News Ritron’s Quick Talk™ RQT wireless monitoring system replaces landline for Sieper Area Water System 5th January 2015 Carmel, IN – The three most important factors in real estate are location, location, and location. Apparently the same is true of telephone lines, as the Sieper Area Water System (SAWS) in rural Rapides Parish, LA learned. This water facility has two wells and a water tower to serve the needs of its 1225 residents. The wells are connected to the water tower via a leased telephone line which carries the signal to activate/deactivate the pumps, based on tank water level. But since the telephone line skirted two different telephone e
News Leveraging Wi-Fi, beacons as part of indoor-location solution ideal for active-shooter incidents, Guardly says 19th December 2014 Toronto-based Guardly says it can leverage a burgeoning technology—beacons—to provide accurate and specific indoor-location information quickly during an active-shooter incident.
Commentary It’s a busy time, but 911 practitioners should share their location-accuracy opinions with the FCC 18th December 2014 One of the hottest debates in the public-safety industry has revolved around the issue of FCC location-accuracy requirements for 911 calls made with cell phones that are being used inside a building. Those in the 911 community should consider sharing their views about what these location-accuracy rules should include, because they promise to impact the effectiveness of emergency responses for years to come.
Video Ascom Network Testing: David Fitzgerald talks about FirstNet, ways to measure quality of service 18th December 2014 David Fitzgerald, director of the CTO office at Ascom Network Testing, outlines the various methods that LTE operators, including FIrstNet, can use to ensure that users have the kind of coverage, quality of service and quality of experienced they expect from their broadband system.
News Find Me 911 coalition makes its case in opposition to cellular carriers’ indoor 911 location proposal 16th December 2014 FCC commissioners should approve proposed rules governing location-accuracy rules for 911 calls made from cellular phones used inside a building, as well as initiate a proceeding that would let the agency evaluate tecnoologies proposed in a recent agreement by U.S. nationwide wireless carriers, according to an official with the Find Me 911 coalition.
News North Carolina agency turns to body-worn camera system from VIEVU, Motorola Solutions 28th November 2014 Officers in the sheriff’s department in Buncombe County, N.C.—a jurisdiction that includes the city of Asheville—are scheduled to begin using body-worn camera system from VIEVU and Motorola Solutions early next year to record the agency’s interactions with the public, according to Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan.
News Backhaul key as small cells enhance LTE performance, increase network complexity 26th November 2014 Speakers at LTE North America highlight the relationship between the proliferation of small cells and the heightened need for scalable backhaul from each of these sites. Fiber is the ideal platform, but alternatives include a wireless solution with fiber-like characteristics and a new modulation scheme that promises to “convert copper into gold.”
Video Reverb Networks: CEO Zoran Kehler explains self-optimizing networks (SON), potential public-safety impact 24th November 2014 Reverb Networks CEO Zoran Kehler describes how LTE self-optimizing networks (SON) work and provides examples of potential benefits for a public-safety system like FirstNet. Kehler spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson at the recent LTE North America show in Dallas.
Commentary There is an optimistic future for 911 wireless location accuracy 22nd November 2014 By George Rice, iCERT.By leveraging readily available technologies like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, carriers can provide public-safety answering points (PSAPs) with better accuracy and dispatchable addresses that can be conveyed quickly to first responders when 911 emergency calls are made, even if the communication is initiated from a wireless device from inside a building.
Video Netscout: John English highlights company’s network-management, user-experience capabilities for FirstNet 20th November 2014 John English, product line manager for NetScout, talks about the company’s ability to provide network-management information to an LTE operator like FirstNet, as well as user-experience data to subscribers to ensure that service-level-agreement (SLA) benchmarks are being met. English spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the LTE North America show in Dallas.
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