Public Safety
Vislink Introduces Kamelyon for Law Enforcement & Public Safety
VISLINK, plc has significantly advanced the state-of-the-art in Law Enforcement & Public Safety (LE&PS) wireless surveillance with the introduction of its software defined KAMELYON family of digital transmitters and receivers. As a Software Defined Radio (SDR), the field upgradeable KAMELYON is compatible with legacy surveillance technology, emerging digital applications, and future technological advancements. In fact, [...]
A Software Defined Radio for Emergency Applications
Available now for licensing???…
Description of Invention:
To date, many of the approaches to software-defined radio have primarily focused on baseband features, leaving RF subsystems intact. Some current technologies combine many radio-unique baseband and RF features to realize a multifunctional radio. Such an approach is costly and inefficient in terms of power utilization and weight. Realizing [...]
Popular P25 Public Safety Waveform Ported to Spectrum’s Software Reconfigurable Radio
Bridging public safety and military networks
BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – May 27, 2009) – Spectrum Signal Processing by Vecima (TSX:VCM) (”Spectrum”), an advanced communications equipment supplier, announced today a partnership with Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC) to port the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) Project 25 (P25) public safety waveform to Spectrum’s flexCommTM SDR-4000 software [...]
Thales’ Liberty Liberates Comes Through Clearly for Certification
Thales Communications, Inc., develops, manufactures, and supports multiband, software-defined radio (SDR) equipment, announces that its LibertyTM multiband land mobile radio (LMR) has received U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certification. Having successfully passed all required tests, the Liberty radio is the first FCC-approved multiband radio covering the entire public safety spectrum.
The Liberty radio, introduced in early [...]
Harris Corporation to Acquire Tyco Electronics Wireless Systems
Harris announced the acquisition of Tyco Electronic Wireless Systems.
“The combination of RF Communications and Wireless Systems creates a powerful supplier in the global land mobile radio systems market,” said Howard L. Lance, chairman, president and CEO of Harris. “With an 80-year heritage in providing communications for the public safety market, Wireless Systems has established a [...]
Software defined radios help agencies communicate
PoliceOne.com has an article on the benefits of SDR designs in public safety applications.
During emergency situations — whether a natural disaster like Katrina, large transportation accident, or terrorist attack—public safety officials from different agencies (in some cases, different counties and States) must be able to effectively communicate with each other. If they cannot share information [...]