Exploring the cyber challenges in critical insfrastructure and communications

The high-profile attacks that have affected critical infrastructure in recent years have served as a stern reminder of the severe negative impact of such events on businesses and communities. Critical infrastructure such as Telecommunication organisations plays an essential role in the proper function of our modern society and successful compromises of these services can result […]

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Private 4G/5G networks – high capacity & secure connectivity to remote areas

An overview of the project to expand the Private LTE Network Coverage for Rio Tinto Aluminium Weipa Bauxite mine in far North Queensland. The business drivers for the project required a significant coverage expansion of the network to be completed within 6 months before mining operational costs would be impacted. The project scope included design […]

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Ensuring High Performance of 5G networks

Modern societies worldwide depend on the performance, reliability and security of critical infrastructures and networks. There is a plethora of “new verticals” such as manufacturing, warehouse, mining, ports or other critical infrastructure, just to name a few. These “new vertical” use cases all have one common requirement: the mobile network needs to provide a superior […]

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Delivering next gen critical comms at scale: completing the transition

It is taking much longer than expected to transition from existing TETRA/P25 solutions to the next generation of mission-critical (MCPTT/MCX) services running over 3GPP LTE/5G networks. A series of key features such as full QoS, QPP, eMBMS, IWF etc. are required to replicate the full functionality of existing solutions over public, private & hybrid networks. […]

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Navigating interoperability: Bridging the gap in evolving critical comms systems

As the critical communication industry evolves with digital radio and Mission Critical Push to Talk technologies, the goal of interoperability has become a moving target.  The challenge is to combine different systems and technologies with existing infrastructure and provide end users with reliable communications and mission critical information. Is it possible to make all these […]

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Routing data in multi-bearer mobile networks

As advancements in satellite technology merge with SD-WAN and WAN bonding techniques, Big Data on mobile platforms is transforming our engagement with remote environments. The question then arises, can we envision a multi-bearer environment as mission critical service? In this exploration, we delve into the significance of emerging WAN bonding techniques with context to Satellite […]

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Accelerating Digital Transformation with Modern Networks

Digital transformation requires a strong digital core—with modern network connectivity as a critical foundation. Today’s industry leaders require a future-proof network that can support vast amounts of data and AI automation. 87% of enterprise execs say growing data demands for new AI systems have already outstripped current networks. Join Jefferson Wang, Accenture’s Global Network and […]

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Assuring Public Safety Communications: Supporting the Effort to Verify Indoor Network Performance

As more government agencies around the world consider, adopt and increasingly enforce requirements for sufficient performance of their radio networks inside buildings, there is significant focus on “best” testing requirements. Standards organizations regularly update their documents, constantly improving the requirements (NFPA  1225 and IFC 510 are examples). Following this, agencies must adopt and adapt these […]

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Stratospheric Equipment Platforms – for real this time?

On paper, High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) seem great. They promise to hold comms equipment at heights around 20 kilometres, filling the gap between terrestrial and satellite. But they seem to be perpetually “a few years away”. What’s going on? We look at HAPS development, dive into the major technical challenges and lessons learnt, and […]

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