Public Safety 700-MHz Demonstration Network

INAUGURAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING

Meeting participants in the Department of Commerce Boulder Laboratories auditorium.

APR 20 – 21, 2010 — The PSCR (Public Safety Communications Research) program hosted the inaugural stakeholders’ meeting for the 700-MHz Public Safety Broadband Demonstration Network at the Department of Commerce Boulder Laboratories. The meeting brought together all interested parties for the first time to shape how the demonstration network will be implemented.

Participants discuss expectations during one of a pair of simultaneous breakout meetings — one public safety focused, and one industry focused — of equal size. In total, there were six pairs of breakout meetings.

Breakout meetings took two tracks, one focused on public safety expectations and requirements, and one focused on vendor and carrier expectations and technical details. Representatives from Federal, state, local and tribal public safety agencies attended the event. In addition, vendor, carrier, academia, FCC (Federal Communications Commission) and public safety association representatives were at the meeting.

Participants in breakout sessions voiced their expectations for a nationwide public safety broadband network and for the demonstration network. Demonstration and evaluation tests also were discussed. View the meeting report.

» Meeting agenda and slide decks

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