Disadvantages of TETRA
Its main disadvantages are:
- Requires a linear amplifier to meet the stringent RF specifications that allow it to exist alongside other radio services.
- Data transfer is efficient and long range (many km), but slow by modern standards at 7.2 kbit/s per timeslot (3.5 kbit/slot net packet data throughput), although the Tetra standard states that up to 4 timeslots can be combined into a single data channel to achieve higher rates whilst still fitting into a single 25 kHz bandwidth channel. Albeit there are no deployed networks where this data rate has reportedly been achieved from mobile users (hand portables or vehicle mobiles). Latest version of standard supports 115.2 kbit/s in 25 kHz or up to 691.2 kbit/s in an expanded 150 kHz channel. But again, no deployed networks supporting such data rates are currently in operation. To overcome the limitations many software vendors have begun to consider hybrid solutions where TETRA is used for critical signaling while large data synchronization and transfer of images and video is done over 3G / LTE.
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