Interoperable Communications Technical Assistance Program ICTAP

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Interoperable Communications Technical Assistance
Program(ICTAP)
Prepared for the State of Idaho Statewide
Interoperability Executive Council (SIEC)

• 30 September 2004

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Todays ICTAP Agenda

• Feasibility Study Status
• Other ICTAP Tasking

6/24/04
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Feasibility Study Status

• The ICTAP Team has collected data from the 50
  sites
• The surveys schedule for this week will conclude
  the site visits
• no further visits are planned
• The staff is reviewing data and plotting coverage
  maps
• The final report is scheduled for release in
  Mid-December

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Feasibility Study

• ICTAP feasibility study consist of the following
• Site surveys of existing State RF radio sites and
  infrastructure
• Data capture of existing State RF equipment
• Data from questionnaires
• RF coverage using existing LMR equipment and
  infrastructure _at_ 460 MHz vs 700 MHz
• Interoperability of RF frequency bands VHF, UHF,
  700 MHz and 800 MHZ

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Feasibility Study

• What the SIEC can expect from the feasibility
  study
• ICTAPs study of the states radio communications
  equipment will help the SIEC obtain a clear
  understanding of
• The conditions of the states RF / Microwaves
  sites
• Current inventory of states existing
  RF/Microwave equipment infrastructure
• Feasibility of radio coverage for the State of
  Idaho proposed statewide 700Mhz radio
  communications system as compared to a UHF state
  wide system
• The interoperability of radio communications for
  first responders using frequency bands in the
  VHF,UHF, 800MHz and proposed 700MHz radio
  systems.

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Other ICTAP Tasking

• St Alphonsus repeater whitepaper
• Develop report queries for equipment data
• Request for services from
• Boundary County
• Boise County
• Canyon County

6/24/04