The Project 25 Technology Interest Group is pleased to publish a link to a recent Mission Critical Communications article “30 years of Project 25: Transcending Boundaries, Enabling Interoperability” 

The article was co authored by Jim Downes, P25 Steering Committee Chair and Stephen Nichols, PTIG Executive Director.

The full article can be downloaded using the link below:

30 Years of Project 25, Transcending Boundaries, Enabling Interoperability MCC August 2022

Federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial agencies continue to embrace Project 25 (P25) as the de facto American National Standards Institute’s accredited technical standards for LMR communications interoperability. Thirty years ago, P25 began as a user requirements-driven standards development process and remains that way today. P25 has enabled nationwide holistic interoperability for mutual aid that led to preprogrammed channels, common infrastructure, flexible subscriber units (SUs) and talk- group naming conventions — forever changing the effectiveness of field response and operations for public-safety first responders.

The continuing objective of P25 is to provide critical communications capabilities while enabling comprehensive interoperability between public-safety responders to achieve enhanced coordination, timely response, and efficient and effective use of communications resources.

Today, P25 continues to transcend boundaries to enable comprehensive operability and interoperability for the public-safety community

The Project 25 Technology Interest Group is pleased to publish

Two new PTIG P25 presentations from APCO 2022 in Anaheim.

The full PPT presentations can be downloaded using the links below.

P25 for the Future PTIG panel PPT APCO 2022

P25 Revealed PTIG panel PPT APCO 2022

Project 25 for the Future

Learn what's new for P25 in 2022 and beyond. See how the technology is adapting and interworking to meet the changing technology eco-system.

Get the latest P25 technology update including: New P25 standards, and priorities going forward and LMR interworking with LTE and Mission-Critical PTT. Explore P25 Inter-System Interface (ISSI) capabilities and best practices for interoperability through roaming and sharing region-wide, and state-wide. Learn about P25 Location Services Standards and their real-world applications. Strong interest in Communications Security and Encryption is growing. Review improved Security and Encryption capabilities including a new P25 Link Layer Encryption standard, and improved AES Key Management. Explore P25 Testing solutions and resources including: DHS CAP program, Independent Lab capabilities and In building testing.

Our Panel includes: Jim Downes, Chair of the Project 25 Steering Committee; Andy Davis Chair of TIA TR-8 (The committees that manages and develops the P25 Standards Documents); Jeremy Elder, P25 SME from L3Harris; and Scott Wright, State of Connecticut P25 Systems Manager and P25 Steering Committee Member.

Project 25 Revealed

A Concise Overview of Project 25 Standards, Capabilities, & Applications in simple basic terms

This panel will offer a concise overview and description of the Project 25 Standards, Capabilities, and Applications in simple laymen's terms. The panel is designed for those APCO telecommunicators who are new to Public Safety Communications and those who come from an IT or network background and want to learn more about LMR and P25 radio technology. How P25 facilitates the management of radio users by the telecommunicator will be explained by an experienced P25 System Administrator. The current P25 Systems Model will be explored. The alphabet soup of P25 terminology will be explained along with the various P25 Interfaces: ISSI, CSSI, DFSI, CAI. Interoperability using these P25 Interfaces will be covered from two perspectives: Multi agency sharing for mutual aid as well as multi-vendor product and service offerings. A snapshot of what lies ahead for the P25 Standards including LTE interworking and Communications Security will be shared. A comprehensive list of P25 resources including: News sources, update reports, tools, databases, and testing documents will be presented. In addition, time will be reserved for questions to the panel of P25 experts.

The Project 25 Technology Interest Group is pleased to publish the latest P25 New Products and Services presentation for APCO 2022.

The full presentation can be downloaded using the link below.

P25 New Products and Services APCO 2022

See the latest New products including:

• New P25 Multi-Band portables from Motorola, Tait,and JVCKenwood Viking. 
• New P25 Base station from L3Harris.
• New JVCKenwood Multi-Protocol System
• New Interworking Function from Etherstack
• New Communications Service Monitor from Viavi
• New In-Building Monitor and Test from PCTEL
• New P25 Portable Waveform Analyzer from Locus USA

P25 New Product Trends 2022

• Multi-Band P25 Portable Radios (VHF/UHF/700/800 MHz) New products are P25 Phase 1 and Phase 2 capable
• P25 LMR Interoperability with LTE Broadband Data
• New P25 Consoles connect P25 and LTE technologies
• Multi mode P25/LTE Portable radios
• Voice recording in radios
• Scalable, Configurable P25 Airborne Radios
• Deployable, mixed-mode, P25 repeaters for Emergency Ops
• P25 Antenna Site Monitoring
• “Over the Air” radio maintenance for P25 Systems
• “Cloud based” Asset management for P25 Systems
• “Cloud based” Dispatch in the field
• New P25 Location Services
• P25 enhanced Vocoder Software

The Project 25 Technology Interest Group Welcomes our newest member ADCOMM Engineering

PTIG welcomes Susan Ronning, Joe Blaschka and the ADCOMM Team

ADCOMM Engineering   www.adcomm911.com

“We Bridge The Gap Between Operations & Technology”

ADCOMM is an industry leader with 40+ years of experience defining, integrating, deploying, and managing public safety and critical infrastructure communications systems. Capabilities Include: Radio system upgrades, on-going FCC licensing work, coverage propagation analysis, troubleshooting simulcast radio systems, adding new radio tower sites, or assessing CAD - telephony - and records management systems for your 9-1-1 center.

ADCOMM helps agencies implement technology improvements while ensuring managers, operators, and maintainers are included in the discussion. We believe that technology systems should be designed to support user needs while being highly available and resilient as well as cost-effective to procure, manage, and maintain.

We are an industry leader in public safety, communications networks. Centrally located in the Pacific Northwest we have completed successful projects in Oregon, Washington, Alaska, California, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Tennessee, and Utah.

For More Information about ADCOMM Engineering contact:

Susan E Ronning, Owner & Principal

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Phone: 971-718-7574