For the past 30 years or so, critical communications users around the globe have had access to highly reliable, secure, mainly voice-centric mobile radiocommunications solutions. As Full 5G comes ever closer, we are in the process of developing & delivering the mission-critical communications platform that will serve our community - & wider society - for the next 30 years. We must move forward steadfastly in a more agile, collaborative way to deliver next-generation services & applications, many of which we can barely manage today. Failure is not an option!

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CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS
ALL THE WAY TO THE EDGE
(Delivering the tools first responders,
critical users & modern societies
need & deserve in a more agile way)
Peter Clemons, Chief Innovator, Quixoticity
November 28th 2019 - Melbourne

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The past & present of critical communications
• 1990s (& before)
Wide-area repeaters
Analogue technology
Mobile/vehicle units; Bulky portables
Voice + status messages
National standards; national champions
1G cellular – 2G in development
• 2000
Introduction of global, digital standards (TETRA, P25)
Roll-out of nationwide public safety networks
Separate spectrum for CNI networks
Voice + status + single-slot/multi-slot data
DAWS/TEDS/Project MESA
2G/2.5G cellular – 3G in development
• 2010
Mature, reliable, narrowband TETRA/P25/DMR networks
Wide range of services & applications – control room integration
Early PoC/PTT solutions based on OMA POC standards
Evaluation of MC broadband: WiMAX, LTE, TETRA 3 etc.
Increased focus on spectrum requirements, features, use-cases
3G cellular – 4G in development
• 2019
TETRA/P25/DMR still going strong for mission-critical voice
3GPP MCX standards fully developed for voice, data & video
4 ETSI MCPTT/MCX Plugtests already carried out
Pioneer MC-LTE networks, FirstNet/ESN/SafeNet etc. moving forward at
different speeds
Large number of nationwide “PSMB” projects
USA, EU & Asia-Pac research/support increasing
4G cellular – 5G in development
2 News Stories from Critical Communications Today (November 21st 2019):
- Berlin Police Force awards 10-year TETRA service contract to Motorola Solutions
- Sepura & Abiom to completely refresh Dutch National Police’s TETRA terminal fleet

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The key ingredients of a future solution:
an extremely simplified view
hiding extreme complexity!
SPECTRUM GLOBAL STANDARDS
HIGHLY SECURE, AVAILABLE,
RELIABLE, AFFORDABLE,
INTEROPERABLE, SUSTAINABLE
OPEN PLATFORMS

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Spectrum
• Life-blood of all past, present & future communications
• Range, speed & services
• Coverage – low-band (400 MHz, 700 MHz, commercial LTE)
• Capacity – mid-band (2.3 GHz, 3.5 GHz, up to 7.125 GHz)
• Extreme BB – high-band (24/26 GHz + higher)
• Ownership, access, control, volumes (economics)
• Dedicated
• Shared – commercial, utilities, railways, airports/ports
• Unlicensed
• Regionally/globally standardised/harmonised
• Bandwidth, FDD/TDD, interference, carrier aggregation,
in-building, rural, maritime, non-terrestrial, ad hoc….

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Global standards
Project Co-ordination Group (PCG)
TSG RAN
Radio Access
Network
TSG SA
Service & Systems
Aspects
TSG CT
Core Network &
Terminals
RAN WG1
Radio Layer 1 spec
SA WG1
Services CT WG1
MM/CC/SM (lu)
RAN WG2
Radio Layer 2 spec
Radio Layer 3 RR
spec
SA WG2
Architecture
CT WG3
Interworking with
external networks
RAN WG3
lub spec, lur spec, lu
spec
UTRAN O&M
requirements
SA WG3
Security
CT WG4
MAP/GTP/BCH/SS
RAN WG4
Radio Performance
Protocol aspects
SA WG4
Codec
CT WG6
Smart Card
Application Aspects
RAN WG5
Mobile Terminal
Conformance
Testing
SA WG5
Telecom
Management
RAN WG6
Legacy RAN radio
and protocol
SA WG6
Mission-critical
applications
~3GPP TSG Structure
~60 Formal Liaisons
Projects ISGs
CYBER ARF
EMTEL ENI
LI MEC
OSM NFV
RT SAI
TCCE ZSM
Subset of groups……
~20 Market
Representation Partners

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Full interoperability
Mission-Critical Open Platform
(MCOP)
ETSI 4th MCX
Plugtests
Participants
3GPP SA6
Open APIs

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The inexorable rise of Open Source:
Linux Foundation: SDOs + OS = Harmonization 2.0

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Full (Real) “5G” = Open-Everything
• In 2019, we’re still in the 4G Era, on our way to “5G” (IMT-2020)
• Pockets of “full 5G” in 2020; widespread deployments circa 2025
• SDN/NFV > Cloud Native Network Functions
• Fully standardised, open interfaces & open APIs
• Open, disaggregated, programmable RAN/core/transport/edge(s)
enabling static & dynamic network slicing
• Fixed-mobile-wireless convergence platform for new services &
applications
• Fully automated telco cloud/edge for low-latency, reliable,
optimised compute, storage & networking
• CI/CD/CS (Continuous Security/Security-By-Design)(No need for
another generation)
• Near-real-time continuous improvements driven by customer needs
• Fully secure, self-healing, automated & orchestrated network
underlays & overlays supporting mission-critical services

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The collapsing centre v the empowered edge
• Institutions in crisis
• Financial crisis
• Climate crisis
• Rise in uncertainty
• Vacuum of global leadership
• Generational tensions
• Grid-locked megacities
• Search for new models
• Return of people power?
• Disintermediating the intermediaries
• New, emerging forms of value
• Virtual spaces/communities
• Distributed autonomous organisations
• Glocalisation
V

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PSMB (Public Safety Mobile Broadband) deployments
Increased efforts around the globe
• Public safety first?
• Legislation, regulation, coverage obligations
• Dedicated/shared spectrum/core/RAN?
• Private network(s)?
• Gov-owned/MNO/(S-)MVNO/…?
• Nationwide/regional/local?
• Multi-agency? Multi-sector co-operation?
• 4G? 5G? All-G/multi-RAT? PNFs/VNFs/CNFs?
• Time-line(s)
• Funding/leadership/operational model(s)
• National/international roaming?
• Standards-based MCPTT/MCX?
• Co-creation, CI/CD, innovation: advanced services
(video/AR/VR/MR/XR/UAV/C-V2X/AI/ML etc.)?
• Integration with control rooms/smart cities etc.?
• IGOF, Quixoticity Index 2020-2030 …………

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How do we speed up adoption
of this new platform?
• Visionary leadership from the very top to create right legal/regulatory
framework & put “public safety first”
• Investment in people, technology, R&D, new ideas
• Communication, engagement & fulfilment from top to bottom of organisation
& between organisations
• Promote a culture of openness, collaboration & agility
• Ruthless adoption of best-practice/best-in-class from around the globe
• Ruthless opposition to legacy mindset/vested interests by encouraging new
players with new innovative solutions & new ideas
• Encourage a strong, vibrant, local ecosystem
• Test, test & test again in real-world scenarios with buy-in/input/feedback
from real users
• Set realistic, achievable, sensible time-table/targets & stick to them! Build
trust one step at a time
• Hire more millennials!
• #Successincooperation !!!

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Working towards: Public Safety as a Service (PSaaS)
• Public safety first/mission-critical-grade,
end-to-end network fabric
• Secure-by-design
• Fully open, modular, cloud-native platform
• Service-based: flexible, responsive with full
visibility for authorised personnel
• CI/CD/CS; Closed-loop automation
• Based on global standards, but sensitive to
local requirements & conditions
• Always a work-in-progress; continuously
improving; smart, deep-learning fabric that
underpins carbon-neutral, resilient
cities/nations
• Self-funded by the generation of massive
social value within an evolved, next-
generation society that has developed a
new, fairer, more balanced value system
• Compatible with all 17 SDGs & future goals
set by humanity & our creations
• “Pie in the sky” or a human imperative?
March 2015 NGMN White Paper:
5G Architecture/Blueprint

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2030 could be heaven ………… or hell
It’s our choice!
Let’s focus on the (SD)Goals,
not meaningless exponential growth!

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Is Critical Communications World in search of …?
Or maybe a bit of both?

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So wtf are you to lecture me this morning
about critical communications?
• Born & raised in Southampton, UK (from where Titanic set sail)
• Studied at Bristol (UK) & San Simon (Cochabamba, Bolivia) Universities
• Linguist, Philosopher, Sociologist, Thatcher Exile & Alternative Economist
• Socioeconomic development projects in Bolivia
• First TETRA report in 1996
• Founding Chairman, TETRA SME Group (2001)
• Former Director, Board Member, TCCA
• Founder, Quixoticity – 2012
• Full member, ETSI, 3GPP
• Global Advisor, Genaker (Spanish MCX solutions provider)
• Strong advocate/supporter, United Nations SDGs
• Life-long learner
• 8th Comms Connect Melbourne

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