Networks with a Purpose. Fixed and wireless networks are all built for a purpose. This might be for a single purpose such as Land Mobile Radio (LMR) public safety systems or it might be for a broader purpose such as cellular networks built to serve a company’s customers be they individuals, businesses, machine-to-machine (Internet of Things, IoT), and other uses. The design of the network, the coverage it provides, and the services enabled to run over the network will differ. Some wireless networks are used to communicate from one continent to another, satellite networks are designed to deliver specific content from one location to another, usually remote locations, and satellite systems for voice and slow-speed data enable people in unpopulated areas, on oil rigs in the gulf, or on ships to communicate via dial-up telephony among other purposes.
This week’s Advocate is about several types of purpose-built networks including Land Mobile Radio (LMR), commercial broadband wireless networks, and the new FirstNet hybrid commercial/public safety system. All three of these networks are currently being used by the public safety community. The LMR systems are purpose-built to cover a specific geographic area such as a city, county, region, and more and more, an entire state. These networks are designed, planned, and built to carry primarily Push-To-Talk (PTT) audio for the public safety community from the dispatch center to the field, from unit to unit, and from group to group. While some LMR networks do handle data, especially compared to wireless broadband, they are very slow and not capable of much more than text services. Read the Entire Post Here
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AT&T: Promises Rural Areas to Be Priority in FirstNet Buildout, 4 Traders Feb 14 18:50, Read More
Rural deployment will not be an afterthought to urban deployment during the buildout of the First Responder Network Authority , AT&T, FirstNet and state officials said during a webinar hosted by…
FCC chief proposes approving SpaceX’s application for broadband services, Reuters: Tech Feb 14 12:45, Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s SpaceX, fresh off the successful launch this month of the world’s most powerful rocket, won an endorsement on Wednesday from the top U.S. communications regulator to build a broadband network using satellites.
Wireless RERC on the Record: FM Radio Chip for Public Safety, Wireless RERC Feb 14 10:15, Read More
Wireless RERC on the Record: FM Radio Chip for Public Safety. Submitted by Mz22 on February 13, 2018 – 12:47pm. Publication Type: Policy Filings. February 7, 2018 The Wireless RERC submitted Ex Parte comments replying to the FCC’s Hurricane Response Public Notice [PS Docket # 17-344].
SpaceX gets closer to launching satellite broadband Internet service, USA Today Feb 15 06:00, Read More
Elon Musk’s SpaceX company has gotten approval from FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to deploy satellites to deliver broadband Internet across the U.S.
Roses are red, Ajit Pai is tickled. Broadband from SpaceX gets him out of a pickle, The Register Feb 15 06:00, Read More
Musketeers to launch first internet satellites this weekend SpaceX’s plans to become a global ISP took a big step forward after Ajit Pai ” the boss of America’s comms watchdog, the FCC ” gave his blessing for Elon Musk’s biz to pop broadband-beaming satellites into orbit.…
Preserving the Municipal Exemption from Federal Pole Attachment Regulations, American Public Power Association Feb 15 04:00, Read More
Several times since 2010, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has recommended that Congress consider eliminating the exemption public power and rural electric cooperative utilities have from FCC regulation of pole attachments under the guise of facilitating broadband …
narrow-band LTE,TimesTech Feb 14 21:10, Read More
Tag: narrow-band LTE. Ubicquia · Internet of Things · Ubicquia Delivers Ubicell, the Industry’s Leading Plug-n-Play Streetlight Network and IoT…
LMCC Requests Meeting with FCC’s Enforcement Bureau on Illegal Devices, RadioResource Media Group Feb 14 15:40, Read More
The LMCC said that this presents a serious risk of harmful interference to federal systems and FCC-compliant systems operated by public safety and business/industrial licensees. The LMCC also advised that the use of noncompliant devices creates significant economic consequences and competitive …
Why Broadband Competition at Faster Speeds is Virtually Nonexistent, Motherboard Feb 14 11:00, Read More
New FCC data indicates that competition in the broadband market is virtually nonexistent at faster speeds. …
Random Access Preamble Design and Detection for 3GPP Narrowband IoT Systems, researchr Feb 14 04:10, Read More
Random Access Preamble Design and Detection for 3GPP Narrowband IoT Systems. Xingqin Lin, Ansuman Adhikary, Y.-P. Eric Wang. Random Access Preamble Design and Detection for 3GPP Narrowband IoT Systems. IEEE Wireless Commun. Letters, 5(6):640-643, 2016. [doi]. Abstract; Authors …
Next big thing, Internet’s Governance Feb 13 23:00, Read More
Next big thing 5G and narrowband Internet of Things. Operators have urged the NCC to consider a ‘beauty contest’ rather than an auction for the assignment of 5G spectrum, should cost efficiency be an issue in the policy consideration of 5G fast deployment. The higher rates of frequency use fees in …
Preview of Mobile World Congress 2018, Telecom Asia Feb 13 23:00, Read More
Other operators such as Orange, AT&T and KPN are more wedded to LTE-M, an alternative narrowband technology based on 3GPP standards. There will also be news on rival cellular narrowband solutions such as Sigfox and LoRa. Expect plenty of debate over the merits of each, as operators adopt a …
Jared Whitley: FCC’s shell game with public airwaves is hurting rural TV, radio stations, Daily Herald Feb 13 20:30, Read More
Those waves are kind of like lanes in a pool, and currently, there are some TV and radio station swimmers that wireless broadband companies want to move to different lanes. So, the FCC auctioned portions of the broadcast spectrum in exchange for a different part of the band with T-Mobile, AT&T and …
Senators offer bill to close rural-urban internet divide, The Hill Feb 13 19:55, Read More
Capito is a co-chair of the bipartisan Senate Broadband Caucus, which is aimed at promoting the expansion of high-speed internet access to underserved areas. According to the FCC, 31 percent of rural Americans and 35 percent of Americans in tribal areas lack access to broadband, compared to just 2 …