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Creating a NationwideNetwork for Public Safety

Jeffrey D. Johnson, Chief (Ret.)CEO Western Fire Chiefs AssociationFirstNet Board Member

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WHO IS FIRSTNET?

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

FirstNet is an independent authority within NTIA with a mandate by law including:

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THE INAUGURAL FIRSTNET BOARD

Name Experience

Chuck Dowd Assistant Police Chief – NYCPaul Fitzgerald Sheriff, Story County, Iowa

Jeff Johnson Fire Chief (ret.), CEO Western Chiefs Association

Kevin McGinnis Chief/CEO NE Mobile Health ServicesSam Ginn Telecom Exec, FirstNet ChairmanCraig Farrill Telecom ExecWilliam Keever Telecom ExecEd Reynolds Telecom ExecSusan Swenson Telecom ExecTim Bryan Telecom Exec – RuralTeri Takai Former CIO for CA and MIWellington Webb Former Mayor, DenverSylvia Mathews Burwell Director of OMBEric Holder U.S. Attorney GeneralJanet Napolitano 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

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

ENABLING APPLICATION SHARING AND INNOVATION

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ANATOMY OF FIRSTNET

FirstNet: Nationwide Core and Local Radio Access Networks

COVERAGE AREA Police

FireRescue

Mutual Aid FirstResponder

FIRSTNET NATIONWIDE DISTRIBUTED CORE NETWORK

Communications ApplicationsServices

SwitchingRoutingScheduling

Databases/Warehouses

Security

Interfacesto OtherNetworks

RADIO ACCESS NETWORK (RAN)

BackhaulRadio Link

EMS

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Services

Location IP Multimedia Systems Applications Messaging User ID ManagementPresence Push-to-Talk Provisioning

Enhanced Packet Core

Mobility Management Policy and ChargingHome Subscriber Register Serving GatewayPacket Gateway Diameter Routing

TransmissionRouters Leased Facilities (Fiber)Firewall Border GatewayDense Wave Division Multiplexers

Data CentersHardened Facilities Power BackupRedundant Transport HVACSecurity

•Content• Local Control•NOC, SOC

Interconnect

MAKEUP OF THE FIRSTNET CORE NETWORK

Examples

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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 Outdoor Technologies

IMPROVING IN-BUILDING LOCATION SERVICES

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LEVERAGE THE POWER OF LTE, SATELLITE

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Traditional Network Approach FirstNet Network Approach

Fixed/StaticFixed, 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

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FIRSTNET CORE NETWORK

A vehicle-mounted and powered FirstNet BC14 Pico Cell

Local coverage in and around vehicle

Works wherever satellite data links can be set upCan 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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