Communications Technology: Preparing for the Future

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Communications Technology Preparing for the
Future
COPS 2007 Technology Program Kickoff Conference

• Kevin K. McGinnis, MPS, EMT-P, Communications
  Technology AdvisorJoint National EMS Leadership
  Conference(NAEMSP-NASEMSO-NAEMSE-NAEMT)Vice
  Chair, Public Safety Spectrum Trust

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EMS Frequencies

• VHF 155.xxx MHz
• 155.340/155.175 (ambulance to hospital)
• 155.280 (hospital to hospital)
• UHF 463.xxx/468.xxx MHz
• (10 MED Channels)
• Frequency Coordination
• Voice Communications
• Biotelemetry
• Telephone
• 700/800 MHz

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World Changes
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Conditions?
Notification
Where?
Other Responders or Resources Needed?
Medical History?
Dispatch
What Kind of Help?
Fastest Route to Hospital?
How Many Victims?
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TECHNOLOGY EMS
Push-me-pull-you
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EMS Resource and Event Monitoring System
(EMSREMS)Polling Device
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KRISPY KREME DONUTS Theyre Hot!
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EMS Communications Current and Future

• I wonder vs. I know
• System Status Pre-Dispatch
• Event
• Dispatch
• To Scene
• At Scene
• To Hospital
• Emergency Department/Specialty Unit
• Transfer To Specialty Center

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Current Pre-Dispatch

• Ambulance System Status I wonder
• Crew
• Vehicle/Equipment/Supplies
• Hospitals
• Neighboring Services
• Specialty Responders/ Police/Fire

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Event I have no clue
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Dispatch/To Scene I wonder
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Team On Alert for Pt
ED On Alert for Pt
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At Scene I wonder
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Needs Summary

• Polling Devices
• Accessible Databases
• Database Interfaces Interoperable Voice/Data
  Communications
• Wall-to-Wall Connectivity
• Further Technology Development
• RFID Applications
• AACN
• Voice Recognition (USDHS DOD/TATRC)
• Video/Medical Device Output
• Wideband/Broadband Availability

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Implementing a Nationwide Public Safety Mobile
Broadband Interoperable Network
Public Safety Spectrum Trust

• November, 2007

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• Public Safety Communications Background
• Where are we and how did we get there?
• Needs to be strong emphasis on the continuing
• importance of traditional LMRS narrowband
  voice
• communications to meet the mission critical
  
• requirements of public safety
• A Giant Step Forward
• A national broadband license for Public Safety
• A nationwide 700 MHz Broadband Network

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Public Safety Land Mobile Radio Spectrum Bands

764-776
806-824
4940 MHz 25-50 150-174
450-470 794-806
851-869 4990

Requires TV Clearing
4.9 GHz
in most urban areas
Public Safety
(TV Channels 60-69)
Tactical Hotspot


Broadband Spectrum
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• Background
• In 1995, the Federal Communications Commission
• (FCC), along with the National
  Telecommunications
• and Information Administration (NTIA),
  established the
• Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee
  (PSWAC)
• to provide an assessment of the
  communications
• needs of public safety agencies through the
  year 2010
• On September 11, 1996, (exactly 5 years before
  the
• terrible events of September 11, 2001),
  PSWAC
• released a report setting forth the current
  and future
• spectrum needs of public safety. Among the
  findings
• of the PSWAC report was that 97.5 MHz of new
  public
• safety spectrum was needed by 2010,
  including 25 MHz
• within five years

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• As a result of the PSWAC report, Congress
  directed the
• FCC (in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997) to
  allocate no
• later than January 1, 1998, 24 MHz of radio
  spectrum
• between 746 and 806 MHz (to be recovered
  from
• television channels 60-69 as a result of the
• implementation of digital television)
• The FCC then reallocated, for public safety
  use,
• television channels 63, 64, 68, and 69. This
  spectrum
• is in the upper 700 MHz band

700 MHz (TV Channels 60-69)
Public Safety-TV Channels 63,64,68,69
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• On August 6, 1998, the FCC created the Public
  Safety
• National Coordinating Committee (NCC) under
  the
• authority of the Federal Advisory Committee
  Act (FACA).
• The purpose of the NCC was to recommend
  rules for the
• use of the 24 MHz of public safety spectrum
  in the
• 700 MHz band
• The NCC, in its final report in July 2003,
  recommended
• that half of the new spectrum (12 MHz) be
  designated
• for urgently needed public safety narrowband
  voice
• channels, and that the remaining 12 MHz be
• designated for wideband data channels.
  Since then,
• significant advances in technology have made
  it
• desirable to consider broadband data channels

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A Critical Step Forward
On February 8, 2006, the President signed a law
that requires TV Broadcasters to vacate these
channels no later than February 17, 2009.
700 MHz (TV Channels 60-69)
Public Safety-TV Channels 63,64,68,69
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• On December 20, 2006, the FCC issued the Ninth
  Notice
• of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)

We believe that the time may have come for a
significant departure from the typical public
safety allocation model the Commission has used
in the past. While this system has had
significant benefits for public safety users, in
terms of permitting them to deploy voice and
narrowband facilities for their needs, the system
has also resulted in uneven build-out across the
country in different bands, balkanization of
spectrum between large numbers of incompatible
systems, and interoperability difficulties if not
inabilities.
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• On April 25, 2007, the FCC issued a Further
  Notice of Proposed
  Rulemaking (FNPRM)

• A complex proceeding involving both the lower
• and the upper 700 MHz band to be auctioned
• as well as several proposed band plans
• The proposed creation of a single National
• Public Safety License was carried forward
  from
• the Ninth NPRM
• The National Public Safety Telecommunications
• Council (NPSTC) became the central
  coordinating
• and filing body for the national public
  safety
• organizations

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• On June 6, 2007, the Public Safety Spectrum
  Trust
• (PSST) was created in the District of
  Columbia as a
• not-for-profit Corporation

• Formed by the Association of Public-Safety
• Communications Officials-International
  (APCO),
• the International Association of Chiefs of
  Police
• (IACP), and the International Association of
  Fire
• Chiefs (IAFC)

• On June 19, 2007, the PSST held its first
  meeting

• Established bylaws and elected initial
  officers
• President Harlin McEwen, IACP
• Vice President Bob Gurss, APCO
• Secretary-Treasurer Alan Caldwell, IAFC

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On July 31, 2007, FCC adopted Second RO

• On August 10, 2007, text for Second RO was
  released

• On August 24, 2007, Second RO in Federal
  Register

• FCC will issue a single nationwide license to the
  Public Safety Broadband Licensee (PSBL)
• The makeup of the FCC required PSBL Board as set
  forth in the Second RO was different from that
  in the newly incorporated Public Safety Spectrum
  Trust

• On September 24, 2007, the FCC issued a
  modification
• to the Second RO that changed the required
  membership
• for the PSBL

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Previous Band Plan - Upper 700 MHz
746 747 752
762 764 767 773
776 777 782
792 794 797 803
806
Base Transmit
Mobile Transmit
D 10
PS WB 4
A 1
C 5
B 2
B 2
D 10
C 5
A 1
PS NB 3
PS NB 3
PS NB 3
PS NB 3
PS WB 4
G B 1
G B 1
G B 1
G B 1
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
746 752 758
764 770
776 782 788
794 800
806
New Band Plan - Adopted by FCC on July 31, 2007
746
763 768 769 772
775 776
793 798 799 802
805 806
D 5
PS BB 5
A 1
C 11
B 1
B 1
C 11
A 1
G B 1
PS NB 3
PS NB 3
PS NB 3
PS NB 3
G B 1
PS BB 5
D 5
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
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68
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Single National Public Safety License For
National Broadband Network
Spectrum To Be Auctioned With Public Safety
Network Requirements For National Broadband
Network
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FCC Second Report Order

• Enables a Public/Private Partnership
• Issues a single nationwide license to the Public
  Safety Broadband Licensee (PSBL)
• Public Safety access to 10 MHz of contiguous
  commercial spectrum (D Block)
• Execution of a Network Sharing Agreement
• Combined spectrum assets are the basis for the
  shared network
• The D Block licensee must build the network to
  public safety specifications

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Public/Private Partnership

• Commercial investment to build out the
  infrastructure
• Significant cost efficiencies
• Commercial off-the-shelf technologies adapted
  for Public Safety
• Nationwide broadband network
• Access to an additional 10 MHz of broadband
  spectrum during emergencies creates ability to
  scale
• Priority Access for Public Safety

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Specific Network Benchmarks

• Effective February 17, 2009, the D Block licensee
  must begin to construct a broadband network
  which meets coverage milestones
• 75 of population by the end of year four
  (2013)
• 95 of the population by the end of year seven
  (2016)
• 99.3 of the population by the end of year ten
  (2019)
• Requires coverage of major highways and
  interstates which traverse through
  under-populated areas be specifically addressed
  in the Network Sharing Agreement

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Terrestrial Coverageof Public Safety Network in
2019

• 99.3 Population
• 73.5 CONUS Land Mass
• 63 US Land Mass
• All counties with population
• gt 5 per
• sq. mile
• Satellite coverage in white spaces

Map coverage is approximate
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Expected PSBL Network Requirements

• Sufficiently robust to meet reliability and
  performance requirements of Public Safety
• Hardening of transmission facilities
• Cell sites and antenna towers built to withstand
  harsh weather and disaster conditions such as
  flooding and hurricane force winds
• Backup power sufficient to maintain operations
  for extended period of time
• Enhanced battery backup with deployable
  generators
• In place emergency generators for primary sites
• Comprehensive generator service plan

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Network Requirement Public Safety Control

• Sufficient capacity to meet requirements of
  Public Safety
• Every day but also during large events, disasters
  and catastrophic situations
• Automatic Priority Access with Ruthless
  Pre-emption
• Operational capabilities consistent with features
  typical of Public Safety systems
• PSBL has right of approval of all public safety
  network devices
• PSBL can purchase subscriber equipment from any
  manufacturer for use on the network

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Network Requirements Capabilities

• State-of-the-art Security and Encryption
• At least one dual mode handset capable of
  operating on either 700 MHz or satellite
  frequencies
• Mobile voice, video, and data capability that is
  seamlessly interoperable across agencies,
  jurisdictions, and geographic regions

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Service Fees for Public Safety

• FCC requires good faith negotiations
• Public Safety protected in the event serious
  emergency necessitates their pre-emption of the
  network for a sustained period of time
• Negotiated rates for Public Safety will be lower
  than the prevailing commercial rate for similar
  service

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Related Items

• No Public Safety organization will be required to
  use the 700 MHz Public Safety broadband network
• Participation is entirely voluntary
• However,
• PSBL has the exclusive access to the Public
  Safety broadband spectrum
• The construction of local broadband networks is
  subject to the approval of the PSBL
• PSBL will be the only license holder for this
  spectrum

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• On October 2, 2007, the original nine members
  of
• the Board of Directors of the Public Safety
  Spectrum
• Trust approved changes to their Articles of
• Incorporation and By Laws to conform to
  the Second
• RO and the subsequent Order on
  Reconsideration

• On October 5, 2007, the newly constituted Board
  of
• Directors of the Public Safety Spectrum met
  by
• teleconference and selected Cyren Call
• Communications as its agent/advisor

• On October 8, 2007, the PSST Executive
  Committee
• met with representatives of Cyren Call to
  lay out
• future work tasks

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• On October 10, 2007, the PSST submitted its
• application to the FCC requesting it be
  named
• the Public Safety Broadband Licensee (PSBL)

• On November 2, 2007, the newly constituted
  Board of
• Directors of the Public Safety Spectrum
  Trust met in
• Washington, DC.
• The Board elected officers for a two year
  term
• Harlin McEwen, IACP, Chairman
• Kevin McGinnis, NASEMSO, Vice-Chairman
• Alan Caldwell, IAFC, Secretary-Treasurer

• On November 9, 2007, the FCC announced its
• selection of the four At Large members of
  the PSST
• Board

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• Current PSST Governing Board
• 1. AASHTO - American Association of State
  Highway Transportation Officials
• 2. AHA - American Hospital Association
• 3. APCO - Association of Public-Safety
  Communications Officials Int.
• 4. FCCA - Forestry Conservation Communications
  Association
• 5. IACP - International Association of Chiefs
  of Police
• 6. IAFC - International Association of Fire
  Chiefs
• 7. ICMA - International City/County Managers
  Association
• 8. IMSA - International Municipal Signal
  Association
• 9. NASEMSO - National Assn of State Emergency
  Medical Services Officials
• 10. NASNA National Association of State 9-1-1
  Administrators
• 11. NEMA National Emergency Management
  Association
• 12. NENA - National Emergency Number Association
• 13. NFOP National Fraternal Order of Police
• 14. NGA - National Governors Association
• 15. NSA - National Sheriffs Association

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• PSST Board Members
• 1. AASHTO..William Brownlow
• 2. AHA
• 3. APCO...........Craig Jorgensen
• 4. FCCA.Paul Leary
• 5. IACP......Harlin McEwen
• 6. IAFC......Alan Caldwell
• 7. ICMA..Mark Ryckman
• 8. IMSA..Douglas Aiken
• 9. NASEMSO...Kevin McGinnis
• 10. NASNA..
• 11. NEMA...
• 12. NENAJason Barbour
• 13, NFOP.
• 14. NGA..John Contestabile
• 15. NSAPaul Fitzgerald

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The Path Ahead

• The PSST will be preparing a Bidders Information
  Document (BID) which will outline the expected
  obligations of the D Block licensee
• The PSST plans to provide the BID to bidders
  prior to the auction and submittal of short form
  applications
• The PSST plans to hold additional meetings with
  potential bidders to
• Generate interest of incumbent network operators
  and new entrants
• Air views, opinions, suggestions and concerns
• The PSST understands the importance of making the
  overall commercial opportunity attractive
• The network must work well for all parties or it
  wont work for any