Title 47 — Telecommunications
Chapter 13 — Public Safety Communications and Electromagnetic Spectrum Auctions
§ 1422. Public safety broadband network
Statutory text
Establishment
The First Responder Network Authority shall ensure the establishment of a nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband network.
Network components
The nationwide public safety broadband network shall be based on a single, national network architecture that evolves with technological advancements and initially consists of—
a core network that—
consists of national and regional data centers, and other elements and functions that may be distributed geographically, all of which shall be based on commercial standards; and
provides the connectivity between—
the radio access network; and
the public Internet or the public switched network, or both; and
a radio access network that—
consists of all cell site equipment, antennas, and backhaul equipment, based on commercial standards, that are required to enable wireless communications with devices using the public safety broadband spectrum; and
shall be developed, constructed, managed, maintained, and operated taking into account the plans developed in the State, local, and tribal planning and implementation grant program under section 1442(a) of this title.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012
Pub. L. 112–96 title VI § 6202 · 126 Stat. 156
Enacted · 47 U.S.C. § 1422
(Pub. L. 112–96, title VI, § 6202, Feb. 22, 2012, 126 Stat. 206.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 112–96, title VI, § 6202, Feb. 22, 2012, 126 Stat. 206.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 6202. PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND NETWORK. (a) Establishment.— The First Responder Network Authority shall ensure the establishment of a nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband network. (b) Network Components.— The nationwide public safety broadband network shall be based on a single, national network architecture that evolves with technological advancements and initially consists of— (1) a core network that— (A) consists of national and regional data centers, and other elements and functions that may be distributed geographically, all of which shall be based on commercial standards; and (B) provides the connectivity between— (i) the radio access network; and (ii) the public Internet or the public switched network, or both; and (2) a radio access network that— (A) consists of all cell site equipment, antennas, and backhaul equipment, based on commercial standards, that are required to enable wireless communications with devices using the public safety broadband spectrum; and (B) shall be developed, constructed, managed, maintained, and operated taking into account the plans developed in the State, local, and tribal planning and implementation grant program under section 6302(a).
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