RCC Public Safety Communications Blog: Outreach News

1. Today’s NPSTC Cross-Border Interoperability meeting at the Canadian Embassy was excellent. For those desiring to see presentations, please see the links below:

2. REQUESTS FOR WAIVER OF VARIOUS PETITIONERS TO ALLOW THE ESTABLISHMENT OF 700 MHZ INTEROPERABLE PUBLIC SAFETY WIRELESS BROADBAND NETWORKS. Granted the Waiver Request with conditions. (Dkt No. 06-229 ). Action by: Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau. Adopted: 05/12/2011 by ORDER. (DA No. 11-863). PSHSB http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-11-863A1.doc

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-11-863A1.pdf

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-11-863A1.txt

3. Many persons in public safety are vitally concerned with the issues associated with new technology that could adversely impact GPS systems. NPSTC has a new web page devoted to this issue. Please see:

http://www.npstc.org/gps.jsp

4. Attached are two PowerPoint slides from NIST that illustrate the basic idea on providing a useful interface to the RF propagation data collected over the last several years at NIST. The first slide is slide shows a conceptual interface for the “General User”, while the second slide shows the interface for a user that desires more details. The intent is to provide both interfaces; the user would select between the two. Hopefully we can get feedback on 1) the usefulness of such a tool, and 2) how to present the final data (e.g., the bar graph result showing percent coverage in slide 1) in a meaningful manner to the intended users.

Please send any feedback or comments to

William F . Young, Ph.D.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology

Electromagnetics Division (687)

Mailcode 818.01

325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305-3328

Phone: (303) 497-3471

5. The 2012 APCO Western Regional is accepting proposals for seminars. The Conference is being held in Anchorage Alaska! See the Call for Papers at www.2012WRC.com.

6. FCC PROMOTES A MORE RESILIENT AND RELIABLE 9-1-1 SYSTEM. Proposed rules under which providers of Voice over Internet Protocol service and broadband Internet service providers would report outages of at least thirty minutes. News Release. (Dkt No 11-82 ). Adopted: 05/12/2011. News Media Contact: Lauren Kravetz at (202) 418-7944, email: Lauren.Kravetz@fcc.gov PSHSB . Contact Jeffery Goldthorp at (202) 418-1096, email: Jeffery.Goldthorp@fcc.gov

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-306532A1.doc

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-306532A1.pdf

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-306532A1.txt