Beyond the Boundaries: Cross-technology Communications

Wireless technologies are now operating in the same frequency bands, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, and LoRa all using the 2.4 GHz band. This has made coexistence a reality, and there are three types of coexistence among these different wireless technologies. The first type treats other signals in the same band as interference, and schemes […]

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Is paging really finished?

Critical alerting using RF technologies has been evolving since it’s inception over 50 years ago. From the early technologies of Golay, 2-Tone, 5-tone, POCSAG and Flex paging to cellular technologies such as SMS, 2/3/4G data to Smart Phone Apps. Most emergency responders are using a combination of standard paging networks as well as more modern […]

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60Ghz – Gig backhaul for CCTV and Wi-Fi enabling Smart Cities – Case Studies from the Region

– “A City is only as Smart as the Connectivity it empowers”. The emergence of the 802.11ay standards, chipsets from QUALCOMM and Terragraph from Facebook/Meta, saw the emergence of Cambium Networks’ range of cnWave 60GHz a couple of years ago.   MBIE(RSM) made the full 57GHz-71GHz band (6 channels) available for Fixed Wireless use in NZ […]

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Leveraging public assets for network expansion

Cities can facilitate network deployment by making their assets and land available to network providers – and foster true public-private partnerships. Both cities and network providers can benefit from the use of local authority assets in this way. Simplifying the interactions between cities and the telecommunications industry promises to significantly accelerate expansion of existing wireless […]

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Building resilient & redundant site power solutions

Continuity of power is critical to any network. Increasing power loads and autonomy requirements in remote and off-grid locations mean that systems need to be designed with resilience and redundancy in mind. We’ll cover commonly deployed generation options (including alternative fuel options), power system elements, storage and autonomy considerations and environmental factors. The presentation will […]

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Improving Utility Control Room efficiency – a Powerco case study

The presentation discusses Powerco selection and rollout of ACOM dispatch console which together with improved coverage from a new digital radio system, increased Powerco overall call handling efficiency by >50%. Les Scott – Manager, System Sales, Zetron Matthew Collier – Critical Platform Specialist, Powerco

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Software-defined Wireless Transport

The shift towards unified SDN architecture opens new opportunities for mobile operators and WISPs. In this session we will present the main drivers and value of implementing SDN in the wireless transport domain, and how it is used to apply advanced AI based framework and tools into automated operations processes. We will discuss several examples […]

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Southern Alpine fault resilience – comms and logistics challenges

Craig Gibson – Emergency Management Advisor, Emergency Management Otago

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Planning resilient comms: Pike River Police Borehole Program

How do you plan a comms implementation when your project comes to a hard stop without it?  When the project timeline calls for 12hr work days 7 days per week and costs mount every day you can’t work. In this case study we will look a real-world example of comms planning for the NZ Police […]

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DMR Standards update

DMR was designed as a low cost replacement for analogue conventional and trunked systems. With the evolution of the standards and investment from global manufacturing DMR is now being offered for critical communications around the world in all LMR Markets. The presentation will provide an update for the DMR Tier III trunking standards and how […]

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