GD’s communications equipment completes PSCR interoperability tests

General Dynamics Broadband (GD Broadband), a division of General Dynamics C4 Systems, has successfully completed phase one and phase three of the long-term evolution (LTE) network tests of its eNodeB and Evolved Packet Core (EPC) products.

Conducted at the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) programme at the Commerce Department’s Boulder Laboratories in Colorado, US, the tests marked a significant milestone in demonstrating the equipment’s ability to support the nation’s FirstNet initiative.

General Dynamics C4 Systems senior vice president Manny Mora said that the wireless broadband products were built in Adams County, Colorado, US, as part of the ADCOM 911 high-speed LTE public safety network.

"These products meet the unique communication needs of law enforcement and public safety personnel and the success of these tests demonstrate that GD Broadband has the right products for FirstNet networks," Mora added.

More than 60,000 federal, state, local and tribal agencies and across jurisdictional lines will use the FirstNet for secure broadband communications and interoperability.

The products will also connect police, fire and other emergency first responders to the New York City Wireless Information Network (NYCWiN).

Adams County Communications Center (ADCOM911) director Bill Malone said, "Technical interoperability is fundamental to the interconnection of ADCOM911 and the North Central Colorado Region with other jurisdictions licensed to operate in the Public Safety radio spectrum."

The PSCR programme involves US Department of Commerce agencies, the Law Enforcement Standards Office (OLES) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).