1. TIA TR-8 Mobile and Personal Private Radio Standards
Telecommunications Industry Association; Supporting the Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program
Andy Davis
Chairman;
TIA TR-8 Mobile and Personal Private Radio Standards

2. P25 Suite of Standards The P25 Standard is not just one document.
It is a suite of over 65 Standard documents and over 20 TIA Telecommunication Systems Bulletins.
P25 Steering Committee Approved List of Documents
Core Definition documents are those TIA-102 standards documents that enable manufacturers to independently develop and implement interoperable equipment.
Test documents are those TIA-102 standards documents that enable manufacturers to verify that their product implementation adheres to the respective core definition documents in a consistent manner

3. TIA TR-8 and Project 25
A Memorandum of Understanding (The MoU) defines the roles, responsibilities, and the relationship between TIA and P25
TIA
TR-8
APCO Project 25 Interface Committee (APIC) Task Groups are a forum of User Agency representatives and Industry representatives
TIA TR-8 Subcommittees create and maintain normative Standards and informative Telecommunication Systems Bulletins (TSB)
Project 25 Steering Committee selects TIA documents for inclusion in the P25 Standard

4. P25 Process Example
User Needs Statement of Requirements identifies a need for a standard to enable interoperability
Standard Core Definition Document Development
APIC Task Group develops a draft Standard
TR-8 Subcommittee prepares the Standard for publication
Project 25 Steering Committee adopts the TIA Standard as part of the suite of P25 Standards
TIA publishes and maintains the P25 Standard
Standard Test Document Development
APIC Task Group develops tests associated with the standard (Performance, Interoperability, Conformance)
TR-8 Subcommittee prepares the Standard Tests for publication
Project 25 Steering Committee adopts the TIA Standard Tests as part of the suite of P25 Standards
TIA publishes and maintains the P25 Standard Tests

5. TIA TR-8.25 Subcommittee; Mission and Scope excerpts:
The Compliance Assessment Subcommittee shall be responsible for resolution of compliance assessment related questions.
The Compliance Assessment Subcommittee will also be responsible for the development and publication approval of identified TIA standards for Project 25 Conformance, Performance (i.e. measurement methods), and Interoperability not assigned to other TIA TR-8 subcommittees.
Recommended Compliance Assessment Test (RCAT TSBs) Development
Telecommunications Systems Bulletins (Informative TIA publication)
List of tests suitable for assessing P25 compliance
Created by the creators of the Standards and Standard Test documents
Industry and User Agency representatives
Project 25 Steering Committee adopts the TIA RCAT TSB as part of the suite of P25 Standards
TIA publishes and maintains the P25 RCAT TSB
P25 Steering Committee forwards P25 RCAT TSB to P25 CAP for consideration

6. Published RCAT Subjects
Air Interface Performance Tests
FDMA and TDMA
Conventional and Trunking
Radios, Stations and Trunked Infrastructures
Air Interface Interoperability Tests
Voice and Control
Air Interface Conformance Tests
Inter Sub System Interface Interoperability Tests
FDMA
Trunking
Voice and Mobility Management (automatic roaming)