TIA Issues Call for Interest on new Project for Project 25- Digital Radio Over-The-Air-Rekeying (OTAR) Messages and Procedures

Stakeholders Invited to Contact TIA Regarding Participation.

Arlington VA. (April 19, 2021) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-8.3 Engineering Committee on Encryption has issued a call for interest for document TIA-102.AACA-B initially titled ” Project 25- Digital Radio Over-The-Air-Rekeying (OTAR) Messages and Procedures”. TR-8.3 is developing guidelines in the area defined by the following scope: ” This standard is up for its 5-year review and revision of OTAR Messages and Procedures TIA-102.AACA-A and incorporation of AACA-A-1 to create OTAR Messages and Procedures TIA-102.AACA-B.”

The stakeholders may include, but are not limited to: Federal/state/local government; Manufacturers of handheld & mobile radios and systems, and associated equipment; Radio Component and Software Companies; Radio Test Equipment Companies & Test Labs; Radio System Integrators; Consulting firms and Standards Developing Organizations

TIA is actively seeking participation in these projects from the user and general interest communities.

For more information about TR-8 and how to participate in standards development with TIA, contact Victoria Mitchell at standards@tiaonline.org.

A major function of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is the writing and maintenance of voluntary industry standards and specifications. These activities are carried out by the volunteer members of TIA engineering committees. On the public engineering committee pages, users will find recent meeting reports, agendas and notices for upcoming meetings, as well as links to some of the most popular standards from each committee. TIA is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).