Gotenna local mesh

Gotenna protocols and devices are designed to enable off-grid connectivity as well as augment traditional communications networks. Paired with phones or integrated into any device or machine, goTenna mesh networking turns everything in the world around us into programmable mobile infrastructure.

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Materials

The Canadian Government has discovered the internet.
Run for the hills...

This is just a heads up for those interested in contributing to the up coming debate. Here you will find a collection of resources to educate your self on the history of communications and recent progress on the Canadian Broadcast Act amendments.

Please remember to file your briefs in response to the proposed changes to the Broadcast Act with in the upcoming deadlines.


The Broadcasting and Telecommunications Review Panel’s long-awaited report was released Wednesday January 29th 2002. https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/110.nsf/vwapj/BTLR_Eng-V3.pdf/$file/BTLR_Eng-V3.pdf


Looks like the senate is where the action (February 2019) is as we have an election up coming. The Government of Canada has asked the Senate to prepare a report on changes to the Broadcast Act, that report is due January 2020 (unconfirmed). The Senators are often not experts in the field so the reports and questions are very accessible.


Background on Canadian communications - Canada's Forum for Research and Policy in Communications
http://frpc.net/research/reports/

Submissions to the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel.

http://frpc.net/submissions-to-the-broadcasting-and-telecommunications-legislative-review-panel/

CRTC New Media Exemption allowing Internet Broadcasting
https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2012/2012-409.htm


CRTC Direction is outlined in their report Harnessing Change
https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/cancon/futur.htm


Senate of Canada - the committee handling the Report to Parliament is the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications ("TRCM").
https://www.sencanada.ca/en/committees/trcm/


TRCM has been calling witnesses to help them prepare their report. Study on the modernization of Canadian communications legislation.


https://sencanada.ca/en/Committees/TRCM/NoticeOfMeeting/502219/42-1

• Monique Simard, Panel Member (Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel)
• Janet Yale, Chair (Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel)

https://sencanada.ca/en/Committees/TRCM/NoticeOfMeeting/502217/42-1

• Rachelle Frenette, Legal Counsel (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission)
• Scott Hutton, Executive Director, Broadcasting (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission)
• Ian Scott, Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission)
• Chris Seidl, Executive Director, Telecommunications (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission)

https://sencanada.ca/en/Committees/TRCM/NoticeOfMeeting/501645/42-1

• Monica Auer, Executive Director (Forum for Research and Policy in Communications)
• Michel Houle, Consultant, Cultural Industries and Communications (Alliance des producteurs francophones du Canada)
• Michael Paris (Movie Theatre Association of Canada)
• Carol Ann Pilon, Executive Director (Alliance des producteurs francophones du Canada)
  

https://sencanada.ca/en/committees/TRCM/Briefs/42-1?oor_id=485209

• As an Individual April Lindgren, Professor, School of Journalism, Ryerson University
• Magazines Canada Matthew Holmes
• National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada Thomas S. Saras

 https://sencanada.ca/en/Committees/TRCM/NoticeOfMeeting/501643/42-1

• Thomas S. Saras, President and Chief Executive Officer (National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada)
• Jay Thomson, Chief Executive Officer (Canadian Communication Systems Alliance)

https://sencanada.ca/en/Committees/TRCM/NoticeOfMeeting/500078/42-1
Election of a deputy chair

• Marc Raboy, Beaverbrook Professor Emeritus in Ethics, Media and Communications, McGill University (As an Individual)
• Gregory Taylor, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Media and Film, University of Calgary (As an Individual)

https://sencanada.ca/en/Committees/TRCM/NoticeOfMeeting/500076/42-1

• Brent Homan, Deputy Commissioner, Compliance Sector (Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada)
• Gregory Smolynec, Deputy Commissioner, Policy and Promotion Sector (Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada)
• Daniel Therrien, Privacy Commissioner of Canada (Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada)
• Consideration of a draft agenda (future business) 

https://sencanada.ca/en/Committees/TRCM/NoticeOfMeeting/499851/42-1

• Aline Chevrier, Senior Director, Spectrum Licensing and Auction Operations (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada)
• Pamela Miller, Director General, Telecommunications and Internet Policy Branch (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada)
• Drew Olsen, Director, Marketplace and Legislative Policy (Canadian Heritage)
• Thomas Owen Ripley, Director General, Broadcasting and Digital Communications Branch (Canadian Heritage)

 https://sencanada.ca/en/Committees/TRCM/NoticeOfMeeting/499849/42-1

• William G. Hutchison, Distinguished Fellow, Innovation Policy Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto (As an Individual)
• Stuart Jack, Partner (Nordicity Group Limited)

Consideration of a draft agenda (future business) 

https://sencanada.ca/en/Committees/TRCM/NoticeOfMeeting/499203/42-1

• Konrad von Finckenstein, former chair, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) (As an Individual)

https://sencanada.ca/en/Committees/TRCM/NoticeOfMeeting/497286/42-1

• Michael A. Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, University of Ottawa (As an Individual)
• Dwayne Winseck, Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University and Director of the Canadian Media Concentration Research Project (As an Individual)
• Consideration of a draft agenda (future business)

https://sencanada.ca/en/Committees/TRCM/NoticeOfMeeting/487320/42-1

•  April Lindgren, Professor, School of Journalism, Ryerson University (As an Individual)

https://sencanada.ca/en/Committees/TRCM/NoticeOfMeeting/487318/42-1

• John Hinds, President and Chief Executive Officer (News Media Canada)
• Peter Miller, Consultant (Canadian Association of Broadcasters)
• Carol Ann Pilon, Executive Director (Alliance des producteurs francophones du Canada)
• Barry Rooke, Executive Director (National Campus and Community Radio Association Inc.)
• Matt Thompson, Director, Board of Directors (Canadian Association of Broadcasters)

https://sencanada.ca/en/Committees/TRCM/NoticeOfMeeting/487317/42-1

• François Côté, Executive Director (Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada)
• Matthew Holmes, President and Chief Executive Officer (Magazines Canada)
• Linda Lauzon, Executive Director (Association de la presse francophone)
• Thomas S. Saras, President and Chief Executive Officer, Media (National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada)
• Francis Sonier, President (Association de la presse francophone)

https://sencanada.ca/en/Committees/TRCM/NoticeOfMeeting/487316/42-1

 Study on emerging issues related to its mandate and ministerial mandate letters

• Roxane Brazeau-Leblond, Director, Income Tax Rulings Directorate, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs Branch (Canada Revenue Agency)
• Costa Dimitrakopoulos, Director General, Income Tax Rulings Directorate, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs Branch (Canada Revenue Agency)
• Miodrag Jovanovic, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister (Analysis), Tax Policy Branch (Department of Finance Canada)
• Marc Lemay, Director General, Cultural Industries, Cultural Affairs (Canadian Heritage)
• Thomas Owen Ripley, Acting Director General, Broadcasting and Digital Communications Branch, Cultural Affairs (Canadian Heritage)

 
 https://sencanada.ca/en/Committees/TRCM/NoticeOfMeeting/486641/42-1

• Daniel Bernhard, Executive Director and Spokesperson (Friends of Canadian Broadcasting)
• Peter Miller, Consultant and Author (Friends of Canadian Broadcasting)
• Ian Morrison, Spokesperson (Friends of Canadian Broadcasting)

 https://sencanada.ca/en/Committees/TRCM/NoticeOfMeeting/470964/42-1
 Study on the regulatory and technical issues related to the deployment of connected and automated vehicles

• Consideration of a draft report 

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Can Hamm radio talk to CB

In a word, NO! Hams, (licensed Radio Amateurs) are NOT allowed to talk to anyone who is not a licensed Ham. The ONLY exception is in an emergency when human life and/or property are in danger. Then anyone can talk to anyone in any service. The big hang-up is that CB has certain frequencies which their radios can operate on, Hams have certain bands that their radios can operate on, and neither of these services can "get to" any law enforcement frequencies. EXCEPTION: The FCC has set up call signs for CBers to use to call in emergencies. The call is K (+ the 2-letter abbreviation for the states), + 0911. So for Arizona, the call is KAZ0911. States and counties CAN monitor Channel 9 for emergency calls, but many dont. For instance, Hams cannot talk to military personnel, however many Ham radios can be "opened up" to cover military and government frequencies.

https://www.quora.com/Can-a-ham-radio-talk-to-a-CB-radio?ch=10&share=53a13e27&srid=tXNX

Wired Beartooth article

https://www.wired.com/2016/02/beartooth/

OUR SMARTPHONES CAN already do so much, but one area where they fail is off-grid communications. Journey beyond the reach of a compatible cellular data network or a capable Wi-Fi signal, and your access to the vast telecoms infrastructure disappears.

Going off the grid doesn't even require a trip into the boonies. You can find yourself without access in areas where you have either Wi-Fi or cell coverage, but your connection falters because there are too many users congesting the network—a common occurrence at concert venues and big conferences.

A new product from the Bozeman, Montana-based company Beartooth provides direct off-grid communications between smartphone devices. The pocket-sized transceiver pairs with your smartphone via Bluetooth and allows you to talk to your other Beartooth-carrying friends without having to rely on external infrastructure like Wi-Fi networks and cell towers. The simplest explanation: it turns your smartphone into a texting and push-to-talk (PTT) style voice walkie-talkie. But unlike a walkie-talkie, you get to keep the computing power, touchscreen, and user interface of the smartphone. So while you may be cut off from the Internet in the woods, you'll at least be able to communicate with your friends in familiar ways.

Introducing LoRa

http://www.instructables.com/id/Introducing-LoRa-/

LoRa™ =Long Range wireless data telemetry and relates to a radical VHF/UHF 2-way wireless spread spectrum data modulation approach that has recently been developed & trademarked (™) by Semtech - a long established (1960) US multinational electronics firm. Refer [1]=> http://www.semtech.com/

The technology behind LoRa™ was developed by Cycleo, a French company acquired by Semtech in 2012. LoRa™ is proprietary, but it appears to use some sort of "simpler" CSS (Chirp Spread Spectrum) pulsed FM "sweeping frequency" modulation rather than DSSS (Direct Sequence SS) or FHSS (Frequency Hopping SS).

Semtech's web site mentions that "LoRa™ technology offers a 20dB link budget advantage compared to existing solutions, which significantly extends the range of any application while delivering the lowest current consumption to maximize battery life."

Claimed ranges are typically x10 that of regular UHF wireless data systems. Yes -compared with regular narrow band data setups LoRa™ gives 100s of metres rather than 10s, several 1000m rather than mere 100s. Magic !

A Study of LoRa: Long Range & Low Power Networks for the Internet of Things

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5038744/

Abstract

LoRa is a long-range, low-power, low-bitrate, wireless telecommunications system, promoted as an infrastructure solution for the Internet of Things: end-devices use LoRa across a single wireless hop to communicate to gateway(s), connected to the Internet and which act as transparent bridges and relay messages between these end-devices and a central network server. This paper provides an overview of LoRa and an in-depth analysis of its functional components. The physical and data link layer performance is evaluated by field tests and simulations. Based on the analysis and evaluations, some possible solutions for performance enhancements are proposed.

Keywords: LoRa, Internet of Things, long range, low power

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1. Introduction

The essential difference between "the Internet" and "the Internet of Things" (IoT) [1] is that in the IoT, there is just "less of everything" available in a given device or network device: less memory, less processing power, less bandwidth, etc.; and of course, less available energy. This is either because "things" are battery driven and maximizing lifetime is a priority or because their number is expected to be massive (it is estimated that there will be 50 billion connected devices by 2020 [2]). This drive to "do more with less" leads to constraints that limit the applicability of traditional cellular networks, as well as of technologies, such as WiFi, due to energy and scalability requirements.

Another range of protocols and technologies has emerged to fulfill the communication requirements of the IoT: Low-Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN). Colloquially speaking, an LPWAN is supposed to be to the IoT what WiFi was to consumer networking: offering radio coverage over a (very) large area by way of base stations and adapting transmission rates, transmission power, modulation, duty cycles, etc., such that end-devices incur a very low energy consumption due to their being connected.

LoRa (LoRa Alliance, https://lora-alliance.org) is one such LPWAN protocol and the subject of study for this paper. LoRa targets deployments where end-devices have limited energy (for example, battery-powered), where end-devices do not need to transmit more than a few bytes at a time [3] and where data traffic can be initiated either by the end-device (such as when the end-device is a sensor) or by an external entity wishing to communicate with the end-device (such as when the end-device is an actuator). The long-range and low-power nature of LoRa makes it an interesting candidate for smart sensing technology in civil infrastructures (such as health monitoring, smart metering, environment monitoring, etc.), as well as in industrial applications.