Mission Critical Communications Presented by: Ross Macindoe Head of Future Networks

Date: 11th December 20013

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Airwave provides the world’s largest, fully operational, dedicated, mobile

communications network for public safety professionals.

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About Airwave

1 The emergency services

address situations where

human life and other values

for society are at risk,

especially when time is a

vital factor.1

1 Drawn from Law Enforcement Working Party (LEWP)

Emergency services will always require

mission critical communications

2 Every six minutes the

emergency button is

pressed in Great Britain.

3 Today voice.

In the

future it will be voice and

broadband data.

Events happen ever day

Events happen everywhere

Events can rapidly change

So what best defines mission

critical communications?

Emergency button

Fast call set-up. Very high

availability and reliability

1 In the future mission critical

data will have

a similar requirement.

2 Everyday service driven by

critical need and not just

commercial priorities

3

So what is changing?

1 Growing availability of rich

information is needed to

drive front line decision

making, supporting

efficiency, effectiveness

and transformation.

2 Future data services will

become increasingly

mission critical as

operational practices

change to take advantage

of information services.

3 Future voice and data

services will need to be on

a single network to meet

the affordability challenge.

So how could mission critical

communication services be delivered in

the future?

1 Commercial mobile

communications services

will standardise on LTE/4G

technology.

3 Whilst the technology is

reasonably certain. The

services could potentially

be delivered via a range of

network topologies.

A blend of the above

Commercial only

Dedicated only

2 Mission critical

communication services

will undoubtedly follow that

trend.

But public safety have

specific service requirements

1 A commercial network is

managed to provide

services to high volume

consumer and business

markets.

2 A dedicated network is

likely to have affordability

challenges.

3 But a blend of both could

meet the mission critical

communication requirements

at an affordable price

Leverage the extensive

commercial networks

coverage

Commercial LTE

Combine this with a dedicated

core to ensure mission critical

QoS

Dedicated LTE

Enhanced coverage and

resilience, where required, to

ensure availability where and

when you need it

Dedicated & Commercial LTE

A dedicated service delivered

by a hybrid network topology

Spectrum provides the

emergency services with choice

Mission Critical Operations possible Commercially Prioritised Service

Sufficient Allocated and Harmonised Spectrum?

YES NO

GOGO GOCO COCO MNO

Government Owned Government Operated Spectrum allocated

Government Owned Company Operated Spectrum allocated

Company Owned Company Operated Spectrum allocated

Mobile Network Operator Spectrum from auction – No conditions

COCO

Company Owned Company Operated Spectrum from auction, Plus allocated spectrum

Spectrum provides the

emergency services with choice

1 Prioritised?

>20,000,000 customers vs

300,000 public safety users.

2 Prioritised? Who and what decides when an escalating incident becomes a priority?

3 Harmonised and owned

spectrum is the best

answer to guarantee the

high levels of service

required by the public

safety users

Industry standards will also be key

1 LTE hooks to provide

mission critical group

voice capability.

2 Scalable and standardised mission critical voice application.

3 LTE standards and spectrum to support direct mode operation and Ground Air Ground

But it’s not about the technology,

it’s all about the service

Supporting a dynamic response to unplanned events.

But it’s not about the technology,

it’s all about the service

Expertise that mirrors emergency services’ operational process for planned event management.

Emergency services will always require

mission critical communications

1 Today it is voice. In the future it will be voice and broadband data.

2 Dedicated service

management and a

blended network is the

best option to deliver

the future service.

3 Spectrum will provide the

bargaining chip.

Transition needs to be

seamless.

The brave new world needs to be ready to accept the challenge.