Emergency Response & Mobility
Emergency response planning is seen as an essential requirement for enterprise and government networks. The ability to maintain data and voice connectivity in the face of emergencies, natural disasters or terrorist attacks must be part of every network manager’s planning. To ensure reliable communications for emergency response, Spacenet offers fully integrated rapid deployment solutions via satellite to support fully converged data, voice and video.
Rapid deployment communications via satellite (VSAT) enables in field personnel to be online and connected to the Internet, public telephone network, and secure private networks in a matter of minutes. These solutions are ideal for remote industrial operations such as oil rigs, mines or construction sites as well as emergency response services, mobile telemedicine, and other applications requiring frequent set-up and tear down. With a wide range of custom and off-the-shelf VSAT service packages, Spacenet can meet the operational and budgetary needs of virtually any rapid deployment customer.
Case Study
Missouri Hospital Association: Emergency Communications Networks
Requirement
The MHA, a not-for-profit membership association representing nearly 160 Missouri hospitals and health systems, was seeking a transportable and rapidly deployable satellite communications solution to support an emergency communications network for public safety. In addition, because MHA personnel are not satellite experts, it needed to have readily available satellite training to ensure complete support for their communications network before or during an emergency situation.
Solution
Spacenet provided its advanced satellite services as part of an emergency response network for MHA. The network provided high-speed satellite based links to support critical data and voice communications in the case of a disaster or wireline connectivity failure. The innovative solution is based on Spacenet’s Connexstar Performance and Broadband series and its SkyEdge VSAT platform, and supports Voice over IP (VoIP), radio backhaul, and VPN Internet access. MHA is utilizing both fixed and transportable satellite services. In addition, Spacenet provided comprehensive technical support and training for deploying and maintaining a satellite-based emergency response communications system, as well as systems integration services with the customers’ existing equipment.
Success
The advanced emergency communications network provides numerous benefits to MHA, including an easy to deploy, versatile, and scaleable transportable solution that supports all of their applications. The solution is critical for public safety measures, providing a high reliability communications system in the case of a crisis or disaster. In addition, MHA access to readily available satellite training, ensuring complete support for their communications network before or during an emergency situation.
