TETRA A PMR – SS7 inte rconnect t solution n in Vietn am

Case
C
stud
dy
TETRA
A PMR – SS7 interconnectt solution
n in Vietnam
Professional mobile radio (PM
MR) is a mature
m
eliable tech
hnology tha
at is base
ed on
and re
standard
ds such as
a terrestria
al trunked radio
(TETRA
A). The European Tellecommuniccations
Standarrds Institute
e (ETSI) sttandard for PMR
commun
nications wa
as designed
d for use by public
and privvate organissations, and
d is in widesspread
use in mission crittical environ
nments in Europe
E
ncluding co
ountries succh as
and elssewhere, in
Vietnam
m. It is used by eme
ergency se
ervices
professiionals and first
f
respond
ders, such as
a fire,
police, and amb
bulance, byy rail transport
nel, airport ground
g
stafff, the militaryy, and
personn
in publicc safety netw
works.
Critical infrastructurre operatorss need dediccated networrks and relia
able communications for day-tow as crisiss or special event mana
agement. PMR
P
system
ms satisfy that need,
day misssions as well
serving closed userr groups witth point to multi-point
m
co
ommunicatio
ons over larrge coverage areas,
he network is normally owned
o
and operated
o
by
y the same organisation
o
s.
where th
as its users
Custom
mer
In this case,
c
Acula
ab’s custome
er, via its Italian partne
er, was a le
eading, interrnational pro
ovider of
integrate
ed and inte
eroperable turnkey com
mmunication solutions to
o the militarry, governm
ment and
emergency services sectors. As
A a key pa
art of its porttfolio, it sup
pplies TETR
RA PMR solu
utions to
afety, civil prrotection, em
mergency se
ervices, and security
support the efficientt operationss of public sa
ations world
dwide, inclu
uding the Far
F East. Th
he prevailin
ng scenario in this cas
se study
organisa
involved
d an existing
g installation
n, where a new challeng
ge was prese
ented and fo
or which Acu
ulab was
able to offer
o
its assiistance and expertise.
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About Acu
ulab
Aculab is an innovatiive, market
mpany that pro
ovides world
leading com
class telephony resourcess: via Aculab
Cloud; or ass licensed sofftware; or on
hardware (b
boards and ch
hassis). With
many years of experiencce in helping
to drive ourr customers’ success,
s
our
enabling te
echnology prrovides the
required to
essential components
c
deliver teleccommunications solutions
(voice, data, fax, SMS) fo
or use within
nd mobile netw
works – with
IP, PSTN an
performance
e levels that are second to
none.
Aculab servves the evolving needs of
integratorss,
developers,
service
e
ma
anufacturers,
providers, equipment
etc. with co
ost-effective, deployment
proven, high performancce products.
Companies worldwide ha
ave adopted
our technolo
ogy for a wid
de variety of
business
critical
serrvices
and
solutions.
Notwith
hstanding th
he closed nature
n
of P
PMR networrks, it is
often the
t
case th
hat gateways to the public netw
work are
needed
d. Such gatteways are required to provide sta
andardsbased interfaces to
t a varietyy of networkks and equipments.
ony PBXs, and in
Those can include enterprise telepho
erving locall exchange
e PSTN
particular, end-offfice or se
es.
switche
on for its
When the customer needed an interconnect solutio
n Hanoi and
d Ho Chi
alreadyy deployed TETRA installations in
Minh, it turned to Aculab
A
for he
elp.
egrated, third
d-party gate
eways did n
not support the SS7
Its inte
protoco
ol required to connectt to the Siemens and
d Alcatel
PSTN exchanges. Nor were
e they able to connec
ct to the
cho cancelle
ers, which were neces
ssary to
networrk-based ec
deal with
w signals being
b
introduced to the PSTN. It needed a
solution to enable
e its ISDN--based third
d-party gate
eways to
ork with the SS7-based public network.
interwo
Solutiion
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Using the protocol conversion
n and interw
working capability of
b’s Groomerr gateway, the custom
mer’s local systems
Aculab
integra
ator was able
e to:
•
the
in
Complete
nstallation
erational
and
ope
oning of the
e customer’ss digital, redundantly
commissio
configured
d TETRA ne
etwork solution for the benefit
b
of
the end-us
ser organisa
ation
•
Extend itts TETRA solution in
nto the SS
S7-based
PSTN, en
nabling an interconnecction to the network
provided, in-line eccho cancellers, and to the
quipment; Siemens
S
incumbent PSTN exxchange eq
nd Alcatel 10
000 E10 switches.
EWSD an
•
Improve
the
s
security
mergency
and
em
cations
syystems
o
of
the
end-user
e
communic
organisation, providing improve
ed coverag
ge, nona
enablin
ng better intra-unit
i
impaired signals, and
on
cooperatio
•
Deliver a reliable, cosst-effective in
nterconnectt solution
al deployme
ents in Hano
oi and Ho Ch
hi Minh
for regiona
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b shipped its adapta
able, multi-protocol Groomer
G
Aculab
gatewa
ay, configured for ET
TS-300 – SS7 interrworking,
enablin
ng a successful TETRA
A – PSTN intterconnect. Aculab’s
A
Groom
mer is now
w a presccribed com
mponent forr future
installa
ations.