Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Working Group
Cabinet decision...................................................................................................6
The Working Group...............................................................................................7
Process....................................................................................................................7
Consultation..........................................................................................................8
Communications...................................................................................................8
Risk management.................................................................................................8
APCO P25 System Requirements.........................................................................9
APCO P25 Service Capability..............................................................................13
Evaluation of Land Mobile Radio Network (LMRN) interoperability standards10
Evaluation............................................................................................................11
Commentary........................................................................................................11
Summation..........................................................................................................13
Conclusion and recommendations.........................................................................
Draft NZ e-GIF radiocommunications interoperability standard......................14
1.0 The P25 system model.........................................................................14
2.0 Common Air Interface (CAI)...................................................................14
3.0 Inter Sub-System Interface (ISSI)..........................................................15
4.0 Fixed station interface (FSI)...................................................................16
5.0 Data peripheral interface........................................................................16
6.0 Fixed host data interface........................................................................17
7.0 Telephone Interconnect (PSTN) Interface.............................................17
8.0 Network Management Interface.............................................................17
9.0 Console subsystem interface.................................................................17
10.0 Analogue FM Transceivers....................................................................18
11.0 Digital P25 Phase 1 Transceivers..........................................................18
Technical Summary of Recommendations.........................................................18
Governance............................................................................................................18
Implementation......................................................................................................19
Appendices............................................................................................................20
Appendix A: CBC MIn (06) 16/21 minutes..........................................................21
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Appendix B: Terms of Reference........................................................................22
Appendix C: Communications Plan....................................................................40
Appendix D: APCO P25 service capability comparison.....................................48
Appendix E: APCO P25 standards documentation recommended for inclusion in
the New Zealand e-GIF.......................................................................................50
Attachment F: Initial Briefing Paper........................................................................
Glossary
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
ANSI American National Standards Institute
APCO Association of Public Safety Communications Officials
CAFSI Conventional Analogue Fixed Station Interface
CAI Common Air Interface
CBC Cabinet Business Committee
CDFSI Conventional Digital Fixed Station Interface
CSSI Console Sub-System Interface
DTMF Dual Tone Multi-Frequency
e-GIF e-Government Interoperability framework
ETS (SG) Emergency Telecommunications Services (Steering Group)
FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access, a telephony standard
FM Frequency Modulation
FSI Fixed Station Interface
GCSB Government Communications Security Bureau
GPS Global Positioning System
IP Internet Protocol
ISSI Inter Sub-System Interface
KHz Kilohertz
LMRN Land Mobile Radio Network
MCDEM Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management
MDT Mobile Data Terminal
MED Ministry of Economic Development
OTAR Over The Air Keying
POL Cabinet Policy Committee
PPDR Public Protection and Disaster Relief
PSRFMG Public Safety Radio Frequency Management Group
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
RFP Request for Proposal
RFSS Radio Frequency Sub-System
SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SONET Synchronous Optical Network
SSC State Services Commission
SU Subscriber Unit
Business Need/Opportunity
The Police/Fire Land Mobile Radio Network (LMRN) must be replaced as the
equipment is operating beyond its economic life and will become increasingly
unreliable and expensive to maintain.
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Police have consulted with all Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR)
agencies regarding their requirement for an APCO P25 digital network. All have
agreed that na APCO P25 digital network will provide a suitable platform that
can be used by all agencies in either digital or analogue mode, and both with
and without encryption.
Police, Fire, and Customs have all indicated that they would be willing to share
a PPDR P25 network as soon as it is available. Ambulance and Fisheries will
also join once their respective contractual arrangements with other network
service providers have expired. Other agencies have also indicated that they
may also join the network in due course.
Recent large scale international disasters have highlighted the need for
governments to check that their emergency services responses are not
hampered by ineffective or non-interoperable communications systems,
including communications between international agencies.
Executive summary
The APCO P25 standard has been investigated for its suitability for use for an
all of government PPDR application in New Zealand. The investigation was
conducted by an interagency working group established under a mandate from
the Cabinet Business Committee [CBC Min (06) 16/21 refers.], under the
leadership of NZ Police as the lead agency for the initial introduction of the
standard.
The APCO P25 Standard was chosen for this purpose over its competitors
because it is the only suite of standards which meets all the following criteria:
• Is an open standard
• Equipment is available from a range of suppliers.
• Allows communication with legacy conventional FM analogue systems.
• Supports an orderly migration from existing systems.
• Allows interoperability between PPDR agencies.
• Offers security in accordance with GCSB1 requirements.
• Allows interoperability with PPDR networks in neighbouring countries.
• Is compatible with NZ’s current VHF and UHF frequency plans.
• Is efficient in its use of spectrum.
The service capability of the APCO P25 standards suite has been investigated.
The standards meet the initial and long term requirements of Police, and
although the future requirements of other agencies have yet to be defined, it is
expected the standards suite will meet agency requirements.
Interoperability between agencies will initially occur through the use of the P25
Common Air Interface for Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)
The P25 Standard documents recommended for inclusion in the New Zealand
e-GIF Standard with the compliance status of ADOPTED will form the
standards for the initial implementation. These cover not only the Common Air
interface and the radio transceivers themselves, but also the performance
testing methods and performance requirements for analogue and digital radio
transceivers to meet the APCO P25 Standard.
• note that an evaluation of PPDR standards has been completed and the
APCO P25 standards are the most suitable
• note that the APCO P25 standards suite has standards at various levels
of compliance status (Adopted and Future Consideration)
• note that the agencies can implement the APCO P25 set of standards
with a status of Adopted as respective contractual arrangements with
service providers expire and as their needs dictate
Mandate
Cabinet decision
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On 29 September 2006, the Cabinet Business Committee [CBC Min (06) 16/21
refers – see Appendix A]:
The initial meeting of WG1 was held on 11 October 2006 at the Royal NZ Police
College.
Process
Consultation
Terms of reference (refer to Appendix B) for WG1 were agreed with PSRFMG
and signed off by the Chief Executives of the departments and agencies
represented.
Copies of the draft report were circulated to the PSRFMG for review and
comment on 5 December. Feedback has been sought and discussions will be
held with the reference group before December 18th.
It was agreed that the wider WG1 Consultation Group consist of all state sector
agencies.
Copies of the final draft report were circulated to the WG1 Consultation Group
on 22 December 2006 for review and comment on by 31 January 2007.
Communications
The Minister of Communications, the Hon David Cunliffe, has been authorised
to make press statements on the commencement of work by the Emergency
Telecommunications Services Steering Group, in accordance with the CBC
minutes [CBC Min (06) 16/21 refers]. Press releases have been submitted
mentioning the work of this working group but as yet no announcement has
been made.
Following its approval by the e-GIF Management Committee, the e-GIF PPDR
Radiocommunications Interoperability Standard will be published. This will take
the form of publishing the recommendation and its appendices on the e-GIF
website together with the complete list of standards documents recommended
for adoption and their compliance category in relation to the New Zealand e-GIF
Standard, together with a reference to the international body (and its website)
where the documents can be purchased. The documents themselves are
covered by copyright and as such are not publicly available without payment.
The New Zealand Police, acting as lead agency for the introduction of the
APCO P25 Standard are maintaining a complete set of standards documents.
Risk management
Risk Likelihood Impact Mitigation Activities Who
Working group Med High Advise Group timelines SSC Liaison
unable to meet ahead of time
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Risk Likelihood Impact Mitigation Activities Who
timelines Proactively contact Rep
members for status of
workload well before
deadline
Working group Low Med Ensure group members SSC Liaison
members have a backup rep Rep
consistently unable Contact agency for new
to attend meetings resource
Working group Med High Intervene and escalate to Chairperson
unable to reach a e-GIF manager for SSC Liaison
consensus about direction Rep
its conclusions
Working group lack Low High Provide suitable induction Chairperson
of familiarity with with a broadly focussed SSC Liaison
broader context of briefing Rep
e-GIF and the
requirement for
compliance with e-
GIF.
Broadening the Med Med Full discussion of scope Chairperson
scope. E.g. some during induction & review
agencies may wish of Common Air Interface
to prioritise packet Careful scoping of any
data effort required &
communications management of timelines
and applications
Prioritisation of outputs to
meet deadlines
Who = Person accountable to manage risk mitigation activities and contingency
plan:
System Requirements
The following requirements of a standard for a PPDR network are considered
mandatory. Any significant shortfall in meeting these requirements is
considered to be sufficient grounds for excluding the standard from use in New
Zealand.
• Compliant equipment currently available
• Operates in UHF and VHF spectrum5 available in New Zealand and used
by PPDR agencies.
• Communicates with legacy conventional analogue systems – providing
backwards compatibility with existing equipment and networks.
• Supports a progressive migration from analogue FM systems, where the
5 UHF spectrum is more suited to relatively short range and high penetration of buildings,
and in New Zealand is used largely in urban areas. VHF spectrum is better suited to New
Zealand’s relatively sparsely settled rural areas and is used there and in urban areas by all
PPDR agencies.
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Evaluation
M/A
Criterion APCO TETRA6 Tetrapo M/A COM
P25 l7 ProVoic Com
e8 OpenSk
y9
Mandatory
Compliant equipment currently available 3 3 3 3 3
Operates in VHF frequencies available in 3 0 3 3 0
NZ likely to be available for PPDR
Operates in UHF frequencies available in 3 0 3 3 0
NZ (482 – 512 MHz)
Communicates with legacy conventional 3 0 0 3 0
analogue systems
Desirable
Narrowband data capable 3 3 3 00 00
Open standard or publicly available 3 3 3 0 0
standard
Not proprietary 3 3 2 0 0
Spectrally efficient 2 3 2 2 3
Commentary
6 Terrestrial Trunked Radio, a European interoperability standard
7 A French cellular trunking standard
8 US radio modulation standard, based on technology similar to P25
9 US radio standard based on VOIP
10 Advanced Encryption Standard
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Communicates with legacy Tetra and Tetrapol will not communicate with existing
conventional analogue systems analogue systems. OpenSky will only communicate with
analogue UHF systems.
Fisheries is currently operating on a commercial trunked
analogue UHF network that will not be interoperable with a
P25 network. However Fishery mobiles are compatible if
removed from the trunked network.
Supports a progressive migration Tetra, Tetrapol and OpenSky do not support progressive
from analogue FM systems, where migration from FM analogue systems (no VHF capability).
the legacy system operates in the
same or an adjacent band
Operates in trunked and Tetra and Tetrapol have very limited conventional capability.
conventional modes ProVoice is based on a trunked system but the extent of its
conventional capability (if any) is unclear.
Encryption with access to Tetrapol encryption algorithms are controlled by the French
supportable and secure encryption Government. ProVoice claims DES11 algorithm capability
algorithms (AES preferred) only.
Interoperability with regional P25 is widely deployed in the region, and is operational with
neighbours’ PPDR systems key Australian Federal Authorities and some State
Authorities. P25 is interoperable with other States’ PPDR
systems.
Desirable
Narrowband Data capable No comment
Open standard or publicly available No comment
standard
Not proprietary ProVoice and OpenSky are proprietary standards. Tetrapol is
publicly available but is not an open standard.
Wide range of suppliers Full range of Tetrapol, ProVoice and OpenSky equipment
each available from one supplier only.
Range & performance similar to Tetra, Tetrapol and OpenSky’s lack of VHF capability means
current analogue systems it is not suitable for the NZ rural environment. An earlier
version of ProVoice was evaluated and found wanting with
poor audio performance
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Summation
In summary, the APCO P25 Standard was the only one which meets all of the
following criteria.
• Is an open standard.
• Equipment is available from a range of suppliers.
• Allows communication with legacy conventional FM analogue systems.
• Supports an orderly migration from existing systems.
• Allows interoperability between PPDR agencies.
• Offers security in accordance with GCSB12 requirements.
• Allows interoperability with regional partner PPDR networks.
• Is compatible with NZ’s current VHF and UHF frequency plans.
• Is efficient in its use of spectrum.
A detailed comparison of APCO P25 service capabilities with initial and future
PPDR requirements is summarised and attached as Appendix D.
Other RF Sub-Systems
Telephone systems
Common Inter Sub-
Air System
Interface Interface
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Analogue Analogue base
handheld
Compliance with the CAI standard will enable any P25 portable, mobile or
repeater equipment to communicate in the following modes.
• P25 mobile or portable (regardless of manufacturer) to and from a
standard analogue FM radio, provided they use and can switch to
compatible frequencies.
• P25 mobile or portable (regardless of manufacturer) to and from any P25
repeater in either analogue or digital mode, provided they use and can
switch to compatible frequencies.
• P25 repeater (regardless of manufacturer) to any P25 fixed station,
provided they use compatible frequencies.
The CAI has been agreed and documented by ANSI/TIA13. Although there is
some ongoing work with vendors over further clarification of this standard, it is
stable. The CAI is already in use with NZ Police, Customs and Fisheries
specialist teams operating in conventional digital mode. It has been proven
operationally in New Zealand and with regional partners in East Timor and
Australia.
In addition to that for the CAI there is related documentation defining a similar
interface for FDMA trunked digital systems. Trunking being a likely requirement
in future it is recommended that the CAI for FDMA Trunked Digital Systems be
incorporated into the New Zealand e-GIF Standard with the compliance
category of FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION.
The ISSI permits multiple RFSS to be connected into wide area networks, even
where the RFSS run on different technology platforms (eg, Time Division
While a P25 radio may operate freely only among systems with the standard
P25 CAI, the ISSI allows networks to be interconnected, provided the
participating networks support this interface. This in turns gives all compatible
equipment on those networks access to the entire wide area network.
Interconnection of this type is depicted below.
Agency 2 RFSS
Agency 1 mobile
The FSI enables linking in both directions between P25 networks and analogue
networks. The basic framework for this is depicted below. The FSI also provides
for trunked digital and digital telephone interconnect, and for the transmission of
circuit and packet data.
It is not anticipated that the FSI will be required for interoperability in the first
instance. It is recommended for inclusion in the e-GIF Standard with the
compliance category of FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION.
The Data Peripheral Interface is recommended for inclusion into the e-GIF
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Standard with the compliance status of FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION.
10.0Analogue FM Transceivers
The P25 standards documentation includes compliance assessment documents
for the mandatory P25 Phase 1 Analogue FM Transceiver Standard. These
provide for backward compatibility with non-P25 radio systems and cover the
relevant performance measurement methods and performance
recommendations. They have been approved and published by ANSI/TIA as a
part of the Common Air Interface. It is recommended that they be included in
the New Zealand e-GIF interoperability Standard with the compliance status of
ADOPTED.
Governance
It is proposed that the PSRFMG maintain the role of providing technical
oversight for the ongoing development of the APCO P25 Standards, together
with provision of oversight of the compliance status for its various components
within the New Zealand e-GIF Standard.
The initial standards recommended for adoption by e-GIF will allow a basic
interoperable capability that is expected to allow agencies with legacy
conventional analogue FM radios to communicate with the initial APCO P25
network (s). As the need for further interoperable capability develops it is
recommended that the PSRFMG should be able to establish further working
groups under the leadership of a lead agency to re-examine the standards and
determine changes that may be required to the New Zealand e-GIF Standard.
In performing this role the PSRFMG will report to both the e-GIF Management
Committee and to the ETSSG. It is anticipated that any need for further PPDR
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capability will be raised through the ETSSG, and that the PSRFMG would
recommend any subsequent changes required to the standard to the e-GIF
Management Committee.
Implementation
NZ Police are the lead agency for the initial development and implementation of
the APCO P25 set of Standards. An RFP has been issued for equipment
meeting this standard on the basis of Police’s dimensioned requirements. The
RFP has been prepared on the basis that any subsequent contract will be made
available to any other government agency wishing to use it. Evaluation of
vendor responses is in progress.
On approval from the e-GIF Management Committee the APCO P25 adopted
set of standards will form the standards for the initial implementation.
Agencies which use their own legacy analogue networks will be able to
communicate with the initial APCO P25 network through the Common Air
Interface. The PSFRMG will investigate using a common set of radio channels
and frequencies to facilitate interagency operability.
A process will be documented that will clarify the tasks and equipment agencies
will require in order to complete implementation.
As other forms of interconnections and interfaces mature, they will follow the
same process that was used to develop this initial set of APCO P25 standards
B Terms of Reference
C Communications Plan
This appendix contains the draft communications plan for the work
covered by the Radiocommunications Interoperability Standards Working
Group
F Briefing
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Appendix A: CBC MIn (06) 16/21 minutes
(transcribed from Copy No 41)
Minute of Decision
1 noted that public protection and disaster relief (PPDR) agencies include front-line
and public safety services (eg Police, Fire, Ambulance, Fisheries Protection,
Customs), those likely to be involved in civil emergencies and natural disasters
(Civil Defence and Emergency Management, Defence Force, Conservation,
regional and territorial local authorities) and voluntary organisations supplementing
both (Maori Wardens, Coastguard, civilian search and rescue);
2 noted that PPDR agencies need the ability to communicate by radio effectively and
in real-time to meet public protection and disaster relief outcomes;
7 agreed to the development of a PPDR spectrum allocation plan, noting that the
immediate operational needs of the NZ Police will be met through an interim
spectrum allocation;
11 agreed that the start of work for strengthening the effectiveness of PPDR radio
communications be announced by the Minister of Communications;
Terms of Reference
Standard
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Working Group
Contents
1 Purpose and Related Documents....................................................................................
1.2 Objectives..............................................................................................................
1.3 Related Documents................................................................................................
2 Introduction.....................................................................................................................
2.1 What is the e-GIF?.................................................................................................
2.2 Standards Categories.............................................................................................
3 Background to Standard for Assessment........................................................................
3.1 What is a Public Safety Land Mobile Radio Network?........................................
3.2 The Business Need for a technical interoperability standard................................
4 Scope...............................................................................................................................
4.1 Included in the scope.............................................................................................
4.2 Excluded from scope.............................................................................................
4.3 Related Work.........................................................................................................
5 Approach.........................................................................................................................
6 Working Group Membership and Key Roles..................................................................
6.1 Skill Mix................................................................................................................
6.2 Resource Effort and Time..........................................................................
6.3 Roles and Responsibilities – all Members.............................................................
6.4 Chairperson............................................................................................................
6.5 State Services Commission (SSC) Liaison representative........................
6.5 Secretariat and Communications...........................................................................
6.6 Relationship Structure................................................................................
7 Policy Considerations.....................................................................................................
7.1 Consensus..............................................................................................................
7.2 Media.....................................................................................................................
7.3 Conflicts of Interest...............................................................................................
7.4 Confidentiality.......................................................................................................
7.5 Escalation Process.................................................................................................
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1 Purpose and Related Documents
1.1 Purpose
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All of these standards have been deployed successfully in the field, and will
be considered by the Working Group for adoption as the New Zealand
standard.
• Category 3: Standards which are used internally by an Agency in New
Zealand with no international recognition but which the Agency would like
to propose as a standard for all agencies in New Zealand to follow. These
are expected to have supporting documentation, and where applicable,
schema from which the NZ Government can draw.
• Category 4: A proposal where no standard exists overseas or in New
Zealand, for a standard to be developed.
3 Background to Standard for Assessment
3.1 What is a Public Safety Land Mobile Radio Network?
A public safety land mobile radio network is a radio network that enables
agencies with first responder responsibilities to communicate internally and
between themselves so as to coordinate and operate effectively in the event of
emergencies requiring public protection and disaster recovery activities.
The Police/Fire Land Mobile Radio Network (LMRN) must be replaced as the
equipment is operating beyond its economic life and will become increasingly
unreliable and expensive to maintain.
Police have consulted with all Public Protection and Disaster Response (PPDR)
agencies through the PSRFMG. All have agreed that a digital network will
provide a suitable platform that can be used by all agencies in either digital or
analogue mode, and both with and without encryption.
Police, Fire, and Customs have all indicated that they would be willing to share
a PPDR network as soon as it is available. Ambulance and Fisheries will also
join once their respective contractual arrangements with other network service
providers have expired. Other agencies have also indicated that they may also
join the network in due course.
4 Scope
4.1 Included in the scope
The objective of the Working Group is to take the standard and process to a
point where individual government agencies can implement the standard.
It will also create a future governance process around the standard, should it be
adopted.
The scope of the Working Group includes:
• Agreeing, developing and adapting the technical interoperability standard
to make it suitable for the New Zealand government use.
• Narrowband voice communications capability as a first priority.
• Narrowband data communications capability as a second priority.
(Although the Police see no immediate need for their use of narrowband
data communications over their LMRN, some security functions such as
Over The Air Rekeying may use the low speed data capability).
• Identifying and assessing the suitability of the technical interoperability
standard within the New Zealand government environment.
• Agreeing and confirming forecast quantities of Radio Frequency (RF)
channel requirements for public safety land mobile radio networks.
• Reporting a recommendation for a technical interoperability standard to
the e-GIF Management committee for inclusion in the e-GIF, together with
compliance status which may be required for each key element and
interface described by the standard.
- Future Consideration.
- Under Development.
- Recommended.
- Adopted.
- Deprecated.
• Development and implementation of a communications plan.
• Developing and identifying a process for the continued governance and
monitoring of the recommended technical interoperability standard as it
continues to develop.
4.2 Excluded from scope
• Acquisition and implementation of the network.
• Establishing RF spectrum assignments, which is a function performed by
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the Ministry of Economic Development.
• Narrowband data communications capability and applications, other than
those which are required to support voice communications. Other
applications may be addressed in a subsequent phase, where the role of
lead agency may be taken by another organisation. (Police are only
interested in using LMRN for voice. Other agencies may want to use this
capability – if they do it will have to be implemented after the Police voice
network and still require some adaptation and oversight.)
• Broadband data communications capability and applications.
• Detailed design and implementation of governance and operational
management processes for the PPDR LMRN.
4.3 Related Work
• Establishing and assigning the frequencies to be used in the interim by
Police. This will be performed by the Ministry of Economic Development.
• Establishing and assigning the frequencies to be used by PPDR Agencies.
This will be performed by the Ministry of Economic Development.
• Development of a strategy for Government PPDR radio communications
to achieve interoperability and reliability of services across all Sate Sector
agencies in all conditions.
5 Approach
The approach to be taken by the Working Group to the incorporation of the
recommended technical interoperability standard into the e-GIF Framework is
as described below. This approach envisages that a submission will be made to
Cabinet for approval to replace the Police LMRN, and that the timeline for the
work to be undertaken by this Working Group will be driven by the date on
which cabinet approval is received. The standard will need to be agreed and
accepted by the e-GIF Management Committee within three months of
Cabinet’s approval for the concept of extending e-GIF to incorporate PPDR
radio communications.
Step Activity
1 Draft initial paper on public safety LMRNs, covering proposed standard,
mechanisms for governance, forecasts of spectrum requirements, a
view of how they can be achieved, the mechanisms for interoperability
between agencies and how this standard will achieve the e-GIF
objectives.
2 Establish issues that Agencies may have with the draft initial paper
together with plans for addressing them. Resolve issues.
3 Review the relevant Standard Documentation; determine any issues
with the standard that may impact implementation in New Zealand;
establish whether there is likely to be a need for adaptation to meet
PPDR and e-GIF requirements for interoperability and resilience in New
Zealand; recommend any further work that may be required in the event
that adaptation is needed.
4 Review and confirm forecast channel and RF quantities.
NZ Customs Service
NZ Fisheries
It is proposed that the membership of the e-GIF Working Party on Public Safety
Radio Communications comprise the agencies that are members of the
PSRFMG.
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6.2 Resource Effort and Time
The principles guiding the work of each member of the group are to:
• Commit to being active in the Working group including the participation in,
and use of, electronic communications provided within the shared
workspace environment (if required). Regular attendance at meetings and
timely completions of all assigned tasks is a pre-requisite.
• Commit to working collaboratively with the group.
• Contribute to the development of a detailed work plan for the Group.
• Carry out tasks in an open and transparent manner, which will include a
detailed review and assessment of standards documentation, their
suitability for deployment; and whether there is a need for adaptation.
• Gain widespread support from your respective organisations.
• Ensure critical timeframes are met.
• Ensure best practice criteria are applied based on international standards
and guidelines.
• Commit to checking the outputs and being satisfied that they are of a
sufficient quality and clarity that they can be followed by others not
involved in the project.
• Actively contributing to reaching consensus.
• Keeping to the scope of the project.
• Reviewing the literature in relation to this topic as appropriate; and within
the time frames required by the project.
• Ensuring widespread opportunity for comment on drafts.
• Fully considering the cost and benefit implications associated with any
recommended changes and additions prior to making final
recommendations.
• Signing off the documentation for QA and integrity; and:
• Amending draft documents as desirable and approving the final Report
The Ministry of Economic Development will provide the Secretariat. The Police
as the lead agency will provide any media relations support for the development
of the communications plan which will be coordinated with the SSC as outlined
below.
The Sponsor of the Police Replacement LMRN and the adoption of the APCO P
25 Standard is Lyn Provost, Deputy Commissioner, who is a member of the
Emergency Telecommunications Services Steering Group.
The following diagram describes the relationship structure for the Working
Group:
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Cabinet
RELATIONSHIPS
Acountibility and reporting
Functional
Minister of
Communications
ETSSG - Emergency
e-GIF Management
Telecommunications
Committee
Services Steering Group
WG1 - PPDR
WG2 - PPDR WG3 - Government
e-GIF Radiocommunications [Emergency call system
Manager Radiocommunications Radiocommunicatiosn [Other projects]
Interoperability Standard project]
Spectrum Allocation Group Startegy Working Group
Working Group
NZ Police LMRN
PSRFMG - Public Safety Radio frequency Management
Replacement Steering State Sector CEOs
Group
Committee
7 Policy Considerations
7.1 Consensus
It is highly desirable that the group reach consensus about its conclusions since
the output must be acceptable to the wider community of Agency stakeholders.
The chair should advise the e-GIF Management Committee if this is not
possible. The e-GIF Management Committee may accept a final report
endorsed by a substantial majority of the group provided that minority
viewpoints are reflected in the comments section. The Management Committee
will take the unanimity of the group or otherwise into account when deciding
whether to accept the report’s recommendations.
7.2 Media
Media contact is co-ordinated through the chairperson, Jason Ryan, the SSC
Communications Advisor, and Hugh Fulton, the Police Communications Advisor.
A communications plan will be developed in conjunction with the
communications teams.
It is noted that the Working Groups are a combination of both government and
non-government members. In the interests of safety for all members, the group
members should perform their functions in good faith, honestly and impartially
and avoid situations that might compromise their integrity or otherwise lead to
conflicts of interest. Proper observation of these principles will protect the
Advisory and Working groups and its members and will enable public
confidence to be maintained.
7.4 Confidentiality
Although members are naturally free to express their own views within the
context of Working group meetings, or the general business of the Working
group, members should publicly support a course of action decided by the
Working group. If a member is unable to support a majority course of action, it
is that member’s responsibility not to publicly comment on decisions.
Working group members may want to discuss issues and/or decisions with
peers, nominating organisations and representative groups in order to gain
feedback and measure consensus. It is not the purpose of this confidentiality
clause to prevent this from occurring, but to protect individual members from
being quoted out of context and undermining the project integrity.
If a Working group member believes their input or views are not being
considered adequately by their group or the chair they should escalate their
concerns to the e-GIF Manager Trudy Rankin by email to
trudy.rankin@ssc.govt.nz or postal delivery to PO Box 329, Wellington.
7.6 Copyright
7.7 Timeline
Key Milestones Deadline
Initial Brief Drafted 22 September 2006
Attendance at Working Group Meetings Weekly meetings from 4th October.
Submission to Cabinet of a paper 25 September 2006
recommending incorporating an all of
Government technical interoperability
PPDR standard in e-GIF
Development of draft Version of e-GIF 5 weeks prior to publication to the e-GIF
Submission Management Committee.
Review & incorporate feedback from 4 weeks prior to publication to the e-GIF
Working Group Management Committee
Publish to an “All of Government” 4 weeks prior to publication to the e-GIF
audience for Public Consultation Management Committee
Review and incorporate feedback from 1 week prior to publication to the e-GIF
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Key Milestones Deadline
Public Consultation Management Committee
Publish to e-GIF Management Monday prior to the presentation to the e-GIF
Committee Management Committee
Present to e-GIF Management Within 3 months from the date of Cabinet
Committee approval for the development of the standard.
Publish Within 3 months from the date of Cabinet
approval for the development of the standard.
8 Governance
This Working group will follow the standard State Services Commission group
procedures and utilise the following templates:
Use this table to identify and manage risks specific to the working group
Risk Likelihood Impact Mitigation Activities Who
Working group Med High • Advise Group timelines SSC Liaison
unable to meet ahead of time Rep
timelines • Proactively contact
members for status of
workload well before
deadline
Working group Low Med • Ensure group members SSC Liaison
members have a backup rep Rep
consistently • Contact agency for new
unable to resource
attend
meetings
Working group Med High • Intervene and escalate Chairperson
unable to reach to e-GIF manager for SSC Liaison
a consensus direction Rep
about its
conclusions
Working group Low High • Provide suitable Chairperson
lack of induction with a broadly SSC Liaison
familiarity with focussed briefing Rep
broader context
of e-GIF and
the
requirement for
compliance
with e-GIF.
Broadening the Med Med • Full discussion of scope Chairperson
scope. E.g. during induction &
some agencies review of Common Air
may wish to Interface
prioritise packet • Careful scoping of any
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Use this table to outline deliverables and timetable to the working group
Deliverable Timeline
Regular working group meeting schedule 4 October through November 2006
agreed, distributed and attended
Develop draft interoperability standards 5 weeks prior to publication to e-GIF
paper for eGIF Management Committee Management Committee
Review and update 4 weeks prior to publication to e-GIF
Management Committee
Public Consultation review 1 week prior to publication to e-GIF
Management Committee
Publish Within 3 months of Cabinet approval for
the development of the standard.
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9 Terms of Reference sign-off by Public Safety Radio
Frequency Management Group
The signing of this Terms of Reference, signifies agreement on the Terms of
Reference.
Richard Harkett Trudy Rankin
New Zealand Police State Services Commission
Designation Designation
New Zealand Defence Force New Zealand Fire Service
Designation Designation
New Zealand Customs Service Ambulance New Zealand
Designation Designation
Ministry of Civil Defence and Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Emergency Management
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Public Protection Disaster Relief(PPDR) APCO25
Radiocommunications Communications plan
November 2006
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1 INTRODUCTION
This document is the Communications Plan for the Public Protection Disaster
Relief (PPDR) APCO 25 Radiocommunication standards project.
The purpose of the project is to assess the suitability of the APCO 25 suite of
standards for use by government agencies during public protection disaster
relief operations. This also includes governance and a process for individual
government agencies to adopt and implement the standard when required.
This Communications Plan aims to provide a strategy for promoting the APCO
25 standard to Government Agencies with a view to increasing awareness and
a process for participating in its development.
2 BACKGROUND
2.1 Overview
Police have consulted with all Public Protection and Disaster Response (PPDR)
agencies regarding their requirement for an APCO P2515 digital network. All
have agreed that an APCO P25 digital network will provide a suitable platform
that can be used by all agencies in either digital or analogue mode, and both
with and without encryption.
The Police/Fire Land Mobile Radio Network (LMRN) must be replaced as the
equipment is operating beyond its economic life and will become increasingly
unreliable and expensive to maintain.
Police, Fire, and Customs have all indicated that they would be willing to share
a PPDR P25 network as soon as it is available. Ambulance and Fisheries will
also join once their respective contractual arrangements with other network
service providers have expired. Other agencies have also indicated that they
may also join the network in due course.
15 Project 25 (P25) was established in the USA by joint efforts of the Association of Public Safety Communications
Officials International (APCO). It was established to address the need for common digital public safety radio
communications standards for First Responders and Homeland Security/Emergency Response professionals.
P25 compliant systems are now deployed globally. The standards have been submitted to the International
Telecommunications Union’s ITU-R Study Group 8, Working Party 8A. The ITU-R is charged with determining technical
characteristics and operational procedures for wireless services.
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3.1 Overview
This Communications Plan is the framework for ensuring that all state sector
agencies and key stakeholders are informed about or have access to the APCO
25 standards development.
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3.4 Key Messages
The key messages for the APCO25 and associated standards are:
• A robust process to investigate other LMRN standards has been carried
out
• APCO25 has reliable backward compatibility with standard analog FM
radios provided they use compatible frequencies and can tune to the same
frequencies.
• the initial implementation will involve a conventional LMRN network for
Police.
• implementation of the APCO25 standards will be at agency discretion and
cost
• The APCO25 standard suite has standards that are at various stages (i.e.
recommended, under development, future consideration)
• Narrowband voice communications capability is a first priority
• Narrowband data communications capability are a second priority
• There is believed to be sufficient UHF spectrum available to accommodate
forecast PPDR requirements. Any additional channel requirements above
those that can be met from allocated spectrum arising in the short to
medium term will be addressed by:
- improved network management techniques, which will be materially
assisted by migration to digital technologies; and if necessary
- investigating the use of trunking in regions of high traffic density.
• Subject to further technical analysis, it appears that the VHF channel
requirements might be accommodated in the ESB band (138 - 144 MHz)
and the UHF requirements in the ESC band (494 – 502 MHz), with any
UHF overflow being accommodated in UHF F band allocations held by
Police.
3.5 Risks and Issues
Issue 2:
Situation:
Mitigation:
Issue 3:
Situation:
Mitigation:
Issue 4:
Situation:
Mitigation:
Strategy 1
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⋅ Gain commitment from Agency CEO’s to assign a resource for developing
the standard
Strategy 2
5 MEASURING SUCCESS
5.1 Overview
To measure the success of the development of the APCO25 standard and the
communications programme the following measures are proposed.
4.
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APCO P25. Service Specifications Comparison With PPDR Requirements
Key: M= Mandatory; SO = Standard Option; SO-R = If offered as a standard option, then this service is
required
Immediate PPDR
Requirements
Requirements
Phase 1, 12.5
2009) PPDR
KHz, FDMA
P25 Statement of Requirements Service Specifications
Network Management
Configuration management, Fault management, Security management, Performance Management,
Accounting management SO-R M M
Element management SO M M
Single point of entry SO-R
Limited set of database field assignment SO-R
Update a limited set of database fields in multiple data bases SO-R
Vertical partitioning SO-R
Immediate PPDR
Requirements
Phase 1, 12.5
2009) PPDR
KHz, FDMA
P25 Statement of Requirements Service Specifications
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APCO P25 Relevant APCO Standard Documents E-GIF Compliance
Interface or Category
Component Recommendation
P25 Conventional Control Messages
TSB-102.AABG (Jul 1996)
P25 Conventional Control Messages, Addendum
1, Individual Telephone Calls
TSB-102.AADG-1 (May 2006)
Compliance Assessment Documents
Conformance Test Procedures
P25 Common Air Interface Conformance Test
TIA-102.BAAB-B (March 2005)
Performance Measurement Methods
Digital C4FM/CQPSK Transceiver Measurement
Methods
ANSI/TIA-102.CAAA-B
Performance Recommendations
P25 Land Mobile Radio Transceiver
Recommendations C4FM/CQPSK Modulation
ANSI/TIA-102.CAAB-B
Common Air Interoperability Test Procedures
Interface P25 Test Procedures Conventional Voice Adopted
(CAI) cont: Equipment TSB-102.CABA (Feb 2002)
FDMA Conventional Analogue
Performance Measurement Methods and
Performance Recommendations
Land Mobile FM or PM Communications
Equipment Measurement & Performance
Standards
ANSI/TIA-603-C (December 2004)
Vocoder Protocol Adopted
P25 Vocoder Description
ANSI/TIA-102.BABA (Dec 2003)
Conformance Test Procedures
P25 Mean Opinion Score Conformance Test
ANSI/TIA.102-BABB (April 1999)
P25 Vocoder Reference Test
ANSI/TIA.102-BABC (April 1999)
General CAI Reserved Values ANSI/TIA-BAAC-A (Dec Adopted
Common Air 2003
Interface
Common Air FDMA Trunked Digital Future Consideration
Interface Overview
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