47 U.S.C. § 1422 — Public safety broadband network

(a) Establishment. The First Responder Network Authority^* must ensure establishment of a nationwide public-safety broadband network that can work across systems.

(b) Network components. The network must use one national architecture that changes as technology advances. At first it consists of (1) a core network^* with (A) national and regional data centers and other geographically distributed elements and functions, all based on commercial standards^*, and (B) connections between (i) the radio access network^* and (ii) the public Internet, the public switched network, or both; and (2) a radio access network with (A) all cell-site equipment, antennas, and backhaul equipment based on commercial standards needed for wireless communication with devices using the public-safety broadband spectrum, and (B) development, construction, management, maintenance, and operation that take into account plans under the State^*, local, and Tribal planning and implementation grant program.