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TETRA Introduction
A half-a-day eLearning course that provides a
comprehensive introduction to TETRA.
 
Audience 
This course is aimed at managers, project managers, sales people, system
administrators, users, engineers and others who work – or will work – with
TETRA systems or radios and want to get an overview or increase their knowledge of TETRA.
 
 
Part 1: Overview

• TETRA - Terrestrial Trunked Radio 
• What is TETRA? 
• Development and market segments of TETRA 
• TETRA – an open standard 
• One or many TETRA networks 
• Limitations of cellular networks 
• TETRA versus GSM or analogue communication 
• Problems of analogue systems solved in TETRA 
• TETRA advantages over GSM 
• The key benefits of TETRA networks 
• The TETRA standard 
• Frequencies, TDMA and trunking 
• Summary
  

Part 2: Services

• Group communication in TETRA 
• Push-to-talk key 
• Using TETRA on the move 
• One-to-one communication 
• Messaging in TETRA 
• Emergency calls 
• Talk group coverage 
• Defining talk groups over the air 
• Scanning 
• Voice override and pre-emptive calls 
• Broadcast call and background group 
• DMO – Direct Mode Operation 
• DMO gateway and repeater 
• Using DMO 
• Data services in TETRA 
• WAP in TETRA 
• Summary
    

Part 3: Security and safety

• Security issues 
• Authentication 
• Disabling a TETRA radio 
• Encryption in TETRA 
• Air interface encryption 
• End-to-end encryption 
• In case network breaks down 
• Device security features 
• Explosion proofing 
• TX-Inhibit 
• Health issues 
• Functional safety 
• Summary 

Frequently asked questions (F.A.Q.) on TETRA

• F.A.Q. 
• Test yourself  

Duration and Venue 
TETRA Introduction is a half-a-day (3,5 hours) training course. It can be run on any Windows XP computer which has an access to Internet, when the time is right for training. 
 
Language & Course Material 
The training is given in English and the whole course material is in English. The training material is a combination of audio, video, images and text. There are questions at the end of each section and a final test at the end of the training. After completion of the course the trainee will receive a diploma.
 
How much does it cost ? 
Each course costs €450 for TETRA Association Members and €495 for non members
 
How to order ? 
For additional information and to order, please contact:
TETRA Association through online@tetra-association.com
 
This  training course has been produced for TETRA Association by TETRAsim, the global leader in TETRA training simulators.