Professional Mobile Radio (PMR)

Integration of modern surveillance and access control systems

Enhance airport security through SITA Professional Mobile Radio (PMR).

Overview

Radio communication plays a major role in the security, operations and safety of a large airport. SITA offers the best Professional Mobile Radio (PMR) solution tailored to an airport’s requirements.

Passenger increases, pressure from low cost carriers, regional airport growth, competition, increase in fuel and staff costs and larger aircraft will impact the existing infrastructure. These factors require comprehensive optimization of all airport operational processes. In addition, recent world events marked a new era in security and safety demands.

Integration of airport IT systems and PMR technology will provide short term gains in efficiency and operational effectiveness.

Co-ordination of all stakeholders in operations and security can only be achieved with the help of a highly efficient and flexible mobile radio system. A modern radio solution offers airport operators, airlines and security organizations the possibility of conducting all their tasks on a single platform.

Benefits

Benefits of PMR include:

Increased operational efficiency
Maximised service utilization that can become a source of revenue
Eliminated capital expenditure
Focused on your core business
Improved reliability
Expedited intervention times

Features

Features of PMR include:

Available as a fully managed service, from installation to operation and management
Resilient architecture
24 x 7 monitoring service
A performance monitoring service
A complete set of the best end-user equipment by different manufacturers, to match customer requirements and cost objectives
Extended warranty terms for end-user devices, covering repairs and consumables up to five years
Use of open standards, thereby guaranteeing interoperability and avoiding technology lock-in
Smooth, proven migration path from a legacy radio system
Airport specific applications, such as flight-oriented dialling and database queries from a portable device
Gateways to the public network
Standard interfaces to enterprise telephony, IPT or PBX, with the option of a single dialling plan
RFID applications

More information about features

Trunked radio versus conventional radio

A modern trunked radio system dynamically assigns radio channels to subscribers for the duration of a call. Trunking increases traffic capacity, allowing more information to be transmitted over the same radio bandwidth.

Fixed and dynamic user groups

Group call features include pre-defined communication groups and groups which can be assigned dynamically, as processes or deployment of resources dictate.

Flight-oriented dialling

This enables immediate communications between all personnel involved in the turnaround of an aircraft at the gate. By dialling the flight number, each individual member (i.e., ramp agent, load master, cargo, catering or cleaning) can be contacted via simple task code and the flight number.

Smooth migration

Many airports are equipped with expensive in-house systems. SITA ensures a graceful migration path and maximizes the re-use of the existing systems.