UPDATED - P25 Features Matrix: User List

11-2007

The members of the Interoperable Communications Technical Assistance Program (ICTAP) through research and interpretation of the TIA 102 standards documents and feedback from members of the TIA standards community have created a P25 Features Matrix document. This is not an official TIA document, though it was formally submitted for use by the TIA and its members. It is intended to be a living document, reflecting the status of the P25 standards suite as it evolves.

The intent of this document is to give Public Safety Users and the general P25 Community an overview of what is currently defined for implementation within the P25 TIA-102 land mobile radio standards documents as of the date specified in appropriate document headers.  ICTAP considers a feature to be "Defined" when sufficient supporting information can be found in the published standards documents in order for them to be implemented in P25 equipment by any manufacturer.

P25 Feature Matrix Files

Feedback is requested to identify errors, updates and areas of improvement. For additional information or to provide feedback, please contact: ictap-engineers@spawar.navy.mil.

ICTAP is a Department of Homeland Security program that offers free technical assistance to states and urban areas using Federal grant funding to improve interoperable communications for public safety and first responders.

April 20, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:                           

Neil Gaffney

(703) 907-7721

ngaffney@tiaonline.org

In Letter to Congress, TIA Addresses GAO Inaccuracies on Project 25 Progress

Arlington, Va. – Today, the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) sent a letter to Congressman William Lacy Clay and Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich responding to the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report entitled “FIRST RESPONDERS: Much Work Remains To Improve Communications Interoperability” (GAO-07-301).  Project 25 (P25) is an interoperability suite of standards for digital two-way wireless communications products and systems.  The P25 standards are created by a committee of manufacturers, public safety agencies and state and federal communications professionals to provide detailed standards for the design of communications systems so that all purchasers of P25-compatible equipment can communicate with each other. To view TIA’s letter, go to http://www.tiaonline.org/policy/publications/documents/TIAResponsetoGAOReportonP25.pdf .

As the publisher of the P25 standards, TIA takes its role in improving the technology that supports first responders very seriously and agrees with the GAO’s conclusion that “a comprehensive suite of standards such as Project 25 is critical to achieving interoperability among different manufacturers’ products.”  However, TIA believes that the report contains a number of misleading statements that could lead to an inaccurate perception of the current state of interoperability. 

In its letter, TIA highlighted that the P25 effort has resulted in the publication of 125 documents that support interoperability for public safety networks and that these documents “have been endorsed by numerous agencies including the Federal Communications Commission, the National Communications System, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Interior, and the Department of Justice.” 

TIA criticized GAO’s assertion that “a lack of compliance testing has limited product interoperability.” While TIA is troubled over many of the GAO’s findings, TIA concluded its letter by reiterating its commitment to improving communications interoperability at all levels of government.

Please visit this links for the latest meeting information:

P25 User Needs Subcommittee, March 2006

P25 User Needs Subcommittee, March 2006

P34 Broadband User Needs Subcommittee, March 2006

The Project 25 (P25) steering committee made significant progress relative to Phase 2 technology at the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) meetings the week of April 23 in Dallas Texas.
For more information please review these documents.

Project 25 Steering Committee Position Release

Project 25 Steering Committee Resolutions on TDMA Selection

Project 25 Steering Committee Resolutions on Vocoder Motion
 

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