Bay Area broadband resolution needed ASAP 14th September 2010 Clear governance structure and processes are vital components to any successful interoperability initiative.
Leveraging multiband capability part of Missouri model 18th August 2010 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 17th August 2010 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 13th July 2010 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.
Stop bullying — or else 1st May 2010 Much has been written about public-safety entities’ shared frustration with 800 MHz rebanding and the players involved in that effort. However, when compared to the way that many regional planning committees work, the rebanding process seems entirely logical.
Will multiband radio replace PS network build-out? 7th July 2009 The eventual widespread availability of the multiband radios makes me wonder: If they hit the market next year and public-safety agencies nationwide adopt them, why do we need to build out a broadband, public-safety network?
Is P25 finally reaching maturity? 13th May 2009 They’re finally here. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Interoperability and Compatibility announced that eight laboratories were approved to test equipment as part of the Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program.
First-responder broadband network should be a national imperative 12th May 2009 The wide-ranging discussion at a recent webinar on mobile broadband data for first responders eventually found its way to the proposed nationwide broadband network for first responders.
English as a first language 1st May 2009 What good is interoperable communications at a major incident if no one can understand anyone else, because everyone is trying to communicate using their agency’s unique codes?
Get out of the sandbox 23rd April 2009 Jim Vlassopoulos, the deputy chief of Washington, D.C., Fire and EMS, told the roughly 400 attendees of the National Conference on Emergency Communications that they needed to “get outside the sandbox,” and advised that “local fiefdoms” — which have plagued the effort to achieve interoperable communications for years — should be avoided in the future because they make it difficult to institute change.
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 22nd April 2024
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 2 24th March 2024