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Critical Communication

What is needed most?

Spectrum

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Mission Critical Communication

• ‘Mission critical operations’ for PPDR organisations address situations where human life and goods (rescue operations, law enforcement) and other values for society are at risk, especially when time is a vital factor.– This means we define ‘mission critical information’ as the

vital information for PPDR to succeed with the operation.– ‘Mission critical communication solutions’ therefore means

that PPDR needs secure, reliable and available communication and as a consequence cannot afford the risk of having failures in their individual and group communication (e.g. voice and data or video transmissions).

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Mission critical communication solutions

• Secure, • Reliable and • Available.

• Individual communication- voice and data or video

• Group communication - voice and data or video

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Secure

• Confidentiality• Authenticity• Integrity• Availability• Accountability (Non repudiation)

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Reliable

• No single point of failure• Graceful degradation• Available• Can be trusted• Deterministic vs Opportunistic

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Available – reliable - trusted

• Go-Go– Government has full control– The safe historical way of operating

• Co-Co– Full outsourcing– Requires very specific SLA’s and legal constraints

• Go-Co– Outsourcing of Build and Operate.– Requires very specific SLA’s and legal constraints

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Outsourcing ?

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Obstacles when outsourcing

• Coverage – coverage – coverage.• Specific functions– Group – uplink centric

• Service Availability– MTBF – MTTR – uptime - Legal -

• Resilience Design– Power – backhaul – security - trust

• Need to be in Control

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Legal conditions used today

• Ownership of the operator company has to be approved and no change in ownership is allowed until re-approved. The owner(s) shall guarantee the contract. Any transfer of shares, merger, demerger, change of capital etc. will need to be approved.

• Any service defect in this kind of service provision – particular in extreme situations - may cost lives or put national security at risk. Definition of “Force majeure” is usually restricted and certain events are excluded altogether.

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Legal conditions used today (2)

• Operator staff including sub-contractors must be security approved and have special employment contract reflecting the extraordinary service conditions i. e. no right to strike.

• Extraordinary penalty regime for non-performance – also applicable in extreme situations.

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Any volunteers ?

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Decission tree

Mission Critical Operations possible NO Mission Critical Operations possible

Any Volunteers?

YES NO

CO-CO

Government OwnedGovernment Operated

Government OwnedCompany Operated

Company OwnedCompany Operated

Dedicated spectrum

GO-COGO-GO

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Conclusion

• Dedicated spectrum is required– ‘Mission critical operations’ for PPDR

organisations address situations where human life and goods (rescue operations, law enforcement) and other values for society are at risk, especially when time is a vital factor.

• Harmonised spectrum will provide a multi-vendor market with industry investments, innovation and competition.

• Harmonised dedicated spectrum is the goal.

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Who will decide ?

• Politicians– Minister of Finance– Minister of Interior

• Regulators• Chief’s

• Peers

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What will convince them ?

• Economics– Efficiency– Cost effective

• Disasters• Societies vulnerability• Security

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How do we do it ?

• Create set of solid arguments• Create group of ”convinced influencers”• Create ”PPDR Coalition”– TCCA, PSC-E, British APCO, FEU, ??

• Be ready for the next disaster • User pressure• IT Security & Vulnerability

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TCCA Board decision

• Initiative under umbrella of CCBG• ’Spectrum coordinator’• Lobby for sufficient harmonised spectrum for

PPDR at WRC (previous TCCA position as published)

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What can you do

• User– Raise the issue with your top management– Have your top management talk to their

management and to regulators and politicians.• PPDR Operator– Raise your voice with your regulator– Explan that mission critical operations require

dedicated spectrum.