PCTEL Revolutionizes In-Building Cellular, 9-1-1 and LMR Coverage Testing

PCTEL Revolutionizes In-Building Cellular, 9-1-1 and LMR Coverage Testing

One Walk Test Enables Multi-Level Analysis of 9-1-1, 4G/5G, Public Safety, and Private Radio Performance

Why walk a building more than once to test communications coverage? With multi-layer analysis for grid testing, you'll be able to generate multiple easy-to-understand reports about 9-1-1, 4G/5G cellular, public safety, and private LMR network performance in PCTEL's SeeHawk® Central cloud platform from a single in-building test. Multi-layer analysis clearly identifies quality of service issues that go beyond pass/fail requirements, while retaining the user-friendly reporting format and repeatability of grid-based testing, the public safety industry standard for ensuring First Responders can communicate indoors during an emergency. That makes it easy for testers and system integrators to save time and generate new business, while satisfying the needs of building owners, public safety officials, and network operators alike. Perhaps most crucially, this approach to testing coverage supports 9-1-1 Inside™, a Safer Buildings Coalition initiative focused helping mobile devices to dial 9-1-1 from anywhere inside a building. Multi-layer analysis can be used to:

• Save time and money by limiting "breadcrumb" testing to areas of poor coverage
• Benchmark 4G/5G coverage and identify best and worst cellular carriers
• Demonstrate where solutions are needed to address service quality and security risks
• Clarify the benefits of DAS or BDA systems with clear "before" and "after" comparisons
• Verify 9-1-1 coverage and report it to public safety agencies
• Identify marginally-passing Public Safety coverage that might fail future tests
• Ensure FirstNet® and other Public Safety Broadband coverage for first responders

Those are just a few of the possibilities. We hope you're excited as we are about the ability to leverage PCTEL's industry-leading public safety grid testing system to support the full ecosystem of in-building wireless coverage. PCTEL will demonstrate Multi-Layer Analysis at IWCE Booth #2140 in Las Vegas, NV March 18-19, 2026. Contact us at the link below to learn more. Contact Us 9-1-1 Inside is a trademark of the Safer Buildings Coalition. FirstNet is a registered trademark of the First Responder Network Authority.