Expand your radio coverage to 100%
No matter how well attended to your radio network infrastructure is, if your operational area is large enough, you’re bound to have white spots. Getting to 100% coverage with radio towers is prohibitively expensive. But there is a cost-efficient alternative to boosting coverage.
Firefighting agencies face several challenges when it comes to providing dependable coverage. If the operational area they cover is large, sparsely populated areas may be outside of coverage – but still populated by taxpayers expecting the same firefighting excellence provided in the cities. Improving your fire department’s coverage to support situational awareness in emergencies can be achieved in different ways. In this paper we examine the different options, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses.
The struggle for coverage
Whether you are technically or financially responsible for radio coverage of an operational area, you’ll know that achieving and maintaining coverage is a struggle. Subterranean cables corrode with age or get accidentally severed in road works. Radio towers are vulnerable to everything from falling tree branches to fires and hurricanes. Maintenance costs keep rising. And if your operational area is sparsely populated, the cost of getting coverage to the last corners of your map can be dizzying – making it a real pain if you’re required by law or KPIs to provide coverage. At the same time, the demand for increased data capabilities increases the pressure – and the need to balance what is possible against what is feasible.
Your link for resilient and unified field communication
With PRISM PTT+, Cobham Satcom offers a unique solution to getting to 100% coverage without breaking the bank. Our technology collects and utilizes radio (LMR/DMR), LTE networks and satellite to connect essential personnel and equipment to a unified, redundant, IP-based, critical communications ecosystem. PRISM PTT+ seamlessly extends LMR coverage and capacity from line-of-sight to beyond-line-of-sight so that workers can enjoy the safety and operational benefits of voice and data communication coverage in areas where they would previously have been off-grid. The solution eliminates white spots completely, and provides global coverage, independent of frequencies, licensing, and availability of radio infrastructure – and all without investing in new infrastructure.
Global coverage – no more white spots
PRISM PTT+ enables radios out of coverage to transmit digital voice and data over already existing LTE networks, with satellite as a fallback solution. Constantly scanning available networks for the best possible connection, the multi-bearer solution routes voice and data messages seamlessly. This allows field users to operate freely, maintaining exactly the same communications capabilities across your operational area.
Hang on to your hardware
Gradual switch-over
Seamless switching
No changes required
Integrated with existing radio solution
With voice protocol optimised for satellite and poor link conditions at the edge of radio coverage, PRISM PTT+ expands your existing radio solution for reliable coverage anywhere. It interconnects seamlessly with any LMR system transforming your existing portable and in-vehicle VHF/UHF devices to beyond line-of-sight. Reliability is high and roll-out is simple, with a staged, ‘one radio at a time’ process developed to ensure simplicity and redundancy.
Expand coverage and capacity
With voice protocol optimised for satellite and poor link conditions at the edge of radio coverage, PRISM PTT+ expands your existing radio solution for reliable coverage anywhere. It interconnects seamlessly with any LMR system transforming your existing portable and in-vehicle VHF/UHF devices to beyond line-of-sight. Reliability is high and roll-out is simple, with a staged, ‘one radio at a time’ process developed to ensure simplicity and redundancy.
Fully operational as stand-alone solution
PRISM PTT+ can also be deployed as a fully operational, stand-alone, radio over IP solution, delivering complete coverage and full data capabilities from day one.
Satellite communication as fallback is more accessible, more price friendly, and more flexible than ever before.
Our digital communication solutions reduce your capital expense and operational expense significantly.
A sound investment. Augmenting your radio setup with a Cobham Satcom solution brings significant savings.