Launch Requirements - PSCR

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Introduction Public Safety Broadband ! User-‐defined fields for activity reporting ! Data sharing policies 1.2.2 Public Safety Grade to be Defined Various requirements in this document refer to public safety grade (PSG). While the meaning of this terminology was not defined at the time of this document’s completion, the NPSTC Broadband Working Group (BBWG) plans to define the terminology as quickly as possible, for use by FirstNet in system design. For now, the intent of the PSG terminology is to convey the need for design choices that support a greater overall network reliability and resiliency to network disruptions compared to commercial networks. The goal is for the NPSBN to be equivalent to public safety land mobile radio (LMR) systems that support law, fire, and emergency medical service (EMS) operations and are commonly referred to as “mission-‐critical systems.” Reliability is achieved in public safety LMR systems through equipment redundancy and minimizing single points of failures. System operators stock spare parts and, in some cases, transportable backup systems to restore system failures that do occur. Reliability is achieved through careful system design and must be considered at the earliest stages of system design. Resiliency is achieved through careful considerations of local environmental factors and how events such as earthquakes, wildland fires, hurricanes, floods, lightning, ice, tornadoes, and even vermin can disrupt or damage the NPSBN network. Consideration to common atmospheric conditions such as extreme temperature shifts, high/low humidity, or even salty air affects resiliency. One failure common to all types of natural disasters is the commercial power service. Public safety LMR systems incorporate both battery and backup generators at the radio sites to insure reliable power for the equipment. The size and type of batteries and generators vary from region-‐to-‐region depending on a number of factors. Each disaster type requires different consideration for what is required to ensure network resiliency. Resiliency is designed into the network starting at the earliest stages of system design. 1.3 Nomenclature for Preliminary High-Level Launch Requirements Requirements in this document are enumerated in tables and informative text is provided outside of the tables. The next table provides an example. A description of each column follows. # Requirement 1 2 3 The requirements tables include the following columns: 2 Launch Statement of Requirements for FirstNet Consideration, December 2012
Public Safety Broadband Introduction ! # – Requirement Number – A unique identifier for the requirement. ! Requirement – Text describing the requirement being satisfied by the initial deployment (launch) of the NPSBN. 1.4 Definition of an NPSBN User The safety of the public and that of the nation’s first responders demands that the primary user base of the NPSBN should include those entities and services that are essential to ensure timely and effective response to emergency events whether local, tribal, state, federal, or international in scope. Accordingly, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 [1] defines NPSBN users in Title VI, Public Safety Communications and Electromagnetic Spectrum Auctions (Spectrum Act). The Act states that users include entities that provide public safety services, where public safety services encompasses the definition of public safety services outlined in the Communications Act of 1934 [2] and the definition of emergency response providers in the Homeland Security Act of 2002 [3]. ! Section 337(f) of the Communications Act defines public safety services as the sole or principal purpose of which is to “protect the safety of life, health, or property; that are provided by state or local government entities; or by nongovernmental organizations that are authorized by a governmental entity whose primary mission is the provision of such services; and that are not made commercially available to the public by the provider.” ! Section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 defines emergency response providers as including “Federal, State, and local governmental and nongovernmental emergency public safety, fire, law enforcement, emergency response, emergency medical(including hospital emergency facilities), and related personnel, agencies, and authorities.” Additionally, and for purposes of efficiency in investment and in use, the Spectrum Act also allows for non-‐public safety users of network capacity and equipment/infrastructure on a secondary basis. Such secondary users will be governed by covered lease agreements that are written agreements for public-private partnerships to construct, manage, and operate the NPSBN between FirstNet and the secondary users. Taken together, the NPSBN user base should include any emergency response agency or authority with Emergency Support Function (ESF) responsibilities, including but not limited to, traditional and non-traditional first responder entities, as defined in the National Response Framework (NRF) as lead and supporting agencies (e.g., utilities, public works, hospitals, transit, transportation, military, National Guard, and others). Although all of these users may not be traditional first responders, they are often critical support in the mitigation of incidents. The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) should determine a common methodology to determine when these users become part of the incident response and their role on the network during routine non-‐emergency conditions. Following are requirements for defining an NPSBN user (NPSBN-‐U). Launch Statement of Requirements for FirstNet Consideration, December 2012 3
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