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TETRA World Congress 2002Nice Acropolis, 18-22 November

« TETRA's Future Role

In Disaster Relief »

Karl Heinz Rosenbrock

ETSI Director Generalrosenbrock@etsi.fr

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

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Table of Contents:

• Introduction• Standardization• TETRA history• Requirements for disaster relief• Regulatory issues• Experience of TETRA users• New dimension of terrorism• Conclusion

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NOTHING IS AS CONSTANT AS …

CHANGE !

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WHAT WAS A RULE YESTERDAY, …

… MAY NOT BE RELEVANT ANYMORE, TODAY!

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IN THE AREA OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

STANDARDIZATION TAKES PLACE

- IN MOST CASES –

PRIOR TO OR IN PARALLEL WITH

THE DEVELOPMENT ...

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… THAT IS WHY

STANDARDIZATION IN THE AREA

OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEADS

TOWARDS INNOVATION !

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INNOVATION

BY MEANS OF

STANDARDIZATION !

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WHO CAN AFFORD

TO STAY OFF-SIDE

WHEN INNOVATION,

i.e. YOUR FUTURE,

IS AT STAKE?

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STANDARDIZATION IS:

• BUT A USEFUL INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE OF YOUR ENTERPRISE!

• NEITHER A WASTE OF RESOURCES

• NOR A SUPERFLUOUS COST FACTOR

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TETRA History 1989: TETRA standardisation started in ETSI

1991: Consensus reached on TDMA technology with 4 timeslots in 25 kHz bandwidth

1994: TETRA MoU established

1995: First phase of TETRA standards completed

1996: Harmonised frequencies for TETRA in Europe

1997: First TETRA systems installed

2000: TETRA Release 2 standardization started

2002: Release 2: User Requirement Specifications completed; High Speed Data: TAPS published, consensus for

TEDS

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Main requirement is: avoid having human lives at risk

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Radio communications requirementsin disaster relief 2 (5)

Communications system requirements:Rapidly deployableEasy to use (no time for operator training)

High capacity (Congestion is a recurring problem in emergency scenarios)

Quality of Service (Good speech quality a vital requirement)

SecurityAdvanced voice communication featuresWideband and broadband FeaturesInterconnected to other networks

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Radio communications requirementsin disaster relief 3 (5)

Need for standardization and coordination twofold

Internationally; to smooth the cross-border co-operation in emergency management

Nationally; to enable better co-operation and synergy between different authorities in crisis situations

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How does TETRA meet these requirements? 4 (5)

Better group communications support than ever before

Direct Mode communication between radios Packet data and fast data transfer services Over-the-air programming of radios Frequency economy Fast call set-up time Security features Encryption

ISI

Open interfaces:

DMO AIR IF

PEI

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Towards TETRA Release 2

(User requirements based)

Enhancement areas in the work programme:An increase in data throughput

Additional voice codecs for enhanced voice quality and interworking with GSM and UMTS/3G

Air Interface enhancements

Range extension for ‘ground to air’, ‘rural telephony’, and possible ‘maritime’ use, etc.

Evolution of TETRA SIM towards the USIM platform

How does TETRA meet these requirements? 5 (5)

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Regulatory issuesin disaster relief communications 1 (2)

Spectrum requirementsScarce resource

Becoming highly valued & highly priced

commodity

Essential to disaster relief communications

ActionsQuantify technical parameters for spectrum

Forecast spectrum needs through 2010’s

Harmonisation of spectrum

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Regulatory issuesin disaster relief communications 2 (2)

EU countriesHeavy lobbying on Regulators (Nordic countries, France,

Spain) and trials (Sweden, Norway)

Romania, Russia, Uzbekistan, BashkortostanCDMA networks installed in the 450MHz band

TETRA community has a role to play

Defend your spectrum!

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• August 2002:• Floods in Eastern Germany• Communications capacity shortfalls,

in particular mobile two-way radios• A TETRA digital two-way radio system installed

in the disaster area within two days

• Additional radio capacity connectedto the Berlin police force's TETRA system;this allowed to communicatewithin the flooded region and beyond

Experiences of TETRA usersin emergency scenarios

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The new dimension of terrorism 1(2)

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• Terrorism not only national/local but global• Communications systems should be global as

well• Terrorism today differentiate for the amount of

resources available• Public safety should have the most advanced

intrinsic security system (cannot accept being “hacked”)

• Furthermore Lawful Interception should give governments an advantage

• Terrorism not only fought by police forces but also by military

The new dimension of terrorism 2(2)

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NATO using

NC3A, NLSHAPE, BE

Poland Strong Resolve

Baumholder, GE

Banja Luka, BiH

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Conclusions

TETRA is the only PMR/PAMR standard supported by ETSI

TETRA is one of ETSI’s « best-sellers »not only in Europe… In Latin America the Commission @LIS project

gives further opportunities for TETRA TETRA release 1 remains

the basis for further developmentin the field of disaster relief

User Requirement Specifications forTETRA Release 2 standards fully publishedby ETSI

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The basic role of TETRA standards in Emergency Telecommunication

guarantees benefits of ETSI Standards in terms of longevity for manufacturers

and users alike

ETSI is committedto give its best support

to TETRA

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THE FUTURE IS BUILT

THROUGH PARTNERSHIP!

Thank you!