The SAFECOM Public Safety Architecture Framework (PSAF) provides an industry-validated enterprise architecture methodology to plan and develop the migration from current public safety architectures to interoperable systems. The PSAF methodology is designed to capture information about radio systems and elements to expedite interoperability analysis, along with other related functions, across various communications paths.
This PSAF Trial Report highlights the completion of the PSAF trial. The goal of the PSAF trial was to develop a complete technically accurate definition of a radio system. The trial marks the first step in the process toward developing a PSAF tool. The radio system defined in the trial serves as the basis for a logical data model that depicts the elements of the system, their respective attributes, and the relationships between them. The trial served to validate the data model and thus validate the definition of a radio system.
Going forward, the PSAF pilot will characterize interoperability between two systems. The PSAF team will use the results of the trial and pilot, as well as advice from radio communication Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), to validate a complete data model and develop a set of tool requirements. The PSAF tool will integrate CASM capabilities with additional public safety requirements for interoperability analysis. The PSAF tool will adhere to PSAF Volume I and II methodology to plan and develop the migration to the interoperable communications systems outlined in the Public Safety Statement of Requirements (PS SoR).