Transcript Document

NPSTC Discusses
Current Events in the Public Safety
Community
IWCE 2011
Wednesday – March 9, 2011 – 11:00 AM
Moderators – Ralph Haller
Panelists – Marilyn Ward, David Buchanan, Harlin McEwen, Andy Thiessen,
and Joe Ross
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public safety communications and interoperability through collaborative leadership.
Welcome
Ralph Haller, NPSTC Chairman
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public safety communications and interoperability through collaborative leadership.
NPSTC Mission Statement
NPSTC is a federation of organizations
whose mission is to improve public safety
communications and interoperability
through collaborative leadership.
NPSTC is a federation of organizations whose mission is to improve public safety
communications and interoperability through collaborative leadership.
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NPSTC Member Organizations
Member Organizations:
Associate Members:
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American Association of State Highway and
Transportation Officials
American Radio Relay League
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials –
International
Forestry Conservation Communications Association
International Association of Chiefs of Police
International Association of Emergency Managers
International Association of Fire Chiefs
International Municipal Signal Association
National Association of State Chief Information Officers
National Association of State Emergency Medical
Services Officials
National Association of State Foresters
National Association of State Telecommunications
Directors
National Emergency Number Association
National Sheriffs’ Association
Canadian Interoperability Technology Interest Group
National Council of State Wide Interoperability Coordinators
Telecommunications Industry Association
Utilities Telecom Council
Liaison Organizations:
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Federal Communications Commission
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Partnership for Interoperable Communications
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Office of Emergency Communications
Office of Interoperability & Compatibility
SAFECOM
U.S. Department of Interior
Department of Justice
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NIJ COMMTECH
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How is NPSTC organized?
NPSTC Governing Board
• Representatives from each of its member organizations
Executive Committee
• The Executive Committee comprises a Chair, Vice Chair, and
the four Committee Chairs and Vice-Chairs
Four Operational Committees
• Interoperability Committee
• Outreach Committee
• Spectrum Management Committee
• Technology Committee
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Our Goals
• Create vision for the future of public safety communications
• Develop common policy perspectives through collaborative
forums of leadership in public safety
• Educate appropriate governmental bodies regarding public safety
communications issues, policies and priorities
• Educate public safety practitioners and leaders on
communications issues
• Influence future technologies, providers and standard making
bodies to ensure public safety interests are appropriately
represented
• Advocate the interests of public safety communications
• Facilitate coordination, dispute resolution and the exchange of
effective practices, tools and information
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NPSTC Discusses Intrinsically Safe Radios
Marilyn Ward, Executive Director
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Intrinsically Safe Radio Certification
• What is IS Radio and the issue?
– FM Approvals
– UL and CSA
• Changes that will be needed when new standard is
implemented in 2012
– More tower sites
– Batteries not interoperable
• The financial impact on Government Budgets
– Pinellas County
– Houston
• NPSTC position paper
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Intrinsically Safe Radio Certification
• ISA meeting in San Diego
– NPSTC representative
– Request for new standard for public safety
– Request to delay 2012 implementation
• What can we do?
– Notify your radio managers
– Work with your radio shop to prepare a plan and budget
– Monitor the NPSTC home page for updates and respond
when we call for action if it is needed
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Intrinsically Safe Radio Certification
• Join the IS Radio public safety working group and list
serve for information
• Share the impact on your system with us for
publication like Pinellas and Houston has done
• Be prepared to answer hard questions at home like
– Why did we spend so much money on equipment during
rebanding when it is no good after 2012?
– Is our radio equipment no longer safe?
– Why didn’t we know about this 2 years ago?
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NPSTC Discusses Current Spectrum Issues
and Narrowbanding
David Buchanan
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NPSTC Spectrum Issues
• LEGACY ANALOG TV CHANNELS IN 700 MHZ
SPECTRUM (#SM-093-20101112)
• Docket #07-100 on 4.9 GHz coordination adopted
4/7/09 NPRN Requires further FCC action
• NEW TECHNICAL STANDARDS / DTV OPERATION
FOR UHF TV SHARING BAND(#SM-045-20080212)
• AUCTION OVERLAY IN THE TV SPECTRUM (#SM086-20100813)
• NOI on Dynamic Spectrum Access with a separate
NPRM on voluntary auctions in the TV spectrum
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NPSTC Spectrum Issues
• FCC PUBLIC NOTICE REQUESTING INPUT ON
POTENTIAL USE OF 700 MHZ NARROWBAND AND
GUARDBAND BLOCKS FOR BROADBAND
OPERATION. (ACTION ITEM # SM-089-20101008)
• Petition to use certain 700 MHz narrowband channels
for air to ground use
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NPSTC Questionnaire
• NPSTC conducted a questionnaire to develop a
snapshot of the current status of narrowbanding.
• Generally, nine questions were examined.
• Over 600 responses have been submitted to date.
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Is Your System Capable of NB?
• Many jurisdictions are NB capable, but still in WB
• Repeaters and Base Stations pose a big problem,
even if mobiles and portables are ready
• Few have totally converted and most still need
equipment
• Troubling comments
– How would I know?
– County Commissioners not yet on board
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Migrating to 700/800 MHz?
• Most responders said “no”
– Propagation Issues with 700/800 MHz
– Interoperability with Neighbors
– Cost
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Do you have a Timetable?
• Most have a timetable
• Many see funding as an obstacle to meeting the
timetable
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Determine Cost to Narrowband?
• Range from a few thousand to millions of dollars
• Constant theme, “Where is the money going to come
from?”
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Planning to File a Waiver?
• 50/50 – yes/no
• Many undecided at this time
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Currently NB Capable?
• Range from “no equipment is narrowband capable” to
“all equipment is narrowband”
• Most have some percentage of equipment NB capable
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Need to Purchase New Equip?
• Most will need some additional equipment before 2013
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Funding Identified?
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Many looking for grants
Some have partial funding in place
Volunteer Fire Departments need donations
Funding is the biggest obstacle to meeting the
deadline
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Narrowbanding Affect Interop?
• Generally, Yes
• Interoperability suffers if not all users are narrowband
• Communications range may be reduced
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NPSTC Reviews Current Activities of the
PSST including D Block
Harlin McEwen
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Chief Harlin R. McEwen
Chief of Police (Ret) City of Ithaca, NY
FBI Deputy Assistant Director (Ret) Washington, DC
Chairman
Communications & Technology Committee
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Public Safety
Spectrum Trust
Chairman
Public Safety Spectrum Trust
Nationwide Public Safety
Interoperable Wireless Broadband Network
June 6, 2007 - The Public Safety Spectrum Trust (PSST) was created as a
not-for-profit Corporation. It was formed by the Association of PublicSafety Officials-International (APCO), the International Association of
Chiefs of Police (IACP), the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC),
and the International Municipal Signal Association (IMSA). The intent was
to apply for the proposed single nationwide Public Safety Broadband
License
August
10, 2007 – FCC issued the Second Report & Order that set forth a
PSBT
process
Proposalfor selection of a nationwide public safety broadband license
30 MHz rigorous requirements for eligibility for the nationwide license.
including
The R&O included unprecedented requirements for a license holder
including specific language to be included in the By-Laws of the
organization holding the public safety license.
November 19, 2007 - FCC named the PSST as the nationwide Public Safety
Broadband Licensee (PSBL) and issued a 10 year license.
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The Public Safety Spectrum Trust (PSST) is currently governed by a
voting board of fifteen members – one representative from each of
the following organizations:
1. American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
2. American Hospital Association (AHA)
3. Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International (APCO)
4. Forestry Conservation Communications Association (FCCA)
5. International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
6. International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC)
7. International City/County Management Association (ICMA)
8. International Municipal Signal Association (IMSA)
9. National Assn. of State Emergency Medical Services Officials (NASEMSO)
10. National Assn. of State 9-1-1 Administrators (NASNA)
11. National Emergency Management Association (NEMA)
12. National Emergency Number Association (NENA)
13. National Fraternal Order of Police (NFOP)
14. National Governors Association (NGA)
15. National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA)
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Nationwide Public Safety
Interoperable Wireless Broadband Network
ADEQUATE SPECTRUM IS
IMPORTANT TO PUBLIC SAFETY
PSBT
Proposal
30 MHz
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New Upper 700 MHz Band Plan - Adopted by FCC on July 31, 2007
Base Transmit (Downlink)
746
763
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Mobile Transmit (Uplink)
768 769
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775 776
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NB
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BB
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793
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11
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D
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798 799
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805 806
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B
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PS
NB
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PS
BB
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Single Nationwide
Public Safety Broadband License (PSBL)
(Licensed to the Public Safety Spectrum Trust)
Spectrum To Be Auctioned
With Public Safety Requirements
or
Allocated to the Nationwide PSBL
By Congressional Action
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D Block Allocation to Public Safety
• “Win the Future through the Wireless Innovation and
Infrastructure” initiative of the White House. Notably,
the plan calls for the reallocation of the D-Block for
public safety as well as significant investments to
support the build out of the network.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-pressoffice/2011/02/10/president-obama-details-plan-winfuture-through-expanded-wireless-access
• S. 28 (Rockefeller)
• HR 607 (King-Thompson)
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National Broadband Network
Conceptual Designs
March 1, 2011
San Antonio, Texas
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Network-of-Networks Concept
•Multiple IDs (PLMNs), one for each Public Safety Network
– Forces roaming between public safety networks, and all associated
engineering and business expenses for roaming replicated between
each network
– May not be possible to get many IDs from ATIS IOC
•Inconsistent user subscription fees for each network and roaming fees
between PS networks (TBD)
•Duplication & Overbuild = unnecessary expenses
•Upgrades inconsistent across Public Safety networks
•Public safety roaming also required onto commercial networks
– One agreement between each Public Safety Network, and each
supported commercial network, or
– An agreement between each Public Safety Network and a Clearing
House & Roaming Hub.
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Option 1: Network-of-Networks With Clearing House Concept
NOC
NOC
NOC
NOC
NOC
NOC
NOC
NOC
NOC
NOC
NOC
NOC
NOC
Clearing
House &
Roamin
g Hub
NOC
NOC
Commercial
Networks(s)
Network Core
Mar
ch
3,
One Nationwide Network Concept
•No public safety roaming on a nationwide network that
deploys a single Network ID (PLMN)
– Consistent user subscription fee regardless of user
location based on nationwide agreement (TBD)
•Upgrades nationally consistent
•Public safety roaming only required onto commercial
network(s)
– A single agreement with a clearing house can be used
versus multiple agreements in a network-of- networks
approach
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Option 2: One Nationwide Network Concept
Commercial
Network(s)
Clearing
House &
Roamin
g Hub
Distributed Network Core
Mar
ch
3,
Network Management
The recurring costs to manage and refresh a network, over the long term,
will be the largest cost component regardless of configuration. One
Nationwide Network would be a much simpler configuration and will cost
the least amount to manage, maintain, upgrade, etc.
In a network of networks approach, release upgrades would need to be
coordinated and consistent funding among all the network operators to
keep every LTE component at the same release level. This would slow
the overall evolution of the nationwide network to match the slowest of
the multiple network operators or if uncoordinated upgrades are made the
features available will not be uniform across the nation and could cause
operability and interoperability problems.
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Priority on the network
•Must not forget that local officials are primarily concerned about priority
access and Quality of Service (QOS) so they can manage local incidents
•A process to manage priority levels for local incident management will
need to be developed
•This process does not depend on the number of operators to meet local
needs
•The greater the number of system operators the more this will look like
the current Land Mobile Radio (LMR) voice systems with the obstacles
to interoperability that we have in the LMR environment today
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Nationwide Public Safety
Interoperable Wireless Broadband Network
A DIFFERENT FUNDING MODEL IS ESSENTIAL
A nationwide funding model will be essential to gain a nationwide public safety
interoperable network. Federal funds to build, manage and refresh a nationwide network
must be based on a new and unified funding approach that funds local, state, and
national elements of a nationwide network as opposed to a grant program that
disparately funds only selected localities such as the BTOP Program.
Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP)
PublicPSBT
Safety Grants
Proposal
City of Charlotte
30 MHz (NC)
State of New Mexico (NM)
Bay Area [Motorola] (CA)
State of Mississippi (MS)
State of New Jersey (NJ)
Los Angeles RICS (CA)
$ 16.7M
$ 38.7M
$ 50.0M
$ 70.0M
$ 39.6M
$154.6M
Adams County (CO)
$ 12.1M
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Nationwide Public Safety
Interoperable Wireless Broadband Network
ADEQUATE SPECTRUM IS IMPORTANT TO
PUBLIC SAFETY
Support S. 28 & H.R. 607
www.psafirst.org
NPSTC Broadband Requirements
Technology Committee Vice Chair
Broadband Working Group Chair
Andrew Thiessen
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NPSTC Broadband Working Group Recap
The NPSTC Broadband Working Group has been active in
development user requirements from the beginning of the 700MHz
broadband process for public safety:
• In November 2007, NPSTC published the first version (0.6) of the
700MHz Broadband Public Safety Statement of Requirements
– At the time, the D block auction had not occurred
– Public safety had not selected a technology
• In August of 2009. NPSTC published the Broadband Task Force
Report detailing a first cut at interoperability requirements given LTE
as the technology of choice
– Waivers had not yet been granted to PS organizations
– Roaming amongst potentially separate PS LTE networks was
not heavily considered
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NPSTC Broadband Working Group Current Efforts
Given the tremendous amount of activity in the last year or so in 700MHz
broadband, NPSTC felt it was time to reconstitute the Broadband Working
Group to begin to address current issues:
• Public safety has often referred to mission critical voice requirements but
no documentation existed on what this specifically was
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NPSTC has a document out for comment that is the first high level definition for what
mission critical voice means
This information will be used in the development of a voice capability for public safety
over 700MHz LTE and other technologies and spectrum as needed
• Given that the Public Safety community has elected to leverage a
commercial technology for its broadband needs, a careful gap analysis
needs to be performed to determine what changes, if any, need to be made
to the technology to meet PS needs
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The first step in a gap analysis if knowing what the requirements are, thus an update to
the 700MHz Broadband SoR is underway
Currently need volunteers from all stakeholders
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PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH
(PSCR)
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE – BOULDER LABS
ANDREW THIESSEN – STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS LEAD
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Public Safety Communications Research Program
Located at the
Department of Commerce
Boulder Labs in Colorado
The PSCR Program is a joint effort
between:
NIST’s
Office of Law
Enforcement Standards
(OLES)
and
NTIA’s
Institute for Telecommunication
Sciences
(ITS)
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700 MHz Spectrum
Public Safety Broadband
PS Narrowband
D Block
BC12
BC13
BC13
BC14
BC14
Public Safety
TV
CH
B
Mobile TX
Ch
Ch
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MHz 698
C
Ch
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704
D
E
Mobile TX
Ch
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710
Ch
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716
56
722
A
B
Base TX
Base TX
Base TX
Ch
Ch
Ch
57
728
C
58
734
C
Base TX
Ch
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740
Base TX
Ch
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746
757
61
752
D
Ch
C
Base TX
768 769
Ch
63
Mobile TX
Ch
775
64
770
Ch
787
66
782
PSBB G PSNB B
Mobile TX
Ch
65
776
D
A
Ch
67
788
B
Mobile TX
793
Mobile TX
798 799
Ch
68
794
Ch
805
69
800
806
Upper 700 Band
?
Cavalier
Wireless
763
764
Lower 700 Band
Current
License
Holders
(not full
list)
B
Base TX
62
758
Public Safety
PSBB G PSNB B
State/Local
Public Safety
Agencies
(Narrowband
LMR)
B Block (Guard Band)
A
Mobile TX
A
Guard
Band
Ch
51
?
State/Local
Public Safety
Agencies
(Narrowband
LMR)
Cavalier
Wireless
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B Block (Guard Band)
BC17
BC17
Guard
Band
BC12
3GPP LTE
Bandclass
D Block
PSCR’s 700MHz Public Safety
Broadband Demonstration Network
The only government or independent lab facility located in the United States
to test and demonstrate public safety 700 MHz broadband networks and
applications, the Demonstration Network provides:
A place for manufacturers and carriers to deploy their systems to test them
in a multi‐vendor environment. This provides integration opportunities.
A place for public safety to see how these systems will function, specific to
their unique needs. Interested agencies can visit the network and get
hands‐on experience with these systems, as well as run public safety
specific test cases that relate directly to their operational environments.
A place where early builders can ensure that the systems they might procure
will in fact work in the eventual nationwide network, assisting agencies in
their procurement process.
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PSCR Demo Network Project Plan
• Generate interest from broadband vendors to develop a 700
MHz broadband equipment ecosystem
– Band Class 14 (D Block & Public Safety Block), Long
Term Evolution (LTE)
– Stimulate early development for public safety systems
(e.g. Waiver Orders)
– Support the commercial standards and testing process
with public safety requirements e.g.
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Demonstration Network Outcomes
• Stakeholders will be able to deploy their equipment in a neutral
host network.
• Inform public safety on how this new technology can meet their
requirements.
– Allow public safety to access the cost savings and innovation
of the larger commercial market
– They do not have to potentially waste capital expenditures for
evaluating a network technology.
• Information & test results gleaned can inform all stakeholders
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Demonstration Network Outcomes (cont.)
• Help create nationwide interoperability through a unified approach
to network design and implementation
– Requirements definition & standards development
• Testing (conformance, performance and evaluation)
• Planning – Network architecture, RF, IP, PLMN, IMSI,
eNUM, Security, Application…etc.
NOTE: Information published will be non-attributable
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Demo Project Stakeholders
NOTE: This is a partial stakeholder list
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AFST Update
Joe Ross
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AFST Mission
• Follow up on the PSWAC Project Final Report to
determine spectrum needs (1996).
• Study future spectrum needs for public safety through
the year 2020.
• Study future technology and operational requirements
for public safety through the year 2020.
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AFST Progress
• Operational Needs Web Assessment
– More than 300 agencies responded to an online survey
– Feedback received on operational issues, spectrum, and
broadband.
• Broadband Utilization Focus Group Sessions
– Conducted four sessions: Orlando, Houston, So. Cal., DC
– Four different scenarios
• 4.9 GHz assessment
– Online web survey resulted in
– Feedback on uses (successful and unsuccessful and future
usage intentions)
• Held Several Meetings With FCC
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AFST Current Status
• Engaged broadband vendor engineering assistance
– Application throughput
– Incident Spectral Efficiency
• Finalizing AFST report sections
• Operations
• Technology
• Spectrum
• Internal Review & Public Review scheduled
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LMR Operational Requirements
• Survey Results: Spectrum
– Perceived lack of spectrum in all bands – statewide spectrum
concerns
– Retain system coverage in rural areas while narrowbanding
– Improved spectrum availability in border areas
– Need to ensure that major fiscal investments in current
systems will continue to meet needs
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LMR Operational Requirements
• Survey Results: Interoperability
– Need more conventional Mutual Aid channels for major
incidents
– Scanning between trunked and conventional systems
– Encryption and data capabilities when roaming
– Decreased latency with patched channels
– Faster arrival of I/O equipment to the scene
– Continued paging/alerting support (commercial and trunked
systems)
– Lower equipment costs for multi-band operations
– Continued interoperability during narrowbanding and regoinal
trunked system migrations
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LMR Operational Requirements
• Survey Results: Spectrum
– Perceived lack of spectrum in all bands – statewide spectrum
concerns
– Retain system coverage in rural areas while narrowbanding
– Improved spectrum availability in border areas
– Need to ensure that major fiscal investments in current
systems will continue to meet needs
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LMR Operational Requirements
• Survey Results: Broadband
– Importance of data and video increasing
– Data priority on commercial systems needed due to saturation
during major emergency
– Need to evolve national standards to support I/O
– Carefully managed sharing of NG911 information w/ field units
– Improved coverage throughout the response area including inbuilding coverage for data, video and voice
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Focus Group Feedback
• Broadband Focus Group Sessions
– Held throughout the U.S.:
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Southern California
Houston
Washington DC
Orlando
Wild Land Fire
Chemical Plant Explosion
Toxic Gas Leak
Hurricane Strike
– Use Table Top Exercise format to document operational
needs and spectrum use.
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Focus Group Overview
Location
Type
Personnel
Vehicles
Area (mi2)
So. Cal.
Wildfire
3,000
1,000
35
Houston
Chem. Expl.
200
50
5
Washington
Toxic Gas
327
127
1
Orlando
Hurricane
220
60
1
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Focus Group Feedback
• Common Applications
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Video (airborne, vehicle mounted, helmet mounted)
GIS (street layer, utility layer, photography)
Incident Command White Board (exchange info between units)
Automatic Vehicle Location (for all vehicles in area)
Automatic Personnel Location (Firefighter, Officer location)
Database access
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Criminal history and mug shots
Building pre-plan data
Hazmat, chemical storage data
Critical Infrastructure 3D building files
• Traffic Management (cameras & roadway signs)
• Weather Data
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communications and interoperability through collaborative leadership.
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4.9 Survey
• Online Web Survey On Use Of 4.9
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Survey open until February 21st
Deployed, primary use, future use, use at incident scene
142 responses received (as of February 16)
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Primary use is point to point service to link radio systems
Used to move IP data from point to point
Occasional “hot spot” use
Occasional video feed
Few attempts to use at Incident Scene
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How Can You Help?
• Stop by the NPSTC Booth #8075
• Volunteer online – NPSTC Website at
www.npstc.org/volunteersInformationForm.jsp
• Email or call the NPSTC Support Office
– 866-807-4755
– [email protected]
• Email input to [email protected]
• Provide Feedback On Draft Reports
NPSTC is a federation of organizations whose mission is to improve public safety
communications and interoperability through collaborative leadership.
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Questions?
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