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This satellite
network is based on the HNS ISBN VSAT platform coupled
with a business video system using a Motorola encoder
and IRDs.
The company used the SDI broadcast
master control equipment and systems to reach locations
in Canada, Mexico, and USA, including Alaska, Hawaii,
and the Caribbean.
This
multi-transponder satellite network has served data and
video applications and provided a corporate-wide
distance learning system since the original network roll
out 1996. For the life of the network, system
maintenance has been conducted rigorously from the power
systems, the antennas and the antenna control systems,
to the very test equipment used to monitor the
operation.
All OutRoute
carriers uplinked to the same transponder. The video
system occupied a second transponder. While the InRoutes
were occasionally uplinked on additional space segment
there was sufficient RFT equipment on hand to manage the
downlink connectivity while maintaining full redundancy.
At its peak,
the company reached approximately 7,000 remote sites in
North America via the network. The network at maximum
deployment included three ISBN NetGroups with 23
InRoutes.
After reaching its maximum configuration, and
as the data traffic load transitioned to high speed
terrestrial alternatives, the network compressed to two
ISBN NetGroups and then eventually down to one.
As each
Netgroup was retired, all operational hardware was
tested and set aside as spares. All equipment has been maintained and retained with the exception of those
components that failed in such a way that repair was not
practical. All retained equipment was tested and
certified operational prior to repackaging in
preparation for resale.
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