interoperability between people, organisations, regions and equipment tetra ireland conference...

Interoperability between people, organisations, regions and equipment

TETRA Ireland Conference

Dublin April 2005

Risto Toikkanen

Vice chairman / TETRA MoU

01.04.2005

Various dimensions of Interoperability- Global issues in Public Safety & Security

Organisational interoperability– Between agencies/organisations– Between people

Regional interoperability– Between regions– Across national borders

Technical interoperability– Between equipment

Organisational dimension

Hurdles• Legislation and/or regulation

• Operating procedures & practices

• Information security

• Radio spectrum

• Incompatible equipment

Organisational interoperability:“Capability for agencies to communicate with each other”

– On a daily basis

– In emergency situations

Inter-regional dimensionInter-regional interoperability:“Capability for peer agencies to communicate across

borders”– Between regions– Across national borders– New dimension: cross-agency & cross border

Hurdles• Legislation and/or regulation• Politics• Operating procedures & practices• Information security• Radio spectrum• Incompatible technologies/equipment

In Europe thecross-borderinteroperabilityis high on theEU/Schengen agenda.

In Europe thecross-borderinteroperabilityis high on theEU/Schengen agenda.

Technology dimension

Technical interoperability:“Process to ensure that equipment from multiple

vendors are compatible”– Problem-free operation

– Wanted functionality

– In practice it is about protocol conformance

Hurdles• Standardisation

• Standard conformance

• Verification and certification

• Competitive environment

• Customer preferences

• Backward compatibility

Organisational interoperability: solutions

Operating procedures– Agreements– Training

Dedicated radio channels– Common technical specification– Agreed procedures

Radio spectrum harmonisation– In some form this is a must

Technology harmonisation – standards– Necessary to gain radio compatibility

Shared networks– By far the most efficient tool– Requires high-tech system to ensure privacy– Both operational benefit and cost benefit

BEST RESULT

Regional interoperability: solutions

1. Political & organisational readiness

2A. Conventional technical measures• Extra equipment like cellphones• Extended coverage across border or repeaters• Control room interconnect by wireline• Radio swap between control rooms e.g. Belgium & France• Radio swap between users

2B. Network interconnect• TETRA Inter-System Interface (ISI)• Three-country pilot Belgium – Germany – The Netherlands• Cross-network PMR functionality, first time• True cross-agency & cross-border opportunity

Three-Country Pilot• Agreement between the governments of

Belgium, Germany and The Netherlands• Based on the requirements of the

Schengen Agreement on cooperation of police forces and customs across the national borders

• To pilot cross-border functionality with TETRA ISI

• To create operational scenarios• Operational equirement specification

convereted to ETSI Technical Report • see www.3countrypilot.com

Solutions are deeply technical

Decisions are done in early development phase

Cross-technology interoperability• Specific operating modes like analog FM radio channels

TETRA Interoperability• The TETRA Interoperability (IOP) concentrates on technical

interoperability certification of multi-vendor TETRA equipment.

• Successful IOP certification is fundamental in creation of open multi-vendor market.

• Open multi-vendor market is fundamental for the success of TETRA - and it has happened

Technical interoperability: solutions

Benefits of open multi-vendor market

User benefits• wide choice of compatible certified terminals

• specialised product for special needs

• continuous and genuine competition

• less dependency - lower risk of market disturbances

Industry benefits• wider market, bigger volumes

• more possibility to invest – faster product creation

• longer lifetime of market

TETRA MoU Association runs the IOP certification process to guarantee open multi-vendor market

Speed of innovationTest questions:• Which other PMR technology delivers

handsets with integral GPS receiver today?• Which other PMR technology delivers

handsets with 65 000 colour display today?• Which other PMR technology delivers

handsets with web & WAP browsers today?

Quick questionnaire in TETRA seminar in Oslo March 2005 revealed close to 30 new TETRA terminal models being launched during the last 3 years

Only open competition can boost this amount of product innovations and R&D investment

TETRA IOP Certification process

STANDARDS

MoUOperator/User Association

Technical ForumMembers’ Enquiry

TIP SPECS

TMO AI groupDMO AI group

ISI group (PEI group)

approx 12 suppliers

TEST PLANS

MoU

Certification Body ISCTI *) – Rome/Italy

ACCEPTED into OPERATION(Also need CE mark or TA)

CERTIFICATE

*) Instituto Superiore delle Comunicazioni e tecnologie dell'Informazione

TETRA IOP achievements (1)

• TETRA Interoperability Profile (TIP) documents available to members – in total 28 TIP specifications published by today

• TETRA Interoperability Test Plan documents available to members – in total 15 Test Plan documents published or agreed

• Certification test sessions arranged at manufacturer’s premises to run the test cases specified in the Test Plans

• TETRA IOP Certificates are public documents and published at the TETRA MoU website – 69 certificates published in 2004 and 16 during 2005 so far

• Most customers today require their equipment supplier to provide IOP certificates on the features they purchase

TETRA IOP achievements (2)Tested products from:• Cleartone• DeTeWe/FWK• Frequentis• IFR (tester) • Marconi/OTE• Motorola• Niros• Nokia• Rohde & Schwarz• Rohill• Simoco/Sepura• Teltronic• Thales

Certificates at: www.tetramou.com

Tested products from:• Cleartone• DeTeWe/FWK• Frequentis• IFR (tester) • Marconi/OTE• Motorola• Niros• Nokia• Rohde & Schwarz• Rohill• Simoco/Sepura• Teltronic• Thales

Certificates at: www.tetramou.com

THE AMOUNT OF CERTIFICATES VARIESBETWEEN COMPANIES – AND IS GROWING- see status lists in handout package

TETRA IOP certification results

• 7 companies have received TETRA infrastructure certificates

• 9 companies have received TETRA terminal certificates in trunked mode

• 6 companies have received TETRA DMO certificates

ConclusionsOrganisational interoperability• Best cooperation is achieved by a shared

network

• Current TETRA technology allows privacy and sharing

• Not to forget the cost savings by sharing

Regional interoperability• Becoming more & more important

• TETRA ISI is the tool for network interconnect

Technical interoperability• TETRA created a true multi-vendor market

• Major benefits to both users and industry

• TETRA IOP Certificate is the paper to ask for

Additional handout information

• Available TIP specifications and IOP test plans• Published TETRA IOP certificates

– System Manufacturers

– Terminal Manufacturers

• Status as per March 2005

part 2: Short Data Service part 3: Dynamic Group Number Assignmentpart 4: Authentication (SwMI initiated & mutual) part 5: Packet Data (single slot & multislot)part 6: Air Interface migration phase 1 + 2part 7: Fleet Specific Short Number Diallingpart 8: RF loop backpart 9: Ambience Listeningpart 10: E-t-e encryption w Clear Voice Overridepart 11: AI encryption (SCK,DCK)part 12: Service Interactionpart 13: AI enable/disablepart 14: TETRA Key Distributionpart 15: Call Authorised by Dispatcherpart 16: Air to ground

TTR = TETRA MoUTechnical Report

part 17: Radio User Assignment

part 1: Core v.4.8 yes (new upd)yesyesyes/SwMI init.yes/singe slotyes (new)yesnoyesyesyesyes (new)nonononono

TIP Specifications IOP Test plans

TTR 001 – Air Interface

DMO TIP v.2 part 1: coreGroup call with pre-emption

and change overIndividual call

Status messagingIntrinsic servicesRandom access

Transition DM->TM->DM

Part 2: DMO gateway

Part 3: DMO repeaterTTR = TETRA MoUTechnical Report,

ME = Members’ Enquiry

passed ME

passed ME

yes

Part 4: DMO e-t-e encryption passed ME

Part x: DMO static encryption no


TTR 002 – Direct Mode Operation

Part 2: Individual call – including simplex/duplex and TPI

Part 3: Short Data Service (status and text message)

Part 4: Lower layers

Part 5-1: Circuit Mode transmission (voice frame format)

Part 5-2: Packet Mode transmission (voice frame format)

Part 6: Group call

Part 1: Mobility management – including authentication

TTR = TETRA MoUTechnical Report

no

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TTR 003 – Inter-System-Interface


System certification

part 2: Short Data Service

part 3: Dynamic Group Number Assignment

part 4: Authentication (SwMI initiated)

part 5: Packet Data (single slot)

part 7: Fleet Specific Short Number Dialling

part 9: Ambience Listening

part 10: E-t-e encryption w Clear Voice Override

part 11: AI encryption (SCK,DCK)

part 1: Core (v. 3) yes

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Air interfaceyes

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Terminal certification

part 2: Short Data Service

part 3: Dynamic Group Number Assignment



part 7: Fleet Specific Short Number Dialling


part 10: E-t-e encryption w CVO



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part 7: FSSN





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part 2: SDS

part 3: DGNA



part 7: FSSN





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