What Is ERCES / Public Safety DAS? Requirements, Costs, and Compliance
ERCES public safety radio system requirements and compliance planning. Image: MobileNet Services ERCES, also referred to as Public Safety DAS or an Emergency Responder Communication Enhancement System, is one of the most misunderstood life safety scopes in commercial construction. Most teams know it has something to do with firefighter radios, but the real impact is […]
Public Safety Radio Coverage: Plan Early or Pay Later
Public safety radio coverage testing and compliance planning. Image: MobileNet Services Public Safety DAS isn’t a last-minute add-on. It’s a code-driven life safety requirement that can affect permitting, inspection, and Certificate of Occupancy timelines. When ERRCS (Emergency Responder Radio Communication System) is addressed early, it is predictable and manageable. When it is addressed late, it […]
Natural Disasters
Emergency response communications during natural disaster events. Image: MobileNet Services As fires rage through Southern California it seems appropriate to consider the effect of natural disasters on our critical Emergency Wireless infrastructure. At the time of writing, winds continue to threaten structures in Ventura County and surrounding areas which threaten not only the population and […]
Battery… Power?
Backup power systems supporting critical wireless infrastructure. Image: MobileNet Services Recently Ericsson, Qualcomm, and Verizon teamed with Federated Wireless in a demonstration of LTE Advanced Carrier Aggregation in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum. The CBRS band is essentially shared spectrum consisting of 150 MHz of 3.5 GHz spectrum known as band 48. Nicola […]
MobileNet in Cordova, Alaska Fly Testing
Our brave teams traveled to Alaska to check coverage and throughput over Prince William Sound in Cordova, Alaska. This isn’t the maiden voyage, our teams have been braving the harshest and arguably the most beautiful and dramatic landscape for over a decade. Our testing is imperative to the communities in Alaska as they depend on […]
MobileNet at UTC TELECOM & TECHNOLOGY DENVER
UTC (Utilities Telecom Council) is a global trade association that serves the critical infrastructure telecommunications and wireless needs of power utilities. The show highlighted RF solutions targeted at the leading-edge issues of the IT & Telecom programs in the water, electric, and gas utility industry, in support of the pursuit of integrated communications within the […]
MobileNet at IWCE in Las Vegas
The International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) is considered the authoritative annual platform for Public Safety communications technology professionals to attend. With a large and diverse crowd of industry professionals including everyone from government and military officials to public safety professionals, IWCE provides an extensive array of Educational Forums and Special Events encompassing a wide range […]
MobileNet at CTIA Super Mobility Week
Taking part in the exploration of new products and technology, MobileNet’s management team arrived at CTIA Super Mobility Week in Las Vegas ready to embrace the outpour of innovation. This year, CTIA showcased the expansion of wireless services in the utilities industry, public safety, virtual reality, and smart clothing. Information flow was abundant as keynote […]
The HetNet Solution
Providing 3G and LTE to public hot spots such as hotels, stadiums, and airports can be problematic. In-building DAS (distributed antenna systems) offers a solution to enhance the existing macro layer with low powered nodes. The amalgamation of the macrocellular network with DAS networks and various small-cell solutions has been coined the “heterogeneous network” (or […]