Book Description

This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Effective emergency response is dependent on wireless commun. To minimize commun. failures during and after a crisis requires ongoing improvements in emergency commun. capacity and capability. The availability of radio frequency spectrum is considered essential to developing a modern, interoperable commun. network for public safety. Equally critical is building the radio network to use this spectrum. Contents of this report: (1) Issues Before Congress; Commun. Infrastructure; (2) Proposals for Spectrum Assignment: Broadband Plans and the D Block; Narrowband Radio Plans; FCC Policy Objectives; (3) Providing Structure; Funding; Governance; Role of the Fed. Gov¿t.; Managing Technology and Spectrum Resources. Illustrations.