Mobile Broadband B3G for Professionals By Alan Dearlove Radtel Services and Steffen Ring Director, M.Sc.E.E. Chairman Project MESA Steering Committee

International standardisation partnership on mobile broadband technologies established May 2000 in Washington D.C., between ETSI and TIA with full recognition and presence of the European Commission Focussing initially on the advanced needs B3G of the Public Protection & Disaster Relief sector (PPDR) Police/Law Enforcement, National and International Advanced Surveillance and Security (Airports, Nuclear Power Plants etc) Emergency and Medical Services (Telemedicine) Advanced Firefighting Civil Defence and Disaster Response Aggressive technological goals to implement advanced digital services as defined in the MESA Statement of Requirements (SoR), the first ever such document to be elaborated directly by the users within an international partnership

Users in the Drivers Seat The unique MESA Sequence of processes: The 5S principle SoRScenariosSpectrumSpecificationsStandards USERSREGULATORSINDUSTRYPARTNERS  Maintain SoR  Build scenarios  Validate them  Describe them  National / Regional Spectrum assessment  Address applicable WRC Agenda Items  Market assessment  Elaboration of technical specifications  Launch products in standardized, multi-vendor environment  Draft, approve and maintain national / regional standards

Some key requirements identified Independency of public infrastructures and radio frequency spectrum Independency of public supply of electrical power Ultra fast deployment –Integral part of equipment deployed Internationally deployable –Globally agreed spectrum Self-healing, wireless ad-hoc networked routers Wireless Switching to dedicated Global Broadband Infrastructures –Fibre optical –Broadband satellite constellations Crypto transparent communication protocol heirachy From single site ”hot-spot” to ”street-level” services

Bandwidth positioning of MESA MESA Combines mobility up to aeronautical speeds with very high data rates Complements known and planned civil standardisation projects around the world Calls for a variety of advanced research On the table within WWRF Beyond 3G (B3G)

Fixed Ad-Hoc Network

Mobile Ad-Hoc Network ” The Moving Hot-Spot” The MESA Firefighter Backhaul Satcom Link Telemedical Assistance Airborne Control

The MESA Firefighter Full Command Control and Communication (C3) to all MESA Firefighters Online, realtime broadband interlinking Infra-red as well as visible light video monitoring Vital parameters surveillance

Full on-site Command Control and Communication

Next Steps Users have done first part of their homework (Draft SoR is here) MESA Plenary #4, April 10 – 11 – 12, by special invitation from City of Mesa, Az. U.S.A. –Industry Members to take the first step in response to the SoR –Technical Committees to be chaired and staffed Regional Mesa Members to continue assisting regulators in preparation for the WRC2003 Addressing applicable parts of EU 6 th Framework Programme Partner TIA to ensure further funding of progress MESA Plenary #5, September 11 – 12 – 13, Copenhagen, Denmark –Approval of first Technical Contributions