"Wireless Communications for First Responders";Assessment Markets and Technologies

• Satellites communications for pubic safety communications
• Mesh networks and their role in public safety communications
• Ultra Wideband communications for first responders
• North America standard land-mobile radio for first responders-Project P25.

1.0 Introduction

1.1 General-Mobility and Interoperability

1.2 Requirements to Public Safety Radio

1.3 Interoperability Categories

1.4 Classification

1.5 Criteria

1.6 States and Federal Support

1.7 Scope

1.8 Research Methodology

1.9 Target Audience

2.0 Satellite Communications - Help from the Sky

2.1 General

2.2 Features

2.3 Planning

2.4 Technology Specifics

2.4.1 Scenarios

2.5 Services

2.6 Benefits and Issues

2.7 Channels

2.8 Voice

2.9 Services and Providers

2.9.1 CapRock

2.9.2 Cyren Call Communications Corp

2.9.3 Inmarsat

2.9.4 Iridium and JPS

2.9.4.1 Iridium

2.9.5 PacStar and Spacenet

2.9.6 DataPath

2.9.7 New Hampshire Satellite Responder Network

2.9.8 IDirect Technologies

2.9.9 IP Access International

2.9.10 SES Americom

2.9.11 Anvil

2.10 Vendors

RaySat Antenna

Raytheon JPS

3.0 Mesh Networks

3.1 Definition

3.2 Major Features

3.2.1 General

3.2.2 Attractiveness

3.3 Benefits and Limitations

3.4 Major WMN Applications

3.5 Architectures

3.5.1 Frequency Bands

3.6 Routing Protocols

3.6.1 Lack of Standardization

3.6.2 Applications Variety

3.6.3 Protocols

3.7 Security Issues

3.7.1 General

3.7.2 IEEE 802.11

3.7.3 UWB (Ultra Wideband) Technology

3.7.4 ZigBee

3.7.5 Summary-Public Safety Security

3.8 Market: Mesh Networks

3.8.1 Market Estimate

3.8.1.1 Market Leaders

3.8.1.2 Forecast

3.9 Major WMN Vendors and their Products

Atheros (chipsets)

BelAir (Nodes)

Cisco (Protocols, Nodes)

Crossbow (nodes)

Dust Networks (WMN Nodes)

Ember (ZigBee chips for WMN)

Intel (Nodes)

IWT(Network Solution)

IPMobileNet (WMN)

FireTide (Mesh network-Public safety applications)

Kiyon

MeshDynamics (Nodes)

Millennial Net (SW and Systems)

Moteiv (Nodes and SW)

MeshNetworks (Motorola)

Mitre (protocols)

Motorola (Nodes-Public Safety Communications)

Newtrax (WSN-mesh, UGS)

NexGen City (Mesh-Public Safety)

Northrop Grumman (Nodes)

Nortel (WMN Systems)

NovaRoam (Public Safety Communications -WMN)

Octave Technologies (SW)

PacketHop (WMN SW; in a process of acquiring by SRI International)

Proxim (WMN Nodes)

Rajant (WMN-Military, First Responders)

Sensoria (WMN for Public Safety Communications)

Sensicast (WMN for Industrial Automation)

SIAE (WMN for IA)

SkyPilot Networks (WMN Nodes)

Strix (Nodes-First Responders)

Trango (Mesh for First responders)

Qorvus (WMN for IA)

Tropos (routers, OS)

Ubiwave (Mesh Network)

3.10 WMN and First Responders

4.0 Ultra Wideband (UWB) Technologies and First Responders Communications

4.1 General

4.2 Obstacles

4.3 Benefits

4.4 Definition

4.5 Rates

4.6 Spectrum Allocation

4.7 Choices

4.8 Major Features

4.9 Standards and Regulations

4.9.1 Multiband OFDM

4.9.1.1 WiNet

4.9.2 DS-UWB

4.9.3 Groups

4.9.4 Security

4.10 Major Applications

4.10.1 UWB-Bluetooth

4.11 Market Estimate

4.11.1 General

4.11.2 Geographical Segmentation

4.11.3 Forecast

4.12 Industry

Aether (localization devices)

Alereon (chipsets)

Artimi (chipsets)

BBN (radio, first responders applications)

Camero (radar, equipment for first responders)

Focus Enhancement (chipsets)

Freescale (chipsets, systems)

General Atomics (chipsets)

Intel (Chips, standards)

Multispectral (RFID and others)

Parco (RFID)

Pulse~ Link (chipsets)

Staccato (chipsets)

Time Domain (chipsets-fusion of communications & radar)

Tzero (chipsets)

Ubisense (RFID-tracking)

Wisair (chipsets)

WiQuest (chipsets)

5.0 P25-Standard Trunked Radio for First Responders

5.1 Introduction

5.2 General

5.2.1 Beginning

5.3 Project 25/TIA 102: Scope

5.3.1 Efforts

5.3.2 Phased Approach

5.3.2.1 Transition

5.3.3 General Mission and Objectives

5.3.4 Technical Highlights

5.3.4.1 Common Air Interface

5.3.4.2 RF Sub-system

5.3.4.3 Inter-system Interface

5.3.4.4 Telephone Interconnect Interface

5.3.4.5 Network Management Interface

5.3.4.6 Host and Network Data Interfaces

5.3.5 Major Characteristics-Summary

5.4 Spectrum: Problems

5.4.1 Major Improvements

5.5 Services

5.6 Network Scenario

5.6.1 P25 and TETRA

5.7 Market

5.7.1 Prices

5.7.2 Forecast

5.8 Vendors

Daniels

EADS

EF Johnson

Kenwood

M-A-Com (TycoElectronic)

Motorola

Relm

Raytheon

Tait Electronics

Technisonic

Westel

Wireless Pacific

6.0 Conclusions

Appendix 1 - Project 25/ANSI 102 Major Standards

Tables and Figures

Figure 1: First Responders: Frequency Bands

Figure 2: Satellite Channels

Figure 3: Radio Technologies for WMN

Figure 4: Mesh Network Equipment Sale: Market Estimate ($B)

Figure 5: Estimate: Mesh Network equipment Sale for First Responders Application

Figure 6: Technology Segmentation: Mesh Network Market

Figure 7: Mesh Network Market Geography (2006)

Figure 8: UWB Spectrum

Figure 9: Market Estimate: UWB Circuitry ($B)

Figure 10: Market Estimate: Multiband OFDM UWB Circuitry ($B)

Figure 11: Market Estimate: DS UWB Circuitry ($B)

Figure 12: Estimate of UWB Market - Communications Applications ($B)

Figure 13: P25 Network Architecture

Figure 14: P25 Phased Approach

Figure 15: Estimate of the U.S. P25 Radio Market

Figure 16: Worldwide P25 Market Estimate ($B)

Table 1: States Emergency Network Examples

Table 2: WMN Security Options

Table 3: Comparison: DS-UWB and MB-OFDM

Table 4: UWB Forum and WiMedia

Table 5: P25 Services

Table 6: P25 Radio Prices