FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 19, 2008
Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) Publishes Public Safety Console Standard
Standard Provides Overview of Project 25 Console Interface
Arlington, Va. – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) has published the TIA-102.BAGA standard, Project 25 Console Subsystem Interface Overview. The new standard was developed in collaboration with prominent public safety organizations under the Project 25 banner in order to clarify key technical requirements and standards considerations supporting specification of the Console Subsystem Interface (CSSI).
TIA-102.BAGA deals with information relevant to the development of standards supporting voice services and certain CSSI supplemental services. The purpose of this document is to provide an informative overview of key technical requirements and standards considerations supporting specification of the CSSI. Integral to the Project 25 system architecture, technical specification of the CSSI as an open interface enables functional capabilities on an interoperable and non-proprietary basis. The document is, therefore, primarily intended to facilitate the development of technical standards defining the service and protocol aspects of the CSSI. In addition, the document facilitates development of technical standards concerning definition of measurement methods, performance recommendations, conformance tests, and interoperability test methods involving the CSSI.
The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO); the National Association of State Telecommunications Directors (NASTD); and Federal Government Agencies (FED), known as APCO/NASTD/FED, issue common system standards for digital public safety radio communications (APCO/NASTD/FED Project 25 standard). TIA, in cooperation with APCO/NASTD/FED, has generated standards, interim standards, specifications and telecommunications systems bulletins that define the equipment and processes necessary for implementation of the APCO/NASTD/FED Project 25 standard.
TIA-102.BAGA was formulated under the cognizance of the TIA TR-8: Mobile and Personal Private Radio Standards Engineering Committee's TR-8.19: Wireline System Interfaces Subcommittee. To obtain copies of the document, contact IHS International Inc. at (800) 854-7179 or visit http://global.ihs.com.
For technical information regarding participating in the TR-8 committee please contact Ronda Coulter at rcoulter@tiaonline.org. For press questions please contact Taly Walsh at twalsh@tiaonline.org.
The companies participating in TR-8 are: Aeroflex, Agilent Technologies, Inc., Alcatel-Lucent, APCO Project 25, Aselsan Inc., Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Cisco Systems, Inc., City of Mesa, Communications Div., CML Microcircuits (USA) Inc., CommScope Network Division, CSI Telecommunications, Daniels Electronics Ltd., Datron World Comm. Division, Dietrich Lockard Group, Inc., Digital Voice Systems, Inc., E.F. Johnson, EADS Public Safety Inc., Ericsson, Inc., Etherstack, FBI, General Dynamics C4 Systems, Harris Corporation, Icom America Inc., Industry Canada, Institute for Telecommunication, IPC Positron, Kenwood USA Corp., Lockheed Martin Corporation, M/A-Com, Inc., Microtronix Systems Ltd., Midland Radio Corp., MITRE Corp., Motorola, National Technical Systems (NTS), NIST-OLES, Nortel Networks, Oregon State Police/SAFECOM, RELM Wireless Corp., RTKL Associates Inc., SAIC, Sigma Delta Communications, Inc., Sony Wireless Tech Division, Space Data Corporation, Tait Radio Communications, Technisonic Industries Ltd., Telchemy Incorporated, Texas Instruments, Inc., Thales Communications, Inc., TX RX Systems, Inc., Tyco Electronics, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Vertex Standard, Zetron, Inc.
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