Pre-Conference Workshops

Tuesday 15 October

STREAM 1 - ARCIA

Introduction to P25 standards and systems (short course)

9.30am-1.00pm

Learner Level: This course is designed for students with basic knowledge of land mobile radio technology and systems. An understanding of how frequencies, antennas systems and transmitters and receivers work is preferred.

Course Objectives: This course introduces the student to the P25 digital land mobile radio standard. Modules include a high-level overview of the P25 digital radio standard as a transmission media including the TIA standards, modulation, vocoders, channel access. An introduction to the P25 standard will be covered including Phase 1 & 2, conventional and trunked system, encryption, system components (e.g., RFSS, ISSI, CSSI etc). The information is introductory in nature and designed for all audiences, however a basic understanding of radio communications would be beneficial.

Certification: There will be no assessment or certification for this course however learners will receive a certificate of participation.

 Digital Radio Systems
·         What is digital land mobile radio communications?
·         Channel Access
·         Bandwidth
·         Modulation
·         Vocoders
·         Digital LMR Planning Considerations
              o   SINAD
              o   RSSI
              o   BER / MER
              o   DAQ

P-25 (APCO Project 25)
·         Introduction to P25
              o   Background
              o   Benefits
              o   Performance
              o   Reliability
              o   Standard Governance
·         Overview & Features
              o   Phase 1
              o   Phase 2
              o   Conventional
              o   Trunking
              o   Simulcast
·         Interfaces and System Model
              o   Subsystem
              o   Air
              o   Wireline
              o   Security
              o   Data Services
·         Voice
·         Supplementary Data
·         Location Services
·         Encryption and Authentications
             o   Link Layer
             o   Key Management Interfaces
             o   OTAR
·         Terminal Management
             o   OTAP
·         Interoperability
             o   CAI
             o   ISSI
             o   CSSI
             o   FSI
·         Manufacturers & Cost

Certification: There will be no assessment or certification for this course, however learners will receive a certificate of participation.

Cost 
With conference package:  $449 +GST
Workshop only:                   $499 +GST

Presenter: Chris Stevens, Managing Director, CartGIS and Vice-President, ARCIA

Private LTE/5G – The fundamentals of the technology and system designs (short course)  

1.00pm-5.00pm

This course will provide students with the skills to be able to outline the key elements and components of a typical wireless broadband communication system. Students will be able to develop the block diagrams and system elements for designing a basic system and demonstrate the expected requirements and outcomes of such a system, both in basic and extended formats.

On completion students will be able to understand and identify the various elements associated with system design, including the relevant spectrum sectors that are associated with wireless broadband and understand the potential outcomes that a relevant to all options that are applicable.

The course will cover –

  • Background to mobile data development
  • History of LTE and 5G technology developments
  • Private LTE/5G and the mobile market segments.
  • The benefits of industrial LTE/5G systems
  • Key connectivity advantages
  • Towards the future and 5G and more
  • Basic system design & building blocks
  • Public safety applications of LTE/5G

Certification:There will be no assessment or certification for this course, however learners will receive a certificate of participation.

Cost 
With conference package:  $449 +GST
Workshop only:                   $499 +GST

Presenter: Simon Lardner, Head of Wireless Business, Vocus

 

STREAM 2 - ARCIA

The TAK Imperative: Why Australian Mission Operations Will Embrace This Unifying Common Operating Picture 

9.30am-1.00pm

Workshop Overview
Join an international line-up of TAK experts as they deep dive into a technology that delivers an interoperable unified common operating picture (COP) based on non-proprietary, open-source software developed and continuously updated by the US Department of Defence.

Australian public safety agencies and emergency management organisations can embrace the civilian TAK stream as a unified operational picture that fits in the hands of remote emergency workers, that is available to  benefit private-sector users too, such as park operations, marathon organisers, festivals and other large public events. 

Hear how this life saving approach to technology use can serve Australia:  

  • Learn how to get started with your own TAK server and how to manage users and devices
  • Hear about strategies for deploying TAK on an enterprise scale, from device selection to end user training and adoption
  • Observe in-depth case studies on the use of TAK for special events, law enforcement tactical operations, wildland firefighting, and search and rescue
  • Learn about the large range of communications options for using TAK in remote/off-the-grid conditions  
  • Discuss the inclusion of TAK in interoperable communications planning, as a compliment to P25 radio, and as a scalable alternative to proprietary silos

Cost
With conference package:  $249 +GST
Workshop only:                   $299 +GST

Presenters: Ken Rehbehn, Principal Analyst,  CritComm Insights, Jared VandenHeuvel, Innovation and Data Office, Texas Department of Public Safety, Charles Laird, Technology Specialist, First Responder Emerging Technologies (FirstTech) Program, N.C. Department of Information Technology, Neil Jamieson, Group CEO, Hypha 

P25 Standards, systems & Governance used in Public Safety Networks

1.30pm-5.00pm

This workshop will build upon the success of the P25 panel held at Comms Connect in 2023 and welcomes once again the return of P25 Technology Interest Group (PTIG) Director Ms Cheryl Giggetts. 

As the past 12 months have proven, despite predictions by government bureaucrats and industry pundits over past years regarding the imminent demise of Land Mobile Radio (LMR) used by Australia’s Public Safety Agencies and its replacement by public safety mobile broadband (PSMB) networks, LMR remains the key technology platform for mission critical voice communications used by agencies and will remain so for the foreseeable future. 

The Workshop will once again be a valuable forerunner to a presentation to be made by Ms. Giggetts about the P25 Standard during Comms Connect, followed by a Panel Session which will include the opportunity to discuss the current and future use of the P25 Standard in Australia and New Zealand. 

Workshop Objectives
·  Increase your understanding of the purpose of the P25 Standard as an LMR Standard; the  governance arrangements around its on-going development and maintenance; access to the P25 Standard; and the overall strategic direction of the P25 Standard. 

·  Increase your understanding of the use of the P25 Standard in North America and its potential future development informed by the Statement of P25 User Needs (SPUN) and its alignment with the current use of the P25 Standard in Australia and New Zealand.

Consider potential benefits from Australian and New Zealand membership of the USA based P25 User Needs Working Group and P25 Technology Interest Group.

Agenda
Introduction of PTIG Director, Cheryl Giggetts

Presentation from Cheryl Giggetts on:

(a) Reason for the return trip to Australia
 · Increase the understanding of P25 as an LMR Standard and the  governance arrangements around its on-going development and strategic direction
·         Invite membership of the PTIG
·         Increase understanding in the U.S.A. of the use of the P25 Standards in Australia and New Zealand – noting the release of the Australian PSMB RFI and references to the interfacing with LMR networks.
·         Consider the role of the P25 Standard in the context of the proposed PSMB capability for Australia – i.e. use, testing and compliance with the Standard

(b) What is P25 Technology Interest Group (PTIG)
·         Purpose,
·         Membership
·         Activities,
·         Publications etc.

(c)  How is the P25 Suite of Standards developed?
·         What are the P25 Standards governance arrangements?
·         Role of the Telecommunications Industry Association
·         Who supplies the technical resources to develop the P25 Standards?
·         Compliance and Performance Testing?
·         How do End Users gain access to the P25 Standards Suite?
·         What training is provided in the use of the P25 Standard suite in the preparation of Request for Proposals etc.?

(d)  Current focus of the on-going development of the P25 Standard
·         Encryption – Cyber Security
·         Interworking between P25 (LMR) and LTE
·         Integrated Sub System Interface (ISSI)
·         Console Sub System Interface (CSSI)

(e)  Testing and Compliance with the P25 Standard

Cost
With conference package:  $249 +GST
Workshop only:                   $299 +GST

Presenters: Cheryl Giggetts, Director PTIG and Principal Consultant CTA Consultants, LLC; Geoff Spring – Senior Industry Advisor, University of Melbourne, Centre for Disaster Management and Public Safety; Peter Sharman – Support Officer, Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria; Dawn Hartog – Captain, Toolangi Fire Brigade Victoria

STREAM 3 - ACCF

From narrowband to broadband critical networks - "Connection is the lifeline" - How do we make this journey work?

9.00am-12.30pm

This workshop will cover topics from narrowband to broadband critical networks, where connection is the lifeline, and how the LMR/Broadband Industry makes this journey work.

This your opportunity to hear and discuss the most pressing topics and share the challenges and solutions we are all facing where Critical Connectivity is the lifeline.

Presenters: Alan Seery - Chairman, ACCF; Kevin Graham - CEO, ACCF; Daniel Hill - Director - Motorola Solutions, Darren McLeod - Mobility Networks Architect, Vertel; Rhys Clare - Key Account Manager, APAC, Airbus Defence and Space; Phil Retsas - Product Manager, Sepura; Dion Stevenson - Product Manager, Tait Communications; Prashant Valayam - National Program Manager, Radlink Communications; Terence Wong - Head of APAC 5G Industry & IoT, GSMA 


Cost
With conference package:  $249 +GST
Workshop only:                   $299 +GST

Learning from International Mission Critical LMR/Broadband Deployments and Roll-out of Networks

1.00pm-5.00pm

This workshop will concentrate on global mission-critical LMR/Broadband deployments and roll-out of networks of government, public safety/civil defence internationally and Australia and New Zealand. This is your opportunity to hear and discuss the most pressing topics and share the challenges and solutions we are all in facing globally where Critical Connectivity is the lifeline.

Presenters: Kevin Graham – CEO, TCCA, Tero Pesonen – TCCA Board Vice Chair and Director Chair – Critical Communications Broadband Group (CCBG), a sub-group of TCCA, Brian Hobson – Senior Director Roadmap Development Division, FirstNet Authority USA, Lincoln McKay – Head of Technology, Hourua, Brad Creevey – Assistant Coordinator General, OCB, NEMA, Terence Wong – Head of APAC 5G Industry & IoT, GSMA, Gosta Kallner – President, 450 MHz Alliance; Ellen Ryan - Deputy Division Chief, NISR PSCR; Monika Bochert - Emerging Tech Research Analyst, NISR PSCR; Ken Rehbehn - Principal Analyst, CritComms Insights


Cost
With conference package:  $299 +GST
Workshop only:                   $349 +GST

 



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