[TheList] NGCC

Sun Sep 29 18:13:34 AEST 2019

I think you've misunderstood NGCC.  It can take advantage of cellular
service, yes. But it's still got a LMR component because this is required
where cellular service is not available.
The idea is that it's layered.

Try
https://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/publication/next-generation-critical-communications-ngcc
and particularly
https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/publications/ngcc-reference_architecture.pdf

On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 5:57 PM Radio Engineering <
radio.restorations at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can see this turning into a three-ring-circus.
> The Christchurch earthquakes showed how unreliable the cellular system is.
> Most cellsites went down within an hour of losing mains power, and when
> generators were sent out to re-power them they ended up being stolen.
> Recently the government wanted to use the cellular network as a national
> reporting system for Civil Defence to alert people to emergency situations.
> Same scenario - if we have a decent quake here the cellular infrastructure
> won't cut it.
> Now they want to use it as the primary means for emergency services
> communications?
> Tell me I'm missing something here.
>
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