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The Utah Communications Agency Network

Discover the network experiences and valuable lessons learned by The Utah Communications Agency Network during the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City. Explore the challenges, funding sources, interoperability solutions, call volumes, and essential lessons. Learn about the impact on communication technology, infrastructure, and operational success.

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The Utah Communications Agency Network

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  1. The Utah Communications Agency Network Experiences and Lessons Learned 2002 Olympic Winter GamesSalt Lake City Utah

  2. Cauldron 5M BTU/hrCelebrities 18,000Visa Spending up 31%70,000Visitors/day1946 Frequency Apps1825 miles/fiber19,350 miles/copper7 Sonnet rings100 total Venues (Comp and non-Competition5300 PC’s 11,000 Cell phones7000 radios (SLOC)4000 Televisions375 cell sites55 Radio SitesPaper=28,000 Books35 Health Clinics11,575 cases: (flu,cough,sprains) Highest Beret price $900 Olympic Statistics

  3. Governor TF 1993 Build 800Mhz systemLegislative Bill 96 & 97 passed in 1997 Local Gov’t Input !!! Management Board RFP Process Promote with Users First Staff 1999 Contract for construction 36 Months to Build 43 UCAN/20 Olympic sites 16 E-9-1-1 Centers interconnected 95% In-building History and Background

  4. Political Issues • THE UCAN SYSTEM SERVES 91AGENCIES Challenges Addressed: • Turf Issues, Wait and See, What are the costs? • Shared Vision: What will it look like? • Timing: Build and serve at the same time • Technology Obsolescence: Build or Wait • How to Communicate with those who don’t participate

  5. UCAN Funding • Bonded for the Infrastructure/user fees • Several Federal Grants • SLOC Equipment procured under contract with the DOD—UCAN was the Contractor • Operational costs 3.5 M annually at current system size

  6. Interoperability • System to System patch thru consoles • PSWN provided BIM to BIM patch FED/state/local • Unit to Unit Simplex—State and National • Stand-alone Repeaters • Operations channels Trunked • Regional Channels--Trunked (county wide) • Events Channels--Trunked (system wide)

  7. Radio System Call Volumes/Olympics • Call Volumes: (includes PS and Venue Calls/17 days) • Highest Day total Calls (24 Hours) 580,000 • Average Day total Calls 503,974 • Total SLOC Venue Calls 2,823,290 • Total PS Calls 5,744,281 • Total System Calls Processed 8,567,571 • Total busies 38,595 • Percent busies (1 second or less) .045

  8. Radio System Call Volumes/Paralympics • Call Volumes (includes PS and Venues 9 days • Highest Day Total Calls (24 hours) 212,500 • Average Day total Calls 179,000 • Total SLOC Venue Calls 240,000 • Total PS Calls 1,750,300 • Total Busies (1 Sec or less) 479 • Percent Busies .000026

  9. Lessons Learned • The hard work and planning paid dividends • Site Preparation, back-up power, generators, UPS were worth the expense • The coverage was as designed • The BIM to BIM Patches provided the interconnect between agencies on other systems • Manage the Talk Groups to Distribute System Loading • This system will handle large scale events

  10. Lessons Cont’d • Event Channels provided necessary agency interoperability • UCAN was surprised all radios did not have interoperability channels • ON GOING TRAINING is a MUST • System watch, alarms were vital to system management • UCAN provided not only “outside the fence but inside the fence communications” • During the Games only 28 tickets were filed at the SLOC TCC

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