Oceus Networks said it successfully demonstrated the use...
Oceus Networks said it successfully demonstrated the use of a deployable 4G LTE network on a high-altitude balloon platform. The rapidly deployable technology can be used to provide first responders with broadband and communications services during the first 72 hours…
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after a disaster, Oceus said Thursday. The company demonstrated the service last week in Boulder, Colo.; the balloon traveled 200 miles and reached an altitude of 75,000 feet. The Oceus team was able to connect to the airborne network using Motorola Solutions Band 14 devices, including the VML 700 data modem and the LEX 700 smartphone. The demonstration was part of the FCC’s Deployable Aerial Communications Architecture (DACA) initiative, which explores the use of High-Altitude Platforms as part of the FirstNet public safety network, Oceus said. The company said it plans to file a formal report on the results of the demonstration in the FCC’s DACA docket (http://bit.ly/1au3JOb).