Project MESA Andy Reynolds European ViceChair Service Specification Group Services and Applications

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Project MESAAndy ReynoldsEuropean Vice-Chair
Service Specification Group - Services and
Applicationsandy.reynolds_at_odpm.gsi.gov.ukWorks
hop 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 for Emergency Safety Applications
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Trans-Atlantic collaboration between (Partners)
Project MESA (Users, Regulators, Industry)
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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
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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
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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

• Capability

• Reliability

• Availability

• Maintainability

• Interoperability

• Affordability

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The Key to MESA is...
Spectrum, Specifications and Standards MUST have
built in resilience and can operate irrespective
of organisational and geographical boundaries
Combination of Mobility and bit rates above 2 Mb/s
Whether the system is privately owned by a
government or is a government/commercial
partnership providing a priority service to the
emergency services
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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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Scenario
Hillsborough, 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
Airborne Control
Backhaul Satcom Link
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The MESA Firefighter
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Achievements So Far

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

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

• Statement of Requirements (SoR) produced

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What is Next?

• Encourage further user involvement from other
  organisations and countries

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

• MESA Plenary5, September 25-27, 2002,
  Copenhagen, Denmark

• Preparation for WRC 2003 to deal with Spectrum
  matters

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