Told In Their Own Words, Technology
Ken Rehbehn
Told in Their Own Words: UAS 6.0 Challenge ...

NIST PSCR technology challenges help advance progress in nascent technology that can serve civilian public safety agencies. At FDIC25, the PSCR team recognized the UAS 6.0 Challenge winners.

Told in Their Own Words: UAS 6.0 Challenge Award by NIST PSCR
Told In Their Own Words, Product Dynamics
Ken Rehbehn
Told in Their Own Words: MCX Advances from ...

With its 2021 acquisition of MCX specialist Alea, Leonardo became an important supplier of MCX technology. At Critical Communications World 2024, the company showcased recent MCX portfolio advances.

Told in Their Own Words: MCX Advances from Leonardo
Told In Their Own Words, Product Dynamics, MCX Ecosystem
Ken Rehbehn
Told in Their Own Words: SCL3 Broadband ...

Sepura is known as a leading supplier of TETRA devices. But the company's recent progress on the 3GPP Mission Critical Push-to-Talk (MC-PTT) front arguably makes it the top-of-class option for early movers to MC-PTT services.

Told in Their Own Words: SCL3 Broadband Hand-Portable Radio from Sepura
Technology Deployments, MCX Ecosystem
Ken Rehbehn
Samsung Networks & Etherstack Trial 3GPP ...

Samsung Networks and Etherstack are trialing the Mission Critical Push-to-X (MCPTX) solution in Australia. A first for the region, the trial includes the incorporation of Etherstack standards-based P25 Interworking Function.

Samsung Networks & Etherstack Trial 3GPP MCX in Australia
Global Trends, MCX Ecosystem
Ken Rehbehn
Starting Gun Sounded for 3GPP MC-PTT ...

The GCF and TCCA efforts to create a foundation for 3GPP MC-PTT conformance testing have borne fruit, and test laboratories can now begin issuing conformance marks. This progress is an essential driver for economy-of-scale and broad interoperability. But the impact may vary depending on national priorities.

Starting Gun Sounded for 3GPP MC-PTT Conformance Testing

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Told in Their Own Words: SCL3 Broadband Hand-Portable Radio from Sepura

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Told in Their Own Words: SCL3 Broadband Hand-Portable Radio from Sepura

Sepura is known as a leading supplier of TETRA devices. But the company's recent progress on the 3GPP Mission Critical Push-to-Talk (MC-PTT) front arguably makes it the top-of-class option for early movers to MC-PTT services.

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Told in Their Own Words: InteropONE PTT over Broadband from BK Technologies

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Told in Their Own Words: InteropONE PTT over Broadband from BK Technologies

At FDIC 2024, BK Technologies showed off the convergence of its InteropONE Push-to-Talk over Broadband with the new BKR 9000 All-Band LMR Portable. The result is an ensemble that provides the best of both worlds, LMR and mobile broadband, to interconnect teams from different organizations.

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Samsung Networks & Etherstack Trial 3GPP MCX in Australia

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Samsung Networks & Etherstack Trial 3GPP MCX in Australia

Samsung Networks and Etherstack are trialing the Mission Critical Push-to-X (MCPTX) solution in Australia. A first for the region, the trial includes the incorporation of Etherstack standards-based P25 Interworking Function.

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Starting Gun Sounded for 3GPP MC-PTT Conformance Testing

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Starting Gun Sounded for 3GPP MC-PTT Conformance Testing

The GCF and TCCA efforts to create a foundation for 3GPP MC-PTT conformance testing have borne fruit, and test laboratories can now begin issuing conformance marks. This progress is an essential driver for economy-of-scale and broad interoperability. But the impact may vary depending on national priorities.

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Told in Their Own Words: SOOTHSAYER Radio Propagation Modeling from CloudRF

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Told in Their Own Words: SOOTHSAYER Radio Propagation Modeling from CloudRF

CloudRF has designed an approach that opens up complex radio planning activities to end-users, as well as the highly-trained RF engineers who typically conduct the planning. The company leverages ATAK as a user portal for accessing modeling results.

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Told in Their Own Words: Silvanet Wildfire Sensor Mesh from Dryad Networks

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Told in Their Own Words: Silvanet Wildfire Sensor Mesh from Dryad Networks

Dryad Networks focuses on early fire detection through distributed sensors mounted in forests. Clever design choices, including solar, supercapacitors, LoRaWAN, and up-link flexibility, make it a solid complement to infrared cameras and satellite systems for next-generation rapid wildland fire observation.

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FirstNet Outage in United States shows why PACE Plans Matter

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FirstNet Outage in United States shows why PACE Plans Matter

On 22 February 2024, AT&T users across the nation experienced failed cellular service, reportedly including FirstNet users. This episode is just one more incident in a steady beat of major national system failures around the globe. What does that mean for emergency services organizations?

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Told in Their Own Words: Mesh Radio Configuration & Monitoring in TAK from TrellisWare

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Told in Their Own Words: Mesh Radio Configuration & Monitoring in TAK from TrellisWare

Because mesh radio deployments create dynamic self-forming networks, providing field users the ability to control and monitor the communications environment becomes essential. TrellisWare's demonstration illustrates the rich ATAK user interface enabled with ATAK's extensible plugin architecture.