Interoperability between people, organisations, regions and equipment

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Interoperability between people, organisations,
regions and equipment

• TETRA Ireland Conference
• Dublin April 2005
• Risto Toikkanen
• Vice chairman / TETRA MoU

01.04.2005
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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

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Organisational dimension

• Organisational interoperability
• Capability for agencies to communicate with each
  other
• On a daily basis
• In emergency situations

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

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Inter-regional dimension

• Inter-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 the cross-border interoperability is
high on the EU/Schengen agenda.
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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

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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
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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

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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

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Technical interoperability solutions

• 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

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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

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Speed of innovation

• Test 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 RD investment
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TETRA IOP Certification process
ACCEPTED into OPERATION (Also need CE mark or TA)
STANDARDS
CERTIFICATE
TMO AI group DMO AI group ISI group (PEI group)
MoU
MoU
Operator/User Association Technical
Forum Members Enquiry
Certification Body ISCTI )
Rome/Italy
approx 12 suppliers
TEST PLANS
TIP SPECS
) Instituto Superiore delle Comunicazioni e
tecnologie dell'Informazione
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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
  manufacturers 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

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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

• 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

THE AMOUNT OF CERTIFICATES VARIES BETWEEN
COMPANIES AND IS GROWING - see status lists in
handout package
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Conclusions

• Organisational 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

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Additional handout information

• Available TIP specifications and IOP test plans
• Published TETRA IOP certificates
• System Manufacturers
• Terminal Manufacturers
• Status as per March 2005

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TTR 001 Air Interface
TIP Specifications
IOP Test plans
part 1 Core v.4.8
yes (new upd)
part 2 Short Data Service
yes
part 3 Dynamic Group Number Assignment
yes
part 4 Authentication (SwMI initiated mutual)
yes/SwMI init.
part 5 Packet Data (single slot multislot)
yes/singe slot
part 6 Air Interface migration phase 1 2
yes (new)
part 7 Fleet Specific Short Number Dialling
yes
part 8 RF loop back
no
part 9 Ambience Listening
yes
part 10 E-t-e encryption w Clear Voice Override
yes
part 11 AI encryption (SCK,DCK)
yes
part 12 Service Interaction
yes (new)
part 13 AI enable/disable
no
TTR TETRA MoUTechnical Report
part 14 TETRA Key Distribution
no
part 15 Call Authorised by Dispatcher
no
part 16 Air to ground
no
part 17 Radio User Assignment
no
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TTR 002 Direct Mode Operation
TIP Specifications
IOP Test plans
DMO TIP v.2 part 1 core Group call with
pre-emption and change over Individual
call Status messagingIntrinsic services Random
access Transition DM-gtTM-gtDM
yes
Part 2 DMO gateway
passed ME
TTR TETRA MoUTechnical Report, ME Members
Enquiry
Part 3 DMO repeater
passed ME
Part 4 DMO e-t-e encryption
passed ME
Part x DMO static encryption
no
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TTR 003 Inter-System-Interface
TIP Specifications
IOP Test plans
Part 1 Mobility management including
authentication
no
Part 2 Individual call including
simplex/duplex and TPI
no
Part 3 Short Data Service (status and text
message)
no
Part 4 Lower layers
no
Part 5-1 Circuit Mode transmission (voice frame
format)
no
Part 5-2 Packet Mode transmission (voice frame
format)
no
Part 6 Group call
no
TTR TETRA MoUTechnical Report
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System certification
Frequentis
RS Bick
Motorola
Teltronic
Nokia
Rohill
OTE
Air interface
part 1 Core (v. 3)
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
part 2 Short Data Service
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
part 3 Dynamic Group Number Assignment
yes
yes
yes
-
yes
-
yes
part 4 Authentication (SwMI initiated)
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
-
yes
part 5 Packet Data (single slot)
yes
yes
-
yes
-
yes
yes
part 7 Fleet Specific Short Number Dialling
yes
-
-
-
-
-
-
part 9 Ambience Listening
yes
yes
-
-
-
-
-
part 10 E-t-e encryption w Clear Voice Override
yes
-
yes
-
-
-
-
part 11 AI encryption (SCK,DCK)
yes
yes
yes
-
yes
-
yes
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Terminal certification
Cleartone
Motorola
Teltronic
DeTeWe
Sepura
Thales
Nokia
OTE
Niros
Air interface
part 1 Core (v. 3)
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
part 2 Short Data Service
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
part 3 Dynamic Group Number Assignment
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
-
-
-
part 4 Authentication (SwMI initiated)
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
-
part 5 Packet Data (single slot)
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
-
-
-
part 7 Fleet Specific Short Number Dialling
yes
-
-
yes
-
-
-
-
-
part 9 Ambience Listening
yes
yes
-
yes
-
-
-
yes
-
part 10 E-t-e encryption w CVO
-
yes
yes
-
-
-
-
yes
-
part 11 AI encryption (SCK,DCK)
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
-
Direct Mode Operation
part 1 Core v. 2
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
-
-
-
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Nokia system IOP terminals
Nokia TETRA System
Air interface
part 1 Core (v. 3)
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
part 2 SDS
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
-
yes
yes
yes
part 3 DGNA
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
-
-
-
yes
part 4 Authentication (SwMI initiated)
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
-
yes
part 5 Packet Data (single slot)
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
-
-
-
-
yes
part 7 FSSN
yes
-
-
yes
-
yes
-
-
-
yes
part 9 Ambience Listening
yes
yes
-
yes
-
-
-
yes
-
yes
part 10 E-t-e encryption w CVO
-
yes
yes
-
-
-
-
yes
-
yes
part 11 AI encryption (SCK,DCK)
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
-
yes
-
yes
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Motorola system IOP terminals
Dimetra IP
Air interface
part 1 Core (v. 3)
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
part 2 SDS
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
-
-
yes
yes
part 3 DGNA
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
-
-
-
yes
part 4 Authentication (SwMI initiated)
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
-
yes
part 5 Packet Data (single slot)
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
-
-
-
yes
part 7 FSSN





-
part 9 Ambience Listening
yes
yes
-
yes
-
-
-
-
-
yes
part 10 E-t-e encryption w CVO





-
part 11 AI encryption (SCK,DCK)
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
-
yes
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OTE system IOP terminals
Elettra
Air interface
part 1 Core (v. 3)
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
part 2 SDS
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes

yes
part 3 DGNA
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
-


yes
part 4 Authentication (SwMI initiated)
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes

yes
part 5 Packet Data (single slot)

-
part 7 FSSN





-
part 9 Ambience Listening





-
part 10 E-t-e encryption w CVO
-
-
yes
-
-
-
-

yes
part 11 AI encryption (SCK,DCK)
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes

yes
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Rohill system IOP terminals
TETRANode
Air interface
part 1 Core (v. 3)
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
part 2 SDS
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes

yes
part 3 DGNA
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes



yes
part 4 Authentication (SwMI initiated)
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes

yes
part 5 Packet Data (single slot)
yes
yes
-
yes
yes
-
yes
part 7 FSSN





-
part 9 Ambience Listening





-
part 10 E-t-e encryption w CVO







-
part 11 AI encryption (SCK,DCK)
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes

yes
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Teltronic system IOP terminals
Nebula
Air interface
part 1 Core (v. 3)
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
part 2 SDS
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes

yes
yes
part 3 DGNA



-
part 4 Authentication (SwMI initiated)
yes
yes
yes
yes

yes
-
yes
part 5 Packet Data (single slot)
yes
yes
-
yes
-
-
yes
part 7 FSSN





-
part 9 Ambience Listening





-
part 10 E-t-e encryption w CVO







-
part 11 AI encryption (SCK,DCK)


-
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Frequentis system IOP terminals
Dimetra Compact
Air interface
part 1 Core (v. 3)
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
part 2 SDS
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
-

yes
yes
part 3 DGNA



-
part 4 Authentication (SwMI initiated)


-
part 5 Packet Data (single slot)
yes
yes
-
yes
-
-
-
yes
part 7 FSSN





-
part 9 Ambience Listening





-
part 10 E-t-e encryption w CVO







-
part 11 AI encryption (SCK,DCK)


-
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RhodeSchwarz Bick Mobilfunk system IOP
terminals
Accessnet-T
Air interface
part 1 Core (v. 3)
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
part 2 SDS
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes

yes
part 3 DGNA
yes
yes
yes
yes
-
yes
yes


yes
part 4 Authentication (SwMI initiated)
yes
yes
yes
yes
-
yes
yes

yes
part 5 Packet Data (single slot)




-
part 7 FSSN





-
part 9 Ambience Listening





-
part 10 E-t-e encryption w CVO







-
part 11 AI encryption (SCK,DCK)
yes
yes
yes
yes
-
yes
-

yes