# Presentation: 565912

## Roman W. Kaluta
December 18, 2007

- Roman W. Kaluta
- December 18, 2007

**LMR – IP Overview Briefing****for the****Joint Advisory Committee on Communications Capabilities of Emergency Medical and Public Health Care Facilities**** **

- Copyright © 2007 Raytheon Company. All rights reserved.
*Customer Success Is Our Mission* is a trademark of Raytheon Company.

## Lieutenant Roman W. Kaluta, (Retired, Alexandria Police, Virginia)

*Director, Interoperability Solutions – Public Safety Liaison*
- Raytheon JPS Communications, Regional and Wide Area Interoperability Solutions, since December 2002
- Twenty-five year veteran of the Alexandria Virginia Police Department
- Project Manager, Justice Department’s NIJ/AGILE Program, communications interoperability operational test bed
- Professional experience includes critical incident management, specialized investigations, technology applications and policy and procedure development
- Graduate, FBI National Academy 188th Session, DEA Drug Commander’s Academy

## Company History and Technology Profile

- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), with 2004 sales of $20.2 billion, is an industry leader in defense and government electronics, space, information technology, technical services, and business and special mission aircraft. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 80,000 people worldwide.

- Founded 1988 by an engineering team from ITT Mackay
- Acquired by Raytheon December 2002
- Years of Interoperability – LMR & IT Experience
- Systems Integrator
- Products - Solutions:
***Interoperability equipment, radio integration expertise***
***Wide Area Interoperability Systems (WAIS)***
***LMR – IP Integration - Convergence (LMR – IP SIP Interface)***
***Fixed – Transportable – Mobile – Tactical “Scalable COTS Solutions”***
***Radio / Telephone Interfaces***
***Voters***
***Remote Radio Channel Changing***
***P25CC P25 Channel Controller***
***Mobile Digital In-Car Video Systems***
***24/7 Customer Support***
- State of the Art Signal Processing (DSP) Technologies
- Fully Network Compatible – VOIP/ROIP/SIP
- Reliable Hardware Resources =  Redundancy & Mission Assurance
- Radio Vendor Neutral – Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS)
- Compliments – Enhances Existing Infrastructure / Expands Capabilities
- Scaleable – Affordable - Proven

- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), with 2006 sales of $20.3 billion, is an industry leader in defense and government electronics, space, information technology, technical services, and business and special mission aircraft. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 73,000 people worldwide.

- Be the very best at enhancing the effectiveness of communications systems through world class people and technology.

## Raytheon Technology

- SNV-12 ***Voter***

- NXU-2A
***Network Extension Unit***

- RTU-292
***Radio/Telephone***
***Interface Unit***

- ACU-T

- ACU-M

- ARA-1 SIP
***Analog Radio Adapter***

- ACU & WAIS Software

- ACU-1000

- P25CC
***P25 Channel Controller***

- Votan Calisto ***Digital In-Car Video***

- ACU-2000 IP

## Specifically, the Joint Advisory Committee is to assess:
Specific communications capabilities and needs of emergency medical and public health care facilities, including the improvement of basic voice, data, and broadband capabilities;
Options to accommodate growth of basic and emerging communications services used by emergency medical and public health care facilities; and
Options to improve integration of communications systems used by emergency medical and public health care facilities with existing or future emergency communications networks.  

*Specific communications capabilities and needs of emergency medical and public health care facilities, including the improvement of basic voice, data, and broadband capabilities;*
- Options to accommodate growth of basic and emerging communications services used by emergency medical and public health care facilities; and
- Options to improve integration of communications systems used by emergency medical and public health care facilities with existing or future emergency communications networks.

## Interoperability Continuum

- Our technologies are commonly deployed in various manners:
- Fixed Site Installation
- Transportable Systems
- Mobile Applications
- Tactical Units
- Not just a “Gateway or Bridging System Device” – LMR to IP Interface
- These types of deployments compliment one another and serve multiple purposes:
- Large scale local and regional systems – LMR and IP integration
- On site Interoperability and Operability Support
- Tactical deployments
- Stand Up lost infrastructure
- Qualities:
- Distributive Design
- Neither Computer or Network Reliant
- Computer and Network capable
- Scalable to customer’s needs and desired solutions
- Versatile – not limited to the type of radios – frequencies – systems used
- Field Configurable – TX/RX Audio Level and Delays, VOX – COR – VMR squelch types, ping pong suppression
- Use Existing Infrastructure
- COTS Equipment – Standards Based

-  Technology Summary

## LMR and IP Convergence

- Public Safety, Private Industry and the Military are actively integrating IP based solutions for voice and data applications
- IP solutions such as VOIP/ROIP provide additional coverage, back haul and redundancy to LMR systems, numerous benefits exist:
- Comprehensive interoperability between radio, telephony, IP phone, and PC users
- Dynamic, multi agency and multi tenant control of communications resources
-  Advanced, policy-based response for incident management
- Open Standards – Supports Voice – Data – Video integration
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Office of Law Enforcement Standards
- Sponsored by the Office for Interoperability and Compatibility
- Established VOIP for Public Safety working group with representation by public safety and industry
- Provides standards and compliance testing to ensure systems work together
- Provides guidance to industry to make available “Open Standard” products

## JPS Offers

- A low cost solution that is available now
- Compatible with existing radio and network systems
- Backward Compatible – Upgradeable - Scalable
- Networkable and scalable solutions meet the changing demands of customers
- A standard - NORTHCOM estimates that JPS holds a 70% market share in CONUS
- Our technology has a modular design that allows agencies to purchase what they currently require with the ability to upgrade and expand their system later.
- With the JPS solution, agencies can use their existing equipment. They don’t have to purchase a new radio system.
- Agencies have the option of networking their systems to create a wide area interoperability system to maximize their investment.
- Our solution enables the connection of various devices including: Sprint -Nextel, IP Phone systems, SATCOM.
- Raytheon’s products are available on numerous purchasing contracts
- No recurring expenses to operate - free 24/7 support.

- The most economical, widely fielded, proven solution

## Raytheon IP Technology

- The RoIP technologies are network compatible providing remote and multiple points of control, availability of additional resources over an IP infrastructure and redundancy.
- The ACU-2000 IP and ARA-1 technologies provide a seamless interface between a radio and an IP-based network using SIP. This brings to existing SIP networks all of the features inherent in a radio system, including the ability to wirelessly reach otherwise inaccessible areas.
- The ACU-2000 IP enables communications between two-way radio systems and IP telephones, networks, and devices.
- The ACU and NXU technologies offer a full suite of network capabilities including:
- Controlling large interoperability systems via IP
- Remote channel changing over IP
- GUI Interface for simple setup and control
- Distributed network design to ensure continuity of local operations during network failure

## IP – LMR Integration

## Health Care Systems Installed

**BJC Health Care – St. Louis, MO**
- This system connects 12 sites across the eastern half of the state of Missouri from Columbia on the west (125 miles) to East Alton Illinois on the east and south to the city of Sullivan. The 12 sites consist of 11 hospitals and 1 home health care facility.  Primary use of the system is for emergency management operations between sites.  The main site is located at Barnes Jewish Medical Center just west of downtown St. Louis and consists of a fully loaded ACU-1000.  Monthly “roll calls” are performed to insure that all links are active and functioning properly.  All modules are operated in the monitor mode so that dispatch can monitor all activity on the network and control patching as required.  The system has been running for 6 months with plans to add additional sites (requires 2nd shelf) in the future.  The system connects conventional simplex channels, repeater channels and LTR trunking systems with no interface problems what so ever.
**Missouri Hospital Association**
- This system was originally designed to provide communications between 15 rapid response trailers equipped with emergency medical supplies and a complete communications package designed around the ACU-M.  Each trailer is also equipped with a satellite communications package which provides the back haul for the ACU equipment to the Department of Health and Human Services building in Jefferson City, Mo.  The Jefferson City location has a dual shelf ACU-2000IP system to provide interconnectivity between field units and the command center as well as access to PSTN and other fixed radio systems.  This system has just been completed and initial testing is underway with positive results thus far.

## Health Care Systems Installed

- University of Kansas – Kansas City Kansas
- This system is designed to map three Sprint/Nextel talk groups to three talk groups on the 800 MHZ Smart Net system.  It was originally thought that there would be 8 or 9 talk groups connected so the system is a dual shelf ACU-1000.  The 2nd shelf is being configured for a back up to the first shelf until the need arises for additional capacity.  The system is installed but not functional as yet due to the fact that facilities management has not provided the talk group information so that the iDen units can be properly programmed.  The system is however, installed and ready to go.
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Systems – Detroit
- This system is similar to the BJC system only larger.  The main site at corporate headquarters in downtown Detroit has a dual shelf ACU-1000 which controls 5 remote sites with 3 channels per site.  This system is installed but waiting on the IT department to resolve some of the address issues they are having.  Once fully operational, it is expected that this system will be expanded to serve additional hospitals.
- Air Ambulance Services
- Several Air Ambulance services are using various combinations of ACU/NXU technology to connect remote bases for dispatch and flight following purposes.  This application has great potential.

## Stars Emergency Link Centre: ARA Deployment

## Raytheon Training/Support

- Systems Integration
- 24 - 7 Factory Customer Support
- Comprehensive Training Classes
- Factory Training Monthly in  Raleigh, NC
- On-Site Training Tailored to Customers Needs
- Factory Engineering Services
- Field Applications Engineers
- Systems & Applications Engineering
- Field Assistance – Assessments
- Raytheon Corporate Resources
- Extensive Dealer Network
- Online Discussion Board – Forum
- Monthly Electronic Newsletter ACULink
- Interoperability Handbook

## Largest Installed Base

- Metropolitan Interoperability Radio System; DC (MIRS)
- Maryland Incident Management Interoperable Communications System (MIMICS)
- Alabama Statewide Interoperability System (Fixed and Mobile)
- Los Angeles Regional Tactical Communications System (LARTCS)
- North Carolina State Highway Patrol WAIS System
- Alamo Area Council of Governments, Texas
- US Department of Justice “25 Cities Project”
- Mississippi Interoperability
- Austin District Office – Texas DPS – Interoperability Proof of Concept Site
- California Highway Patrol Statewide Project
- Virginia Department of Transportation VOIP Network
- Lakewood, Colorado  Interoperability System (ONDCP – CTAC)
- National Guard WMD/CST (Camp Blanding Fixed Site Jacksonville Florida)
- Private Industry: *Argonne National Labs - John Deere - American University*
- BJC Health Care – St. Louis, MO
- Missouri Hospital Association
- University of Kansas – Kansas City Kansas
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Systems – Detroit
- Air Ambulance Services
- US Center for Disease Control (CDC)
- P25CC P-25 Beta Project: Wisconsin
- 2006 MLB All-Star Game
- Hurricane Katrina and Rita Relief 2005
- Hurricane Charley Relief 2004
- 5 Previous Super Bowls (2005 NFC Championship Game)
- Past 2 Presidential Inaugurations (RNC New York City 2004)
- NCAA Final Four 2004 San Antonio Texas
- Maryland – DC - Virginia Sniper Incident (2002)
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Shooting Baldwin Park CA September 2003
- 2002 Winter Olympics

## Raytheon JPS Communications

- Contact information:
- Roman W. Kaluta, director
- Interoperability Solutions – Public Safety Liaison
- 919-865-1214
- roman.kaluta@jps.com