Bucks County Commissioners James F. Cawley, Esq., Chairman Charles H. Martin, Vice Chairman

1. Bucks County Commissioners James F. Cawley, Esq.,Chairman Charles H. Martin, Vice Chairman Diane M. Ellis-Marseglia, LCSW David M. Sanko, Chief Operating Officer BOARD OF BUCKS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS James F. Cawley,Esq.,Chairman Charles H. Martin,Vice-Chairman Diane M. Ellis-Marseglia,LCSW

2. BOARD OF BUCKS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Charles H. Martin, Chairman James F. Cawley,Esq.,Vice-Chairman Diane M. Ellis-Marseglia,LCSW Seminar for Bucks County Public Safety Officials 2010

3. Emergency Communications and Narrowbanding • Project Direction & Goals • Address Mandated Narrowbanding Impact • Address System Capacity • Investigate Spectrum Availability • Provide Options For Growth Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

4. Emergency Communications and Narrowbanding • Kimball Tasking • Determine Narrowbanding Feasibility • Assess the Current Systems • Assess Spectrum Availability • Review FCC Licensing • Determine Needs for Narrowbanding • Determine Alternatives To Narrowbanding • Review Three Options • Provide Recommendations & Budget Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

5. Emergency Communications and Narrowbanding • Methodology • Interviews and Focus Groups • Users, Technical Staff, Dispatchers, Management • Tower Site Inspections & Evaluations • System Statistics Review and Analysis • FCC Licensing Database Review • Preliminary Spectrum Search Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

6. Emergency Communications and Narrowbanding Kimball Findings Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

7. b Emergency Communications and Narrowbanding • End User Feedback • Voice System Coverage Could Be Better • Need Better In-Building Coverage • Some System Busies • Paging Takes Too Long • Need Better Mobile Data System • Want Vehicle Location System Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

8. Narrowbanding Findings Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

9. Narrowbanding Background • Mandated By FCC • Began In 1993 As Spectrum “Refarming” • First FCC Rulings In 1998 • Increases Available Spectrum • Reduces Bandwidth Of The Radio Signal • Must Complete By 12/31/2012 • Applies To All Bucks County Radio Systems Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

10. Beginning NarrowbandingNarrowband channels not usable until wideband users convert. 20KHz Bandwidth 20 KHz Bandwidth Wide Band Wide Band 20KHz Bandwidth Wide Band ANALOG NARROWBAND ANALOG NARROWBAND 12.5KHz Channel Spacing 11KHz Bandwidth 460.000 460.500 460.025 Kimball Technology 460.0125 460.0375

11. After all convert to Narrowband This represents analog voice with a 11KHz necessary bandwidth ANALOG NARROWBAND ANALOG NARROWBAND ANALOG NARROWBAND ANALOG NARROWBAND ANALOG NARROWBAND 11 KHz Bandwidth 12.5KHz Channel Spacing 460.000 460.050 460.025 Kimball Technology 460.0125 460.0375

12. P25 at UHF P25 Phase1 with C4FM Modulation only requires 8.1KHz Necessary Bandwidth DIGITAL NARROWBAND DIGITAL NARROWBAND DIGITAL NARROWBAND DIGITAL NARROWBAND DIGITAL NARROWBAND 12.5KHz Channel Spacing 8.1KHz Bandwidth 460.500 460.025 Kimball Technology 460.0125 460.0375

13. Narrowbanding • Bucks County Systems Impacted • UHF Trunked Public Safety System • UHF Mobile Data System (Data-TAC) • UHF MED Channels • VHF Paging/Alerting System Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

14. NarrowbandingUHF Trunked Public Safety System • Complete Replacement Is Required • “Wide Pulse” SmartZone Trunking System • Cannot Be Narrowbanded. • Obsolete Infrastructure • 6809 System Controllers Are Obsolete And No Longer Supported By Motorola. • MTC3600 (6809 Replacement) Controllers Are No Longer Available For System Upgrades • 85% Of User Radios At End Of Support – 12/31/2011 • Only Option Is Upgrade To Project 25 System Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

15. NarrowbandingData-TAC Mobile Data System • System Is Narrowband Compliant • No Narrowbanding Action Required • Very Slow < 9.6 Kbps Typical Throughput • Text Data Only • No Video • No Advanced Applications • No Internet Access • No Longer Supported By Motorola • Users Migrating To Commercial Services Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

16. NarrowbandingUHF “MED” System • Used to Communicate With Hospitals • Must Be Narrowbanded • Replace 12 of 15 Base Stations • Retune And Reprogram User Radios Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

17. NarrowbandingVHF Paging/Alerting System • Must Be Narrowbanded • Nine Paging Transmitters Narrowband Capable But Not Simulcast Or Alphanumeric Capable. • 1800 Pagers Recently Replaced With Narrowband • Replace Remaining Wideband Pagers And Receivers Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

18. Findings Beyond Narrowbanding • System Issues Beyond Narrowbanding • Coverage • Capacity • Migration Path • Spectrum Availability • FCC Licensing • Antenna Towers, Sites and Shelters Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

19. UHF Trunked System Findings Current UHF Trunked System Issues • At Capacity - Daily System Busies. • Additional Spectrum Is Needed • 85% Of User Radios At End Of Support 12/2011 • 6809 Controllers Are Past End Of Life And Support • MTC3600 Replacement Is No Longer Available • Boston, Hartford & NC DTV Interference Is Disabling Public Safety Systems In NJ • Co-channel Close Spacing Of 20 & 40 Miles Causes Interference Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

20. UHF Spectrum Availability • Findings • No More 500-512 Countywide Spectrum Found • Three Part-22 500 MHz Frequencies May Be Available On Waivers. • No More 450-470 MHz Countywide Spectrum • Some Local Use Spectrum at Both 450 and 500 MHz Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

21. 700 MHz Public Safety Spectrum 700 MHz Spectrum • Virgin Spectrum • 13 Frequency Blocks Allocated to Bucks County • 26 Narrowband Channels • 52 P-25 Phase 2 Talk Paths Potential • Region Filing Window opens June 1 for 30 days. • Recommend Bucks Submit Application • Allows Regional Interoperability • Philadelphia • Montgomery County • Trenton Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

22. Recommendations Public Safety Trunked System • Replace The Existing UHF System With A Project 25 Phase 2 Digital System. • Increases Capacity • Adds Encryption, AVL & GPS • Move To 700 Mhz. From UHF • Eliminates Interference • Improves Interoperability • Replace All End User Equipment With Phase 2 Capable Mobiles & Portables • Add Tower Sites To Improve Coverage • Add Vehicle Location & Over The Air Programming Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

23. Recommendations Mobile Data • Decommission The Current Data-TAC System • Install 700 Mhz. LTE Broadband Data System • Meets National Broadband Licensee Requirements • Emerging National Commercial Standard (Verizon AT&T) • Investigate Regional Sharing Of Core Equipment • Cost Sharing • Increased Regional Interoperability Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

24. Recommendations UHF “MED” System • Replace Base Stations as Needed • Reprogram End User Equipment Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

25. Recommendations VHF Paging System • Replace Existing Base Stations With Digital Capable Simulcast Base Stations • Implement Simulcast Operation • Eliminates Long Paging Times • Replace Remaining Wide Band Pagers And Station Receivers • Upgrade Zetron Terminals For CAD Interface • Implement POCSAG Digital Alphanumeric Paging Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

26. Estimated Costs Replace UHF Trunked Radio System and User Radios (700 MHz) List Price = $ 70,608,424 Less 20% = $ 56,486,739 Implement 700 MHz LTE Data System Includes 2000 Vehicular Radio Modems = $ 7,769,435 Upgrade Paging System Infrastructure PA State Contract = $ 1,150,000 Replace MED System Base Stations = $ 150,000 Total Estimated Systems Cost = $65,556,174 Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

27. Recommendations Core Control System Sharing • Project 25 Core System • LTE Data Core System • System Capacity Exceeds County Needs • Cost Recovery/Sharing Among Users • Microwave System Already Exists For Interconnection • 12 County Regional Counterterrorism Task Force • Improves Interoperability Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

28. Emergency Communications and Narrowbanding Review recommendations? Questions? Discussion? Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

29. Review of Recommendations-1 • No viable solution to narrowband current system • Life-cycle support ending • Would not improve coverage or capacity long-term • UHF/T-band has limited frequencies & potential interference • Transmit steered UHF can be added as interim solution • If stay in UHF, could stay Phase 1 • License 700 MHz channels @ June 1 • 700/800 MHz interoperability • 50+ available Phase 2 talk paths • Minimize ISSI impacts for daily interoperability • Upgrade to a 700/800 MHz P-25 Phase 2 system now • Replace the XTS 3000 equipment/Gold Elite consoles • Include encryption, AVL & GPS • Add capacity • Decrease needs for private systems • Allow for municipal government intra-operability • On & off-system tactical channels • Increase targeted in-building coverage • Increase competition for terminal procurements • Use RFP or negotiation to meet narrowband mandated 2013 deadline Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

30. Review of Recommendations-2 • Narrowband the MED system • Move EMA to the trunked system • Replace the VHF paging system • Use voice/alphanumeric infrastructure • Simulcast coverage & efficiency • Narrowband the VHF paging • Allow users to review/choose platform • Replace lo-band station alerting with new system management interface • Replace/retire the Data-Tac system • Use LTE technology @ 700 MHz to ‘match’ commercial broadband • Public safety dedicated architecture • Apply for 700 MHz waiver • Expand users to a maximum of 2100 • Establish system requirements • on-street/in-building coverage requirements • Encryption • Determine capacity for public safety & local government • Poll local government needs • Catalog public safety ‘private systems’ • Work with SE PA Region for possible ‘core switches’ • Trunked radio & LTE Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010

31. Emergency Communications and Narrowbanding Additional Questions? Further Discussion? Public Safety Officials Seminar 2010