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Resource Library
A collection of PSCR assets
PSCR is dedicated to helping the research community flourish by providing valuable resources including a comprehensive collection of reports, studies, and publications. In this library, you can find a wide variety of resources organized by each research portfolio, including datasets, publications, open-source software, and more.
New resources:
- PSCR's Strategic Accomplishments Digital Handout (2022): An overview of PSCR's accomplishments supporting American leadership in public safety communications research.
- The PSCR Digital Dispatch (2022): A curated list of communications technology tools for public safety and the research community
- PSCR Economic Impact Program Factsheet (2022): A summary analysis demonstrating how PSCR's investments translate into impacts to the U.S.
- PSCR's Digital Brochure (2022): A summary of PSCR's approach, mission, research areas, partnerships, and impacts.
Click below to view publications by research area
The User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX) portfolio strives for first responders to have tools designed around their specific context, tasks, and requirements, based on user-centered design and feedback.
The Mission-Critical Voice (MCV) portfolio concentrates on four areas of communications for first responders: direct mode, mission critical push to talk, LMR to LTE, and public safety user quality of experience.
The Location-Based Services (LBS) portfolio focuses on the fields of indoor mapping, tracking, and navigation for the public safety community.
The Analytics portfolio supports research around algorithms, datasets, and open-source tools that can be leveraged by public safety organizations to analyze emergency events.
Security, including cybersecurity, is an area which will affect every aspect of public safety communications. PSCR aims to develop and enhance security solutions to current and future public safety communications.
First responders often operate under dangerous and life-threatening circumstances. The Resilient Systems portfolio ensures their technology works when they need it most.
Quick links: most popular
- NIST List of Certified Devices for FirstNet (Updated: January 9, 2023)
- Modified Rhyme Test Audio Library (Updated: September 22, 2016)
- PSCR Audio Source Files (Updated: December 6, 2016)
- PSCR Test and Results Files (Updated: January 29, 2019)
- Speech Intelligibility Demo (Updated October 19, 2016)
Quick links: most recent
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Voices of First Responders: Discipline-specific NIST Special Publications
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Voices of First Responders: How to Facilitate Adoption and Usage of Communication Technology - An Integrated Analysis of Qualitative and Quantitative Findings (Published: November 28, 2022)
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Voices of First Responders -- Nationwide Public Safety Communication Survey Findings: Statistical Analysis Results Phase 2, Volume 4 (Published: November 21, 2022)
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Security Guidance for First Responder Mobile and Wearable Devices (Published: July 20, 2022)
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Augmented Reality (AR) Usability Evaluation Framework: The Case of Public Safety Communications Research (Published: April 5, 2022)
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