The upcoming Smart Spectrum Summit will focus on broadcast/broadband hybrid networks for public safety and emergency communications. It's set for Nov. 18 in Washington and will be keynoted by Michael Poth, FirstNet CEO.
Smart Spectrum Summit Focus: Public Safety
The inaugural Smart Spectrum Summit: Broadcast/Broadband Networks for Public Safety and Other One-to-Many Data Applications will take place in Washington on Nov. 18. The Summit bills itself as an “immersive, one day education, update and networking event for all stakeholders in wireless spectrum today, tomorrow and 10 years from now.”
The Summit will have a special focus on broadcast/ broadband convergence for public safety and disaster communications, and, the organizers say, should be attended by broadcasters, public safety and emergency managers, investors, policymakers, technologists and the media.
Michael Poth, the CEO of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), is on tap as keynote speaker.
Emergency and public safety communications can reap enormous benefits from leveraging the one-to-many video and data distribution architecture of next-gen broadcasting, ATSC 3.0, the organizers say. New services enabled by ATSC 3.0, such as the Advanced Warning and Response Network, can revolutionize public alert and warning by reaching at-risk citizens with rich-media content on any device at any time, even if cellular and other networks fail.
ATSC 3.0 will give broadcasters an unprecedented capacity to deliver a wide range of digital content, including ultra-high definition programming, to receivers deep inside buildings and to portable and mobile devices. It enables new data services that leverage broadcasting’s scalable and efficient one-to-many architecture and seamless integration into hybrid networks.
For FirstNet and other emerging broadband public safety networks, ATSC 3.0. can help solve a major challenge — unintentional denial of service from LTE network overload. By broadcasting secure mission-critical video to first responders, next-gen broadcasting can offload traffic from LTE networks during peak use incidents, thus preserving bandwidth and reliability.
BRAND CONNECTIONS
The event will cast a spotlight on innovative opportunities to create new public-private partnerships, use scarce spectrum more wisely, and improve emergency communications. Prospective attendees can find information about speakers, sessions and sponsors online at www.smartspectrumsummit.com
The co-sponsors for the event are ONE Media and LG Electronics.
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