PSC - Europe

1. PSC - Europe • Manfred BLAHA, Brigadier-General • 3rd Vice-Chair, • Public Safety Communications Europe • Technology Advisor • National Crisis and Disaster Prevention Management, Ministry of the Interior, AUSTRIA • Jeppe JEPSEN • Chair “Spectrum Harmonization Initiative” • PSC-Europe • Motorola • Eric OLLIVIER • French Presidency & Ministry of Interior

2. Public Safety & SecuritySector Needs • Interoperability • Harmonized Spectrum • Single open standard • Special functional requirements • PSS organisations expects same functionalities as general public – but on mission critical network. • Competition • Multi-vendor supply • Specialized vendors • Innovation

3. EU Public Safety Spectrum activities • European Commission • COM on Digital Dividend Nov 2007 • Public Use of Spectrum – exp. Feb 2009 • ETSI SRDoc to ECC • FM38 first meeting on the subject 2-3December • European Parliament • Resolution Sept 2008 - Toia report • Council of the European Union – Police Coorporation • Expert Group on Radiocommunications

4. Mission Critical  Dedicated • Public networks do not meet PS user requirements • Coverage, Availability, Security, Resilience, Interoperability, • Control, Functionality. • PSS organisations expects same functionalities as general public – but on mission critical network. • Public network operators are able to prioritize PS users, but….. • When the public cannot communicate, who do they call? Availability & Resilience, Control.

5. Narrowband - deployed - Wideband - available 2008 - Broadband - no PS spectrum availble - Video Streaming High resolution images Video conferencing CCTV Satellite images & maps transfer Detailed Real time Biometrics Data Throughput Video clip Large image transfer (100kb JPEG) Reporting (email attachment) Telemedecine Robotics Status & Text messaging Short Data Services Automatic Vehicle Location Telemetry Small image xfer Limited data base queries 25 kHz wide 25 - 200 kHz wide > MHz wide Channel Bandwidth PS Applications & Required Bandwidth Additional Capacity requires Wideband and Broadband Capability

6. Signatories – Demand side • Dutch Ministry of Home Affairs • Dutch Police • Belgian Astrid operator • Spanish SIRDEE operator • Ghent Fire Chief; Namur Fire Brigade • Luxembourg Police • Norwegian Ministry of Justice, • Department of Emergency Communication • Austrian Ministry of Interior, • Department of Civil Protection • Austrian National Police. • UK – Civil Contingencies Secretariat • UK – Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) • Belgian Red Cross - Flanders

8. Police Cooperation Radiocommunication Ad’hoc working Group

9. Crossborder cooperation is being intensified Police cooperation: Prüm Treaty Common patrol Emergency situations Mutual assistance On demand cooperation Civil Protection / Disaster relief Mutual assistance Impact: Need for trans-border cooperation through radiocommunication  Different communication scenarios A B B A Issue / Radiocom interoperability

10. Types of crossborder actions 26 25 24 23 21 22 20 20 21 20 19 18 16 17 16 14 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Right of Right of Joint Controlled Others surveillance pursuit patrols delivery Cross border operations

11. Major issues faced in case of crossborder operations 4% 14% Technical problems 40% Language problems Difficulties to identify the interlocutor 18% Difficulties to coordinate and delegate responsibilities Others 24% Major restrictions

12. Police Cooperation Radiocommunication WG • Working Group issued by • EU Council / CATS / Police Cooperation WG • Terms of reference :  Specify the needs for radiocommunication linked with cross-border cooperation  Formalize a request for additional harmonized spectrum  Identify technical solutions to cope with the needs  Liaise with other entities at European level (standardization, frequency management)

13. WG work plan • Strong support from Police administrations • 17 countries participating • Tight timeschedule • Interim report : december 08 • Final deliveries : june 09

14. Expected Deliveries of the WG • D1 : Proposal for a EU council recommendation • for a mandate for ECC to identify additional spectrum for public protection and safety • to develop a harmonized and interoperable solution enabling data mobile communication in mission critical situations • D2 : Develop a report • Overview of the current situation (all, framework given by France) • Feedback from current experiments; list of requirements (Netherlands) • Proposal for typical radio procedures for cross border cooperation (Spain, Portugal) • Medium and long term operational needs, and assessment of amount of additional spectrum (Czech Rep., UK) • D3 : Request for funding an int’l roaming solution (Tetra / Tetra and Tetrapol / Tetrapol) • + Liaise with RSPG, ECC/FM38, ETSI

15. Technical issues • Additional frequency requirement • Current spectrum allocation is not sufficient for high speed date in most countries  Identify additional spectrum on a European basis  Digital dividend unique opportunity • Technology convergence  create native interoperability and roaming capabilities  action towards standardization bodies  address future communication requirements, including high speed data communication

16. Operational needsResilience / Disponibility / Security • Ciphering and encryption • Mission critical communication • Availability of resources under all circumstances operational even when public networks are congested • Resilience  Ability to work in crisis situation (major electrical disruption, transmission network failures,…) When all public communication infrastructure are out of order, the radiocom network should be kept operational

17. Manfred.Blaha@gmx.net • Jeppe.Jepsen@Motorola.com • Eric.Ollivier@interieur.gouv.fr