WideBridge solution: For mission-critical secure broadband services
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Elbit Systems WideBridge™ solution provides ease of use secure multimedia and situational awareness services, using FirstNet LTE networks together with LMR networks.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate awarded a contract to Elbit Systems of America, to deliver a technology demonstration for a mission critical secure broadband services solution for first responders and public safety users. This demonstration will include the WideBridge™, an innovative solution that integrates mission-critical capabilities with FIPS certified BlackBerry® BES10 secure workspace and Etherstack’s P.25 networks interoperability proven capabilities. The objective is to deliver the most advanced interoperable broadband communication services using FirstNet and commercial LTE networks suitable for federal, state and local public safety agencies nationwide.
WideBridge enables any-to-any secure, interoperable, multimedia services with seamless connectivity between various commercial broadband cellular networks, FirstNet LTE Band 14 and the existing P.25 Land Mobile Radio (LMR) infrastructure.
Mission critical services supported by WideBridge include Push-to-Talk (PTT), Push-to-View(PTV), voice and video conferencing, video streaming from agents and video sensors in the network, map activated multimedia services, situational awareness information dissemination (command & control), P.25interoperability, and a revolutionary off-network “Direct Mode” broadband connectivity using self-forming ad-hoc mesh network for local mission teams.
DHS intends to use this solution for testing the new concept of accessing secure multimedia services for public safety users through LTE broadband network. As of September 2014, WideBridge system tests have begun at the Public Safety Communications Research Lab in Boulder, Colorado.
