Enhanced Situational Awareness

for PPDR

Luis Cordeiro

(cordeiro@onesource.pt)

Outline

• PPDR evolution

• Enhancing Situational Awareness

• Concluding Remarks

PUBLIC PROTECTION DISASTER

RELIEF – PPDR EVOLUTION

Public Protection Disaster Relief

(PPDR)

• Public Mobile Radio (PMR) networks

– Secure voice communications

– Group communications

– Direct Mode Operation (DMO)

– Limited data services support (e.g.: video, pictures)

• PPDR Terminals

– Limited features (e.g. no video cameras)

– Limited support for sensors

– Not user-friendly

PPDR Evolution

• Demand for improved safety

– Protection of citizens

– Safety of PPDR systems

• Improved operational efficiency

– New applications and devices for operational processes

– Interoperability

– Include bio and environmental status

• Next-generation Emergency Response Platforms

– Multimedia emergency calls (e.g. video)

– Emergency notifications to citizens

– Data sensors

• Reduction of costs and enhanced flexibility

– Support Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) scenarios

PPDR Evolution (cont’d)

• Commercial LTE deployments

– Service from commercial networks

– Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO)

• Private LTE deployments

– Commercial service

from dedicated network

– Or build own dedicated network

Hybrid

solution

Enhancing Situational Awareness

• Command & Control Centre (CCC)

– currently not efficient

– terminals with limitations

Enhancing Situational Awareness

(cont’d)

• Goals:

– Improve operational efficiency

– Improve safety

– Support BYOD scenarios

• How?

– Migration of PMR systems to LTE

– BodyKit Wearable Situation Awareness Platform

– Securing User Terminals for next-generation PPDR

BODYKIT WEARABLE

SITUATION AWARENESS

BodyKit Platform

BodyKit CCC

BodyKit Device

The BodyKit device is the

equipment that the users wear and

transmits the user sensors data (e.g.

location, body position, and

biosensors data) and the

video/audio communication.

The BKD is composed by:

• Wearable backpack (BP);

• Wearable sensors harness (SH);

• Video/Audio glasses (G).

• Backpack interface (BI)

BodyKit Device (cont’d)

SECURE USER TERMINALS

Securing User Terminals

• Command Control Centre

Securing User Terminals

• Trusted Execution Environment

Securing User Terminals (cont’d)

• Mobile Virtualization

Concluding Remarks

• LTE supports mission critical services and 5G will further extend this support.

• Europe has an action plan for next-generation PPDR:

– Trials, Platforms, Regulations and Policies

• Hazards, wildfires, natural catastrophes are becoming more severe.

• The time for Enhanced Situational Awareness is now!

Support

• National

• International