| Public Safety Workshop  Tuesday, November 30 Sponsored by the Wireless Innovation Forum Public Safety Special Interest Group
   This workshop brings together several individuals with diverse roles within the public safety community to discuss user requirements, technologies, and regulatory aspects for public safety communications systems.      Focus for this workshop is on how Software Defined Radio (SDR) and Cognitive Radio (CR) technologies/solutions can benefit the public safety user and the regulatory impact of such solutions.  Specific topics for this workshop, all related to this focus, include:   
Overview of past, present, and future work of the WINNF's Public Safety Interest Group
User (law enforcement) requirements that are drivers for SDR and CR regulations and technologies
Federal R&D
Academic Research
Perspectives of the public safety manufacturer relative to SDR and CR in public safety products Schedule: 10:00 - noon Morning  Session 
 10:00 - 10:10   Introduction, Fred Frantz, L-3 Communications 10:10 - 10:45   Advances in SDR/CR Technology, Industry Perspective, Rick Taylor, Harris 10:45 - 11:20   Advances in SDR/CR Technology, University Perspective, S.M. Hasan,   Virginia Tech   11:20 - 11:55   Research and Evaluation of SDR/CR for Public Safety, Dr. Nancy Merritt,  NIJ
 11:55 - noon    Session 1 Wrap-up
 
 noon - 13:30  Lunch  
 13:30 - 13:40  Conference Welcome, John Glossner, Sandbridge Technologies and Conference  Chair
 
 13:40 - 14:20 Conference Keynote:  Masiyuki Ariyoshi, Principal Researcher and Cognitive Radio Research  Project Leader System Platforms Research Laboratories Central Research  Laboratories, NEC Corporation 
 14:20 - 15:00 Conference Keynote: Tom Stroup, CEO, Shared Spectrum  Company 
 15:00 Coffee  Break 
 15:15 - 17:15  Afternoon Session 
 15:15 - 15:25   Afternoon Introduction, Fred Frantz, L-3 Communications 15:25 - 16:00   Requirements from a Law Enforcement Perspective, Deputy Chief Eddie Reyes, Alexandria PD   16:00 - 16:35   Regulatory Perspective, Dr. Bill Lane, Chief Engineer, Public Safety 
Outreach and Operations Division,Public Safety and Homeland  Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission 16:35 - 17:10   The Role of the Public Safety SIG, Fred Frantz, Chair, WInnF Public  Safety Special Interest Group (SIG) 17:10 - 17:15   Session 2 Wrap-up |