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NEXEDGE® KENWOOD DIGITAL SYSTEMS

Intelligible Superior Audio Quality

Reliable Fault Tolerant by Design

Flexible Easy Configuration Changes

Scalable Expands to Meet Your Requirements

Manageable Fleet Management at Your Fingertips

Durable Engineered to Meet Stringent Military Specifications

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Intelligible
NEXEDGE® uses the AMBE+2™ VOCODER, a state-of-the-art
voice digitalization and compression technology offering
enhanced Forward Error Correction (FEC) and noise reduction
for superior clarity at varying signal strengths in all digital
call features.

Advanced Digital Processing Digital VOCODER

A key element of the NXDN® air interface is the AMBE+2™ vocoder
which digitizes speech while retaining natural voice nuances, performs
noise reduction, introduces FEC and compresses voice data to accommodate
land mobile radio spectrum bandwidth and data rates. Next, the radio's
digital signal processor (DSP) protocol packages the vocoder, signaling,
control, and FEC data together, converting it to a uniquely filtered 4-Level
FSK digital waveform that modulates the transmitter. This results in a low
bit-error-rate (BER) digital air interface so you get robust communications
even in weak signal strength areas.

Superior Clarity in Extended Coverage Coverage differences in fringe areas

As RF signal strength weakens with distance, analog reception becomes
increasingly noisy and intermittent. NXDN®’s low BER improves reception
in fringe areas, thereby “effectively” increasing coverage as much as
twenty percent over analog.

Digital Call Features

All NEXEDGE® units support common call features in both digital
conventional and trunked modes.

• All Group Call A selectable All Call Group ID (GID) calls all talk groups on
the system for facility wide announcements, emergencies and critical incidents.
• Paging Call Up to five UID unit-to-unit pages are dated, time stamped and
stored for recall and review. This is useful for unattended radio messages and
non-voice selective paging operations.
• Emergency Call Subscriber units can declare an Emergency to a console, an
individual, a group or all groups. This signal can be triggered by manual key,
a footswitch (mobiles) or Man-Down Switch (portables).

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Reliable
NEXEDGE® systems use the NXDN® digital air interface, a suite of
digital communications protocols using 4-Level FSK (4LFSK)
modulation capable of operating in 12.5 kHz and 6.25 kHz bandwidths.
NEXEDGE® voice security enhances personnel safety, reduces risk
and thwarts possible information breaches by protecting sensitive
communications for your facilities and operations.

Rock Solid Stability NXDN® 12.5 & 6.25 kHz

NXDN® is capable of both 12.5 kHz and 6.25 kHz bandwidth channel
operation to ensure rock-steady frequency stability, exceeding all regulatory
and emissions mask requirements in all bands. NEXEDGE® systems do
not drift and cause adjacent channel interference issues in properly
coordinated spectrum.

Channelize
NXDN® equipment will program on any channel center or offset (2.5,
3.125, 5, 6.25, 7.5 kHz PLL channel steps) providing more potential to
find frequencies which is important where narrower channel migration
is being forced or there is a need to maximize use of geographical
licenses and use split-channels where permitted. Secure Voice

Voice & Data Security

Top Secret KWD-AE21
The NXDN® digital air interface offers inherent security against casual User: Government AES Encryption
electronic eavesdropping, and subscriber units also include the NXDN®
15 bit key scrambling function for secure voice & data. IP links are further KWD-DE21
secured through VPN tunneling to authenticate and encrypt all inter-site Top Secret DES Encryption
User: Public Safety
communication. Kenwood offers AES & DES encryption option modules
for government-grade security against more sophisticated adversaries.
These modules have a unique embedded crypto-ESN which will erase its Confidential
User: Industrial NEXEDGE®
encryption keys (zero-ize) if an attempt is made to place it in any other
Scrambler
radio unit. In addition, if greater than 15 radio-password attempts are NXDN® Digital Scrambler
made, the module’s encryption keys are also erased, preserving the fleet’s Unclassified
User: Commercial
current secure voice integrity.

User Validation
All NEXEDGE® system configurations validate unit and group IDs for subscriber access. Commercial and private operators can easily activate
& deactivate subscriber units via remote programming or system management software. This is ideal for organizations with frequent
personnel changes, so radios can be used by contractors, vendors and seasonal/temp workers.

ESN Radio Validation

Each NEXEDGE® subscriber radio has a unique and unchangeable factory embedded Electronic Serial Number (ESN) that can be validated
for trunked system access. In the event a radio is lost, stolen or compromised, disabling the ESN will deny access while all other radios
continue to communicate in their talk groups without disruption. The operator’s original ID numbering system is preserved because only
one subscriber unit is disabled and not one or more talk groups shared by many users.

Radio Password Protection

Each radio can have a required password to authorize operation, thus adding an extra level of security against unsanctioned radio use.

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Flexible
NEXEDGE® supports both NXDN® digital and analog
modes via a common transceiver technology, which creates
a self-paced migration path to accommodate budgetary,
administrative, organization and time line demands.

Conventional Mixed Mode

Current analog and NXDN® digital fleets can share the same frequency in conventional Mixed Mode, providing service to aging analog
fleet radios as new digital radios are deployed. NEXEDGE® radios, capable of both conventional analog and digital operation, can talk to
both old and new radios. The Mixed Mode operation is available in base, repeat and direct modes in the following bandwidth combinations:
25 or 12.5 kHz analog with 12.5 or 6.25 kHz NXDN®.

Trunked Channel Shared Mode

NEXEDGE® trunked system traffic channels can be shared with existing external analog conventional or analog trunked logic controllers,
extending service to analog fleets as they transition to NXDN® trunking.

Telephone Interconnect System Telephone Interconnect System

The Interconnect Adapter (KTI-4), connected to a NEXEDGE Trunked ®

System, converts analog telephone voice into digital and enables

communication between a telephone and a radio. It connects to
PABX/PSTN through analog telephone patch equipment like Zetron
Model 30.

OAA: Over-The-Air-Alias
A calling unit’s User ID (UID) alphanumeric alias is sent over the air and
displayed on the receiving unit’s LCD, so there is no need to program
every fleet alias in every radio.

OTAP: Over-The-Air-Programming NEXEDGE® OTAP (KPG-150AP)

The NEXEDGE® OTAP Manager software (KPG-150AP) provides wireless
programming for subscriber units in the field. Over-the-air changes to
large fleets will save thousands in extensive travel, labor and fuel costs as
well as in lost productivity caused by radio downtime.

• Programs Subscribers Over-the-Air

• Full & Partial Programming
• OTAP Session Scheduling
• Auto Retries & Pass / Fail Logging
• Fail Safe
• Works with all NEXEDGE® Subscribers
• Adds savings for operators and customers.
• OTAP uses a digital frequency channel

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Scalable
NEXEDGE® is configurable in traditional conventional, conventional
IP networks and trunked networks. Many modes are
either included or available as software license upgrades.
NEXEDGE® digital modes employ common feature sets and
functions and are continually upgraded.

Conventional System Digital Conventional Systems

NEXEDGE® conventional systems offer capabilities beyond analog
conventional systems. With large unit ID and talk group ID capacity,
users can identify and segment different departmental/agency
groups and sub-groups on shared channels. Mixed Mode allows
service to both analog and digital fleets at the same time.

• RAN (Radio Access Number) base units include a 16 RAN capacity

conventional repeater controller for 16 user group site sharing (RAN
range: 1-64, this is similar to CTCSS/DCS use in FM).
• 1,000 GIDs Large talk group ID capacity for group selective calling.
• 1,000 UIDs Large unit ID capacity for individual selective calling.
• Mixed Channel Type FM & NXDN® conventional units can share
the same RF channel. Both subscriber units and bases demodulate
incoming analog FM or NXDN® digital calls and talkback or repeat the
same mode.
Conventional IP Network

Digital Conventional IP Networks

NEXEDGE® Conventional IP Networks offer wide area coverage or
coverage fill-in extensions.

• 16 or 48 Site* Configurations NEXEDGE® Conventional IP links

up to 16 or 48 digital conventional repeaters into one system for wide
area coverage or coverage fill-in extensions.
• Beacon Signals As users roam throughout the network, the subscriber
units use the beacon signals to choose the best repeater for communications.
• Normal or Automatic Site Roam (per Zone) Subscriber zones
can be programmed for “Normal Channel Select,” for traditional
Voting Receiver System conventional operation, and/or “Automatic Site Roam,” which allows
subscribers to scan for site beacon signals to lock on to in order to make
or receive network calls.
• Receiver Voting Voting systems extend the portable talk-in range
of a NXR-710/810 conventional repeater by utilizing a constellation of
satellite receivers linked to the repeater site. Portable signal strength
data (RSSI) is sent via IP link to the repeater site which compares and
selects the receiver site with the best audio quality for re-transmission.

* Version 2.0 or later and certain routing type required [16 (unicast);
48 (multicast)] for maximum number of repeaters per network.

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 Digital Trunked Systems
NEXEDGE® trunked mode provides increased call capacity, enhanced Trunked System
call capabilities, improved security and faster communications with
less user interaction than conventional systems.

• Fast System Access Channels selection is automatic so no user

monitoring is required.
• Enhanced Efficiency Enhanced Efficiency Users share a pool of
channels per site, enabling easier access during peak hours.
• 30 Channels per Site NEXEDGE® trunked sites are capable of up to
30 channels each, making them capable of any VHF/UHF/800/900 MHz
trunked site requirement.
• Message Trunking Users are granted a traffic channel for the
length of a two-way call to reduce interruptions by utilizing less system
resources.
• Transmission Trunking Users are granted a traffic channel only
during each push-to-talk, optimizing channel resources during peak
traffic hours.
• 3,000 GIDs Large talk group capacity for fleet dispatch operations.
• 3,000 UIDs Large Unit ID capacity for private unit-to-unit calling. • Broadcast Call Calls all fleets or all units in a fleet in emergencies
• Call Queuing Automatically stacks call requests when the system is and for critical incident response.
busy and processes calls when a channel becomes available. • Remote Group Add Adds a new GID to subscriber units remotely
• 8 Priority Levels with Preemption Processes the call queue in over-the-air to form a workgroup for emergencies, special events,
order of priority. Preemption allocates a talk path for priority personnel, special operations or critical incidents.
dispatch and emergency calls. • Failsoft Mode When trunking capability is disabled, the system reverts
• 4 Priority Monitor ID's Automatically switches radios to a higher to conventional operation so basic communications can continue.
priority call, such as from a dispatcher or supervisor, even when the user • ESN Validation Each subscriber unit has a unique factory embedded
is on a lower priority call. ESN validated by the system to protect against unauthorized access.
• Late Entry Permits subscriber units to join a group or individual call • Control/Traffic Channel Switching Designates a Traffic Channel
already in progress after powering on or upon entering the system as a new Control Channel should the original become disabled. Disabled
coverage area. Traffic Channels are automatically removed from service.

Digital Trunked Wide Area IP Networks

The network option leverages the power of IP to link NEXEDGE®
digital trunked sites for wide area roaming and calling capabilities.
Trunked Wide Area IP Network
• 16 or 48 Site* Network Multiple trunked sites can be linked
together in one network across a campus, city, county, region or for
provincial communications.
• LAN/WAN Connectivity Scalable networks can be created over
existing IT assets, private microwave, spread-spectrum links or carrier
services using standard 10/100 Base-T Ethernet switches and routers.
IPSEC VPN tunneling provides encryption and authentication for secure
communications links within any IP network.
• 60,000 GID's & 60,000 UID's per Network Large subscriber
capacity for shared networks and large fleets.
• Automatic Roaming Subscriber units automatically search for the
best accessible sites while moving throughout a network using
advanced control channel hunting algorithms and RF signal strength
(RSSI) monitoring to make accurate and resource-sensitive roaming and
registration decisions.

* Version 2.0 or later and certain routing type required [16 (unicast);
48 (multicast)] for maximum number of repeaters per network.

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Manageable
NEXEDGE® Application Software and Dispatch system effectively
and efficiently manage your fleet.

Centralized System Management

The NEXEDGE® System Manager (KPG-110SM) for NXDN® trunked sites and networks reduces operation and maintenance costs with
remote programming, firmware uploading, subscriber unit access management, monitoring and diagnostic capabilities, all from a secure
Windows® based application via on-site direct connection, IP connection or dial up modem.

• Secure Access USB secure hardware keys limit System Manager and • Real-Time Activity Monitoring All sites traffic can be monitored
site access to authorized personnel only. real time for management and troubleshooting purposes.
• System Parameters Operators are provided with full site and • Call Logs Operators can download detailed call activity of any channel,
network configuration control by remote connection. Sites can be site, individual or group for traffic, security and incident analysis.
accessed directly on-site or through dial up modem or IP connection. • Channel Loading Graphs peak usage and blocking statistics to identify
• Subscriber Privileging UID/GID validation, 127 UID/127GID possible system traffic / capacity issues.
Class-of-Service entries and 5,000 Fleet UID/GID lists permit operators to • NXR Diagnostics Operators can remotely monitor each NXR unit's
grant certain access privileges, call types, inter-site call capabilities and hardware and Ethernet network interface to identify possible problems
queue priority for any groups and/or individuals on a system. at any site.
• NXR Firmware Uploading Operators can remotely update
operational firmware in all NXR units without having to drive to a site.

Repeater Monitor KPG-149RM

The KPG-149RM application enables around-the-clock remote IP
monitoring of all repeaters on an NXDN® single-site or multi-site trunked
network and on NXDN® conventional IP networks. This software alerts
supervisors and technical personnel of systemic problems or failures of
any repeater at any site. Also, the KPG-149RM can be set to sound a PC
alarm and send multiple emails or SMS text messages upon receiving an
alert, with all events recorded in a log file.

• Repeater Diagnostics Via IP

• WAV File Alarms
• Email/SMS Alert Notifications
• Log File Download
• Single-Site Trunked & Multi-site Networks
• Conventional & Conventional IP
• Network Link Notification When a trunked network IP link is
disrupted, the site reverts to single site trunked operation and can broadcast
a network link message over the air and sound an alert tone to a system
operator’s and on-call technician’s radios.

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 NEXEDGE® AVL & Messaging KAS-10
Kenwood’s KAS-10 dispatch application easily integrates with a
NEXEDGE® control station radio for operation on all system types
or as a virtual PC radio via an IP connection to a NEXEDGE® trunked
radio system or network. The voice/messaging and AVL functions
run independently.

• 999 Mobile ID Capacity

• NEXEDGE® Conventional & Trunked Systems
• Analog Conventional & LTR® Systems
• Microsoft® MapPoint® 2006/2009/2010/2011 Mapping
• Google Earth™ Maps (KML Output)
• NEXEDGE® VoIP Dispatch
• 100 Group Scan with 4 Priority Monitor ID's
• NXDN® Voice Scrambling
• Dispatch Console Window

NEXEDGE® Dispatch Kenwood’s Dispatch System

Kenwood’s NEXEDGE Dispatch System is a pure end-to-end,
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IP-based telecommunications console system designed for medium

to large business or industrial applications.

• IP Gateway Connection to NEXEDGE® Trunked Repeater

Group, Individual, Emergency, Status, Encryption
• Analog/NEXEDGE® Conventional Radio Gateway
• Patching at Dispatch Console
• Network Redundancy & Hot Standby Provide 99.999%
Availability
• System-Wide Aux I/O
• Supports Distributed Console System Design

Wireless Image System

Wireless Image System
This innovative system consists of a monitor station (KVT-11) and a
base station (KAS-11), linked via NEXEDGE® digital transceivers.
Still images are transmitted from the remote site to the base station
computer, which serves as the control center. Several sites can be
monitored simultaneously.

• Remote Wireless Camera

• Base Monitoring / Image Viewer
• NEXEDGE® System Compatible
• 900KB VGA-Res Color or B&W Images
• MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Video Compression
• Transfers in 1.5 Minutes or Less

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Durable
NEXEDGE® Repeaters and Base Stations are designed for the
demands of public safety, utilities and other heavy industrial
applications where continuous duty operation is required.
NEXEDGE® Portables and Mobiles have the power and performance
to surpass the toughest job requirements, due to our long-standing
commitment to quality construction and a tough platform design that
is compliant with MIL-810 and IP-54/55 weather-proofing.

NEXEDGE® VHF/UHF/800/900 MHZ Digital & FM Base Units The NXR-700/800/900/901 repeater / base units offer full NEXEDGE®
NXR-700/800/900/901 capabilities including analog and digital conventional, conventional
networking, trunking and multi-site trunked network capabilities. Like
other Kenwood repeaters, this platform offers superior transmit and
receive performance in a low profile 1RU design saving valuable site space
for power amplifiers, power supplies, site monitoring and management
equipment.

• VHF (136-154, 146-174 MHz) 5-25W

• UHF (400-430, 450-480) 5-25W
• 800 (RX: 806-825, TX: 851-870 MHz) 360mW
• 900 (RX: 896-902, TX: 935-941 MHz) 360mW

NEXEDGE® VHF/UHF Digital & FM Base Units The NXR-710/810 repeater / base units offer analog and digital conventional
NXR-710/810 capabilities and are ideal for small and medium size systems, with no
compromise on performance, reliability or value. As with all NEXEDGE®
repeaters, the NXR-710/810 provides a built-in analog-to-digital migration
path. More advanced options and capabilities are planned for the
NXR-710/810 in the future.

• VHF (136–174 MHz) 50W

• UHF (400–470 MHz) 40W

Repeater & Base Optional Units IP Network Connector for NXR-710/810 Series
The Conventional IP Network feature is available for NXR-710/810 repeaters
with the Network Interface Unit KTI-3.

Telephone Interface Adapter for NXR-700/800/900/901 Series

The KTI-4 Telephone Interconnect Adapter adds telephone system
KTI-3
Network Interface Unit connectivity to the NXR-700/800/900/901 based trunking system with an
analog telephone patch, such as the Zetron M30 or others. It is ideal for
customers with intentions to enhance the flexibility of their networks by
connecting their trunking system to a telephone line.
KTI-4
Telephone Interconnect Adapter

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NEXEDGE® VHF/UHF/800/900 MHz Digital & FM Mobile Units The sleekly designed NX-700/800/900/901 radios allow you to take full
NX-700/800/900/901 advantage of both digital and analog operating modes. Mobile users will
appreciate the large dot-matrix LCD, intuitive controls and multi-scan
capabilities.

• VHF (136-174 MHz) 30/50W

• UHF (400-470 MHz) 30/45W
• 800 (806-870 MHz) 15W
• 900 (896-941 MHz) 15W

Mobile & Base Optional Units Image Encoder for NX-700/800/900/901 Mobile Radio Series
The KVT-11 Image Encoder captures still images from a camera,
compresses each original image and sends it via NEXEDGE® Digital Radio
link to the base station. The KAS-11 Image Viewer software is required to
KVT-11 view the image.
Encoder Unit

NEXEDGE® VHF/UHF Digital & FM Portable Units The NX-200/300 radios are compact and fully equipped for both digital
NX-200/300 and analog operating modes. The clear backlit display and user friendly
controls enhance operating ease, while the rugged MIL-STD construction
ensures all-weather reliability.

• VHF (136-174 MHz) 5W

• UHF (400-470 MHz) 5W
• Class I, Division 1, Groups A, B, C and D; Class II, Division 1,
Groups E, F and G; Class III, Division 1; Class I, Division 2,
Groups A, B, C and D
NEXEDGE® VHF/800/900 MHz Digital & FM Portable Units For users desiring a larger keypad for frequent selective paging, phone
NX-210/410/411 interconnect, dispatch centre signaling or remote control signaling, the
NX-210/410/411 offers a rugged platform with the same display as the
NX-200/300 in a larger unit.

• VHF (136-174 MHz) 5W

• 800 (806-870 MHz) 3.0W
• 900 (896-941 MHz) 2.5W
• Class I, Division 1, Groups A, B, C and D; Class II, Division 1,
Groups E, F and G; Class III, Division 1; Class I, Division 2,
Groups A, B, C and D

NEXEDGE® VHF/UHF Digital & FM Portable Units The NX-220/320 is a full ten percent smaller than prior models, retaining
NX-220/320 the ultra rugged features including compliance with MIL-STD 810 and
IP54/55 protocols while offering the flexibility of a non-display model for
those users who do not need to display talk groups or channels.

• VHF (136-174 MHz) 5W

• UHF (400-470 MHz) 5W

NEXEDGE® Software Packages

Operating Style Conventional IP Conventional Trunked

NXR-700/800/900/901 Repeater KPG-109D KPG-109D KPG-109D
NX-200/300 / NX-210/410/411 Portable KPG-111D KPG-111D KPG-111D
KPG-110SM
NX-700/800/900/901 Mobile KPG-111D KPG-111D KPG-111D
NX-220/320 Portable KPG-141D KPG-141D KPG-141D
NXR-710/810 Repeater KPG-129D KPG-129D (KTI-3 Required) N/A

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Specifications are subject to change without notice, due to advancements in technology.

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