Lucent Technologies announces availability of large, in-building wireless communications system.MURRAY HILL Murray Hill may refer to one of the following places:
Test Site Customers Show Savings and Customer Service Improvements Lucent Technologies today announced commercial availability of its DEFINITY(R) Wireless Business System/PWT for large buildings and business campuses in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The communications system 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. , tested during the last half year in more than two dozen customer locations, provides free air time and clear, secure digital sound on pocket phones. These eight ounce phones have all the capabilities of America's most popular business phones, the DEFINITY(R) wired desk phones. Users can move about the workplace while handling phone calls-including using speed dialing, receiving calls, transferring calls to others, conferencing in up to six additional parties, sending calls to voice mail, or picking up voice mail messages. Users even have caller ID A telephone company service that sends the caller's telephone number between the first and second ring of the call. If the calling number is not blocked, the calling number is displayed on the handset or base station of the called party. on the display panel of the pocket phones. Working in the unlicensed and, therefore, free radio frequency spectrum of 1.9 Ghz, the Definity Wireless Business System/PWT (Personal Wireless Telephony telephony without wires, usually employing electric waves of high frequency emitted from an oscillator or generator, as in wireless telegraphy. A telephone transmitter causes fluctuations in these waves, it being the fluctuations only which affect the receiver. See also: Wireless standard) hands off call signals from antenna to antenna located throughout the business. Users can walk hallways and even take elevators while maintaining a clear telephone connection. The system can seamlessly grow to cover four million square feet, the equivalent of a 40 story office building. One of the early customers for this digital wireless system is the Penn State Scanticon Conference Center, State College, Pennsylvania. The Center is using the Definity Wireless Business System to enhance its popularity as a training and conference center. Conferees are given a free pocket phone to use as long as they are on campus. Feedback from conferees shows that they not only consider the training center to be a leader in technology use, but that they also like the pocket phones so much that they want to take them back to their own businesses. One of several medical establishments to install the system is Memorial Hospital of Belleville, Illinois Belleville is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. The population was 41,410 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of St. Clair County,GR6 . "We have to be high-tech as well as high-touch," says Bernie Hurst, communications supervisor for the 350-bed community hospital. Hurst is in charge of all of the hospital's communications, including telephone, beeper beeper - pager , radio, and voice mail. "People love the system," said Hurst, explaining that physicians and nurses working in hospitals must stay in constant touch to discuss patient care. Hospitals recognize that time is one of their most valuable assets, so they continuously look for ways to reduce the time physicians and nurses spend tracking each other down. Before the DEFINITY(R) Wireless Business System, when a physician needed to consult with a nurse, the call would first go to the nurse station. Then, if the nurse was away from the station caring for a patient, a secretary took the call and paged the nurse. By the time the nurse returned to the station to return the call, precious time had been spent. Today, the physician's call goes directly to the nurse's Definity portable telephone. Also, on a typical day, hospital nurses and physicians walk marathon distances, so they appreciate how the wireless system saves them extra steps. Recently, during a "code blue" medical emergency involving a patient in cardiac arrest cardiac arrest n. Abbr. CA A sudden cessation of cardiac function, resulting in loss of effective circulation. Cardiac arrest A condition in which the heart stops functioning. , the wireless system helped save valuable minutes, increasing the chances of a favorable recovery. Hurst also likes the DEFINITY system because the radio spectrum it uses does not interfere with biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. equipment. And, on a lighter note, Hurst jokingly says nurses and physicians like their pocket phones so much that they "just dare" her to take away the wireless system. Pay back for one of these systems is generally three months, based on productivity increases, added responsiveness and fewer missed revenue-generating calls. Prices for the Definity Wireless Business System/PWT range from $1200 to $1700 per user. Customers interested in further wireless business system information may call 1-800-325-7466, extension 145. PWT PWT Posterior Wall Thickness (cardiology) PWT Plain White T's (band) PWT Pennyweight PWT Personal Wireless Telecommunications PWT Poor White Trash PWT Bremerton, WA, USA - Municipal , which stands for Personal Wireless Telephony, is the name of the standard specified by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. for in-building wireless systems. In addition to the PWT system, for the United States, Lucent offers the TransTalk(TM) 9000 single zone wireless system for small and medium sized businesses. Lucent also provides wireless business systems for the other major wireless, in-building standards around the globe: DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) A cordless phone standard mostly used in Europe; however, DECT 6.0 is increasingly used worldwide. The first DECT standards were introduced by ETSI in 1992, and DECT phones have been used as cordless home phones as and CT2. Lucent Technologies (LU) , with headquarters in Murray Hill, N.J., designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, consumer and business telephone systems, and microelectronics components. Bell Laboratories is the research and development arm for the company. For further information on Lucent Technologies see the company Web site at http://www.lucent.com. Wireless business system information is at www.lucent.com/wireless. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: DEFINITY(R) WIRELESS BUSINESS SYSTEM/PWT(a) Maximum area covered: 4 M square feet Users per system 260 Spectrum 1.9 Ghz, unlicensed PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. Coverage per radio cell 65 to 165 feet Security Security features of the Definity Enterprise Communications System are extended to the Definity Wireless Communications System. In addition, security against eavesdroppers is assured by the advanced digital speech encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. process. Each pocket-phone is ascribed a unique encryption key, and phone use requires access authentication The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. which avoids unauthorized use. Clarity Digital signal, Dynamic Channel Selection The intelligent pocket-phone continuously selects the best available free channel or base station thereby offering excellent call quality at all times. Air Interface Standard (a) PWT, Personal Wireless Telephony standard Handset Model: Pocket Phone 9601, flip-phone Weight: 8 ounces Height: 6 inches Width: 2.5 inches Depth 1.1 inches Handset features alpha-numeric display with calling party id 30 number speed dialing two line capability with hold, transfer, and conference Battery 4 hours of talk time 48 hours of standby time recharges in one and a half hours use of two batteries eliminates any down time System Design configuration of best antennae placement using the Bell Labs patented WiSE (Wireless System Engineering) system Installation requires location compliance with FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. rules governing frequency coordination Frequency Coordination is a technical and regulatory process which is intended to remove or mitigate radio-frequency interference between different radio systems which utilise the same operational frequency. CONTACT: Rosemary Yaecker 908-953-7512 /office 908-735-4996 /home ryaecker@lucent.com |
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