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FCC Opens Safety Floodgates	$\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" FCC Opens Safety Floodgates \n"); document.write(" The market for public safety wireless systems is finally starting to heat up after a crucial Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruling this week that relaxes the regulations on the kind of radios that can be used in 4.9GHz band. \n"); document.write(" \"Now that the FCC has laid down exactly what is, people know what to build,\" Rotondo says. \"You're going to see things moving pretty fast.\" \n"); document.write(" Rotondo estimates that the public safety market -- flush with homeland security dollars -- could be worth anywhere between $500 million and $1 billion over the next couple of years. \n"); document.write(" The New York City contract alone could be a tasty prize for the public safety players. \"People are estimating that could be worth up to $2 billion,\" says Rotondo. \"You get a couple like that and it starts to add up.\"
Spectrum Coalition demos wireless	\n"); document.write(" In an event that was equal parts technology demonstration and public-policy lobbying, the Spectrum Coalition for Public Safety hosted a highly-publicized demonstration of the District of Columbia's public-safety pilot broadband wireless network and called for assignment of an additional 10 MHz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band for public-safety users.
Terabeam Wireless Introduces the Marquee Series of Solutions for Broadband Wireless Networking	$\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" Terabeam Wireless Introduces the Marquee Series of Solutions for Broadband Wireless Networking FALLS CHURCH, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 2004--Terabeam Wireless, the business name of YDI Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ:YDIW), a leading developer and supplier of broadband wireless solutions, today announced the launch of the Marquee Series, a broad portfolio of solutions for broadband wireless networking. Enablement of Public Safety Applications. The Marquee 49, utilizing the first FCC-certified 4.9 GHz radio, allows public safety organizations to take advantage of spectrum dedicated by the FCC for their use
YDI Wireless Introduces First FCC-Certified 4.9 GHz Radio	$\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" YDI Wireless Introduces First FCC-Certified 4.9 GHz Radio \n"); document.write(" FALLS CHURCH, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1, 2004--YDI Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ:YDIW), a leading developer and supplier of broadband wireless solutions, today introduced its Marquee 4.9 radio system. This product enables public safety entities to benefit from the wireless broadband capabilities available using the recently allocated 4.9 GHz public safety band.
PacketHop Secures $10 Million in Series B Financing	$\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" PacketHop Secures $10 Million in Series B Financing \n"); document.write(" ComVentures Leads Investment Round as PacketHop Prepares for Aggressive Launch of Secure Mobile Mesh Networking Products \n"); document.write(" BELMONT, CA (August 10, 2004) – PacketHop, Inc., a leader in secure mobile mesh broadband communications, today announced it has secured $10 million in a Series B round of financing, led by ComVentures, a preeminent venture capital firm specializing in next-generation communication technology investments. The round also includes the participation of existing investors U.S. Venture Partners and Mayfield. PacketHop will leverage the capital infusion to fuel company growth and prepare for the commercial launch of its secure mobile mesh networking products, initially targeting the $11 billion homeland security market.
PacketHop and Nortel Networks Join Forces to Offer Mobile Broadband Communications Solution Addressing Homeland Security	$\"\"$ $\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" PacketHop and Nortel Networks Join Forces to Offer Mobile Broadband Communications Solution Addressing Homeland Security \n"); document.write(" BELMONT, CA (August 10, 2004) – PacketHop, Inc., a leader in secure mobile mesh broadband communications, today announced it has signed a joint marketing agreement with Nortel Networks* (NYSE/TSX: NT), the industry’s first supplier of wireless networks operating in all advanced radio technologies and the only end-to-end provider of all next generation wireless solutions.
Motorola Offering Beefs Up Public Agency Communications	$\"\"$ $\"\"$ Motorola said it will distribute MeshNetworks Enabled Architecture (MEA) for inclusion in systems sold by Motorola and its reseller network. MEA is a self-forming, self-healing mobile broadband network with position and location capability “MEA's self-forming networking enables first responders to create an instant incident data communications system by simply turning on their radios,” said Nick Rendone, vice president of Motorola's Broadband Solutions Operations, in a statement. \n"); document.write(" Users equipped with any Motorola-enabled device -- including PDAs and laptops -- join in creating an ad hoc broadband network that can operate in harsh conditions in the absence of an existing radio infrastructure. Each MEA-enabled radio functions as a router/repeater for the other radios extending the network's range. MEA operates in the 2.4 GHz band and Motorola said the MEA capability can be extended to cover the 4.9 GHz band in the future.
First FCC type certified 4.9 GHz product demonstrated to Region 5 & 6 4.9 GHz Regional Planional Committees	$\"\"$ $\"\"$ First 4.9 GHz product on the market demonstrated to Region 5 & 6 4.9 GHz Regional Planning Committees \n"); document.write(" Petaluma, CA – July 27, 2004 - LPN Wireless, Inc, an industry leader in the development of wireless point-to-point microwave links, demonstrated its newly type-approved SafeTLink product operating in the 4.94-4.99 GHz spectrum to the Region 5 (Southern California) and Region 6 (Northern California) – 4.9 GHz Regional Planning Committees in July. The FCC recently allocated this spectrum exclusively for high data rate communications for public safety agencies. The SafeTLink is the first product on the market to pass FCC type certification testing for this public safety 4.9 GHz spectrum, and it is available now. \n"); document.write(" Mike Doble, a consultant with WiFi/4.9 GHz Resource Center in San Ramon, CA assisted with the demonstration by providing an AXIS 2130 high resolution, full motion IP network video system. The network video was carried over the SafeTLink radio link in a 1 MHz channel pair. High quality video streams demand high data rates and low latency, which are provided by the SafeTLink system. \n"); document.write(" FCC OET Exhibits on SafeTLink \n"); document.write(" See SafeTLink Type Certification for details of cetification.
NYC issues RFP for 4.9 GHz public-safety network	$\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" \n"); document.write(" \n"); document.write(" NYC issues RFP for 4.9 GHz public-safety network WASHINGTON—The City of New York issued a request for proposals for construction of a multimillion–dollar public safety wireless network likely using 4.9 GHz spectrum licensed to the municipal government. \n"); document.write(" NYC Citywide Modile Wireless Network RFP: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doitt/html/miscs/rfp_mobile_wireless.shtml \n"); document.write(" NYC Citywide Modile Wireless Network RFP from Muniwireless \n"); document.write(" Building The Broadband City Presentation 5/03 http://www.muniwireless.com/reports/docs/NYbroadbandcity.pdf
New York plans huge wireless network	$\"\"$ New York plans huge wireless network \n"); document.write(" ... Skidmore said that, based on his reading of the proposal, a mesh network design \"just jumps out at you\" as a logical approach to the project. Doble agreed, saying that any other network design would be too expensive.
New York Eyes Public Safety Spectrum, But Cost Could Be an Issue	$\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" New York Eyes Public Safety Spectrum, But Cost Could Be an Issue \n"); document.write(" ... Mike Doble, a consultant at the Public Safety Communications Resource Center in San Ramon, Calif., said the 4.9-GHz band likely would meet the city's needs if makers of wireless equipment could take advantage of chip technology developed for the 5-GHz Wi-Fi band. But, he added, the FCC has set tight emissions limits on radios and other devices operating in the 4.9-GHz band, which could preclude inexpensive adaptation of 5-GHz chip sets.
NYC Wireless Network Will Be Unprecedented	$\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" NYC Wireless Network Will Be Unprecedented \n"); document.write(" ... Mike Doble, a consultant at the Public Safety Communications Resource Center in San Ramon, Calif., estimated that it would cost about $500 million to develop the network architecture and install the wireless network plus handheld PCs and other mobile devices. An executive from a vendor that's involved in the bidding said the price tag could reach $1 billion.
Military Style Mesh for the Masses	$\"\"$ Military Style Mesh for the Masses \n"); document.write(" 3e Technologies International (3eTI) of Rockville, Md., has announced plans to sell its 3e-527 mesh access point. The unit has already been in testing with the military -- it was part of the Navy Wireless Networks Summit II in San Diego, sponsored by the Naval Network Warfare Command and PEO Ships Smartship Program Office. By the end of the third quarter, it should be available to government agencies, and then for commercial use by the end of the year.
Sorting out the 802.11i/RADIUS security confusion	$\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" Sorting out the 802.11i/RADIUS security confusion \n"); document.write(" If you have been reading about potential vulnerabilities in the new 802.11i security standard lately, stop fretting. \n"); document.write(" There's nothing inherently vulnerable about 802.11i per se (at least, not that we know of yet), except that the 802.1x authentication framework specified in 802.11i and its precursor, Wi-Fi Protected Access, revolves around the decade-old RADIUS authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) protocol.
802.11i Security Specification Finalized	$\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" 802.11i Security Specification Finalized \n"); document.write(" The IEEE (define) ratified the 802.11i security standard for wireless LANs yesterday in a standards committee meeting in Piscataway, N.J. \n"); document.write(" 802.11i is the long-awaited security standard for Wi-Fi networks that upgrades the former \"official\" wireless security standard, the much-maligned wired equivalent privacy (WEP). WEP was found to be easy to crack by those with the right tools and enough patience -- and so hard to implement that most people don't bother turning on the security at all. \n"); document.write("
Cisco and Aruba jump on next-gen wireless security	$\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" Cisco and Aruba jump on next-gen wireless security \n"); document.write(" Aruba Wireless Networks claims to have stolen a march on the rest of the market with support for the newly ratified 802.11i security standard, while Cisco Systems is reported to be preparing WLAN products with AES encryption, a key feature of 802.11i.
LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE OPERATIONS SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYS NEXGEN CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY NETWORK IN GARLAND, TEXAS	$\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE OPERATIONS SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYS NEXGEN CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY NETWORK IN GARLAND, TEXAS \n"); document.write(" \n"); document.write(" Greenbelt, Md., July 30, 2004 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] today announced that it has received formal technical acceptance from the City of Garland, Texas, for deployment of the NexGen City(tm) NexLink(tm) wireless broadband communications network. Lockheed Martin Space Operations, the project's prime system integrator, has now successfully completed the contract awarded by Garland in September 2003.
BERMAI TO DEMONSTRATE 802.11e WIRELESS	$\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" BERMAI TO DEMONSTRATE 802.11e WIRELESS DURING COMPUTEX TAIPEI \n"); document.write(" PALO ALTO, Calif. --May 27, 2004-- Bermai, Inc., pioneer of high performance, ultra-integrated chipsets for Wi-Fi applications from wireless LAN to wireless multimedia, today announced a standards-based, wireless multimedia network hardware demonstration to take place during Computex Taipei, June 1-5, 2004. Based on the IEEE standard for Quality of Service (QoS) over a Wi-Fi wireless LAN, 802.11e, Bermai has implemented the world's first .11e HCCA/WSM production system that delivers a significant increase in net-throughput and guarantees bandwidth to support multiple, uninterruptible high capacity streams over a wireless network. Production samples of Bermai's 802.11e WSM chipset will available by the end of June 2004.
Cisco Metropolitan Mobile Network - Wireless for Public Sector Agencies	$\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" Cisco Metropolitan Mobile Network - Wireless for Public Sector Agencies \n"); document.write(" Cisco Systems has launched the Cisco Metropolitan Mobile Network solution, which provides broadband wireless access across a city to public sector agencies such as city, state and federal agencies, public safety (police, fire, and ambulance), transportation and public works.
Cisco 3200 Goes WiFi	$\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" Cisco 3200 Goes WiFi \n"); document.write(" This scalable, secure, standards-based solution consists of Cisco Aironet Series of Wi-Fi outdoor infrastructure and Cisco 3200 Series Routers with the new integrated Wireless Mobile Interface Card that supports IEEE 802.11b/g for wireless local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) access.
What is Broadband Wireless?	$\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" What is Broadband Wireless? \n"); document.write(" Broadband wireless will revolutionize people's lives by enabling a high speed connection directly to the key people and information that customers want, whenever they want it. Intel believes wireless technologies such as 3G, Wi-Fi, WiMAX and UWB will coexist, working synergistically together to meet unique customer needs. It is likely that no single broadband wireless technology will become dominant or ubiquitous.
WiMAX	$\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" $\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" \n"); document.write(" \n"); document.write(" \n"); document.write(" \n"); document.write(" WiMAX is a standards-based wireless technology that provides high-throughput broadband connections over long distances. WiMAX can be used for a number of applications, including \"last mile\" broadband connections, hotspot and cellular backhaul, and high-speed enterprise connectivity for businesses.
WiMZX Forum	$\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" Welcome to the WiMAX Forum \n"); document.write(" The WiMAX Forum is an industry-led, non-profit corporation formed to promote and certify compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products. Our member companies support the industry-wide acceptance of the IEEE 802.16 and ETSI HiperMAN wireless MAN standards.
Intel's WiMAX pilot a huge success	$\"\"$ Intel's WiMAX pilot a huge success \n"); document.write(" [Johannesburg, 18 June 2004] - The city of Warner Robins, Georgia, isn't well known. Located about 120 miles south of Atlanta, the city is home to Robins Air Force Base, a few defence firms, and some aerospace contractors. The locale has little in the way of history or architecture to commend it. It's simply not famous for anything. At least not yet. \n"); document.write(" \n"); document.write(" Intel and partnering companies recently conducted a successful trial of pre-standard WiMAX wireless broadband technology in Warner Robins and the surrounding county of Houston.
Wireless LPN Conducts Successful 4.9 GHz SafeTLink Demonstration	$\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" On May 7, 2004, LPN Wireless conducted a successful field trial of the 4.9 GHz SafeTLink Public Safety point-to-point wireless communications link for the fire department of a major Southern California city. The fire department is considering use of the 4.9 GHz band for a mobile link to transmit live video from major incidents in the field to their Emergency Command Operations Center (ECOC). On-scene, real time video will enable the Incident Commanders in the ECOC to make better informed command decisions in the event of a major emergency.
4.9 GHz Airborne Video News	$\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" MICROWAVE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS (MRC), DOMO LIMITED AND DTC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. FORM ALLIANCE \n"); document.write(" July 1, 2004, North Billerica, Massachusetts – Microwave Radio Communications (MRC) is pleased to announce that domo Limited of Hampshire, United Kingdom, DTC Communications Inc. of Nashua, NH, USA and MRC have formed an Alliance to develop, market and sell current and future digital products for the Military and Public Safety markets within the Americas. This Alliance will provide advanced digital video and data microwave transmitters and receivers to military units, agencies tasked with homeland security, city, state and federal law enforcement, fire and rescue, and intelligence agencies.
Motorola Mission Critical Local Broadband Solution on Target for 2005 Introduction	$\"\"$ Motorola Mission Critical Local Broadband Solution on Target for 2005 Introduction Motorola’s (NYSE:MOT) advanced, high-speed mobile data network designed for public safety customers operating in the 4.9 GHz spectrum is planned for release in the first half of 2005. The company announced the upcoming introduction of its Mission-critical Local Broadband offering at the annual Mobile Data Users Group (MDUG) conference this week in New Orleans, La.
XtremeWave™ MSP Series 4.9 GHz - 6 GHz Sectors	\n"); document.write(" XtremeWave™ MSP Series 4.9 GHz - 6 GHz Sectors New! Available June 15, 2004
Motorola and Proxim Expand Strategic Relationship	$\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" \n"); document.write(" \n"); document.write(" \n"); document.write(" \n"); document.write(" Motorola and Proxim Expand Strategic Relationship \n"); document.write(" SUNNYVALE, Calif., and SCHAUMBURG, Ill., September 9, 2003 -- Proxim Corporation (NASDAQ: PROX), a global leader in wireless networking equipment for Wi-Fi and broadband wireless networks, and Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), through its Commercial, Government and Industrial Solutions Sector (CGISS), today announced an expanded strategic relationship. Through a licensing and distribution agreement, Proxim’s Wi-Fi and wireless broadband solutions will be offered to Motorola CGISS’ commercial and industrial customers. Motorola CGISS plans to have product available through its North America authorized two-way radio dealers in the fourth quarter of this year. The license and distribution agreement is initially estimated at $10 million through 2004 for Proxim.
MeshNetworks Demonstrates Prototype Multi-Hopping™ 4.9GHz Radio	$\"\"$ MeshNetworks Demonstrates Prototype Multi-Hopping™ 4.9GHz Radio
Military-derived tech making a big mesh of Wi-Fi	$\"\"$ Military-derived tech making a big mesh of Wi-Fi \n"); document.write(" \n"); document.write(" By Brian Bergstein, Associated Press \n"); document.write(" \n"); document.write(" NEW YORK — A company whose emergency-response devices communicate through each other rather than through a centralized hub alone is expanding the technology to work on other kinds of wireless equipment. \n"); document.write(" One potential result: super-sized Wi-Fi hot spots.
PacketHop Deploys First Multi-Agency, Mission-Critical, Mobile Broadband Communications Network for Homeland Security	\n"); document.write(" PacketHop Teams with the Golden Gate Safety Network to Demonstrate Survivable, Interoperable Multimedia Communications for Federal, State & Local Bay Area Public Safety Agencies \n"); document.write(" Belmont, CA (Feb. 25, 2004) – PacketHop, Inc. today announced that the company has completed its first successful, multi-agency, interoperable communications exercise led by the Golden Gate Safety Network (GGSN) – a coalition of federal, state and local Bay Area public safety agencies. In concert with the GGSN and under the leadership of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, the PacketHop™ solution enabled instantaneous mobile broadband connectivity, complemented by first-of-its-kind situational awareness applications, across diverse devices, difficult terrain and disjointed networks.
City-Net: The future of wireless	\n"); document.write(" JANUARY 30, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Imagine a city with a built-in, invisible network that activates the minute there's an emergency. \n"); document.write(" \n"); document.write(" Fire and rescue personnel en route to a burning building could receive information such as blueprints, the presence of hazardous chemicals, occupation levels, fire location and intensity—even response assignments. \n"); document.write(" Incident commanders could track the movement of personnel inside the building, communicate with them, monitor their physical condition and check on their equipment status. \n"); document.write(" Imagine that same system could automatically reset traffic lights to move vehicles away from the scene. \n"); document.write(" This city of the future is on the horizon. It will be made possible by a wireless communications technology called meshing, in which specially enabled devices automatically form a wireless communications link between every other \"mesh-enabled\" device within a given range.
MeshNetworks and Viasys Partner to Bring New Wireless Technology to Intelligent Transportation Systems & Public Safety	$\"MeshNetworks,$ MeshNetworks, Inc., an industry leader in the design and development of mobile broadband networking solutions and Viasys, a leading provider of infrastructure development and maintenance services for the transportation and power utility industries, today announced the signing of a value added reseller agreement. The federal government through the Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration and the Department of Homeland Security, has made transportation safety infrastructures a top priority by allotting more than $23.5 billion dollars towards the development and installation of intelligent transportation and security systems. Viasys, which installs and maintains the latest in traffic control, safety systems, and wireless communications solutions for every level of local, state and federal government, has played an important role in the implementation of many of the country's most visible and celebrated ITS installations.
XcelleNet and Padcom(R) Successfully Partner to Give Public Safety a New Weapon	XcelleNet, Inc., the leading provider of management solutions for the frontlines of business, announced that Padcom, Inc., a leading provider of mobile virtual network solutions for enterprises, was the company's top reseller in 2004, adding the most new enterprises to XcelleNet's customer list. Since January 2001, Padcom and XcelleNet have worked together to provide a comprehensive solution that gives police and other public safety officials real-time, reliable access to critical information at the Point of Action -- where life and death decisions are made and superior performance is essential.
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AT&T Wireless to Offer Wi-Fi Service at Airports and Hotels Throughout US	AT&T Wireless (NYSE:AWE) announced today that it has entered the\n"); document.write("Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11b) market with the introduction of GoPort(SM), a\n"); document.write("high-speed wireless data service designed to keep mobile professionals\n"); document.write("connected to their corporate information while away from the office.\n"); document.write("\n"); document.write("
WaveRider And Suburban Broadband To Build Wireless Network	WaveRider Communications Inc., a leading global provider of fixed wireless Internet access products, and Suburban Broadband LLC have signed a multi-year supply agreement that will bring wireless broadband service to 14 counties along the Front Range of Colorado via WaveRider's non-line-of-sight Last Mile Solution(R) products. \n"); document.write("\n"); document.write("
Intelligent mobile routing helps Oakland, Calif., police meet bandwidth demand	Today's police officers increasingly rely on technology to carry out their duties, and their squad cars are data centers and communication hubs on wheels. The Oakland Police Department handles data traffic for its 55 square-mile service area with a primary low-speed Motorola wireless network serving 220 patrol cruisers, and a cellular data system for its 35 motorcycles. High-speed WLAN hubs are spotted at key points in the community for moving larger files.\n"); document.write("\n"); document.write("\n"); document.write("
Case Study of Wi-Fi network in police force in Post Falls	Backed by a grant of $160,000 from the Department of Justice and\n"); document.write("additional funding of $40,000 from the city, Haug built a wireless\n"); document.write("network that gave patrol officers the same kind of connectivity\n"); document.write("and access to applications they would have at the station over the\n"); document.write("60 square miles of the city. The network went live earlier this\n"); document.write("year.\n"); document.write("
Cisco - IP Video Monitoring Keeps a New Eye on Crime	$\"\"$ Article Summary: The police departments in Seal Beach and Los Alamitos, California, have a new tool to help them fight crime: a wireless, real-time video management network. The IP Video Surveillance solution helps the officers combat crime with greater efficiency, effectiveness, and safety.
Cisco - Serve & Protect: Technology for Public Safety	$\"\"$ Article Summary: Police, fire, and emergency medical personnel need to improve communications, both within their organizations and with neighboring and related agencies, such as federal and state governments. The need for smooth flow of information between agencies is becoming more crucial. Networking products connect personnel with the information they need to do their jobs better. Wireless networks, with flexibility and secure data connectivity, are especially well suited to the mobile nature of their jobs. National organizations are developing standards to improve the quality of the data onthese networks. Agencies are using the information delivered by these technologies to work smarter, harder, and safer. Police remain on the beat longer, and multiagency responses to major events are better coordinated. In times of tight budgets, the same number of people can do more work.
IBM's Police Car Video System Designed To Help Texas Town Fight Crime	$\"\"$ IBM's Police Car Video System Designed To Help Texas Town Fight Crime Tyler, Texas Police Department To Record Traffic Stops and Crimes in Progress; Department Plans Wireless Capability \n"); document.write(" ARMONK, N.Y. & TYLER, Texas -- April 20, 2004 -- IBM today announced that it will equip the cruiser fleet of the Tyler, Texas Police Department with a digital video system that can allow officers to capture video of traffic stops and criminal activity in progress. The system is expected to help serve as a powerful weapon in the fight against crime and it could save the department about $50,000 each year in labor, management and supply costs, according to the police department. \n"); document.write(" Tyler also plans to add wireless capability to the system, enabling the transmission of live video images from the cruisers to the police department in near real time, according to Police Chief Gary Swindle.
The North American DSRC standards development	$\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" \n"); document.write(" \n"); document.write(" $\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" The North American DSRC standards development is focused on the new spectrum available at 5.9 GHz. This new spectrum allows the US, Canadian, and Mexican ITS programs to evolve to a new generation of rf communications between vehicles and the roadside, and between vehicles, that enables a whole new class of communications and a new class of applications to support future transportation systems and needs. \n"); document.write(" Download the DSRC summary presentation: DSRC Summary.ppt (.zip file)
Public Safety Wireless Technology Links	$\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" \n"); document.write(" \n"); document.write(" \n"); document.write(" On this webpage we provide a selection of web links that are all related in some way to wireless systems for public safety and law enforcement applications. These links are external to NIST and do not imply endorsement of any particular product, service, organization, company, information provider, or content, nor is it by any means an exhaustive list of useful pointers. The various links are grouped topically. Within a topic, the listing is alphabetical.
AFC 4.9 GHz WEB site	$\"\"$ 4.9 GHz Broadband Technology for Public Safety Information
Municipal wireless	$\"\"$ \n"); document.write(" This site is devoted to municipal wireless broadband projects worldwide that are funded or supported by cities and towns. These range from downtown hotzones to city-wide wireless broadband networks. Although I often use the word \"city\", rural municipalities receive equal coverage because they are leading the fight for affordable, fast, universal access to the Internet. \n"); document.write(" List of municipal wireless broadband networks around the world
9-1-1 MAGAZINE	\n"); document.write(" $\"\"$ 9-1-1 MAGAZINE is the only independent magazine for managing emergency communications for PSAPs, dispatch and field communications for EMS, fire, law enforcement and emergency / disaster management. \n"); document.write(" \n"); document.write(" *9-1-1 MAGAZINE* and www.9-1-1magazine.com provides valuable information to readers in all aspects of the public safety communications and response community. Each issue contains a blending of product-related technical, operational, and people-oriented features, covering the skills, training, and equipment, which these professions all share in common. You'll find features on provocative issues and coverage of major incidents from both a responder and a communications standpoint. Ranked Number 1 in Integrity and Most Read.

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FCC Opens Safety Floodgates

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The market for public safety wireless systems is finally starting to heat up after a crucial Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruling this week that relaxes the regulations on the kind of radios that can be used in 4.9GHz band.

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Rotondo estimates that the public safety market -- flush with homeland security dollars -- could be worth anywhere between $500 million and $1 billion over the next couple of years.

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The New York City contract alone could be a tasty prize for the public safety players. \"People are estimating that could be worth up to $2 billion,\" says Rotondo. \"You get a couple like that and it starts to add up.\"

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In an event that was equal parts technology demonstration and public-policy lobbying, the Spectrum Coalition for Public Safety hosted a highly-publicized demonstration of the District of Columbia's public-safety pilot broadband wireless network and called for assignment of an additional 10 MHz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band for public-safety users.

Terabeam Wireless Introduces the Marquee Series of Solutions for Broadband Wireless Networking

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FALLS CHURCH, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 2004--Terabeam Wireless, the business name of YDI Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ:YDIW), a leading developer and supplier of broadband wireless solutions, today announced the launch of the Marquee Series, a broad portfolio of solutions for broadband wireless networking. Enablement of Public Safety Applications. The Marquee 49, utilizing the first FCC-certified 4.9 GHz radio, allows public safety organizations to take advantage of spectrum dedicated by the FCC for their use

YDI Wireless Introduces First FCC-Certified 4.9 GHz Radio

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FALLS CHURCH, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1, 2004--YDI Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ:YDIW), a leading developer and supplier of broadband wireless solutions, today introduced its Marquee 4.9 radio system. This product enables public safety entities to benefit from the wireless broadband capabilities available using the recently allocated 4.9 GHz public safety band.

PacketHop Secures $10 Million in Series B Financing

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ComVentures Leads Investment Round as PacketHop Prepares for Aggressive Launch of Secure Mobile Mesh Networking Products

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BELMONT, CA (August 10, 2004) – PacketHop, Inc., a leader in secure mobile mesh broadband communications, today announced it has secured $10 million in a Series B round of financing, led by ComVentures, a preeminent venture capital firm specializing in next-generation communication technology investments. The round also includes the participation of existing investors U.S. Venture Partners and Mayfield. PacketHop will leverage the capital infusion to fuel company growth and prepare for the commercial launch of its secure mobile mesh networking products, initially targeting the $11 billion homeland security market.

PacketHop and Nortel Networks Join Forces to Offer Mobile Broadband Communications Solution Addressing Homeland Security

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BELMONT, CA (August 10, 2004) – PacketHop, Inc., a leader in secure mobile mesh broadband communications, today announced it has signed a joint marketing agreement with Nortel Networks* (NYSE/TSX: NT), the industry’s first supplier of wireless networks operating in all advanced radio technologies and the only end-to-end provider of all next generation wireless solutions.

Motorola Offering Beefs Up Public Agency Communications

$\"\"$ $\"\"$ Motorola said it will distribute MeshNetworks Enabled Architecture (MEA) for inclusion in systems sold by Motorola and its reseller network. MEA is a self-forming, self-healing mobile broadband network with position and location capability “MEA's self-forming networking enables first responders to create an instant incident data communications system by simply turning on their radios,” said Nick Rendone, vice president of Motorola's Broadband Solutions Operations, in a statement.

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Users equipped with any Motorola-enabled device -- including PDAs and laptops -- join in creating an ad hoc broadband network that can operate in harsh conditions in the absence of an existing radio infrastructure. Each MEA-enabled radio functions as a router/repeater for the other radios extending the network's range. MEA operates in the 2.4 GHz band and Motorola said the MEA capability can be extended to cover the 4.9 GHz band in the future.

First FCC type certified 4.9 GHz product demonstrated to Region 5 & 6 4.9 GHz Regional Planional Committees

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Petaluma, CA – July 27, 2004 - LPN Wireless, Inc, an industry leader in the development of wireless point-to-point microwave links, demonstrated its newly type-approved SafeTLink product operating in the 4.94-4.99 GHz spectrum to the Region 5 (Southern California) and Region 6 (Northern California) – 4.9 GHz Regional Planning Committees in July. The FCC recently allocated this spectrum exclusively for high data rate communications for public safety agencies. The SafeTLink is the first product on the market to pass FCC type certification testing for this public safety 4.9 GHz spectrum, and it is available now.

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FCC OET Exhibits on SafeTLink

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NYC issues RFP for 4.9 GHz public-safety network

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WASHINGTON—The City of New York issued a request for proposals for construction of a multimillion–dollar public safety wireless network likely using 4.9 GHz spectrum licensed to the municipal government.

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NYC Citywide Modile Wireless Network RFP: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doitt/html/miscs/rfp_mobile_wireless.shtml

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NYC Citywide Modile Wireless Network RFP from Muniwireless

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Building The Broadband City Presentation 5/03 http://www.muniwireless.com/reports/docs/NYbroadbandcity.pdf

New York plans huge wireless network

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... Skidmore said that, based on his reading of the proposal, a mesh network design \"just jumps out at you\" as a logical approach to the project. Doble agreed, saying that any other network design would be too expensive.

New York Eyes Public Safety Spectrum, But Cost Could Be an Issue

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... Mike Doble, a consultant at the Public Safety Communications Resource Center in San Ramon, Calif., said the 4.9-GHz band likely would meet the city's needs if makers of wireless equipment could take advantage of chip technology developed for the 5-GHz Wi-Fi band. But, he added, the FCC has set tight emissions limits on radios and other devices operating in the 4.9-GHz band, which could preclude inexpensive adaptation of 5-GHz chip sets.

NYC Wireless Network Will Be Unprecedented

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... Mike Doble, a consultant at the Public Safety Communications Resource Center in San Ramon, Calif., estimated that it would cost about $500 million to develop the network architecture and install the wireless network plus handheld PCs and other mobile devices. An executive from a vendor that's involved in the bidding said the price tag could reach $1 billion.

Military Style Mesh for the Masses

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3e Technologies International (3eTI) of Rockville, Md., has announced plans to sell its 3e-527 mesh access point. The unit has already been in testing with the military -- it was part of the Navy Wireless Networks Summit II in San Diego, sponsored by the Naval Network Warfare Command and PEO Ships Smartship Program Office. By the end of the third quarter, it should be available to government agencies, and then for commercial use by the end of the year.

Sorting out the 802.11i/RADIUS security confusion

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802.11i Security Specification Finalized

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The IEEE (define) ratified the 802.11i security standard for wireless LANs yesterday in a standards committee meeting in Piscataway, N.J.

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802.11i is the long-awaited security standard for Wi-Fi networks that upgrades the former \"official\" wireless security standard, the much-maligned wired equivalent privacy (WEP). WEP was found to be easy to crack by those with the right tools and enough patience -- and so hard to implement that most people don't bother turning on the security at all.

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Cisco and Aruba jump on next-gen wireless security

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Cisco and Aruba jump on next-gen wireless security

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Aruba Wireless Networks claims to have stolen a march on the rest of the market with support for the newly ratified 802.11i security standard, while Cisco Systems is reported to be preparing WLAN products with AES encryption, a key feature of 802.11i.

LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE OPERATIONS SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYS NEXGEN CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY NETWORK IN GARLAND, TEXAS

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LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE OPERATIONS SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYS NEXGEN CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY NETWORK IN GARLAND, TEXAS

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Greenbelt, Md., July 30, 2004 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] today announced that it has received formal technical acceptance from the City of Garland, Texas, for deployment of the NexGen City(tm) NexLink(tm) wireless broadband communications network. Lockheed Martin Space Operations, the project's prime system integrator, has now successfully completed the contract awarded by Garland in September 2003.

BERMAI TO DEMONSTRATE 802.11e WIRELESS

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BERMAI TO DEMONSTRATE 802.11e WIRELESS DURING COMPUTEX TAIPEI

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PALO ALTO, Calif. --May 27, 2004-- Bermai, Inc., pioneer of high performance, ultra-integrated chipsets for Wi-Fi applications from wireless LAN to wireless multimedia, today announced a standards-based, wireless multimedia network hardware demonstration to take place during Computex Taipei, June 1-5, 2004. Based on the IEEE standard for Quality of Service (QoS) over a Wi-Fi wireless LAN, 802.11e, Bermai has implemented the world's first .11e HCCA/WSM production system that delivers a significant increase in net-throughput and guarantees bandwidth to support multiple, uninterruptible high capacity streams over a wireless network. Production samples of Bermai's 802.11e WSM chipset will available by the end of June 2004.

Cisco Metropolitan Mobile Network - Wireless for Public Sector Agencies

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Cisco Systems has launched the Cisco Metropolitan Mobile Network solution, which provides broadband wireless access across a city to public sector agencies such as city, state and federal agencies, public safety (police, fire, and ambulance), transportation and public works.

Cisco 3200 Goes WiFi

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Cisco 3200 Goes WiFi

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This scalable, secure, standards-based solution consists of Cisco Aironet Series of Wi-Fi outdoor infrastructure and Cisco 3200 Series Routers with the new integrated Wireless Mobile Interface Card that supports IEEE 802.11b/g for wireless local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) access.

What is Broadband Wireless?

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What is Broadband Wireless?

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Broadband wireless will revolutionize people's lives by enabling a high speed connection directly to the key people and information that customers want, whenever they want it. Intel believes wireless technologies such as 3G, Wi-Fi, WiMAX and UWB will coexist, working synergistically together to meet unique customer needs. It is likely that no single broadband wireless technology will become dominant or ubiquitous.

WiMAX

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WiMAX is a standards-based wireless technology that provides high-throughput broadband connections over long distances. WiMAX can be used for a number of applications, including \"last mile\" broadband connections, hotspot and cellular backhaul, and high-speed enterprise connectivity for businesses.

WiMZX Forum

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Welcome to the WiMAX Forum

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The WiMAX Forum is an industry-led, non-profit corporation formed to promote and certify compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products. Our member companies support the industry-wide acceptance of the IEEE 802.16 and ETSI HiperMAN wireless MAN standards.

Intel's WiMAX pilot a huge success

$\"\"$ Intel's WiMAX pilot a huge success

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[Johannesburg, 18 June 2004] - The city of Warner Robins, Georgia, isn't well known. Located about 120 miles south of Atlanta, the city is home to Robins Air Force Base, a few defence firms, and some aerospace contractors. The locale has little in the way of history or architecture to commend it. It's simply not famous for anything. At least not yet.

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Intel and partnering companies recently conducted a successful trial of pre-standard WiMAX wireless broadband technology in Warner Robins and the surrounding county of Houston.

Wireless LPN Conducts Successful 4.9 GHz SafeTLink Demonstration

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On May 7, 2004, LPN Wireless conducted a successful field trial of the 4.9 GHz SafeTLink Public Safety point-to-point wireless communications link for the fire department of a major Southern California city. The fire department is considering use of the 4.9 GHz band for a mobile link to transmit live video from major incidents in the field to their Emergency Command Operations Center (ECOC). On-scene, real time video will enable the Incident Commanders in the ECOC to make better informed command decisions in the event of a major emergency.

4.9 GHz Airborne Video News

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MICROWAVE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS (MRC), DOMO LIMITED AND DTC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. FORM ALLIANCE
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July 1, 2004, North Billerica, Massachusetts – Microwave Radio Communications (MRC) is pleased to announce that domo Limited of Hampshire, United Kingdom, DTC Communications Inc. of Nashua, NH, USA and MRC have formed an Alliance to develop, market and sell current and future digital products for the Military and Public Safety markets within the Americas. This Alliance will provide advanced digital video and data microwave transmitters and receivers to military units, agencies tasked with homeland security, city, state and federal law enforcement, fire and rescue, and intelligence agencies.

Motorola Mission Critical Local Broadband Solution on Target for 2005 Introduction

$\"\"$ Motorola Mission Critical Local Broadband Solution on Target for 2005 Introduction

Motorola’s (NYSE:MOT) advanced, high-speed mobile data network designed for public safety customers operating in the 4.9 GHz spectrum is planned for release in the first half of 2005. The company announced the upcoming introduction of its Mission-critical Local Broadband offering at the annual Mobile Data Users Group (MDUG) conference this week in New Orleans, La.

XtremeWave™ MSP Series 4.9 GHz - 6 GHz Sectors

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Motorola and Proxim Expand Strategic Relationship

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SUNNYVALE, Calif., and SCHAUMBURG, Ill., September 9, 2003 -- Proxim Corporation (NASDAQ: PROX), a global leader in wireless networking equipment for Wi-Fi and broadband wireless networks, and Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), through its Commercial, Government and Industrial Solutions Sector (CGISS), today announced an expanded strategic relationship. Through a licensing and distribution agreement, Proxim’s Wi-Fi and wireless broadband solutions will be offered to Motorola CGISS’ commercial and industrial customers. Motorola CGISS plans to have product available through its North America authorized two-way radio dealers in the fourth quarter of this year. The license and distribution agreement is initially estimated at $10 million through 2004 for Proxim.

MeshNetworks Demonstrates Prototype Multi-Hopping™ 4.9GHz Radio

$\"\"$ MeshNetworks Demonstrates Prototype Multi-Hopping™ 4.9GHz Radio

Military-derived tech making a big mesh of Wi-Fi

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NEW YORK — A company whose emergency-response devices communicate through each other rather than through a centralized hub alone is expanding the technology to work on other kinds of wireless equipment.

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PacketHop Deploys First Multi-Agency, Mission-Critical, Mobile Broadband Communications Network for Homeland Security

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PacketHop Teams with the Golden Gate Safety Network to Demonstrate Survivable, Interoperable Multimedia Communications for Federal, State & Local Bay Area Public Safety Agencies

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Belmont, CA (Feb. 25, 2004) – PacketHop, Inc. today announced that the company has completed its first successful, multi-agency, interoperable communications exercise led by the Golden Gate Safety Network (GGSN) – a coalition of federal, state and local Bay Area public safety agencies. In concert with the GGSN and under the leadership of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, the PacketHop™ solution enabled instantaneous mobile broadband connectivity, complemented by first-of-its-kind situational awareness applications, across diverse devices, difficult terrain and disjointed networks.

City-Net: The future of wireless

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JANUARY 30, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Imagine a city with a built-in, invisible network that activates the minute there's an emergency.

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Fire and rescue personnel en route to a burning building could receive information such as blueprints, the presence of hazardous chemicals, occupation levels, fire location and intensity—even response assignments.

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Incident commanders could track the movement of personnel inside the building, communicate with them, monitor their physical condition and check on their equipment status.

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Imagine that same system could automatically reset traffic lights to move vehicles away from the scene.

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This city of the future is on the horizon. It will be made possible by a wireless communications technology called meshing, in which specially enabled devices automatically form a wireless communications link between every other \"mesh-enabled\" device within a given range.

MeshNetworks and Viasys Partner to Bring New Wireless Technology to Intelligent Transportation Systems & Public Safety

$\"MeshNetworks,$ MeshNetworks, Inc., an industry leader in the design and development of mobile broadband networking solutions and Viasys, a leading provider of infrastructure development and maintenance services for the transportation and power utility industries, today announced the signing of a value added reseller agreement. The federal government through the Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration and the Department of Homeland Security, has made transportation safety infrastructures a top priority by allotting more than $23.5 billion dollars towards the development and installation of intelligent transportation and security systems. Viasys, which installs and maintains the latest in traffic control, safety systems, and wireless communications solutions for every level of local, state and federal government, has played an important role in the implementation of many of the country's most visible and celebrated ITS installations.

XcelleNet and Padcom(R) Successfully Partner to Give Public Safety a New Weapon

XcelleNet, Inc., the leading provider of management solutions for the frontlines of business, announced that Padcom, Inc., a leading provider of mobile virtual network solutions for enterprises, was the company's top reseller in 2004, adding the most new enterprises to XcelleNet's customer list. Since January 2001, Padcom and XcelleNet have worked together to provide a comprehensive solution that gives police and other public safety officials real-time, reliable access to critical information at the Point of Action -- where life and death decisions are made and superior performance is essential.

802.11 News

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AT&T Wireless to Offer Wi-Fi Service at Airports and Hotels Throughout US

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WaveRider And Suburban Broadband To Build Wireless Network

WaveRider Communications Inc., a leading global provider of fixed wireless Internet access products, and Suburban Broadband LLC have signed a multi-year supply agreement that will bring wireless broadband service to 14 counties along the Front Range of Colorado via WaveRider's non-line-of-sight Last Mile Solution(R) products. \n"); document.write("\n"); document.write("

Intelligent mobile routing helps Oakland, Calif., police meet bandwidth demand

Today's police officers increasingly rely on technology to carry out their duties, and their squad cars are data centers and communication hubs on wheels. The Oakland Police Department handles data traffic for its 55 square-mile service area with a primary low-speed Motorola wireless network serving 220 patrol cruisers, and a cellular data system for its 35 motorcycles. High-speed WLAN hubs are spotted at key points in the community for moving larger files.\n"); document.write("\n"); document.write("\n"); document.write("

Case Study of Wi-Fi network in police force in Post Falls

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Cisco - IP Video Monitoring Keeps a New Eye on Crime

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The police departments in Seal Beach and Los Alamitos, California, have a new tool to help them fight crime: a wireless, real-time video management network. The IP Video Surveillance solution helps the officers combat crime with greater efficiency, effectiveness, and safety.

Cisco - Serve & Protect: Technology for Public Safety

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Police, fire, and emergency medical personnel need to improve communications, both within their organizations and with neighboring and related agencies, such as federal and state governments. The need for smooth flow of information between agencies is becoming more crucial. Networking products connect personnel with the information they need to do their jobs better. Wireless networks, with flexibility and secure data connectivity, are especially well suited to the mobile nature of their jobs. National organizations are developing standards to improve the quality of the data onthese networks. Agencies are using the information delivered by these technologies to work smarter, harder, and safer. Police remain on the beat longer, and multiagency responses to major events are better coordinated. In times of tight budgets, the same number of people can do more work.

IBM's Police Car Video System Designed To Help Texas Town Fight Crime

$\"\"$ IBM's Police Car Video System Designed To Help Texas Town Fight Crime

Tyler, Texas Police Department To Record Traffic Stops and Crimes in Progress; Department Plans Wireless Capability

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ARMONK, N.Y. & TYLER, Texas -- April 20, 2004 -- IBM today announced that it will equip the cruiser fleet of the Tyler, Texas Police Department with a digital video system that can allow officers to capture video of traffic stops and criminal activity in progress. The system is expected to help serve as a powerful weapon in the fight against crime and it could save the department about $50,000 each year in labor, management and supply costs, according to the police department.

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The North American DSRC standards development

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The North American DSRC standards development is focused on the new spectrum available at 5.9 GHz. This new spectrum allows the US, Canadian, and Mexican ITS programs to evolve to a new generation of rf communications between vehicles and the roadside, and between vehicles, that enables a whole new class of communications and a new class of applications to support future transportation systems and needs.

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Public Safety Wireless Technology Links

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On this webpage we provide a selection of web links that are all related in some way to wireless systems for public safety and law enforcement applications. These links are external to NIST and do not imply endorsement of any particular product, service, organization, company, information provider, or content, nor is it by any means an exhaustive list of useful pointers. The various links are grouped topically. Within a topic, the listing is alphabetical.

AFC 4.9 GHz WEB site

$\"\"$ 4.9 GHz Broadband Technology for Public Safety Information

Municipal wireless

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This site is devoted to municipal wireless broadband projects worldwide that are funded or supported by cities and towns. These range from downtown hotzones to city-wide wireless broadband networks. Although I often use the word \"city\", rural municipalities receive equal coverage because they are leading the fight for affordable, fast, universal access to the Internet.

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List of municipal wireless broadband networks around the world

9-1-1 MAGAZINE

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$\"\"$ 9-1-1 MAGAZINE is the only independent magazine for managing emergency communications for PSAPs, dispatch and field communications for EMS, fire, law enforcement and emergency / disaster management.
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9-1-1 MAGAZINE and www.9-1-1magazine.com provides valuable information to readers in all aspects of the public safety communications and response community. Each issue contains a blending of product-related technical, operational, and people-oriented features, covering the skills, training, and equipment, which these professions all share in common. You'll find features on provocative issues and coverage of major incidents from both a responder and a communications standpoint. Ranked Number 1 in Integrity and Most Read.