Public Safety Communications

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

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.

Samsung Networks & Etherstack Trial 3GPP MCX in Australia

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.

Starting Gun Sounded for 3GPP MC-PTT Conformance Testing

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.

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

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.

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

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.

FirstNet Outage in United States shows why PACE Plans Matter

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?

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

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.

Told in Their Own Words: Multi-technology Link Resilience from Dejero

Told in Their Own Words: Multi-technology Link Resilience from Dejero

An essential enabler of the strategy is support for multiple resilient links that include several mobile network operators and satellite services. On the exhibition floor, Dejero highlighted its unique capabilities for bonding data streams across these parallel communications links.

Told in Their Own Words: Live 5G sidelink demonstration from Alea, Qualcomm, and Softil

Told in Their Own Words: Live 5G sidelink demonstration from Alea, Qualcomm, and Softil

Alea, Qualcomm, and Softil provided live demonstrations of 5G Sidelink as a direct mode solution at the ETSI Mission Critical Services (MCX) Plugtest and the TCCA CCBG meetings in Krakow.

Told in Their Own Words: DMR, P25, and LTE Innovation from Tait Communications

Told in Their Own Words: DMR, P25, and LTE Innovation from Tait Communications

Tait Communications brought its new Tait 9700 Multiband VHF, UHF, 800/900 MHz radio series to Comms Connect Melbourne 2023. The exhibition highlighted the company's strategy of enhancing connectivity options with capabilities in DMR, P25, and LTE.