TETRA Put To The Test: Case Studies From Hungarian Practice UDR

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TETRA Put To The Test Case Studies From
Hungarian Practice (UDR)

• Mr. Géza Meichl,
• Section Head,
• Office for Public Safety Organization, Office of
  the Prime Minister

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• Pre-History of UDR in Hungary

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TWC 2005
The Unified Digital Radio Telecommunications
(UDR) Network of The Hungarian Government Start
of Implementation- Public Procurement for Service
Management Finished
Service Provider
Mr. István Pesti Commissioner, Secretariat for
the Government Commissioner of The Unified
Digital Radio Telecommunications Network
Presenter Dr. Bálint Molnár, PhD technical
informatics, Principal Consultant for the
Secretariat Associate Professor of Corvinus
University of Budapest
1 December, 2005
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TWC 2007UDR- Implementation Finished Start of
Radio Communication Service Country-wide
2007
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Main point of the Talk

• Evaluating the configuration and installation of
  a mobile base station in the event of a
  communication failure
• Achieving co-operation between agencies on both
  the same and different VPNs
• Achieving command and control including voice
  communication and AVL during simultaneous riots
• Employing data transmission for an emergency
  alarm system

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Hungary
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The major stakeholders and user groups of UDR
(Unified Digital Radio Network in Hungary)

• Ministry for Justice and Police
• Police and Border Police
• Ministry of Local Government and Regional
  Development
• Fire Brigade
• Civil Protection (Disaster recovery)
• Rescue Services
• Ministry of Finance
• Customs and Excise Service
• Ministry of Health
• Ambulance Service / Medical Emergency, rescue
  service
• Ministry for Environment Protection and Water
• Water and Flood management

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Features of the UDR systems

• AVL (Automatic Vehicle Location) service is
  available
• GPS location service in operational use
• Connectivity for PSTN, PABX, GSM networks is
  operational
• TCP/ IP services for readily available for
  various applications
• WAP services for WAP enabled radio terminals
• Short Data Service in operation
• The basic TETRA functional services (group call,
  emergency call, etc.) reliably working
• Dedicated Virtual Private Networks (VPN) for the
  public safety services are set up
• Basic principal each public safety organization
  has its own single VPN
• There are central VPN management systems both at
  Service Provider and at an Office of the Public
  Administration

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Features of the UDR systems

• Underground tunnel system for metro / tube in the
  capital, Budapest
• leaky coaxial cables (LCX) along underground
  tunnels
• Value Added Services
• Mobile Command, Control Systems
• Anticipated Integration with the 112 European
  Emergency Number Response Centres in Hungary

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Governance structure of UDR
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Governance structure of UDR

• Delegated civil servants / public officers to
  Service Provider Companys
• Supervisory Board
• Board of Directors
• Direct monitoring and reviewing of the business
• Section for Public Safety Services within Prime
  Ministers Office
• Interface between the Service Provider and User
  Organizations
• Contractual and technical level relationship
  management, continuously
• Regular meetings of the Users Group

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Evaluating the configuration and installation of
a mobile base station in the event of a
communication failure

• There is a mechanism for incident management
• The primary responsibilities at the Network Owner
  who is by Force of Law
• The Minister leading of Prime Ministers Office
• The day-to-day responsibilities delegated to the
  Commissioner for Centre for E-government
• The mobile base stations are readily available
  both in the event of incidents or pre-planned
  missions
• Equipped as a full scale mobile stations
• Micro-wave connections can be built up
• Frequency - dedicated to the mobile base stations
• Network Operating System can incorporate (up to
  five) the mobile base stations
• Deployment time 1 hour
• The transport vehicle is prepared for rough
  terrains
• Action radius is the whole country

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Achieving co-operation between agencies on both
the same and different VPNs

• There are central VPN management systems both at
  Service Provider and at an Office of the Public
  Administration
• The legal framework established by a Government
  Decree
• Each agency elaborates policy, standard and
  regulation for the use of radio network
• Within the general and individual legal framework
  the co-operation and interoperability is set up
  on the base of mutual agreement
• The technology level measurements carried out by
  central VPN management on demand being either
  ad-hoc or pre-planned

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VPNs and cooperation between Public Safety
Agencies
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VPNs and cooperation between Public Safety
Agencies

• There are dedicated VPN-s for inter-agency
  cooperation
• The Central VPN management can configure
• Call groups statically
• Call groups dynamically on request

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Achieving command and control including voice
communication and AVL during simultaneous riots

• AVL (Automatic Vehicle Location) service is
  available
• GPS location service in operational use
• GIS function built-in
• Integrated to TETRA standard service
• Fleet management
• Alarm signals
• Status messages
• AVL functionality deployed to certain dispatcher
  workstations
• There is mobile capability
• There are command and control centres at Public
  Safety organizations and Government level where
  the necessary TETRA functionality available

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VPNs and cooperation between Public Safety
Agencies

• In the case of disasters and riots
• The stakeholder agencies can use the dedicated
  groups for cooperation
• The national Police pre-programmed the PTT
  button
• Upper side for commanders
• Lower side for peer groups
• Through AVL
• The units in action monitored
• Moving the fleet of vehicles tracked
• Mobile AVL unit for Police Commanders
• Detailed GIS maps

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Employing data transmission for an emergency
alarm system

• Ministry of Local Government and Regional
  Development
• Fire Brigade
• Civil Protection (Disaster recovery)
• Rescue Services
• Communication network for measuring, gathering
  and transferring of data about state of
  environment at major hazardous sites
• Exploiting the TETRA technology for data
  communication
• For the sake of efficiency, dedicated base
  stations incorporated into the basic
  infrastructure

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Use of Data Communication in UDR

• Interface to the 112 Emergency Calls System (to
  be implemented)
• SDS communication for
• Querying central databases
• Vehicle registry
• Personal credentials (ID card, driving licence)
• Citizens addresses of residence
• Police warranties

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