Rays CoverageCritical communications

TETRA, DMR and P25 coverage inside buildings and tunnels

For integrators who build indoor and tunnel coverage for professional and public-safety radio networks.

TETRA 380–⁠400 MHzOther bands and regions on request: VHF, UHF, 700 MHz PPDR; DMR and P25 on VHF and UHF
TETRA and cellular coverage along a tunnelA TETRA base station outside; a pick-up antenna feeds a bi-directional amplifier; a combiner adds the cellular operators; a fibre master unit drives remote units along the tunnel, each feeding a radiating cable.TETRA base stationPick-up antennaBDACombinerCellularoperatorsFibre masterfibreRURURURadiating cableRemote units along the tunnel
Tunnel coverage. TETRA and the cellular operators are combined at the portal; remote units along the tunnel each feed a radiating cable. An indoor base station can replace the pick-up antenna.

Supplied by Rays CoverageFrom the operator or the integrator

Radio coverage where the emergency services work

Illustration: a finned outdoor remote unit in a niche of a road tunnel, a radiating cable on clamps along the wall and the bright portal in the distanceIllustration
Road and rail tunnelsRadiating cable and remote units along the tube carry TETRA and the mobile networks over the whole length.
Illustration: two firefighters with breathing apparatus and a police officer walking along a metro platform beside a trainIllustration
Stations and underground spacesFirefighters and police keep radio contact on platforms, in stairwells and in car parks below ground.
Illustration: the rear of an open rack with rack repeaters, a cavity combiner, coaxial jumpers and a fibre patch panelIllustration
One equipment roomRack repeaters, seen here from the rear with their RF jumpers, a cavity combiner and the fibre distribution in one rack.

Illustrations of typical sites and work, not of a specific installation.

What we supply

  • Bi-directional amplifiers for TETRA 380–⁠400 MHz. Other bands and regions on request: VHF 136–⁠174 MHz, UHF up to 512 MHz, 700 MHz PPDR broadband; DMR and P25 on VHF and UHF
  • Digital band-selective filtering with adjustable bandwidth; power class and filter bandwidth per build specification
  • Fibre-fed remote units for long tunnels and large buildings
  • Per-band level and VSWR monitoring, with local and remote management

On the ASTRID network, only repeaters and base stations validated by ASTRID can be used. Our catalogue models are not on the list ASTRID has published (January 2024 version), so we check the current list with you first. Read how this works for tunnels.

High-power repeater, cast-aluminium outdoor enclosure
To prepare a proposal, send us
What to send
  • The network and band, for example TETRA 380–⁠385 / 390–⁠395 MHz (uplink / downlink)
  • The channels or the bandwidth to carry
  • How the signal is fed: a pick-up antenna towards an outdoor base station, or an indoor base station
  • The building or tunnel: floors, area or length, and floor plans
  • The available power supply, any backup-power requirement, and how alarms must be reported
Discuss a critical-comms project
Roadmap · in development · planned on the Rays SDR platform

Digital core and management designed in Brussels

The next step for this line is a channel-selective digital repeater whose signal processing, management software and interfaces are ours: TETRA and LTE in one unit, remotely configurable band plans, a management server hosted within the EU or on the customer's own server, and an open interface into the integrator's monitoring. The digital core is planned on the same FPGA and host software as our SDR platform.

The amplifiers and remote units listed above are supplied today; this digital core is a later addition. In development; no pilot units yet. Integrators with a concrete project can send us their requirements now.

CAD render of the 8T8R board, front CAD render of the 8T8R board, rear

Rays SDR platform — CAD render, in development

Project enquiry

Tell us about the site

A few answers are enough for a first product selection.

Planning a product line under your own brand? Use the OEM / ODM form.

  • A product selection for the site
  • A first link budget where the site needs one
  • The list of what we still need from you, such as floor plans or donor measurements

You can attach floor plans here, or send them by email later.

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