This section is designed to help you to carry out your own assessment before investing in TETRA, whether this investment is as a potential user organisation, operator, manufacturer, supplier, applications developer or other type of investor.
To assist with this assessment a range of TETRA specific and TETRA related aspects are described in detail. Included as part of these descriptions are the advantages and benefits relating to each subject area.
For ease of description and understanding each subject area is provided with its own sub-section under the following headings. Links to these subject areas can be achieved by either clicking the subject area highlighted below or by clicking the relevant subject area on the left hand menu.
Markets & Applications
In this section the positioning of TETRA is described with regard to markets served and other technologies. Also, the interface specifications used by Application Developers to enhance the capabilities of TETRA are described. In addition, some of the applications available on TETRA that use these interfaces are listed. Besides these applications, TETRA specific applications such as Public Protection & Disaster Relief (PPDR) and operation in hazardous environments are covered.
TETRA Standard
The areas covered in this section relate to several specific and related aspects of the TETRA standard, which inherently provide numerous advantages and benefits. For example, benefits relating to the ETSI TETRA Standard itself and its use of Digital, Trunking and Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) technologies. In addition, this section provides details on the planned evolution of the TETRA standard within the ETSI Technical Committee (TC) TETRA and factors indicating the expected longevity of TETRA.
Technology Benefits
The core technologies used in the TETRA standard, such as Digital, Trunking and Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) provide a number of inherent advantages and benefits. This section describes these benefits and also provides a downloadable pdf document containing more detailed information.
Key Services
The services and facilities supported on TETRA are numerous (see "About TETRA" page). However, this section describes the key services and facilities that are specifically designed to meet traditional PMR user requirements. Some of the key TETRA services and facilities described are those that cannot be adequately provided on other wireless communication technologies such as GSM and UMTS/3G.
References
This section provides a list of references relating to TETRA.