Workshop 3 - Mobile broadband and LTE for critical communications - Session 1
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The document outlines developments in critical communications, particularly the transition to LTE for public safety agencies. It highlights a demonstration network for early deployment, the necessity of standard approvals, and ongoing cost-benefit analyses for mobile broadband capabilities in Australia. Additionally, it discusses the global context and importance of upcoming events like the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 for spectrum management in public safety communications.
Workshop 3 - Mobile broadband and LTE for critical communications - Session 1
- 1. GAPStrategic Mobile Broadband & LTE for Cri6cal Communica6ons (An Interna6onal Perspec6ve) GEOFF SPRING Workshop No 3 18 June 2014 Sydney 1
- 2. GAPStrategic Mission Cri6cal LTE Needs Research NIST has built a 700-‐MHz Band 14 PSBB Demonstra6on Network it operates to provide manufacturers and first responders a loca6on for early deployment of their systems in a mul6-‐vendor, neutral, host environment. • Research & Development Road mapping • Broadband modelling and simula6on • In-‐building tes6ng and extended-‐range cell tes6ng • Priority, pre-‐emp6on, and Quality of Service • Video Quality and Audio quality • LMR and LTE Interoperability • Next-‐genera6on network wireless priority services tes6ng & evalua6on • Public safety broadband requirements gathering and standards development 2
- 3. • Mission cri6cal public safety communica6ons is an “eco system”. • Mission cri6cal public safety LTE will be a global market. • LMR will be with us for along 6me. • LTE and NG911 will become part of this echo system • Mission Cri6cal Voice is defined – Mission Cri6cal Data is not. • LTE is “complex” and requires research into its public safety capabili6es • LTE will change the way Public Safety Agencies will operate. • Public Safety Agencies need to use LTE to iden6fy their User Requirements. • The role of the private sector is undefined. Trust needs to be developed. • The level of interoperability achieved will be directly propor6onal to the quality of leadership • A global body of knowledge about mission cri6cal LTE is developing but is lacking co-‐ordina6on, transparency and accessibility. GAPStrategic Change is Coming 3
- 4. “The crystal ball for mission-‐cri6cal voice over LTE 6meline is certainly not crystal clear but here are some of the key parameters that most in the industry seem to agree on: • An LTE standard for mission-‐cri6cal voice communica6ons should be approved during the first quarter of 2016—less than two years away—and enabling equipment built to that standard should hit the market about two years later. • There is plenty of incen6ve for industry to develop mission-‐cri6cal voice over LTE. The United Kingdom wants to transi6on its public-‐safety communica6ons from TETRA to LTE in 2016. (Note: Tender valued between £555m and £1.22bn) • Based on the 6meline announced previously to transi6on from public safety TETRA to LTE, the UK or France could be the first place to have mission-‐cri6cal voice implemented in a real-‐world situa6on. • The ESN will deliver integrated cri6cal voice and broadband data services to all three emergency services (3ES) and other users throughout Great Britain. The new service contracts are expected to be awarded during 2015 to facilitate service delivery from late 2016.” Andrew Thiessen ITS Division Chief PSCR 2014 Conference GAPStrategic Mission Cri6cal LTE Time Table 4
- 5. • The Government made an elecKon commitment to the Police FederaKon of Australia to undertake a cost-‐benefit analysis into Public Safety Mobile Broadband (PSMB). • The Minister has informed Premiers/Chief Ministers the Government will undertake a cost-‐benefit analysis of the best way to deliver a mobile broadband capability to meet the long term needs of Australia’s law enforcement and emergency services agencies. • The purpose of the analysis is to begin the process of determining the best combinaKon of public and private inputs, services and experKse to deliver the public safety capability. • It will be centred on a ‘first principles’ assessment of the merits of a dedicated PSMB capability in comparison to uKlising commercial networks. • The Australian CommunicaKons and Media Authority (ACMA) has reserved about 85 MHz in three different spectrum bands to meet the current and future needs of public safety agencies. This includes a block of 10 MHz in the 800 MHz band for mobile broadband spectrum. • The ACMA has agreed to reconsider its decision – to reserve the 10 MHz block in the 800 MHz band – as further, relevant, informaKon becomes available. • The details of the analysis – including when the analysis will be completed – have yet to be confirmed. Australia’s PSMB Pre -‐Elec6on Commitment Press Release by Department of Communica6ons 4 March 2014 GAPStrategic 5
- 6. 6 WRC 2015 PPDR Spectrum The World Radiocommunica6on Conference 2015 (WRC-‐15) will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 2 to 27 November 2015. 3rd APG: 9 – 13 June 2014, Brisbane, Australia “Ofcom’s key objecKve is to keep all opKons as flexible as possible. It wants spectrum decisions to remain naKonal but within a common and harmonised band plan. The World Radio Conference of November 2015 is fundamental for taking this forward” Source: BAPCO Journal 16 January 2014 Peter Bury, Director of Spectrum Policy at UK Regulator Ofcom, speaking at BAPCO’s Autumn Event WRC 12 Resolu6on 646 Broadband PPDR WRC 12 Resolu6on 648 Broadband PPDR GAPStrategic
- 7. GAPStrategic “The ACMA manages a very extensive preparatory process for the WRC ...... where we intensively work with those in our home jurisdicKon that use and rely on Australia’s spectrum resource, that we inevitably learn what is going to be best for Australia’s future spectrum requirements... ..... It is an important point in Kme as the WRC-‐15 cycle enters the next phase of consolidaKon of the studies that will inform the conference.. ........the APT’s global influence is most pronounced at a World RadiocommunicaKon Conference.. ........ Recently one of Australia’s leading industry advocates described the World RadiocommunicaKon Conference as ‘the Olympics of spectrum management.’....He explained it takes three to four years of preparaKon, and then hundreds of countries convene at one locaKon for weeks—to bakle it out for the ulKmate internaKonal spectrum outcomes.” Extracts from the Inaugural address by Chris Chapman, Chair, ACMA 9 June 2014 at the APT Preparatory Group mee6ng for the WRC Conference in Brisbane Ques6on: Who is represen6ng mission cri6cal public safety communica6ons “at the Olympics”? APT Preparatory Group Mee6ng 7
- 8. GAPStrategic www.pscr.gov www.cdmps.org.au www.cdmps.org.au/dmrr www.acma.gov.au www.firstnet.gov www.npstc.org www.nist.gov www.safecomprogram.gov www.apcointl.org www.tandcca.com www.tandcca.com www.aptsec.org www.3gpp.org Web Sites For More Informa6on 8
- 9. GAPStrategic For Further Informa6on contact Geoff Spring geoff.spring@apcoaust.com.au geoff.spring@gapstrategic.com +61411130184 9