NIST debuts new approach to ad hoc networks for first responders
Thursday, August 7, 2008 - 11:21
in Earth & Climate
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers successfully demonstrated a prototype approach to maintain two-way communications with first responders as they make their way in building fires, and mine and tunnel collapses. These and other disasters in enclosed environments are often rife with radio dead spots and conditions that can severely weaken signals...
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