William E. Ott EMS Summit August 25, 2006

1. Evolving Communications Technology William E. Ott EMS Summit August 25, 2006

2. Current Issues • 800 megahertz rebanding • Cyren Call Public Safety Proposal • Contingency communications • Voice over Internet Protocol • Wireless Priority

3. What is Rebanding ? • It is changing the operational frequencies of the 800 MHz radio systems “Nationwide” to another portion of the frequency spectrum. • Who decided to do this? • The FCC implemented this plan after 2-1/2 years of research and input from industry and public safety • This is a compromise plan which was driven by public safety

4. 806 824 762 764 776 777 792 794 849 851 747 Mobile D B A C D B A C B A B A 700 MHz Public Safety (Base) 700 MHz Public Safety (Mobile) 800 MHz Band Upper 700 MHz Commercial† Upper 700 MHz Commercial† Upper 700 MHz Commercial Cellular ATG Base 894 = 700 MHz Guard Band† 869 851 †700 MHz Commercial and 700 MHz Guard Band do not have specified Base and Mobile channels Mobile and Control Station Transmit Frequencies (in MHz) 824 806 809.75 816 821 NPSPAC (Public Safety) General Category Interleaved Spectrum ESMR (Upper 200) 851 854.75 861 866 869 Base Station Transmit Frequencies (in MHz) General Category -7.5 MHz 150 Channels Licensed by EA Blocks of 25 channels (SMR) Some Incumbent Operators Remain Interleaved Spectrum -12.5 MHz 250 Channels 80 SMR Channels (Licensed by EA, Some Incumbent Operators Remain) 70 Public Safety Channels 50 Business Channels 50 Industrial Land Transportation Channels NPSPAC - 6 MHz 225 Channels @ 12.5 kHz spacing 5 Channels @ 25 kHz spacing 5 Mutual Aid Channels ESMR/Upper 200 – 10 MHz 200 Channels Licensed by EA Non EA incumbents are currently undergoing mandatory relocation TODAY

5. AFTER REBANDING 806 824 762 764 776 777 792 794 849 851 747 Mobile D B A C D B A C B A B A 700 MHz Public Safety (Base) 700 MHz Public Safety (Mobile) 800 MHz Band Upper 700 MHz Commercial† Upper 700 MHz Commercial† Cellular ATG Base 894 = 700 MHz Guard Band† 851 869 †700 MHz Commercial and 700 MHz Guard Band do not have specified Base and Mobile channels Mobile and Control Station Transmit Frequencies (in MHz) 824 806 809 815 816 817 Public Safety B/ILT Non-Cellular SMR 809 NPSPAC (Public Safety) Guard Band** Expansion Band* ESMR NPSPAC 869 861 851 854 860 862 Base Station Transmit Frequencies (in MHz) *No public safety system will be required to remain in or relocate to the Expansion Band; although they may do so if they choose. **No public safety or CII licensee may be involuntarily relocated to occupy the Guard Band.

6. What the Re-banding Plan Does • It will move users to another portion of the 800 MHz frequency band. • Who pays for the costs? Sprint/Nextel Pays for the Move costs, reprogramming infrastructure, replacement user radios, legal expenses, licensing and coordination. • Timing of the move: Projected at 36 months. • Transition Administrator (TA) is in place to monitor the process for FCC, Sprint/Nextel and Users. • TA is the mediator between Sprint/Nextel and the Licensee

8. Benefits of the Move • Reduction or elimination of interference issues currently taking place. • Places a “Guard band” between the frequency blocks—future protection against possible interference. • Provides an additional 4-1/2 MHz of spectrum to public safety users. • Moves the two public safety blocks of 700 MHz and 800 MHz frequencies next to each other—enhances future. development of public safety systems and products. Puts public safety services in one contiguous band.

9. What Rebanding won’t Do • Change the coverage. • Eliminate any features or communications capabilities. • Change Dispatch capabilities or connectivity. • Cause the system to wear out any sooner. • Cause major outages while the change takes place. • Change Events, Ops or Regional Channels. • It simply “moves the frequencies we use today to a lower portion of the frequency spectrum away from commercial users”.

10. Reprogram: -Motorola XTS 5000 XTS 2500 XTS 1500 XTS 3000 MCS 2000 MTS 2000 Astro Saber 1MB Astro Spectra (>95) VRM & PRM (Data Radios) Replace : -Motorola Spectra & Spectra E Saber SL STX Gemini Plus MTX 820 Maxtrac LCS, LTS 2000 MTS (256K) Astro Saber (512K) Astro Spectra (<96) Motorola Units to-Reprogram or Replace

11. Reprogram 5100 Series 5300 Series Replace Models 8585 8560 8750 7780 9880 EF Johnson Radios to Reprogram or Replace

12. Motorola Replacement Products XTS 2500 RB XTS1500 RB PORTABLES XTL 2500 RB XTL 1500 RB MOBILES

13. EF Johnson Rebanded Radios 5300 Series Mobiles 5100 Series Portables

14. Rebanding Information • FCC:http://wireless.fcc.gov/publicsafety/800MHz/bandreconfiguration/index2.html • TA web site:http://www.800ta.org • APCO Website: http://www.apcointl.org/frequency/800hp.htm • UCAN website: http://www.ucan800.org

15. Cyren Call Proposal • Public Safety Broadband trust • Paid for by commercial users • Public safety has 25% dedicated space • Public safety has priority to increase bandwidth as needed for events • Costs to public safety for be a couple orders of magnitude less than current systems

16. Contingency Communications • Common off the shelf (COTS) Packet switched Mesh • Voice over IP (VoIP) • GMRS / FRS / Amateur • Narrowband • Broadband • Cellular • Satellite

17. VoIP • Vonage • BroadVoice • SIPS ~ Asterisk • Point to Point • Security

18. Wireless Priority • National Communications Service

19. Government Emergency Telephony Service (GETS)

20. Questions? William E. Ott 919-386-8033 www.cpcstech.com weo@cpcstech.com