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Broadband and Public Safety:
The Importance of Governance and Planning
Dusty Rhoads
Office of Emergency Communications
April 26, 2010
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Wireless Broadband for
Emergency Communications
 In 2009, Congress directed the FCC to develop a National
Broadband Plan to ensure every American has “access to
broadband capability.”
 The Department of Homeland Security is working with the
Federal Communications Commission, the Department of
Commerce and the Department of Justice to support the
successful deployment of a nationwide, interoperable mobile
broadband network.
 OEC is partnering with States, localities, and the emergency
response community to support strategic planning initiatives and
to provide technical assistance and guidance documents.
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Public Safety Radio Systems
Current State: Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Systems:
 Reliability - they work every day
 Major Public Safety investment
 Mission Critical Voice
 Slow Data Speed
 55,000 Public Safety Agencies
 Operating Across 6 Radio Bands
What is Needed Now
 A National Architecture for Public Safety Wireless
Communications
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Public Safety’s Vision for Broadband
 Commercial investment and government funding to build out and
maintain the infrastructure
 Public/Private Partnership(s) that will facilitate building a nationwide
shared wireless broadband network
 Network reliability and security greater than currently provided by
commercial carriers
 Coverage greater than currently provided by commercial carriers
 Public safety access to the latest commercial technologies
 Priority access and adequate spectrum for public safety
 A satellite component that will provide coverage when terrestrial
service is disrupted or not available
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Public Safety Communications
Evolution
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Recap of Key Recent FCC Actions
 ERIC (April 22, 2010): The FCC establishes the Emergency Response
Interoperability Center to ensure 700 MHz public safety broadband wireless
network will be fully operable and interoperable on a nationwide basis
 Waiver Order (May 12, 2010): The FCC issues the Waiver Order approving
waivers for 21 petitioners (previously discussed) and establishing conditions
and requirements for Waiver Cities
 Interoperability Showing Guidance (May 21, 2010): Public Safety Homeland
Security Bureau releases guidance on completing the interoperability
showings
 Waiver City Interoperability Order (December 10, 2010): The FCC issues a
Waiver City Interoperability Order with further technical requirements, as
specified by ERIC
 Third Report and Order… (January 26, 2011): The FCC issues a Third
Report and Order and Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
seeking comment on technical and operating requirements for the
Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network
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21 Waiver Recipients
 Adams County, CO
 Alabama
 Boston, MA
 Northern California Consortium
(Oakland, San Francisco, and San
Jose)
 Charlotte, NC
 Chesapeake, VA
 District of Columbia
 Hawaii and Counties of Maui,
Hawaii, Kauai, and City and County
of Honolulu
 Iowa
 Los Angeles County
 Mesa, AZ and TOPAZ Regional
Wireless Cooperative
 Mississippi
 New Jersey
 New Mexico
 New York City
 New York State
 Oregon
 Pembroke Pines, FL
 San Antonio, TX
 Seattle, WA
 Wisconsin Consortium (Calumet,
Outagamie and Winnebago
Counties)
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Long Term Evolution (LTE)
 Global Standard: LTE represents the convergence of global cellular
standards and provides evolution paths from and backward compatibility to
older cellular standards that evolved through North American , European and
global standards bodies
 Key features of LTE include an all Internet Protocol (IP) packet switched
network and interworking with other cellular technologies
 In the Waiver Order, the FCC required use of LTE as a radio access network
and associated network core technology:
 Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (“E-UTRA”), Release 8 (“LTE”)
 Evolved Packet Core (“EPC”)
 The FCC imposed this technology standard to ensure nationwide
interoperability and roaming
 LTE had the support of the Public Safety Spectrum Trust and was
recommended in the NPSTC Broadband Taskforce Report
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Applications
 CAD Interface
 Incident Management
 Situational Awareness
 Law Enforcement
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Suggested Reading
 NPSTC Broadband Taskforce Report
(http://www.npstc.org/documents/700_MHz_BBTF_Final_Repo
rt_0090904_v1_1.pdf)
 FCC Waiver Order
 FCC Waiver City Interoperability Order
 FCC 3rd Report and Order and 4th Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking
 FCC Homeland Security Public Safety Bureau broadband
website (http://www.fcc.gov/pshs/broadband.html)
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Contact Information
OEC
[email protected]
WEB
www.dhs.gov
Search Keyword: OEC
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National Emergency Communications
Plan
Vision – Emergency responders can
communicate as needed, on demand, as
authorized; at all levels of government;
and across all disciplines
• The Department of Homeland Security is working with
the Federal Communications Commission, the
Department of Commerce and the Department of Justice
to support the successful deployment of a 700 MHz
nationwide, interoperable mobile broadband network.
• OEC is partnering with 14 Federal Agencies, States,
localities, and the emergency response community to
support strategic planning initiatives, provide technical
assistance, guidance documents, and continuing support.
•One Nationwide Interoperable Public Safety Broadband
Network
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Additional Waiver Requests Pending
 City of Baton Rouge, LA
 City of Chicago, IL
 City of New Orleans, LA
 City of Tucson, AZ
 Nassau County, NY
 Fairfax County, VA
 State of Georgia (Georgia Broadband
Alliance)
 State of Louisiana
 State of Maryland
 State of Nevada
 State of Oklahoma
 State of Pennsylvania
 Harris County, TX
 State of Texas
 Lackawanna County, PA
 Tennessee Valley Regional Communication  State of Washington
System (TVRCS), (includes10 Counties, 2
 Pennsylvania South Central Task Force
Cities in Tennessee and 3 Counties in
(Pennsylvania Counties of Adams,
Georgia)
Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin,
 State of Arkansas
Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York)
 State of Florida
 Pennsylvania Regional Southeastern
Task Force (City of Philadelphia and
counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware
and Montgomery)
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Chapter 16: Public Safety cont.
16.1 Promoting Public Safety Wireless Broadband Communications
 Recommendation: Create a public safety broadband network
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Create an administrative system that ensures access to sufficient
capacity on a day-to-day and emergency basis
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Ensure there is a mechanism in place to promote interoperability and
operability of the network
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Establish a funding mechanism to ensure the network is deployed
throughout the United States and has necessary coverage, resiliency and
redundancy
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Conform existing programs to operate with the public safety broadband
network
 Recommendation: Establish the Emergency Response
Interoperability Center (ERIC) under the FCC Public Safety Homeland
Security Bureau
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Chapter 16: Public Safety cont.
ERIC: Emergency Response Interoperability Center
 Division within PSHSB and recommended by the National
Broadband Plan
 Advisement from Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)
comprised of 19 state and local public safety officials
 Advisement from Public Safety Advisory Committee
(PSAC) on policy and technical matters. Membership
includes individuals from of all levels of government,
service providers, equipment provides, etc.
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Chapter 16: Public Safety cont.
ERIC Mission:
“The mission of the Emergency Response Interoperability Center
is to establish a technical and operational framework that will
ensure nationwide operability and interoperability in deployment
and operation of the 700 MHz public safety broadband wireless
network.
ERIC will adopt, implement, and coordinate interoperability
regulations, license requirements, grant conditions and technical
standards. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the
Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Department of Commerce
(DOC) will contribute to ERIC's functions.”
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Long Term Evolution (LTE)
RAN
HSS
eNodeB
User
Equipment
EP
C
External
Networks
eNodeB
eNodeB
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Applications- Situational Awareness
 Geospatial applications deliver information relative to a geographic area
encompass a broad range of potential information.
 Geo-fencing event notifications (e.g., receipt of notifications when officer
or unit cross a predetermined region) such as the photo of a person of
interest could be delivered and displayed to the officer when the officer
drives into an area where the person was last seen, or believed to be.
Rather than overload an officer with many photos, provide the
information at the right time.
 CBRN sensors deployed throughout a city or a region provide early and
continuing information about a potentially hazardous environment.
Sensor information, coupled with advanced plume modeling applications
present a view of where the hazardous environment is, and where it will
be. Occupancy, construction, and contact information of buildings in the
path of the plume will enable decision making regarding evacuations,
runoff, utility control, shelters, and mitigation efforts. All this information
may be displayed on maps providing a geospatial context to the
information
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