Transcript Why Wireless & Satellite Communications are an essential

Disaster Planning Seminar and WorkShop
Why Wireless & Satellite
Communications are an essential Tool
for Emergency Management & Disaster
Recovery
Bernardo Schneiderman
President
Telematics Business Consultants
&
GVF BD Liaison
TBC
January 23-26, 2007• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Why Wireless & Satellite Communications are an
essential Tool for Emergency Management &
Disaster Recovery
AGENDA
- Why Wireless & Satellite are essential tool
- Getting the Solution
- Procuring Bandwith, Integration & Other
Services
- Advance Planning is Key
January 23-26, 2007• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Why Wireless & Satellite are an essential tool
- Wireless Integrate with Satellite communications
network is not dependant on terrestrial
infrastructure.
- Main repeaters sending and receiving signals (the
satellite spacecraft) are located outside the Earth’s
atmosphere.
- Two Kinds of Satcom Available
-Geostationary (GEO) and Low Earth Orbit
(LEO)
- 300 GEO Satellites in operation globally
- 4 LEO Operators Globally and Regionally
January 23-26, 2007• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Getting the Wireless & Satellite Solution
Satellite & Wireless can provide narrowband and
broadband IP communications (Internet, data, video, or
voice over IP)
Portable
VSAT
Terminal
WIFI
Gateway or Hub
Antenna
IP Fixed
Terminal
Satphone
Handheld
Terminal
LAN Switch
Maritime VSAT
Terminal
Transportable
VSAT
Terminal
January 23-26, 2007• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
GMPCS
OPERATORS
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Inmarsat
Globalstar
Iridium
Thuraya
Globalstar
Iridium
Thuraya
handset
handset
handset
January 23-26, 2007• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
FSS - Flyaways & Moto VSAT
Back Pack
Manual
Motorized
On the move
Trailer
January 23-26, 2007• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Getting the Wireless & Satellite Solution
FSS - VSAT
WIFI Coverage
January 23-26, 2007• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Procuring Bandwith, Integration & Other Services
- Regional and national satellite carriers providing fixed and
portable services are located in: Europe, North America, Latin
America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Oceania.
- Several operators of systems providing service to handheld
satellite phones and pagers are located globally
- For portable and fixed VSAT services it is possible to either
contact the satellite companies themselves, or work through one of
the wide range of network integrators providing end-to-end
communications
January 23-26, 2007• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Advance Planning is Key
Planning to meet the recovery efforts needed for
natural or other disasters thus must include
advance purchases of equipment and service
contracts for relief workers and others.
- Have Satellite Telephones in Stock
- Have Mobile and Transportable VSAT
terminals & Wireless WIFI system available
January 23-26, 2007• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Advance Planning is Key
To optimize satellite & Wireless solutions for your organization’s
requirements, information may be needed on how to:
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Ascertain whether satellite does indeed fit your application(s)
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Design a satellite network optimized to your requirement(s)
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Develop a business plan to sustain the network
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Procure a competitively-priced satellite network
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Deploy, maintain, operate and potentially grow the network
January 23-26, 2007• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Emergency Access to a Global Industry
• Send Inquiry to [email protected]
• GVF Will Post It, Either:
– As Emergency Notice or
– In Monthly ‘GVF Executive Briefing’
• Industry Will Respond Directly (or Indirectly)
– Fast
– Simple
– Assures Most Competitive Pricing
– Provided by GVF as Complimentary Service
January 23-26, 2007• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Capacity Building for Humanitarian,Aid &
Disaster Recovery Operations
• GVF Is Providing the UN, NGOs & Other
Disaster Recovery Organizations with the Skills
Needed to:
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Apply Satcom Fundamentals
Plan Networks
Training in Satellite Installation
Procure Systems & Services
Install Satcom Networks
January 23-26, 2007• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
TBC
&
GVF
could
help
in
MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
your
planning
and
BERNARDO SCHNEIDERMAN
procurement
stage
[email protected]
TEL: +1-949-552-6871
WWW.GVF.ORG
WWW.TBC-TELEMATICS.COM
TBC
January 23-26, 2007• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida