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Project 25 Documents & Standards Reference

Revised SEP 3, 2010

Compliance Assessment Program

The P25 CAP (Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program) will formally recognize test laboratories for competence to conduct a predetermined set of tests on P25 (Project 25) products. The tests those laboratories execute will demonstrate product compliance with a select group of requirements within the suite of P25 standards. Subsequently, DHS (Department of Homeland Security) will post summary reports of the test results and a SDoC (Supplier’s Declaration of Compliance) on the RKB (Responder Knowledge Base) web site (https://www.rkb.us/). To help their purchasing decisions, P25 users may search this site for products that have demonstrated compliance.

  • Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program (CAP) Overview, TSB-102.xxxx (Projected TR8 approval date to publish, tbd.)

  • Project 25 Supplier’s Declaration of Compliance (SDoC), TSB-102.CBAB (Jun 2009)

  • (P25 CAP Letterhead and Title, Company Information, Product Information, TSB Test Cases, Summary Test Reports, Date, Signature, Page Count, Superalloys Declaration of Compliance Format)

The P25 CAP is a voluntary program that allows P25 equipment suppliers to formally demonstrate their products’ compliance with a select group of requirements within the suite of P25 standards. The purpose of the program is to provide emergency response agencies with evidence that the communications equipment they are purchasing meet P25 standards for performance, conformance, and interoperability.

The program requires test laboratories to demonstrate their competence through a rigorous and objective assessment process. Such a process promotes the user community’s confidence in, and acceptance of, test results from recognized laboratories. All equipment suppliers that participate in the P25 CAP must use recognized laboratories to conduct performance, conformance, and interoperability tests on their products. P25 equipment suppliers will release summary test reports from recognized labs along with declarations of compliance. This documentation will serve to increase the public’s confidence in the performance, conformance, and interoperability of P25 equipment.

Performance, conformance, and interoperability issues are likely to occur in all communications technologies and especially in ones like P25 with protocols that constantly adapt to changing user requirements. Such problems should be resolved within the P25 CAP, and notably, before product launch and deployment. Further, the declaration of compliance-related documents developed by program participants will provide useful technical information about the equipment.

P25 CAP will provide emergency response agencies nationwide with a consistent and tractable perspective of P25 product compliance. It will also provide a means of verifying that Federal grant dollars are being invested in standardized solutions and equipment that promotes interoperability.