Ubiquitous public safety communications Ole Arrhenius, EADS Secure Networks

1. Ubiquitous Public Safety
Communications
Ole Arrhenius
EADS DCS Sales and Marketing
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2. Defence and Communications Systems/Secure Networks
Content
• EADS
• TETRA
• New challenges facing public security systems
• Benefits from integrating 112 system with EADS TETRA
communications system
• Example of using integrated systems for securing big
events
• Future visions

3. EADS –
European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company
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4. EADS Defence & Security
Security & Communication Solutions
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5. Defence and Communication Systems (DCS)
business unit
Finland’s largest investors in R&D 2008
R&D Revenue R&D %
Security & Communication Solutions (SCS) million € million € of revenue
1 Nokia 5968 50 710 11,8
2 Metso 148 6 400 2,3
Secure Networks Oy 3 ABB 123 2 446 5
…
- 350 employes in Helsinki and Jyväskylä 17 Neste Oil 37 15 043 0,2
- ranked as the 22 biggest R&D investor in Finland 18 Patria 28 535 5,2
…
- main focus on TETRA technology 21 Fortum 27 5 636 0,5
22 EADS 26 156 16,7
23 F-Secure 25 113 22,1
24 Vaisala 25 242 10,3
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6. Three complementary businesses areas
Emergency Communications
response • PMR systems
• PMR terminals
• Control room • Mobile
solutions high-speed
• Field applications data
• Emergency
notification Complete
solutions and
services
Security
• Solution architecture
• End-to-end capability
• High grade cryptography
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7. TETRA - Radio communication technology for
professional users
• TETRA is the name of the standard the same way as GSM is
the name of the standard for cellular communication
• TETRA = TErrestrial Trunked RAdio
Objectives of developing TETRA standard:
• Define a purpose built new digital radio communication (PMR)
technology to fulfill the needs of public safety and other
professional users to substitute old analogue systems
• Developed together with users, manufacturers and regulators
• Efficient use of spectrum
European
Telecommunications
Standards Institute
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8. TETRA – spectrum-efficient TDMA
• 4:1 TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access)
• 4 channels per 25 kHz RF carrier
• 25 kHz channel spacing
• Voice and data
4 channels 36 kbits/s
12
gross bit
34
rate
Carrier
Four user channels multiplexed
into one 25 kHz carrier
Spectrum
efficiency
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9. TETRA - Purpose built technology for
mission critical communication
• Specialized group communication
•Group communication (one-to-many
communication) • High availability
•Push-to-talk, instant call connection in less •Redundancy
than 0.5 s •Pre-emptive priorities
•Queueing of resources
•Direct Mode Operation
• Uncompromising security (DMO)
• Authentication
• Air interface encryption •Base station fallback
• end-to-end encryption
• Disabling of stolen radios
• Advanced data services
•Status- and text messaging and
IP packet data
•High speed data
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10. Connections to TETRA networks
Connection to public telephone
Direct connection to telephone network and cellular networks,
Warning Centre switches of hospitals and other key voice and messaging
organizations PABX
PSTN Inform civil authorities,
foreign governments and
other relevant parties
GSM
Local public
announcement
and warning
systems to alert
citizens
Local authorities
Command and control centres using TETRA

11. TETRA terminals
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12. Technical and operative management are
separated in TETRA to guarantee privacy
Dispatcher manages virtual
private networks
Co-operation
Ambulance group 1 Police
group 1 group 1
DWS
Technical operator manages
physical radio network
Physical DXTip DXTip DXTip
radio
network
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13. Chain of Emergency management
Police
communication
Emergency Call reception
Call dispatch
Call positioning
911 / 112 and mapping Fire brigades
communication
Citizens
Medical urgency
Authority co-operation communication
Situation awareness
Defence
communication
Emergency Notification
Reverse 911/112 Business critical
communication
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14. Application solutions
Control Room solutions Mobile Data solutions
Tactical
Emergency
situation
response
awareness
Site protection Mobile video
Offender Portable data
tracking
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15. Enablers of transition
- from technology limitation to operational possibilities
In the past Now
Technology Culture Operational mode
What can be What can be How technology
technically imagined and is used in the field
supported? understood as operation?
feasible?
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16. Development of MODERN operational eras
Future
In the blink
of an eye Combination of
Always seamless data-
Java™ connected TEDS services and
10 delivers instant situational
WAP Simultaneous data awareness
Voice+Data to and from
Menu SCAN
with the pedestrian
complementary officer
Efficient, TEDS data
tailored radio
Flexibility to applications in
efficiently the terminal
TEDS
introduce new
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17. Fortecor® wideband and broadband solutions
• Fortecor is a mission-critical high-speed data solution: Application, data
bearer, service in one package
• Wideband data (TETRA TEDS) integrated solution
– wide area coverage with high availability
– several parallel applications
– high resolution images
• Broadband data
– high density area
– demanding mobile video solutions
• More effective daily routines
• Precise situation awareness
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18. Radio communication service for all authorities in
Finland
• Full seamless nationwide functionality e.g.
group calls and wireless data services
• Seamless integration with 15 regional
emergency response centres
• 32,000 TETRA terminals in use
• In Helsinki with surroundings an application
for the ambulance and rescue services is
used to transfer vital information between
hospital and the casualty.
• Police field commanders use POKE
application
– Set up in every major patrol car
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19. When Merlot Medi can be used ?
•Merlot Medi supports all emergency
medical care situations:
• in a single patient accident
• in case of a multi patient accident
• in case of a disaster
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20. Process description
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21. Operations with Merlot Medi systems at field
•Receive alarm information
•Status information
– Take off from rescue station, at the accident site,
at the patient etc.
•Patient care record generation
– Add observations and information on interviews of
a patient
– Add follow-up information on the patient
– Retrieve vital data form medical instruments
– Receive and add consulting information
•Treatment process steered with user
configurable question/answer templates
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22. Beijing Government Shared TETRA Network
• Largest TETRA network in Asia
• 60.000 users (86.000 during the Games):
• Municipal government
• Police
• Traffic Police
• City Administration
• Fire brigade
• Ambulance services
• Disease Control
• Judicial Departments
• National Security
• Utilities: e.g. Water Conservancy
• Security Companies
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23. New Olympic record for secure communications
• Largest mission-critical
communications
network in Asia
• Provided reliable and secure
communication for more than
86.000 authorities and volunteers
during the Games
World records in TETRA
– 1.6 million calls during opening day
– 1600 Erlang peak traffic during the
opening day (simultaneous calls)
– 17 million group calls during the
whole Games period
– 60 million group calls at base
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stations

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