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Clutter Busting: Situational Awareness Using Wireless on Utility Poles

Joshua Broder  (CEO, Tilson)

Track: Government & Enterprise

Topics: Backhaul, Broadband, IoT, SCADA, Situational Awareness, Spectrum Allocation, Video

Format: Power Session

Vault Recording: TBD

The urban and suburban streetscape is where people live, work and play, and it's one of the most difficult radio frequency environments to operate in. It's down in the clutter, where line of sight is limited by buildings and trees, it's noisy with licensed and unlicensed users. This session will address the lowly but critically important utility pole, its various forms and the regulatory and legal structures in which it operates, and the RF technologies installed on it. This session will provide a quick survey of emerging RF applications mounted on utility poles, to address drone situational awareness, spectrum allocation, IoT sensing and backhaul, video and public safety, and other broadband connected applications connecting people and machines at work. Technologies touched on will include radar, spectrum sensing, IoT, SCADA, and public safety sensing, including video and gunshot detection. The session will provide practical engineering considerations for site selection and securing rights to install, civil construction, bringing power to poles, and reliable RF installations, along with some war stories from the field, where RF literally meets the road.

Takeaway

Key takeaways include:
-The different kinds of pole structures found in the right of way, and how to get equipment on them, including regulatory considerations
- Applications for wireless colocation on poles
- Common pitfalls to avoid in planning utility pole mounted projects