Emergency Digital Paging over Public Television (eDPPT)

Device Solutions and Wireless Research Center teamed to develop a prototype digital paging system for emergency responders using public television ATSC 3.0.Leveraging open standards, broadcast and public safety infrastructure, modern network devices, and new wireless electronics, our approach is to provide responders and incident commanders with improved pager coverage and capacity, quicker dispatching, and messaging details for improved situational awareness.Piggybacking emergency dispatches on ATSC 3.0 transmissions removes the requirement for the emergency management community to invest in new transmitters, significantly reducing upgrade and ownership costs.The design will be based on Phase I proposed open standards, enabling individual Public Safety Access Points (PSAPs) and emergency services entities to configure their local system.The extensible design supports additional emergency information such as maps, images, text, etc., that are unavailable in conventional paging systems.Included in the development: 1.Prototype server including enhancements to the proof of concept APS2 server developed in Phase I and the Triveni Digital Transport Encoder to improve performance, improve reliability, and implement additional features 2.Prototype receivers including standalone and smartphone companion versions 3.Companion applications for Android and IOS devices 4.Receiver antenna modeling and development and modeling of signal propagation 5.Test planning and execution including identification of ATSC 3.0 transmitters, cooperating jurisdictions within the coverage area, data collection and analysis 6.Standardization including coordinating with the ATSC 3.0 committees and relevant emergency response standards bodies to draft standards7.Search for domestic receiver ASIC development partners