A REVIEW PAPER ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

Abstract

Public Safety (PS) organisations offers a healthy as well as safe atmosphere globally, that add values to the society. The type of the services they offer include human, environmental and asset safety as well as examine a wide range of natural as well as man-made threats, terrorist strikes, technical, radiological or environmental incidents. In order to improve communication of the PS officers during an emergency situation and to enhance the response efforts, the ability to share information (e.g., voice or data) is essential. In the field operations, wireless communication is especially crucial for the supporting the mobility of first responders. Recent disasters have stressed the need to strengthen the wireless networks utilized by the PS organisations in terms of interoperability, capacity and broadband connectivity. This review paper discloses the outstanding challenges in this arena, the status of wireless communication technologies in this particular field, and the current regulatory, standardisation and research activities, with a particular emphasis on the USA and Europe, to address the challenges identified.