Public safety will need narrowband and broadband spectrum allocations until...
Public safety will need narrowband and broadband spectrum allocations until broadband can meet all of public safety’s requirements, the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council said in a draft report on future spectrum needs. Public safety “should not sacrifice any of…
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their existing capabilities when switching to a broadband system,” NPSTC said in the draft (www.npstc.org/pswac.jsp). There is “a technological potential for mission critical voice to be managed over a broadband network,” but “much work remains to be done to determine if this is the correct long-term solution for public safety communications,” it said. Barriers remain to achieving interoperability among public safety networks, including continued use of proprietary systems, lack of planning and training and a dearth of funding for system upgrades, NPSTC said. NPSTC called for broadband technology and application standards to promote interoperability among first responders. Also, public safety needs more VHS and microwave spectrum, it said.