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cially, the system interconnects Long Term Evolution (LTE) phones, the latest wireless standard, with the public safety community’s traditional Land Mobile Radio (LMR) systems. The nation’s estimated 5 million pub- lic safety personnel are expected to use a mix of both systems. LTE data transmission rates are 30 to 1,000 times higher than LMR. “The portable system was built
to enable research in diverse envi- ronments,” says Tracy McElvaney, an engineering supervisor in NIST’s Public Safety Communications Re- search (PSCR) division. “But it is modeled after FirstNet’s image of a vehicle-borne network system and the public safety community’s vision of a rapidly deployable system to be used when the nationwide network is not available.” “Our role at NIST is not to de-
velop the technology itself, but to in- tegrate the state-of-the-art pieces in- to a conceptual platform that will help drive the industry to meet public safety needs — that is, to make portable systems smaller, more ro- bust and with more capabilities,” McElvaney says. NIST’s research and demon-
stration platform was developed through PSCR’s Broadband Consor- tium, in which more than 70 vendors provide equipment and support. PSCR staff use the system for re- search projects such as evaluating how to improve audio intelligibility amid crowds and background noise and the development of a database of communications in high-stress, noisy environments. The platform enables research into factors considered criti- cal to the public safety mission, such as how to establish “push to talk” (i.e., using a button to switch from sending to receiving) capabilities over broadband systems. PSCR staff recently tested the
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system at a convention center and a stadium in Harris County, Texas, an early adopter of LTE technology for public safety. “Typically, it takes on the order of hours to deploy a ‘cell on wheels’ system to provide coverage at an event, and multiple deployable systems are needed to enable both LTE and LMR” McElvaney says. “Our system provides LTE, LMR, video, and data. We rolled the system from the vehicle into the building, and once connected to an AC power outlet, we were making calls in less than 5 minutes.”
September, 2016 The mobile system can also be
connected to the Internet, satellite or a commercial cellular network to link users to a broader community. PSCR staff are currently exploring integrat- ing sensor data and analytics into the system, and developing requirements for linking up with both personal area networks that are already in place as well as temporary Incident Area Net-
NIST engineer Ben Posthuma demonstrates the use of NIST’s
Rapidly Deployable Public Safety Research Platform, a mobile ar- ray of commercial technologies
that can be set up in strategic to improve public safety communi- cations. (photo courtesy of NIST)
works, which are created as needed and can expand as an incident grows in size and complexity. NIST has established Coopera-
tive Research and Development Agree - ments (CRADAs) with the partners contributing to the mobile platform. CRADAs are the principal mechanism used by federal labs to engage in col- laborative efforts with nonfederal or- ganizations and allow the exchange of resources with private industry to ad- vance technologies that can then be commercialized for the benefit of the public and the U.S. economy. The mobile net is just one of a
number of deployable systems PSCR plans to evaluate and leverage for re- search. Others include backpack sys- tems that can rapidly serve a small team of users, vehicle-mounted sys- tems and perhaps airborne systems. The work was funded, in part, by the Department of Homeland Security’s First Responder Group. Web:
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Mycronic to Acquire Shenzhen Axxon Automation
Taby, Sweden — Mycronic AB has signed an agreement to acquire 75 percent of Shenzhen Axxon Automa- tion Co., Ltd., for a cash considera- tion of approximately SEK 430 mil- lion ($51 million). As part of the agreement Mycronic will acquire the remaining shares in two phases — an additional 5 percent will be acquired this year and the last 20 percent over the next three years. Mycronic is ex- panding in the solder paste jetting and general dispensing market with the acquisition and aims to position itself as a leading dispensing equip- ment company. Axxon develops, manufacturers
and sells dispensing equipment in the Chinese SMT market. China rep-
resents around 40 percent of the global dispensing market, which is worth several hundred million dol- lars. The company obtained its posi- tion through a strategy that included developing mainstream products along with fast response times to cus- tomer and market requirements. The acquisition is expected to be finalized by the end of September 2016. “I believe that under the leader-
ship of Mycronic, Axxon can become a leading global brand of dispensing equipment,”explains Chen Long, Axxon’s chairman. Contact: Mycronic, Inc., 320
Newburyport Turnpike, Rowley, MA 01969 % 978-948-6919 fax: 978-948- 6915 Web:
www.mycronic.com
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