The technologies
in Mission Critical Communications (MCC) are incorporating functionality
with the Long Term Evolution (LTE), reports ITRealms.
Also, ITRealms gathered that during this
transition period, the performance must not be affected, says Pierre
Minot, President of ETELM, a leading manufacturer of advanced Mission
Critical communications infrastructures.
Speaking during
a session titled ‘PMR broadband communication – technical
implementation’ at PMRExpo in Germany, Minot said “LTE
offers new broadband and data-hungry possibilities; however, it brings its own
challenges. At present, there is a major drive to introduce more MC standards
by working with users and manufacturers to ensure services are adopted
internationally.
The process of standardisation, he said, is a long one – it takes time
for standards to be tested and vendors to implement enhancements. While LTE is
currently being utilised with consumers in mind, it is expected to take around
five to seven years to reach full maturity for MC users, although certain
features will be implemented sooner.”
ETELM
has long championed LTE and TETRA working together, as opposed to replacing
each other. This will enable legacy equipment and infrastructure to be
revitalized, without the expense of upgrades each time a new technology becomes
available. Minot explained the different use cases of migration from TETRA
to LTE and the challenges that each of these use cases bring in terms of
services, performances and devices.
Minot
continued: “As smart cities develop around the world, it is
important that MCC infrastructures are built during the initial planning,
development, and design phase, rather than being an afterthought. This is the
only way to ensure smart cities become safe cities. As blue light services
continue to face increasingly challenging and complex situations, there is a
need to bridge the channels between individual services, so they may come
together and act as one, while utilising advanced applications.”
In
response to the need for hybrid networks, ETELM’s 4GLinked solution is the
first fully integrated platform connecting multiple
MC technologies over a single LTE EPC core, allowing seamless
communications and services across technologies – to the benefit of any use
case.
“Performance
is a key factor that only a fully standardized solution that doesn’t bring
any third-party technology can ensure,” continued Minot. “With
ETELM’s 4GLinked solution, it is one unified, standardized
platform that is much easier to maintain and operate than having
several infrastructures connected by gateways.”
4GLinked was successfully
tested with many vendors at the ETSI MCPTT Plugtests in
June 2017 and all interfaces are compliant with ETSI/3GPP LTE
rel13. 4GLinked has also been successfully deployed and
tested by customers.
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