TCCA Critical Updates Webinar Series

Making Sense of MCX Deployments

This webinar took place on Tuesday 4 May 2021. The recording, Q & A document and presentation are available below.

The standardisation of Mission Critical Push-To-Talk (MCPTT), Mission Critical Data (MCData) and Mission Critical Video (MCVideo) services – collectively known as MCX – started with 3GPP Release-13 and is ongoing in current Releases. Interoperability and MCX harmonisation are critical challenges for the successful deployment and operation of broadband mission critical communications, which present a new way of thinking IT for PPDR.

This webinar will take you through the overall architecture of MCX and discuss how it can be deployed and what benefits the various deployment options bring. It will touch upon interface possibilities between LMR and MCX – standards-based and gateway-based.

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3GPP critical communications standardisation - progress, present and future

This webinar took place on Tuesday 9 March 2021. The recording and Q & A document are available below.

Since 3GPP Release-12, work has been ongoing to ensure that the unique needs of critical communications users are taken into account during the standards development process. This Critical Update webinar, presented in in round table format, looks at what has been achieved to date, the work currently in progress, and what the future might hold in terms of both 5G and 6G for the critical communications user.

Participants are 3GPP Technical Specification Group (TSG) chairs Balazs Bertenyi (RAN), Georg Mayer (SA) and Lionel Morand (CT), and the session is led by the chair of TCCA’s Critical Communications Broadband Group Tero Pesonen.

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The Development of Critical Broadband Networks – Five Nations Give Their Perspective

This webinar took place on Tuesday 26 January 2021. The recording is available below.

This webinar takes a look at the status of critical broadband across Europe, focusing on the successes achieved and the challenges faced by government operators from Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland and The Netherlands.

This is an excellent opportunity to learn about the different stages and phases around Europe, to find out how the different projects are developing, and to participate in a live Q & A session with the experts from each nation.

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Christophe Gregoire
Gerard Carmona
Luz Fernandez del Rosal
Herman van Sprakelaar
Sanne Stijve

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Interworking of Mission Critical Broadband and Current Narrowband Systems

This webinar took place on Thursday 15 October 2020. The recording is available below.

Presented by critical communications experts, this webinar covers:

• Experiences with connecting narrowband mission critical systems

• Concept of broadband interworking with existing systems such as TETRA and P25

• The status of standardisation work in 3GPP, ETSI and ATIS

• Challenges with conformance and testing

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Critical Broadband in Europe - Updates from the Government Operators

This webinar took place on Wednesday 07 October 2020 – the recording is available below.

Critical broadband networks are slowly taking shape across Europe, and each step by each operator means more experiences to share and more knowledge to take forward. There is significant collaboration between the European government operators to ensure the most efficient progress in each country.

This webinar presents the challenges and opportunities identified by government operators from Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the UK as they move towards implementation, and will underline the essential requirement for interoperability.

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COVID-19 - Challenges and Opportunities for the Critical Communications Industry

This webinar took place on Wednesday 16th September 2020. The recording is below..

The COVID-19 pandemic has meant unprecedented changes to every aspect of our lives through 2020. These changes have brought challenges and opportunities, each unique to specific industries. In this webinar, Omdia presents the challenges and opportunities faced by the critical communications industry, from mobile radio, critical communications broadband, and through to command and control rooms.

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English Fire and Rescue Services - Preparedness for ESN

This webinar took place on Tuesday 08 September 2020 – the recording and Q & A document are below.

The University of Leeds has published a significant research report entitled Information and Communication Technologies in the Fire and Rescue Services in England. The report has a distinct focus on the UK’s Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP) and the Services’ readiness for and confidence in the UK’s Emergency Services Network (ESN).

Whilst this in-depth report is focused on Fire and Rescue Services in England, its findings will be of interest to any organisations or services around the world involved in a critical communications project or intending to migrate to a broadband-based system.

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Moving Certification Forward for Mission Critical Products

This webinar took place on Thursday 02 July 2020 – in association with Radio Resource International

The Global Certification Forum (GCF) and TCCA have combined their expertise and established a Joint Task Force for mission-critical products certification. The task force has worked from January until June 2020 and assessed the possibilities for a certification scheme, conducting a gap analysis in terms of frequency bands and mission-critical functionalities compared with current available processes in GCF. This webinar, moderated by RRI editor Sandi Wendelken, summarizes the findings and outcomes of the GCF-TCCA Joint Task Force.

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TETRA to 2035 and beyond - an overview of the continuing enhancement of the TETRA standard

This webinar took place on Wednesday 24 June 2020.

Since the first networks were implemented more than 20 years ago, TETRA has become the critical communications technology of choice around the world. While critical broadband systems are emerging, they will only provide a partial solution for many years to come, and TETRA will still be required to provide very high resilience, secure voice and short data functionality.

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Mission Critical Services - Testing as a Service

This webinar took place on Wednesday June 10 2020.

A lack of certification programs for critical broadband has allowed the misuse of the MCPTT/MCData/MCVideo terms with vendors making ambiguous claims such as ‘3GPP aligned’, ‘MCPTT ready/capable/forward-compatible’ and so on, thus jeopardising customer confidence. Find out more about the innovative MCS-TaaSting approach that aims to fulfil the specific needs of the mission critical community in terms of flexible conformance testing.

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Mission Critical Services (MCX) ETSI Plugtests™ : Results and Future Plans

This webinar took place on 14 May 2020.

Interoperability and service harmonization are critical challenges for the successful deployment and operation of mission critical communications. Find out more about how ETSI works to ensure robust mission critical services.

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