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History of the Route Diversity
Project
After the September 11, 2001, terrorist
attack on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon
near Washington, DC, reports indicated that telecommunications assets
near the affected areas were either congested or incapacitated causing
users to experience intermittent or no voice service. These reports
generated concern among White House officials that key federal agencies
in Washington, DC might lose critical wire line voice and data communications
services if the infrastructure was damaged or destroyed.
The NCS, responsible for ensuring national security and emergency
preparedness (NS/EP) communications, was tasked to address this
concern by investigating alternate capabilities for federal agencies.
The NCS established the RDP (originally known as the Backup Dial
Tone Project) to:
- Evaluate the need for a backup dial tone capability in the Washington
DC area and determined whether such a capability would have been
helpful in the New York City and Washington areas on September
11, 2001
- Evaluate various technical approaches to providing such a capability
- Determine the cost and schedule for deploying selected technical
approaches
The natural evolution of the project dictated
its focus on "last mile" connectivity between agency facilities
and their service providers. RDP now consists of proven methodologies,
tools, and data designed to assist agencies in increasing the availability
of their communications services.
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