Funkwerk AG, Kölleda, took part in the second MCPTT (Mission Critical Push To Talk) plug test.
Funkwerk AG, Kölleda, participated in the second MCPTT (Mission Critical Push To Talk) Plugtest, which took place from 25 to 29 June at Texas A&M University in the Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center (ITEC). During the event, the interoperability and functionality of MCPTT products based on 3GPP Release 14 were tested by 31 manufacturers over the course of a week. The event was organised by ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute), one of the three major standardisation organisations in Europe. ETSI was supported by the TCCA (The Critical Communications Association), the PSCR (Public Safety Communication Research Programme), TAMU (Texas A&M University) and the European Commission.
MCPTT services offer functionalities for critical communication. The simplest functions, comparable to a walkie-talkie device, as well as complex call scenarios with many participants and changing priorities as well as data and video transfer are possible. Users include the police, emergency services and other public organisations, as well as industrial users. This technology can also be used in next-generation railway radio.
Funkwerk successfully took part in this test with an LTE mobile radio CRLT.20 as so-called UE (user equipment) and an MCPTT client (the application on this radio) and was able to test joint use cases together with a large number of other infrastructure and end device manufacturers. Among other things, voice calls, emergency calls and video calls were successfully tested.
