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Multi-site open channel • Immediate channel access can be guaranteed to a • A radio channel can be
group of users over a wide area, even when the system temporarily dedicated to a
is heavily loaded or congested, such as during natural group of users for the
disasters or major accidents duration of their mission
• Multi-site open channels (MOCH) can be used as (however long that may be)
mutual-aid channels where different pre-defined • Authorised users of a
organisations can communicate with each other given MOCH are one or
• For instance police officers and firemen can more operational groups
coordinate their actions at the scene of a fire defined as one of the
• MOCH can also be set-up for the exclusive use of one MOCH attributes
organisation· They can be set up to respond in real time • Exclusive use is defined
to operational requirements, planned or unexpected over one or several radio
cells
• Resources are returned
to the pool of channels as
soon as the MOCH is
closed by an authorised
user
Talk group • Messages exchanged within a group of users do not • A talk group is a group of
mix with messages exchanged within another group, terminals and a geographic
therefore eliminating any risk of confusion or distraction area (ie radio cells) over
• People cannot overhear communications that have which it is valid
nothing to do with their business • A user can be member of
• For instance, traffic police will not monitor criminal several talk groups
police communications
Scanning • Users can monitor the communications of several • Supplementary service of
groups alternately the protocol
• For instance the chief of a police department may
want to monitor several different units
Talk group merging • This powerful feature can be used upon request to • Supplementary service of
allow immediate communication between teams who do the protocol
not communicate with each other under normal
circumstances.
• For instance, police and fire fighters at the scene of an
accident may need to coordinate their actions
• This greatly facilitates multi-disciplinary
communications
Dynamic group number • When people in the field are assigned to a new • Supplementary service of
assignment mission, their TETRAPOL radio terminal can be the protocol
dynamically updated over the air so that they can
participate to the communications resulting from this new
assignment
• This delivers flexibility and responsiveness regarding
operational changes, since people are not constrained to
a limited number of talkgroups pre-programmed in their
radio terminal
• For instance a fire engine reporting to district 1 may be
unexpectedly dispatched to a forest fire in district 2.
Even if its radio terminal would not recognise district 2
under normal circumstances, it may be reassigned to
district 2 over the air.
Individual call • Two people anywhere within the coverage of a • Priorities can be used to
TETRAPOL system can have a private conversation interrupt an on-going
• For instance, in a statewide TETRAPOL system, a private call
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requirement in all
configurations (direct mode,
repeated direct mode, trunk
mode)
Trunking (automatic and • People do not have to think in terms of radio channels • Trunking of resources is
dynamic allocation of system anymore. Operational entities are the only things they part of the system protocol
resources) have to be familiar with for their communications (like (message trunking, quasi-
'traffic police', 'criminal police', 'fire department', 'chief' transmission trunking)
etc)
• They get a more user-friendly tool
• They do not have to select radio channels anymore,
whether for voice or for data transmissions, clear or
encrypted
• They do not run the risk of selecting or staying on the
wrong channel
• They do not notice the failure of a radio channel, since
another one would be automatically allocated by the
system
Simulcast capabilities • Systems can be rolled out even when few channels • The limited impact of
are available, as in most big cities inter-symbol interference in
• With a simulcast configuration, moving from one radio a TETRAPOL system
cell to another is totally imperceptible for all the people eases the engineering
involved in the communication issues of simulcast
• For instance, with a simulcast TETRAPOL system configurations
installed along a highway, highway patrols involved in a
common operation over tens of kilometres will enjoy
uninterrupted communications, although they may be
quickly crossing radio cells
• A radio cell can be extended to difficult areas (for
instance, behind a group of buildings) where there is no
radio coverage otherwise
Cellular radio coverage • Local and individual communications can be better • TETRAPOL is based on
distributed among / confined within radio cells a cellular architecture
• The overall system capacity is increased concept
• Traffic within one jurisdiction does not disturb traffic • 12-cell reuse pattern with
within an adjacent one C/I = 15 dB
• Cell sizes can be adapted to the type of coverage • Mixing pure cellular
(mobile or portable) coverage and simulcast is
• Better grade of service possible
• Late-entry service
• Controls channels
broadcast information about
neighbouring cells
Seamless roaming • Users do not have to worry about channel selection or • Cellular concept with
repeater coverage while roaming within the system mobility management
• A dispatcher is always able to reach people in the right • Home Location
cells, even when they leave their jurisdiction Registers, Visitor Location
Registers
• Registration mechanisms
with attach/detach
• Cell Selection /
Reselection mechanisms
• Late-entry service
12.5 kHz solution • TETRAPOL systems can easily fit in current PMR • GMSK modulation with
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