Making broadband applications mission critical
19 November 2024
Picture courtesy of Motorola Solutions
An industry-wide standards-compliant approach is essential to ensure broadband applications for critical communications users are mission-critical quality. This is a key takeaway from a new white paper from TCCA, based on the results of a sector-wide survey, which also highlights the importance of testing and certification of applications designed to support mission-critical operations.
A wide range of broadband applications are already in use by critical communications users. However, the majority of these applications are currently deployed over commercial networks, with over-the-top, best-effort Quality of Service (QoS). As broadband data applications become increasingly important for day-to-day operations, users will demand their applications to be delivered with mission-critical QoS.
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