Radio Interoperability Initiative

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Radio Interoperability Initiative
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Radio Interoperability Initiative
Problems Facing Public Safety Communications

• Technology
• Higher Frequencies
• Lower Power
• Trunking
• User Expectations

• Spectrum
• Narrower Channels
• Refarming Initiatives
• Operating in Different Portions of Spectrum

• Governance
• Pending FCC Decisions over future of 700MHz
  Spectrum

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Radio Interoperability Initiative
Problems Facing Public Safety Communications

• Funding
• Emerging technologies create interoperability
  challenges
• Different funding sources may choose different
  technologies
• Cost of end-user devices
• Need for more communication sites

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Radio Interoperability Initiative

• Large tax base
• Extensive coverage
• Advanced technology

• Varying tax base
• Large area sparse coverage
• Aged infrastructure technology

• Very small tax base
• Often zero infrastructure
• Aged infrastructure technology
• Aged end-user devices

Interoperability
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Radio Interoperability Initiative
State Interoperability Executive Committee
Established in 2007 by Governors Executive Order
Codified by Legislature via House Bill 411 in 2009
Membership / Representation

• (1) National Guard
• (1) State CIO
• (1) Dept of Public Safety
• (1) Dept of Transportation
• (1) Dept of Corrections
• (1) Dept of Natural Resources
• (1) Dept of Health
• (1) Dept of Technology Services

• (5) Reps from Counties of Class I or II
• (6) Reps (1ea) from the rural associations
• (1) Utah Communications Agency Network
• (1) Native American Tribes
• (1) Chiefs of Police
• (1) Sheriffs Association
• (1) Fire Chiefs
• (1) Urban Area Security Initiative

25 Committee Members
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Radio Interoperability Initiative
State Interoperability Executive Committee
Disciplines /Interests Represented
Local Government
Military
Tribal
First Responders
Transportation
Correctional
Rural Government
Education
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Radio Interoperability Initiative
State Interoperability Executive Committee
Purposes of SIEC

• Meet federal requirements for future program
  funding

• Manage portions of public safety spectrum
  licensing

• Promote voice data interoperability among all
  levels of government

• Leverage existing state resources

• Identify opportunities to consolidate
  infrastructures

• Evaluate current technologies and funding
  mechanisms

• State Support of National Emergency
  Communications Plan

• Management of State Communications
  Interoperability Plan

• Create Memos of Understanding for sharing
  resources

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Radio Interoperability Initiative
Rural Town
County
Interoperability
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Radio Interoperability Initiative
Federal Interoperability Grants
FY-07 10,353,261 FY-08
366,269 FY-09 366,269
FY-10 2,500,000 FY-11
2,500,000 FY-12 2,500,000 Six
Year Total 18,952,068
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Omni-Link
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Transition to Digital Internet Protocol
(I.P.) (Why do we need to transition?)

• Current infrastructure connectivity is based on
  dedicated circuits

• New infrastructures support digital Internet
  Protocol (I.P.)

• Federal grant opportunities either require
  digital IP technology, or a plan which addresses
  how we intend to get there

• Future grants will require digital technology

• Internet Protocol is a global standard that
  supports the SIEC goal of interoperability
  through a system of systems approach

• The most commonly purchased end-user devices
  support digital communications -we need to get
  the infrastructure there

• The current conventional (VHF) technology is
  more than 30 years old

• Motorola Gold Elite Consoles may not be
  available after Dec 2009

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Phase One
Replace old core technology with digital I.P.
server.
DispatchCenter
Replace dispatch console equipment with I.P.
technology.
I.P.
Upgrade circuit connections between core and
dispatch centers to I.P.
Phase Two
DispatchCenter
Convert remaining infrastructure to I.P.
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Radio Interoperability Initiative
Proposed Project Funding

• Phase One Infrastructure 17,177,028
• Convert Core of UCAN network to I.P. Technology
• Convert all dispatch consoles to I.P. Technology
• Deploy conventional channel gateway devices to
  convert to IP

• Phase Two Infrastructure 13,530,000
• Convert remaining infrastructure to I.P.
  Technology
• Base stations
• Site controllers

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Radio Interoperability Initiative
Proposed Project Funding

• Additional Annual On-Going Costs 3,700,000
• Site Lease
• Utilities
• TelCo Circuits

• End-User Devices and Interoperability
  26,623,346
• Local Government move to 800MHz 19,000,000
• State Agency end-user upgrades 3,123,346
• 3-Year Interoperability Grant Program
  4,500,000

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Proposed Project Funding Summary
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Thank You!
Doug Chandler Communications Manager State of
Utah Department of Technology Services (801)
538-3585 dchandler_at_utah.gov
www.siec.utah.gov