Bring the Network with You: Deployable Communications Systems Architecture

Local Incident LMR – LTE Connectivity

Wednesday March 26, 2014 Thales – IWCE 2014 Panel

2 /2 /

• Introduction to Deployable B14 PSBN LTE

• Autonomous and In‐Network Deployables

• Deployment and Operational Scenarios

• Locally Managed LMR – LTE User Interoperability

• Q&A

Topics

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3 /3 / FirstNet PSBN To Service All States, Territories and Tribal Regions

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Wilderness27% of U.S. Land

Mass

Rural

68% of U.S. Land Mass

Suburban Urban Dense Urban

5% of U.S. Land Mass

FirstNet Planning Includes Deployable Network Elements as Alternative to Fixed  Infrastructure for Substantial Coverage Area within U.S. and Territories

System On Wheels Trailer and Containerized Packages

Small Deployable  (Vehicle Based Solutions, e.g., Fire Truck)

Air Platform Delivery 

Also for Added Capacity and Emergency Response in Urban Areas

4 /4 /

LTE Package:

ENodeB

Evolved Packet System

EPC: SGW / MME / PGW

HSS / PCRF / Database

Controller Unit / NMS

Elements of B-14 Deployable System on Wheels

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Firewall / Router

Edge Centric LITE LTE Core

Database

Option : LMR Services / Sip GW

LTE EnodeB (3 sectors MIMO )

Local Management

Details

External Connectivity

Microwave 

4G Router

VSAT/ SatCom Connectivity

LMR Gateway with P25 Radio

Application Server

LMR PTT Server

SIP Call Manager

Trailer Platform:

Satellite System with One Button Auto Tracking

Gas Generator, Power Distribution & Shore Power

Surveillance Cameras

5 /5 / System on Wheels Deployable – Schematic

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Macro Cell High Power

Local Console 

Lite LTE CoreENodeB

SGW – PGW ‐ MME HSS ‐ PCRF

Local NMS

Fully autonomous SOW Deployable

GPS Antenna

GPS Receiver

ROUTER/SWITCH/FIREWALL

Batteries / UPS

LOCAL ALARMS‐SECURITY

GENERATOR

Antenna

ShorePower

Distributed DB

Management and Alarm monitoring

Pico cell

Or{User Equipment

Option : Local Application Server  for 

Customer Local Applications

6 /6 / Deployable Band-14 System on Wheels

7 /7 / System on Wheels Deployable - Interconnected

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Option : P25 Gateway 

Option : Local Application Server  for Customer Local 

Applications

Option : Call Manager and SIP Gateway for 

PABX Calls

Local Console 

Lite LTE CoreENodeB

Fully autonomous SOW Deployable

Antenna

ShorePower

LAN local interface

Management and Alarm monitoring

User Equipment

P25 Radio

8 /8 / Two Deployable Scenarios

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Autonomous Stand- alone Operation

Network of Deployables (Cell on Wheels or System on Wheels)

9 /9 / FirstNet Deployables – Must Work in System Context

Interoperability and Standards Compliance PSCR Interoperability Testing

3GPP Standards Compliance

Synchronization of Network Deployable Sites Added or Deleted Users Must be Synchronized to All Sites

Connection from the Deployable Sites to an External Home Subscriber Server (HSS) Outside of the Deployable Network

Ensuring Bandwidth Requirements are Sufficient Deployables, Since they are Mobile in Nature, Usually Need NLOS Microwave Which 

has Lower throughput than LOS Microwave 

Mast Height and Dish Antenna Size on Deployable Tower

Satellite Backhaul Bandwidth

Handovers While Users are Moving Between Cells Gateways and Connectivity to Legacy Systems

3GPP Gateway

Local LMR Interoperability Gateway

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10 /10 / Local On-scene B14 Interoperability with P25 Radios

eNB

Local LMR Application Server

B14 UE

P25 RADIO Users

Switch LMR- P25 GW

GW Multiband RADIO

LMR DISPATCHER

Application

LTE Core

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GROUP CALL

INDIVIDUAL HALF/FULL DUPLEX CALL

LOCAL LMR over LTE services