PUBLIC SAFETY WIRELESS BROADBAND NETWORKS WHAT S HAPPENING IN CITIES, COUNTIES, REGIONS AND STATES? Bill Schrier Chair, PSST Operator Advisory Committee and CTO, City of Seattle in the Other Washington NATOA 2011 Conference -
History! 2
Public Safety Communications 3
Historically The Case for NATOA a Public 2011- Safety Public Wireless Safety Broadband Network Wireless 21 September 20 July 2011 2011 4
Today, It s About the Data! 5
A Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Wireless Data Network? 6
A Little History 2005 DTV transition, 700 MHz for p. safety Nov 2007 FCC grants national license PSST Dec 2009 May 2010: 21 cities, regions, states ask for waivers May 2010 FCC grants 21 waivers May 2010 Broadband grant program Sep 2010 7 grants awarded to construct Aug 2013 Broadband grants deadline 7
Waiver- and BTOP- Receiving Jurisdictions 8
Who s on First? Public Safety Spectrum Trust (PSST) Holds the national license for 10 MHz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band used to build these networks PSST-Operator Advisory Committee (OAC) The 21 cities, regions and states who have received waivers to construct these networks and have leases with the PSST Public Safety Comm s Research (PSCR) Federal Department of Commerce in Boulder Colorado testing LTE equipment for interoperability Office of Emergency Comm s (DHS/OEC) Provides technical assistance and support on interoperable communications to any state and local government FCC Public Safety Homeland Security Bureau Oversees the spectrum and sets rules designed to help guarantee interoperability for all the netwokrs Nat l Telecomm Infrastructure Admin. (NTIA) Oversees the BTOP grants to seven of the waiver jurisdictions 9
Today 10
BTOP Grantee Status Adams County / Denver Airport: $12.1M Raytheon & IP Wireless - 2012 Bay Area: $50M BTOP to Motorola - Charlotte: $16.7M BTOP 2 vendors - 2012 LA-RICS: $154.6M BTOP rebidding Mississippi: $70M BTOP Motorola contracted New Mexico: $38.7M BTOP preparing RFP New Jersey: $39M BTOP RFP closed 1 Sep 11
Other Jurisdictions Mesa, AZ ~ some funding in hand RFP done Boston ~ some funding in hand - Statewide? Seattle - public/private partnership? State of Texas ~ statewide waiver granted, statewide coordination in progress, Houston / Harris County five site system in testing expand to 45 in 2012 Iowa RFI in progress Others ~ planning still underway 12
Common Issues BTOP: environmental assessments, conflicting regulations, 3 year timeframe Charlotte decision on public safety Sustainability (OPEX) Shared services (virtual control) Interlinking the networks, interoperability Data now, voice long-term: push-to-talk, one-to-many dispatch, device-to-device Apps and Innovation (next slide) 13
Why and How? 14
Applications Video to/from field units Facial Access to Recognition crime Emergency databases Medical Building and maps plans & diagrams 15
Now: City of Seattle Next: Four-County Central Puget Sound Region Then: State of Washington All interoperable nationally Geographic Expansion 16
Today: Public Safety Law Enforcement Firefighting & EMS Second Responders Expansion of Use Electric & Water Utilities Transportation Public Works General Government Commercial? 17
Expansion of Tech Today 4G LTE neteworks Data / Computers Laptops & Handhelds Roaming PS & Commercial 2012 Cellular Voice on LTE? one-to-many dispatch on LTE? device-to-device comms without a network 18
In Congress S.911 Passed Senate Commerce 21-4 June Rockefeller Hutchison Re-allocate D Block 20 MHz spectrum Sell spectrum - $26B with $12B for public safety $500 M for research Dept. of Commerce Public Safety Broadband Corporation Full Senate action this month? House action? Super Committee? 19
Conclusion Old and New Threats Explosion of New Technologies Public Safety needs new applications The U.S. has dedicated spectrum Funding is on the way Upper 700 MHz Band 746 757 758 763 768 769 C D We are building PSBB these PSNB C D networks today PSBB Verizon 775 776 787 788 793 798 799 805 806 Verizon PSNB The network will become U. S. nationwide for A C D B NB WB NB A C D B NB WB NB first and second responders Ch 60 Ch 61 Ch 62 Ch 63 Ch 64 Ch 65 Ch 66 Ch 67 Ch 68 Ch 69 800 MHz 746 752 758 764 770 776 782 788 794 800 806 20
Bill Schrier CTO, City of Seattle Twitter: twitter.com/billschrier Blog : digitalcommunitiesblogs.com/ccio/ Blog: Schrier.wordpress.com City/Seattle website: www.seattle.gov City/Seattle department: www.seattle.gov/doit City/Seattle TV: www.seattlechannel.org What s Happening in the Waiver Jurisdictions 15 September 2011 21