Progeny LMS Taps Purdue University For Wireless Telecommunications Study.Year-long Project Will Study Enhanced Position and Location Service INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana-based Progeny LMS, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , the largest holder of wireless spectrum in the M-LMS band, announced that it has commissioned Purdue University Purdue University (pərdy  `, -d`), main campus at West Lafayette, Ind. to study its proposed use of spectrum it owns for public safety applications. Progeny holds spectrum in the multilateration Location and Monitoring Service The general surveillance of known air traffic movements by reference to a radar scope presentation or other means, for the purpose of passing advisory information concerning conflicting traffic or providing navigational assistance. (M-LMS) band at 902-928 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. , with 8 MHz of bandwidth in economic areas covering a population of 235 million people. The year-long project will study the uses of the M-LMS band spectrum, including the best ways to deploy wireless service targeted at public safety applications in areas where GPS coverage is limited or signals do not reach, such as indoors. 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. approval, Progeny also hopes to use the same bandwidth to offer wireless broadband High-speed wireless transmission of data. What is "high" speed is always a changing number. Wireless systems are typically slower than land-based, wireline networks. In the past, wireless broadband started at 250 Kbps, whereas land-based broadband was generally considered to start at T1 in rural areas using the same system. Leading the study are Professors J.V. Krogmeier and D.J. Love from Purdue's Center for Wireless Systems and Applications in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Professor Krogmeier is Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Co-director of the Center for Wireless Systems and Applications. Dr. Love is assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. "We are excited to be working with Purdue University, one of the nation's finest engineering schools, to study how to advance homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States applications that require location capabilities," said Michael McMains, a principal with McMains LaPointe and president of Progeny. "The homeland security and broadband applications possible in the M-LMS spectrum would have an important impact in the United States. In Indiana, these investments are an important part of the state's continued innovation and growth in the area of information technology." Progeny is a privately-held company controlled by Otto "Nick" Frenzel, III, who is a former chairman of the board of Merchants National Corporation and the National City Bank of Indiana. Mr. Frenzel is a director of Indianapolis-based property and casualty insurance company Baldwin & Lyons, and is chairman of its Audit Committee. Mr. Frenzel, through Progeny and investments in predecessor ventures, has worked toward the development of services in this band for nearly 20 years. |
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