Alcatel-Lucent 700 MHz manual Going Beyond Narrowband Limits - To Meet Public Safety Needs

Going Beyond Narrowband Limits — To Meet Public Safety Needs

Broadband CDMA solutions supple- ment and enhance land mobile radio (LMR) networks with advanced multimedia capabilities. Arming first responders with advanced multimedia services allows them instant access to mission-critical data, giving local, state and even federal agencies the ability to exchange information across jurisdictional boundaries.

Wide area public safety wireless communications today use LMR technologies such as P25. Because of the small size of the radio channels used by these technologies, these networks are unable to support

data-intensive applications such as video, e-mail with attachments and web access to agency databases.

The urgent need for effective, capable, interoperable emergency response services has been powerfully demonstrated in recent major disas- ters, such as Hurricane Katrina and the destruction of the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001. Today, organizations respon- sible for public safety and security must be prepared to meet escalating challenges at the local, state and federal level, while operating within tight budgets.

Constraints of existing public safety networks

The wireless technology that currently supports public safety significantly lags behind commercial developments. Land mobile radio technologies support primarily:

•Push-to-talk group voice

•Textual applications such as text-based messaging

Proprietary land mobile radio solutions and weak standards significantly impede voice interoperability.

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