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PA-STARNet Briefing

9/17/2007 Slide 1 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Office of Administration—Office of Public Safety Radio Services

Briefing in support of testimony for the Joint Communications and Technology and Emergency Preparedness Committees of the Pennsylvania Senate

Charles Brennan Deputy Secretary for Public Safety Radio

(717) 772-8006 [email protected]

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Original Legislation

Initiated by Pennsylvania Legislative Act 148

(1996), it provided funding for a “communication

and information infrastructure, including

approximately 200 sites located throughout this

Commonwealth for transmission of voice and data

communication connected by a digital microwave

system to form a statewide mobile radio network…”

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Status at end of August 2007

14,825 registered radios

3,421,247 Push-to-Talks during month

17 state agencies using PA-STARNet or in transition

41,275 square miles of radio coverage (91.1% of land area and inland waterways)

231 high-profile tower base stations constructed and operational—tower site construction complete at end of 2007

314 low-profile microcell sites constructed and operational

Up to 1,100 sites in final design (estimated)

Over five times the number of sites originally envisioned in Act 148 of 1996

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Current Operational Coverage

Greene

L= 75.6%R= 74.8%

Delaware

L= 95.0%R= 95.9%

Adams

L= 96.0%R= 96.5%

Philadelphia

L= 97.5%R= 98.7%Fayette

L= 93.2%R= 94.9%

Fulton

L= 98.3%R= 98.6%

York

L= 94.5%R= 95.6%

Chester

L= 95.3%R= 95.5%

Somerset

L= 91.9%R= 90.9%

Franklin

L= 96.3%R= 98.1%

Lancaster

L= 97.6%R= 98.2%

Bedford

L= 93.2%R= 92.3%

Cumberland

L= 99.0%R= 99.7%

Montgomery

L= 95.2%R= 95.5%

Washington

L= 91.0%R= 89.5%

Lebanon

L= 97.6%R= 99.1%

Bucks

L= 94.2%R= 96.4%

Perry

L= 96.8%R= 96.9%

Dauphin

L= 98.4%R= 99.3%

Allegheny

L= 95.5%R= 96.1% Berks

L= 96.1%R= 96.2%Westmoreland

L= 96.2%R= 96.4%

Juniata

L= 96.6%R= 97.1%

Cambria

L= 96.0%R= 95.5%

Huntingdon

L= 95.7%R= 94.7%

Blair

L= 95.2%R= 96.3%

Lehigh

L= 96.7%R= 97.7%

Mifflin

L= 97.4%R= 97.9%

Beaver

L= 94.3%R= 95.0%

Snyder

L= 98.4%R= 98.6%

Indiana

L= 93.3%R= 92.8%

Schuylkill

L= 95.7%R= 95.7%

Northampton

L= 96.5%R= 96.0%

Lawrence

L= 98.9%R= 99.2% Carbon

L= 97.2%R= 98.6%

Union

L= 93.7%R= 96.1%

Armstrong

L= 88.3%R= 88.5%

Montour

L= 99.2%R= 99.0%

Butler

L= 94.3%R= 94.2%

Northumberland

L= 98.0%R= 96.0%

Monroe

L= 97.3%R= 97.7%

Centre

L= 93.7%R= 95.0%

Clearfield

L= 93.1%R= 93.4%

Columbia

L= 95.5%R= 96.7%

Jefferson

L= 92.7%R= 92.6%

Luzerne

L= 96.0%R= 97.1%

Clarion

L= 86.8%R= 88.7%

Clinton

L= 85.1%R= 83.3%

Mercer

L= 97.5%R= 97.5%

Sullivan

L= 84.5%R= 79.2%

Lycoming

L= 83.1%R= 85.2%

Pike

L= 86.5%R= 86.3%

Cameron

L= 81.7%R= 77.3%

Venango

L= 87.3%R= 87.9%

Forest

L= 76.7%R= 75.7% Elk

L= 89.2%R= 87.7%

Lackawanna

L= 96.5%R= 97.0%

Wyoming

L= 92.7%R= 94.1%

Crawford

L= 97.8%R= 97.4%

Susquehanna

L= 87.3%R= 84.7% Wayne

L= 86.5%R= 86.2%

Warren

L= 80.1%R= 80.5%

McKean

L= 73.0%R= 69.2% Potter

L= 69.7%R= 61.0%

Tioga

L= 80.3%R= 76.1%

Bradford

L= 88.3%R= 86.8%

Erie

L= 97.8%R= 98.8%

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With Coverage From Sites in Development

Greene

L= 88.8%R= 87.1%

Delaware

L= 95.6%R= 96.7%

Adams

L= 96.0%R= 96.5%

Philadelphia

L= 97.5%R= 98.7%Fayette

L= 93.9%R= 95.6%

Fulton

L= 98.4%R= 98.6%

York

L= 94.5%R= 95.6%

Chester

L= 95.3%R= 95.5%

Somerset

L= 95.0%R= 93.9%

Franklin

L= 96.3%R= 98.2%

Lancaster

L= 97.6%R= 98.2%

Bedford

L= 95.5%R= 95.0%

Cumberland

L= 99.0%R= 99.7%

Montgomery

L= 95.3%R= 95.7%

Washington

L= 95.0%R= 93.5%

Lebanon

L= 97.6%R= 99.1%

Bucks

L= 94.2%R= 96.4%

Perry

L= 96.8%R= 96.9%

Dauphin

L= 98.4%R= 99.3%

Allegheny

L= 95.5%R= 96.1% Berks

L= 96.1%R= 96.2%Westmoreland

L= 96.3%R= 96.5%

Juniata

L= 98.6%R= 99.1%Cambria

L= 96.0%R= 95.6%

Huntingdon

L= 97.7%R= 96.7%

Blair

L= 95.9%R= 96.7%

Lehigh

L= 96.7%R= 97.7%

Mifflin

L= 97.4%R= 97.9%

Beaver

L= 94.9%R= 95.5%

Snyder

L= 98.4%R= 98.6%

Indiana

L= 95.3%R= 95.0%

Schuylkill

L= 95.7%R= 95.7%

Northampton

L= 96.5%R= 96.0%

Lawrence

L= 99.0%R= 99.2% Carbon

L= 97.2%R= 98.6%

Union

L= 93.7%R= 96.1%

Armstrong

L= 93.2%R= 92.5%

Montour

L= 99.2%R= 99.0%

Butler

L= 95.6%R= 95.6%

Northumberland

L= 98.0%R= 96.0%

Monroe

L= 97.3%R= 97.7%

Centre

L= 94.4%R= 95.3%

Clearfield

L= 94.7%R= 95.4%

Columbia

L= 95.5%R= 96.7%

Jefferson

L= 95.4%R= 95.7%

Luzerne

L= 96.0%R= 97.1%

Clarion

L= 92.1%R= 93.6%

Clinton

L= 88.8%R= 89.7%

Mercer

L= 98.5%R= 98.3%

Sullivan

L= 84.6%R= 79.2%Lycoming

L= 86.1%R= 87.4%

Pike

L= 93.4%R= 93.1%

Cameron

L= 86.0%R= 86.0%

Venango

L= 93.2%R= 94.3%

Forest

L= 85.7%R= 86.4%

Elk

L= 90.4%R= 89.9%

Lackawanna

L= 96.5%R= 97.0%

Wyoming

L= 95.1%R= 96.2%

Crawford

L= 98.1%R= 97.7%

Susquehanna

L= 93.4%R= 91.9%

Wayne

L= 93.6%R= 93.5%

Warren

L= 88.8%R= 91.2%

McKean

L= 80.4%R= 80.1% Potter

L= 80.4%R= 77.5%

Tioga

L= 86.7%R= 85.5%

Bradford

L= 89.4%R= 88.4%

Erie

L= 97.9%R= 98.9%

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Statewide Data Transport Network

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Pennsylvania State Police Mobile Office

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Tower Site

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Microcell Site

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Cell on Wheels (COW)

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Cameron County

#*B Tower Site

#*C Micro-Cell Site

Tower Site Footprint

Micro-Cell Footprint

Tower vs. Microcell Coverage

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PennDOT Radio Deployment

GreeneDelaware

Adams

Philad

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phia

Fayette Fulton York

Chester

Somerset

Franklin

LancasterBedford

Cumberland

MontgomeryWashington

LebanonBucksPerry Dauphin

Allegheny

Berks

Westmoreland

Juniata

Cambria

Huntingdon

Blair

LehighMifflin

BeaverSnyder

IndianaSchuylkill

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Carbon

Union

Armstrong

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Butler

Northumberland

Monroe

Centre

Clearfield

ColumbiaJefferson

LuzerneClarion

ClintonMercer

Sullivan

LycomingPike

CameronVenango

Forest

Elk

Lack

awanna

Wyoming

Crawford

Susquehanna

Wayne

Warren McKean

Potter

Tioga Bradford

Erie

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State Police Radio Deployment

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W Y O M I N G

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Mitigation of Radio Frequency Interference

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Examples of System Use

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Agencies Using PA-STARNet

Department of Transportation

Office of Attorney General

Department of Health

Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA)

Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole

Department of Military and Veterans Affairs

Civil Air Patrol

Department of Environmental Protection

Department of Corrections

Pennsylvania State Police

Public Utility Commission

Office of Administration Public Safety Radio Services

Administrative Services

Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture

Legislature House of Representatives Security

Senate Security

Department of General Services (DGS) Capitol Police Department

Fire, Safety, Maintenance

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Office of Homeland Security

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Budget: History of Expenditures

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Timeline, Capital Appropriations

Project Beginning

1997: $179 million in Act 148 of 1996

1999: $43 million in Act 35

2000–2003: $15.6 million augmented from operating funds

Total $237.6 million

Additional Appropriations

2004: $10.5 million augmented from operating funds

2005: $3.9 million inflationary increase

2005–2006: $59 million in Act 40 of 2004, Act 83 of 2006

Total $73.4 million

Cumulative Total: $311 million ($238M + $73M)

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Timeline, Capital Expenditures

July 2003 $221 million total usage

123% of original $179 million appropriation

61% coverage, or 27,000 square miles

July 2007 $296 million total usage

$75 million additional usage

Increase from 61% coverage to 91% coverage

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Costs in Perspective

PSP to be project manager for new 800 MHz radio network

Pennsylvania estimated to need 298 sites

Total cost estimated at $380,967,962

At 3% per year inflation = $560 million today

Pennsylvania State Police (PSP): SE Technologies Study, January 1995

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Comparison With County System Cost

Cumberland County - $6 million

Dauphin County—$25 million

Lancaster County—$20 million

Lebanon County—$10 million

Philadelphia County—$50 million

York County—$32 million

Six systems purchased since 1998:

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Comparison With County Systems (cont’d)

Combined cost: $143,000,000

Combined land area, square miles: 3,500

Average cost per square mile: $40,000

Cost if PA-STARNet was built on these assumptions: $1.8 billion

Six systems purchased since 1998:

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Project Challenges: Historical Perspective

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iXP Findings, 2004 Study

Major Risks:

Commonwealth acting as its own integrator

Deploying a system with no prior history in installations of this size

No legislation changes to expedite the site acquisition process

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Cost and Schedule Drivers

Commonwealth decision to build rather than buy a radio system

Commonwealth decision to become the integrator

Commonwealth decision not to hire a site acquisition firm

Bankruptcy of tower site construction firm (Rohn)

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Extensive new requirements for interoperability with counties

Nextel interference and FCC rebanding requirements

Commonwealth did not include specifications for roadway coverage or coverage for:

Schools, hospitals, nuclear power plants, PNC Park, Little League World Series, Beaver Stadium (Penn State), tunnels, military indoor portable coverage (Fort Indiantown Gap), unique agency requirements

Cost and Schedule Drivers (cont’d)

Additional requirements not in original contract:

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Landmass vs. Roadway Coverage

Cameron County Sites and Coverage

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What the System Can Do

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Conventional bandwidth use

Single Channel

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TDMA two-slot technology

Single Channel

Two Talk Groups

Packets from VG 1

Packets from VG 2

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TDMA four-slot technology

Single Channel

Four Talk Groups

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Some Unique Features

Radio on a PC: VIP Console

Vehicular Tactical Repeater: VTAC

Off-network capabilities

Over-the-Air Reprogramming: OTAR

TDMA two-slot and four-slot technologies

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County Interoperability

GreeneDelaware

Adams

Philad

el

phia

Fayette Fulton York

Chester

Somerset

Franklin

LancasterBedford

Cumberland

MontgomeryWashington

LebanonBucksPerry Dauphin

Allegheny

Berks

Westmoreland

Juniata

Cambria

Huntingdon

Blair

LehighMifflin

BeaverSnyder

IndianaSchuylkill

Northampto

n

Lawrence

Carbon

Union

Armstrong

M

on

tou

r

Butler

Northumberland

Monroe

Centre

Clearfield

ColumbiaJefferson

LuzerneClarion

ClintonMercer

Sullivan

LycomingPike

CameronVenango

Forest

Elk

Lack

aw

anna

Wyoming

Crawford

Susquehanna

Wayne

Warren McKean

Potter

Tioga Bradford

Erie

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Looking Forward…….

Transition more PSP stations and more agencies

FCC rebanding mandates

Continue higher pace of construction and installation of microcell sites

Coverage along state and township roads.

Interoperability with 67 Pennsylvania counties through 911 centers

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Contact:

Charles Brennan Deputy Secretary for Public Safety Radio (717) 772-8006 [email protected]

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