[Scan-DC] D.C. Fire/EMS: Planning for ENCRYPTION !!!

[Jeff Krauss]

But see:
http://www.vialicensing.com/lte/index.aspx
http://www.sisvel.com/index.php/lte



At 09:42 AM 11/19/2013, Clegg, Andrew W. wrote:
>Licensing LTE for receive-only scanners is extremely unlikely (if 
>not impossible) in my opinion. I'm not sure if it's possible if 
>there isn't a two-way connection between the receiver and the 
>transmitter (for authentication) as there is when a handset is 
>attached to the system. In any event, scanner licensing was never 
>done, or was not even possible, for other cellphone-like 
>technologies, such as iDEN, which was widely used in the south for 
>public safety traffic (Georgia State Police, for example).
>
>Anyway, my bet is that it is either not possible (most likely), or 
>not probable, for LTE technology to be licensed for scanners.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeff Krauss [mailto:jeff at krauss.ws]
>Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 9:32 AM
>To: Clegg, Andrew W.; Lee Williams; Dewey3; Jonathan Binstock
>Cc: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net; Alan Henney
>Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] D.C. Fire/EMS: Planning for ENCRYPTION !!!
>
>While LTE links are encrypted, clearly the receivers (which are
>consumer products--namely, cell phones) have decryption capabilities.
>As consumer products, they are already prime candidates for
>hacking.  Do a Google search on "hacking LTE."
>But even disregarding such illegal actions, it seems likely that LTE
>technology will be available for licensing by scanner manufacturers,
>and that the public safety flavor of LTE would allow the system
>operator to decide which channels or talk groups are able to be
>decrypted by scanners.
>
>
>At 08:40 AM 11/19/2013, Clegg, Andrew W. wrote:
> >Future generations of public safety networks will very possibly use
> >LTE, which is an IP-based cellphone and mobile-broadband technology
> >that is effectively encrypted, with no capability to be monitored by
> >receivers that are not integrated into the network. So public safety
> >will no longer have to choose whether to go encrypted or not.
> >
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