Digital Public Safety Radio Communication

Big events such as the World Cup and the Olympics bring international respons- abilities to the country hosting them. Investments have been made in infrastructure in general. Public safety radio communications is a special area that requires studies, resource, adequacy to international standards, and integration between new and current systems. This article is a measurement exercise test that partially compares the performance of APCO, TETRA and TETRAPOL standards used in public safety. The main objective of this exercise was to con- tribute to the Federal Government providing additional guidelines for choosing the system to be deployed in these big events.