MARKET POSITIONING OF TETRA

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MARKET POSITIONING OF TETRA

• Andrea Festelli
• Marconi Mobile

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Agenda

• TETRA and public cellular systems
• Comparison with other PMR technologies
• TETRA market
• State-of-the-art technology
• The future

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Frequently Asked Questions

• Why do I need TETRA instead of public cellular
  networks (GSM, GSM-R, UMTS)?
• Why do you say that TETRA is the winning PMR
  technology?
• Is TETRA a mature technology?
• Which are the relations between TETRA and UMTS?

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Group communications

• Point-to-multipoint voice and data including many
  supporting features such as
• Unlimited number of included users
• Unlimited site extension
• Dynamic Group Number Assignment (DGNA)
• Late entry
• Talking party identification
• ...

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Control room and dispatching
operations

• Focus on communications between radio terminals
  and control room/dispatcher operators
• Call Authorised by Dispatcher (CAD)
• Ambience/Discreet listening
• Dynamic services management
• ...

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Secure communications

• Multiple security schemes and algorithms
• Authentication of User / Terminal
• Authentication of the Infrastructure
• Encryption
• Air Interface Encryption
• End-to-End Encryption
• OTAR- Over The Air Re-keying
• Security Management
• Disabling of stolen radios

This is very confidential!
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Communicate also when out of
network radio coverage

• Fully digital trunked (TMO) and direct (DMO)
  modes of operation
• Dual watch
• Repeater
• Gateway
• DMO adds fringe or
• out of coverage
• area communications
• DMO provides
• communications within
• coverage at times of
• capacity limitations

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And the professional mobile
specific features continue

• Emergency calls
• Fast call set-up
• Concurrent voice and data
• Real time short data services including status
  messages
• Further PMR supplementary services call
  priority, access priority, area selection, ...

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TETRA features differentiation from public
networks
TETRA

• Features
• Group/Broadcast Call
• Dynamic Group Number Assignment
• Call authorized by dispatcher
• Ambience and Discreet listening
• Authentication of the Infrastructure
• End-to-end encryption
• OTAR
• Physical disabling of stolen radios
• Direct Mode
• DMO Gateway/Repeater
• Fast Call Set-up
• Emergency calls (preemptive)
• Short Data Service
• Packet Mode Data
• Circuit Mode Data
• Concurrent Voice Data

? GSM-R with limitations - - - - - - - - - - ?
GSM-R ? ? GPRS ? ? ? GPRS ? GSM-R
- - - - - - - - - - - ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (real time) ? ? ? ? ?

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TETRA and other PMR technologies

• TETRA is
• Digital
• TDMA based
• Open standard

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vs. analogue
Digital

• Constant voice quality
• Higher data rates
• Efficient and effective secure communications and
  authentication

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TDMA vs FDMA
Spectrum kHz
25
C H 1
C H 2
C H 3
C H 4
CH 1
Carrier 1
Carrier 1
12.5
CH 2
Carrier 2
Time
To
To
TDMA
FDMA
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TDMA vs FDMA

• Bitrate on demand
• Higher data rates
• Simultaneous voice and data
• Simplex terminal for duplex
• communications
• One TRX to manage
• four traffic channels

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TETRA is a real open standard

• TErrestrial Trunked RAdio (TETRA) is an open
  standard which is defined by the ETSI to meet the
  needs of the most demanding professional mobile
  radio users.
• It has been fully accepted by all the European
  and many other Administrations.
• ETSI has started the work program for TETRA
  release 2

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Interoperability certification

• The Interoperability Certificate (IOP) assures
  that various manufacturers infrastructure and
  terminals can indistinctly operate on any TETRA
  network
• The various functionality tested and approved are
  summarized in public tables
• Tests are executed by an independent accredited
  test house up to now Teledanmark (Danish
  operator)

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TETRA and APCO 25

• Project 25 is a Digital Radio Project that
  involves both APCO and TIA members, in ANSI/TIA
  Standardisation
• Project 25
• Phase 1 is 12.5kHz FDMA
• Phase 2 has FDMA (6.25 kHz) and TDMA (12.5 and 25
  kHz) components
• TETRA has been selected early in 2000 as TDMA
  option for the phase 2 (IMBE codec and DES
  encryption)
• APCO 25 and TETRA are the only two digital
  standards for PMR originated from international
  standardisation institutes that are being
  deployed across the world

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PMR technologies
iDEN
TETRA
TETRAPOL
ASTRO
EDACS
Trunked/Conventional
Trunked
Trunked
Trunked
Trunked/ Conventional
Trunked/ Conventional
Digital/Analogue
Digital
Digital
Digital
Digital/ Analogue
Digital/ Analogue
TDMA/FDMA
TDMA
TDMA
FDMA
FDMA
FDMA
Direct Mode Operation
NO
YES
YES
YES
YES
Enhanced Direct Mode Features
NO
YES
NO
NO
NO
Notes
800 MHz and 1,5 GHz frequency bands
-
-
-
-
Open/Proprietary
Proprietary
Open
Proprietary
Proprietary
Proprietary
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Truly multi-vendor technology

• Currently
• 10 independent manufacturers of TETRA network
  infrastructure
• 7 independent manufacturers of TETRA terminals

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Competition benefits

• Competitive prices
• Competitive quality
• Innovative products and solutions
• Wide choice of products and Applications
  Developers

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PMR market trends
The Worldwide Digital Radio Installed Base
(excluding iDEN) - 1st January 2001
3
14
36
TETRAPOL
APCO25
18
EDACS
TETRA
Other
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Source IMS - June 2001

• Total value of TETRA awarded contracts worldwide
  exceeds 2800 USm

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PMR market trends
The Worldwide Digital Radio Installed Base
(excluding iDEN) - 1st January 2005
3
10
32
48
TETRAPOL
APCO25
7
EDACS
TETRA
Source IMS - June 2001
Other
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Who buys TETRA?
Worldwide Tetra awarded contracts by segment
Update 10/2001 (total value over 2800 USm)
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1
3
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Public safety
Public access
Transport
Military
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Utilities
Local government
Source Marconi internal info
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Customer trends

• Public safety and security services
• EUROPE TETRA is the consolidated open standard
  technology for PSS radio mobile systems. Almost
  all European Countries are using (or have plans
  to use) TETRA
• WORLD WIDE interest is consistently increasing
  and first projects are starting in all regions
• Transport and utilities (Civil Users)
• Projects in this segment partially suffered the
  spectrum issues for civil TETRA in the past but
  the solution to these problems is on the way

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TETRA growth outside Europe China

• On April 2001 TETRA has been adopted as national
  standard by Chinese administration. Most of the
  allocated radio channels are in the 800MHz
  frequency band
• First tenders for TETRA have already been issued
  and assigned for transport (railways and subway
  companies) and public safety applications
• TETRA market growth is envisaged for a long
  duration in China

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TETRA growth outside Europe USA

• TETRA adopted as basis of a 4-slot
• TDMA system for Project 25 Phase II
• MOU proposal includes use of DVSI IMBE codec,
• DES encryption and Phase I FDMA interoperability
• TR-8 formulating committee (TR-8.14) established
• to develop ANSI/TIA standard

• TR-8.14 is working on two variants
• Standard for Public Safety with changes
• Standard for Non Public Safety without changes to
  codec or encryption
• Shell Standards in draft form, with ongoing work,
  to complete during 2001
• North American TETRA Forum set up, providing
  support from users

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TETRA is state-of-the-art
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WAP and Bluetooth on TETRA
Network Management Center
Content Provider
WAP Terminal
IP
WAP GW
Internet
Database
LAN Server
IP
WAP Server
IP
Corporate Intranet
Switching/ RoutingNetwork
IP
IP
GPS
Bluetooth
Control Room Server
IP
IP
Voice/IP
Dispatcher
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The future

• UMTS is the future of cellular systems
• TETRA is the future of PMR systems
• TETRA and UMTS are complementary and will offer
  integrated services
• TETRA release 2 is the answer

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Thank you