Title: 4G and 5G for Mission Critical Communications. From TETRA to Public Safety LTE. David Viamonte (Genaker)

Abstract:First Responders (Ambulances, Fire Brigades and Police Forces) have been using dedicated radio communication systems to support their Critical Communications over more than sixty years.

Today we are at the tipping point where several elements in the marketplace promise to disrupt Mission Critical communications for first responders. Effectively, availability of cost effective rugged LTE devices, the evolution of LTE technologies and upcoming developments in 3GPP Release-12, 13 and 14 standards have created the ecosystem that will enable the migration from legacy radio communication systems into Next Generation IP-based Mission Critical solutions on top of 4G and 5G networks. In this session we will briefly cover the evolution of Mission Critical communication technologies and discus the opportunities and threats for the delivery of innovative services in this particular ecosystem.

Bio:David Viamonte holds a MSc and BSc in Telecommunications Engineering by Technical University of Catalunya. He is currently responsible for Sales & Marketing at Genaker, involved in the development of company portfolio and strategy to deliver Business Critical and Mission Critical communications for professional users, based on Next Generation technologies. Before that, David worked as Project Manager at Vodafone Group, Assistant Professor at Technical University of Catalonia, R&D Engineer at Nokia and Data Switching Engineer at Retevision (current Ono-Vodafone). David holds a patent in optimization of Presence systems, he is co-author of John Willey’s “Multimedia Group Communications” and has authored a number of papers in International Journals and Workshops.https://www.linkedin.com/in/viamonte