Training Course Outline
Course Duration:
2 Days
Training Course Description:
This course has been designed to provide TETRA engineers and technical
professionals with a comprehensive coverage of TETRA services, network
architecture, operation, air interface, security, billing and
management.
Introduction to TETRA includes the
following modules:
Introduction to TETRA
- Overview of Trunk Mobile
Communications
- Trunking concepts
- Benefits of trunking
- Current trunk mobile systems
- Overview of iDEN
- Overview of Tetrapol
- Introduction to TETRA technology
- ETSI standardisation
- Role of the TETRA MoU
- Current operational TETRA systems
- Current TETRA equipment and
systems
- Current developments with TETRA
- Possible future developments in
TETRA technology
TETRA Features and Services
- Features of TETRA technology
- Voice and Data services
- Bearer services, Teleservices,
Supplementary services
- Circuit-switched data
- Packet switched data
- IP packet data
- Short Data Service, SDS
- Voice coding
- Resource management
- Direct Mode Operation (DMO)
- Support for Value Added Services
- Spectral efficiency
- Security aspects
- Service availability
- The range of applications for
TETRA
- TETRA as a PCS
TETRA Architecture
- BS, LSC, MSC, LS, MT, TE
- TETRA network and standard
interfaces
- TETRA standard gateways
- TM Air Interfaces
- Inter System Interface (ISI)
- Terminal Equipment Interface (PEI)
- Line Station Interface (LSI)
- Network Management Interface (NMI)
- Direct Mode Air Interface
- Gateways to Public Networks
- TETRA Direct Mode Operation
- Gateway Mobile Station
- Repeater station
Addressing, Numbering, Dialling
and TETRA MMI
- TETRA Numbering and Addressing
- TEI, MNI, TSI, SSI
- GTSI, ATSI
- Leading Digit Dialling
- Call scenarios
- TETRA IP
Overview of the TETRA Air
Interface
- Spectrum allocations and channel
assignments
- Physical and Logical channels
- TDMA structure
- Medium Access Control sublayers
- Logical Link Control layer
- Frame, slot and burst structures
- Air interface message sets
- Idle mode and dedicated mode
procedures
- Power budgets and range estimation
- Cellular capacity issues
TETRA Voice coding
- ACELP coding
- Speech versus transmission frames
- Interfaces to other voice systems
TETRA and Data Networks
- Circuit data mode operation
- Packet mode operation
- X.25, TETRA data services, SCLNP
- Inter-network protocols
- TETRA IP
- Interworking with IP networks (IPI)
- TETRA over IP (ToIP) solutions
TETRA Security and Billing
- Overview of TETRA security
- TETRA authentication
- TETRA encryption
- End-to-End encryption
- Billing in TETRA networks
TETRA and Public Mobile Systems
- Summary of GSM services and
features
- Comparison of TETRA with GSM
- Convergence of TETRA and GSM
- Evolution of TETRA towards 3G
services
- Unifying TETRA and UMTS
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