WSDOT radio crews installing dishes and antennas on the 190-foot tall radio tower at Sumas Mountain in Whatcom County. See more photos...

The Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Communications & Wireless Technology office provides  communications system planning, analysis and design. It also provides site, project and asset management.

What does the ITS Communications office do?

• Provides engineering services (Path and Interference analysis) for wireless applications
• System design and documentation
• State Interpretability Executive Committee (SIEC) point of contact for wireless applications and license activity
• Design last mile connectivity to ITS devices
• Project management of the wireless activity
• Coordinate regional radio staff
• Inventory ITS device connectivity

ITS Communications & Wireless Technology office provides:

• Two-Way Radio Systems Designs(Both Conventional and trunked systems)
• Two-way Radio System Operations and Management
• Infrastructure Design & Upgrades
  • Communications Towers
  • Communications Shelters
  • Emergency Power Systems
• Microwave systems design and microwave transport system analysis
• Microwave carrier systems operations and management
• Vertical real estate (Technical due diligence reporting, site audits and asset records management)
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licensing and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) tower compliance and registration
• Maximum Permissible Exposure (MPE) studies and site safety plans
• Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Communications equipment and operations planning
• Feasibility studies and needs analysis
• Site acquisition, asset audits, drawings and records development
• Radio Frequency (RF) Spectrum management and assignment
• RF Interference analysis
• Systems implementation & management oversight
• Proposal/bidding process
  • Specification development
  • Bid/Proposal technical evaluation
  • Technical assistance during contract negotiations
  • Project management
  • Communications site management
  • Total system oversight (Integration, installation, implementation)
  • Final test and acceptance monitoring