Mission Critical Networks

Solid Foundation for
Crucial and Secure Communications

Reliability you can trust:
Samsung’s MCPTX solution

In today’s fast-paced world, the demand for efficient and reliable communication solutions has never been greater, especially in critical scenarios like disaster response, live broadcasting, and public safety. These situations require seamless, real-time information sharing to ensure timely decision-making and effective collaboration among multiple stakeholders. MCPTX addresses these needs by enabling efficient and simultaneous data transmission to multiple users through multicast capabilities. It is widely used for real-time streaming, large-scale information dissemination, and public safety services, ensuring seamless communication in emergency situations.

Samsung’s MCPTX solution builds on this foundation, offering advanced capabilities tailored for LTE and 5G networks. By integrating cutting-edge 5G technologies, Samsung enhances MCPTX with faster speeds, ultra-low latency, and massive connectivity, enabling real-time monitoring and comprehensive information gathering. This solution empowers industries such as public safety and enterprise applications, driving innovation and delivering unparalleled efficiency in communication and collaboration. With Samsung’s MCPTX solution, organizations can navigate complex challenges with confidence, ensuring seamless connectivity when it matters most.

Samsung’s MCPTX solutions in action

Globally, Samsung has been at the forefront of advancing mission-critical network deployments,
delivering innovative solutions to enhance connectivity and communication in critical scenarios.

In Korea, Samsung played a pivotal role in establishing the world’s first 3GPP-compliant nationwide public safety network, collaborating with mobile network operators. The 700 MHz network ensures immediate connectivity for first responders across over 300 agencies, including police, firefighters, medical services, and the military.
By leveraging Mission-Critical-Push-To-Talk (MCPTT) technology, the system supports multimedia broadcast capabilities to up to 2,500 user devices per cell. Additionally, the network seamlessly integrates with existing LTE-Maritime and LTE-Railway systems, enhancing overall efficiency and reliability in mission-critical scenarios.

In the US, Samsung has collaborated with AT&T to develop the FirstNet ecosystem, a dedicated and highly secure non-public platform designed specifically for public safety, operating in the 700 MHz band. Samsung has engineered over a dozen FirstNet MCPTT mobile devices, alongside Mission-Critical-Push-to-X (MCPTX) technology. This innovation enables seamless sharing of voice, text, images, and video over the nationwide public safety network, empowering first responders with enhanced communication capabilities in critical situations.

In the UK, Samsung Electronics is collaborating with IBM as a mission-critical (MCX) solution provider for the Home Office, developing user services as part of the Emergency Services Network (ESN). This initiative represents Samsung’s first major mission-critical project in the UK, utilizing virtualized RAN (vRAN) and Open RAN technologies to build on its successful multi-generation commercial network business and drive regional growth. The ESN is designed to prioritize emergency responders’ network access during critical situations, ensuring reliable and seamless connectivity for over 300,000 emergency personnel across the UK.

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In Korea, Samsung played a pivotal role in establishing the world’s first 3GPP-compliant nationwide public safety network, collaborating with mobile network operators. The 700 MHz network ensures immediate connectivity for first responders across over 300 agencies, including police, firefighters, medical services, and the military. By leveraging Mission-Critical-Push-To-Talk (MCPTT) technology, the system supports multimedia broadcast capabilities to up to 2,500 user devices per cell. Additionally, the network seamlessly integrates with existing LTE-Maritime and LTE-Railway systems, enhancing overall efficiency and reliability in mission-critical scenarios.

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In the US, Samsung has collaborated with AT&T to develop the FirstNet ecosystem, a dedicated and highly secure non-public platform designed specifically for public safety, operating in the 700 MHz band. Samsung has engineered over a dozen FirstNet MCPTT mobile devices, alongside Mission-Critical-Push-to-X (MCPTX) technology. This innovation enables seamless sharing of voice, text, images, and video over the nationwide public safety network, empowering first responders with enhanced communication capabilities in critical situations.

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In the UK, Samsung Electronics is collaborating with IBM as a mission-critical (MCX) solution provider for the Home Office, developing user services as part of the Emergency Services Network (ESN). This initiative represents Samsung’s first major mission-critical project in the UK, utilizing virtualized RAN (vRAN) and Open RAN technologies to build on its successful multi-generation commercial network business and drive regional growth. The ESN is designed to prioritize emergency responders’ network access during critical situations, ensuring reliable and seamless connectivity for over 300,000 emergency personnel across the UK.

Real-time collaboration in
emergencies

The success of operations during emergencies significantly improves when agencies can seamlessly share information and collaborate without interruptions. While most agencies already have communication systems in place, these often limit interactions to voice and small data exchanges within predefined groups, lacking flexibility for interoperability. A 3GPP network addresses these limitations by enabling thousands of field agents to communicate simultaneously and facilitating flexible interoperation between organizations. Instead of relying on unclear voice communications, agents can instantly exchange multimedia content such as images and high-resolution videos, and multicast/broadcast them in a time-sensitive manner to take immediate, informed actions. This capability ensures faster, more effective responses in critical situations.

Communications for
public transport

MCPTX enhances operational efficiency and safety in public transportation sectors such as rail, maritime, and aviation by providing fast and reliable voice and video communication. In railways, it enables real-time collaboration between train operators, control centers, and maintenance teams. In the maritime sector, it supports seamless communication between vessels and port authorities, as well as coordination among cargo handling teams. In aviation, it facilitates close communication among ground operations, security personnel, and air traffic control, strengthening airport management and emergency response capabilities.

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A comprehensive solution for
safety upgrades

A robust and resilient network is essential to reliably manage interactions between multiple mission-critical service users during emergencies and handle vast amounts of critical data. Samsung’s Mission Critical communication solution ensures large-scale simultaneous coordination, delivering reliable and precise communication between devices efficiently. From infrastructure to devices, Samsung offers a comprehensive end-to-end solution to enhance public safety networks, ensuring seamless connectivity and operational excellence in critical situations.

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Samsung’s fully 3GPP-compliant Mission Critical Push-to-X (MCPTX) application stands out as an industry leader. Samsung pioneered the first Push-to-Talk (PTT) solution using eMBMS technology, enabling the simultaneous delivery of multimedia content—such as video and high-quality images—to thousands of devices via a single transmission channel. This innovation makes low-latency, real-time video communication among thousands of field agents possible. Samsung’s MCPTX solution is a comprehensive offering, including provisioning, Geographic Information System (GIS), recording, user presence information, and dispatcher program applications, all designed to enhance convenience and efficiency for field agents.

Samsung is leveraging its cutting-edge technologies to deliver public safety core and application functions through various virtualization platforms. A single rack can house a virtualized core, IMS, and MCPTX functions, all deployed on commercial servers for a compact and flexible installation. By integrating Samsung’s network slicing solution into the virtualized core, operators can easily segment their end-to-end network into dedicated slices for specific services, such as railway networks, police networks, or private hospital networks. During emergencies, these networks can be seamlessly merged to enable interoperation among different organizations, ensuring efficient and coordinated responses.

Samsung’s commitment to delivering exceptional mission-critical support is evident in its comprehensive offerings. Notably, Samsung’s RAN-Core integrated standalone network system enables agile and efficient network deployment in emergencies, where base stations are either undeployed or non-functional. This solution ensures reliable connectivity and seamless communication, even in challenging scenarios.

Samsung’s PTT devices feature a user-friendly smartphone interface, available in both ruggedized and commercial models, designed to optimize MCPTX functions. The ruggedized model includes a downloadable client software and a Push-to-All (PTA) button on the side for enhanced functionality. Built to withstand harsh environments, the ruggedized version is waterproof, dustproof, and features a protective bumper design for added durability.

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Samsung MCPTX solution