Public Safety Communications: How to Maintain Connectivity and Improve Resiliency?

Nada Golmie (1) , Fernando Cintrón (1) , Wesley Garey (1) , Camillo Gentile (1) , David Griffith (1) , Aziza Ben Mosbah (2, 1, 3) , Richard Rouil (1) , Ahmed Soua (1)

1 NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology [Gaithersburg]
2 SAMOVAR - Services répartis, Architectures, MOdélisation, Validation, Administration des Réseaux
3 CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Emergency personnel operating in highly stressed environments may find themselves unable to connect to traditional network access points such as cell towers. In such a situation, the ability to maintain communication services when outside of network coverage and in the event of widespread network failures is essential. The Public Safety Communication Research (PSCR) program has been developing modeling and simulation tools to evaluate different functionalities such as the use of high power transmission and device-to-device (D2D) communications. This talk presents key findings associated D2D communications in a public safety context. In addition, we will show strategies to maintain network coverage in the case of equipment failures or infrastructure loss and what traffic can be sustained in this case.

Domaines: Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]

Nada Golmie, Fernando Cintrón, Wesley Garey, Camillo Gentile, David Griffith, et al.. Public Safety Communications: How to Maintain Connectivity and Improve Resiliency?. Public Safety Broadband Stakeholder Meeting, Jun 2015, San Diego, United States. ⟨hal-01503274⟩