Rapid Band 14 LTE for Major Events

Communications Society

Steve Kropper, Parallel Wireless

Because of vendor and facility constraints, telecom carriers need months to plan and deploy LTE (Long Term Evolution) wireless networks for scheduled events. RF and network planning needs design experts. Equipment needs to be selected, installed and tested.

Suppose an urgent need required LTE deployment for a major event as fast as public safety agencies can dispatch fire, police and medical teams? What would that network look like? Join us to hear of a system deployed in 21 days for Super Bowl 50 and another in 18 days for the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland. What happens when all four redundant layers of backhaul and broadcast evaporate three days before the RNC. Learn what technology and management allowed the event to proceed (mostly) smoothly.

Parallel Wireless’ customers include British Telecom, Telefonica, the RNC, Lollapalooza, FirstNet, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and M1 Singapore. They have provided demonstrations to the Department of Defense, Homeland Security, APCO 2015 and the 2016 International Wireless Communications Expo.

The Speaker: Steve Kropper began his telecom career with Cable & Wireless, Martin Marietta, Bell Canada, Clear (New Zealand) and as a telecom analyst at IDC. As the Internet evolved, Steve founded the largest consumer property web site in the field – Domania.com (sold to Lending Tree). He founded WindPole Ventures, leveraging a portfolio of 12,000 tall towers to provide real-time data for five of the top ten developers like BP and Duke Power. Steve developed corporate strategy in regulated and unregulated markets in energy, telecom and financial information fields. Today he is VP at Parallel Wireless in Nashua, NH, leading its business development in the public safety sector. Steve holds a BA from BU and MBA from Cornell.

Meeting Location: The meeting begins at 7 PM at the Verizon Technology Center, 60 Sylvan Road, Waltham, MA 02451. The entrance is by the far southwest corner – with the picnic tables. It is most easily reached by the West Street entrance.

Important Note: Everyone is invited to attend, however Verizon Technology Center requests the names of the meeting attendees in advance of the meeting. Please send a note via e-mail with your name to John Nitzke at RF@ieee.org by COB Wednesday, September 7th.

The meeting is preceded by dinner at Bertucci’s Italian Restaurant, 475 Winter St, Waltham at 5:30 PM. The speaker will be joining us at dinner. Please let Bob Malupin know in advance if you plan to attend the dinner. Bob can be contacted at Robert.Malupin@VerizonWireless.com.

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