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Demand grows for mass alert systems.


A growing demand for security at military bases, public buildings and mass events is fueling the market for emergency communications systems In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. .

MadahCom Inc., of Sarasota, Fla., has designed a network for both routine and emergency communication over areas of various sizes, including a single building, a sports arena, a campus or multiple remote sites, according to according to
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. The Wireless Audio Visual Emergency System (WAVES) secure network has a base station, supervised field stations and autonomous control stations.

WAVES operates at 2.4 GHz and can be powered by solar panels that provide uninterrupted service during power failures. It can recognize fire or explosions and will reroute communications to working nodes, It also can be programmed to issue specific evacuation evacuation /evac·u·a·tion/ (e-vak?u-a´shun)
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 instructions and system commands. Security features include frequency hopping A wireless modulation method that rapidly changes the center frequency of a transmission. See spread spectrum and 802.11.  and anti-jamming.

WAVES is used to protect U.S. troops in locations around the world. It also has been installed in municipal facilities, office buildings, factories, shopping malls airports and zoos.
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Title Annotation:tech talk
Author:Foster, Sharon
Publication:National Defense
Date:Oct 1, 2003
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