SDO Emergency Services Workshop

Indiana Wireless Direct Network

Byron Smith

Introductions

Indiana Wireless Advisory Board collects and distributes money portfolio limited to wireless 911

INdigital Telecom Contractor for Indiana Wireless Direct

Project

Byron Smith Architect and Head Developer

Board Movers and Shakers

improving wireless E911

overseen by the State Treasurer Tim Berry, outgoing Treasurer Richard Mourdock, Treasurer

elect Ken Lowden - ENP,

Executive Director

INdigital Telecom

Privately held Indiana CorporationOwned by 11 Independent Telephone CompaniesFacilities-based CLEC operating in Northeastern IndianaA stakeholder in Indiana Fiber NetworkWon the Indiana Wireless Advisory Board’s IWDN project in a competition

A bit about me

Came to Telecom in 1992 from academiaMS from Purdue (Computer Science),

additional graduate work University of Illinois at ChicagoRecruited by Marc Linsner (and others) to Sprint, 15 years in public safety

Indiana Wireless Direct Project

Board unhappy with performance and cost of “grafted-on” wireless 911 solutionBoard was aware of the Kansas city area MARC projectHired L. Robert Kimball & Associates as consultants to do “wireless direct.”

History of the project

2003 Kimball “Feasibility study” 2004 RFI, responses, and competition2005 Contract negotiations and startup2006 Part I – “Crossroads” project

(SS7 trunking and consolidation)2007 Part II – “IN911” project

(IP network to PSAPs)

Original Wireless Network

Wireless MSC to ILEC Selective Router Facilities

MSC

MSC

MSC

ILEC SR

ILEC SR

ILEC SR

ILEC SRMSC

(32 MSCs) (17 ILEC SRs)(etc.)

Crossroads trunk consolidation

Crossroads Wireless MSC to ILEC SR Facilities

MSC

MSC

MSC

SR

SR

ILEC SR

ILEC SR

ILEC SR

ILEC SR

New Selective routers

b) SS7 links(32 MSCs)

MSC

(15 ILEC SRs)

Stats and Status• Indiana has:

• 11 wireless carriers

• 91 counties take 9-1-1 calls (Warren/Fountain are consolidated)

• 171 emergency communication centers (PSAPs)

• ~ 143 PSAPs take wireless 911 calls

• Crossroads handles 5000 – 7000 calls per day.

• Current info at: www.in911.net

IN911 network

All IP networkMeets NENA requirements for “NG 911” IP infrastructure: Private, firewalled Redundant Diverse Monitored

IN911 Network Components

PSAP

PSAP

PSAP

PSAP

SecurePrivateDiverse

Redundant

IPNetwork

Gateway

Gateway

MSC

MSC

MSC

SR

SR

SS7 links ALIDBAdmin

ALIDB

Gateway

Gateway

PSAP

PSAP

IN911 BackboneDedicated STS-1 on diverse SONET fiber ringDedicated CISCO “RPR” ring16 “POP”s on ring, at least one POP in every LATANo single-point of failureLeased from Indiana Fiber Network

IN911 Backbone POP detail

IFN POP Site Detail

SONETFiberRPRRing

Cisco 3745IP router

Cisco 3745IP router

100 MegEthernet

PSAP

PSAP PSAP

PSAP

DS1

DS1

DS1 Chain

(This equipment at IFN connection site)(start/end of additional DS1PSAP chain.)

DS1

IN911 PSAP detail (typical)

Typical IN911 PSAP terminations

Cisco28xx

Cisco28xx

VoIP PSAP equip

Ethernet switch Ethernet switch

Dual DS1 connections to IN911 network

TraditionalANI/ALIcontroller

VoIPPSAP equipment

or

ethernet

CAMA trunks

ALI data

PSAP site equipment

Real-world PSAP installation

Detractor’s view of installation

IN911 Status map

Real time, actual network statusShows DS1s leaving backbone POP and interconnecting PSAPsA mesh architectureEconomy: Redundancy at cost of less then 1.5 DS1s per PSAP, DS1 distance average width of countyhttp://www.in911.net/

Stats and Status

IN911 presently carries 25% of the daily traffic (1500 calls / day)IN911 is in the “back room” of PSAPs in 63 of the 92 countiesIN911 currently delivers voice and ANI to ~ 40 PSAPsIN911 currently delivers ALI data to ~ 25 PSAPs

IN911 protocols

IP: TCP, UDP, EIRGP, BGP, othersSIP, RTP, etc.CPLXML, HTTP, etcSS7: TCAP, AIN, ISUPAnd “traditional” CAMA/Enhanced MF, PAM, E2+, and RS-232 serial data!

We have come a long way, baby!

Graphic visualization of live traffic

http://www.in911.net/

And from recent history:http://www.quake.in911.net/

The bottom line…

nearly a million calls in 2006over two million calls in 2007average 6000 calls every 24 hoursimproved call delivery speed, accuracy, redundancy, and lower costan infrastructure we can build on for the future.

Transitioning to Next Generation

Moving beyond 9.6k data and MF signalingCreating redundancy, high availabilityRoad mapping the future text messages to 911 pictures to 911 OnStar and ATX crash information to 911

Delivering expanded data

Forklift upgrades aren’t an optionData delivery improvementsoffer a lower cost path to the futureWe want to get more information,and more accurate information onthe dispatch screen

A metro area PSAP

A rural PSAP

Which PSAP has what they need?

Where Technology Happens

wireless calls in ALIviewer

wireline calls in ALIviewer

Q&Absmith@indigital.net

260-469-2010