Interoperability Commentary

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Why every PSAP needs to be vigilant about cybersecurity

Public-safety answering points (PSAPs) are now well aware of the real-life stories behind the industry’s new concern: cybersecurity. As a quick reminder, here are a few examples that reiterate this significant threat: March 2018—A ransomware attack compromises Baltimore’s Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD), causing a shutdown of the digital dispatch and recording systems. December 2017—A California man […]

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Trick or treat? Next few months could influence direction of critical-communications world

It’s Halloween, a time that celebrates the unusual and surprising. Even when you can anticipate that something is going to happen, it can be difficult to predict whether it will scare you to death or result in sweet rewards that can put a smile on your face. A similar sense of anxious expectation is surrounding […]

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Virginia’s COMLINC: An example of a successful transition to a viable funding source

By Tom Gagnon Following September 11, 2001, states and localities received unprecedented federal grant funding, which resulted in major acquisitions of public safety communications equipment. While greatly enhancing public safety entities’ (PSE) effectiveness, these acquisitions were often made without establishing long-term sustainment plans. Sustainment funding became an afterthought, as states and localities hurried to secure use-or-lose […]

Kudos to the FCC for adding engineering muscle

Should everything fall into place for public safety, it will launch one of the most exciting eras in the history of public-safety communications. It also will be one of the most stressful and challenging eras. The FCC is going to need all of the engineering muscle it can get.

University researchers focus on another kind of interoperability

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire are working to ensure interoperability of the components that go into a variety of communications devices. The goal not only is to make such devices perform better, but also to reduce the price that end users pay for them.

Why aren’t more people talking about multiband radios?

Where are we when it comes to deploying high-tech communications technology that is needed to address the multi-faceted response of monumental disasters? I immediately thought of multiband radios.

Bay Area broadband resolution needed ASAP

Clear governance structure and processes are vital components to any successful interoperability initiative.

Leveraging multiband capability part of Missouri model

Like many state, Missouri has a “classic urban-rural dichotomy,” with the bulk of the state’s population being in the metropolitan areas of Kansas City and St. Louis, which the rest of the citizenry is dispersed across an expansive geographic region. As a result, using the propagation characteristics of VHF makes sense for the state.

Motorola, Harris make ISSI connection in Dallas

While the capabilities of ISSI gateways have been discussed at length and demonstrated numerous times, only recently has the technology been used to provide a link between active mission-critical LMR networks built by different vendors. The first such ISSI link is located in Dallas, connecting the city’s Motorola network and DFW Airport’s Harris network.

Essential elements of a successful public-safety network

As debate has intensified over one aspect of the National Broadband Plan — the amount of spectrum allocated directly to public safety — there is a danger that we will lose sight of those issues more likely to make the difference between success and failure.

Interoperability Commentary

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Why every PSAP needs to be vigilant about cybersecurity

Commentary

Trick or treat? Next few months could influence direction of critical-communications world

Commentary

Virginia’s COMLINC: An example of a successful transition to a viable funding source

Kudos to the FCC for adding engineering muscle

University researchers focus on another kind of interoperability

Why aren’t more people talking about multiband radios?

Bay Area broadband resolution needed ASAP

Leveraging multiband capability part of Missouri model

Motorola, Harris make ISSI connection in Dallas

Essential elements of a successful public-safety network

Commentary

WiMAX Forum: Mo Shakouri outlines benefits of WiGrid, AeroMACS technologies for private networks

How 3D location can increase situational awareness and improve operational efficiency

Bill to reclassify 911 telecommunicators is long overdue

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