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Status of Public Safety Sector Discussions and Next Steps
October 15, 2014
ATIS Board of Directors’ MeetingOctober 20, 2011
PSRA – Initial Findings & Next StepsOctober, 2014
Summary of Energy & Utilities Discussion
• September 24th task force meeting focused on energy and electrical utilities applications
• Attendees included Utilities Telecom Council (presenter) and other sector representatives from NRECA and NPPD
• Detailed discussion on core set of applications, utility and energy requirements and transition challenges
• Most applications include one or more public leased analog circuits and carrier TDM circuit
• Other stakeholder organizations identified – most already on ATIS’s Outreach program
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ATIS Board of Directors’ MeetingOctober 20, 2011
PSRA – Initial Findings & Next StepsOctober, 2014
Energy and Utilities Applications
• Protective Relaying - isolate faults; station-to-station transmission protection
• Special Protection Schemes – station-to-station transmission protection (using special protection schemes – can require multiple telecom channels)
• Synchrophasor Data – retrieval of phasor data for monitoring, storage and dispatch
• Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) – transmission of data to network headend and dispatch center
• Radio Control and Dispatch – radio/voice communications between dispatch and employees/vehicles
• Telephone Lines – support voice telephones between locations
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ATIS Board of Directors’ MeetingOctober 20, 2011
PSRA – Initial Findings & Next StepsOctober, 2014
Specialized Requirements – Energy & Utilities Circuits
• Bandwidth– For protection applications, can vary from 64-256 kbps – SCADA applications are generally lower rate (9.6 – 19.2 kbps typical)– Synchrophasor can range up to 1.5 Mbps
• Latency– Protective relay, special protection and synchrophasor have most
restrictive requirements (some in sub-msec to 4 msec range)– SCADA less restrictive
• Jitter– Requirements vary by protection manufacturer– 10 msec typical for Synchrophaser
• Reliability and Security– Protection applications require highest reliability, but all > 99%– SCADA requires very high level of security
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ATIS Board of Directors’ MeetingOctober 20, 2011
PSRA – Initial Findings & Next StepsOctober, 2014
Migration Challenges – Energy & Utilities
• Biggest Challenges moving to IP or new media– Propagation delay, latency reliability, security, equipment
investments, different carrier approaches
• Potential Benefits– New technology, industry movement to IP, greater capacity
supports increasing data, redundancy solutions and primary/secondary back-up
• General conclusions from discussion– Not a one-step migration: layer 1 (physical transport) and layer
2 (protocol)– Very limited migration to IP solutions to date– SCADA and synchrophasor applications are best near-term
opportunities– Any potential solutions must meet specialized transmission
requirements and energy sector security and reliability needs
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ATIS Board of Directors’ MeetingOctober 20, 2011
PSRA – Initial Findings & Next StepsOctober, 2014
Summary of Alarm Applications Discussion
• September 10th task force meeting focused on alarm applications
• Attendees included Alarm Industry Communications Committee (presenter), and representatives from NFPA, SIA, UTC and the security industry
• Detailed discussion on core set of unique requirements, trends in alarm industry and relevant fire safety codes
• Current scope of task force does not explicitly cover residential alarm circuits, but agreed to explore overlap
• Identified some key related initiatives like FirstNet and ASAP
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ATIS Board of Directors’ MeetingOctober 20, 2011
PSRA – Initial Findings & Next StepsOctober, 2014
Alarm Related Applications
– Intrusion events and fire alerts to public/private buildings– Public safety communications and alarms on campuses
and other secure locations– Alarms and communications on elevator systems– Dispatch console to EMS, Fire, – Firebar Conference Bridge– Base Station Control to EMS, Fire and Police– Private Line Automatic Ringdown circuits for EMS, Fire,
Police– Circuit-based paging systems for public safety, i.e. page-
out to responders– Residential wireline medical alert alarms linked directly to
PSAPs
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ATIS Board of Directors’ MeetingOctober 20, 2011
PSRA – Initial Findings & Next StepsOctober, 2014
Key Stakeholder Organizations Identified
• International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC)
• International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
• National Sherriff's Association (NSA)
• APCO International
• NENA
• NPSTC
• NFPA—NEMA, AFAA, ESA,
• IAFF
• NASFM
• AICC and associated CSAA
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ATIS Board of Directors’ MeetingOctober 20, 2011
PSRA – Initial Findings & Next StepsOctober, 2014
Relevant Fire Safety Codes
• NFPA 72 (National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code)has already addressed the transition to IP in Chapter 26
• NFPA 1221 (Standard for the Installation, Maintenance, and Use of Emergency Services Communications Systems )
• NFPA 720 (Standard for the Installation of Carbon Monoxide(CO) Detection and Warning Equipment)
• NFPA 731 (Standard for the Installation of Electronic Premises Security Systems)
• ASME A17.1 (Safety Code for Elevators and. Escalators)
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ATIS Board of Directors’ MeetingOctober 20, 2011
PSRA – Initial Findings & Next StepsOctober, 2014
Challenges to Migration (discussed on 9/10 call)
• Pass alarm DACT signal formats in an undistorted fashion
• Ensure Line Seizure is not compromised
• The ability to provide for our control panels to "see” a telephone line equivalent (voltage and dialtone)
• VoIP and cable/ISP hardware should have sufficient backup power.
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AICC discussed characteristics of a managed facilities voice network (MFVN) referenced in NFPA 72-2010.
ATIS Board of Directors’ MeetingOctober 20, 2011
PSRA – Initial Findings & Next StepsOctober, 2014
Transportation Related Applications
• ATIS invited targeted transpiration-related associations to Oct. 1st task force meeting – meeting cancelled due to limited response
• This application includes railroads, light rail commuter systems, subways and related transit systems
– Invitees included AAR and APTA
• The following list of applications were identified by PSRA-TF:– Circuits that monitor railroad crossings– Extension of underground communications in subways and
tunnels– POS swipe machine in underground transportation systems– Emergency communications facilities in passenger stations
• Issues identified: – Reliability, security, latency, isolated locations, limited
commercial power, underground path loss (radio), integration with other public safety needs 11
ATIS Board of Directors’ MeetingOctober 20, 2011
PSRA – Initial Findings & Next StepsOctober, 2014
FAA Circuits
• Held discussion during June 25th task force meeting on issues and challenges related to FAA circuits to towers and alarms
• Short list of technology challenges identified:– Latency– Current perception of dedicated circuits over TDM– Clocking issues– Security
• Planning for tests and trials on alternative technology have begun
• Harris provides solutions in this area and agreed to establish points of contacts, as appropriate
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ATIS Board of Directors’ MeetingOctober 20, 2011
PSRA – Initial Findings & Next StepsOctober, 2014
Next Steps for Discussion
• Determine the need for targeted Transportation related meeting (or other outreach approach) given limited response thus far
• Best approach for engaging the FAA on airport related applications
• Plan for identifying roadmap of solutions and alternative media given the “applications” and “requirements” input thus far
• Begin to discuss the format for communicating the findings and recommendations from the task force (1Q15)
• Continued Outreach to public safety associations and other relevant organizations as the task force begins to prepare output
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