Information and Communication Infrastructure for National Security and Public Safety

Abstract

Creating an information and communication infrastructure for national security and public safety could be central for prevention of and defence against terrorism. The infrastructure should provide robust and secure access for any authorized user of voice and data services across various access technologies, both wireless and fixed. Virtually all types of existing, so called "legacy systems", and new information sources can be made as generally accessible services. The services can be accessed anywhere using existing communication infrastructure and any suitable type of terminal. Which services to access in a certain situation is dynamically controlled so that all for the moment relevant information is made available and adequately presented. If the situation changes and the information need is altered, access to any other of the available services can be established immediately. The service network is based on open commercial network technology that is further developed to fulfill the security, robustness and flexibility requirements of interoperating public safety, national security and defence agencies. Agencies, such as police, fire brigades and ambulance services have traditionally used dedicated systems to handle their communication needs. In many countries this has resulted in a number of incompatible systems meeting only the demands of each separate agency. It is not necessary to have a separate transmission infrastructure; existing commercial and government networks can be reused. A combination of different wireless and fixed technologies such as GSM, CDMA, WCDMA/3G/UMTS/IMT2000, Tetra/Tetrapol, land radio, nationwide networks for Mobitex, wireline telephony, satellite links, radio or microwave links, Internet and WLAN can be used. The infrastructure supports heterogeneous access networks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 25, 2004
Accession Number
ADA457997

Entities

People

  • Magnus Wallmark

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cellular Networks
  • Command And Control
  • Command Centers
  • Computer Network Security
  • Digital Communications
  • Electronic Mail
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Infrastructure
  • Mobile Phones
  • National Security
  • Network Architecture
  • Network Protocols
  • Public Safety
  • Radio Equipment
  • Safety
  • Security
  • Telephone Systems

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.

Technology Areas

  • Space