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700 MHz Broadband
700 MHz Broadband Network Requirements Task Force
Executive Summary Excerpt from the Final Report
Task Force Documents List
700 MHz Links
The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC), at its June 2009 meeting, following
the vote to endorse Long Term Evolution (LTE) as the technology of choice for the Nationwide Broadband
Data System (NBDS), and at the request of the Public Safety Spectrum Trust, also voted to form a 700
MHz Broadband Task Force (BBTF). Over a 60 day period, the BBTF was given the mission to develop the
minimum recommendations necessary to insure roaming and interoperability among Regional Systems that
various Public Safety entities are requesting through waivers filed with the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC).
The instructions to the BBTF included the assumption of the use of LTE technology, recommendation
only of the minimum requirements for roaming and interoperability leaving the Regional Systems free
to design and specify the technical parameters of the system to meet local needs and giving the freedom
to the Regional Systems to employ any additional requirements and applications needed locally beyond
those recommendations in a final report. The task force also recognized the Regional Systems would
be part of the NBDS.
The BBTF organized into three Work Groups – Operations, Technical, and Governance. The BBTF membership
was open to all persons wishing to participate. The work product was openly posted on web sites and the
press was invited to monitor and report progress. Each work group, after much input and discussion, made
recommendations to support the mission and objectives of the BBTF. The specific recommendations are reported
in Section six (6) of the final report.
Final Report Announcement
On September 15, 2009, the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) voted to accept the
700 MHz Broadband Network Requirement Task Force (BBTF) Final Report and to send the report to the Public
Safely Spectrum Trust (PSST). NPSTC is grateful to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office for
Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC) and the Department of Commerce (DOC) Public Safety Communications
Research (PSCR) program for their support and participation in developing this report.
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