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Delivering Mission-Critical Voice Communications in a Public Safety COTS LTE Environment

Providing mission-critical voice communications services for law enforcement and other public safety responders within the LTE Environment using commercial-off-the-shelf technologyMake it happen!

Department of Justice - Office of Justice Programs

Total Cash Prizes Offered: $50,000
Type of Challenge: Scientific
Submission Start: 09/21/2013 08:00 AM ET
Submission End: 02/15/2014 12:00 AM ET

This challenge is externally hosted.

You can view the challenge details here: http://nij.gov/funding/fy13-comms-challenge.htm

Description

This Challenge seeks innovative solutions to providing mission-critical voice communications services for law enforcement and other public safety responders within the LTE Environment using commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology, which are achievable within five years of the Challenge prize being awarded. The proposed solution should ensure mission-critical voice communications in all environments and in the face of communications infrastructure challenges