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In most first responder events, a building or structure is involved with some degree of importance. Knowledge of building structures and current building
PSCR has been researching deployable communications systems for first responders since 2015. In this session, PSCR presents the latest addition to our research
An overview of the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division 2020 Mission Critical Voice (MCV) portfolio. This includes a cohesive view of the
5G has promised to change the way we communicate with an ambitious slate of capabilities not yet available in the 5G networks deployed today, but rather are
This presentation explores a low-cost method to bridge analog public safety Land mobile radio (LMR) systems into a standards based Long Term Evolution (LTE)
Previous work by NIST/PSCR focused on developing a quality of experience-based access time measurement system. This system relies on modified rhyme test (MRT)
The Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Data Collection Project creates a database of Public Safety (PS) LMR usage for traffic/call modeling. The generated models are used
During this conference recording, the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) division discusses their motivation for a pre- commercialization program and
Hien V. Nguyen, Maxwell Maurice, Terese Manley, Kamel Saidi, Philip Hall, Christopher Stockhowe, Michael O'Shea, Raymond Sheh
Imagine the possibilities of using an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to carry a wireless broadband communications network to support a public safety mission
Jack R. Lewis, Christopher E. Johnson, Jeffrey L. Karhoff
In this presentation members of the UI/UX Virtual Reality development team from PSCR NIST will show their process for designing and building VR simulations for
Michael J. Bartock, Conor Patrick, Matt Lourie, Shane Weeden
PSCR and a few partnering entities finished a recent PSCR sponsored prize challenge, the Expanding the SIM Card Use for Public Safety. The challenge requested
Diane Ridgeway, Gary Howarth, Christine Task, David Van Ballegooijen
Public safety programs frequently generate data with personally identifiable information. This session examines public safety open data initiatives, the privacy
As Internet of Things (IoT) technologies become more prevalent in society, there is still a large technology gap existing in the public safety field. This
Craig T. Connelly, Jason D. Kahn, Gary S. Howarth, Margaret Pinson, Bill Schrier, Charles Hardnett, Lauren Schluzas, Austin Handle, Levi Adissi, Francis Lin, Zack Braun
Launched in April 2019, the Tech to Protect Challenge is one year old. This session will recap the progress to date, highlight recent national award winners
Sarah L. Hughes, Todd Heinl, Felix Desourdy, Sean Hackett, Ryan Fields-Spack
This NIST publication consists of two past judges and two innovators sharing from their perspective what they learned about innovating for public safety through
Evolving applications for public safety communications sometimes rely on speech analytic technologies. These include hands-free voice interface and situational
Virtual Reality Developer Chris Johnson conducts a deep dive analysis into the considerations and challenges of creating an immersive virtual reality AR-15
This presentation covers the latest update on PSCRs measurement methods for Mission Critical Voice (MCV) Quality of Experience (QoE) Key Performance Indicators
The ubiquity of mobile internet-enabled devices combined with wide-spread social media use during emergencies is posing new challenges for response personnel
Large, utility-scale solar farms currently represent the most cost-efficient form of solar panel installation. However, photovoltaic (PV) panels in large arrays
David R. Kuhn, Raghu N. Kacker, Yu Lei, Dimitris Simos
This paper introduces an approach to producing explanations or justifications of decisions made by artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) systems
Gregory W. Vogl, Ronnie Fesperman, Steve Ludwick, Richard Klopp, Axel Grabowski, Justin Lebel, Jimmie Miller, Nathan Brown, Eric Belski, Nicholas Duncan, C W. Hennessey
Matthew Speicher, Zhidong Zhang, Benjamin W. Schafer
The objective of this paper is to summarize the evaluation results from applying the updated performance-based seismic design provisions: ASCE 41-17, on a cold
Multipath interference can be a challenging problem in the determination of accurate outdoor and indoor localization. There are methods that exist to mitigate
We propose a general-purpose dual-channel field-programmable gate array (FPGA) based digital servo with a minimum latency around 200 ns. This servo implements a
Due to rapid advances in technology, first responders will eventually have access to building information, sensor data, and fire protection system data in real
Keith Curtis, George Awad, Shahzad K. Rajput, Ian Soboroff
This is the introduction paper to the International Workshop on Deep Video Understanding. In recent years, a growing trend towards working on understanding