40567 TETRA 2012 Show Daily 1_TETRA 2012 Show Daily 1 14/05/2012 13:44 Page 1
1
News Designed for greater efficiency
Pocket radio looks to new markets
Launching today, Sepura’s STP9000 series of TETRA hand-portable radios is designed to drive efficiency improvements across users’ operations, while also enhancing their safety and security. Features include IP67 protection, built-in RFID tag to assist resource management, highly-sensitive GPS capability, and choice of user interface.
Cassidian’s new TETRA radio is just 19mm deep, so is aptly named the TH1n. The size, weight and ergonomics are designed to appeal to potential TETRA users in new sectors, such as social workers and health care personnel who have the option of joining shared public safety networks but do not need a heavy-duty radio. Equipped with appropriate accessories, the compact TH1n is also suitable for covert use.
There are three models in the series: the STP9000 with full keypad and colour screen; the STP9100, with a reduced keypad and colour screen, and the STP9200, offering a reduced keypad and monochrome screen.
IP65 protection means reliable performance in demanding environments and 1.8 watt output power provides extra reach when network coverage is at its limit or when Direct Mode Operation (DMO) is used. The repeater feature in DMO enables teams to build a voice connection between users who might otherwise be out of reach of each other.
The IP67 environmental protection rating means that the STP9000 radio will still function after being submerged in up to a metre of water for up to 30 minutes. With this in mind, Sepura is targeting the marine, fire and rescue, open-cast mining and heavy industrial sectors, where a fully robust TETRA radio is required. The STP9000 series can be seen on Sepura’s Stand E401. Sepura’s new STP9000 series
TUESDAY 15TH MAY
The slimline TH1n from Cassidian
The most successful year so far
The new TH1n is on show at Stand A201.
The ultimate patrol vehicle? Motorola Solutions demonstrates the possibilities of the latest innovations in TETRA, TEDS and LTE communications technology on Stand G301.
The TETRA World Congress 2012 opens today against a backdrop of continued growth and expansion in the TETRA industry. Figures from IMS Research show that in 2011, the market for shipments of TETRA terminals increased by more than nine per cent over 2010. This makes 2011 the TETRA market’s most successful year to date. Significant growth is being seen in regions outside Europe – and the fastest growing region is Africa and the Middle East. Public safety remains about 65 per cent of the global market. IMS Research is also predicting growth in the TETRA infrastructure arena, with TRX shipments forecast to grow by 5.9 per cent CAGR and base station shipments by four per cent CAGR to 2016, again with significant growth in non-European regions.
World Congress News is brought to you by:
Send your news, views and Show photos to editor@tandcca.com | www.tetraworldcongress.com
40567 TETRA 2012 Show Daily 1_TETRA 2012 Show Daily 1 14/05/2012 13:44 Page 2
Page 2
Bringing Command & Control to the next level
Coming soon to a street near you?
Today’s public safety agencies are facing the challenges of increased complexity of operations coupled with a constantly growing public expectation of faster and more effective response. Sharing multimedia information quickly and reliably is a key element for meeting those challenges.
Reducing the visual impact of communications infrastructure in the urban environment is being successfully achieved by commercial network operators, and this requirement could increase in importance for other spectrum system planners and designers in the future. Street furniture of the future?
Alcatel-Lucent is demonstrating a new generation communication dispatching platform integrated with an interactive multimedia whiteboard. Called ICCC (Integrated Communications for Control Centres), the solution handles all operational voice communications from any network (TETRA, Tetrapol, GSM-R, analogue, GSM, ISDN, PSTN, etc). Thierry Sens, Solution Marketing Director, AlcatelLucent, explains: “ With The ICCC from Alcatel Lucent – see it advanced call routing and work on Stand B203 conferencing features, the system can bring together in a virtual room first responders from different agencies that may use different and non-interoperable communication systems. Because this solution is based on Internet standards such as SIP and Web services, and integrates collaboration and conferencing software, it can also handle multimedia sessions combining voice, data and video. “This enables the integration of the dispatching and conferencing solution with a new interactive white board to manage multimedia sessions between the control room and the first responders with a simple and intuitive interface. The officer in the command centre, by simply touching the screen, can push/retrieve multimedia information (voice, data and video) to/from the first responders in the field.” See Alcatel-Lucent at Stand B203.
Skymasts Antennas’ new street furniture and In-building antenna designs and concepts look to provide the tools to enable system planners and designers to overcome both in-building and outdoor visual impact concerns. Skymasts are pioneering a range of TETRA-based street furniture designs, where the requirements of local planning authorities and visual impact to residents are of paramount importance. The designs aim to offer a number of configurations from omnidirectional to tri-sector coverage within a single flange mounted housing, available in a variety of colour options. See the potential of the future at Stand J403.
Impressive claims about combiners Procom is making some impressive claims about its new combiners, the PRO-MIXPHY-TETRA-2 N 2-station combiner and the PRO-MIXPHY-TETRA-N 4 4-station combiner, pictured. Visit them on Stand H101 to find out about the parallel operation of multiple devices.
Talking TETRA from Dubai to Athens via satellite link Funk-Electronic Piciorgros is presenting their latest innovation on Stand H404. The DV1-100 is a TETRA modem designed to connect different infrastructures to one another regardless of manufacturer, frequency or location. Piciorgros will be performing a live demo throughout the three days of the Congress, showing the connection of a TETRA network in Dubai and a TETRA infrastructure in Athens. Piciorgros won second place at the TETRA Awards this year for the DVI100 in the category “Best TETRA Innovation”. The DV1-100 attaches to a TETRA infrastructure the same way as a normal hand portable and can be a member of up to 25 different groups. Piciorgros has utilised the DVI-100 to connect two different TETRA infrastructures by using a Thuraya satellite link. The DVI-100 is connected to a router in one network and with the help of an uplink, it is sent to the other infrastructure, which receives the information through the Thuraya transceiver and feeds it to the router.
A second scenario, illustrated by the graphic, shows the DVI100 in one infrastructure connected to a satellite dish that sends TETRA voice information through a satellite to an area that is not in close proximity to a TETRA network. In this situation the DVI-100 can function as a MicroSpot in DMO mode, feeding the information to terminals close by. Marco Jakobs, CTO at Funk Electronic Piciorgros explains: “We believe that there is a great need for a device like the DVI-100. In TETRA white spots or areas where there is no infrastructure at all – let’s say, a vessel in the middle of the ocean – TETRA could be used to communicate.”
Send your news, views and Show photos to editor@tandcca.com | www.tetraworldcongress.com
40567 TETRA 2012 Show Daily 1_TETRA 2012 Show Daily 1 14/05/2012 13:44 Page 3
Page 3
Looking to Long Term Evolution
Upgrade path for future PMR networks
Vendor-independent product strategy
Cassidian has launched the TB3s TETRA base station, which can be fitted with broadband LTE carriers to provide an upgrade path to future PMR networks.
On Stand F201, Rohill is showing its R-9050 LTE base station, aimed at accelerating the adoption of LTE for mission-critical applications. The base station is targeted for fast deployment applications that require robust and secure broadband communications at events and incidents. Support of all relevant UHF frequency bands is planned, including 350 and 400 MHz, with standard and custom bandwidths between 1.25 and 20MHz.
The LTE capability combines with multiple features including TEDS, air-interface encryption, Type 1 handover and base station fallback. Combining TETRA and LTE capabilities in one unit means that upgrading the network for TEDS and introducing broadband can be achieved with incremental investment, and operators can use the TB3s base stations to choose specifically where and when to introduce TEDS and broadband services. The TB3s combined TETRA and LTE units can share antenna lines and antennas, use the same transmission lines to the core network and the same battery backup system, and can be operated and maintained over a remote connection. Cassidian has also announced its DXT3c compact TETRA switch, aimed at smaller networks covering areas such as airports, harbours, metro lines, large towns and small cities. The DXT3c can also be used to help provide temporary coverage.
TB3s from Cassidian
The DXT3c provides all the functions of a packet data gateway, base station controller and dispatcher controller as well as many application connections, and can support more than 900 active talk groups when the average offered group traffic is 0.2 Erlangs. Get the full details from Cassidian on Stand A201.
The architecture of the base station is designed for high availability by adopting no‐single‐point‐of‐failure mechanisms, with software support for highly scalable and secure group communications on the basis of IP Multicast. Rohill has said it is committed to deliver tailored solutions for TETRA and LTE, and will continue its partnership with leading LTE equipment suppliers to further stimulate and develop this market by providing open solutions. Rohill sees the vendor‐independent product strategy as being of fundamental importance to support current and future heterogeneous networks, including PMR networks based on TETRA, Tetrapol and APCO Project 25, as well as integration with public operator‐controlled LTE networks. This work is supported by two European FP7 projects in which Rohill participates.
Send your news, views and Show photos to editor@tandcca.com | www.tetraworldcongress.com
40567 TETRA 2012 Show Daily 1_TETRA 2012 Show Daily 1 14/05/2012 13:44 Page 4
Page 4
The TETRA World Congress will return as Critical Communications World We look forward to welcoming you at next year’s event, in Paris (May 20-23 2013). As we return to Europe, we will be rebranding TWC to become Critical Communications World. Here is an explanation of why we think the time is right for the event to take this evolutionary step. During the last 14 years the TETRA World Congress has developed to become the annual meeting place for TETRA Users, Operators, Distributors and Manufacturers from around the globe. The show started as a small conference for a pioneering group of Critical Communications professionals striving to define and develop the TETRA standard. Over time, like the technology, the show has gained momentum, delivering sustained year on year growth and reaching out to new markets and Users. This year’s event will be the most diverse yet, attracting visitors from 83 countries to hear 150+ case studies of TETRA in action and to visit an exhibition of 106 companies. As the TETRA standard and User requirements have developed, so the event’s content and focus has evolved. We are now at the edge of a new paradigm that directly impacts the scope of the Congress. Providing Mission Critical Mobile Broadband is the next big step for our industry. Today, Critical Communications Users are looking to the future and asking how they can access Mobile Broadband services (based on TEDS, LTE and WiMAX) and applications alongside their secure and reliable radio services. This is true not only for Users of TETRA, but also of TETRAPOL, P25, GSM-R and other technologies. Critical Communications World will incorporate the key show elements that you currently expect from the TETRA World Congress. In addition, we will be broadening the scope of the conference and exhibition to focus further on critical broadband technologies. The conference will examine how potential Mobile Broadband technologies can be combined with TETRA to meet the future voice and data requirements of Mission Critical Users. We welcome Users of all Critical Communications technologies to join the debate.
Critical Communications World is produced in partnership with the TETRA and Critical Communications Association. Together we are committed to developing and showcasing the unique benefits of TETRA at the Congress. We will also now evaluate how all Mission Critical User groups can work together to define Mobile Broadband requirements, outline the business case and define networks, architecture and applications for the future. Phil Godfrey, Chairman of TCCA says “The increasing demand for critical broadband solutions is being addressed by the Association, hence our new name - the TETRA and Critical Communications Association (TCCA) - which reflects our extended remit. With our experience, we believe that we are the best organisation to drive the development of common standards for critical communications broadband capability. I am delighted that next year's conference is reflecting that change. TETRA will remain the primary technology of interest, and the wider scope will encourage new potential customers to join us in Paris. "Our focus on TETRA continues with an on-going programme of events around the world, organised by the TCCA and designed to promote the capabilities and developments in the TETRA market." We hope that you will join us for this exciting next phase If you would like to be involved in Critical Communications World, as a speaker, sponsor, exhibitor or attendee, don’t hesitate to contact us. Please visit our new website from 18th May 2012 – www.criticalcommunicationsworld.com I look forward to seeing you in Paris! Hanna Jackson Director – Critical Communications World
The event’s core content will focus on the following themes:
Critical Broadband Technologies TEDS LTE WIMAX
Business Critical Voice
Mission Critical Voice Communications TETRA
Critical Communications World Control Room Communications Infrastructure IT Cloud Computing
Applications Data Situational Awareness Video Security
Terminals, Tablets & Devices
Send your news, views and Show photos to editor@tandcca.com | www.tetraworldcongress.com
40567 TETRA 2012 Show Daily 1_TETRA 2012 Show Daily 1 14/05/2012 13:44 Page 5
Send your news, views and Show photos to editor@tandcca.com | www.tetraworldcongress.com
40567 TETRA 2012 Show Daily 1_TETRA 2012 Show Daily 1 14/05/2012 13:44 Page 6
Page 6
Unified service delivery for critical communications
Qatar takes Mentura AVLS Mentura Group has delivered an Automatic Vehicle Location System (AVLS) for the Qatar Ministry of Interior. The system is based on Mentura Group’s TETRA Tracker Location Platform, and it provides realtime location information about patrols in the field to control rooms on web-based maps. The country-wide service in Qatar is projected to position more than 10,000 mobile units. Locate Mentura at Stand C304.
The Qatar Ministry of Interior (MoI) has chosen Portalify to provide mobile data platform technology that offers the potential for overlaying of TETRA with LTE. The Qatar MoI is committed to unified service delivery through the leveraging of underlying bearer networks, including its existing TETRA and new LTE systems, with intelligent seamless The Portalify Data Management Server (DMS) enables field and multiple bearer platform solutions. control room staff to perform mission critical data operations. The Qatar MoI provides mission critical communications to a diverse range of end user groups, predominantly within public safety, security and military markets. As well as combining TETRA and LTE into a single service offering, access to diverse information sources for multiple agency information sharing is essential. “We selected Portalify because of their proven track record providing mission critical data solutions and because of our need for a scalable platform allowing efficient information access over our cutting-edge networks”, said Brigadier Ali Al Henzab, Director of Telecommunications Department, Qatar MoI.
TETRA + Critical Communications Association AGM 2012 16.00 today, Room Dubai C All TCCA Members are welcome
Hosting the TETRA World Congress 2012, Dubai sits in the fastest growing region for TETRA. Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai (pictured) was the first commercial organisation in the United Arab Emirates to implement its own dedicated, private TETRA network. The system was supplied by ETELM and implemented by Microhit Technologies LLC.
Portalify’s DMS-based solutions enable field workers and control room operatives to efficiently access back-end applications, legacy IT systems, information systems, situational awareness and command and control systems. Multi-user information can be shared and responses coordinated to different user groups over multiple networks and devices. Most common applications include Task Messaging, Database Queries, Image Messaging, AVL and APL applications. Find out more about the nationwide Qatar network tomorrow at 09.50 during the Plenary Session. Find out more about Portalify on Stand B303.
Efficient technologies in frequency synthesis domain Currently, the use of modulations at very high spectral efficiency such as QAM/OFDM or DQPSK used in TETRA modulations in base stations, imposes very high spectral purity for frequency synthesizers. According to Européenne de Télécommunications S.A (E.T.S.A.), the emergence of technologies based on Direct Digital Synthesis using high frequency references can now obtain remarkable spectral purities. Ask E.T.S.A to explain on Stand E601 For example, agile synthesizers working at 400 MHz can achieve -80dBc at 10Hz from the carrier and -130 dBc at 100 Hz from the carrier while maintaining processing and lock speed of several hundreds of microseconds. These performances are determined by the architecture of the phase loop and the quality of the reference.
“We consider communications within the resort critical to our overall operational needs to maintain the high level of service for our guests,” commented JJ Raath, Vice President, Security at Atlantis, The Palm, “TETRA provides the ideal solution in terms of audio quality, coverage and security”.
Send your news, views and Show photos to editor@tandcca.com | www.tetraworldcongress.com
40567 TETRA 2012 Show Daily 1_TETRA 2012 Show Daily 1 14/05/2012 13:45 Page 7
Page 7
Helping to maintain network stability The second generation of the TETRA RF Automated Coverage Evaluation System (TRACES) from Motorola Solutions is now available. TRACES allows public safety network operators to collect, visualise and evaluate real-time data from Motorola Dimetra TETRA networks. Operators can view usage patterns and identify and react to coverage black spots, helping to maintain a stable network for users in the field. The new release of TRACES enables operators to build a detailed picture of an entire network by automatically and continuously capturing network performance data. The new Uplink Measurement Report (UMR) module collects real-time data ETSI GPS signals from any TETRA user radio active in the field. This real time information availability also allows network operators to monitor their compliance against typical KPI and SLA criteria.
Environmental award winners show how it’s done Rohill continues to champion environmental issues, and its ‘Power Saving Innovations’ entry on base station power consumption was the winner of the Green TETRA Award in the 2012 International TETRA Awards. Sharing knowledge, Rohill is demonstrating case-bycase potential cost and carbon emission reduction scenarios using an app pre-installed on iPad tablets on Stand F201. Rohill’s winning award entry described innovations including a highly optimised architecture for base station hardware, and turning off the transmitter during unused channel timeslots.
Get the full network picture with Motorola Solutions’ TRACES
The use of TRACES as an analytical tool can also reduce maintenance costs by replacing the need for regular drive testing in problem areas. Gary Aitkenhead, vice president, Global Services Organisation, Motorola Solutions, EMEA, said: “TRACES will help to create a single understanding across a TETRA network and have a hugely positive impact on the cost, complexity and time requirement of maintaining networks for both the operator and the end-user.” Track down TRACES on Motorola’s Stand G301
Rohill’s approach shows that significant CAPEX savings can be achieved through reduced or eliminated need for air conditioning, and reduced battery backup capacity. OPEX savings are made through lower power consumption and a lower failure rate of base stations due to lower component temperatures. Lower energy consumption means lower carbon emissions, and pollution can be reduced through the use and disposal of smaller backup batteries, and the ability to power base stations by solar energy.
Send your news, views and Show photos to editor@tandcca.com | www.tetraworldcongress.com
40567 TETRA 2012 Show Daily 1_TETRA 2012 Show Daily 1 14/05/2012 13:45 Page 8
Page 8
New Micro for mobile work teams Motorola Solutions has announced the launch of Release 3.0 of its Dimetra IP Micro platform, aimed at providing advanced TETRA voice and data functionality for mobile work teams Dimetra IP Micro 3.0 supports TEDS, designed to enable end users access to advanced data services including image sending, video viewing and remote access to documents, as well as a wide range of features including The new Dimetra IP Micro integrated voice and data services and full duplex IP telephony calls. The latter is particularly important to commercial and enterprise users in sectors such as construction, manufacturing, mining and transport, resorts and large hotels. The platform provides an interface enabling interconnection to conventional analogue systems, and can provide a migration path for enterprises upgrading from analogue to digital solutions.
TETRA out of the box DAMM is promoting its rapid deployable TETRA system as an ‘instant’ out-of-the-box communications solution. The self-contained mobile Rapid Deployable TetraFlex (RDT) system can be used in many situations, including road accidents, natural disasters or for deployment in rural areas. You can test out the claim at Small as a suitcase the ‘DAMM Experience Point’ on Stand E301, where DAMM will be showing how quickly an emergency communications network can be up and running, and how much power can be packed into one small wheeled suitcase.
It’s a record! Over 2600 advance registrations have been received for the 2012 TETRA World Congress – the highest number in the history of the event. Together with the record number of exhibition stands, 2012 is set to be a year to remember for TWC.
Increased network security includes air interface encryption and authentication options, and the multi-channel interface allows these IP services to be linked directly to existing analogue networks.
Networking Reception
Meet the new generation Dimetra IP Micro on Motorola’s Stand G301.
17.40 today, Bubble Lounge Meet, discuss, debate, make new contacts
Today at the Seminar Theatre
FREE T ATTEN O D
Applications Showcase
Critical Communications Networks
11:10
Procom’s TETRA Combiner Is For Maximum Reliability Jesper Hek, Sales and Marketing Director, Procom
14.30 Critical Communications Over LTE Michael Meincke, Vice President System Business Overseas, Hytera
11:35
Mentura TETRA Management Suite – A Convergent Solution for TETRA And LTE Ali Hosseini , Sales Director, Mentura
14:55 Progress In Radiating Cable Technology To Meet The Challenges Of In-Tunnel And In-Building Wireless Communications Systems Peter Raabe, Product Line Director Wireless Indoor Solutions, RFS (Radio Frequency Systems) Communications Systems
12:00 In-Vehicle TETRA For Public Transport Frederic Kluyskens, Director, AEG Belgium 12:25 Implementing Advanced Dispatch Solutions Gjalt van der Veen, Business Consultant, Kolibri Systems 12:50 TETRA Applications Interfaces Yasser Swailem, Director Of Application Development, Systel 13:15
TETRA In-building And Tunnels: Case study Håkan Samuelsson, Founder, Axell Wireless
15:20 Managing TETRA Planning And Coexistence With Other Services Olivier Brecheteau, Business Development Manager, ATDI 15:45 How To Cut The Energy Costs Through Free Cooling And Base Station Air Conditioning Omar Zetchi, Key Account Manager, Stulz 16:10 TETRA Over Satellite – Mobilising The Control Room Dan Ellis, System Architect, APD Communications
13:40 Personal Security Communications Dietmar Schöps, Director International Sales, Funkwerk Security Communications
16.35 The Hungarian Public Safety Network In Critical Communications Situations Oszkár Jókai, President, TETRA Forum Hungary
14.05 Alerting TETRA Devices – Soon A Reality Angelo Saccoccia, TPL Systèmes
17.00
Choosing The Right Deployment Model For Broadband PMR Networks Jérome Brouet, Innovation Director, Alcatel-Lucent
Send your news, views and Show photos to editor@tandcca.com | www.tetraworldcongress.com