Can you explain the concept of Radio over Internet Protocol (RoIP) and its potential impact on EMS?
RoIP establishes IP-based connections between existing radio and other communications systems (e.g., private branch exchange, landline and cell phones; data systems). Using wireless equipment such as microwave systems, fiberoptic lines, routers and servers connecting radio and other system base stations, as well as IP standards-based software solutions, previously noninteroperable systems can be made to work together without completely replacing radio systems or changing the frequencies being used. A good example is the Clallam County (WA) Olympic Public Safety Communications Alliance Network (OPSCAN). It connects radio base stations among local, state and federal public safety radio users in a redundant microwave/fiberoptic loop, making them interoperable without purchasing new radios. In essence this is simply an alternative carrier system for communications that enables the output of one radio system to be translated and received and understood by the users of another communications
