Public Safety Advocate: NPSTC, Z-Axis, MegaRange
Last week I listened to a webinar sponsored by the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) that was presented to the LTE/LMR Integration Committee, which I am a member of,…
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Public Safety Advocate: Infrastructure Bill–Next-Generation 9-1-1, Rural Broadband; FirstNet MegaRange
This week’s Public Safety Advocate is the first to be dictated to my computer using the Nuance Dragon Professional speech-to-text program. Many of you may know that I have experienced vision problems…
Public Safety Advocate: ProSe Panned, Second-Generation PTT, QuickRoute
This week there are a number of items of interest for those involved in public-safety communications. A rugged handheld device company has given up on ProSe while a Push-To-Talk (PTT)…
Public Safety Advocate: NG911, IP-Based FirstNet/LMR, HPUE White Paper, FirstNet Want to-be Renames existing services
It has been a while since I heard people claiming FirstNet (Built with AT&T) will replace Land Mobile Radio (LMR) systems. I had thought by now most of us, including…
Public Safety Advocate: NG911, Mid-Band Spectrum, Harris DM, Cutting the Cord, New Leadership at FirstNet (Built with AT&T)
Welcome to March 2021. If last month was any indication, this will be a very busy year for public-safety professionals, especially those providing communications to the public-safety community. I hope…
Public Safety Advocate: A Look Back, News, More Next Week
The last week in February is very busy for me. I am working to complete a number of projects and I am still looking for time to get back to…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet Interoperability, More on MegaRange™ Test Drives
Last week’s Advocate discussing the difference between FirstNet and commercial networks that concluded that FirstNet needs to continue to stand alone and not become part of a network of networks was one…
Public Safety Advocate: Broadband Interoperability? Z-Axis Location Services, CRDs, Spectrum
There is a lot going on during these early days of 2021. Broadband companies that did not bid on the FirstNet Request for Proposal are seeing how successful FirstNet is…
Public Safety Advocate: Closing Digital Divide Will Take Cooperation, FirstNet Stats and Announcements
For more than ten years, scores of people, organizations, and federal, state, and local agencies have been using band aids to “fix” the digital divide and address poverty-level access to…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet MegaRange™ Means Mega Band-14 Coverage!
The goal of FirstNet was to provide nationwide broadband coverage for all first responders and to enable them to communicate among each other over a dedicated public-safety network. The Band-14…
Public Safety Advocate: Broadband Spectrum, Extremists Use PTT During Capital Takeover Attempt
Our new President and Vice-President will be sworn in on January 20, hopefully without incident. Then the real work will begin as the public-safety community looks forward to a Federal…
Public Safety Advocate: Looking Back and Ahead
This second 2021 Advocate is the last before the swearing in of the new administration. This week, we look back at the Nashville Bombing and why there was a delay in restoring…
Public Safety Advocate: T-Band Repeal after Nine Years!
First and foremost, I hope everyone stayed safe during the holidays and many of our first responders received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. A number of things that…
Public Safety Advocate: 2020 in the Mirror, This Year’s Grades
There is no doubt 2020 will go down in history as one of the most difficult years the United States and the rest of the world has faced. However, we…
Public Safety Advocate: Vehicles as Communications Hubs, Z-Axis Correction
“Vehicular communications hubs” are a logical combination of communications resources into multi-function communications devices. This is a natural progression for public-safety and critical-communications systems that is becoming a focal point…