Part 2: Applications and Requirements for ARPA-funded Public Safety Network Upgrades
- September 30, 2021
- ARPA, arpa funds, critical communications, network modernization, network upgrades, public safety, Wireless Backhaul
Today, Public Safety networks need to support a growing range of customers, applications, and services. Along with the increasing amount of mission-critical traffic to support public health and emergency responses, most agencies are also supporting traffic involving other agencies, consolidating inter-, intra-, and adjacent agency traffic over a common infrastructure.
Part 1: Putting ARPA Funds to Work in Next Generation Public Safety Networks
- August 12, 2021
- ARPA, backhaul networks, digital records, geographic information system, GIS, GPS data, in-vehicle routers, mission-critical traffic, mobile data connectivity, public safety, smarter wireless applications, Wireless Backhaul, wireless broadband
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 allocates $350 billion to help states, counties, cities, and tribal governments improve their capabilities, infrastructure, and services to better respond to and manage the pandemic. This represents a unique opportunity not only to improve strained backhaul networks for public safety agencies but also to support the advent of 5G and a raft of new public safety applications.