Public safety should pursue a single public land-mobile network identification...
Public safety should pursue a single public land-mobile network identification (PLMN-ID) as early projects are launched building the first public safety networks in the 700 MHz band, the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LARICS) said in a filing at…
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the FCC. LARICS, which hopes to build one of the first local networks, responded to a letter from the state of Texas, also building a network, filed at the FCC last month. “There are a number of fundamental and central architectural and operational decisions that have substantial implications on capital implementation and operating costs in order to achieve national interoperability with a single PLMN ID,” LARICS said in a filing at the FCC (http://xrl.us/bmmq2w). “We note that without a PLMN ID, public safety will not have ‘operability,’ and therefore, it is critical that public safety secure a single PLMN ID to operate these early networks.” LARICS said, “Given that several waiver entities are ready to launch their networks, the demand for a PLMN ID is immediate.” The PLMN ID is the LTE network identifier that functions similarly to system IDs in digital mobile radio networks.