Attachment 4 - Technical Specifications.pdf

This document contains the technical requirements and specifications, and other considerations that must be met to fulfil the purchase.

The vendor shall furnish the products that meet the technical specifications listed below.

Products must also comply with any additional policies and standards presented by the ordering organization.

Corporate Experience – The contractor shall have a minimum of 5 years of experience in producing and/or providing the types of products listed in this Task Category and a minimum of 1 year of experience in providing such products to the federal government.

P25 radio products shall meet the most recent version of the TIA-102 and TIA-603 standards and also all Mandatory Requirements from the TIA-102 standards. TIA-102 “Standard option-required” features and functions shall be provided, and shall be compliant with the TIA-102 Statement of Requirements (SOR).

Radios shall meet the requirements listed in the NTIA Manual Chapter 5 which also requires Class “B” radio receiver. The NTIA has not yet established technical standards for P25 Phase II (6.25 KHz channel spacing) and any contractor radio supporting P25 Phase II shall comply with the relevant FCC and TIA-102 standards. P25 Phase II is not mandatory.

Radios shall be individually programmable by channel for operation on frequencies authorized in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) channeling plans that fall within the frequency band and frequency separation of the equipment.

The Contractor’s self-certification of compliance with the Statement of Work specifications, the Manufacturer’s published specifications (includes FCC Certification Number), and any Contractor P25 CAP testing results will be used to determine technical acceptability for an award.

The contractor shall make LMR Software/Firmware updates available through the life of the product and the information on prior and current firmware versions shall be available through publicly accessible means.

PORTABLE REPEATER

The Repeater radio is intended to be setup for use in creating a temporary P25 conventional radio system. It must be highly reliable under extreme conditions. The duty cycle use is assumed to be 30 % or less.

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/category/spectrum-management http://www.fcc.gov/wireless-telecommunications-bureau http://www.fcc.gov/wireless-telecommunications-bureau https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/p25-cap

General Specifications Category General Specifications

Operating Frequency Bands Unless otherwise specified, the operating frequency bands are defined as:

• VHF [136 MHz to 174 MHz]

• UHF [406 MHz to 420 MHz]

Channel Programming Radios channels shall be individually programmable for operation on any frequency in the NTIA and FCC channeling plans that fall within the frequency band and frequency spread of the equipment.

Channel Spacing P25 Phase I Analog and Digital (FDMA): 12.5 KHz P25 Phase II (TDMA): 6.25 KHz

Receiver Receivers shall meet the Class “B” standards, Per NTIA Manual.

Receivers shall meet or exceed these requirements, across the applicable band(s):

Analog Sensitivity at 12 dB SINAD .35uV (-116 dBm) or better Digital Sensitivity at 5% BER .35uV (-116 dBm) or better

Transmitter Frequency tolerance (stability), Spurious response, and Adjacent selectivity, etc.

shall be in accordance with the NTIA manual (Red Book) Chapter 5 for the applicable band(s)

Multi-Mode The radio shall be capable of operating in both Analog narrowband (12.5 kHz channel spacing) and Narrowband TIA-102 digital (12.5 kHz channel spacing)

Alignment/Ease of Service Measurements and alignment shall be possible using conventional test instruments and/or personal computer (PC) and software. The receiver and transmitter alignment procedures shall be clear, straightforward and easy to accomplish. All TIA-102 radios should have access to the digital bit stream or must provide a method to measure or display the receive BER information.

Service Connectors The Contractor shall make available a mating connector for all connectors necessary to test or to place the equipment into service.

Construction and Components

All component parts shall meet the TIA-102 specified standards for the applicable equipment group and shall operate within specified ratings.

Controls All non-programmable controls shall be clearly labeled. Whenever more than one parallel method of control is provided, the priority order shall be: local, extended local, remote, microwave interface and repeat. The transmitter operating frequency shall be determined by the channel selection switch, which is associated with the last control position in use.

Equipment Stability Equipment shall not display instability due to any electronic, mechanical, or other causes that tend to make the receiver or transmitter critical in tuning or unstable in operation, in accordance with TIA standards.

Fuses and Overload Protection

All equipment shall be provided with adequate fuses or other standard devices to protect the equipment in case of overloads or short circuits within the equipment.

The protective device shall be conveniently located for quick, easy replacement or reset.

Housing The cabinet or case shall be designed to protect the communications equipment and provide easy access for servicing. Attachments such as mounting hardware, connectors, etc., shall be compact and configured in a manner commensurate with its purpose.

https://www.ntia.doc.gov/page/2011/manual-regulations-and-procedures-federal-radio-frequency-management-redbook

Identification Tag Each complete communications equipment shall have an identification tag permanently affixed on the exterior of the unit for quick positive identification and include the requirements of 47 C.F.R. § 2.925(d). It is acceptable to place the identification tag under the battery housing on portable radios. At a minimum, the equipment model number, serial number, and hardware version/lot number shall be given; the manufacturer name shall also be included if it does not appear elsewhere on the equipment.

RF Termination The radio frequency input circuit of all receivers and the output circuit of all transmitters shall be designed for operation into unbalanced transmission lines having a nominal impedance of 50 ohms (equipment with a self-contained antenna shall have provisions for external connection of RF termination with 50 ohm impedance).

Voice Codec The Advanced Multi-Band Excitation (AMBE) +2TM vocoder is mandatory for those that are declared by the Contractor as P25 Phase II “Compliant”, “Capable”, “Ready”, etc. The Improved Multi-Band Excitation (IMBE) is acceptable for all other P25 products not intended for P25 Phase II operations.

Vibration and Shock Stability

The radio shall meet the standards specified in TIA-102.CAAA and TIA- 102.CAAB unless otherwise noted in this document.

Spare Parts Availability A source for spare parts for all radio equipment ordered via the contract shall be made available for a period of at least seven (7) years from the date production is discontinued.

Feature Requirements

Repeater Specifications General Features Equipment must meet specifications outlined in the General Specifications above.

Channel Capacity Minimum of 16 channels External Powered Support 13.8 VDC (nominal). Units shall have a current drain of < 650 ma in

“Standby” for the basic radio (without encryption, OTAR, network interfaces, additional transmitters or receivers, etc.)

Minimum Transmitter Power Output

VHF – 0.5 watts UHF – 0.5 watts

Functional Specifications for Repeater Programmable Time-Out Timer

A programmable time-out timer shall be included in all repeaters to turn off the transmitter from a minimum of zero to three minutes of continuous receiver operation. It shall reset within one second after the loss of the receiver signal.

Repeat Function Repeater control shall provide for automatic repeater operation.

In analog mode, the audio from the receiver shall be capable of modulating the transmitter at its rated deviation.

In digital mode, information passed from the receiver to the transmitter shall remain digital and not be decoded and then re-coded through vocoders.

The repeater shall pass through all voice, encryption, packet data, OTAR data, GPS data, etc.

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2008-title47-vol1/pdf/CFR-2008-title47-vol1-sec2-925.pdf

Multi-mode Operation The receiver and transmitter shall be capable of both analog and P25 digital operations.

It is desired that a radio channel be capable of being programmed to operate in both analog and digital simultaneously and to automatically change modes of transmission to operate in the last received mode (either analog or digital).

Local Controls Local controls on the basic housing, and readily accessible to the operator. At a minimum the local controls are: power on/off switch, and a channel selection switch/knob.

Transmitter/Receivers Additional transmitters and receivers shall be available to allow cross-banding of different frequency bands.

DC Power In the contractor’s catalog, it is desired that a supporting external DC power source be available for extend temporary operations.