Tait Communications P25 Network Implemented in Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Lab

U.S. federal researchers to evaluate interoperability between P25 and LTE/5G technology.

Tait Communications, a global leading supplier of critical communications solutions, loaned Project 25 (P25) network and radio equipment to the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division in Boulder, Colorado, USA. PSCR is housed within NIST’s Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL), which conducts research, development, testing, and evaluation for public safety communications technologies.

Under the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) executed between Tait Communications and NIST, the entities will collaborate on quality of experience (QoE) interoperability and LMR broadband comparison research. NIST will use the internal 5G Public Safety Innovation Lab (PSIL), which includes a 5G next generation core, 4G and 5G Radio Access Network (RAN), and Mission Critical Push-To-Talk (MCPTT) capabilities, to compare the QoE between different PTT solutions and identify potential interoperability problems.

 “Tait’s open-standards interoperable technology allows our customers to select the best technology to best serve their needs,” said Tait Communications CEO Yoram Benit, PhD. “Our CRADA with NIST will support critical research focused on interoperability with broadband networks and help public safety make gains in open standards across the public safety communications ecosystem. We are excited to have our equipment in the PSCR lab in Colorado.”