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Project MESA

Andy Reynolds

European Vice-Chair

Service Specification Group - Services and

Applications

andy.reynolds@odpm.gsi.gov.uk

Workshop on Broadband Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks and Services, 12th - 13th September 2002.

ETSI, Sophia Antipolis, France

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Objectives

• What is Project MESA?

• What has Project MESA achieved so far?

• What is next for Project MESA?

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Background• Joint recognition by EU/US to cooperate

in the development of Technical Specifications for Mobile Broadband

• The Public Safety Partnership Project (PSPP) agreement signed by TIA and ETSI in Washington DC, May 22 - 2000

• Named “Project MESA” in recognition of the city, where the partnership agreement was finalized and ratified in January 2001 in the City of Mesa, Arizona.

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What is Project MESA?

A Public Safety Partnership Project for Mobile Broadband Services

Mobility forEmergency &Safety Applications

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Project MESA(Users, Regulators, Industry)

Trans-Atlantic collaboration between

(Partners)

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Project Structure

T e c h n i c a l S p e c i f i c a t i o n s

S e rv ice s & A p p lica tio nsS A

M E S A S e rvice S pe c if ica tio n G ro upS S G

R a d io A cce ssR A

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M E S A T e ch n ica l S p e c if ica tio n G ro u psT S G s

M E S A S C(S te erin g Co m m itte e)

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Working Towards

• One globally applicable suite of mobile broadband specifications aimed primarily at the professional market of public protection and disaster response including military peacekeeping and non-tactical operations.

• Technical Specifications driven by globally harmonised user requirements and scenarios.

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Project MESA

Users

Statement of

Requirements

Scenarios

Regulators

Spectrum

Industry

Specifications

Partners

Standards

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Significant Events• International Criminal Activities in general

are increasingly facilitated by communications technology surpassing that currently available to Law Enforcement.

• A Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) between the US and the EU in the field of telecommunications equipment exists.

• The EU-Treaty of Amsterdam raised the EU Police cooperation to Union level, further facilitating international cooperation.

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September 11th

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UK Perspective

• A new national radio communications system for the Fire Service in England and Wales.

• The system will enhance the capability of the Fire Service to meet the new radio interoperability requirement agreed by the primary emergency services.

• Communications between the emergency services will be equal to the demands placed upon them.

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MESAbility

• Reliability

• Availability

• Maintainability

• Interoperability

• Affordability

• Capability

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Spectrum, Specifications and Standards MUST have built in resilience and can operate irrespective of organisational and geographical boundaries

The Key to MESA is...

Whether the system is privately owned by a government or is a government/commercial partnership providing a priority service to the emergency services

Combination of Mobility and bit rates above 2 Mb/s

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A User Perspective A User Perspective

• Multiple Applications over varied size geographical areas and terrain

• Voice and full mobile data using vehicle mounted and handheld devices

• Real time pictures, sent from handheld and airborne thermal imaging cameras to Incident Commanders both at the incident and remote from the incident

• Personnel and equipment tracking devices

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Scenario

Kings Cross Fire, London

18th November 1987

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Scenario

Clapham Junction, South London

12th December 1988

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Scenario

Lockerbie, Scotland - 21st December 1988

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ScenarioHillsborough, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

15th April 1989

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Scenarios

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Wireless Fixed Ad-Hoc Network

Network & terminal components automatically

establish a functioning network based on wireless

nodes

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Mobile Ad-Hoc Network

BackhaulSatcom

Link

AirborneControl

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The MESA Firefighter

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Achievements So Far

• Statement of Requirements (SoR) produced

• Awareness across the US and from EU Member States now well established

• User involvement from 40 organisations from the US, Europe, Africa and Asia

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What is Next?

• Technical work is now commencing on the recently produced Statement of Requirements (SoR)

• MESA Plenary#5, September 25-27, 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark

• Encourage further user involvement from other organisations and countries

• Preparation for WRC 2003 to deal with Spectrum matters

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andy.reynolds@odpm.gsi.gov.uk