The FCC Technical Advisory Board for First Responder Interoperability offered...
The FCC Technical Advisory Board for First Responder Interoperability offered clarity on one of the recommendations in its May 22 final report. The recommendation, requirement 15, was that “All User Devices (UEs) deployed in the NPSBN (National Public Safety Broadband…
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Network) that support roaming onto commercial LTE networks SHALL operate on any FirstNet roaming partner network using bands supported by the device.” The requirement “may be interpreted to suggest that all NPSBN commercial roaming partner devices operating in a band must work for all NPSBN commercial roaming partner networks in that band, regardless of the technology implemented in the NPSBN commercial roaming partner network in that band,” the group said (http://xrl.us/bncfff). “This result, which could lead to substantial cost increases for public safety devices, is not intended by the Technical Advisory Board.” The board suggested new language: “All User Devices (UEs) deployed on the NPSBN that support roaming onto commercial LTE networks SHALL operate on any FirstNet roaming partner LTE network using bands supported for LTE by the device.” The recommendations of the board are to be used by the FirstNet board in establishing rules for the new public safety network once it starts its work later this summer.