ETSI TR 102 300-6 V1.1.2 (2016-05)

TECHNICAL REPORT
Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA);
Voice plus Data (V+D);
Designers' guide;
Part 6: Air-Ground-Air
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Reference
RTR/TCCE-01205
Keywords
radio, TETRA
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
2.1 Normative references . 6
2.2 Informative references . 7
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 7
3.1 Definitions . 7
3.2 Abbreviations . 8
4 What is different about Air-Ground-Air operation and why is it needed? . 8
4.1 General . 8
4.2 Spectrum. 9
5 Technical Design . 9
5.1 Concept of Overlay Network. 9
5.2 Spectrum Allocation . 10
5.3 Non-Harmonised Frequencies . 10
5.4 Cell Operational Size . 10
5.5 Neighbouring . 11
5.6 Subscriber Class . 11
5.7 Preferred Location Area . 12
5.8 Subscriber Class or Preferred Location Area . 12
5.9 Radio Handovers . 12
5.10 AGA Cell Aspects . 13
5.10.1 Antenna Type . 13
5.10.2 Shared Antennas . 13
5.10.3 Antenna location on masts . 13
5.10.4 Feeder Types and Design Rules vs. Length . 13
5.10.5 Antenna Mounting Arrangement . 14
5.10.6 Base Radio RF Parameters . 14
5.10.7 Reselection Parameters . 14
5.11 AGA network planning . 14
5.11.1 General design considerations for an AGA network . 14
5.11.2 International Frequency Co-ordination . 15
5.11.3 Design of the pan-European AGA radio plan . 15
5.11.4 Characteristics of the pan-European AGA radio plan . 17
6 Configuration . 17
6.1 Capacity Planning. 17
6.2 System Restriction Control. 17
6.3 User Priority . 17
6.4 Security . 17
6.5 Packet Data . 18
6.6 Resilience . 18
6.7 Radio Cell Fallback Strategy . 18
6.8 Exception Conditions . 18
7 Airframe considerations . 18
7.0 General . 18
7.1 Mobile Stations . 19
7.1.0 General . 19
7.1.1 Mobile Stations - Aircraft specific MSs . 19
7.1.2 Multiple Mobile Stations . 19
7.1.3 Mobile Stations - Hand Held equipments . 20
7.1.4 Mobile Stations - Vehicle MSs . 20
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7.1.5 Emergency Call Operation . 20
7.2 Mobile Station Configuration . 20
7.2.0 General . 20
7.2.1 Subscriber Class operating methodology configuration . 20
7.2.2 Preferred Location Area operating methodology configuration . 21
7.2.3 Common operating methodology configuration . 21
7.2.4 Aircraft Antenna Configuration . 21
7.2.5 Certification . 21
7.3 Mobile Station Upgrades . 22
Annex A: Europe wide AGA frequency plan . 23
History . 45

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Foreword
This Technical Report (TR) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee TETRA and Critical Communications
Evolution (TCCE).
The present document is part 6 of a multi-part deliverable covering Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA); Voice plus
Data (V+D); Designers' guide, as identified below:
ETSI ETR 300-1: "Overview, technical description and radio aspects";
ETSI TR 102 300-2: "Radio channels, network protocols and service performance";
ETSI TR 102 300-3: "Direct Mode Operation (DMO)";
ETSI ETR 300-4: "Network management";
ETSI TR 102 300-5: "Guidance on numbering and addressing";
ETSI TR 102 300-6: "Air-Ground-Air".
Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
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1 Scope
The present document is written as a "Read-me-first" manual or "Getting started with TETRA Air-Ground-Air". It is
not intended to be a guide to the TETRA Air-Ground-Air standard nor an authoritative interpretation of the standard. If
any conflict is found between the present document and the corresponding sections in the TETRA standard then the
standard takes precedence.
The reader of the present document is assumed to have a working knowledge TETRA technology. The guidance
provided in the present document is prepared with the experience of implementing an Air-Ground-Air to an existing
national network.
The aims of t
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