CommScope Helping Ensure Reliability of Next-Gen Public Safety Networks

Public safety communication networks are vital to protecting US citizens, civil servants and emergency personnel every day. To ensure the reliability of these life-saving networks in a future of high-speed wireless broadband, CommScope, a global leader in infrastructure solutions for communication networks, is actively engaged in a US federal government project to test the interoperability of next-generation public safety networks and equipment.

The company’s portfolio of Andrew Solutions wireless products—including RF feeder lines, base station antenna systems, and cable assemblies—are enabling the Department of Commerce’s Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Demonstration Network in Boulder, Colorado. Andrew base station antennas are currently the only antennas used at the demo network sites.

“The PSCR Demo Network was designed to create a totally interoperable, broadband public safety network across the US, and we are proud to be contributing the RF Path antennas and cables that are making it possible,” said Paul Bell, senior vice president and general manager, Base Station Antenna and Microwave Products, CommScope. “Our RF Path solutions can help operators meet coverage and capacity challenges in virtually any broadband wireless network.”

The PSCR Demo Network in Boulder is a proving ground where police, fire and emergency services departments and other stakeholders come to test equipment for interoperability on the 700 MHz long term evolution (LTE) band. It is a joint effort between two Department of Commerce agencies, the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Telecommunications and Information Association. The network consists of three sites on which various stakeholders and end-users can test the interoperability of their equipment.

CommScope supplied Teletilt® base station antennas with AISG 2.0 actuators and controllers; HELIAX® transmission lines, connectors and accessories; and antenna network management system software for the PSCR Demo Network. CommScope has a long history of supporting wireless network deployments and upgrades since the first 2G networks. The company’s extensive portfolio of Andrew products includes comprehensive site solutions for the entire RF Path. CommScope equipment is deployed extensively in public safety and commercial wireless networks worldwide.

To learn more about CommScope’s involvement in the PSCR Demo Network, visit the CommScope booth at International CTIA WIRELESS 2011®, March 22-24 in Orlando, Florida. Philip Sorrells, vice president, Wireless Site Solutions, CommScope, will be joining a panel about optimizing towers for 4G at the co-located Tower Technology Summit on Wednesday, March 23 from 3:10 – 4:00 p.m.

Teletilt and HELIAX are registered trademarks of CommScope, Inc.

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