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Audio Quality

Here is a sampling of press that mentions our audio quality work or topics directly affected by our work.

“VoLTE Outshines Emergency Communications Radios,” (highlights ITS audio quality work at PSCR labs; view NTIA Technical Report TR 13-493), FierceBroadband Wireless, January 2013.

“NTIA ITS Conducts Voice over LTE Tests,” (highlights ITS audio quality work at PSCR labs; view NTIA Technical Report TR 13-493), MissionCritical Communications, January 2013.

“Testing by NTIA’s ITS Paves the Way for First Responder Broadband Interoperability,” (highlights ITS audio quality work at PSCR labs; view NTIA Technical Report TR 13-493), NTIA Blog, January 2013.

“Digital Audio Continues to Evolve,” MissionCritical Communications, by the PSCR program’s D.J. Atkinson, June 2011.

“Improving Digital Radio for fireground Communications,” Article references PSCR audio quality work by D.J. Atkinson and Andrew Catellier — Public Safety Communications, November 2010.

“We Hear You,” Urgent Communications, October 2010.

“PSCR Conducts Second Round of Fireground Digital Radio Tests,” Urgent Communications, August 2010.

“On the Fireground, Analog Still Reigns,” Urgent Communications, April 2010.

“Radio Tests in Fireground Environment Set for Early 2010,” Urgent Communications, December 2009.

“Research Goup Plans New New Digital Audio Tests for Early 2010,” Mission Critical Communications, November 2009.

“Vendors Say they Are Working on Digital Radio Noise Problems,” Urgent Communications, April 2009.

“Digital Radio Fails the Firefighters,” New Scientist, March 2009.

“S&T Snapshots - Command, Control and Interoperability; Lost in Digital Translation,” Department of Homeland Security, February 2009.

“A Real Stumper,” Urgent Communications, February 2009.

“Lessons Worth Learning,” Urgent Communications, January 2009.

“Digital Radios in Fireground Limbo,” Urgent Communications, August 2008.

“Vocoder Testing Report a Mile Marker for Digital Radio Transmission Quality,” (See second page, first article.) Homeland Security Science Technology Interoperability Bulletin, June 2008

“Fire Service Puts Digital Voice Coders to the Test,” Interoperability Technology Today, Department of Homeland Security, Spring 2008.