FCC Approves LTE For Crisis Responder Network

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Feb 3, 2011 1:13 PM, By Michael Grotticelli

The FCC has granted a offer that will need LTE technology to be used for open safety mobile broadband networks used by initial responders.

The FCC's demand requires all 700MHz open safety mobile broadband networks to use a familiar air interface, especially Long Term Evolution (LTE), to encouragement in motion and interoperable communications.

The FCC's activities erect on the technical mandate that state and local 700MHz broadband waiver recipients are already theme to in the early erect out of their informal open safety broadband networks.

The new regulations mention that LTE will be the typical for interoperability between broadband apparatus used for communicating information, videos, photos and e-mails during typical operations and emergencies.

The group is now looking open criticism concerning other connected issues, such as interconnectivity between networks, encryption, coverage and in motion or priority access between the open safety broadband networks.

"It has been roughly 10 years given the comfortless events of Sept. 11, 2001, and more than 5 years given Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast," the FCC wrote. "During those wicked events, and others, it became coherent that the insufficient of a national interoperable open safety network hampered rescue efforts and the on the whole efficacy of open safety operations.

"Our action today takes an critical step toward remedying the insufficient of such a network by substantiating initial manners for a national technical interoperable horizon is to initial national broadband network for open safety," the FCC wrote.

The assignment mentioned that given the tremendous record encouragement for LTE amid open safety organizations and other stakeholders, and the significance of ensuring that all open safety broadband networks adopt a familiar air interface to settle an critical office building inhibit for interoperability, "we will need that all networks deployed in the 700MHz open safety broadband spectrum adopt LTE, especially at least 3GPP Standard E-UTRA Release 8 and associated EPC."