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PPDR Radiocommunications Interoperability

Working Group

Report to the e-GIF Management Committee

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13 March 2007Contents
Glossary................................................................................................................................................ ...............3
Introduction.................................................................................................................................. ........................4
Executive summary..................................................................................................................................... .........5
Mandate............................................................................................................................................ ...................6

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

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TDMA Time Division Multiple Access, a telephony standard
TETRA Terrestrial Trunk Radio (a European interoperability standard)
TIA Telecommunications Industry Association
TSB Technical Service Bulletin
UHF Ultra High Frequency
VHF Very High Frequency
WG1 PPDR Interoperability Standard Working Group
Introduction
This paper recommends the adoption of the APCO P25 Radiocommunications
Standards into the New Zealand all of government interoperability framework
(e-GIF) for Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) land mobile radio
networks.

The paper covers:

1) the establishment and processes followed by an interagency Working


Group under the leadership of New Zealand Police as the lead agency
for the initial implementation

2) the recommendations of the Working Group as to the components of


radio standards to be adopted

3) their relevant compliance category in terms of the e-GIF; the reasoning


behind the adoption of this standard over its competitors and

4) a description of the standard and the interoperability framework enabled


by its implementation.

The appendices contain:

1) the mandate for this Working Group

2) a detailed terms of reference

3) the working party’s communications plan

4) the complete listing of relevant APCO P25 documents to be incorporated


into e-GIF and

5) the initial briefing paper provided to the working group by NZ Police.

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)

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conventional digital systems. Compliance with this standard provides the basic
mechanism for allowing legacy analogue FM radios to communicate with P25
radios. This is provided they both use compatible frequencies and can tune to
the same frequency. It also provides the mechanism for P25 radios to
communicate directly with each other, again providing they both use compatible
frequencies and can tune to the same frequency. The Common Air Interface is
already in use with Police and Customs and has been proven as interoperable
with partner agencies in Australia and East Timor.

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.

The approach to developing PPDR capabilities in New Zealand has yet to be


clarified, and as requirements for different agencies become firmer and the
overall architecture of future PPDR networks become clearer, it is probable that
other forms of interconnection and other interfaces from within the APCO P25
standards suite are going to be required. These interfaces, with those identified
by Police as being required in future for their own purposes have been
recommended for inclusion in the New Zealand e-GIF Standard with the
compliance status of FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION.

It is recommended that the e-GIF Management Committee:

• note that a government interoperability Working Group was established


to review and recommend a suitable set of standards for the NZ
Government Land Radio Mobile Networks

• note that a robust consultation process was followed

• 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

• approve the adoption of the recommended APCO P25 standards with a


status of adopted and future consideration

Mandate
Cabinet decision

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On 29 September 2006, the Cabinet Business Committee [CBC Min (06) 16/21
refers – see Appendix A]:

agreed to interagency work to develop a technical interoperability


standard to strengthen the reliability of public protection and disaster relief
radiocommunications [PPDR] under the process provided by the e-
Government Interoperability Framework [e-GIF];

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;

The Working Group


The PPDR Radiocommunications Interoperability Working Group (WG1) was
formed in response to the first of these decisions. Led by the NZ Police, it is
required to draft, by 22 December 2006, a NZ radiocommunications
interoperability standard under the e-GIF Framework.

WG1 was inaugurated at a meeting of the Public Safety Radio Frequency


Management Group (PSRFMG) held on 4 October 2006. PSRFMG represents
the majority of PPDR agencies. In attendance were representatives of the
Ministry of Economic Development (radio spectrum allocation) and the State
Services Commission (e-GIF).

Membership of WG1 is:

Bill Deverall (Chair) AVA/NZ Police


Peter Methven (Secretary) MED2
Sanjeewa Athuraliya NZ Police
Karen Burns SSC3
David Coetzee MCDEM4
Andrew Eades Customs
Ken Eccles Customs
Hugh Fulton NZ Police
Richard Harkett NZ Police
Grahame Love NZ Fire Service
Alex Orange MED
Ian Rae Ambulance New Zealand

The initial meeting of WG1 was held on 11 October 2006 at the Royal NZ Police
College.

Process

2 Ministry of Economic Development


3 State Services Commission
4 Ministry of Civil defence and Emergency Management
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Minuted meetings of WG1 were held on 11 October 2006, 25 October 2006, 7
November 2006, 23 November 2006, and 19 December 2006.

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.

A letter was sent on 22 December 2006 to the Chief Executives of all


Government departments and agencies outlining the WG1 brief.

The Public Safety Radio Frequency Management Group (PSRFMG) was


identified as the WG1 Reference Group.

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.

A Communications Plan for this project is attached as Appendix C

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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legacy system operates in the same or an adjacent band. This will
accommodate all agencies with the exception of some Fisheries services
which are provided by a commercial operator using a trunked analogue
network. Although Fisheries mobile and portable radios are themselves
compatible with APCO P25 the migration of these services will require the
development of a coordinated plan.
• Operates in trunked and conventional modes. (Trunked systems share a
limited number of pooled channels across multiple users, use common
control channels, require some scale to gain efficiencies and rely on traffic
engineering principles to minimise congestion. Telephone exchanges
operate in a similar manner sharing resources and trunks across many
users. Conventional systems dedicate users to channels and carry less
risk of congestion.)
• Supports encryption with access to supportable and secure encryption
algorithms (Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) preferred). Encryption is
used to code signals between terminals. Signals can be decoded using a
preset digital key. Unencrypted radiocommunications are inherently
insecure. Although specialist groups in Police, Customs and Fisheries
already use encryption on APCO P25 portable handsets, the wider
deployment of encryption using algorithms that are not controlled by
foreign governments is seen as the highest priority.
• Interoperability with neighbouring countries PPDR systems
The following requirements of a PPDR system are considered desirable
• Narrowband data capable
• Open standard or publicly available standard
• Not proprietary
• Wide range of suppliers
• Efficient in use of spectrum
• Range and performance similar to legacy analogue equipment
• Current Regional presence and support available

Evaluation of Land Mobile Radio Network (LMRN)


interoperability standards
An evaluation of the most widely used LMRN standards against the criteria
listed above has been performed, and is summarised in the table below.
Mandatory and desirable criteria were selected, and although these were not
weighted, any standard’s significant non-compliance against mandatory criteria
would prevent its adoption for PPDR networks in New Zealand.

Standards were assessed against the criteria as follows.

3 Satisfies the relevant criterion in all respects


2 Partially satisfies the relevant criterion
1 Partially satisfies the relevant criterion but with some significant shortfalls
0 Fails to satisfy the relevant criterion
00 Information not available

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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

Supports a progressive migration from 3 0 0 3 0


analogue FM systems, where the legacy
system operates in the same or an
adjacent band
Operates in trunked and conventional 3 1 1 1 0
modes
Encryption with access to supportable 3 3 1 2 3
and secure encryption algorithms (AES10
preferred)
Interoperability with regional neighbours’ 3 1 0 0 1
PPDR 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

Wide range of suppliers 3 3 1 0 0

Spectrally efficient 2 3 2 2 3

Range & performance similar to current 3 1 3 1 00


analogue systems
Current Regional presence & support 3 1 0 2 00

Total score (adjusted for 00 scores) 44 25 25 25 16

A commentary on the evaluation follows.

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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Criterion Comment
Mandatory
Compliant equipment currently No comment
available
Operates in VHF frequencies Tetra and OpenSky not available in VHF band,
available in NZ and which are likely
to be available for PPDR
Operates in UHF frequencies Tetra is limited in UHF bands, OpenSky is only available in
available in NZ (482 – 512 MHz) the 700/800 MHz band

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.

Spectrally efficient No comment

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

Current regional presence & No comment


support

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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.

APCO P25 Service Capability


Agencies represented in WG1 have confirmed that the APCO P25 standards
can meet their PPDR service requirements.

The development of the APCO P25 standards is occurring in two phases.


Equipment conforming to Phase 1 is currently available. Phase 1 standards
encompass the following parameters:
• 12.5KHz channel bandwidths, half of that required by legacy systems in
New Zealand.
• Frequency division multiplexing as opposed to utilising different time slots
for channels over the same frequencies.
Phase 2 standards which are to encompass 6.25 KHz channel bandwidth are
not currently available.

A detailed comparison of APCO P25 service capabilities with initial and future
PPDR requirements is summarised and attached as Appendix D.

Conclusion and recommendations


It is concluded that the APCO P25 standard for radio communications is the
most appropriate for use for PPDR networks in New Zealand and that it should
be adopted into the New Zealand e-GIF Interoperability Framework.

It is recommended that the APCO P25 interfaces required for interoperability,


listed here and described in the following section be incorporated into the New
Zealand e-GIF with their respective compliance categories as shown. The
reasoning for each recommendation is also contained in the following section
(refer to the Glossary for information on technical acronyms).

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Draft NZ e-GIF radiocommunications interoperability
standard
This section describes the APCO P25 Standard and its applicability to State
Sector PPDR.

1.0 The P25 system model


The APCO P25 general system model is depicted below The system model
shows a series of interfaces around a radio frequency subsystem (RFSS),
which must support the Common Air Interface and contains all the necessary
logic to manage intersystem interfaces and call processing. It has a similar role
to a telephone exchange, and is the building block for wide area network
construction.

Other RF Sub-Systems

Telephone systems
Common Inter Sub-
Air System
Interface Interface

Radio Frequency Sub-System Network management


Radio transceiver Radio repeater
(RFSS) systems
Common
Data peripheral Air Fixed
Interface Station
Interface
Fixed station Data systems

2.0 Common Air Interface (CAI)


The P25 Common Air Interface documentation defines the technical
interoperability standard for communications between P25-compliant radios. It
is the core element of the P25 Standard, and assures the ability of one P25
radio to communicate with another, in either trunked or conventional mode.
Conventional systems dedicate users to channels and carry less risk of
congestion than trunked systems. Trunked systems operate in a similar manner
to telephone exchanges sharing a limited number of pooled radio channels
across multiple users while using common control channels. They require some
scale to gain efficiencies in the use of radio spectrum and rely on traffic
engineering principles to minimise congestion. A basic compatibility framework
is depicted below.

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Analogue Analogue base
handheld

P25 mobile CAI P25 repeater


CAI CAI
P25 Analogue wireless link
handheld Digital wireless link P25 base

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.

Accordingly it is recommended that the Common Air Interface for FDMA


Conventional Digital Systems be incorporated into the NZ e-GIF Standard with
the compliance category of ADOPTED.

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.

3.0 Inter Sub-System Interface (ISSI)


Overview and protocol documentation for the P25 ISSI has only recently been
finalised and published. The remaining voice compliance and data services
documentation is expected to be published during 2007.

The ISSI permits multiple RFSS to be connected into wide area networks, even
where the RFSS run on different technology platforms (eg, Time Division

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Multiple Access (TDMA), FDMA, micro cell) and frequency bands. The interface
need only be employed when interconnection between the RFSS of the same or
different LMRN networks is desired.

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 1 Radio Frequency Sub-


System (RFSS)
Agency 1 mobile
Inter Sub-system inferface (ISSI)

Agency 2 RFSS

Agency 1 mobile

The P25 ISSI standard is unlikely to be required for early implementations of a


PPDR networks in New Zealand, and it is not currently proposed for the Police.
The deployment of multiple interconnected RFSS is a future possibility,
however. Consequently, the P25 ISSI is recommended for incorporation into the
e-GIF Standard with the compliance category of FOR FUTURE
CONSIDERATION.

4.0 Fixed station interface (FSI)


The Fixed Station Interface connects fixed equipment such as repeaters to
RFSS. The standard has recently been finalised for conventional (ie, non-
trunked) services and its protocols published, although compliance
documentation is not expected until late in 2007, or early 2008.

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.

5.0 Data peripheral interface


This interface is required to allow terminals to connect with such data peripheral
equipment as mobile data terminals that support, for example, staff callout and
dispatch, and mobile status reporting. This interface is not envisaged as being
required for the initial PPDR network, although it is clear that some agencies will
eventually require its implementation.

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.

6.0 Fixed host data interface


The status of this interface is similar to that of the Data Peripheral Interface
described above and it is covered by the same document set. This interface is
required for connectivity between an RF Subsystem and a data network, to
support such business applications such as the tracking of users from channel
to channel, site to site and RFSS to RFSS. It is not anticipated that it be
implemented with the initial PPDR network, although it is clear that agencies will
need it in the long term. The Data Network Interface is recommended for
inclusion in the e-GIF Standard with the compliance status of FOR FUTURE
CONSIDERATION.

7.0 Telephone Interconnect (PSTN14) Interface


This interface was originally developed to provide connectivity between wireline
and land mobile services, and is restricted to voice only. The use of mobile
phones has increased since, to the extent that the demand for its continuing
development has diminished. The interface does not accommodate IP based
telephony, and it does not appear to be the target of any other current work.

The initial PPDR network plan envisages PSTN interconnection as being


provided on an as-needed basis using manual patching. PSTN interconnection
to a trunked network is a mandatory requirement for long term implementation.
It is recommended that the interface be included in the e-GIF Standard with the
compliance status of FUTURE CONSIDERATION.

8.0 Network Management Interface


The Network Management Interface is under development. The overview has
been published but no other documents. Provided that any proposed network
management system can support commonly recognised network management
capabilities, it is anticipated that they could generally be expected to
encompass APCO 25 standard radio systems. The choice of a network
management system for the initial PPDR implementation is not expected to
influence any subsequent decisions made by other agencies establishing their
own PPDR networks, so therefore there does not appear to be a need to
incorporate this interface into the e-GIF Standard.

9.0 Console subsystem interface


The Console Sub-System Interface is under development, with the overview
and protocol about to be published and the remainder of the documentation
expected from 2007 to early 2008. It defines a multi-channel digital interface
between an RFSS and a console subsystem capable of supporting such
functions as dispatch. This interface could be integrated into the RF Subsystem
in the future. It is not envisaged that this standard will have any impact on

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interoperability and it is not intended to include it in the initial PPDR network.
There may, however, be a need to utilise it in future. As no detailed investigation
of this interface has been undertaken, it is recommended that it be included in
the New Zealand e-GIF Interoperability Standard with the compliance status of
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.

11.0 Digital P25 Phase 1 Transceivers


P25 standards documentation includes compliance assessment documents for
the mandatory Digital P25 Phase 1 Transceiver standard. The documents
contain the relevant performance measurement methods and performance
recommendations, and have been approved and published by ANSI/TIA as 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.

Technical Summary of Recommendations


The complete list of documents recommended for inclusion in the New Zealand
e-GIF Standard, together with their compliance recommendation and the
website and organisation where they can be purchased is included in Appendix
E.

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.

As those agencies using commercial radiocommunications services reach the


end of their current contracts, they can implement APCO P25.

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.

Agencies wishing to migrate to PPDR APCO Networks, whether they be their


own or shared networks, will be able to develop a plan for such a migration that
allows interoperability between users on their legacy network and those on the
APCO P25 network.

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

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Appendices
A CBC MIn (06) 16/21 minutes (transcribed from Copy No 41)

This appendix contains the Cabinet Business Committee minutes that


provide the mandate for this Working Group.

B Terms of Reference

This appendix contains the Terms of Reference for the PPDR


Radiocommunications Interoperability Standard Working Group.

C Communications Plan

This appendix contains the draft communications plan for the work
covered by the Radiocommunications Interoperability Standards Working
Group

D APCO P25 Service Capability & Requirements

Appendix D contains the APCO P25 Service Capability Summary and


compares it to Police PPDR immediate and long term (Post 2009)
requirements. This was used as the basis for agencies in the working
group to assess the suitability of the APCO P25 standard for their own
needs.

E APCO P25 Standards Document List and Compliance Recommendations

Appendix E contains the set of documents describing the APCO P25


standards recommended for inclusion in the New Zealand e-GIF with their
e-GIF compliance category recommendation.
APCO 25 Standards can be purchased in the form of TIA 102 Series
Documents from the TIA’s Global Document Publisher at
http://www.global.ihs.com
Attachment

F Briefing

This attachment contains the initial briefing paper provided to the


members of the PSRFMG on the adoption of a radio communications
interoperability standard and its incorporation into the New Zealand e-GIF

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Appendix A: CBC MIn (06) 16/21 minutes
(transcribed from Copy No 41)

Cabinet Business Committee (CBC Min (06) 16/21)

Minute of Decision

Radiocommunications for Public Protection and Disaster Relief

On 25 September 2006, the Cabinet Business Committee (CBC):

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;

3 noted that a co-ordinated approach to communications standards and


interoperability is necessary to ensure efficient future use of government resources,
and reliable communications under adverse conditions;

4 noted that a whole-of-government approach is needed to ensure that that the


technological and organisational benefits of collaborative operation can be
obtained by all PPDR agencies in central and local government;

5 noted that a government technical interoperability standard will encourage the


convergence of individual agencies’ radiocommunications towards full
interoperability on common platforms;

6 agreed to interagency work to develop a technical interoperability standard to


strengthen the reliability of public protection and disaster relief
radiocommunications under the process provided by the e-Government
Interoperability Framework;

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;

8 noted that terms of reference for the Emergency Telecommunications Services


Steering Group approved by CBC [CBC Min (06) 16/20], provides that the ETS
Steering Committee will oversee and co-ordinate the PPDR radiocommunications
work programme;

9 invited the Minister of Communications to report to the Cabinet Policy Committee


(POL) on ETS Steering Group progress on proposed technical interoperability
standards and a related spectrum allocation plan within three months so that
operational priorities of New Zealand Police can be met;

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10 invited the Minister of Communications to report to POL by 30 June 2007 on the
ETS Steering Group’s development of a strategy for strengthening the
effectiveness of PPDR radio communications;

11 agreed that the start of work for strengthening the effectiveness of PPDR radio
communications be announced by the Minister of Communications;

12 noted that the Minister of Communications indicated that consultation is not


required with the government caucuses or other parties represented in Parliament.

Appendix B: Terms of Reference

State Services Commission

Information and Communication Technologies Unit

Terms of Reference

PPDR Radiocommunications Interoperability

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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7.6 Copyright...............................................................................................................
7.7 Timeline.................................................................................................................
8 Governance.....................................................................................................................
8.1 Risk identification and minimisation activities.....................................................
8.2 Deliverables and timetable....................................................................................
9 Terms of Reference sign-off by Public Safety Radio Frequency Management Group. .
10 Terms of Reference sign-off by Agency Leaders............................................................
Appendix I: Working Group Representatives........................................................

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1 Purpose and Related Documents
1.1 Purpose

The purpose of this document is to provide prospective Public Safety Radio


Communications Working Group (PSRFMG) members a framework to
appreciate the role they are being invited to undertake. The document will:
• Outline the background to the PPDR Radiocommunications
Interoperability Standard project and the role and context of the initiative.
• Detail the scope, roles, responsibilities of the members of the related
Working Group together with the desired outputs.
• Outline the mix of skills in a typical Working Group.
• Overview the process that the Working Group will follow.
1.2 Objectives

The PPDR Radiocommunications Interoperability Standard Working Group is


to:
• Agree and document a suitable Radio Interoperability Standard as
meeting Government interoperability objectives when deployed as the
base standard for Public Safety narrowband voice communications
networks.
• Agree and document the mechanisms by which deployment of the
interoperability standard will achieve interoperability amongst public safety
agencies and lead to more effective and resilient delivery of services
relating to public safety.
• Agree and document a governance framework for the standard within
which such interoperable networks can be developed and managed.
• Agree an approach to acquiring sufficient spectrum with the Ministry of
Economic Development.
1.3 Related Documents
This document is one of a developing family of e-GIF document sets related to
standards development. This document is placed in context to the following.
Prospective Working Group members are urged to familiarise themselves with
them if they have not already done so.
• e-GIF Version 3.0
http://www.e.govt.nz/standards/e-gif/e-gif/e-gif-V-3/
2 Introduction
2.1 What is the e-GIF?

The e-GIF (e-Government Interoperability Framework) is a document containing


a set of policies, technical standards and guidelines (and a governance
approach) covering technical components, data and ways of linking the
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components.

The purpose of the e-GIF is:


• To define the elements of a platform for the delivery of integrated
electronic services for e-government in New Zealand.
• To ensure that technological barriers do not prevent government agencies
from co-operating, through endorsing technical standards.
• To reuse knowledge and experience gained when choosing and
implementing standards in the state sector; and:
• To reduce the burden on individuals and businesses using e-government
by improving consistency of approach.
All people and organisations that make use of the e-government facilities of the
New Zealand government will use this platform. Public service departments are
required to adopt the e-GIF; other state sector agencies are encouraged to do
so (CAB Min (02) 18/2C refers). In practice this means that departments should
participate in the processes to place standards within the e-GIF, and are
required to use e-GIF standards (or show a good reason why they are not)
when relevant to new implementations.

It is understood that adopting standards, and where applicable its associated


schema, does not automatically produce a solution enabling data exchange.
The standard needs to be incorporated into a business service/process with
coded business rules to achieve truly useful interoperability.

2.2 Standards Categories

It is recognised that proposals for e-GIF standards under Working Group


assessment fall into one of the following categories:
• Category 1: Recognised International standards from applicable
standards bodies such as W3C, OASIS etc with supporting documentation
and implementation. These may or may not be already in use in New
Zealand.
• Category 2: Standards in use overseas by an industry sector or group,
which may or may not be ratified by an international standards body.
These may or may not be already in use in New Zealand, but are
expected to have supporting documentation and where appropriate,
schema, from which the NZ government can draw.
Relevant standards that fall within this category are:
- TETRA – Terrestrial Trunked Radio, a European interoperability
standard designed primarily for public safety applications;
- Tetrapol - a standard based on the TETRA concept, developed
exclusively by France;
- APCO P25 – a standard developed by the US Association of Public
Safety Communications Officials (APCO);
- ProVoice and OpenSky – standards developed privately by an
American manufacturer, M/A COM.

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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.

3.2 The Business Need for a technical interoperability standard

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.

Encrypted radio communications was ranked by Police users as top priority in


the Information, Communications and Technology Strategic Plan 2005-2010.

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.

The basic requirement for technical interoperability standard is for radio


equipment that complies with the standard has reliable backward compatibility
with standard analog FM radios, so that the present Very High Frequency (VHF)
and Ultra High Frequency (UHF) terminals used by Ministry of Civil Defence
and Emergency Management (CD&EM), Ambulance, Department of
Conservation (DOC), Defence, and Fisheries would all immediately be able to
use the network in a basic analog conventional mode if required and if
authorized to do so. If they subsequently decided to change to digital
technology, the process would be relatively straight forward with minimum
impact on their day to day operations. If necessary the migration could be

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phased over a number of years.

4 Scope
4.1 Included in the scope

The work of the e-GIF PPDR Radiocommunications Interoperability Standard


working group is to assess the available technical interoperability standards for
potential suitability with government agencies’ radiocommunications
requirements and recommend whether or not a particular standard, amended or
not, be adopted.

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.

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Review and agree quantities with MED.

5 Prepare a submission to the e-GIF Management Committee


recommending the APCO 25 standard and related governance
processes and mechanisms.
Recommend e-GIF compliance status for each of the standard’s
interfaces.

6 Undertake public consultation process.


7 Incorporate feedback from public consultation process and submit
recommendation to e-GIF Management Committee.

6 Working Group Membership and Key Roles


6.1 Skill Mix
• Chairperson who will be from Police, the lead agency appointed by the
State Services Commission.
• State Services Commission (SSC) Liaison representative (appointed by
SSC.)
• Those representatives from agencies who currently comprise the Public
Safety Radio Frequency Management Group (PSRFMG). Consultation on
the development of a proposed public safety network has been conducted
through the PSRFMG, whose representation comprises:
PSRFMG Members Other Agencies Whose Interest is
Represented by PSRFMG Members
NZ Defence Force
Ministry of Civil Defence and Local Authorities
Emergency Management
NZ Police Search & Rescue

NZ Ambulance Board Ministry of Health, Regional Health


Boards, St John's Ambulance

Dept. of Conservation Regional Parks Service, Maritime NZ

NZ Fire Service Rural Fire Service, Aerial Fire fighting

NZ Customs Service

Ministry of Economic Development

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

Working Group (Core Group)


• Full participation as a working group member.
• Involved in regular group discussions, and attendance at formal minuted
meetings.
The date for the first Working Group meeting is scheduled for 4th October 2006.

The expected time commitment by Group members is as follows:


• 3-4 hour meeting each week for a period of 1 month.
• Reading required between meetings.
6.3 Roles and Responsibilities – all Members

The Working group is open to public sector agencies, IT vendors as nominated


by professional bodies, professional bodies and other stakeholders. It is
recognised that public sector agencies may prefer IT vendors to represent their
interests.

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

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and Recommendation document once complete.
6.4 Chairperson

The Chairperson will be from the NZ Police Department. The Chairperson


chairs and moderates the meetings and facilitates consensus. The Chairperson
together with the State Services Commission Liaison representative retains
responsibility for identification, selection and continued involvement of Group
members.

6.5 State Services Commission (SSC) Liaison representative

The Sate Services Commission will appoint the Liaison representative.

The SSC Liaison representative is responsible for:


• Issue/risk identification and escalation to e-GIF management team.
• Reporting key discussion points, agreements and issues to the
Information, Communications and Technology unit together with any
recommendations agreed by the Groups.
• Facilitation of the production of the submission and presentation to the e-
GIF management Committee.
• Ensuring that the consultation process is robust.
• Ensuring that a “whole of government” approach is taken.
• Overseeing Technical Audit and QA of outputs and reports for usability and
readability given the range of future readership familiarity of the subject.
• Preparing weekly status reports for e-GIF Manager.
6.5 Secretariat and Communications

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.

6.6 Relationship Structure

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

Note: The e-GIF Management Committee is the decision-making body.

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.

7.3 Conflicts of Interest

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.

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subject which will prevent them from reaching an impartial decision or
undertaking an activity consistent with the Working group’s functions, they must
declare a conflict of interest, to the Working group, and withdraw themselves
from the discussion and/or activity.

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.

7.5 Escalation Process

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

Work produced relating to the Working group output or activities commissioned


by SSC will remain the property of the Crown. SSC will hold all copyright and
other intellectual property rights in respect of such work on behalf of the Crown.
Individuals wishing to publish work commissioned by SSC must first seek prior
written approval from SSC to do so.

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:

8.1 Risk identification and minimisation activities

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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Risk Likelihood Impact Mitigation Activities Who
data effort required &
communication management of
s and timelines
applications • Prioritisation of outputs
to meet deadlines
Who = Person accountable to manage risk mitigation activities and contingency plan:
This list is not exhaustive and will continue to evolve throughout the Project

8.2 Deliverables and timetable

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

Bruce Emirali Graeme Love


New Zealand Defence Force New Zealand Fire Service

Ken Eccles Ian Rae


New Zealand Customs Service Ambulance New Zealand

Harry Orr Justin Downs


Ministry of Civil Defence and Ministry of Agriculture and
Emergency Management Forestry

Colin Hopkinson Brian Miller


Department of Conservation Ministry of Economic
Development

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10 Terms of Reference sign-off by Agency Leaders
The signing of this Terms of Reference, by agency Chief Executive or second in
charge signifies a formal agreement on the part of the participating agency to
commit resources to this project.
Designation Designation
New Zealand Police Ministry of Economic Development

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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Designation Designation
State Services Commission Department of Conservation

Appendix I: Working Group Representatives


Name Agency Email Phone
Sanjeewa Police Sanjeewa.Athuraliya@police.govt.nz 027 296 0408
Athuraliya
Karen Burns SSC karen.burns@ssc.govt.nz 029 483 3789

Harry Orr MCDEM steve.orr@dia.govt.nz 027 283 0548

Bill Deverall (Chair) AVA/NZ Police bill.deverall@ava.co.nz 021 831 435

Justin Downs MAF Justin.Downs@maf.govt.nz

Andrew Eades Customs Andrew.Eades@ihug.co.nz

Ken Eccles Customs Twin.view.eccles@xtra.co.nz 029 543 2738

Hugh Fulton NZ Police hugh.fulton@police.govt.nz 04 238 3470

Richard Harkett NZ Police richard.harkett@police.govt.nz 04 238 3469

Chris Juriss NZ Fire Chris.juriss@fire.org.nz 04 496 3639


Service
Grahame Love NZ Fire grahame.love@fire.org.nz 027 448 5294
Service
Peter Methven MED peter.methven@med.govt.nz 021 147 8878
(Secretary)
Alex Orange MED alex.orange@med.govt.nz 04 474 2657

Ian Rae Ambulance NZ ian.rae@stjohn.org.nz 027 433 7656

Appendix C: Communications Plan

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Public Protection Disaster Relief(PPDR) APCO25
Radiocommunications Communications plan
November 2006

DRAFT VERSION 1.00

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CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................
2 BACKGROUND.............................................................................................43
2.1 Overview................................................................................................43
2.2 Situation Analysis...................................................................................43
3 COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY..................................................................44
3.1 Overview................................................................................................44
3.2 Communications Objectives..................................................................44
3.3 Key Audiences and Communications Vehicles......................................44
3.4 Key Messages........................................................................................45
3.5 Risks and Issues....................................................................................45
3.6 COMMUNICATIONS PRINCIPLES.......................................................46
3.7 Communication Strategies.....................................................................46
4 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.............................................................................47
4.1 Communications Plan............................................................................47
4.2 Communications Vehicles......................................................................47
4.3 Media Management...............................................................................48
5 MEASURING SUCCESS...............................................................................48
5.1 Overview....................................................................................................
5.2 Success Measures.................................................................................48

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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 PPDR APCO 25 Radiocommunication standards project is an initiative


being lead by Police.

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.

2.2 Situation Analysis

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 COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY

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.

3.2 Communications Objectives

Increase awareness of the APCO 25 and associated standards

Encourage PPDR agencies to actively participate in the ongoing development


of the APCO 25 standard and in the development of an interoperable capability
between agencies involved in public protection and disaster recovery
operations.

Create a community of advocates who will actively promote and champion


APCO 25 and associated standard throughout the state sector

3.3 Key Audiences and Communications Vehicles


Target Audiences Vehicles
PPDR Public Safety Radio Frequency Status report from
Governance Management Group chairperson monthly
(PSRFMG)
Key Minister of State Services Joint update from
Stakeholders Minister of Police SSC/MED/Police ICT
(Hon Annette King) Joint update from
SSC/MED/Police ICT
Minister of Communications
(Hon David Cunliffe)
State Services Commissioner Weekly Meetings with
Deputy Commissioner ICT
All Agency CEO’s Monthly CEO Forum
Treasury TSY RM Meetings
Content Local Government New Through the involvement
Contributors Zealand of Ministry of Civil Defence
(consultation) and Emergency
Management

Wider Public Sector Personal letter with link to


e-GIF website

Internal (PPDR Staff involved in PPDR Internal consultation via


staff) management working group
SSC relationship managers representative
SSC ICT

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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

Identifying potential issues ensures any negative impacts can be carefully


managed.
Issue 1
Situation: The VHF channel forecast for PPDR agencies exceeds the
spare spectrum shown in the ESB Band. PPDR Agencies
VHF spectrum is currently provided in the ESA and ESB
bands. Manufacturers of APCO P25 equipment do not
generally produce equipment at frequencies as low as the
ESA Band. (75.2 – 79.2 MHz). Only one manufacturer is
believed to claim that they do so.
Mitigation: Agencies in the Interoperability Standards Working Group
have agreed that on implementation of the APCO P25
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freeing it for other purposes. In addition users of the ESB
Band do use it for other than PPDR purposes. MED has
agreed to undertake further technical analysis to determine
the extent to which these particular frequencies can be
shared.

Issue 2:
Situation:
Mitigation:
Issue 3:
Situation:
Mitigation:
Issue 4:
Situation:
Mitigation:

3.6 COMMUNICATIONS PRINCIPLES

PPDR communications should be:


• Open and honest
• Simple and concise
• Relevant and targeted (tailored for the relevant audience)
• Regular and timely
• They should also:
• Have consistent messages
• Enable key audiences to filter information appropriately
(key messages easily identified)
• Be accessible (in terms of language and physical access)
• Have feedback mechanisms
3.7 Communication Strategies

Strategy 1

Position the APCO25 standard with Agency CEO’s as a key communications


deliverable
⋅ Agencies must be able to communicate with other key agencies during an
emergency situation, regardless of radiocommunications technology
⋅ It is important to create a consistent and easily understood set of messages
which can be used to build awareness about APCO25
Tactics
⋅ Engage CEO’s in the importance of understanding the APCO25 standard
⋅ Engage CEO’s and key staff of implications when implemented by police
and other key agencies (backward and forward capability)

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⋅ Gain commitment from Agency CEO’s to assign a resource for developing
the standard
Strategy 2

Develop a communications framework to promote and champion APCO25


⋅ It is important to create a consistent and easily understood set of messages
which can be used to build awareness about APCO25
Tactics
⋅ Create a communications framework which takes into account the needs of
the key audiences in terms of relevance of message, timeliness and
accessibility (language and channel)
Strategy 3

Engage a community of content contributors from across the state sector


⋅ Key stakeholders involved in PPDR activities must have a process to
contribute to the development of the standard
Tactics
⋅ Contact key stakeholders and invite them for consultation of APCO25
standard
⋅ Provide mechanism for to offer input / feedback
4 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

4.1 Communications Plan

The Communications framework should:


⋅ Outline a clear set of key messages to be used
⋅ Integrate and streamline communications channels
⋅ Manage the frequency and priority communications to agencies
4.2 Communications Vehicles
Vehicle Participants
Agency CEO’s SSC Commissioner CEO Forum
Radiocommunications Through involvement of Public Service Agencies
contacts and their CIOs.

Public Consultation Public Service and non Public Service


departments, wider state sector

Meetings One-on-one or group meetings with key audiences


& stakeholders as required

About APCO25 website (e-GIF)


Information and the frequently asked questions
pages

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Vehicle Participants
News Notifications through key agencies websites

4.3 Media Management

1 Messages should be in line with the Government agencies media policy.


All releases should be managed through a consultation process between
the State Services Commission, Ministry of Economic Development and
Police communications team.

2 Messages should be planned and preparations made to counter negative


external coverage.

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.

5.2 Success Measures


No Criteria Measure
1. Engagement of Agency CEOs appoint dedicated resource
CEO’s
2. Engagement of content High number of engaged content
contributors contributors

3. e-GIF approval Approval to proceed with


implementation of standard

4.

Appendix D: APCO P25 service capability comparison

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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

Long Term (Post

Requirements
Requirements
Phase 1, 12.5

2009) PPDR
KHz, FDMA
P25 Statement of Requirements Service Specifications

Inter-RF Subsystem Interface (ISSI)


Multiple RFSSs regardless of air interface must be capable of interconnecting into other RFSSs which
may be on the same WACNs or P25 Systems SO-R Optional M
Support for roaming of SUs among P25 RFSSs SO-R
Operational modes
Trunked: The ISSI shall support 2 or more RFSSs operating in trunked mode SO-R M
Conventional: The ISSI shall support 2 or more RFSSs operating in conventional mode SO-R Optional M
Mixed Mode: Support for combinations of RFSSs operating elements in both trunked and conventional
modes SO-R M
Network configurations supported
Point to point SO-R
Multipoint SO-R
Dedicated links SO-R
T1, E1, & fractional E1 & T1 & SDH/SONET SO-R
IP based networks (IPV4, IPV6) SO-R M
Control elements:
Management & location tracking of subscribers SO-R Optional M
Authentication of subscribers SO-R Optional M
Setup, teardown & maintenance of calls SO-R Optional M
Over the air control and over the air rekeying of subscriber terminals SO-R Optional M

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

Console Subsystem Interface (CSSI)


Vocoded & encrypted audio SO-R M M
Packet data SO-R M
Telephone patching SO-R M
Control of advanced capabilities including conventional, trunking, simulcast, receiver comparators
(voting), encryption SO-R M
Exchange of Unit ID SO-R M
Time synchronisation SO-R
Channel status information SO-R
Designated talk group recording SO-R M
Private & group call support SO-R M
Audible tone signalling to SUs SO-R
Crypto key fill support SO-R M M

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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

Long Term (Post


Requirements

Requirements
Phase 1, 12.5

2009) PPDR
KHz, FDMA
P25 Statement of Requirements Service Specifications

Fixed Station Subsystem Interface (FSSI)


Conventional Analogue Fixed Station Interface (CAFSI)
Transport of clear audio between fixed station & its host encompassing full-duplex, half -duplex, &
simplex at the discretion of the fixed station SO-R M M
Transport of E&M Control Signalling SO M M
Tone remote control signalling for support of legacy analogue fixed stations SO-R M M
Intercom capability SO
Support for conventional FM operation SO M M
Conventional P25 digital (CAI) operation SO M M

Conventional Digital Fixed Station Interface (CDFSI)


Supoport for IP based capabilities equivalent to those provided via CAFSI when digital station is
operating in analogue mode SO-R M M
Encrypted audio SO-R M M
Transport of caller ID SO-R M M
Transport of talk-group information SO-R M M
Transport of NAC code information SO-R M M
Transport of emergency alert SO-R M M
Transport of emergency indications SO-R M M
Transport of received votor identification SO-R M M
Advanced control of fixed station SO-R M M
Intercom audio SO
Ethernet base T SO M M

Other System Features


Location Services via GPS SO M M
Encryption M M M
Electronic Serial Number M M M
Dispatcher interrupt of individual calls M

Appendix E: APCO P25 standards documentation recommended for


inclusion in the New Zealand e-GIF
APCO P25 Relevant APCO Standard Documents E-GIF Compliance
Interface or Category
Component Recommendation
Common Air FDMA Conventional Digital Adopted
Interface Overview
(CAI)
P25 FDMA CAI Operational Description for
Conventional Channels
TIA-102 BAAD (Dec 2003)
Protocol
P25 FDMA Common Air Interface
ANSI/TIA-BAAA-A (Sep 2003)
P25 FDMA Link Control Word Formats &
Messages
ANSI/TIA – 102.BF-A (Dec 2004)

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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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APCO P25 Relevant APCO Standard Documents E-GIF Compliance
Interface or Category
Component Recommendation
P25 Trunking Overview
ANSI/TIA-102.AABA-A (Jun 2004)
P25 Trunking Procedures
TSB-102.AABD (Oct 1997)
Protocol Documents
ANSI/TIA-102.AABB-A (Jan 2005)
ANSI/TIA-102.AABB-A (March 2005)
ANSI/TIA-102.AABF-A (Dec 2004)
TSB-102.AABG (Jul 1996)
TSB-102.AABG-1 (May 2006)
Interoperability Test Procedures
TIA-102.CABC (Publication expected late 2006)

Intersystem Overview Future Consideration


Interface TSB-102.BACC-A (Dec 2003)
(ISSI)
Protocol
TIA-102.BACA-A (Aug 2006)
Overview Scope 2 Services
TSB-102.BACC-A (Dec 2003)
Fixed Station Protocol Future Consideration
Interface TIA-102.BAHA (Jun 2006)
Data P25 Data Overview Future Consideration
Peripheral ANSI/TIA-BAEA-A (June 2004)
Interface &
Fixed Host Protocol
Data P25 Packet Data Specification ANSI/TIA-
Interface 102.BAEB-A (March 2005)
P25 Radio Control Protocol ANSI/TIA-102.BAEE-
A (Sept 2004)
Telephone Overview Future Consideration
Interconnect ANSI/TIA-102.BADA-1 (March 2000, April 2006)
Interface
Protocol – none planned
Console Documents yet to be approved or published Future Consideration
Subsystem
Interface

Attachment F: Initial Briefing Paper

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