ETSI TR 102 621 V1.1.1 (2008-04)

Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA); TWC2007 Future of TETRA workshop report

DTR/TETRA-01190

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 17-Apr-2008
• Technical Committee: TCCE 1 - TCCE User Requirements / Services
• Current Stage: 12 - Completion
• Due Date: 12-May-2008
• Completion Date: 18-Apr-2008

Standards Content (Sample)

ETSI TR 102 621 V1.1.1 (2008-04)
Technical Report


Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA);
TWC2007 Future of TETRA workshop report


�

---------------------- Page: 1 ----------------------
2 ETSI TR 102 621 V1.1.1 (2008-04)



Reference
DTR/TETRA-01190
Keywords
TETRA
ETSI
650 Route des Lucioles
F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex - FRANCE

Tel.: [phone]  Fax: [phone]

Siret N° 348 623 562 00017 - NAF 742 C
Association à but non lucratif enregistrée à la
Sous-Préfecture de Grasse (06) N° 7803/88

Important notice
Individual copies of the present document can be downloaded from:
http://www.etsi.org
The present document may be made available in more than one electronic version or in print. In any case of existing or
perceived difference in contents between such versions, the reference version is the Portable Document Format (PDF).
In case of dispute, the reference shall be the printing on ETSI printers of the PDF version kept on a specific network drive
within ETSI Secretariat.
Users of the present document should be aware that the document may be subject to revision or change of status.
Information on the current status of this and other ETSI documents is available at
http://portal.etsi.org/tb/status/status.asp
If you find errors in the present document, please send your comment to one of the following services:
http://portal.etsi.org/chaircor/ETSI_support.asp
Copyright Notification
No part may be reproduced except as authorized by written permission.
The copyright and the foregoing restriction extend to reproduction in all media.

© European Telecommunications Standards Institute 2008.
All rights reserved.

TM TM TM TM
DECT , PLUGTESTS , UMTS , TIPHON , the TIPHON logo and the ETSI logo are Trade Marks of ETSI registered
for the benefit of its Members.
TM
3GPP is a Trade Mark of ETSI registered for the benefit of its Members and of the 3GPP Organizational Partners.
ETSI

---------------------- Page: 2 ----------------------
3 ETSI TR 102 621 V1.1.1 (2008-04)
Contents
Intellectual Property Rights.7
Foreword.7
1 Scope.8
2 References.8
2.1 Normative references.8
2.2 Informative references.8
3 Abbreviations.9
4 TETRA World Congress 2007 Future of TETRA workshop report .9
4.1 Background.9
4.2 Workshop Objectives.10
4.3 Workshop Methodology.10
4.4 Delegate breakdown.11
4.4.1 High level delegate breakdown.11
4.4.2 User delegate breakdown.12
4.4.3 TETRA Manufacturer / Supplier delegate breakdown .12
4.4.4 Other delegate breakdown .13
4.4.5 Public Safety and Security User delegate breakdown.13
4.4.6 Non Public Safety and Security User delegate breakdown.14
4.4.7 Delegate experience breakdown .14
4.4.8 5+ Experience delegate breakdown .15
4.4.9 No Experience delegate breakdown.15
4.4.10 Public Safety and Security User 5+ Experience delegate breakdown.16
4.4.11 Delegate breakdown remarks.16
4.5 Result representation.16
4.5.1 Global overview results .16
4.5.2 Weighted results and weighted comparison results .16
5 Global overview total workshop results.17
5.1 TMO Network Enhancements all workshop respondents .17
5.2 DMO Enhancements all workshop respondents.18
5.3 Data Enhancements all workshop respondents.19
5.4 General Enhancement Areas all workshop respondents.20
5.5 Industry Performance Enhancements all workshop respondents.21
5.6 Relative Importance of Enhancements Groups all workshop respondents.22
5.7 Additional comments from all workshop respondents .22
6 Weighted results all enhancement areas.24
6.1 All respondents all enhancement areas weighted results; questions 1 to 5 from questionnaire 2.24
6.2 All User respondents all enhancement areas weighted results; questions 1 to 5 from questionnaire 2 .25
6.3 All Public Safety and Security User all enhancement areas weighted results; questions 1 to 5 from
questionnaire 2 .26
6.4 All Non-Public Safety and Security User all enhancement areas weighted results; questions 1 to 5
questionnaire 2 .27
6.5 All Manufacturer/Supplier all enhancement areas weighted results; questions 1 to 5 from questionnaire
2.28
6.6 All 5+ Experience respondents all enhancement areas weighted results; questions 1 to 5 from
questionnaire 2 .29
6.7 All No Experience respondents all enhancement areas weighted results; questions 1 to 5 from
questionnaire 2 .30
6.8 All Public Safety and Security User 5+ Experience respondents all enhancement areas weighted results;
questions 1 to 5 from questionnaire 2.31
7 Weighted results All User respondents by enhancement area.32
7.1 Weighted results All User respondents TMO area.32
7.2 Weighted results All User respondents DMO area.33
ETSI

---------------------- Page: 3 ----------------------
4 ETSI TR 102 621 V1.1.1 (2008-04)
7.3 Weighted results All User respondents Data area .34
7.4 Weighted results All User respondents General area .35
7.5 Weighted results All User respondents Industry area.36
8 Weighted results All Public Safety and Security User respondents by enhancement area .37
8.1 Weighted results All Public Safety and Security User respondents TMO area.37
8.2 Weighted results All Public Safety and Security User respondents DMO area .38
8.3 Weighted results All Public Safety and Security User respondents Data area .39
8.4 Weighted results All Public Safety and Security User respondents General area .40
8.5 Weighted results All Public Safety and Security User respondents Industry area .41
9 Weighted results All Non-Public Safety and Security User respondents by enhancement area.42
9.1 Weighted results All Non-Public Safety and Security User respondents TMO area.42
9.2 Weighted results All Non-Public Safety and Security User respondents DMO area .43
9.3 Weighted results All Non-Public Safety and Security User respondents Data area.44
9.4 Weighted results All Non-Public Safety and Security User respondents General area.45
9.5 Weighted results All Non-Public Safety and Security User respondents Industry area .46
10 Weighted results All Manufacturer/Supplier respondents by enhancement area.47
10.1 Weighted results All Manufacturer/Supplier respondents TMO area .47
10.2 Weighted results All Manufacturer/Supplier respondents DMO area.48
10.3 Weighted results All Manufacturer/Supplier respondents Data area.49
10.4 Weighted results All Manufacturer/Supplier respondents General area.50
10.5 Weighted results All Manufacturer / Supplier respondents Industry area.51
11 Weighted results All 5+ Experience respondents by enhancement area.52
11.1 Weighted results All 5+ Experience respondents TMO area .52
11.2 Weighted results All 5+ Experience respondents DMO area .53
11.3 Weighted results All 5+ Experience respondents Data area.54
11.4 Weighted results All 5+ Experience respondents General area.55
11.5 Weighted results All 5+ Experience respondents Industry area .56
12 Weighted results All No Experience respondents by enhancement area .57
12.1 Weighted results All No Experience respondents TMO area.57
12.2 Weighted results All No Experience respondents DMO area .58
12.3 Weighted results All No Experience respondents Data area .59
12.4 Weighted results All No Experience respondents General area .60
12.5 Weighted results All No Experience respondents Industry area .61
13 Weighted results All Public Safety and Security User 5+ Experience respondents by enhancement
area .62
13.1 Weighted results All Public Safety and Security User 5+ Experience respondents TMO area.62
13.2 Weighted results All Public Safety and Security User 5+ Experience respondents DMO area .63
13.3 Weighted results All Public Safety and Security User 5+ Experience respondents Data area .64
13.4 Weighted results All Public Safety and Security User 5+ Experience respondents General area.65
13.5 Weighted results All Public Safety and Security User 5+ Experience respondents Industry area .66
14 Weighted results Public Safety and Security User - Non Public Safety and Security User
respondents comparison by enhancement area.67
14.1 Weighted results Public Safety and Security User - Non Public Safety and Security User respondents
comparison TMO area.67
14.2 Weighted results Public Safety and Security User - Non Public Safety and Security User respondents
comparison DMO area .68
14.3 Weighted results Public Safety and Security User - Non Public Safety and Security User respondents
comparison Data area .69
14.4 Weighted results Public Safety and Security User - Non Public Safety and Security User respondents
comparison General area .70
14.5 Weighted results Public Safety and Security User - Non Public Safety and Security User respondents
comparison Industry area .71
15 Weighted results Public Safety and Security User 5+ Experience - Manufacturer/supplier (5+
Experience) respondents comparison by enhancement area .72
15.1 Weighted results Public Safety and Security User 5+ Experience - Manufacturer/supplier (5+
Experience) respondents comparison TMO area.72
ETSI

---------------------- Page: 4 ----------------------
5 ETSI TR 102 621 V1.1.1 (2008-04)
15.2 Weighted results Public Safety and Security User 5+ Experience - Manufacturer/supplier (5+
Experience) respondents comparison DMO area .73
15.3 Weighted results Public Safety and Security User 5+ Experience - Manufacturer/supplier (5+
Experience) respondents comparison Data area.74
15.4 Weighted results Public Safety and Security User 5+ Experience - Manufacturer/supplier (5+
Experience) respondents comparison General area.75
15.5 Weighted results Public Safety and Security User 5+ Experience - Manufacturer/supplier (5+
Experience) respondents comparison Industry area .76
16 Weighted results 5+ Experience - No Experience respondents comparison by enhancement area .77
16.1 Weighted results 5+ Experience - No Experience respondents comparison TMO area.77
16.2 Weighted results 5+ Experience - No Experience respondents comparison DMO area.78
16.3 Weighted results 5+ Experience - No Experience respondents comparison Data area .79
16.4 Weighted results 5+ Experience - No Experience respondents comparison General area .80
16.5 Weighted results 5+ Experience - No Experience respondents comparison Industry area.81
17 Conclusion.81
Annex A: Future TETRA workshop questionnaire 1.82
Annex B: Future TETRA workshop questionnaire 2.83
Annex C: Candidate TETRA enhancement areas .84
C.1 Introduction.84
C.2 TMO network enhancements.84
C.2.1 RF coverage compatibility between TETRA V+D and TEDS.84
C.2.2 SwMI and Terminal API .84
C.2.3 Base Station interface standard .85
C.2.4 Interface standards with other technologies .85
C.2.5 TEDS only Network using VoIP for voice communications .85
C.2.6 Networking capability for DMO area to DMO area.85
C.2.7 Seamless technology roaming .85
C.2.8 Increased voice quality when interworking with other technologies.85
C.3 DMO Enhancements.85
C.3.1 Increased frequency efficiency.86
C.3.2 Increased call service reliability/availability .86
C.3.3 Increased data rate.86
C.3.4 Duplex voice.86
C.3.5 Concurrent voice and data.86
C.3.6 Increased service transparency between TMO and DMO to allow seamless operation .86
C.3.7 Improved performance behaviour of gateways and repeaters .86
C.3.8 Multiple call support on gateways and gateway/repeaters .86
C.3.9 Application Programming Interface (API) .87
C.3.10 Accessory interface standard (hardwire and wireless) .87
C.3.11 Networking capability.87
C.4 Data Enhancements.87
C.4.1 Increased speed, capacity and efficiency of TEDS .87
C.4.2 TEDS network interface standard with other technologies .87
C.4.3 Increased speed, capacity and efficiency of SDS .87
C.4.4 Local Mode Broadband .88
C.4.5 Networking capability for Local Mode Broadband area to Local Mode Broadband area.88
C.5 General Enhancement Areas .88
C.5.1 RF Coverage.88
C.5.2 Capacity.88
C.5.3 Grade of Service (GoS) .88
C.5.4 Frequency Efficiency.88
C.5.5 Reliability.88
C.5.6 Voice Quality.88
C.5.7 Data Throughput .88
C.5.8 Security of Voice and Data.89
ETSI

---------------------- Page: 5 ----------------------
6 ETSI TR 102 621 V1.1.1 (2008-04)
C.5.9 Increased availability of frequency spectrum.89
C.6 Industry Performance Enhancements.89
C.6.1 Increased depth and breadth of standardisation.89
C.6.2 Increased implementation of standard/features by manufacturers.89
C.6.3 Increased IOP between products .89
C.6.4 Increased competition and choice between manufacturers and suppliers.89
History .90

ETSI

---------------------- Page: 6 ----------------------
7 ETSI TR 102 621 V1.1.1 (2008-04)
Intellectual Property Rights
IPRs essential or potentially essential to the present document may have been declared to ETSI. The information
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found
in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in
respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the ETSI Web
server (http://webapp.etsi.org/IPR/home.asp).
Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee
can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web
server) which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present document.
Foreword
This Technical Report (TR) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA).
ETSI

---------------------- Page: 7 ----------------------
8 ETSI TR 102 621 V1.1.1 (2008-04)
1 Scope
The present document reports the results of the TETRA World Congress 2007 Future of TETRA workshop.
2 References
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific.
• For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
• Non-specific reference may be made only to a complete document or a part thereof and only in the following
cases:
- if it is accepted that it will be possible to use all future changes of the referenced document for the
purposes of the referring document;
- for informative references.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
http://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
For online referenced documents, information sufficient to identify and locate the source shall be provided. Preferably,
the primary source of the referenced document should be cited, in order to ensure traceability. Furthermore, the
reference should, as far as possible, remain valid for the expected life of the document. The reference shall include the
method of access to the referenced document and the full network address, with the same punctuation and use of upper
case and lower case letters.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
2.1 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of the present document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For non-specific references, the latest edition of the referenced document
(including any amendments) applies.
Not applicable.
2.2 Informative references
The following referenced documents are not essential to the use of the present document but they assist the user with
regard to a particular subject area. For non-specific references, the latest version of the referenced document (including
any amendments) applies.
Not applicable.
ETSI

---------------------- Page: 8 ----------------------
9 ETSI TR 102 621 V1.1.1 (2008-04)
3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
API Application Programming Interface
DMO Direct Mode Operation
GCK Group Cipher Key
GoS Grade of Service
HSD High Speed Data
IMS IP Multimedia Subsystem
IOP InterOPerability
IPI IP Inter-working
LMB Local Mode Broadband
MS Mobile Station
MTBF Mean Time Between Failure
OUA Operators and Users Association
PMR Private Mobile Radio
PSRG Public Safety Radiocommunications Group
RF Radio Frequency
SDS Short Data Service
SwMI Switching and Management Infrastructure
TEDS TETRA Enhanced
...