Researching Solutions for Increasing Communications Resiliency

The NCS regularly conducts service and technology evaluations and research to identify technologies and service offerings that can increase communications resiliency.

• Service Offering Evaluations: The NCS partners with a service provider to evaluate a service provider technology.
  
  
• Technology Evaluations: The NCS partners with a technology vendor and a Federal, state, or local agency to evaluate a stand-alone communications technology (e.g., FSO, SATCOM) at the agency site.
  
  
• Technology White Papers: The NCS prepares research papers on prevalent and emerging communications technologies and their applicability to disaster or event recovery and restoration.
  

Completed Evaluations and Research

The NCS is continually investigating new solutions for creating a resilient network, so check back often for updates.

Service Offering Evaluations

• AT&T / BellSouth Wireless Broadband Service (to be posted)
• MCS SATCOM Services (to be posted)

Technology Evaluations

• Satellite Communications (SATCOM)
• Free Space Optics (FSO)
• Hybrid FSO / RF
• FSO in Urban Disasters

Technology White Papers

• WiMAX (to be posted)
• WiFi (to be posted)
• Wireless Mesh (to be posted)

Partnership Opportunities

A partnership with the NCS to evaluate a technology or a service offering benefits both parties. The NCS gains valuable insight into a new or emerging technology or service which it can share with other Federal, state, and local agencies. The other party gains valuable insight into Federal, state, and local agencies needs and feedback on the service offering or technology.

More Information

For more information regarding a specific evaluation, technology research, or the opportunity to participate in an evaluation, please contact routediversity@dhs.gov

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