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Emergency Communications
Preparedness Center (ECPC)Research and Development (R&D) Focus Group (FG)
Arlene Torres, DHS Office of Emergency Communications (OEC)
ECPC R&D FG Team Lead
ECPC Background
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Lessons learned from the 9/11 terrorist attacks and Hurricanes Rita and Katrina illustrate the need for improved coordination of emergency communications across the Federal Government and among State, local, and Tribal agencies
To address these issues, Congress mandated the creation of the ECPC as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended in 2007
ECPC Member Departments and Agencies represent the broad Federal role in emergency communications, including regulation, operations, grants, and technical assistance
ECPC Chartered Mission and Responsibilities
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Mission
To improve coordination and information sharing among Federal emergency communications entities and programs in support of interoperability and the ability to provide emergency responders and officials with continued communications during disasters and incidents
Responsibilities
Serve as the Federal focal point for interagency emergency communications efforts, including the development of collective Federal input into national plans, policies, standards, and reports
Serve as a clearinghouse for the sharing of intergovernmental information relating to emergency communications
Prepare and submit to Congress an annual strategic assessment regarding the coordination efforts of Federal departments and agencies to advance emergency and interoperable communications
Provide consistent grant guidance for emergency communications investments
ECPC Structure
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Executive Committee: Chaired by Under Secretary (U/S) Suzanne Spaulding (NPPD). Meetings provide an opportunity for members to share perspectives and information on emergency communications issues, as well as provide overall governance and strategic direction.
Steering Committee: Chaired by Assistant Secretary Andy Ozment (CS&C). The Committee takes action on initiatives identified by the Executive Committee, and oversees day-to-day activities, including Focus Group progress.
Focus Groups: Established by the Steering Committee to implement solutions and plans and execute project activities.
ECPC R&D Focus Group
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Purpose: To facilitate the sharing of capabilities and knowledge, address common challenges, and avoid duplication across Federal emergency communications research and development (R&D) efforts
Co-Chairs: Mr. George Dudley (DOE) and Mr. Gary Mitchelson (TREAS)
Participants: 95 representatives from R&D programs and offices across 14 Departments and Agencies
Near-Term Activities:
Develop a searchable tool to document and share projects, focus
areas, mission needs, subject matter experts, facilities, and
contact information from participating federal agencies.
Share technology profiles to prevent duplication of research and
share federal department/agency technology roadmaps
Identify relevant emergency communications standards bodies
and existing federal representatives to allow for coordinated
federal representation.
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Key Accomplishments
Provided an interagency forum to discuss and promote awareness of current R&D programs, initiatives, and capabilities and to identify potential coordination and sharing opportunities
Developed the ECPC Federal Emergency Communications R&D Baseline Report to catalog current R&D activities and identify common priorities and challenges
Developed the ECPC Federal Emergency Communications R&D Collaboration Roadmap to provide a three- to five-year strategic framework for federal partners to improve collaboration on and information sharing about emergency communications R&D efforts
How We Got Here
NECP and the
Emergency
Communications
“Ecosystem”
R&D Baseline
ReportR&D Collaboration
Roadmap
2013 ECPC Annual
Strategic Assessment
(ASA)R&D FG Charter
R&D Collaboration
Roadmap Action Plan
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R&D FG Action Plan Approach
Recommendation #11
Recommendation #22
Recommendation #33
Recommendation #44
Recommendation #55
The R&D FG Action Plan Approach will focus on three distinct
actions that map to the 5 recommendations:
1) continue an ongoing forum, 2) develop an online tool,
3) gather and share emergency communications information.
Gathering EC Information
The information gathered will include
technology profiles (Rec #3), SDO’s,
(Rec #4) and technology roadmaps
(Rec#5)
Continue an ongoing forum to foster
collaboration
Develop a searchable tool to
document and share information
Share technology profiles to prevent
duplication of research.
Identify relevant emergency
communications standards bodies
and existing representatives
Share federal department/agency
technology roadmaps.
Components of
the Action Plan
Developing an Online Tool
The online Portal will support the
recommendations by providing a
searchable tool (Rec #2)
Continuing a Forum
The forum will support
Recommendation 1 directly.
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R&D FG Portal Content & Deliverables
Projects
• Project Name*
• Agency
• Description
• Supporting Facilities**
• Project Timeline
• Expected Deployment
• Relevant technologies**
• Key capabilities**
• Standards Bodies**
• Partnerships
• Budget
Standards Bodies
• Standards Body Name*
• Represented agencies
• Supporting facilities**
• Description
• Relevant technologies**
• Key capabilities**
• Related projects**
Technologies
• Technology Name*
• Related projects**
• Duration of Project
• Standards Bodies**
Capabilities
• Capability Name*
• Description
• Related projects**
• Related agencies
• Standards Bodies**
• Relevant technologies**
Facilities
• Facility Name*
• Location
• Size
• Owner
• Supported projects**
• Key capabilities**
• Relevant technologies*** Denotes a Primary Key
** Denotes a Foreign Key
R&D FG Portal – An online tool that
will act as a document repository and
information sharing mechanism
containing
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Standards Development Organizations
• The R&D FG performed an initial analysis of the many different Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) in order to determine relevant SDOs and member involvement with these SDOs
• The R&D FG discovered the following SDOs for which the OEC standards team has membership:
• Alliance for
Telecommunications Industry
Solutions
• International
Telecommunications Union
• 3GPP – 3rd Generation
Partnership Project (3GPP)
• Telecommunications Industry
Association
• Internet Engineering Task
Force
• Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers
• 3rd Generation Partnership
Project 2
• TM FORUM
• oneM2m
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SDOs - Inventory
ATIS
1Develops the standards and solutions
that are creating the future of the
information and communications
technology (ICT) industry.
ITU-T
2Develops international standards known
as ITU-T Recommendations which act as
defining elements in the global
infrastructure of ICTs
3GPP
3Unites 7 telecommunications SDOs
(ARIB, ATIS, CCSA, ETSI, TSDSI, TTA,
TTC) and providers a stable environment
to produce the reports that define 3GPP
TIA
4Represents the ICT industry through
standards development, policy initiatives,
business opportunities, market
intelligence and networking events.
IETF
5Focuses on making the Internet better by
producing high quality, relevant technical
documents that influence how people
design, use and manage the Internet
IEEE
6Develops global standards in a broad
range of industries, including
telecommunications
3GPP2
7Unites 7 telecommunications SDOs
(ARIB, ATIS, CCSA, ETSI, TSDSI, TTA,
TTC) and providers a stable environment
to produce the reports that define 3GPP2
TMFORUM
8Consists of a “Virtual R&D Consortium”
made up of TM Forum members from a
growing array of industries
oneM2M
9This SDO is the global standards initiative
for Machine to Machine Communications
and the Internet of Things
We are currently examining several other SDO’s mentioned by Focus Group members, to include the partnering between EIC and DHS S&T to interface
with OASIS.
ITU-R
?
NFPA
?
APCO
?
OASIS
?
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SDOs – Subcommittees
ATIS
1• WTSC
• NGIIF
• NRSC
• PTSC
• TMOC
ITU-T
2• SG11
• SG13
• SG16
3GPP
3• TSG RAN, SA,
CT
• RAN WG 1, WG2,
WG3
• SA WG1, WG 2,
WG 6
• CT WG1, WG3
TIA
4• TR-8 – Mobile and Personal Private
Radio Standards
• TR-45 – Mobile and Point-to-Point
Communications Standards
IETF
5• Ad hoc
IEEE
6WG802.16 – Broadband Wireless Access
Working Group
3GPP2
7• TSG AC, TSG SX
• AC WG1
• SX WG1
TMFORUM
8• Service Level Agreement Management
oneM2M
9• Ad hoc
OEC Standards teams participate in the listed subcommittees for each SDO.
Many SDO’s contain 15+ subcommittees.
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SDOs – Questions for Members
• Questions for R&D FG Members:• Are there other SDOs that should be
considered?
• Are there SDOs that your agency belongs to?
• Are there specific subcommittees within these SDOs that your agency belongs to?
• What work do you inform/influence within standards? How?
• Who do you report out to? What? How?
• Questions for EIC:• Are there other SDOs that should be
considered?
• What work do you inform/influence within standards? How? On behalf of?
• Are there MOAs/MOUs that EIC currently have?
• Who do you report out to? What? How?
• How can we collaborate/leverage each other’s work?
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