Radio Trunking Explained..
The benefits of using Trunked radio System Features System Management
MPT1327 Brief History
British Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPT) defined the MPT 1327 protocol in 1988 as an open protocol and an international standard, it has since become the most widely used trunked radio protocol in the world.
Trunking Philosophy
Imagine a bank where every cashier had their own queue and you, the customer, could not change queues. You could be standing waiting for service while a neighboring cashier had no customers. Placing a call on a conventional radio system can be just as frustrating. Your channel may often be busy while neighboring channels are available and under-utilised.
Just as a modern bank provides access to a pool of cashiers, trunking provides access to a shared pool of radio channels. When you want to place an individual or group call, a channel is allocated to all participants. The call takes place in private and once it's completed, the channel is returned to the pool for others to use. Sharing channels increases the availability of airtime to all users. The result is increased quality of service and reduced infrastructure and operating costs.
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The benefits of using trunked radio
MPT 1327 trunking is ideally suited for providing individual or group calls, it offers fast call set up time along with a wide range of advanced features and functionality. Examples of such features include emergency and priority call management, status messaging, dynamic regrouping of users, and data/text messaging.
MPT 1327 uses a digital control channel with analog voice channels. The digital control channel provides a data gateway that allows enhanced features including security and subscriber verification, mobile data communications, system administration, and seamless multi-site roaming.
Individual Calls
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Group Calls
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Multi Sites Calls
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Telephone Calls
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GPS Tracking
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MPT 1327 Trunking Systems Features
• From a single channel to 800+ sites all in one product.
• Fylde MPT1327 systems are optimised for speed and efficency with incredible
reliability.
• Fylde Infrastructuire supports all MPT1327 & MPT1343 compliant radio
units.
• Radio's can be of mixed manufacture either vehicle mounted or portable
units.
• Super fast call setup times - Local group 300mS - Ultra wide area group
in under 1.5 seconds.
• Site roaming is fully automatic, seamless and transparent to the end
user.
Speech Services
• Person to Person calls.
• Person to Group.
• Mobile radio to public telephone network (PSTN).
• Mobile radio to private telephone exchange (PABX).
Data Services
• Data message to individual radio units or groups.
• Text messaging to individual radio units or groups.
• Vehicle Location and mapping.
• E-mail Gateway to radio units.
• Job dispatch to a range of mobile devices, will integrate with existing
Customer Relations Management (CRM) applications.
Emergency Features
• Single button activation.
• Clear down of blocking calls.
• Emergency broadcasts.
• Forwarding to nominated radio, for example an emergency planner.
• Emergency Sweep: ensures all required recipients get pulled into the
emergency call.
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User Control
• User management allows fine grain control of subscribers
and their facilities. Automatic call queuing for called party and channel busy.
• Calls automatically connect when a channel or called party becomes free.
• Call records: each call made throughout the network is logged.
• Calling and called parties are logged, along with 17 other attributes.
• Call timers - controlled by call type and time of day or subscriber.
• PABX / PSTN - control of prohibited numbers.
• Coverage - controls the radios roaming capability.
Remote Monitoring
• Alarms based on site status - generator
fuel - battery voltages - intruder - etc.
• Forwarding of system events via e-mail or text message.
Multi Region Support
• SYSCON Provides seamless control of the system from one terminal.
Network Analysis
• Automatic creation of usage summary.
• Call logging - detailed record of each call.
• Call analysis - statistical analysis of the raw data.
• Report generation - detailed activity for a radio or a group of radios.
Remote Client
• The Remote Client package allows resellers to remotely
configure their allocated users using a web browser interface.
For more information on system management see also Fylde Micro's SYSCON
Actions speak louder than words!
Take a look at case studies to see NIC MPT1327 trunked radio systems in action.
United States
Steel Trunked Radio DuPont Solae
Manufacturing Plant
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