PA-STARNet Briefing
9/17/2007 Slide 1 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Briefing in support of testimony for the Joint Communications and Technology and Emergency Preparedness Committees of the Pennsylvania Senate
Charles Brennan Deputy Secretary for Public Safety Radio
(717) 772-8006 [email protected]
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9/17/2007 Slide 2 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Original Legislation
Initiated by Pennsylvania Legislative Act 148
(1996), it provided funding for a “communication
and information infrastructure, including
approximately 200 sites located throughout this
Commonwealth for transmission of voice and data
communication connected by a digital microwave
system to form a statewide mobile radio network…”
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9/17/2007 Slide 3 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Status at end of August 2007
14,825 registered radios
3,421,247 Push-to-Talks during month
17 state agencies using PA-STARNet or in transition
41,275 square miles of radio coverage (91.1% of land area and inland waterways)
231 high-profile tower base stations constructed and operational—tower site construction complete at end of 2007
314 low-profile microcell sites constructed and operational
Up to 1,100 sites in final design (estimated)
Over five times the number of sites originally envisioned in Act 148 of 1996
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9/17/2007 Slide 4 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Current Operational Coverage
Greene
L= 75.6%R= 74.8%
Delaware
L= 95.0%R= 95.9%
Adams
L= 96.0%R= 96.5%
Philadelphia
L= 97.5%R= 98.7%Fayette
L= 93.2%R= 94.9%
Fulton
L= 98.3%R= 98.6%
York
L= 94.5%R= 95.6%
Chester
L= 95.3%R= 95.5%
Somerset
L= 91.9%R= 90.9%
Franklin
L= 96.3%R= 98.1%
Lancaster
L= 97.6%R= 98.2%
Bedford
L= 93.2%R= 92.3%
Cumberland
L= 99.0%R= 99.7%
Montgomery
L= 95.2%R= 95.5%
Washington
L= 91.0%R= 89.5%
Lebanon
L= 97.6%R= 99.1%
Bucks
L= 94.2%R= 96.4%
Perry
L= 96.8%R= 96.9%
Dauphin
L= 98.4%R= 99.3%
Allegheny
L= 95.5%R= 96.1% Berks
L= 96.1%R= 96.2%Westmoreland
L= 96.2%R= 96.4%
Juniata
L= 96.6%R= 97.1%
Cambria
L= 96.0%R= 95.5%
Huntingdon
L= 95.7%R= 94.7%
Blair
L= 95.2%R= 96.3%
Lehigh
L= 96.7%R= 97.7%
Mifflin
L= 97.4%R= 97.9%
Beaver
L= 94.3%R= 95.0%
Snyder
L= 98.4%R= 98.6%
Indiana
L= 93.3%R= 92.8%
Schuylkill
L= 95.7%R= 95.7%
Northampton
L= 96.5%R= 96.0%
Lawrence
L= 98.9%R= 99.2% Carbon
L= 97.2%R= 98.6%
Union
L= 93.7%R= 96.1%
Armstrong
L= 88.3%R= 88.5%
Montour
L= 99.2%R= 99.0%
Butler
L= 94.3%R= 94.2%
Northumberland
L= 98.0%R= 96.0%
Monroe
L= 97.3%R= 97.7%
Centre
L= 93.7%R= 95.0%
Clearfield
L= 93.1%R= 93.4%
Columbia
L= 95.5%R= 96.7%
Jefferson
L= 92.7%R= 92.6%
Luzerne
L= 96.0%R= 97.1%
Clarion
L= 86.8%R= 88.7%
Clinton
L= 85.1%R= 83.3%
Mercer
L= 97.5%R= 97.5%
Sullivan
L= 84.5%R= 79.2%
Lycoming
L= 83.1%R= 85.2%
Pike
L= 86.5%R= 86.3%
Cameron
L= 81.7%R= 77.3%
Venango
L= 87.3%R= 87.9%
Forest
L= 76.7%R= 75.7% Elk
L= 89.2%R= 87.7%
Lackawanna
L= 96.5%R= 97.0%
Wyoming
L= 92.7%R= 94.1%
Crawford
L= 97.8%R= 97.4%
Susquehanna
L= 87.3%R= 84.7% Wayne
L= 86.5%R= 86.2%
Warren
L= 80.1%R= 80.5%
McKean
L= 73.0%R= 69.2% Potter
L= 69.7%R= 61.0%
Tioga
L= 80.3%R= 76.1%
Bradford
L= 88.3%R= 86.8%
Erie
L= 97.8%R= 98.8%
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9/17/2007 Slide 5 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
With Coverage From Sites in Development
Greene
L= 88.8%R= 87.1%
Delaware
L= 95.6%R= 96.7%
Adams
L= 96.0%R= 96.5%
Philadelphia
L= 97.5%R= 98.7%Fayette
L= 93.9%R= 95.6%
Fulton
L= 98.4%R= 98.6%
York
L= 94.5%R= 95.6%
Chester
L= 95.3%R= 95.5%
Somerset
L= 95.0%R= 93.9%
Franklin
L= 96.3%R= 98.2%
Lancaster
L= 97.6%R= 98.2%
Bedford
L= 95.5%R= 95.0%
Cumberland
L= 99.0%R= 99.7%
Montgomery
L= 95.3%R= 95.7%
Washington
L= 95.0%R= 93.5%
Lebanon
L= 97.6%R= 99.1%
Bucks
L= 94.2%R= 96.4%
Perry
L= 96.8%R= 96.9%
Dauphin
L= 98.4%R= 99.3%
Allegheny
L= 95.5%R= 96.1% Berks
L= 96.1%R= 96.2%Westmoreland
L= 96.3%R= 96.5%
Juniata
L= 98.6%R= 99.1%Cambria
L= 96.0%R= 95.6%
Huntingdon
L= 97.7%R= 96.7%
Blair
L= 95.9%R= 96.7%
Lehigh
L= 96.7%R= 97.7%
Mifflin
L= 97.4%R= 97.9%
Beaver
L= 94.9%R= 95.5%
Snyder
L= 98.4%R= 98.6%
Indiana
L= 95.3%R= 95.0%
Schuylkill
L= 95.7%R= 95.7%
Northampton
L= 96.5%R= 96.0%
Lawrence
L= 99.0%R= 99.2% Carbon
L= 97.2%R= 98.6%
Union
L= 93.7%R= 96.1%
Armstrong
L= 93.2%R= 92.5%
Montour
L= 99.2%R= 99.0%
Butler
L= 95.6%R= 95.6%
Northumberland
L= 98.0%R= 96.0%
Monroe
L= 97.3%R= 97.7%
Centre
L= 94.4%R= 95.3%
Clearfield
L= 94.7%R= 95.4%
Columbia
L= 95.5%R= 96.7%
Jefferson
L= 95.4%R= 95.7%
Luzerne
L= 96.0%R= 97.1%
Clarion
L= 92.1%R= 93.6%
Clinton
L= 88.8%R= 89.7%
Mercer
L= 98.5%R= 98.3%
Sullivan
L= 84.6%R= 79.2%Lycoming
L= 86.1%R= 87.4%
Pike
L= 93.4%R= 93.1%
Cameron
L= 86.0%R= 86.0%
Venango
L= 93.2%R= 94.3%
Forest
L= 85.7%R= 86.4%
Elk
L= 90.4%R= 89.9%
Lackawanna
L= 96.5%R= 97.0%
Wyoming
L= 95.1%R= 96.2%
Crawford
L= 98.1%R= 97.7%
Susquehanna
L= 93.4%R= 91.9%
Wayne
L= 93.6%R= 93.5%
Warren
L= 88.8%R= 91.2%
McKean
L= 80.4%R= 80.1% Potter
L= 80.4%R= 77.5%
Tioga
L= 86.7%R= 85.5%
Bradford
L= 89.4%R= 88.4%
Erie
L= 97.9%R= 98.9%
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9/17/2007 Slide 6 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Statewide Data Transport Network
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9/17/2007 Slide 7 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Pennsylvania State Police Mobile Office
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Tower Site
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Microcell Site
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Cell on Wheels (COW)
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9/17/2007 Slide 11 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Cameron County
#*B Tower Site
#*C Micro-Cell Site
Tower Site Footprint
Micro-Cell Footprint
Tower vs. Microcell Coverage
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9/17/2007 Slide 12 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
PennDOT Radio Deployment
GreeneDelaware
Adams
Philad
el
phia
Fayette Fulton York
Chester
Somerset
Franklin
LancasterBedford
Cumberland
MontgomeryWashington
LebanonBucksPerry Dauphin
Allegheny
Berks
Westmoreland
Juniata
Cambria
Huntingdon
Blair
LehighMifflin
BeaverSnyder
IndianaSchuylkill
Northampto
n
Lawrence
Carbon
Union
Armstrong
M
on
tou
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Butler
Northumberland
Monroe
Centre
Clearfield
ColumbiaJefferson
LuzerneClarion
ClintonMercer
Sullivan
LycomingPike
CameronVenango
Forest
Elk
Lack
awanna
Wyoming
Crawford
Susquehanna
Wayne
Warren McKean
Potter
Tioga Bradford
Erie
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9/17/2007 Slide 13 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
State Police Radio Deployment
Y O R K
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W A Y N E S B U R G
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T R E V O S E
T O W A N D A
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9/17/2007 Slide 14 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Mitigation of Radio Frequency Interference
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9/17/2007 Slide 15 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Radios Authorized for System Use 7,
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9/17/2007 Slide 16 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Examples of System Use
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9/17/2007 Slide 17 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Agencies Using PA-STARNet
Department of Transportation
Office of Attorney General
Department of Health
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA)
Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Civil Air Patrol
Department of Environmental Protection
Department of Corrections
Pennsylvania State Police
Public Utility Commission
Office of Administration Public Safety Radio Services
Administrative Services
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Legislature House of Representatives Security
Senate Security
Department of General Services (DGS) Capitol Police Department
Fire, Safety, Maintenance
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Office of Homeland Security
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9/17/2007 Slide 18 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Budget: History of Expenditures
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9/17/2007 Slide 19 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Timeline, Capital Appropriations
Project Beginning
1997: $179 million in Act 148 of 1996
1999: $43 million in Act 35
2000–2003: $15.6 million augmented from operating funds
Total $237.6 million
Additional Appropriations
2004: $10.5 million augmented from operating funds
2005: $3.9 million inflationary increase
2005–2006: $59 million in Act 40 of 2004, Act 83 of 2006
Total $73.4 million
Cumulative Total: $311 million ($238M + $73M)
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9/17/2007 Slide 20 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Timeline, Capital Expenditures
July 2003 $221 million total usage
123% of original $179 million appropriation
61% coverage, or 27,000 square miles
July 2007 $296 million total usage
$75 million additional usage
Increase from 61% coverage to 91% coverage
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9/17/2007 Slide 21 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Costs in Perspective
PSP to be project manager for new 800 MHz radio network
Pennsylvania estimated to need 298 sites
Total cost estimated at $380,967,962
At 3% per year inflation = $560 million today
Pennsylvania State Police (PSP): SE Technologies Study, January 1995
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9/17/2007 Slide 22 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Comparison With County System Cost
Cumberland County - $6 million
Dauphin County—$25 million
Lancaster County—$20 million
Lebanon County—$10 million
Philadelphia County—$50 million
York County—$32 million
Six systems purchased since 1998:
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9/17/2007 Slide 23 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Comparison With County Systems (cont’d)
Combined cost: $143,000,000
Combined land area, square miles: 3,500
Average cost per square mile: $40,000
Cost if PA-STARNet was built on these assumptions: $1.8 billion
Six systems purchased since 1998:
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9/17/2007 Slide 24 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Project Challenges: Historical Perspective
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9/17/2007 Slide 25 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
iXP Findings, 2004 Study
Major Risks:
Commonwealth acting as its own integrator
Deploying a system with no prior history in installations of this size
No legislation changes to expedite the site acquisition process
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9/17/2007 Slide 26 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Cost and Schedule Drivers
Commonwealth decision to build rather than buy a radio system
Commonwealth decision to become the integrator
Commonwealth decision not to hire a site acquisition firm
Bankruptcy of tower site construction firm (Rohn)
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9/17/2007 Slide 27 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Extensive new requirements for interoperability with counties
Nextel interference and FCC rebanding requirements
Commonwealth did not include specifications for roadway coverage or coverage for:
Schools, hospitals, nuclear power plants, PNC Park, Little League World Series, Beaver Stadium (Penn State), tunnels, military indoor portable coverage (Fort Indiantown Gap), unique agency requirements
Cost and Schedule Drivers (cont’d)
Additional requirements not in original contract:
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9/17/2007 Slide 28 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Landmass vs. Roadway Coverage
Cameron County Sites and Coverage
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What the System Can Do
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Conventional bandwidth use
Single Channel
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9/17/2007 Slide 31 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
TDMA two-slot technology
Single Channel
Two Talk Groups
Packets from VG 1
Packets from VG 2
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9/17/2007 Slide 32 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
TDMA four-slot technology
Single Channel
Four Talk Groups
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9/17/2007 Slide 33 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Some Unique Features
Radio on a PC: VIP Console
Vehicular Tactical Repeater: VTAC
Off-network capabilities
Over-the-Air Reprogramming: OTAR
TDMA two-slot and four-slot technologies
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9/17/2007 Slide 34 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
County Interoperability
GreeneDelaware
Adams
Philad
el
phia
Fayette Fulton York
Chester
Somerset
Franklin
LancasterBedford
Cumberland
MontgomeryWashington
LebanonBucksPerry Dauphin
Allegheny
Berks
Westmoreland
Juniata
Cambria
Huntingdon
Blair
LehighMifflin
BeaverSnyder
IndianaSchuylkill
Northampto
n
Lawrence
Carbon
Union
Armstrong
M
on
tou
r
Butler
Northumberland
Monroe
Centre
Clearfield
ColumbiaJefferson
LuzerneClarion
ClintonMercer
Sullivan
LycomingPike
CameronVenango
Forest
Elk
Lack
aw
anna
Wyoming
Crawford
Susquehanna
Wayne
Warren McKean
Potter
Tioga Bradford
Erie
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9/17/2007 Slide 35 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Looking Forward…….
Transition more PSP stations and more agencies
FCC rebanding mandates
Continue higher pace of construction and installation of microcell sites
Coverage along state and township roads.
Interoperability with 67 Pennsylvania counties through 911 centers
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9/17/2007 Slide 36 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services
Contact:
Charles Brennan Deputy Secretary for Public Safety Radio (717) 772-8006 [email protected]