1 PSC - Europe Manfred BLAHA, Brigadier-General –3rd Vice-Chair, Public Safety Communications Europe –Technology Advisor National Crisis and Disaster Prevention.

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PSC - Europe

• Manfred BLAHA, Brigadier-General– 3rd Vice-Chair,

• Public Safety Communications Europe

– Technology Advisor• National Crisis and Disaster Prevention

Management, Ministry of the Interior, AUSTRIA

• Jeppe JEPSEN– Chair “Spectrum Harmonization Initiative”

• PSC-Europe

– Motorola

• Eric OLLIVIER– French Presidency & Ministry of Interior

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Public Safety & SecuritySector Needs

• Interoperability– Harmonized Spectrum– Single open standard

• Special functional requirements– PSS organisations expects same functionalities as

general public – but on mission critical network.

• Competition– Multi-vendor supply– Specialized vendors– Innovation

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EU Public Safety Spectrum activities

• European Commission – COM on Digital Dividend Nov 2007– Public Use of Spectrum – exp. Feb 2009

• ETSI SRDoc to ECC– FM38 first meeting on the subject 2-3December

• European Parliament – Resolution Sept 2008 - Toia report

• Council of the European Union – Police Coorporation– Expert Group on Radiocommunications

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Mission Critical Dedicated• Public networks do not meet PS user

requirements– Coverage, Availability, Security, Resilience,

Interoperability, – Control, Functionality.– PSS organisations expects same functionalities as

general public – but on mission critical network.

• Public network operators are able to prioritize PS users, but…..– When the public cannot communicate, who do they

call?

Availability & Resilience, Control.

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PS Applications & Required Bandwidth

Additional Capacity requires Wideband and Broadband Capability

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Channel Bandwidth25 kHz wide 25 - 200 kHz wide > MHz wide

Status & Text messagingShort Data ServicesAutomatic Vehicle LocationTelemetrySmall image xferLimited data base queries

Video clipLarge image transfer (100kb JPEG)Reporting (email attachment)TelemedecineRobotics

Video StreamingHigh resolution imagesVideo conferencingCCTVSatellite images & maps transferDetailed Real time Biometrics

Narrowband- deployed -

Wideband- available 2008 -

Broadband- no PS spectrum availble -

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Signatories – Demand side• Dutch Ministry of Home Affairs• Dutch Police• Belgian Astrid operator• Spanish SIRDEE operator• Ghent Fire Chief; Namur Fire Brigade• Luxembourg Police• Norwegian Ministry of Justice,

– Department of Emergency Communication• Austrian Ministry of Interior,

– Department of Civil Protection• Austrian National Police.• UK – Civil Contingencies Secretariat• UK – Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO)• Belgian Red Cross - Flanders

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20SG/DSIC

Police Cooperation

RadiocommunicationAd’hoc working Group

21SG/DSIC

Issue / Radiocom interoperability

• Crossborder cooperation is being intensified

– Police cooperation: Prüm Treaty• Common patrol• Emergency situations• Mutual assistance • On demand cooperation

– Civil Protection / Disaster relief• Mutual assistance

• Impact: – Need for trans-border cooperation

through radiocommunication Different communication scenarios

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22SG/DSIC

Types of crossborder actions

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Right ofsurveillance

Right ofpursuit

Jointpatrols

Controlleddelivery

Others

Cross border operations

24SG/DSIC

Major issues faced in case of crossborder operations

40%

24%

18%

14%

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Technical problems

Language problems

Difficulties to identifythe interlocutorDifficulties to coordinate anddelegate responsibilitiesOthers

Major restrictions

25SG/DSIC

Police Cooperation Radiocommunication WG

● Working Group issued by- EU Council / CATS / Police Cooperation WG

● Terms of reference : Specify the needs for radiocommunication linked

with cross-border cooperation Formalize a request for additional harmonized

spectrum Identify technical solutions to cope with the needs Liaise with other entities at European level

(standardization, frequency management)

26SG/DSIC

WG work plan

● Strong support from Police administrations

● 17 countries participating

● Tight timeschedule- Interim report : december 08- Final deliveries : june 09

27SG/DSIC

Expected Deliveries of the WG

● D1 : Proposal for a EU council recommendation - for a mandate for ECC to identify additional spectrum for public

protection and safety - to develop a harmonized and interoperable solution enabling data

mobile communication in mission critical situations

● D2 : Develop a report- Overview of the current situation (all, framework given by France)- Feedback from current experiments; list of requirements

(Netherlands)- Proposal for typical radio procedures for cross border cooperation

(Spain, Portugal)- Medium and long term operational needs, and assessment of amount

of additional spectrum (Czech Rep., UK)

● D3 : Request for funding an int’l roaming solution (Tetra / Tetra and Tetrapol / Tetrapol)

● + Liaise with RSPG, ECC/FM38, ETSI

28SG/DSIC

Technical issues

● Additional frequency requirement- Current spectrum allocation is not sufficient for high speed

date in most countries

Identify additional spectrum on a European basis

Digital dividend unique opportunity

● Technology convergence create native interoperability and roaming capabilities

action towards standardization bodies

address future communication requirements, including high speed data communication

31SG/DSIC

Operational needsResilience / Disponibility / Security

● Ciphering and encryption

● Mission critical communication- Availability of resources under all circumstances

operational even when public networks are congested

- Resilience

Ability to work in crisis situation (major electrical disruption, transmission network failures,…)

When all public communication infrastructure are out of order, the radiocom network should be kept operational

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