Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet, FCC, Congress, HPUE
Continuing with ATFN’s “Best of Andy” Here is one from a year ago. A lot of things have changed, some not so much. FirstNet I have been following FirstNet (Built…
High-Power User Equipment (HPUE)
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: 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: 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…
Public Safety Advocate: Nokia/Moon, DOD/Rivada, ESChat/Samsung, 5G Router, CA DOJ
As you can tell from the rather long title, we will cover a number of subjects this week. First among them is that NASA has awarded a contract to Nokia…
Public Safety Advocate: High-Power User Equipment, Senator Fails Public-Safety Community
This week I will discuss the High-Power User Equipment (HPUE) now approved by FirstNet (Built with AT&T). Suppliers have announced their FirstNet approvals and devices should start showing up on…
Public Safety Advocate: Off-Network Communications Revisited, Rural Broadband
Welcome to September, 2020. I wonder what else 2020 will throw our way. Ignited mostly by lightening, wildfires continue in California, Arizona, and other states, two damaging storms made landfall…
Public Safety Advocate: Feds Not Listening, New Products
There is a lot happening this month. Unfortunately, since Congress is taking its usual August break, there won’t be any further action to repeal the T-Band nor will there be…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet—Stats and Contract Updates, Upgrade to 5G
Early in 2020 as we were learning about the pandemic and decisions were being made to work from home and for students to study from home, I wrote an Advocate regarding the…
Public Safety Advocate: Z-Axis Location, Rural Broadband Issues
The FCC has set an accuracy requirement for the “Z” or height axis used to determine location of a person inside a building at three meters (9.842 feet). This will…
Public Safety Advocate: HPUE—What It Does, How It Works, What Is Available
How much and where will High-Power User Equipment (HPUE) devices provide additional coverage? This week’s Advocate about HPUE is divided into sections. The first discusses the impact of using high-power user devices…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet, FCC, Congress, HPUE
FirstNet I have been following FirstNet (Built with AT&T) COVID-19 activities closely and from what I have seen, FirstNet has really stepped up. When we were coaxing FirstNet through federal…
Public Safety Advocate: LMR and FirstNet, NOT LMR Migrating to FirstNet Only Anytime Soon
There has been a lot of activity over the last few weeks around both Land Mobile Radio Push-To-Talk (LMR PTT) and FirstNet/LTE PTT with the introduction of the first two…