Researching Solutions for Increasing Communications Availability

The NCS has conducted service and technology evaluations and research to identify technologies and service offerings that can increase communications availability, such as:

• Service Offering Evaluations:NCS partnered with AT&T / BellSouth and MCS to evaluate their service offerings:
  
  
  • AT&T / BellSouth Wireless Broadband Service technology (.pdf)
  • MCS Satellite Communications (SATCOM) service offering (.pdf)
    
    
• Technology Evaluations: The NCS partnered with technology vendors and a Federal, state, or local agency to evaluate a stand-alone communications technology at the agency site. Evaluations included:
  
  • Iridium Satellite Communications (SATCOM)
  • Free Space Optics (FSO)
  • Hybrid FSO / Radio Frequency (RF)
  • FSO in Urban Disasters
  
  
• Technology White Papers: The NCS prepared research papers on prevalent and emerging communications technologies and their applicability to disaster or event recovery and restoration.
  
  
• WiMAX (.doc)
• WiFi (.doc)
• Wireless Mesh (.doc)
  

More Information

For more information regarding a specific evaluation or technology research, please contact: routediversity@dhs.gov


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