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FCC unveils executive summary of National Broadband Plan http://bit.ly/a5WTQ6

Posted by Steven J. Crowley to Twitter @ 10:53 am, 03/15/10

LTE driving new distributed antenna deployments http://bit.ly/bSR8o8

Posted by Steven J. Crowley to Twitter @ 10:51 am, 03/15/10

Geospatial lobbying group: Google maps are ‘cartoons’ http://bit.ly/9lHDRf

Posted by Steven J. Crowley to Twitter @ 1:47 pm, 03/12/10

Tech industry splinters over patent reform proposal http://bit.ly/bvrkDS

Posted by Steven J. Crowley to Twitter @ 9:44 am, 03/09/10

Mobile patent lawsuits in perspective

Larry Downes explores several drivers of mobile patent lawsuits, and suggests a mobile-device patent pool as one solution. Moreover, he says, mobile device winners will be those companies focusing on compelling consumer offerings, instead of patent disputes.

Posted by Steven J. Crowley to Patents @ 9:05 pm, 03/05/10 | No Comments

Senators lay out patent reform agreement http://bit.ly/bbJQxL

Posted by Steven J. Crowley to Twitter @ 6:59 pm, 03/04/10

How to get grant money for public safety radio

“When you read the application and fill it out, give them what they want.”

Urgent Communications has tips (registration required) from a grant-writing consultant on getting grant money for public safety narrowbanding.

Posted by Steven J. Crowley to Public Safety @ 8:54 pm, 03/02/10 | No Comments

Experimental Radio Applications at the FCC

This summarizes a selection of applications for the Experimental Radio Service received by the FCC during February 21-26: radar, WiMAX, MVDDS, aeronautical communications, private mobile data, millimeter wave, high-frequency data, space communications, and radiolocation.

  • The Maryland Department of the Environment filed an application (with supporting exhibits) to operate a wind-profiling radar on 915 MHz. The equipment was developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and fabricated by Radian International. The antenna is to consist of one steerable four-panel micro-patch phased array.
  • DTV Norwich filed an application (with supporting exhibit) for special temporary authority to conduct propagation tests prior to potential full-scale deployment of Multichannel Video and Data Distribution Service (“MVDDS”) at 12.2 to 12.7 GHz in the Miami area. This is to determine the suitability of potential transmitter sites for full-scale operation, for which DTV Norwich has a license.

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Posted by Steven J. Crowley to Aviation, Experimental, High Frequency, MVDDS, Millimeter, Private Radio, Radar, Radiolocation, Space Communications, Telemetry, Video, WiMAX @ 11:53 am, 03/01/10 | No Comments

IEEE sets “obligations” for participation in standards development, effective March 31 http://bit.ly/9sTiYR

Posted by Steven J. Crowley to Twitter @ 11:46 am, 02/26/10

Airbus explores 60 GHz for wireless in-flight entertainment http://bit.ly/9sAsji

Posted by Steven J. Crowley to Twitter @ 7:00 am, 02/25/10

Experimental Radio Applications at the FCC

This summarizes a selection of applications for the Experimental Radio Service received by the FCC during February 13-20: landslide monitoring, WiMAX, earth-station antennas, radar, military mobile data, automatic aircraft landing, psyops transmission.

  • Skyport Global Communications filed an application (with supporting exhibits) to test a 55cm slot-array X-band antenna manufactured by EMS Technologies on 8218-8400 MHz. The test will be done using a satellite link between the 55cm antenna in Atlanta, Georgia and a hub in Houston, Texas using the XTAR LANT X-band satellite.

Skyport

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Posted by Steven J. Crowley to Antennas, Aviation, Experimental, Military, Millimeter, Radar, Satellite, Terminals, WiMAX @ 7:55 am, 02/21/10 | No Comments

Tower safety guide released

The National Association of Tower Erectors has released a hazard recognition guide to provide aid in recognizing and alleviating hazards at tower sites. Issues covered include job site documentation and conditions, OSHA guidelines, protective equipment, rigging, and radiofrequency radiation exposure. The intended audience includes tower owners, wireless carriers, broadcasters, contractors, and others responsible for safety at tower sites.

The format is an online narrated presentation of about 170 slides. Internet Explorer and registration are required for viewing.

Posted by Steven J. Crowley to Towers @ 8:33 am, 02/20/10 | No Comments

Backhaul trends: higher rates, more wireless

A 4G base station can’t be any faster than its backhaul. An article in the February 2010 issue of AGL magazine, written by analysts at Visant Strategies, looks at how backhauls improving in speed to match new air interfaces. Over the next five years, they see the number of base stations having more than 24 Mbps of backhaul capacity increasing more than 20-times.

Today most backhaul links are wireline; through 2015, the percentage of wireless versus wireline backhaul links is predicted to increase, with percentages about even by 2016. The number of backhaul links in wireless networks is predicted to increase from 300,000 in 2008 to 500,000 in 2015.

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Posted by Steven J. Crowley to Backhaul @ 11:57 am, 02/17/10 | No Comments

Cellphone jamming test at Maryland prison this week http://bit.ly/bzYpRO

Posted by Steven J. Crowley to Twitter @ 7:48 pm, 02/16/10

Vodaphone, Verizon Wireless, Qualcomm (nPhase) in new US/Europe machine-to-machine (M2M) alliance http://bit.ly/bL9qBH

Posted by Steven J. Crowley to Twitter @ 7:58 am, 02/15/10

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