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Solve Radio Coverage Gaps

Get complete coverage for your land mobile radios with integrated RoIP solutions.

HOW DOES ROIP FILL RADIO COVERAGE GAPS?

What are the gaps in your radio coverage costing you?

You may be able to calculate the costs of inefficiencies and delayed updates in dollars and cents. Or you may be facing more ambiguous costs like morale and retention problems, lost funding, and injuries due to safety concerns.

The good news is that these coverage gaps can be filled in without overhauling your radio system or replacing your LMR infrastructure.

Whether you’re working in…

  • Remote areas beyond the reach of RF networks
  • Disaster zones where storm damage leads to outages
  • Urban spaces where buildings and other obstructions create dead spots

…the solution is simple: Radio over IP (RoIP).

RoIP provides reliable real-time comms no matter where you go by harnessing the power of IP networks.

With Skymira’s RoIP solutions, you can use your existing radios over LTE, FirstNet, satellite, or any public or private internet network(s) you choose. This means your radios will work anytime anywhere.

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REMOTE AREAS

RANGE AND RELIABILITY
Remote areas pose a challenge to radio networks with vast expanses and rugged conditions. Low population density makes it impractical to put up more radio towers. This leaves large areas without enough comms infrastructure.

Satellite RoIP provides an efficient, cost-effective solution for comms in remote areas. With worldwide satellite coverage, flat-rate pricing, and highly secure connections, satellite RoIP keeps land mobile radios (LMRs) connected in deserts, forests, prairies, mountains, and other remote regions.

Many of Skymira’s customers operate in these challenging environments. From federal government agents operating along the border to utility line workers and oil field engineers, they faced the challenge of working without access to real-time comms and updates. Now Skymira’s RoIP solutions provide secure, reliable coverage they can count on. They have the peace of mind they deserve knowing their radios will work wherever they go.

DISASTER ZONES & OUTAGES

Hurricanes and other disasters often create communications outages. Radio networks are especially vulnerable. Storms and attacks frequently damage towers leaving entire counties without critical communications when they’re needed most. Rescue and relief efforts are hampered and lives and property are lost because of the lack of communications.

With satellite RoIP, radio communications carry on as usual despite disasters and outages. Instead of relying on terrestrial infrastructure that is vulnerable to storms and other incidents, satellite RoIP provides disaster-proof coverage you can count on.

With Skymira’s RoIP systems, you can use satellite networks on a regular basis or simply switch over when other networks are unavailable. It’s like an insurance policy you use every day. RoIP solutions fix existing coverage gaps while preparing and hardening your network against potential outages.

INTEROPERABILITY
INTEROPERABILITY
Hurricanes and other disasters often create communications outages. Radio networks are especially vulnerable. Storms and attacks frequently damage towers leaving entire counties without critical communications when they’re needed most. Rescue and relief efforts are hampered and lives and property are lost because of the lack of communications.

With satellite RoIP, radio communications carry on as usual despite disasters and outages. Instead of relying on terrestrial infrastructure that is vulnerable to storms and other incidents, satellite RoIP provides disaster-proof coverage you can count on.

With Skymira’s RoIP systems, you can use satellite networks on a regular basis or simply switch over when other networks are unavailable. It’s like an insurance policy you use every day. RoIP solutions fix existing coverage gaps while preparing and hardening your network against potential outages.

INTEROPERABILITY FOR DISASTER RESPONSE

FLEXIBILITY

Disaster relief efforts often see many unaffiliated agencies and organizations working together. This can create interoperability challenges.

While creating reliable radio coverage, Skymira’s solutions also provide seamless interoperability across bands, manufacturers, and encryption protocols/standards to allow smooth cross-agency cooperation.

URBAN SPACES

Urban environment with dense architecture and crowded spaces are a particular challenge for two-way radio users. Because radio signals have a short range and are easily blocked, tall buildings and other obstructions often block radio transmissions. This leads to dead spots where officers can’t be tracked or call for backup.

Radio over IP (RoIP) provides an ideal solution for urban two-way radio communications by harnessing the power of available internet networks. Allowing radios to communicate over

  • LTE,
  • FirstNet,
  • WiFi,
  • satellite,
  • fiber, and/or
  • other public or private IP networks
  • provides the coverage and range needed in urban spaces.

Harnessing the power of available networks allows push-to-talk (PTT) radios to work in the shadow of tall buildings and other densely crowded areas.

SCALABILITY
SCALABILITY
Urban environment with dense architecture and crowded spaces are a particular challenge for two-way radio users. Because radio signals have a short range and are easily blocked, tall buildings and other obstructions often block radio transmissions. This leads to dead spots where officers can’t be tracked or call for backup.

Radio over IP (RoIP) provides an ideal solution for urban two-way radio communications by harnessing the power of available internet networks. Allowing radios to communicate over

  • LTE,
  • FirstNet,
  • WiFi,
  • satellite,
  • fiber, and/or
  • other public or private IP networks
  • provides the coverage and range needed in urban spaces.

Harnessing the power of available networks allows push-to-talk (PTT) radios to work in the shadow of tall buildings and other densely crowded areas.

INSIDE LARGE BUILDINGS

REMOTE PTT
Providing coverage inside large buildings is also a perennial problem for LMR users. RF (radio frequency) signals often don’t make it back to radio towers outside. This leaves officers, firefighters, and others vulnerable.

The same RoIP gateways that allow radios to use IP networks also serve as repeaters. These gateways allows radio transmissions to be reliably sent and received from inside large buildings, warehouses, and manufacturing facilities. When strategically placed on site, RoIP gateways serve a dual purpose providing radio network flexibility to fill in dead spots and provide in-building coverage.

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