Public Safety Broadband and Communication Networks
In: Media and Communications - Technologies, Policies and Challenges
Intro -- PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND AND COMMUNICATION NETWORKS: PLANS AND CONSIDERATIONS -- PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND AND COMMUNICATION NETWORKS: PLANS AND CONSIDERATIONS -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: THE FIRST RESPONDER NETWORK AND NEXT-GENERATION COMMUNICATIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY: ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- KEY NEW LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS -- Spectrum Assignment -- Expenditures and Revenue Sources -- Public Safety Trust Fund -- Network Construction Fund -- FirstNet: Limit on Expenditures -- FirstNet: Fee Income and Other Revenue -- State and Local Implementation Fund -- Other Sources of Funds -- Planning Authority -- FirstNet -- State and Local Participation -- Federal Governance -- Public-Private Partnerships -- Infrastructure -- Timeframe -- Next Generation 9-1-1 -- Technology and Standards -- FirstNet -- FCC -- NIST -- OEC -- Need for Standards Development -- INTEROPERABILITY WITHIN THE 700 MHZ BAND -- THE FUTURE -- Infrastructure and Spectrum Management -- CONSIDERATIONS FOR CONGRESS -- End Notes -- Chapter 2: EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS: VARIOUS CHALLENGES LIKELY TO SLOW IMPLEMENTATION OF A PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND NETWORK -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BACKGROUND -- EVEN WITH INVESTMENT OF SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES, CURRENT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS PROVIDE MISSION CRITICAL VOICE CAPABILITIES BUT ARE NOT FULLY INTEROPERABLE -- Public Investment -- Current Public Safety Communications Capabilities -- Interoperability of Current Communication Systems Remains a Limitation -- PLANNING FOR A NATIONWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND NETWORK PROGRESSES, BUT SUCH A NETWORK WILL NOT SUPPORT MISSION CRITICAL VOICE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE -- Federal Role