Transcript TETRA in Transportation

TETRA in Transportation
Alvin LIM
18 May 2005
Kuala Lumpur
• TETRA markets
• Radio system challenges in the
Transportation market
• Why TETRA
• TETRA markets
• Radio system challenges in the
Transportation market
• Why TETRA
Global TETRA contracts by region
(as at July 2004, based on industry supplied & public domain data)
Global TETRA contracts by sector
(as at July 2004, based on industry supplied & public domain data)
What’s hot in Asia
(as at July 2004, based on industry supplied & public domain data)
Military Government
1%
3%
Industrial
3%
Utilities
4%
PSS
35%
Confidential
6%
Transportation
48%
Transportation segments
• Land
– Railways
• Mass Rapid Transits
• Light Rail Transits
• Long haul
• High Speed
– Road
• Seaports
• Airports
• TETRA markets
• Radio system challenges in the
Transportation market
• Why TETRA
Before TETRA
• Simple open channel communication
– Every individual listens to every other individual
– 1st come, 1st served
– No priority for important messages
• Limited coverage
– Radio black spots
– Out of reach with no back up
• Old analogue technology
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‘Speech’ can be difficult to understand
Unintelligible communications with high background noise
Important information can be “lost”
Easy to scan frequencies, compromising operations
• Every team to themselves
– Minimum interoperability between teams
– Event & crisis management difficulties
Railway challenges
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Passenger safety
Security
High speed rail
Data applications
– Train monitoring and control, information display systems,
text messaging, AVLS
• Video / image transmission
Road transportation challenges
• Intelligent transportation system
– AVLS, traffic information displays, bus arrival
times, traffic image transmission
Airport challenges
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Unprecedented air travel growth in the
Asia Pacific
– Proliferation of budget airlines
Competition between regional hubs for
business
– Airports face the challenge of providing more
efficient service in a competitive environment
and mounting traffic loads.
• Need to expand the capacity of the
radio system
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– For more channels and also to ensure that the
coverage area is sufficient.
Need to be digital and data capable in
order to be able to handle future mobile
data requirements
– Integrate with airport’s backend systems for
better workflow.
Seaport challenges
• Unprecedented international trade
growth in the Asia Pacific
• Competition between seaports
– Seaports face the challenge of providing
more efficient service in a competitive
environment and mounting traffic loads.
• Need to expand the capacity of the
radio system
– For more channels and also to ensure
that the coverage area is sufficient.
• Need to be digital and data capable
in order to be able to handle future
mobile data requirements
– Integrate with seaport’s backend systems
for better workflow.
Industry-wide issues
• Limited frequencies available
– Urban or high density environment
– High voice traffic
• Safety
– More information are analyzed to enhance operation and maintain
safety.
– Safety features
• Security
– Security features
• Operational efficiency
– More applications are added to improve productivity and service.
– Better technologies and integrated solutions are employed to improve
response to situations.
• Data applications
• TETRA markets
• Radio system challenges in the
Transportation market
• Why TETRA
Why TETRA?
• Clear communications
– Without hiss, crackle or background noise
– TETRA is a digital technology
• Functional groups only listen to
relevant communications
– No more confusion, no more lost messages
– TETRA provides privacy & security
• Users are not locked to a single radio
terminal supplier
– Healthy competition
– TETRA is an open approved standard
Why TETRA?
• TETRA ensures better access to
communications
– TETRA allows more users to make calls
– More users supported with same frequencies
– Better quality of service
• Old conventional systems, some
channels were idle, while others were
congested
– Old systems were inefficient
Why TETRA?
Three Services in One Radio
• Cellular type calls
– Offering call privacy to supervisors
– Telephone access
• Mobile data services
– Improving staff efficiency with faster access to
information
– Passenger Information Systems, locations data
database, address books, incident reports
• Group calls
– Instant calls to all team members
– Improving efficiency and enhancing staff safety
Why TETRA?
Even more reasons
 Voice and Data Facility
 Telephony
 DMO
 SDS
 IP & Packet Data
 Mission critical features
 Emergency / safety features
 Secure radio system
 Interoperability
 Scaleable technology
 Intrinsically Safe terminals
Summary
• TETRA offers the Transportation industry:
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Spectrum efficiency
Better voice quality
Integrated voice and data
Privacy & security
Mission critical features
High vehicular speed mobility
Multi vendor environment
Easier integration with other systems
Interoperability
Intrinsic Safety