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FUTURE RADIO NETWORK (FRN)

National mobile communication system
high speed for critical missions at
destination of security services and
rescue

Market presentation

Ministry of the Interior (MI)

Summary
1. Context, objectives and stakes of the RRF program ........................................................................ 2
1.1 Context
1.1.1 A technological gap that has become critical on current radio networks........... 2
1.1.2 High-speed mobile communication systems already in service within the police
national and the national gendarmerie
1.1.3 The frequency spectrum dedicated to security and rescue operations................ 3
1.2 Objectives of the RRF
1.3 The challenges of the RRF................................................................................................................. 3
2. Users and their operational needs ............................................................................. 5
2.1 The communication system of security and rescue services................................ 5
2.2 The operational needs of RRF users............................................................... 6
2.2.1 The RRF must offer a minimum service level equivalent to low bandwidth networks.
current6
2.2.2 The RRF must ensure high-speed coverage solutions that allow for the maintenance of
operational communications at the national and international level ................. 7
2.2.3 The RRF must provide a multimedia communication capability suitable for situations
in mobility and ensuring effective management in the command room.
2.2.4 The RRF must provide a catalog of equipment suitable for the requirements of the field .... 8
2.2.5 The RRF must enable national interoperability within and between communities.
users ...................................................................................................................... 8
2.2.6 The RRF must provide user support throughout its entire life cycle...
2.2.7 A need for flexibility in the face of the diversity of user communities.................. 9
3. Presentation of the scope of services, architecture, and technological environment
partnership of the RRF
3.1 Compliance with 3GPP specifications ................................................................................ 9
3.2 Services provided by the RRF ................................................................................................... 9
3.3 Functional Architecture of the RRF ................................. 10
3.4 Interfaces of the RRF with its ecosystem
3.5 Physical architecture
4. Purpose and scope of this contract......................................................................................... 15
4.1 Duration of the contract
4.2 Perimeter of the lots ................................................................................................................ 15
4.3 Versions of the RRF.................................................................................................................. 16
4.4 Deployment Schedule
5. Definitions.................................................................................................................................... 18

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1. Context, objectives, and stakes of the RRF program

1.1 Context

1.1.1 A technological gap has become critical on current radio networks

The low-frequency radio networks currently equipped for security and rescue services have
has been gradually implemented since the late 1980s. Three networks, built on the
the same technology (TETRAPOL) is currently in service in France, namely:
the National Shared Transmission Infrastructure (hereinafter INPT), used by the police
national, the national gendarmerie (for part of its terminals), civil security, the
firefighters (the SDIS)1) and the SAMU2The direction of the penal administration (the
DAP), the customs (the DGDDI3), the Ministry of the Armed Forces and certain municipal police are
also users of INPT. About 152,000 terminals are connected to the INPT network;
RUBIS, used by the national gendarmerie, the national navy, the French office in
biodiversity and some municipal police, and having its own infrastructure, distinct
from the INPT. RUBIS is interoperable with the INPT. Approximately 63,000 terminals are connected to
RUBIS network;
QUARTZ, in the overseas territories (Réunion, Mayotte, Antilles).

These networks offer functions that no longer meet all the needs of the services.
security and emergency services (restricted interoperability, limited data sharing and video
non-existent as an example). We thus observe a technological gap between the tools of
professional communication on the move made available to security services and
rescue and the uses of the society that uses smartphones operating on 4G.

1.1.2 High-speed mobile communication systems already in service within

the national police and the national gendarmerie
The gendarmes and the police now have access to equipment starting today.
more modern mobile communication than low-speed radio network equipment
allowing them to implement secure and critical communications, thanks to
two projects led by the General Directorate of the National Gendarmerie (DGGN) and the
Directorate General of the National Police (DGPN):
the PC STORM project4launched by the police and gendarmerie services to restore a
technical advantage to the intervention units (BRI, GIGN and RAID in the first place), following the
operational difficulties encountered during the terrorist attacks of 2015, PC STORM is
a critical communication solution on 4G LTE that allows the RRF program to
capitalize on his experience return;

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Departmental fire and rescue service.
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Emergency medical assistance service.
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General Directorate of Customs and Indirect Taxes.
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Converged platform for high-speed, operational, resilient, and mobile services.

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 the NEO 1 and NEO 2 programs provide the DGGN and DGPN with tools for
secure operational communication, smartphones and tablets, allowing access to
business tools on the move. NEO operates with the SecDroid operating system
developed by ANSSI5based on the 'Android Open Source Platform' operating system
(AOSP), and benefits from access to ORANGE's LTE network in France.

The RRF will ensure the continued use of these tools and will integrate with this equipment.

1.1.3 The frequency spectrum dedicated to security and rescue operations

The Ministry of the Interior exclusively holds two frequency bands at 700.
MHz: 2x3 MHz within band 28 (703-733 MHz/758-788 MHz) and 2x5 MHz within
of band 68 (698-728 MHz/753-783 MHz). These two frequency bands are
also known as 700 PPDR bands and are eligible for 4G LTE. They are therefore
used for tactical networks as part of the PC STORM solution.

1.2 Objectives of the RRF

The objective of the RRF is to build, for the benefit of the services in charge of the missions related to
emergency management, both in the field of public safety and in that of
rescue for individuals and populations, a national mobile communication system
priority, secure and high-speed 4G LTE then 5G benefiting from a high level of resilience
in case of crisis and allowing to replace the current low bandwidth radio networks.
The goal set for the RRF program is to have this critical communication service.
operational mobile broadband for all forces by 2023 at the latest and
to be in service during the running of the Rugby World Cup in the summer of 2023 and the
2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The RRF integrates into its choices of architecture, contracting, and scope of
offered services, the willingness to enhance and integrate existing assets, particularly those of
PC STORM and NEO2, concerning the national police and the gendarmerie
national. It also takes into account the request expressed by the national police and the
national gendarmerie to have the option to resort to the generic offer of RRF services or
to be able to choose their devices or applications themselves, within the framework of
technical coherence and interoperability of the RRF, which aims to ensure having a
interoperable service among all stakeholders.
The RRF market includes a non-exclusivity clause allowing the national police and to the
national gendarmerie to resort to another legal support for the provision of these
services, as long as they comply with the framework of technical coherence and
Interoperability defined by the RRF.

1.3 The challenges of the RRF

The RRF aims primarily to carry out a profound transformation of the tools of the stakeholders.
from safety and rescue through the creation of a complete communication system

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National Agency for the Security of Information Systems.

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high-speed mobile, prioritized, fast, reliable, secure, and resilient, aligned with technologies
current standards (LTE/4G) and scalable over time by allowing to benefit from the
5G as soon as it becomes available.

The RRF will rely on the high-speed infrastructure of two mobile operators. This
will allow RRF to offer unmatched coverage in mainland France, and to benefit
technological innovations and developments continuously implemented by the
operators on their networks. The RRF will also benefit from the implementation of
commitments of the 'New Mobile Deal' by the communications regulatory authority
electronics, positions and press distribution (ARCEP) and improvements of
the radio coverage in 4G in metropolitan France that results from it.

The RRF must ensure interoperability of mobile communications for all

actors of security and rescue, whether it concerns the services in charge of security
public, civil security but also other entities involved in the field of
PPDR6such as SAMU, customs, the penitentiary administration, the forces
armed forces, municipal police, approved civil security associations or certain
vital importance operators (OIV). The RRF aims to provide a common platform for
high-speed multimedia communication, secure, interoperable, and adapted to evolution of the
users' needs and technological innovations.

The RRF must ensure the continuity of communications regardless of the circumstances.
circumstances. Its resilience is mainly implemented through the following measures:
The architecture of the RRF provides for a dedicated network core backed by two operators.
reference allowing, in the event of a local failure on an operator's eNodeB station, to
switch to the second reference operator;
the RRF will benefit from the resilience mechanisms of the operators' infrastructures, these
that can be reinforced locally at the request of the State by the operators, on the sites
radio covering the most sensitive areas
the priority/preemption mechanisms provided by the 3GPP specifications (ACB - restriction
access, QCI - maintenance of service quality, ARP - session preemption) are
mobilized by the RRF, when necessary;
The RRF finally provides for the establishment of deployable radio capabilities to be implemented.
directly by network operators on their frequency bands (devices
deployable temporary) and vehicle relays in the hands of RRF users.
Beyond connectivity, the RRF offers communication services tailored to
needs of the different business communities. The MCX communication service of the RRF
must comply with the requirements defined by the 3GPP in order to interoperate with
other MCX solutions as long as they also respect the framework
interoperability defined in the technical specifications of 3GPP:
in mobility, on the terminals and tablets of users provided by the RRF (or
for certain professions), the RRF allows for 'push' voice communication
to talk » like what is done with low rate radio networks. The RRF offers

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public protection and disaster relief

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 also the possibility of dynamically creating group conferences, of
transmit situational video streams, photos or other documents and
video chatting;
the RRF offers comprehensive tools for managing and operating communications
in the command room and specifically tools for integrating these
new communication flows in operational management systems
different user entities of the RRF. From the first version of the RRF, a
MCX RRF Standalone application allows you to benefit from all of the
features offered by the RRF.

2. Users and their operational needs

2.1 The communication system of security and rescue services

The RRF will offer to all personnel contributing in the metropolitan territory7to the
security and help a high-speed, priority, and secure mobile communication service,
shared and adapted to their needs, as close to the ground as in rooms
command
These actors cover a wide variety of organizations and may depend on
ministries, from communities as well as from the associative sector or certain operators
of vital importance (OIV). The complexity of the organization of these actors varies greatly,
between, for example, a fire and rescue service and an organization as complex as the National Police Directorate.

organization such as this one is broken down into different user communities
(judicial police, public security, republican security companies, etc.).

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An extension to the overseas territories is being considered afterwards.

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Two major categories of users are identified. The first circle groups together the
entities currently using low-speed networks (INPT and Rubis), which will be replaced
ultimately by the RRF. This group includes the following stakeholders:
firefighters (SDIS), military units and national civil security resources,
national police (PN)
national gendarmerie (GN)
prison administration (DAP)
customs (DGDDI)
certain entities of the Ministry of Armed Forces,
certain municipal police forces.

The second circle concerns entities that are intended to progressively join the RRF,
in view of the benefits they can derive from it. This non-exhaustive list includes by
example:
the road services,
the services responsible for environmental policies,
the essential of municipal police
the approved civil security associations
etc.

2.2 The operational needs of the RRF users

RRF users carry out essential daily missions for security and the
health of the French. Whether it is about ensuring safety on public roads, mastering a
fire or to ensure the urgent transport of an injured person, the security actors and the
rescue operations evolve in constrained and dangerous environments, where speed of action and
Decision-making is fundamental.
In this context, having a reliable and secure communication system is essential.
need of first order. The 'radio' of a firefighter or a gendarme is everything
as necessary as firefighting gear or a service weapon. It forms the link between
the stakeholders on the ground, as well as with their command structures. In this regard, the
operational communication system allows field personnel to take
orders and instructions, to gather information to assist in decision-making,
facilitate cooperation between teams, to call for reinforcements or to report a
danger situation.
The operational requirements addressed to the RRF by its users cover the entire
these components - from the application to the mobile network, including terminals. These
requirements fall into two dimensions: on one hand, to ensure a minimum level of service
equivalent to that offered by current low bandwidth networks, on the other hand benefiting from contributions
functionalities of a communication system to the best standards on the market.

2.2.1 The RRF must provide a minimum service level equivalent to low networks.
current flow rates

It is important, to gain the support of users, to allow them to find in the

RRF the functions that have proven their effectiveness on a daily basis. This requirement of
non-regression implies that the RRF allows to:
communicate orally about field conferences and towards the rooms
command
record and review these communications;
Report a distress situation from the terminal;

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 having terminal equipment, tablets, and accessories whose robustness and autonomy
are compatible with the nature of security and rescue missions;
to benefit from a level of radio coverage at least equivalent to that
offered by INPT and RUBIS;
having a terminal-to-terminal communication solution or 'direct mode' in
lack of coverage relayed.

2.2.2 The RRF must ensure high-speed coverage solutions that allow for
maintenance of operational communications across the national territory and to
the international
RRF users can intervene across the entire territory, in various
accessible environments like in hard-to-reach areas (basements
of buildings, mountain ranges, etc.). Planned or unexpected events more or
smaller scale can also lead to significant increases
important security and rescue devices in a given area, leading to a
increased communication needs.
To address these challenges, the RRF will guarantee user communities a solution of
high-speed mobile communication, relying on the operated network and solutions of
deployable covers, as well as access devices to the RRF service inside
certain buildings: police stations, barracks, penal institutions...
The transition from one connection mode to another must be as seamless as possible for
users. In the event of degraded operation, voice flows and geolocation
amounts will be prioritized.
Finally, some users of the RRF are required to intervene in border areas and to
the international. The continuity of access to the RRF service will be guaranteed in these situations,
through roaming agreements.

2.2.3 The RRF must provide a multimedia communication capacity suitable for
situations in mobility and ensuring effective management in the room
command
Communication services will enable users of the RRF to achieve
voice exchanges on conferences and will provide them with communication features
multimedia: video exchanges, file sharing, text messages... Accessories
Additional radios will allow terminal-to-terminal communications, or direct mode.
For users of the RRF in fixed command rooms or projected in the field
(that is to say using a PC or tablet), it will be possible to create, manage or delete
conferences, to communicate with the teams on the ground and to have information
on the condition of the equipment of the latter. The management of operations will be made more
effective through user geolocation and points of interest.
The communities with application tools in command rooms (firefighters-
firefighters, gendarmes, police officers and SAMU) will be able to access the services of the RRF (see
paragraph 3.2) directly from their applications.

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2.2.4 The RRF must provide a catalog of equipment suited to the requirements of
terrain
Users will have the RRF terminal, a smartphone-type terminal and the
RRF tablet8These two pieces of equipment will be complemented by a set of accessories.
facilitating access to the RRF.
The RRF terminal will be used by the majority of RRF users, with the exception of
police officers and gendarmes using their own terminal (NEO2). It will meet requirements
of high robustness, performance, and specific autonomy.
In addition to access to critical communication services, the RRF terminal will have
classic telephone features (voice calls, SMS, internet access).
The RRF tablet will outline requirements for robustness, autonomy, and performance.
a larger support.
A set of accessories will facilitate the use of the RRF in addition to the terminal. A
Standardization of the connectivity of these accessories will be sought.

2.2.5 The RRF must enable national interoperability within and between
user communities
Security and rescue services are increasingly called upon to intervene.
together on events. Current networks only offer limited capacity
interoperability.
The RRF will provide access to a national network, covering the entire area from its opening.
metropolitan territory9It will give the opportunity to the different user communities.
to interact between command rooms, and towards or between users on the ground. Each
users or groups of users must therefore be able to, if the employment doctrines allow it
allow communication with any other user or group of users of the RRF.
The RRF must also ensure interoperability with current low-bandwidth networks.
until the extinction of the latter.

2.2.6 The RRF must provide user support throughout its entire cycle
life
The project management of the RRF will provide community administrators with, among other things,
users the tools to best adapt to their needs (org chart,
directory and associated conference structure...), to create or integrate accounts and to their
assign rights.

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RRF certified mobiles are not subject to these requirements.
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The provision of the RRF service in the overseas territories will be addressed at a later time. It does not involve
part of the perimeter of this contract.

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2.2.7 A need for flexibility in response to the diversity of user communities
The operational needs presented above constitute a set of requirements.
common to the user communities, and will be supplemented by the consideration of
specific needs for certain users but bringing added value for everyone (like
the requirement for resistance to high temperatures requested by Civil Security.
The common core must therefore allow for flexibility to adapt to differences.
of organizations and professional practices of user communities. The implementation of
RRF will therefore need to allow differentiation at multiple levels (individual allocation vs.
collective, access to the MCX RRF Standalone application vs. integration with application tools
command rooms, etc.).
This diversity of user communities also implies planning for the involvement of
account and the prioritization of new needs that will emerge at the pace of the deployment of
RRF notably involves developments of features on the application.

3. Presentation of the service scope, architecture and

the technological and partnership environment of the RRF

3.1 Compliance with 3GPP specifications

The architecture of the RRF is based on the technical specifications of 3GPP, cooperation
international collaboration between telecommunications standardization bodies.
The components hosted by the RRF, particularly the core network and the server
The MCX application will comply with the 'release' (or version) 15 of 3GPP at a minimum.
The components not hosted by the RRF, such as the components of the networks
reference operators, must allow, even if they are not compliant with the
release 15, the proper functioning with the components of the RRF.
To take into account the specification work beyond 'release' 15, it will be put in...
Establish a process allowing the RRF to evolve to take into account the new developments.
features made possible by the 3GPP work on communications for
critical missions and organizing the evolution of these functional and technical levels in
ensuring perfect continuity of the RRF service.

3.2 Services provided by the RRF

The RRF will provide three types of services to its users across the entire territory of
Metropolitan France. These RRF services define the features accessible to
users of the RRF.
1. The communication services for critical missions, or MCX services. They include
the MCPTT, MCVideo, and MCData services, "group management", "configuration"
management, identity management, location management, and key management.
2. Multimedia communication services are voice services such as VoLTE, SMS and
MMS offered by the RRF. They rely on an IMS platform and
service platforms provided under this contract.
3. Secure IP services allow access to business intranets, the RRF intranet and
Internet according to the choice of the user entities.

These services will be offered both on user devices and also

in the command rooms of the various user communities of the RRF.

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In addition, the RRF provides a secure mobile data transport service, on the
reference operator networks, with the implementation of preferential mechanisms
targeted (ACB-ARP-QCI), and on partner networks or networks of other operators, without these
mechanisms. This service allows STORM and NEO 2 PC terminals to benefit from
services MCX PC STORM.

3.3 Functional architecture of the RRF

The realization of the RRF relies on three fundamental elements that will form the core.
technique of the future high-speed mobile critical communication security infrastructure
and emergency:

1) Access to 4G (and then 5G) radio coverage in France

metropolitan10with two so-called reference mobile network operators
instead of priority and preemption mechanisms. These operators are called
reference operators. These services will be supplemented by a set of devices
deployable temporary solutions for the radio access network, as well as solutions
permanently deployed indoors (that is to say inside the buildings of certain
user communities of the RRF.

2) Technical capabilities of a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO),

allowing to provide a mobile communication network for critical missions, dedicated to
security and rescue services, namely:
a telecom core network, consisting of a 4G EPC (Evolved Packet Core)
compatible with 5G NSA, and capable of evolving to 5GC (5G Core Network), which
The set of components complies with 3GPP.11of a heart circuit; of a
IMS, according to 3GPP12of service platforms necessary for services
SMS, MMS, and voicemail; of mobility management mechanisms between
networks that optimize the choice of attachment network according to
policy defined by the RRF; for the collection of CDR13of interception device
legal; of element manager (EMS); and interconnection services
of roaming (national and international);
the supply of SIM cards and tools for managing these SIM cards;
the RRF terminal, the RRF tablet as well as a set of accessories (including some
radio accessories allowing direct mode), the set compatible with
the use of MCX services is adapted to the needs of RRF users and the

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The provision of critical communication services RRF in the overseas territories will be addressed in a
second time. It is not part of the scope of this contract. However, the RRF will allow for
to have non-critical communication services in overseas territories.
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ETSI TS 123 002 V15.0.0.
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ETSI TS 123 228 V15.4.0.
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"Call detail record" - Data recording produced by a telephone exchange or other.

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 setting up a certification process to validate the good
operation on the RRF of terminals not provided under this contract
(these terminals are called qualified RRF terminals);
the ability to deliver application communication services for missions
critiques (MCX), allowing for the organization of multimedia communications of
group for the benefit of RRF subscribers by enjoying a quality of service
with priority and preemption in 4G networks;
These services will be accessible from the terminals mentioned above, and
from the command rooms. Three integration solutions in rooms of
commands are planned:
applications proposed by the RRF directly usable by its
users: a standalone MCX RRF application, allowing access
from the command rooms; an MCX RRF application for
mobiles, allowing access from mobile RRF; a MCX application
RRF of administration,
APIs and development kits (SDKs), enabling integration of
MCX features of the RRF in management applications
operational developed by the businesses,
External applications to the RRF, communicating with the server
of MCX application of the RRF using client-server interfaces
standardized by the 3GPP.
These services will also be able to interface with radio networks.
low bandwidth via gateways ensuring interoperability between the
voice communications of the RRF and existing low-bandwidth radio networks, as well
an external access gateway allowing secure access to services
MCX by users outside the RRF;
a monitoring center of the RRF, including a NOC monitoring tool
telecom of the components mentioned above, feedback on similar tools on the
components associated with the RRF management information system and
feedback from the NOCs of the two reference operators of the RRF and the various
services provided by the public sphere that the RRF will use. In the long term,
a hypervisor will allow for the aggregation of monitoring functionalities and
the administration of all the elements making up the RRF;
the on-board vehicle relays in a professional vehicle, allowing to extend
the very high-speed coverage of the reference operators' networks in
re-emitting around vehicles on the 700MHz PPDR frequencies.

3) The management information system of the RRF, including application tools

allowing to manage order taking, service activation, billing,
the management of terminals via an EMM (Enterprise Mobile Management) as well as the
logistics related to equipment inventory.

The functional architecture of the RRF is based on several elements provided by the services.
of the State:
the data centers of the Ministry of the Interior;
the interministerial network of the State (RIE) to transport RRF services from the data
centers of the Ministry of the Interior to the physical sites (command rooms) of the
different user entities of the RRF and between these sites;
the key management infrastructure (KMI - authentication certificates) of the ministry of
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 The supervision of the security escalations of the RRF system will be ensured by the SOC of the center.
of the cyber defense of the Ministry of the Interior (C2MI);
an Internet gateway (PFAI) for subscriber access on RRF to the Internet and for access
to the RRF services via the Internet provided by the RIE;
the Internet access platforms specific to each user entity of the RRF;
the elements resulting from the PCSTORM project:
the server and the MCX application provided under the PC STORM contract, with
which the RRF will have to interface with in accordance with the technical coherence framework
and interoperability defined within the scope of this contract,
tactical networks derived from the PC STORM market;
the NEO2 terminals.

3.4 Interfaces of the RRF with its ecosystem

The RRF evolves within a rich ecosystem, composed of several infrastructures.
existing ones, but also projects under development with which
interfaces will need to be developed, in particular:
1. The specific case of users of the national police and the gendarmerie
national, as part of two projects: the PC STORM project, solution of
communication critique on 4G LTE, aimed at the intervention units of the DGPN
and from the DGGN; and the NEO program, providing communication terminals
secured (smartphones and tablets) to the gendarmes and police.
The DGGN, the DGPN, and the project management of the RRF have agreed on a strategy of
taking into account the existing equipment from the PC STORM and NEO markets by
the RRF, and of convergence with the RRF which revolves around the following points, and which
is understood subject to compliance with the technical coherence framework and
interoperability of the RRF:
hello setting up interoperability between the MCX of PC STORM and the MCX of
RRF: The DGGN and the DGPN wish to retain the option of resorting to the offer.
generic services of the RRF or to be able to choose their own terminals
or applications. In this perspective, the project management of PC STORM and
The RRF particularly wishes to enable interoperability between services.
MCX applications of PC STORM provided by the company Streamwide, and the services
MCX applications of the RRF. The desired interoperability between the MCX of PC STORM.
and the MCX of the RRF will be carried out via a server/server type interface
in accordance with 3GPP standards. The responsibility for compliance with the framework
The technical coherence and interoperability of the RRF fall under the mastery
work of PC STORM;
access to the RRF service through the PC STORM terminals (of the brand
Crosscall and NEO 2 ;
hello replay of certain assets of PC STORM by the RRF: the tactical networks
provided by the company Athonet, the SIM cards provided by the company Gemalto, the
low-speed gateways to the RUBIS and INPT networks provided by the company
Prescom. The technical interventions allowing the recovery of these assets.
requiring the intervention of the holders of the PC STORM framework agreement are excluded from
present market.
2. The modernization projects for the application tools of command rooms
from several user communities. The goal for the RRF is to collaborate with the
roadmap of these projects in order to propose an integrated tool in the rooms of
command. This integration will be made possible thanks to interfaces of
application programming (API - application programming interface) and development kits

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 application development (SDK - software defined kit) allowing to call the
different features offered by the MCX of the RRF from business applications
of the different user entities of the RRF. The RRF also plans to use a
interface compliant with the 3GPP standard on the MCX application server of the RRF, for the
development of external applications to the RRF, enabling communication with
the MCX application server of the RRF using client/server interfaces
compliant with this standard.
Four populations currently constitute the priority target of the RRF: the police,
gendarmerie, civil security and SAMU. These populations are called to deploy
centralized operational management tools driven by organizations
governmental:
centralized tools of the gendarmerie, namely BDSP14,
centralized police tools, namely MCIC215,
NexSIS platform 18/112 for the SDIS and civil security,
hello centralized solution SI SAMU intended for all SAMUs
France.
3. The low-rate radio networks, connected to the RRF via low-rate gateways until
their decommissioning.
4. The development of relationships with external partners.
The RRF is part of a dynamic of sharing infrastructure, even services.
with partner mobile networks, such as private 4G LTE radio networks
developed by certain OIVs (operators of vital importance) in France. The RRF
wants to establish an interconnection with these partners with two objectives:
to ensure service continuity in geographically uncovered areas in
interconnecting with partner networks through two mechanisms: the RAN
sharing where the core network of the RRF is directly connected to the equipment
of the radio access of the partner mobile operator, or the roaming where the
roaming interfaces are established between the core network of the RRF and
the one of the partner mobile operator
to enable interoperability between security and sovereign rescue services
and the appropriate services in charge of the security of certain OIVs (in particular the
large infrastructure managers of energy or transport). The strict
compliance of the RRF architecture with the interoperability framework between servers
MCX defined by 3GPP must facilitate the achievement of such
interconnection.
The project management of the RRF is also in direct interaction with the teams of
ESN project (Emergency Services Network) in the United Kingdom aimed at deploying to
the national scale a critical communication network 4G LTE for
security and rescue services. To provide communication capabilities
cross-border allowing their users better collaboration, the RRF

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Public security database.
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Modernization of the information and command centers of the national police 2.

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 envisage an interconnection between MCX servers, via server-type interfaces /
servers compliant with 3GPP (and in particular future 3GPP releases).
The project owner of the RRF is also involved in the Broadway project aimed at
interconnect the future high-speed critical communication systems of services
security and rescue of the countries of the European Union. The RRF must be able to use the
services defined by the Broadway project to facilitate communications
cross-border mobility between security and rescue actors.

In order to facilitate the interfacing of the various external projects to the RRF mentioned above
With the RRF, the project management of the RRF, assisted by the holders, will define a framework for
technical coherence and interoperability. This document allows for the identification and specification of
technical elements allowing, once respected, interoperability with the RRF.
A framework for technical coherence and interoperability will be established once the specifications for
the set of components and interfaces of the RRF specified. The holders of the present
the market will support the project management of the RRF in drafting this framework of
technical coherence and interoperability.

3.5 Physical Architecture

The RRF plans to host its applications and data in the data centers of
Ministry of the Interior. The hosting of the following elements will need to be redundant on two
sites
the core network of the RRF;
the MCX application servers;
the low-speed gateway known as "central", that is to say hosted at the central level;
the external access gateway (or IP services) ;
SIM management tools;
the RRF supervision center.
the management information system of the RRF;
All accommodation locations are subsequently referred to as RRF sites.
The two reference operators of the RRF ensure the transport of mobile data traffic.
up to the RRF data centers.
The RRF also makes use of the RIE:
in order to deliver its services from the RRF sites to its sites
users. These sites cover the fixed command centers of
user communities and the data centers hosting the IT tools of
these user communities, that is to say on one hand the application tools of the rooms
of command, and on the other hand the business information systems.
in order to connect the redundant sites of the supervision center, the SOC, and the data
centers of the RRF.

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4. Purpose and scope of this contract

4.1 Duration of the contract

The market is for a duration of four (4) years, renewable once for three (3) years, at
count from the date of notification.
Regarding specifically the supply of terminals and accessories provided for in lot 2, the
the project owner RRF will proceed with the acquisition of terminals and accessories by the
present market only on the first four years of the market. Beyond that, the acquisition of
Terminals and associated accessories will be procured through another contract that will be entered into.
by the project owner RRF.

4.2 Perimeter of the lots

The market consists of three lots.
1) Lot 1 'Access to radio coverage' dedicated to access to radio coverage
mobile network operators for RRF subscribers in the metropolitan territory:
access to the 4G and 5G radio network, implementing mechanisms for
priority/preemption;
temporary deployable devices intended for RRF users;
study of the deployment of permanent coverage inside buildings of
certain user communities of the RRF.
This lot will be awarded to two successful bidders.

2) Lot 2 'Integrator, core network, MCX and terminal', which aims to provide the
Project ownership of the RRF encompasses all the capabilities allowing it to fulfill its role.
of high-speed mobile communications operator for 'critical missions'. It provides:
a scalable 4G LTE mobile core network towards 5G, as well as the services
of interconnection and national and international roaming, as described in
functional architecture
the application server and the Mission Critical clients (MCX) compliant with
3GPP standard as well as a standalone MCX RRF application, APIs and
software development kits (SDK);
gateway to low bit rate radio networks TETRAPOL (RUBIS, INPT)
equipment providing secure IP services and the external access gateway
allows securing access from the Internet and business networks;
SIM cards and SIM management servers;
the network supervision center: a supervision tool (telecom NOC) of
components of batch 2; a unified supervision tool overseeing the entire
elements of the RRF network; the equipment necessary for the control room of
RRF bringing together all supervision tools;
the RRF terminal, the RRF tablet and the associated accessories (including some
radio accessories enabling direct mode), as well as the service of
qualification of RRF terminals;
vehicle relays to enhance radio coverage around a vehicle.
This lot will be awarded to a single holder who will, beyond their role as a supplier of
components of the lot, the overall integrator of the RRF (i.e., the integrator of lots 1,
2 and 3).

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 The holder of lot 2 will also be responsible for operating and maintaining the condition
operational during the first years of the RRF the components of batch 2 and of in
ensure proper functioning before then transferring the responsibility for these
operations in project management of the RRF.
3) Lot 3 "Management information system of the RRF" which aims to equip the management
of the RRF's tools for managing both commercial relationships
and logistics to subscribers that the operational management of terminals and administration
of the entire system and which will include an EMM (Enterprise Mobile Management)
allowing remote management of RRF terminals
This lot will be awarded to a single holder. The holder of lot 3 will also be responsible for operating.
and to maintain operational readiness during the first years of the RRF
components of batch 3.

4.3 RRF Versions

The trajectory of the RRF is organized in a sequenced and incremental manner, with a first
milestone aimed at securing the availability of "essential" services targeted by the end of 2022. This
The first step of the RRF will notably see the construction of the network core, the
connection of the first operator, the provision of the MCX application server,
the integration of a first RRF terminal and an RRF tablet (and access to RRF services via
the PCSTORM and NEO terminals), the construction of the gateway to the low networks
flow, or the implementation of the Management Information System (version 1) allowing
to initiate the deployment. After securing this milestone 2022, the operational deployment
The RRF will be engaged starting from 2023.

The trajectory proposed by the project owner of the RRF is as follows:

1. RRF Version 1 (V1), available for RRF users at the end of 2022:
access to the radioelectrical network via a single reference operator, in 4G
only
access to 5G as soon as commercially available allowing in particular for
the project management of the RRF conducts tests;
the MCX application server developing MCPTT services and some
MC Data services (Short data service, File distribution), accompanied by a
MCX RRF Standalone application, APIs and SDKs to get started
the integration of the RRF into modernization projects for command rooms,
and a standardized 3GPP MCX application client/server interface as much as
the standard allows it;
an interoperability between the MCX of PC STORM and the MCX of the RRF, via a
server / server type interface;
the 4G core network, compatible with 5G NSA, including the IMS platform
allowing the provision of telephone and SMS services (in mainland France)
and providing a national roaming service;
gateways to low bandwidth networks;
the RRF terminal, the RRF tablet and a first set of accessories
compatible, complemented by some qualified RRF terminals (terminals
NEO2 and PC STORM;
the network supervision center of the RRF;
the first version of the RRF management information system automating the
"provisioning" and order taking.

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RRF Version 2 (V2), available for RRF users at the end of 2023:
access to the radioelectrical network via a second reference operator;
the implementation of the international roaming service;
the deployment of temporary deployable cover devices at the
request;
the development of MC data services (IPCon, Data Streaming) and MCVideo;
an external gateway, allowing access to conferences in specific cases
MCX to external users of the RRF;
an enhancement of the management information system enabling the
diversification of offers and billing modes.
3. RRF Version 3 (V3), effective from 2024:
the qualification of additional terminals provided by another market;
a 'unified NOC' allowing for alarm correlation;
the deployment of vehicle relays.
The successive versions beyond version 3 will be carried out as part of the maintenance.
in operational condition. The holders and the project management will agree on the
content of these future versions.

4.4 Deployment Schedule

Major deadlines for the safety and rescue continuum have already been set.
identified, such as the Rugby World Cup in 2023 and the Olympic Games in 2024,
which imposes the respect of an ambitious schedule.
The RRF schedule provides for a deployment that begins as soon as the service is verified.
regular (VSR) of version 1, with prioritized migrations to the different entities
for users concerned by the Rugby World Cup in 2023, then by the Games
2024 Olympics.
Once these priority users are equipped with RRF services, it is planned to finalize the
deployment of the RRF to all users in mainland France before the end of 2025.
The proposed speed of loading allows for the consideration of welcoming users.
from INPT and Rubis to RRF over three years, between 2023 and 2025. A target of 320,000
subscribers by 2025 has been defined.

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5. Definitions
The definitions of the terms used in this document are listed below:

4G (or 4G Long Term Evolution - LTE): refers to the set of standards corresponding to
LTE-Advanced (IMT-Advanced), established by the ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
Telecommunications). They correspond to the specifications defined by the 3GPP from
from release 10.

5G: set of IMT-2020 standards as defined by the ITU. They correspond to

specifications defined by releases 15 and 16 of 3GPP.

5GC: Core network 5G as defined in 3GPP 23.501 Release 15 and later.

ACB Access Class Barring: mechanism defined by 3GPP that allows, in case of
eNodeB congestion, to prioritize the connection to it for class terminals
prioritized (carrying an ACB of 11 to 15). Non-priority users carry ACB of
0 to 9, assigned randomly. RRF users will wear priority ACBs.

ACC Access Control Class: USIM parameter defined by 3GPP that allows for
prioritize access to an eNodeB in case of congestion. The priority classes
are those numbered from 11 to 15. Classes 0 to 9 are non-priority and assigned from
randomly to non-priority users. Each subscriber to the RRF will be assigned
in its SIM card a non-priority ACC and a priority ACC.

Application MCX: Software installed on a user device benefiting from services

MCX. It offers the user an interface that allows access to these services provided to
disposition by an MCX server. It can be an Android application used from a
mobile or an application used from an RRF workstation. It provides functions
of administration, dispatch or communication.

MCX RRF administration application: MCX application provided under batch 2

understanding the administration features of the MCX services used on workstations
work located in command rooms. This application is not integrated into the
operational management systems of the command rooms of the user entities
RRF.

External MCX application: MCX application for which none of the elements are provided in the
framework of lot 2. It integrates a MCX client that communicates with the application server
MCX of the RRF using interfaces standardized by 3GPP.

MCX RRF application for mobiles: MCX application provided as part of lot 2 and
intended to be installed on a mobile RRF. It offers the user working in the field
an interface allowing him to access MCX communication services. It offers
also features for exploiting radio communications allowing
exploitation of communication on the ground and other features such as management
connection of accessories or geolocation.

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Application MCX RRF standalone: Application MCX provided as part of lot 2
including the operating features of group communications used on
workstations located in command rooms or stations of
mobile commands. This application is not integrated into management systems
operational management of the command rooms of the user entities of the RRF. It includes
also communication and administration features.

PCSTORM Application: The PCSTORM application is the application used by the

PCSTORM users to use the MCX services provided by the application server
PCSTORM

ARP: Allocation and Retention Priority, control and prioritization mechanism

admission defined by 3GPP that allows, in case of resource unavailability on the
network to transport new data packets, to preempt the session of
the user with the highest ARP by a user with a lower ARP; thus, the
the user's session with the highest ARP gets cut off.

Technical coherence and interoperability framework of the RRF: This document, defined by the
management of the RRF will allow to identify and specify all the elements
techniques that, once respected, enable interoperability with the RRF. This framework of
technical consistency and interoperability will rely on the Technical Specifications Document
Particularities of the present market.

RRF SIM card: the RRF SIM card is the chip card inserted in mobile phones.
RRF, on which information regarding network connections is stored
subscriber's mobiles to the RRF.
Supervision center: the RRF supervision center brings together the supervision tools
and the administration of the RRF and the RRF control room

4G key of the RRF: 4G key provided as part of lot 2, equipped with an RRF SIM card.

Client application: software element installed on a RFF mobile (RRF terminal, tablet of
RRF, qualified terminal of the RRF such as PCSTORM or NEO2) or a workstation of the RRF
allowing access to the services of the RRF.

MCX Client: Software component of an application that connects to an application server

MCX to allow this application to benefit from all or part of the MCX services. It
meets the standards defined by 3GPP. It can include an MCPTT client, a client
MCVideo, a MCData client, a GMC client, a CMC client, an IdMC client, an LMC client,
a KMC client.

Network core: designates the core network of the RRF, built on the model of a Full-
mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). This core network complies with the standards
3GPP relies mainly on an EPC (Evolved Packet Core) and an IMS system. It
subject to annex 2_4.

User community: refers to a customer community of the RRF. It is composed of

of users equipped with mobile and fixed terminals, and may have a business network, a
Business intranet and command rooms.

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700 MHz PPDR Frequency: The security networks of the Ministry of the Interior (called PPDR)
benefit from four portions of the 700 MHz band (2 portions of 3 MHz and 2 others of 5 MHz)
MHz).

Incident manager: tool provided by the holder of lot 2 to aggregate the

incident management features of all components of the RRF. For
it gathers and aggregates incident tickets from the telecom NOC, from
the administration-supervision of the management information system of the RRF, tools
of the exploitation of reference operators and internal service providers. It is
located in the control room.
Hypervisor of the RRF: tool provided by the holder of lot 2 allowing aggregation of the
supervision and administration features of all the elements making up the
RRF, especially by correlating all alarms and enabling centralized processing
of recent times. To do this, it aggregates feedback from the telecom NOC, from the administration-
supervision of lot 3, the feedback from the NOCs of the reference operators, and the feedback
internal service providers. It is also able to interact directly with
the components specific to the RRF (that is to say the components of batch 2 and batch 3).

National roaming: a service allowing a subscriber to the RRF to access roaming to a

national mobile network, other than that of a reference operator

International roaming: a service allowing a subscriber to the RRF to access roaming.

to an overseas mobile network or to a foreign mobile network.
LTE (Long-Term Evolution): LTE, also known as 4G, refers to a technology for
mobile telecommunications defined in Release 8 and subsequent ones of 3GPP, allowing
for mobile network operators to offer high-speed data services to their
subscribers.

Project management of the RRF: entity or legal person in charge of the RRF program that
is responsible for both the implementation of the RRF, the operations of the RRF and
the execution of this contract by the holders.

Transitional market of PCSTORM: refers to all contractual procedures

towards the holders of the PCSTORM framework agreement that will ensure the continuity of
benefits of the end of the various lots of the PCSTORM market in 2022 to availability
operationalization of the RRF in 2023, in particular, these steps aim to enable the
reacquisition of these assets. These steps will be conducted in 2021/2022.

Maintenance in safety condition: The maintenance in safety condition corresponds to

the set of procedures that ensure applications and systems are
kept up to date and maintain a constant level of security, adapted to the evolution of the
threat, throughout the life cycle of the RRF. It corresponds to the deployment of measures to
day and security patches.

Operational readiness: Maintaining operational readiness

corresponds to the set of procedures that allow for the maintenance and updates of applications
RRF systems, throughout their lifecycle. It corresponds to the deployment of
updates of new system versions (excluding V2 and V3).

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Priority and preemption mechanisms: ACB, ARP, and QCI mechanisms such as
defined by 3GPP.

Non-RRF mobile: smartphone or tablet not equipped with an RRF SIM card. It accesses
to the services of the RRF via the external access gateway, from the Internet or another network
interconnection.

Mobile RRF: refers to the RRF terminal, the RRF tablet, or a terminal qualified as RRF.

Direct mode: direct mode consists of direct communication from terminal to terminal.
without going through a mobile network infrastructure.

NEO: The NEO programs provide users of the national police with
National Gendarmerie of secure mobile communication tools, smartphones and
tablets, allowing access to business tools on the go.

NEO 1: refers to the first NEO market, operational during the period 2017-2020, of which the
the holder is Orange.

NEO 2: designates the new framework agreement that will be concluded for a duration of 4 years from
from its notification (scheduled for the end of 2020), which aims to replace the NEO1 market that is coming to an end
deadline.

NOC telecom: Network Operating Center, or network operation center, refers to

the set of tools provided in lot 2 for supervision and administration of
components of lot 2 and the fulfillment of other specific functions of the NOC: management
incidents, configurations, etc. A display screen is dedicated to it in the room.
control of the RRF.

Non Standalone (NSA): Family of deployment options for a 5G network. The NSA options
require the simultaneous use of 4G stations and 5G stations by the mobile.

3GPP standards: refer to the technical specifications (TS) published by 3GPP,

international cooperation between telecommunications standardization bodies. The
technical specifications are linked to successive defined versions or releases
by the 3GPP.

NSA option 3x: Refers to one of the NSA deployment options. It is based on the function
E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity EN-DC. The radio access network consists of 4G stations.
and 5G. The 4G stations handle the mobile control plane and route part of the
traffic. The 5G stations only intervene in the user plane (for the routing of the
traffic).

Reference operator: one of the two holders of lot 1. In this capacity, he ensures coverage
4G mobile network and its core network have a direct interconnection with the core.
of the RRF network. It implements the mechanisms provided for by the standards defined by the
3GPP (ACB, ARP, QCI) ensuring subscribers to the RRF a priority access to the network, a
priority of network resource allocation carrying the flows of critical services, as well as a
priority routing of packets for critical flows, tailored to requirements
(flow, deadline) of the corresponding services. Two holders are scheduled for lot 1.

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Partner mobile operator (for example: OIV): mobile operator holding a license
of broadcast in the radio spectrum, which makes use of its own access network for this purpose
radio, not open to the public, and which has entered into a partnership with the RRF allowing for
subscribers to the RRF to benefit from the radio coverage of this network.
Operators' exploitation tools: tools provided by the holders of lot 1,
allowing the feedback from the NOCs of reference operators. Screens of
visualizations are dedicated to them in the RRF control room.

Internal service providers' exploitation tools: tools provided by the

internal service providers (RIE, hosting), allowing information retrieval
the NOCs of these suppliers. Dedicated viewing screens are available for them in the room of
RRF control
Supervision and administration tools of the RRF: encompasses all tools
enabling the monitoring and administration of the RRF components, including
SIIV components, namely the administration-supervision of lot 3, the telecom NOC, the
feedback from the reference operators' NOCs, and feedback from the suppliers of
internal services and the RRF hypervisor

External partners: mobile network operator, French or foreign, with which the
The project management of the RRF has entered into an agreement allowing subscribers to use its
network to access RFF services: OIV, ESN and other critical networks
international

OIV Partner: Organism of Vital Importance, which is also a mobile operator

holder of a broadcasting license in the radio spectrum, who operates as such a
radio network owned by himself, and which has entered into a partnership with the RRF allowing for
RRF to allow subscribers to benefit from the radio coverage of this OIV.

PCSTORM: Converged Platform for Very High-Speed, Operational Services

Resilient and Mobile. Launched in 2015, the PCSTORM solution equips the forces
intervention of the national police and the national gendarmerie for a solution of
communication critique in 4G LTE.

PPDR: Public Protection & Disaster Relief, that is to say public protection and assistance.
victims of disasters. A concept that applies to the services that contribute to the missions of
safety and rescue.

QCI: the Quality of Service Class Identifiers are scalars indicating the level of quality
service associated with certain types of LTE traffic (e.g., QCI 3 for video games, QCI 70 for
the MCData, etc.). Each QCI is associated with a guaranteed or non-guaranteed bitrate, a priority of
processing, a latency time and a rate of errors in the transmitted data packet. Cf.
3GPP 23.203.

Vehicle relay: solution provided by the holder of lot 2 (annex 2-8) and embedded in
a professional vehicle, allowing to extinguish the very high-speed coverage of the permanent network
of the holders of lot 1 around the vehicle

Very high speed mobile network: a network providing, through the use of frequencies from
holder, a very high-speed mobile service. The network elements used in common
with other operators within the framework of the pooling of networks or frequencies,

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as soon as they use the frequencies of the holder to provide a very high mobile service
speed is part of the holder's very high-speed mobile network.

Radio network or radio access network (or RAN, Radio Access Network):
network operated by the holder composed of several facilities and equipment using
radio frequencies.

Tactical network PC STORM: 4G network from the PC STORM market ensuring a

local coverage and providing MCX services. This type of network can be implemented from
in an isolated manner or by being connected to the RRF data center, through the core network of
RRF and/or the MCX application server of the RRF and/or the MCX application server PC
STORM.

RRF: Future Radio Network, mobile communication system, high speed and mission
critique aimed at security and rescue services
RRF control room: physical room, equipped notably with screens, allowing
to access the telecom NOC tools, system administration-supervision
Management information of the RRF, and the consoles dedicated to reporting from the NOCs
reference operators, and the NOCs of internal service providers to the State
(host, inter-site transport of the RIE). In version 3, it allows access to the tools of
the RRF hypervisor. It is redundant on a 2andremote site. The control room of the RRF
does not understand the SOC of the RRF.

MCX application server: solution hosting all application components

allowing the centralization of all MCX communications from RRF users. It
allows connecting the MCX applications to each other. This "server" will be composed of
multiple software instances to meet the expected capabilities.

MCX PC STORM application servers: solution hosting all components

applications for centralizing all MCX communications from the market
PC STORM.

Very high-speed mobile service or very high-speed mobile access: According to ARCEP, a
very high speed mobile service or very high speed mobile access is defined as access
allowing for a theoretical maximum throughput for the same user:
At least sixty (60) Mbit/s in the downstream direction when the holder has
of a frequency range greater than or equal to ten (10) MHz duplex;
At least thirty (30) Mbit/s in the downstream direction when it has a quantity
of five (5) MHz duplex frequencies.

MCX Services (or Critical Communication Services MCX): Services of

communications critiques (Mission Critical Services) that the RRF offers to its users. They
includes MCPTT, MCVideo and MCData services, Group management, configuration
management, identity management, location management and key management.

Multimedia communication services: voice, SMS, and MMS services offered by the RRF.
They rely on IMS platforms and service platforms provided in the
lot 2 framework.

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RRF services: services accessible to RRF users. These are the services of
communications critiques MCX, multimedia communication services, and services
Secure IPs. These include secure access to business intranets, services
Intranet of the RRF, and secure access to the Internet.

Secure IP services: services that allow access to business intranets and the intranet of
RRF and the Internet. They are provided by the external access gateway.

SI-G or Management Information System of the RRF: The Management Information System
the RRF is the subject of lot 3 of the present contract. It allows for the administration of the communities
users and their beneficiaries, to manage orders for RRF offers and services of
repair, the provisioning of the services of the RRF that it aims to automate, subscriptions
RRF and their uses, the RRF equipment and the RRF mobile fleet, to report incidents.
and to process them through a customer support RRF. This is the administrative management interface between the
RRF and its clients.

Standalone (SA): deployment option for a 5G network based on a single technology

radio access (E-UTRAN or 5G NR).

RRF tablet: model of the tablet provided as part of lot 2. This tablet is equipped
of an RRF SIM card, and can support RRF application clients.

Qualified terminal of the RRF: terminal (smartphone, tablet) not provided as part of batch 2,
such as the NEO2 terminals and PC STORM. It is equipped with a SIM card from
RRF, and can support the application clients of the RRF.

Terminal RRF: smartphone model provided as part of lot 2. It is equipped with a

RRF SIM card, and can support RRF application clients.

RRF user: a person with the rights allowing them to access the services of
critique communications of RRF, and in this capacity, known from the MCX application server
RRF by an identifier. Depending on the terminal used and its connection mode, it can also
access other RRF services. From the perspective of the MCX RRF application, a
RRF user can be an administrator, dispatcher, or operational staff of the RRF.

VoLTE: acronym for Voice over LTE and refers to the main technique for
voice transport over 4G LTE mobile telephony networks.

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