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Project 25


Why you should look into P25’s ISSI and CSSI

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  • 11th April 2013
These components of the Project 25 standards suite represent a vital technical and business enhancement to digital radio technology.

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  • Why you should look into P25’s ISSI and CSSI
  • ISSI and CSSI functionality
Dr. Jan Noordhof

Why you should look into P25’s ISSI and CSSI

Project 25, or P25, is an evolving suite of digital radio standards. Two of the latest standards use modern IP technology to enable more efficient and dynamic radio network management. The Inter RF Subsystem Interface (ISSI) standard uses IP to efficiently interconnect trunked P25 radio systems, while the Console Subsystem Interface (CSSI) employs IP to digitally connect dispatch console systems to P25 trunked systems.

On occasion, P25 network operators need to connect their radio systems to the P25 systems operated by other agencies and organizations. System designers have addressed this challenge with a range of different methods to construct a large trunked “network of networks” out of smaller P25 systems. Until now, this interconnection could only be delivered by proprietary technologies, such as Motorola’s SmartZone or Omnilink. Now internetworking is delivered by the P25 standard itself.

The ISSI standard provides a standardized, non-proprietary interface that allows two or more P25-compliant trunked systems to be connected—even if they are from different vendors or operating in different frequency bands (e.g., UHF vs. 700 MHz); using different versions of P25 (Phase 1 or Phase 2); or all of the above. The basic requirement is that each network must install an ISSI interface.

Given the capabilities of the ISSI, it is easy to imagine some scenarios for its deployment, as follows.

  • A network designer, faced with the task of designing a large trunked network while preserving performance, can break up the design into smaller sub-networks that inter-communicate using the ISSI.
  • Agencies that wish to set up mutual-aid communications can interconnect their independent P25 systems (and consoles) through the ISSI and CSSI.
  • A public-safety agency can deploy a radio system from its preferred vendor rather than joining a statewide system, but at the same time can still honor its interoperability obligations by connecting to the statewide system via the ISSI.

The organizational advantages of the ISSI also are quite obvious, as follows.

Because the ISSI is part of the P25 standard, it qualifies for grant support.

  • It vastly extends the interoperability of radio systems without the need to fund super-large networks or install large, complex gateways.
  • It offers flexibility for the future, enabling agencies to think beyond a single frequency band, a monolithic system, or a single vendor. Expansion can be contemplated in terms of adding whole networks—not just sites.
  • It allows for competitive tendering. Agencies can choose to change vendors or add vendors to their list of preferred suppliers. This encourages true interoperability, ensuring that agencies are not locked into contracts built around proprietary functionalities.

Historically, dispatch centers also have experienced a connection issue, one that apparently is unrelated to internetworking. Each radio vendor had its own proprietary solution for connecting console equipment to a radio network. Moreover, while P25 was moving toward digital IP connectivity, consoles typically still linked to radio systems using analog signalling schemes. This was alleviated for P25 conventional systems when the Digital Fixed Station Interface (DFSI) standard was issued—consoles now can leverage IP to connect in a standardized fashion. But trunked P25 systems needed to wait for the CSSI before they could do the same.

While the ISSI and CSSI core functionality fully has been defined, there are still standards yet to be issued. The outstanding documents concern testing (in particular, interoperability testing) and measurements. The ISSI functionality has been demonstrated by a variety of P25 equipment vendors (e.g., Tait, Cassidian, Motorola, Harris and E.F. Johnson) at trade shows since 2009. Meanwhile, the CSSI has been implemented by several major console vendors (e.g., Zetron and Avtec), and radio network vendors (e.g., Tait, Cassidian and Raytheon).

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ISSI and CSSI functionality
Tags: APCO/ANSI Tait Project 25 Standards Article

5 comments

  1. Avatar Anonymous 15th April 2013 @ 3:24 pm
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    P25, P26, whatever it takes.
    P25, P26, whatever it takes. Keep trinking the Kool Aid

  2. Avatar Anonymous 16th April 2013 @ 2:22 pm
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    Catalyst Communications
    Catalyst Communications Technologies, Inc. demonstrated CSSI at IWCE 2013.

  3. Avatar AnonymousRadio NY 5th September 2013 @ 3:15 am
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    drinking the Kool aid is to
    drinking the Kool aid is to think that NoNet will amount to nothing more than overpriced cell service for high speed twitter updates.

  4. Avatar Bob 16th December 2013 @ 5:36 pm
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    The only disturbing this
    The only disturbing this about this article is that it highlights the fact that P25 is **still** not 100% defined. Come on people – finish it already.

  5. Avatar wr8y 30th July 2018 @ 5:43 pm
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    Thirty five years ago, in
    Thirty five years ago, in rural Michigan, we had interoperability without spending millions that no one had. Interop took the form of: 1) An additional radio for any neighbor on another band 2) Common channels between agencies 3) Fixed stations on “mutual aide” channels spread thru out the area. It all worked fine. The issue of interoperability is a created crisis. Created by poor planning and created to generate millions of revenue.

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