Nordic update
Tor Helge LyngstølDirector, the Directorate for Emergency Communication, Norway
ETSI, Sophia Antipolis September 29th 2016.
Nordic White Paper Conclusions, January2016
• The 700 MHz radio frequency band will be allocated for mobile broadband communication in the Nordic countries.
• PPDR organizations need secure and reliable broadband radio systems to support their work to protect society.
• Part of the 700 MHz frequency band should be dedicated for use by PPDR organizations in the future. To secure cross‐border interoperability the frequency range should be the same in all Nordic countries.
• lf frequencies for PPDR are not secured now, the alternative is to realisenext generation PPDR radio systems inside the commercial networks. This will require a major shift in the present regulations regime.
• How PPDR radio networks are to be built and operated in the 700 MHz frequency band will be decided on national basis.
Protect important values:
Life and HealthNature and Culture
EconomyStability
Democracy
THREATS THREATS
All countries need systems for Critical Communication
Voice and data arecritical for PPDR
Broadband data will soon become critical for PPDR
Foto Wikimedia commons: division, CSIRO
Commercial networks – PPDR requirements
Priority
Security• Access control• Physical security• Personell clearance• Information handling• Ownership• Operator• Vendors
Functionality• Multicast(?) • Local autonomy
• Power backup• Transmission redundancy
Network hardening
Area coverage• Remote areas• Air‐Ground‐Air
2015: ITU recognizes PPDR needs, and recommends harmonized frequencies for PPDR,
but underlines that PPDR systems must be decided on national level.
2015 and 2016: 3GPP has recognized PPDR needs, and added PPDR functionality to LTE
standard (release 12 and 13)
The Nordic countries have invested heavily in country wide TETRA networks. (5200 base stations
in total in Finland, Norway and Sweden)
Discussion in the Nordic countries: How to strike a balance between offering affordable mobile
services to everyone and at the same time fulfillingfuture PPDR needs for mission critical (broadband)
communication.
Fundamental differences
Commercial mobile networks:
• Objective: Affordable mobile services for all
• Wide international agreements onneed for standardisation, regulation and harmonization.
• Focus on competition, roaming, cost‐effective solutions, cooperation, extreme data rates
• Handsets are now data terminals with voice capability
Public protection and disaster relief (PPDR)
• Objective: Secure and robust criticalcommunication
• Threats see no borders. Increased need for critical cross‐border communication.
• Hardly any cross‐border communication between present networks
• Group voice still essential in the future, alongside data
• A matter for each country to decide
Status: 700 MHz bandIn the Nordic countries
Sweden: Invitation to auction sent out. A Government assignment to set up how to meet the PPDR needs. Target: 700 MHz auction will take place in 2016
Finland: Use not yet decided. A public consultation has been held.Target: 700 MHz auction will take place soon.
Norway: Not yet decided. Regulator has requested furtherinformation on PPDR needsTarget: 700 MHz award in 2018.
Case NorwayDNK cannot recommend a dedicated nationwide LTE network for PPDR
• Not justifiable costs• Challenging to obtain funding for necessary upgrades over public budgets
In reality two remaining solutions, both heavily depending on commercialradio access networks
1) Hybrid network• Today’s TETRA network: 1/5 of all base stations carry 4/5 of the traffic• Rough estimate: 700 LTE base stations would carry a comparable amount• Additional coverage in non profitable areas
2) No dedicated Radio Access Network • Additional coverage in non profitable areas
Next generation PPDR radio systems inside the commercial mobile
networks: Requirements to (all?) mobile
networks• Priority,• Coverage, • Network hardening• Security• Functionality
2020 +Today
TETRA Voice
Data in best effortmobile networks
Critical voiceCritical broadbanddata
5G
Critical communiations is all about the safety of citizens.
The need for critical communication will last as long as we have societies.
If no additional requirements are made, a PPDR network built entirely inside a commercial mobile network will
imply a significantly lower quality of service compared to the current situation (dedicated networks).