA Wireless, explains how the company’s indoor DAS systems and small-cell outdoor solutions provide reliable coverage for both commercial operators and public-safety agencies during this conversation with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson at the HetNet Expo in Chicago.

Safer Buildings Coalition: Alan Perdue outlines need to work with industry on public-safety in-building comms

• 16th October 2014

Alan Perdue, executive director of the Safer Buildings Coalition, discusses the importance of working with DAS and small-cell manufacturers on strategies that ensure in-building communications for public safety during this conversation with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson yesterday at the HetNet Expo in Chicago.

Scenes from HetNet Expo in Chicago

• 15th October 2014

Should FirstNet system be designed from the inside out?

• 26th August 2014

Most discussions about the design of the much-anticipated FirstNet system focus on the outdoor macro network, but the fact is that the availability of in-building coverage via DAS or other small-cell technologies could impact the number of macro sites that need to be deployed.

Determining responsibility for indoor wireless coverage a big challenge for public safety, panelists say

• 21st August 2014

Wireless coverage inside buildings and other structures is critical for both the general public that increasingly uses wireless devices to call 911 and the public-safety personnel responding to the call for help. While the needs are clear, determining who should pay for indoor coverage is a much more difficult debate, according to panelists at APCO 2014 in New Orleans.