Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Motorola demonstrates 700 MHz broadband system

Nov 11, 2008 1:27 PM, By Glenn Bischoff

SAN DIEGO—Motorola this week is demonstrating public-safety wireless broadband applications over an orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM)-based, 700 MHz system at the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference. The vendor giant is billing the demonstration as an industry first.

The demonstration utilizes a base station mounted on top of a building near the San Diego Convention Center, an in-vehicle video surveillance camera, and a second camera deployed in Motorola's booth. A key component of the demonstration is the system's ability to prioritize public-safety applications when the network is congested. Monitors in the booth displayed the video feed from the vehicle both when the data stream is prioritized and when it is not; in the former, the picture was crisp and clear; in the latter, it was fuzzy and, at times, pixilated.  ...

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