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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
The session gives a brief recap of the work that NIST has been doing to help first responders use ground, air, and aquatic robots since 2001. This includes a
As public safety entities start to utilize broadband applications and services in their day to day operations, there develops a need to be able to provide these
Direct Mode communication remains one of the major hurdles for transitioning from Land Mobile Radio (LMR) to broadband technology. This session will start by
Jeremy E. Glenn, Fidel Liberal, Solmaz Kia, Heather Sittig, Rajarathnam Chandramouli
This session seeks to explore the impacts of the PSIAP program on award recipients. Our diverse panel of awardees will discuss their experience including how
What steps can you take when partnering with public safety agencies to develop and test technologies? How do successful public private partnerships support the
For Technology Innovators, What Should You Know About Public Safety Agencies' Procurement Process? This panel will explore insights on the Public Safety
Scott A. Ledgerwood, Donald L. Harriss, Paul D. Merritt, Bill Gillman, Scott Turnbull
The CHARIOT Challenge launched in early 2020 with a focus on bringing the internet of things (IOT) sensors from personal area networks, smart buildings, and
John Beltz, Roger Blalock, Donald Bradshaw, John S. Garofolo, Joe Grasso, Scott Ledgerwood, Brianna Vendetti
The PSCR Research Portfolio Leaders provide overview presentations of the projects housed within their portfolios, using just 20 slides that showcase each for
This panel will discuss the technology gaps and problem statements currently being researched for mobile, high quality fingerprint capture for first responders
Given a significant amount of group traffic in public safety incidents, multicast has the potential to outperform unicast in terms of precious spectrum savings
PSCRs Division Chief, Dereck Orr, shares an introduction to PSCR 2020: The Digital Experience and a brief overview of PSCRs history. Attendees hear important
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