TETRA Data and applications

Tero Pesonen Fort Worth, Texas, 8th September 2011

Contents

• User requirements and trends

• TETRA Data evolution• Application examples

Requirements for TETRA

Capacity

Reliability

Response times

Telecontrol

Personnel safety

Environmental conditions

Security

Total cost of ownership

Trends in user needs

Surveillance

Process automation

Prevention from information

overflow

Always connected

Optimal Total Cost of Ownership

Precise situation overview

Field control

Information value chain

DATA

DATA

DATA

DATADATA

COVERAGE

DATA

OPEX

Secure reliable group communication

is the foundation

Why not commercial services for critical data?

• Commercial services (GSM, GPRS, 3G, …) are not always available when the need is highest, they can collapse under heavy load:– Several examples: London Metro bombing, Madrid bombing– Information security is not under user’s own control

• Broadband services (WiFI, WiMAX, LTE) suit well as a complementary high speed data service, but not feasible as the only one.

• TETRA serves as mission critical always available wide area voice and data backbone, which can be complemented by other technologies

TETRA data evolution

Field operations call for data applications

TETRA status 

messages

TETRA short 

data messages

TETRA IP

packet data

TETRA 

Enhanced 

Data Service

• Status messaging• Remote control• Very efficient – real time

• Short Data Service (SDS)• Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL)• Telemetry

• Database queries• Image transmission• Telemedicine & Reporting• WAP/Java™ browsing of databases

• Image streaming• Integrated monitoring/control solutions• Field command/situational awareness

Applications

Data application examples

Process controlResource managementTask management

Documentation access, Advanced location based applications

SurveillanceSensoring

Instant high- resolution image transfer

Integrated visual monitoringSensoring

Operational efficiency

Increased operation

safety

Operationalefficiency

Increased security

Free mobility

Rapid information

sharing

Field documentation and reporting

Process control -

Telemetry

• Remote reading of sensors enabled by guaranteed data delivery in TETRA – pressure, temperature, voltage, valve status etc.– automatic periodical reading or manual – simultaneous transfer of different types of data

• Benefits– Effective use of

network capacity– Operational efficiency– Rapid response in case

of emergency• personnel safety and

environmental issue

• TETRA network as a main or back up carrier for telemetry data transfer

Fleet and task management and Positioning

• Ability to assign tasks to teams based on their skills and position– Task assignment flow with acknowledgements– Possibility to provide task specific value adding information– Assignment to nearest resources with required skills

• Benefits– the tasks are assigned immediately to most relevant persons– the tasks are recorded and documented– fleets performance is increased

Field documentation and reporting

• Ability to provide reports and documentation from the field easily– Prepared and pre-filled templates– Automatic inclusion of

• time stamp• position• user identity

• Benefits– Time saving– Increased report accuracy– Improved tracking of events– Users are more content as

they can focus more on the “real” tasks

Conclusion

• TETRA– integrated mission critical Voice and Data– as such suitable for utilities and transport– is proven yet strongly developing technology– provides a multipurpose platform for

a variety of applications

• Main TETRA Data services– Status messages– Short Data Service– IP Packet Data

• Re-think your communication concept– it’s time for independent mission critical

simultaneous voice and data

Questions?

www.tetra-association.com