Hello OP25 devs,
I'm an amateur radio operator working on implementing an open source DMR tier
3 trunked radio base station based on a multi-carrier SDR structure. I have
reached a point where I no longer know how to interpret the ETSI standard and
I thought to ask for help here due to your expertise with trunked radio
systems.
The outbound Reverse Channel PDU is used in DMR tier 3 for MS power control
and MS de-key (transmit interrupt). Based on my interpretation of the
standard, a couple of things are clear:
1. Reverse channel is only available if aligned timing is used
2. It is supposed to be embedded in voice burst F of a voice transmission on
the alternate timeslot
3. The MS is supposed to monitor the alternate timeslot during transmit and
derive RC information from it
There are a few scenarios where it seems to me these tier 3 services (power
control, priority interrupt) cannot be available at all...
1. Alternate timeslot is a control channel
2. Alternate timeslot is idle
3. Alternate timeslot carries something other than voice payloads
The standard doesn't clarify these cases and I have doubt that these 2
services can even be reliably implemented.
Are you able to help me understand how the Reverse Channel is used in the real
world by existing industry implementations of DMR tier 3?
Thanks,
Adrian YO8RZZ
