The Iowa Statewide Interoperability Board and Alcatel-Lucent Demonstrate Enhanced Information Sharing for Public Safety Teams Using 4G LTE Mobile Broadband
- Public safety representatives experience how the sharing of multiple real-time video images and fast transfer of data between patrol cars and ‘control center’ helps responders react more quickly and safely
- 4G LTE demonstration conducted using Alcatel-Lucent’s mobile broadband demonstration center
The Iowa Statewide Interoperability Communications Systems Board and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) have demonstrated the role of 4G LTE mobile broadband in enhancing the sharing of critical information between public safety teams.
At the internationally acclaimed Iowa State Fair (August 13-16th, 2012) – which attracts more than a million visitors each year from around the globe including key decision makers from the business and political world – public safety representatives saw how an all Internet Protocol (all-IP) based 4G LTE mobile broadband network enables the lightning-fast sharing of large amounts of data and video between agencies, control centers and teams in the field. Fingerprint databases, medical files and more can be delivered to handheld and vehicle-based mobile devices in real-time.
The demonstration was conducted using Alcatel-Lucent’s mobile broadband demonstration center. This vehicle houses a self-contained end-to-end 4G LTE network operating in the spectrum bands used for public safety operations. The network transmitted using an LTE base station operating in Band 14 using a 10MHz channel bandwidth in both uplink and downlink. Patrol vehicles from Polk County Sheriff’s department and RACOM, a mission-critical communications solution provider, were equipped with ‘Band 14 modems’, or ‘receivers’ that pick up an LTE signal and link it to the devices used by emergency first responders. Multiple cameras were positioned in the mobile vehicles as well as at fixed sites inside the State Fair facility. Video images were taken from the cameras as the vehicles patrolled the streets and neighborhood around the fairground and five simultaneous views were shown on monitors in the patrol cars and within the demonstration center. The demonstration showcased the high speed, low latency capabilities of an LTE network enabling huge files of data as well as multiple live video images to be shared between control and patrol staff.
“The Iowa Statewide Interoperability Board is committed to promoting communications solutions for public safety and enhancing interoperability and efficiency for all public safety agencies who serve the people of Iowa. As such we are pleased to have the opportunity to show many of Iowa’s public safety representatives how commercial mobile broadband technologies can deliver exciting new applications and services for use in the field.”
“Through these demonstrations, we were able to show how vast amounts of information can be shared quickly among many different public safety teams. It is easy to see how the sharing of multiple video images can deliver the bigger picture, enhancing the safety of first responders serving the public.”
“Supplementing existing ‘push to talk’ radio communications, Alcatel-Lucent’s public safety solutions using 4G LTE mobile broadband are able to deliver real efficiencies for public safety agencies around the globe. With the recent launch of our First Responder Video solution, we have given teams even greater control over the amount of information they receive and how they receive it, to further help them respond safely to any given situation.”
Alcatel-Lucent and Public safety
To meet the needs of first responders, Alcatel-Lucent acts as the end-to-end system integrator to design, integrate, deploy, operate and maintain robust, resilient communication solutions. Alcatel-Lucent understands public safety requirements and brings to each project its accumulated expertise in the customization of mission-critical communications systems. A broad product portfolio provides mission-critical network solutions that reliably and efficiently interconnects all types of fixed and mobile communication networks, and provides LTE for public safety mobile broadband. Alcatel-Lucent solutions are effectively running in multiple mission-critical Public Safety networks around the world. Find out more about Alcatel- Lucent solutions for Public Safety.