The Eleventh Canadian Public Safety Interoperability Workshop Delta Hotels Ottawa City Centre 101 Lyon Street North, Ottawa, ON December 5, 2017
Federal Communications Commission Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Brian Marenco Electronics Engineer Policy and Licensing Division 445 12 th Street, NW Phone: 202-418-0838 Washington, DC 20554 Email: Brian.Marenco@fcc.gov 2
At the Policy and Licensing Division, we.. License land mobile systems for Public Safety entities Establish policies to maximize efficient use of Public Safety spectrum while minimizing interference Incorporate standards into our rules to promote interoperability and access to the latest technology Participate in negotiations with Canada and Mexico over international agreements impacting public safety radio communications along common borders 3
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Adopt a Sharing Mechanism which Ensures That Licensees Can Communicate Along the Border without Interference Whenever Possible, Identify Dedicated Channels for Public Safety Licensees to Communicate Across the Border with Counterparts in the Other Country 6
Country Frequency Band Agreement Type of Sharing 150 MHz / 450 MHz Yes First-Come, First-Served 700 MHz (Narrowband) Yes Block and Zone 700 MHz (PS Broadband) No -- 800 MHz Yes Block and Zone 4.9 GHz Yes Co-Primary 7
US Designated Interoperability Channels by Frequency Band Interoperability Channel (MHz) Label * Purpose Interoperability Channel (MHz) Label * Purpose 151.1375 MHz (base/mobile) VTAC11 453.2125 MHz (base/mobile) 458.2125 MHz (mobile) UCALL40 UCALL40D Calling 154.4525 MHz (base/mobile) VTAC12 155.7525 MHz (base/mobile) VCALL10 Calling 158.7375 MHz (base/mobile) VTAC13 453.4625 MHz (base/mobile) 458.4625 MHz (mobile) 453.7125 MHz (base/mobile) 458.7125 MHz (mobile) UTAC41 UTAC41D UTAC42 UTAC42D 159.4725 MHz (base/mobile) VTAC14 453.8625 MHz (base/mobile) 458.8625 MHz (mobile) UTAC43 UTAC43D * Industry adopted channel nomenclature but not specified in FCC rules. 8
US Designated Interoperability Channels by Frequency Band (cont) Interoperability Channel (MHz) Label ** Purpose Interoperability Channel (MHz) Label * Purpose 851.0125 MHz (base/mobile) 806.0125 MHz (mobile) 8CALL90 8CALL90D Calling 769.14375 MHz (base/mobile) 799.14375 MHz (mobile) -- 769.24375 MHz (base/mobile) 799.24375 MHz (mobile) -- 769.39375 MHz (base/mobile) 769.39375 MHz (mobile) -- 769.49375 MHz (base/mobile) 799.49375 MHz (mobile) -- 769.64375 MHz (base/mobile) 799.64375 MHz (mobile) -- Calling 851.5125 MHz (base/mobile) 806.5125 MHz (mobile) 8TAC91 8TAC91D 769.74375 MHz (base/mobile) 799.74375 MHz (mobile) -- 769.99375 MHz (base/mobile) 799.99375 MHz (mobile) -- 770.14375 MHz (base/mobile) 800.14375 MHz (mobile) -- 852.0125 MHz (base/mobile) 807.0125 MHz (mobile) 8TAC92 8TAC92D 770.24375 MHz (base/mobile) 800.24375 MHz (mobile) -- 770.39375 MHz (base/mobile) 800.39375 MHz (mobile) -- 770.49375 MHz (base/mobile) 800.49375 MHz (mobile) -- 852.5125 MHz (base/mobile) 807.0125 MHz (mobile) 8TAC93 8TAC93D 770.64375 MHz (base/mobile) 800.64375 MHz (mobile) -- 770.89375 MHz (base/mobile) 800.89375 MHz (mobile) -- 853.0125 MHz (base/mobile) 808.0125 MHz (mobile) 8TAC94 8TAC94D 770.99375 MHz (base/mobile) 800.99375 MHz (mobile) -- 773.00625 MHz (base/mobile) 803.00625 MHz (mobile) -- 773.10625 MHz (base/mobile) 803.10625 MHz (mobile) -- 773.25625 MHz (base/mobile) 803.25625 MHz (mobile) -- Calling 773.35625 MHz (base/mobile) 803.35625 MHz (mobile) -- * Industry adopted channel nomenclature but not specified in FCC rules. 773.50625 MHz (base/mobile) 803.50625 MHz (mobile) -- 773.60625 MHz (base/mobile) 803.60625 MHz (mobile) -- 9 773.75625 MHz (base/mobile) 803.75625 MHz (mobile) -- 773.85625 MHz (base/mobile) 803.85625 MHz (mobile) -- 774.00625 MHz (base/mobile)
Designated Cross-Border Interoperability Channels with Canada Frequency Band Cross-Border I/O Channels Comments 150-174 MHz No Being Examined 450-470 MHz No None Planned 700 MHz (Narrowband) Yes Same as U.S. Domestic 800 MHz NPSPAC Yes Same as U.S. Domestic 10
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At a Cross-Border Meeting in Niagara Falls in 2009, we learned that public safety officials from the U.S. and Canada sought the ability to: (1) Operate mobile and/or portable radio transceivers on the other side of the border; (2) Communicate through base station repeaters on the other side of the border to interoperate with public safety officials in the other country; (3) Communicate through base station repeaters on the other side of the border to interoperate with public safety officials in their own country. 12
Scenario #1: Roaming Across U.S.-Canada Border 13
Provides, in pertinent part, that U.S. and Canadian public safety licensees may operate vehicular mounted mobile units in the other country s territory under certain conditions. The Convention is very specific about the mobile units being installed in public safety vehicles. 14
FCC and ISED Jointly Signed a Statement of Intent in Oct 2014 which.. Extends Roaming Privileges of 1952 Treaty to Hand-Held Portable Units Used by Public Safety Officials * Eliminates the Need for Host Country to Issue Permits to Public Safety Officials Crossing the Border * * Statement of Intent Only Applies if Public Safety Official is Properly Licensed in His or Her Home Country 15
Bottom Line: The Statement of Intent Permits State, Local and Tribal First Responders to Legally The Radio User (or Cache Owner) Must Be Properly Licensed in its Home Country 16
Scenario #2 and #3: Communicating with Base Station Repeaters in the Other Country 17
In addition to roaming, public safety and first responder officials attending the Niagara workshop indicated that they would like to communicate with base station repeaters under two different scenarios.. Use Base Station Repeaters on the Opposite Side of the Border to Interoperate with Public Safety Licensees in the Other Country Use Base Station Repeaters on the Opposite Side of the Border to Communicate with Public Safety Licensees in Their Own Country f 1 f 2 f 1 f 2 18
In either case, the FCC and ISED agree that existing treaties and regulations permit licensees to communicate through base station repeaters in the other country provided the base station repeater is properly licensed in the country in which it is located; the licensee of the base station (host licensee) maintains control and is responsible for operation of the base station repeater at all times; 19
Conditions for communicating with a base station repeater in the other country (continued) an official seeking to communicate through the base station repeater in the other country obtains written consent from the host licensee prior to using it; and an official communicating with a base station repeater in the other country is properly licensed in his or her own country for the frequencies on which he or she operates. 20
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On June 30, 2016, the FCC Released a Public Notice (PN) and ISED Released a Client Procedures Circular (CPC) Providing Licensing Guidance to Agencies Seeking to Operate Under Any of the Three Cross Border Scenarios. The PN and CPC summarize the three scenarios Offer guidance to licensees seeking to roam across the border with their hand-held and mobile radios Detail conditions for licensees of base stations to host first responders from the other country Describe conditions for licensees seeking to communicate through base station repeaters in the other country 22
The documents can be found on the FCC s and ISED s websites at the following links.. FCC s Public Notice: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/da-16-739a1.doc ISED s Client Procedures Circular: https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf11203.html 23
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