First responders on FirstNet®, Built with AT&T have access to the first and only nationwide 5G standalone (5G SA) network core dedicated to public safety – the latest innovation in America’s Public Safety Network.
Built with public safety’s direct feedback, the dedicated FirstNet 5G SA core was developed to meet first responders’ unique operational and technological needs. Physically separate from the AT&T commercial network core to give public safety enhanced security, reliability, and operational control, it lays the foundation for future offerings that will help optimize network performance for applications such as body-worn cameras, mission-critical communications, and live video.
The dedicated FirstNet network core acts as the brain and nervous system of the FirstNet network, separating public safety traffic from commercial traffic. Architected for superior reliability, it uses multiple geographically distributed core sites for additional redundancy to provide greater performance and resilience. And as the latest technological advancement of the FirstNet core, it also supports faster upload speeds and improved responsiveness – helping meet the growing demands of the connected technologies that public safety depends on every day.
The core was also designed with enhanced, public safety-grade security measures that exceed the standard security measures of commercial networks. This provides protection without sacrificing usability or impacting public safety’s mission. It’s accessible only through a FirstNet SIM that protects subscriber information from would-be attackers and is monitored around the clock by a dedicated security operations center that helps identify and mitigate possible threats.
