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PSCR 2020_ LMR Data Collection for Traffic Modeling

October 29, 2020
Author(s)
Christopher D. Dennis, Yishen Sun
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 by telecom providers and PS entities for future technology deployments (e.g., LTE and 5G). This

PSCR 2020_ Tech to Protect - Year in Review

October 29, 2020
Author(s)
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, and share the next steps for participants moving forward. This session features two panels: first

PSCR 2020_5G Security Evolution not Revolution

October 29, 2020
Author(s)
Jeffrey A. Cichonski
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 still being developed and specified by 3GPP. To understand the security posture of 5G networks

PSCR 2020_Access Driven Modified Rhyme Test Intelligibility

October 29, 2020
Author(s)
Jaden K. Pieper, Stephen D. Voran
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) word intelligibility and focuses on intelligibility when incrementally cutting off portions of

PSCR 2020_Building VR for Public Safety

October 29, 2020
Author(s)
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 public safety.

PSCR 2020_CHARIoT Prize Challenge Discussion

October 29, 2020
Author(s)
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 smart cities to the hands of public safety using augmented reality. Contestants worked on parallel

PSCR 2020_Expanding the SIM Card Use Prize Challenge Overview

October 29, 2020
Author(s)
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 solvers’ assistance to explore the possibilities and prove the Universal Integrated Circuit Card

PSCR 2020_First Responder IoT Environments: Examining Data Foundations

October 29, 2020
Author(s)
Alison M. Kahn
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 presentation discusses a joint effort between the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR)

PSCR 2020_Immersive Firearm Ballistics Simulation in Virtual Reality

October 29, 2020
Author(s)
Christopher E. Johnson
Virtual Reality Developer Chris Johnson conducts a deep dive analysis into the considerations and challenges of creating an immersive virtual reality AR-15 patrol rifle for NIST PSCR’s Haptic Challenge SWAT Scenario, and accurately simulating its ballistic

PSCR 2020_INNOVATING ON DRONE TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT FIRST RESPONDER MISSIONS

October 29, 2020
Author(s)
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. Learn about PSCRs Deployables research and how UASs are being evaluated as tools to assist first

PSCR 2020_Making an Impact: Experiences of PSCR's Awardees

October 29, 2020
Author(s)
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 the program impacted their organization, expanded their network and introduced them to public

PSCR 2020_Mission Critical Voice Portfolio Strategy

October 29, 2020
Author(s)
Donald A. Bradshaw
An overview of the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division 2020 Mission Critical Voice (MCV) portfolio. This includes a cohesive view of the internal and external research activities, their origins, intents, successes, and activity through

PSCR 2020_Mission Critical Voice QoE Measurement Methods

October 29, 2020
Author(s)
Silas T. Thompson
This presentation covers the latest update on PSCR’s measurement methods for Mission Critical Voice (MCV) Quality of Experience (QoE) Key Performance Indicators (KPI). The importance of Intelligibility and how it is used in the measurement strategy is

PSCR 2020_Mobile Fingerprint Capture for First Responders

October 29, 2020
Author(s)
Jeremy E. Glenn, John T. Beltz, Brad Truitt
This panel will discuss the technology gaps and problem statements currently being researched for mobile, high quality fingerprint capture for first responders. This discussion incorporates work performed by NIST’s Information Access Division (IAD). IAD

PSCR 2020_Multicast and Unicast in Serving Public Safety Traffic

October 29, 2020
Author(s)
Chunmei Liu
Given a significant amount of group traffic in public safety incidents, multicast has the potential to outperform unicast in terms of precious spectrum savings and first responders’ experience. In this study and for both unicast and multicast, we explore

PSCR 2020_Non-ISSI LMR to LTE MCPTT

October 29, 2020
Author(s)
Christopher J. Walton, Chic J. O'Dell
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) Mission Critical Push to Talk (MCPTT) system. Design goals include robustness, cost, and the

PSCR 2020_Pecha Kucha Portfolio Overview

October 29, 2020
Author(s)
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 only 20 seconds. Their traditional Pecha Kucha style presentations are combined into this

PSCR 2020_PSCR Program Overview

October 29, 2020
Author(s)
Dereck R. Orr
PSCR’s Division Chief, Dereck Orr, shares an introduction to PSCR 2020: The Digital Experience and a brief overview of PSCR’s history. Attendees hear important program updates and impacts from the past year and learn more about the future focus of PSCR.

PSCR 2020_Resilient Communication Network Platform

October 29, 2020
Author(s)
Samuel L. Ray, Hien V. Nguyen
PSCR has been researching deployable communications systems for first responders since 2015. In this session, PSCR presents the latest addition to our research portfolio. Sponsored by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T)
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