News NFPA affiliate gets $250,000 grant to review smart-grid technologies 10th August 2010 FPRF will collaborate with NIST and the NFPA standards body to ensure safety issues associated with the build out of the smart-grid infrastructure is addressed. Specifically, the organization will review and update NFPA 70, the national electric code.
Article Just the beginning 1st May 2010 A new era has dawned for power utilities, as so-called “smart” technologies are giving them better and more profitable ways to manage and distribute their resources. If spectrum issues can be worked out, the potential for the smart grid is limitless.
News FBI asks for NIST’s help 18th February 2010 User interface can take pictures of fingerprints or faces and send the data wirelessly to a central hub for analysis.
News Digital-radio fireground tests delayed 16th February 2010 New tests to assess digital-radio performance in fireground-noise environments have been delayed until the spring, according to an official participating in the process.
NIST tests firefighter tracking device 1st February 2010 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are studying a wireless, personnel alert safety system, or PASS, device at the request
Commentary 700 MHz demonstration network a step in the right direction 5th January 2010 Public Safety Communications Research program recently announced plans to create a demonstration 700 MHz broadband network devoted to determining what fourth-generation broadband wireless technology can — and can’t — do for public safety.
NIST’s Dr. Kate Remley: Robotics as first response 5th January 2010 NIST’s Kate Remley discusses how robotics measure up during search-and-rescue incidents, issues with interference and future trends.
News NIST identifies RFID security threats 1st June 2007 That National Institute of Standards and Technology released a report that advises organizations that use radio frequency identification to evaluate security and privacy risks associated with the technology.
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
