2. The Public Safety Broadband Network (FirstNet) & NG9-1-1
Michael Smith
Rick Blackwell, ENP

3. What we’ll cover What FirstNet is Why it’s needed What it can carry
What it’s likely to carry
What is NENA doing?
The NG9-1-1 / FirstNet nexus
Responder Data Services
Where will I plug in?
What’s next?

4. What is FirstNet?
The NPSBN – what’s that?
Ok, I give up!

5. What data is shared with Responders today? Will that increase?
Why is it needed?
What data is shared with Responders today?
Will that increase?
Why standardize?

6. What kind of network is this?
An IP Network
Does that matter?
What should I care about?

7. What kind of data can it carry?
Any kind of data – it’s an IP network!
But the initial focus isn’t audio or video

8. All networks have bandwidth limitations
Voice and video consume sizeable bandwidth
MCPTT (Mission Critical Push-To-Talk) to be supported on FirstNet

9. What kind of data is it likely to carry?
That’s a very good question!
Incident Data, AVL Data, GIS Data
What others can you imagine?

10. What about multimedia and other data?
Multimedia will sometimes be needed
What about chat collaboration?
What about Responder device location?
What about data we haven’t yet envisioned?

11. The NG9-1-1 / FirstNet nexus
PSAPs have data Responders need
Responders have data PSAPs need
We must move data in both directions

12. What is NENA doing?
NENA’s i3 architecture specifies interoperable protocols
NENA is reaching out to other stakeholder organizations
Liaison is key to success
The goal is smooth interoperability across the NG9-1-1 / FirstNet boundary

13. Responder Data Services
An i3 conformant gateway for this data
Is it really needed?
Will some data need to be transformed?

14. How is this going to work?
Wired and Wireless Infrastructure
Does that matter?

15. Connection to the ESInet Where will my PSAP fit in?
Where will I plug in?
Early adopters
Connection to the ESInet
Where will my PSAP fit in?

16. Conclusions
FirstNet is an IP network that can carry any data
The i3 Architecture defines protocols to carry emergency data
These form a pipeline for critical data
But we have to ensure interoperability

17. What’s Next?
A call to action
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