Decision on LMR-to-LTE migration for mission-critical voice should be made by public safety, Seybold says
What is in this article?
Decision on LMR-to-LTE migration for mission-critical voice should be made by public safety, Seybold says
Public-safety representatives should make an effort to educate government officials about public safety’s mission-critical-voice needs and update them on the progress made in the LTE arena, Seybold said.
Meanwhile, first-responder agencies should use FirstNet for non-mission-critical voice functions—a practice that should free valuable LMR voice channels for mission-critical communications—as a method to judge performance and coverage of the FirstNet alternative, Seybold said. During this time, bridging technologies should be leveraged to ensure interoperability between LMR and LTE systems used by first responders, he said.
Even if the FirstNet LTE system proves to be capable of providing mission-critical voice to first responders, key government officials should ask an important philosophical question before migrating all public-safety communications to FirstNet, Seybold said.
“My concern is that, if we have one network, what’s the danger of using a single network?” Seybold said, noting that FirstNet promises to be a prime target for cyberattacks and terrorist plots, not to mention being susceptible to normal natural disasters and man-made accidents.
“If we’re only using one network, then that network is the lifeline for all of us, and we need to make very sure that we really know what we’re doing. Today, there are multiple networks in every city, county and area in the United States. It would be harder to cripple our public-safety responders’ [communications on myriad LMR networks].”
Spot on Andy, as usual. We we
Spot on Andy, as usual. We we have watched across America (and the world) the speed of adoption to P25 standards (or lack of speed), I’ll peg it at 7-12 years before LMR is used less than 50%. Broad guess I know. I’ve observed in some of our largest markets- ‘…it was good enough for my grand dad and it’s good enough for me.” Some very large markets have yet to completely switch to P25. So…. switching to completely PTT-LTE will take awhile.
I 100% agree with Andy that earliest adoption will be to aid in interop between disparate systems.
Only one thing to say. :DOnt’
Only one thing to say. :DOnt’ put all your eggs into one basket. Large systems can crash too. Then What??????
Many wildfires take place in
Many wildfires take place in locations with zero broadband connectivity (with the exception of satellites), so LMR must remain a viable option into the foreseeable future.
I spoke to him and said he
I spoke to him and said he was a little bit unlucky that he didnt get some minutes at Manchester City.
The 67th-minute flashpoint
The 67th-minute flashpoint overshadowed a huge win for Antonio Conte in his first Prem game as Chelsea boss.