NLECTC
Communications Technologies
Center of Excellence
Presentation
TCIP – Communications Interoperability Technologies
Chicago, IL October 30, 2008
Presented by: Rick Mulvihill – Director
NLECTC Communications Technology
Center of Excellence
Center System in 2008
NLECTC Northwest
Anchorage, AK
NLECTC Northeast
Rome, NY
Rural LE Technology Center
Hazard, KY
Weapons and
Protective Equipment
COE
State College, PA
Sensors, Surveillance and
Biometrics COE
New York, NY
Communications COE
Camden, NJ
Office of Law
Enforcement
Standards
Gaithersburg, MD
NLECTC Rocky
Mountain
Denver, CO
NLECTC National
Rockville, MD
NLECTC West
El Segundo,
CA
Office of Law Enforcement
Technology Commercialization
Wheeling, WV
Border Research
& Technology Center
San Diego, CA
Austin, TX
NLECTC Southeast
Charleston, SC
Forensic Science COE
Largo, FL
National Law Enforcement & Corrections Technology Centers serving specific regions
Specialty Offices and Centers
Roles of the Centers and Offices
RULETC
W
NW
National
Sensor,
Surveillance and
Biometrics
Technology
Center
Of Excellence
Forensic
Technologies
Center
Of Excellence
• Identify technology requirements
• Assess and monitor R&E projects
• Test, evaluate and demonstrate
technologies
• Support adoption of new technologies
• Assist in developing guides and standards
• Provide technology assistance
− On a national and a regional basis
Communications
Technology
Center
Of Excellence
Weapons
and Protective
Equipment
Technology
Center
Of Excellence
NE
SE
RM
• Clearinghouse for
technology information
• Compliance testing
program
• Assist in research
investment prioritization
– Across investment
portfolios
• Initial point of entry for
technology assistance
– Across disciplines
Office of Law
Enforcement
Standards
Phase I: Determine
technology needs
Phase II: Develop technology program plans.
Define
requirements
and identify
solutions.
Technology Working
Groups, LECTAC,
others identify
technology gaps.
NIJ Program Managers
maintain multi-year
program plans for
portfolio RDT&E.
Phase IV: Demonstrate, test, evaluate and
adopt into practice
No
Does it meet
operational
requirements
?
NIJ tests and
evaluates
solutions.
Phase III: Develop solutions.
Yes
Are there
existing
solutions?
NIJ solicits
applications to
develop new
solutions.
No
Independent
peer review and
selection of
developer.
Yes
NIJ assists first
adopters of new
technology.
Yes
Phase V: Build capacity;
conduct outreach
No
Does the
solution
improve
practice,
cost,
public
safety?
Yes
NIJ publishes guides
and standards and
provides technology
assistance to
practitioners.
Is
Development
successful?
Research &
Development
No
NIJ oversight and
TWG review
Technology Focus Areas
Interoperable Voice Communications (FA1)
Personnel Location (FA2)
Convergent Data Services (FA3)
Communications Technology Tools (FA4)
NLECTC Communications Technology
Center of Excellence
Technology Focus Areas
Interoperable Voice Communications (FA1)
• Investigate, develop and evaluate software defined radio
technologies, related components. ( e.g., antennas)
• Investigate, develop and evaluate cognitive radio technologies
and CONOPS.
• Evaluate P-25 technologies in the field, to include operational
evaluations and interface evaluation.
• Support IEEE 1900 and TIA/8.
Personnel Location (FA2)
• Develop new and evaluate existing technologies to determine
the location and status of personnel.
• Passive tracking of non violent offenders.
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000804.pdf
NLECTC Communications Technology
Center of Excellence
Technology Focus Areas
Convergent Data Services (FA3)
• Evaluate wireless technologies (700 MHz, 802.X, services in
licensed and unlicensed frequency bands) for interoperable first
responder applications.
• Investigate potential solutions for alternative, backbone
interconnectivity for repeaters.
• Evaluation IP solutions with a concentration on security and
VOIP.
Communications Technology Tools (FA4)
• Technology and techniques to detect, classify, control, legally
isolate, and legally defeat wireless communication devices.
• Develop a comprehensive technology guide book for criminal
justice practitioners for alternative power resources.
• CAPRAD Development, maintenance and RPC support.
NLECTC Communications Technology
Center of Excellence
Technology Focus Areas
Interoperable Voice Communications
(FA1) Rick Mulvihill
• Orangetown Military/Federal Multiband Radio Pilot.
• Cape May Etherstack Pilot.
• Harris Multiband Radio Product Support and Pilot.
Personnel Location (FA2) Peter Small
• Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department.
• Los Angeles Police Department.
NLECTC Communications Technology
Center of Excellence
Technology Focus Areas
Convergent Data Services (FA3) Ed Vea
• Inmarsat Satellite Radio Pilot.
• Danville Interoperability Operational Evaluation
• Brookline, MA 4.9 GHz Pilot.
Communications Technology Tools
(FA4) Carrie Supko
• Cell Phone Detect and Defeat.
• CAPRAD Development, maintenance and RPC support.
NLECTC Communications Technology
Center of Excellence
Orangetown
Multiband Radio Pilot
AN/PRC-148 MBITR
NLECTC Communications Technology
Center of Excellence
764-776
MHz
UHF
Non-Federal Public Safety Spectrum Allocation
30-50
MHz
VHF Low
3 MHz
HF
148-174
MHz
VHF
VHF
30 MHz
220-222
MHz
VHF
450-470
MHz
UHF
794-806
MHz
UHF
UHF
300 MHz
THALES MBITR Operational Range
Currently Allocated for Public Safety
470-512
MHz
UHF-T
512 MHz
Future Allocation for Public Safety (Pending
Television/HDTV band clearance)
806-824
MHz
UHF
851-869
MHz
UHF
Nextel
Issue
4940-4990
MHz
SHF
3 GHz
SHF
Currently Allocated for Public
Safety Broadband Data
NLECTC Communications Technology
Center of Excellence
Key Deliverables
• Equipment obtained and bench tested.
• MOUs executed.
• FCC Experimental License researched and application
written by NLECTC-NE and obtained by Orangetown.
• Equipment delivered to the Orangetown PD.
• Equipment has been utilized during an emergency
situation and is reported to have decreased confusion
during a multi-agency, multi-state event.
• Status and final reports will be issued through the NIJ
publication process detailing the impact of multiband
radio in a public safety environment.
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Center of Excellence
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Center of Excellence
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Center of Excellence
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Center of Excellence
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Center of Excellence
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Center of Excellence
Law Enforcement Impact
• Placing multiband technology in
practitioner's hands now for evaluation.
• Improving interoperable communications
in a multi-agency, multi-state
environment.
• Inform law enforcement of the benefits of
multiband radios.
• Develop operational guidance for
adoption of multiband radio technology.
NLECTC Communications Technology
Center of Excellence
Bergen officer loses leg in 9W
crash
Friday, February 8, 2008
Last updated: Friday February 8, 2008, EST 12:56 PM
BY MICHAEL J. FEENEY
STAFF WRITER
One of three Bergen County motorcycle
officers involved in a crash following a funeral
detail lost his leg and remained hospitalized
Friday morning, police said.
Bergen County Police Sgt. William Koretsky,
46, had some type of trouble negotiating a hill
on Route 9W in Orangetown, N.Y., when his
cycle collided with a box truck heading south,
said Lt. John McAndrew of the Orangetown
police.
NLECTC Communications Technology
Center of Excellence
Orangetown
Multiband Radio Pilot
RF-1033M
NLECTC Communications Technology
Center of Excellence
Key Deliverables
• Working with Harris to help them understand the
public safety space.
• Connecting product researchers with practitioners.
• Adding Harris RF-1003 M to Orangetown test bed
deployed to a mutual aid agency.
• Providing input for development of next generation
radio.
• Looking for other vendors to deploy radios for
testing and evaluation efforts.
NLECTC Communications Technology
Center of Excellence
Law Enforcement Impact
• Creating a baseline for the potential operational
impact of multiband and software defined radios.
• Providing information to be used in cost/benefit
analysis of multiband and SDR radios.
• Establishing a roadmap for use of SDR and related
technology to improve interoperability.
• Generating case and use studies that can be
communicated to practitioners as they look to
integrate multiband, SDR and cognitive radios into
day to day operation.
NLECTC Communications Technology
Center of Excellence
Next Generation Test Bed
•
•
•
•
Cape May County, New Jersey.
VHF, UHF P25, 800 MHz.
Etherstack P25 deployment is incorporated.
Agency Memorandums Of Understanding being
executed.
• Experimental License Application in process.
• Harris Unity committed to participate.
• Available for all future multiband radios.
NLECTC Communications Technology
Center of Excellence
NLECTC Communications Technology
Center of Excellence
This project is supported by Award No. 2007-IJ-CX-K013
and supplement number one awarded by the National
Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S.
Department of Justice.
The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations
expressed in the presentation are those of the author and do
not necessary reflect those of the Department of Justice.
NLECTC Communications Technology
Center of Excellence
Thank You!
Rick Mulvihill
Director
NLECTC – Communications Technologies
Center of Excellence
Suite #300, 200 Federal Street, Camden, NJ 08103
866-493-4675
Office: 267-415-4761
Cell: 215-400-0753
[email protected]
NLECTC Communications Technology
Center of Excellence