Project 25 Today – An Overview

Doug Chapman

Etherstack

March 11, 2013 1 Project 25 Technology Interest Group

The TIA-102 suite of standards is used for the design of Project 25 (P25) interoperable digital two-way wireless communication products. P25 is adopted by organizations around the world for mission critical communications

Public Safety Interoperable Communications

Enabling

Interoperability

Multi-Vendor

Sourcing Migration from

Legacy Equipment

Multiple

Frequency

Bands

Conventional

& Trunked

Operation

Secure

Communications

Global Standard with

Worldwide AdoptionCoverage

Flexibility Voice and Data

Established

Public Safety

User Driven

Spectral

Efficiency

Evolving

Enabling

Interoperability

Multi-Vendor

Sourcing Migration from

Legacy Equipment

Multiple

Frequency

Bands

Conventional

& Trunked

Operation

Secure

Communications

Global Standard with

Worldwide AdoptionCoverage

Flexibility Voice and Data

Established

Public Safety

User Driven

Spectral

Efficiency

Evolving

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Benefits of Project 25

Requirement P25

Interoperability

Multi-Vendor Sourcing

Public Safety User-Driven

Digital

Worldwide Adoption

Economical Coverage

Trunked & Conventional Operation

Multiple Configurations

Supports Migration

Multiple Frequency Bands Supported

Security Services

Spectrally Efficient

Grant Funding

Forward Interoperability Planning with

LTE

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Project 25 Equipment Manufacturers

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Multi-Vendor, Competitive Sourcing

37 Vendors for Project 25 Equipment and Services are available

15 fixed station/repeater manufacturers

15 Subscriber manufacturers

11 console manufacturers

15 network providers

5 test equipment suppliers

PTIG Project 25 Industry List - March 2013

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PTIG Member O rganizationsFixed Stations

& Repeaters

Mobile &

Portable

Equipment &

Subscribers

Consoles Networks SoftwareTest

Equipment

Systems

Integration

Consultant

Services

AECO M

AERO FLEX

AIRWAVE SO LUTIO NS

ANRITSU

AVTEC

CASSIDIAN CO MMUNICATIO NS

CATALYST CO MMUNICATIO NS

CISCO SYSTEMS

CO BHAM AVIO NICS

CO DAN RADIO - DANIELS

CYNERGYZE

DATRO N

DVSI

EF JO HNSO N TECHNO LO GIES

ETHERSTACK

FEDERAL ENGRG INC

GENESIS GRO UP

HARRIS CO RPO RATIO N

ICO M AMERICA

KENWO O D USA

MIDLAND RADIO

MO DUCO M

MO TO RO LA SO LUTIO NS

PANTEL INTERNATIO NAL

PO WERTRUNK

RADIO CO MMUNICATIO NS SO LUTIO NS

RAYTHEO N CIVIL CO MMUNICATIO NS

RELM WIRELESS

SIMO CO

SPECTRA ENGINEERING

TAIT RADIO

TECHNISO NIC

TELEX RADIO DISPATCH

THALES CO MMUNICATIO NS

VERTEX STANDARD

WIRELESS PACIFIC

ZETRO N

37 15 15 11 15 5 5 15 5

Console Vendor FSI/CSSI Support

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Vendor FSI CSSI

Avtec

Catalyst

Cisco

Moducom

Pantel

Zetron

R.F. Vendor FSI/CSSI Support

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Vendor FSI CSSI

Cassidian

Codan

EF Johnson

Harris

Icom

Kenwood

Motorola Solutions

Midland

Raytheon

Spectra

SImoco

Relm

Tait

R.F. Vendor FDMA/TDMA Support

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Vendor FDMA TDMA

Cassidian

Codan

EF Johnson

Harris

Icom

Kenwood

Motorola Solutions

Midland

Raytheon

Spectra

SImoco

Relm

Tait

Project 25 is unique in that Public Safety Professionals are part of the standards development process

P25 Steering Committee

P25 User Needs Sub-Committee

APIC (APCO Project 25 Interface Committee) Task Groups

Project 25 Requirements:

Defined By Users, For Users

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• Project 25 systems are deployed in 83 countries

Worldwide Adoption

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• International adoption of Project 25 is attributed to: o Coverage vs. Cost o Conventional & Trunked

Operation o Interoperability o Spectral Efficiency o Multi Vendor Sourcing o Broader Range of

Operating Bands available

o Analog and PH I backwards compatible

o Symmetrical coverage of voice and data

o Able to blend TDMA and FDMA to optimize cost of ownership

o Same direct radio-to-radio mode as available in current analog systems

o Supports encryption in direct mode

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International Growth

Project 25 Technology Interest Group

Project 25: A System of Defined Interfaces

AIR

INTERACES

DATA

APPLICATIONS

DATA

INTERFACES

SECURITY

INTERFACES

WIRELINE

INTERFACES

ISSI/CSSI

FSI

P25 FDMA

COMMON AIR

INTERFACE

TRUNKING OPERATION

CONVENTIONAL OPERATION

P25 TDMA

COMMON AIR

INTERFACE

TRUNKING OPERATION

SUBSCRIBER

DATA

PERIPHERAL

NETWORK

MANAGEMENT

TELEPHONE

INTERCONNECT

PSTN

KEY FILL

Key Fill

Device

INTER- KMF

KMF KMF

OTAR

KMF

DATA NETWORK

Gateway

RF Site

P25 System

KEY

LOCATION

Gateway

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Project 25/TIA Standards Process Map

APIC: TIA-P25

Interface via MoU

• Develops user requirements into standards proposals

• Serves as venues for needed clarifications

• Manages documents • All organizations get

a vote

APIC: APCO Project 25 Interface Committee

TIA: Telecommunications Industry Association

Joint Participation

P25 Steering

Committee

P25 User

Needs

Committee

User Needs

Task Groups

User voice

• Define requirements for standardization;

• Adopt or reject TIA work

• Only Users vote • Develops concept

documents for P25

TIA TR-8

Committee

TR-8 Committee

Subcommittees

Subcommittee

Working Groups

Industry voice

• Develop consensus standards with guidance from APIC and users

• Only TR-8 members vote

APIC

Working Groups

APIC

Task Groups

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Project 25 • Project 25 interoperable digital two-way wireless

communication products are designed to the TIA-102 suite of standards

• Project 25 is made up of air interfaces, wireline interfaces, security interfaces, data interfaces, and data applications

• For a P25 interface or service to be defined for a given functionality, both the TIA-102 Core Definition documents and Testing documents need to be published

• P25/TIA Compliance is determined at the feature level, P25 features should be designed to the applicable TIA-102 standards documents and pass TIA-102 published tests that apply

What Is Project 25: A Conclusion

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• Equipment and services are available from over 37 vendors

• Adopted worldwide with P25 systems deployed in 83 countries

• Public safety professionals are part of the standards process

• Spectrally Efficient and Compliant to FCC and Other Regulatory Bodies around the world

• Covers large geographic areas with fewer transmitter sites than other technologies providing economical coverage

• Supports both Trunked & Conventional operation

• Supports a multitude of configurations such as multicast, simulcast, direct/simplex operation, repeaters, voting, single-site, and multi-site

• Supports multiple frequency bands

• Supports Security Services

• Digital enabling improved audio over analog

Concluding - The Benefits of Project 25

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Additional Project 25 Resources

Project 25 Interest Group (PTIG) Website

• http://www.project25.org/

• (Provides links to all PTIG members sites)

Telecommunication Industry Association (TIA)

Website

http://www.tiaonline.org/all-standards/committees/tr-8

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Project 25 Today – An Overview

Thank You

Doug Chapman

Etherstack

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