LCRA's Journey to Delivering Robust, Reliable MC-PTT with PLTE Networks

LCRA manages the lower 600 miles of the Texas Colorado River, which provides water to more than 1.4 million people, and is one of the largest public power providers in Texas, supplying power to more than 30 retail electric cooperatives and municipalities. Through LCRA's partnership with L3Harris, which designed and built the first converged LMR with LTE radios designed to enable cross-network communications from a single device, LCRA can offer a new and expanded level of interoperability between existing LMR and private LTE networks. This interoperability enables robust and reliable MCPTT services providing our customers with the best of both the LTE and LMR worlds in a single device. The new XL PTT handsets will support both US Band 106 and LMR, supporting technology flexibility and smooth evolution to private LTE. These new PTT handsets optimize both performance and flexibility, enabling utilities to ensure mission critical services to customers. LCRA will also discuss how they are supporting other entities (coops, IOUs, etc.) to provide services which help bolster reliability within the region.