Creating a Nationwide
Network for Public Safety
Jeffrey D. Johnson, Chief (Ret.)
CEO Western Fire Chiefs Association
FirstNet Board Member
Oregon Connections
Telecommunications Conference
Broadband: The Pulse of the Future
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WHO IS FIRSTNET?
FirstNet is an independent authority within NTIA with a mandate by
law including:
PURPOSE
To create a nationwide, wireless, interoperable
public safety broadband network
Network
Single network architecture, LTE technology
Spectrum
Reallocated 700 MHz D Block
Funding
$7B through spectrum auctions proceeds
Sustainability
Self-funded through fees and enterprising the
value of spectrum and excess capacity
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THE INAUGURAL FIRSTNET BOARD
Name
Experience
Chuck Dowd
Paul Fitzgerald
Assistant Police Chief – NYC
Sheriff, Story County, Iowa
Jeff Johnson
Fire Chief (ret.), CEO Western Chiefs Association
Kevin McGinnis
Sam Ginn
Craig Farrill
William Keever
Ed Reynolds
Susan Swenson
Tim Bryan
Teri Takai
Wellington Webb
Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Eric Holder
Janet Napolitano
Chief/CEO NE Mobile Health Services
Telecom Exec, FirstNet Chairman
Telecom Exec
Telecom Exec
Telecom Exec
Telecom Exec
Telecom Exec – Rural
Former CIO for CA and MI
Former Mayor, Denver
Director of OMB
U.S. Attorney General
Secretary of Homeland Security
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BENEFITS OF FIRSTNET BROADBAND NETWORK
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Priority access and local control
Enables more coordinated emergency response
Improved situational awareness across the entire incident team
Coverage based on geography, not just population
Coverage solutions for rural and wilderness areas
Capacity tailored to expected traffic loads and special event spikes
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ENABLING APPLICATION SHARING AND INNOVATION
Share existing applications and databases.
Fuel innovation and the development of
public safety applications such as:
• Police – Provide officer with all relevant
information on the situation, suspect and
location of backup
• Fire – Provide street view of call and
whether any hazardous materials exist
• EMS – Provide patient information to
emergency room in advance of arrival
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ANATOMY OF FIRSTNET
FirstNet: Nationwide Core and Local Radio Access Networks
FIRSTNET NATIONWIDE DISTRIBUTED CORE NETWORK
Communications
Applications
Services
Switching
Routing
Scheduling
Interfaces
to Other
Networks
Databases/
Warehouses
Security
RADIO ACCESS NETWORK (RAN)
EMS
Mutual Aid
Fire
Rescue
First
Responder
COVERAGE AREA
Police
Backhaul
Radio Link
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MAKEUP OF THE FIRSTNET CORE NETWORK
Services
Enhanced Packet
Core
Location IP Multimedia Systems
Messaging User ID Management
Presence Push-to-Talk
Provisioning
Mobility Management
Home Subscriber Register
Packet Gateway
Applications
Policy and Charging
Serving Gateway
Diameter Routing
Transmission
Routers
Leased Facilities (Fiber)
Firewall
Border Gateway
Dense Wave Division Multiplexers
Data Centers
Hardened Facilities
Redundant Transport
Security
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• Content
• Local Control
• NOC, SOC
Interconnect
Power Backup
HVAC
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IMPROVING IN-BUILDING LOCATION SERVICES
Examples
Terrestrial beacons and personal dead reckoning inertial measurement units (IMU)
will provide indoor FirstNet users with horizontal accuracy to ~60 feet and ‘z’
direction (vertical) accuracy to ~6 feet.
Indoor Technologies
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Outdoor Technologies
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LEVERAGE THE POWER OF LTE, SATELLITE
Traditional Network Approach
FirstNet Network Approach
Fixed/Static
Fixed, Mobile, and
Dynamic
Macrocell-Centric
Balance of Macro,
Micro, Vehicle Pico,
WiFi Sites
Capacity
Management
Prioritized, Intelligent
Routing, Pre-Emption
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MOBILE HOTSPOTS
A vehicle-mounted and
powered FirstNet BC14
Pico Cell
FIRSTNET CORE NETWORK
Local coverage in and
around vehicle
Works wherever satellite
data links can be set up
Can serve:
- Rural areas
- Tribal lands
- Wilderness
- Parks and federal
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www.firstnet.gov
Creating FirstNet will require an unprecedented level of public-private partnership,
collaboration and shared commitment to the well-being of all Americans.
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