Track: Location Services and Situational Awareness

  • Smart Communities, Smart Responders: An AI for IoT Prize Competition

    The rapid deployment of 5G infrastructure, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, smart buildings, transportation, and public safety data streams benefit communities across the country. However, these technologies have created a flood of data and made it difficult for public safety leaders and individual first responders to use them. The Smart Communities, Smart Responders: An Artificial […]


  • See FRAME in Action: From Earthquake Chaos to Informed Rescue Operations

    FRAME (First Responder Awareness Monitoring during Emergencies), developed in the AI3 Prize Competition, empowers first responders with critical situational awareness during emergencies. It leverages the power of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and machine learning to transform raw data into actionable insights. This demo simulates a real-world scenario where first responders leverage FRAME in an […]


  • Saving First Responder and Motorist Lives on the Roadway

    This demonstration will showcase how cellular communication can enable real-time safety messaging into consumer vehicles from emergency responders and systems.


  • 5G-based Indoor Positioning System for Firefighters using UAVs

    This demonstration showcases a 5G-based indoor positioning (5G-IPS) system. Using state-of-the-art software-defined radios and leveraging the latest advancements in 3GPP Release 16, this system accurately captures Time of Arrival (ToA) and Time Difference of Arrival (TDoA) measurements from three different base stations. Attendees will see how these measurements are used to precisely locate user devices […]


  • 3D Indoor Localization – Easily Find Someone Hidden in the Hotel!

    The SYSNAV First Responder Smart Tracker provides real-time 3D indoor localization without Global Positioning System (GPS). SYSNAV will showcase two demo scenarios to people visiting SYSNAV demo booth. The first will be an indoor navigation demonstration, where a single visitor will be equipped with the SYSNAV tracker and a smartphone/tablet to visualize his/her 3D trajectory […]


  • Digital Twins and Machine Learning for Safer Cities: Public Safety Training and Pre-plans

    Come delve into a partnership between GeoCam, NIST’s Public Safety Communications Research Division, and the Western Fire Chiefs Association that will redefine safety in urban settings. We’ll explore how GeoCam’s innovative system utilizes machine learning and sophisticated camera technologies to create detailed fire pre-plan maps and virtual training modules. These tools are designed to simulate […]


  • Livestreaming Body Worn Cameras Improve Officer and Community Safety

    The use of livestreaming body worn cameras has already shown success for public safety. Supervisors can see what is happening before they arrive on the scene and more effectively deploy their teams based on accurate real-time insights. Some agencies are using livestreaming on every call and have found their teams are more productive with dispatch […]


  • 5G-based Indoor Positioning System (5G-IPS) for Firefighters using UAVs

    This session will provide an update on the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program 2022 awarded “5G-enabled Indoor Positioning System for Firefighters using UAVs (5G-IPS).” George Mason University, together with Virginia Tech and Arlington County Fire Department, are prototyping a precise 5G-based Indoor Positioning System (5G-IPS) for firefighters, leveraging 5G NR positioning, network slicing, Open RAN […]


  • Finding a Way: NEVERLOST Wearable Tech, a Prototype for Uncharted Emergency Response

    NEVERLOST stands for Navigation Environment merging Virtuality, Ecotone, and Reality enabled by microtechnology for Localization of Subjects and Things. This session discusses a University of California Irvine (UC Irvine) project that investigates a technological framework for location-based services. The aim of the project is to develop a prototype of wearable technology to localize emergency responders, […]


  • LBS at PSCR: A look at PSCR’s Internal Efforts to Advance LBS for Public Safety

    Come listen to brief summaries and updates on three different areas of research being conducted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR)within the Location-Based Services (LBS) Portfolio. Topic areas include cooperative localization, indoor localization ground truth systems, and indoor mapping. Don’t miss the opportunity to engage with our […]