Broadband Interoperability – Closing the Loop of Interoperable Communications
Sridhar Kowdley (Technical Manager, Department of Homeland Security)
Robin Grier (President, Catalyst Communications Technologies Inc.)
Ken Rehbehn (Founder and Principal Analyst, Critical Communications Insights, LLC)
James Holthaus (Subject Matter Expert, Department Of Justice)
Track: First Responders
Topics: Broadband, Interoperability, PTT, Regulatory & Legal + Standards
Format: Panel Session
Vault Recording: TBD
Within the past twelve months communications between users of mission critical push to talk smartphones and devices on broadband / LTE networks has occurred. Now interoperable communications between any land mobile radio, on virtually any LMR Network, standards compliant mission critical push to talk devices on smartphones connected to broadband/LTE networks, and proprietary push to talk over cellular devices can all communicate with each other for the first time. This capability has been developed through a contract funded by the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate and Catalyst Communications Technologies, who won a competitive solicitation to research and develop the technology. At this session you'll hear about the initial deployments, their use cases, the technology that creates interoperable sessions across different networks, and the next set of capabilities that need innovation to further mission critical communications. We'll also summarize the lessons learned from the initial deployments of a Broadband Interoperability Platform
Takeaway
- Learn the need for interoperable communications between the many new Broadband / Smartphone networks and how the technology creates these communications
- Listen to use cases and communications challenges needing a comprehensive interoperability solution, and how their initial use cases are evolving
- Learn the recommended naming convention for Interoperability Talk Groups and provide feedback to the project team.