PTIG Publishes a New ISSI/CSSI Primer offering a comprehensive overview and update of these P25 Interfaces and their application.
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The New Primer offering a comprehensive overview of the P25 Inter-RF Subsystem Interface (ISSI) and Console Subsystem Interface (CSSI) is now available and can be downloaded off the PTIG as well as DHS websites.
This document’s purpose is to introduce the Inter-RF Subsystem Interface (ISSI) and Console Subsystem Interface (CSSI) technologies and highlight potential benefits and uses, discuss the existing Project 25 (P25) LMR standards that govern the technologies, briefly introduce some of the challenges associated with the implementation of the standards, and discuss how best to address these challenges in the future.
The document was developed by SAFECOM, The Federal Partnership for Interoperable Communications (FPIC) and the National Council of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators (NCSWIC)
The document provides a high-level overview of a broad range of introductory topic areas relevant to ISSI and CSSI, including:
•Overview of ISSI/CSSI technology,
•Benefits of ISSI/CSSI,
•How Project 25 standards address ISSI/CSSI,
•ISSI/CSSI planning and implementation challenges,
•Resources for effective ISSI/CSSI implementation, and
10:15 am - 11:30 am Protections, Capabilities, and Real-World Deployments of Encryption Protocols Room: N258
Jim Downes
Thursday March 7th
3:45 PM-5:00 PM CAP Testing of ISSI/CSSI Room N261
Sridhar Kowdley
For more Information contact Stephen Nichols, Director PTIG 301 466 5206
PTIG publishes first New ISSI/CSSI Non CAP Interoperability Testing Reports: Motorola-Avtec
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The Project 25 Technology Interest Group has published the first ISSI/CSSI Non CAP Interoperability Test Reports. The testing was done between a Motorola RFSS and an Avtec Scout Console.
The information contained in the report has been provided by the suppliers of the products with permission to make the information publicly available. The Project 25 Technology Interest Group (PTIG) is making this information available as a public service.
If you have questions regarding the testing please contact the signatories to the test report using their email found on the Gerneral Information tab of the report.
A copy of the report can be downloaded using the link below:
This paper is intended to explain different levels of compliance statements that may be used by customers or consultants when specifying an equipment purchase or used by manufacturers promoting equipment capabilities.
In general, “Project 25 (P25) compliance” is typically interpreted as: “adherence to the P25 standard”.
The P25 Standard is composed of over 80 documents that cover multiple interfaces, multiple services and multiple features associated with each interface or service. Therefore, questions or statements about compliance to the “P25 standard” are really too vague to provide the understanding typically desired by those asking the questions or making the statements. Questions or statements about any level of compliance are more effectively expressed in the context of a specific interface, a specific service or a specific feature that is covered by a published P25 standard document or in the context of a specific standard document. For example, the statement: “My equipment is P25 compliant” is difficult to correctly interpret because it does not identify any P25 standard interface or service or document or set of features. A better statement would be along the lines of: “My radio is compliant to the P25 FDMA Air Interface, Trunking service, Group Voice Call feature.”
Four levels of assessing compliance are commonly used and are discussed in the Whitepaper. The P25 user and manufacturer community should use the four levels of compliance when referring to the requirements or capabilities of P25 products, features and services.
A copy of the Whitepaper can be downloaded using the link below:
PTIG publishes a New ISSI/CSSI Non CAP Interoperability TestingTemplate
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ISSI/CSSI Non-CAP Interoperability Testing Template January 2019
P25 Manufacturers have been doing lab to lab testing of commonly supported ISSI/CSSI standard feature sets for some time now.
This template describes a method for reporting ISSI and/or CSSI P25 Interoperability testing results outside CAP.
At the time of this template’s publication, there were no ISSI or CSSI testing results available yet from the DHS OIC Compliance Assessment Program (CAP)
The template allows reporting on interoperability of testing equipment from two manufacturers. That testing may have been performed in a single lab, in a lab to lab setting or in an installed customer setting. That testing may have been performed by personnel with or without ISO/IEC 17025 recognition.
The template does not intend to prescribe a list of standard functionality that could or should be tested. The functionality covered by a published report should be determined by the manufacturers completing the report. The PTIG P25 Capabilities Guide may be used as a reference for P25 features and testing methods included in published P25/TIA-102 standard documents.
A copy of the Template can be downloaded using the link below:
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