Communications Overview “Barbarians At The Gate”

1. Communications Overview “Barbarians At The Gate”

2. Wired History • Pre-1980 Largely copper-centric with some voice-grade connectivity • Post-1980 Emergency of the Digital Communicator (DACT) revolutionized the alarm industry • 2001: IP (indirectly) written into NFPA 72 • About the same time: VoIP begins to disrupt the DACT’s reign • 2009 MFVN written into NFPA 72

3. Wireless History 1969 CSEPA (CSAA’s processor) gains exclusivity from the FCC on 5 pairs of 450 MHz business band voice channels 1985 One way radio written into NFPA 72 1990 Two way radio written into NFPA 72 1985 CSAA gains right to coordinate offset between these frequencies and has “the 20 foot rule” amended 1992 First use of control channel signaling on AMPS cellular 2008 AMPS Sunset

4. Today’s Communications Choices GPRS, EDGE & UMTS labeled 2.5G and 3G POTS VoIP & MFVN Private Radio IP and the Internet

5. Plain Old Telephone Service POTS

6. POTS Handling alarm signals since late 70’s Began changing after the breakup of AT&T Fading altogether after 2000

8. Challenges to POTS The expanding use of VoIP Increased use of cellular Perhaps non-sustainable economically by baby bells AT&T is loosing 700,000 lines a month

10. Impact of Wireless Example At Age 38, Number of Wireless Only Households Quadrupled infive years Source: CDC – Wireless Substitution Report Wireless will Dictate Solutions

11. New Generation of Customer Comfortable with the Internet Vast majority have portable devices Many have multiple portable devices This generation will not be tethered Demand new applications for their devices

13. Cellular Technology

14. Cellular Technology • Largely used for backup • But NFPA 72 now allows cellular alone in residential • AMPS Sunset should have taught a lesson

15. Cellular Technology Comparison

17. Challenges to 2.5G &3G • Competitive forces will move cellular to 4G i.e. LTE or “Long Term Evolution” • 2.5G & 3G will be squeezed out in…….

18. When? • 3, 5, 7 years???

20. VoIP

21. VoIP and MFVN • Certain versions prove unreliable • Managed Facilities Voice Networks Cable’s Digital Voice Verizon FiOS AT&T uVerse

22. Challenges to MFVN • Not always reliable • On-premises battery back-up issues • Still seeing Line Seizure compromises

23. VoIP Remains a Problem Not as reliable as POTS Managed providers are good but not great! e.g., cable company based services Non-managed providers are not good e.g., Vonage, AT&T CallVantage, Verizon VoiceWing No FCC or industry standards Significant growth continues End-user saves money with VoIP Excellent voice quality and features You may never know a problem exists ifyou don’t send test signals on your systems! Major Headache At Risk – Your Liability and RMR!

25. IP

26. EoIP Everything is moving to IP GSM, IP dual path The future is IP

27. The Use of IP • Provides fast transmission • Provides “Grade AA” type security at little or no cost • Can be “wired” or wireless

28. Challenges to IP and the Internet • More expensive • “Last mile” reliability issues • Battery backup issues

30. Private Radio

31. Private Radio • Two-way radio at 450 MHz. • Private radio at 900 MHz. • Cognitive radio

32. Industry Has Changed Early on, Radios used only for backup Today they represent a broader need and an opportunity Different World than a Few Years Ago

33. Challenges to Radio • Availability of frequencies • Mesh Networks requires density to be affective • More skill sets required

35. The Changing Face of Communications • The National Broadband Plan • The Failure of BPL • Google’s Vision • PSST and the “D-Block” WHICH WILL PREVAIL?

36. Solutions • Redundancy • Flexibility Perhaps in the form of modularity • Contractual safeguards

37. Additional Questions?

38. Questions

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41. Why The CDC* Cares About Communications * Center for Disease Control Annual “National Health Interview Survey” “Random digital dialing” to only landlines Survey will miss a large segment of the population ALL TELEPHONE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE BIASED Wired Phone Cell Phone Landlines Don’t Capture Majority of Population

42. Receiver Technology & Carrier Changes Morgan Hertel Stephen Kovacsiss Sascha Kylau

43. The Demise of POT’s The Death of POT’s Lines IP,IP,IP and more IP UL 1981 update Software Applications

44. The Death of POT’s Lines AT&T is loosing 700,000 lines a month MVFN networks are still not working AT&T Letter to FCC Verizon FIOS update

45. IP, IP, IP and more IP Everything is moving to IP GSM, IP dual path Private systems like AES

46. Receiver Technology • Receivers changing to IP based • Software receivers • Software receivers vs. Hardware receiver

47. Receiver Technology • Incoming IP signals to the station are quicker • The buffering of signals will now be at the receiver and automation • POT’s receivers can output 300 signals a minute to the automation • IP receivers can output 2500 signals a minute

48. UL 1981 Update MEW Levels Software Receivers New concepts New requirements

49. What is IP? Internet Protocol (IP) - It is a protocol used for communicating data across a packet-switched internetwork using the Internet Protocol Suite. It is the primary protocol in the Internet Layer of the Internet Protocol Suite and has the task of delivering data packets from the source host to the destination host based on their addresses. The Internet Protocol defines the addressing methods and structures for datagram encapsulation. The primary version of addressing structure used is referred to as Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4), although the successor, Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) is being deployed actively worldwide.

50. What is VoIP? Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) - describes a family of transmission technologies for delivery of voice communications over IP networks such as the Internet. VoIP is known in common applications like Digital Phone, Vonage, and Skype.