Combining Land Mobile Radio and Mission Critical Push to Talk- Is it possible?
Public Safety agencies and other organisations that rely on critical communications for their emergency and day to day operations are embracing hybrid solutions in order to strengthen communications resilience. As Public Safety dedicated broadband solutions are being implemented around the world, MCPTT (MCX) is becoming a large part of the hybrid solution, in conjunction with traditional Land Mobile Radio as the backbone of their communications architecture.
Although radio manufacturers are combining these technologies in their radio hardware, there are still allot of legacy radios only working on traditional radio platforms, so users are forced to use multiple devices to take advantage of radio and MCX platforms.
Although the addition of the MCX app adds a more robust communications solution, it adds user complexity too, as responders have to use and carry multiple accessories for voice communications. In this presentation we investigate how this issue was overcome to provide secure and seamless communication across various public safety units.

