ITS Professional Capacity Building Program

T3 Webinars

Webinar Overview

Description

The purpose of this Wireless T3 Webinar is to provide technical information concerning wireless data transport systems. This information augments materials that were presented at a T3 Webinar on August 14, 2007. That first wireless webinar discussed wireless systems architecture and the data communication standards that are used in the wireless domain. The information that was presented in that first webinar should be reviewed prior to attending this T3 Webinar. View the archives for the Aug. 14th webinar.

This T3 webinar delivers information concerning wireless power and loss and the coding of wireless signals. Power and loss are discussed for a variety radio frequencies. This is a technical presentation about wireless signals and assumes that attendees have a basic understanding of radio theory. Time for discussion is provided at the end of the program. Attendees' questions will be collected during the presentation and discussed.

Background

This session is the second in a series of T3s that will focus on Wireless Data Transport for Traffic and ITS. Proposed upcoming topics include:

• Case Studies from wireless field deployments in ITS systems
• Case Studies from integrated arterial traffic signal management through the use of wireless systems

Intended Audience

This Wireless Data Transport T3 is for traffic and ITS professionals that desire to develop or refresh their knowledge of wireless systems. Some technical understanding is assumed. The target audience for the webinar includes transportation engineers, transportation planners, traffic operations engineers and managers, transit operations managers, and emergency management agency managers. The information presented will create a foundation for additional discussion.

Host:

Paul Olson, FHWA Resource Center, Lakewood, CO
Biography

Presenter:

Patrick (Pat) Clair PMP, Senior Technical Specialist, Southwest Research Institute®

Pat Clair is a Senior Technical Specialist with Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) in San Antonio, Texas. In that position he is responsible for developing and deploying Intelligent Transportations Systems hardware and software solutions and performing multi-vendor product evaluations in support of SwRI clients. In his role at the Institute, Pat provides engineering consulting, education and training to SwRI clients worldwide.

Before joining SwRI, Pat developed an in-depth background in new telecommunications product introduction, project delivery, software creation environment management, and professional training and development in numerous professional positions with AT&T and Lucent Technologies. Additionally, Mr. Clair teaches a variety of professional development, business analysis, ecommerce, and project management courses at the university level.

While a senior project manager and systems engineer at AT&T and Lucent Technologies, he was responsible for telecommunications system development, design, reliability, and implementation for a number of projects. These projects included the computer network design and engineering for numerous E9-1-1 dispatch centers.

Pat has an extensive background in digital video having deployed switched digital video in a fiber/twisted pair environment and CATV systems over fiber/coax. As a director with Lucent Technologies, Mr. Clair was responsible for successful completion of major wireless and media-based hardware and software projects in the U.S., the Caribbean, and Latin America region.

Mr. Clair has provided technical and management presentations concerning the use of telecommunications value engineering and project management tools to achieve world-class results since 1993. The focus of his work has been to increase the quality and velocity of projects in support of customer goals.