APCO Australasia Conference 2012

PSCR program manager, Dereck Orr, and technical manager, Jeff Bratcher presented at the APCO Australia/Asia Conference & Exhibition, which ran MAR 12 – 14, 2012 in Queensland, Australia.

» View the APCO Australasia 2012 conference program.

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Academic research versus industry research and development roundtable, MON, MAR 12, 2012

Public Safety Communications Research Program

Orr and Bratcher described PSCR’ research approach and capabilities as it breaks down into these areas:

• Requirements
• Research & development
• Standards & specifications
• Testing and evaluation
• Transition & lessons learned

Slide Deck (Pages 13 and 14 of this PDF slide deck include embedded audio examples that require Adobe Reader to play.)

APCO Australasia P25 User Group Meeting, TUES, MAR 13, 2012

Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program

Orr and Bratcher provided background and an update on the P25 CAP.

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Traditional Radio versus New Technology Wireless, WEDS, MAR 14, 2012

The evolution of public safety standards for 3GPP – LTE

Bratcher discussed:

• The history of LTE and its architecture
• The importance of establishing national frameworks to set parameters and represent the network as a whole for nationwide interoperability
• The role of the PSCR demonstration network to support the development of PSBB requirements
• Key areas of PSBB interest within the structure of 3GPP standards
• PSCR PSBB standards efforts, such as proximity services (also known as PROSE) and group-based communications (also known as GROUP)

Slide Deck

Q&A: The allocation of broadband spectrum for Australia’s public safety communications

Orr participated as a panelist in this discussion.

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