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First Responders Communications - Assessment of Technologies and Markets for First Responders RadioProduct Type: Market Research ReportPublished by: Practel, Inc. Published: January 2006 Product Code: R606-33 Description This report is about technologies and markets for public safety systems. Public safety system is a generic term, which combines various means of communications used by law enforcement, first responders and other similar agencies. They include paging systems, two-way mobile relay systems, short messaging systems and many others. This report is dealing with standard trunking radio, which will gradually replace numerous non-standard radios prevailing a couple years ago in the U.S. and Europe. It also shows that Ultra Wide Band (UWB) technology may be a valuable asset for first responders in-building communications, especially in harsh environments. More than this, UWB devices can combine communications with radar, given first responders ability to see even through concrete walls. Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 1.1 New Era 1.2 Initial Actions 1.2.1 Road to Interoperability 1.2.2 New Technology 1.3 Scope and Goals 1.4 Research Methodology 1.5 Target Audience 2.0 Trunked Radio - The Way to Go 2.1 Concept 2.2 Details 2.2.1 Talk Groups 2.2.1.1 Encryption 2.2.3 Spectrum Efficiency 2.2.4 System Operation: Dispatch/Land Mobile Radio 2.2.5 System Administration 2.2.6 Directions 3.0 Technology: New Roads for Public Safety Communications 3.1 Requirements to Public Safety Radio 3.2 Standardization Process and Technologies 3.2.1 General 3.2.2 Beginning 3.2.3 Project 25/TIA 102: Scope 3.2.3.1 Efforts 3.2.3.2 Phased Approach 3.2.3.3 Scope 3.2.3.3.1 General Mission and Objectives 3.2.3.4 Technical Highlights 3.2.3.4.1 Common Air Interface 3.2.3.4.2 RF Sub-system 3.2.3.4.3 Inter-system interface 3.2.3.4.4 Telephone Interconnect Interface 3.2.3.4.5 Network Management Interface 3.2.3.4.6 Host and Network Data Interfaces 3.2.4 Spectrum: Problems 3.2.5 Major Improvements 3.2.6 Services 3.2.7 Network Scenario 3.2.8 Transition 3.3 TETRA: Scope 3.3.1 General 3.3.2 Bands 3.3.3 TETRA and GSM 3.3.4 Main Features 3.3.4.1 General 3.3.4.2 Technical 3.3.4.3 Services 3.3.5 Benefits 3.3.6 Networking 3.3.7 Details 3.3.7.1 General 3.3.7.2 Interfaces 3.3.7.3 Structure 3.4 P25 and TETRA 4.0 Other Trunking Radios 4.1 iDEN TDMA/Channel Definition M16-QAM Digital Modulation Signal Formats Carrier Numbers vs. Frequencies Audio Digitization and Compression 4.2 Software Defined Radio 4.2.1 Benefits 5.0 Roadblocks and Standards 5.1 Funding 5.2 Lack of Spectrum 5.3 Control 6.0 Ultra Wide Band Technology (UWB) 6.1 Origin 6.2 Spectrum Allocation 6.3 Major Features 6.3.1 Benefits 6.3.2 Communications Features 6.4 Standards and Regulations 6.4.1 Multiband OFDM 6.4.2 DS-UWB 6.4.3 Standards Bodies 6.4.4 Groups 6.4.4.1 Forces 6.4.5 FCC and ETSI 6.4.6 ECMA International 6.5 Applications 6.5.1 Home Security 6.5.2 Phones 6.5.3 Impacts on Public Safety 6.3.4 RFID 6.3.5 Communications 6.6 Issues 7.0 Market Analysis 7.1 Trunking Radio 7.1.1 General 7.1.2 Geography 7.1.3 Market Drivers 7.1.4 Market Forecast 7.1.4.1 Model Assumptions 7.1.4.2 Market Estimate 7.1.4.3 Sensitivity Analysis 7.2 UWB Communications 8.1 Technical 8.2 Economics 9.0 Standard Trunking Radio: Projects and Trials 9.1 Alaska Project 9.2 Forest Service 9.3 Nationwide Network 9.4 TETRA Systems in UK 9.5 TETRA in Italy 10.0 Vendors 10.1 P25 and TETRA Aerial facilities Limited (AFL) Avitec DAMM Daniels EADS EF Johnson Frequentis Kenwood M-A-Com (TycoElectronic) Motorola Niros NexGen City Nokia (EADS) Relm Rohde-Schwarz Sepura SmartLink Radio Networks Siemens Simoco Tait Electronics Technisonic Westel Wireless Pacific 10.2 UWB Aether Alereon Artimi Focus Enhancement Freescale Multispectral Parco Pulse~ Link Staccato TriQuint Time Domain TZero Ubisense WiQuest 11.0 Conclusions Glossary APPENDIX: P25 Documents References List of Figures Figure 1: Trunked Radio Concept Illustration Figure 2: P25 Network Architecture Figure 3: Interworking Illustration Figure 4: Network Scenarios Figure 5: P25 Phased Approach Figure 6: UWB Spectrum Figure 7: Public Safety Radio Market ($B) Figure 8: Portable Radio (Handsets): Market Estimate ($B) Figure 9: TETRA Geographic (2005) Figure 10: Market Estimate: UWB Circuitry ($B) Figure 11: Market Estimate: Multiband OFDM UWB Circuitry ($B) Figure 12: Market Estimate: DS UWB Circuitry ($B) Figure 13: Estimate of UWB Market - Communications Applications ($B) List of Tables Table 1: P25 Services Table 2: TETRA Established Table 3: Comparison: DS-UWB and MB-OFDM Table 4: FCC Emission Limits Table 5: TETRA vs. P25 Markets |
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