Fundamentals of public safety networks and critical communications systems technologies, deployment, and management
Mehmet Ulema
- New Jersey: Wiley, 2019
- 281 p. HB
Intro; Fundamentals of Public Safety Networks and Critical Communications Systems; Contents; Foreword; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; About the Author; 1 Overview; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Technologies Used in Critical Communications; 1.2.1 Narrowband Land and Private Mobile Radio Systems; 1.2.2 Broadband Technologies for Critical Communications; 1.2.3 Interoperability; 1.3 Applications, Systems, and End-User Devices; 1.3.1 Applications and Systems; 1.3.2 End-User Terminals and Consoles; 1.4 Standards, Policies, and Spectrum. 1.4.1 Frequency Spectrum for Critical Communications1.4.2 Standards Development in Critical Communications; 1.5 Planning, Design, Deployment, and Operational Aspects; 1.5.1 Planning; 1.5.2 Technology Considerations for a Critical Communications System; 1.5.3 Economic and Financial Considerations; 1.5.4 Paving the Way; 1.5.5 Design and Deployment; 1.5.6 Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning (a.k.a. Management); 1.6 Summary and Conclusions; References; 2 Users of Critical Communications Systems; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Organizations Involved in Public Safety. 2.2.1 Police Departments2.2.2 Fire Departments; 2.2.3 Emergency Medical Services; 2.2.4 Emergency Management Agencies; 2.2.5 Coast Guard; 2.2.6 Other Organizations in Public Safety; 2.3 Other Sectors using Critical Communications Systems; 2.3.1 Transportation; 2.3.2 Utilities; 2.3.3 Others; 2.4 Summary and Conclusions; References; 3 Characteristics of Critical Communications Systems; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Features Common to Both Critical Communications Systems and Other Wireless Networks; 3.3 Features Unique to Critical Communications Systems; 3.4 Importance of Interoperability Features. 3.5 Summary and ConclusionsReferences; 4 Introduction to Technologies and Standards for Critical Communications; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Analog Systems-Historical Perspective; 4.3 Narrowband Land and Private Mobile Radio Systems; 4.4 Limitations of Narrowband PMR/LMR Systems; 4.5 Broadband Technologies; 4.6 Other Technologies; 4.7 Summary and Conclusions; References; 5 Project 25 (P25); 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Architecture; 5.3 Interfaces; 5.3.1 Air Interfaces; 5.3.2 Wireline Interfaces; 5.3.3 Data Interfaces; 5.3.4 Security Interfaces; 5.4 Services; 5.5 Operations; 5.6 Security; 5.7 RF Spectrum. 5.8 Standardization5.9 Deployment; 5.10 Future; 5.11 Summary and Conclusions; References; 6 Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA); 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Architecture; 6.3 Interfaces; 6.3.1 Air Interfaces; 6.3.2 Intersystem Interface; 6.3.3 Terminal Equipment Interface (TEI); 6.3.4 Line Station (Dispatcher) Interface; 6.3.5 Network Management Interface; 6.3.6 PSTN/ISDN/PDN; 6.4 Services; 6.4.1 Basic Voice Services; 6.4.2 Supplementary Services; 6.4.3 Data Services; 6.5 Operations; 6.6 Security; 6.7 Spectrum; 6.8 Standardization; 6.9 Deployment; 6.9.1 Cost Factors Impacting TETRA Wireless Systems.