Video Newfield Wireless provides insights for LTE network modeling, operational performance 4th December 2013 Newfield Wireless CEO Marc Bensadoun describes his company’s solutions for LTE network planning and for measuring network performance after deployment. Bensadoun spoke with UC Editor Donny Jackson during the recent LTE North America conference in Dallas.
Commentary Where is voice over LTE heading? Tune in Thursday to find out 3rd December 2013 When mission-critical voice over LTE will be available is hot topic, so listen to what a knowledgeable panel of experts has to say on the subject during a webinar that will be part of the IWCE virtual trade show on Thursday.
News FirstNet officials provide details about state relationships 3rd December 2013 According to FirstNet officials, the goal is to create “unique and jointly developed” network plans for each state and territory that will integrate with the core network that FirstNet will deploy. “[There will be] 56 different plans, and they have to come together, and then FirstNet can describe what the overarching plan will look like,” said FirstNet board member Craig Farrill.
News Congress told of ‘significant progress’ toward mission-critical voice over LTE 2nd December 2013 Prototypes of LTE products that provide full mission-critical-voice functionality could be available for laboratory testing within two years, said Dereck Orr, program manager for Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR), in recent congressional testimony.
News LA-RICS begins vendor negotiations on LTE system 2nd December 2013 Officials say the project is critical for public-safety communications, because L.A.-area jurisdictions are required to vacate their LMR operations from the T-Band spectrum (470-512 MHz) by 2021, and there is not enough spectrum available in other bands to simply migrate existing narrowband systems.
Video PSCR evolves its testing capabilities for public-safety LTE 27th November 2013 Emil Olbrich, head of LTE research, development, testing and evaluation at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), outlines some of the changes occurring at the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) labs in Colorado to enable new levels of testing for first-responder LTE systems and products.
Video FirstNet’s D’Agostino: Commercial, public-safety LTE systems are different 27th November 2013 FirstNet General Manager Bill D’Agostino highlights the messages that he and other FirstNet officials delivered to commercial LTE carriers and vendors during the recent LTE North America conference in Dallas.
News FirstNet halts negotiations with BTOP recipients 26th November 2013 No new negotiations are planned; however, entities still have the option of agreeing to language that FirstNet offered as of Nov. 15, according to FirstNet General Manager Bill D’Agostino.
Video Ercom provides system-simulation tools for LTE network design 22nd November 2013 Omar Refaqat (left), senior manager for Ercom, and Guy Lecurieux Lafayette, Ercom’s vice president of marketing, outline the company’s ability to help operators–possibly even FirstNet–simulate LTE coverage for myriad site configurations, so the operators can design their networks more efficiently. Ercom is an exhibitor at the LTE North America conference in Dallas.
Video Qualcomm proposes LTE over unlicensed spectrum 22nd November 2013 Rajesh Pankaj, senior vice president of engineering for Qualcomm, provides an overview of his company’s proposal to leverage LTE-Advanced technology on unlicensed spectrum and discusses its potential application for public safety as part of the FirstNet initiative during the LTE North America conference in Dallas.
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