The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) has implemented a statewide digital microwave backbone infrastructure that is used to transport communications voice and data information for 161 public safety agencies throughout the State of Wisconsin. The information that is transported on the microwave system includes but is not limited to: routine daily voice communications, incident voice communications, driver license, license plate, criminal history, road sensor and Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN) information. Other low bandwidth roadway data that has or will be earmarked for transport by the statewide backbone infrastructure are included as well. The transported information is or will be available to Transportation Operating Centers (TOC), dispatch centers, public safety vehicles and emergency management centers. The reason this funding was requested is that the WisDOT needed to expand and upgrade the statewide backbone infrastructure into in rural areas that presently do not have radio coverage. Public safety agencies in these areas cannot access the information that is available to agencies within the radio coverage areas. Most of the information that is transported on the backbone infrastructure is of a critical nature. Agencies not able to receive the information that is pertinent to their activity at any given time have a substantial safety risk. This risk does not only affect the agency itself but also affects the general public of which some portion is involved in most incidents either directly or indirectly. Part of the reason for the critical nature of the coverage in rural areas is that many times public safety personnel work alone. Their only help comes from the information that they can receive from the radio communications infrastructure they operate on. The statewide microwave backbone infrastructure allows them access to any information they need to efficiently and safely perform their duties.


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    Title :

    State Patrol Mobile Data Communications Network Final Report and Local Evaluation Phase III, Report 2


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2007


    Size :

    16 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English