Sanders announces FCC Type Acceptance and UL listing for industry's first production PCS-Over-Cable system.NASHUA, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 2, 1997--A PCS-Over-Cable system, developed and produced by Sanders, a Lockheed Martin Company, has been granted Type Acceptance by the 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. and listing by Underwriters Laboratories and Canadian Underwriters Laboratories. With the 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. and UL/C-UL approvals, the Sanders system is certified to have met authorized frequency transmission and safety standards for commercial sale of the product. To achieve these approvals, the PCS-Over-Cable components underwent extensive design verification testing in the fall of 1996, including system performance testing under extreme environmental conditions: temperature, vibration and shock. Sanders, a Lockheed Martin Company, was advised of the FCC approval following successful completion of the tests. Type Acceptance is an equipment authorization indicating compliance with FCC technical standards for conducted and radiated radio frequency (RF) emissions as outlined in the FCC Code of Federal Regulations The New Deal program of legislation enacted during the administration of President franklin roosevelt established a large number of new federal agencies, which generated a shapeless and confusing mass of new regulations. . The system's Cable Microcell Integrator (CMI (Computer-Managed Instruction) Using computers to organize and manage an instructional program for students. It helps create test materials, tracks the results and monitors student progress. ) and associated Headend equipment were also approved for listing by UL/C-UL. This approval, which was received in November, indicates compliance to the Underwriters Laboratories Inc. standards for safety as related to installation, operation and maintenance. Sanders' PCS-Over-Cable system enables a Personal Communications Services See PCS. (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. ) provider to deploy a wireless network with less dependence on the use of antenna towers. The system thus offers relief for providers now constrained by regulatory issues and community resistance to tower construction. PCS-Over-Cable uses a deployment of interconnecting CMIs and Headend equipment with connection to the wireline telephone network by way of a hybrid fiber coax (networking) Hybrid Fiber Coax - (HFC) A kind of physical connection used in networks for audio, video, and data. DVB (Digital Video Broadcast) is used in Europe and DOCSIS is used in N America. cable television system. Sanders is the first company to have successfully developed, tested and begun high-volume production and deployment of a PCS-Over-Cable system. Sanders products are currently being shipped in quantity to support the first commercial deployment of PCS service utilizing existing cable television networks. Sanders is an operating unit of the Lockheed Martin Electronics Sector, a leader in the design, development and manufacture of electronics systems for the global aerospace and defense marketplace. Sanders commercial products involve technologies that include wide-band radio, digital and analog communication systems, and very high speed real time digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). . CONTACT: Marv Braman, 603/885-2817 Joe Wagovich, 603/885-2816 |
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