Public-Safety Broadband/FirstNet

PSCR: Terese Manley highlights efforts to provide public safety with LTE coverage via untethered drones

  Terese Manley, prize competition and challenge specialist for the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Open Innovation team, discusses past and upcoming PSCR prize challenges that are designed to evaluate the capabilities of drones carrying an LTE base station to provide first responders with a wide swath of coverage in locations where typical terrestrial cell […]

Nemergent Solutions: Eneko Atxutegi discusses company’s MCPTT offering

  Eneko Atxutegi, research & development manager for Spain-based Nemergent Solutions, talks about the company’s mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) client and server offerings that meet the performance criteria associated with the 3GPP standard for MCPTT. Atxutegi spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the PSCR Public Safety Broadband Stakeholder Meeting being conducted in Chicago this […]

George Washington University: Chen Shen demonstrates application to optimize placement of mobile base stations

  Chen Shen, a student at George Washington University, explains and demonstrates how an algorithm-powered application could help locate mobile base stations–for example, cells on wheels (COWS) and aerial drones carrying LTE base stations–in a coordinated manner to maximize coverage for first responders operating in an area lacking normal terrestrial coverage. Shen and other members […]

FCC data shows public-safety LMR licensing activity continues to drop during first half of 2019, while business sector remains flat

Public-safety land-mobile-radio (LMR) licensing activity during the first half of 2019 is lagging behind last year’s record-low pace, while LMR licensing activity in the business-industrial sector is almost identical to the first six months of 2018. According to the FCC’s Universal Licensing System (ULS) database, the agency has received 1,451 applications for new and modified […]

FirstNet Authority standards director recaps June 3GPP Plenary Meetings in Newport Beach, Calif.

The June quarterly Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) meetings in Newport Beach, Calif., addressed standards in several areas relevant to the evolution of the public-safety broadband communications and the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN). The major topic across the 3GPP plenary meetings was planning for 3GPP Release 17 (R17). This release will be built […]

Exciting times: When it comes to innovation, there is a lot going on in the public-safety sector

A previous article examined the obstacles faced by those public-safety entities known as “early adopters” as they strive to bring forward technological and operational innovations intended to improve emergency-response outcomes, keep emergency responders safer and protect mission-critical assets. This article explores some of the innovations that were discussed during the Early Adopter Summit hosted last […]
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