Challenges Faced

Massive and hectic, a seaport is a place where many different businesses and operations converge. The amount of traffic in a typical port can put a strain on most communication networks. The need for real-time connectivity for mobile machineries and the indoor or outdoor roaming of handheld devices is a key factor that contributes to the strain. In addition, the harsh environment can prove to be quite disruptive to any networks too.

Hostile RF Environments

High RF signal interference and noise floor can be detected at ports. Furthermore, container stacks can create extensive RF multi-path issues.

Coverage is Required Site-wide

The constantly changing landscape results in unpredictable coverage problems. Also, the combination of quay cranes, containers and other machineries can create RF canyons.

Deployment Complexities

Often, non line-of-sight connection performance varies as containers are stacked irregularly and moved. Coupled with the need for connectivity for a large number of machines and devices located dockside, deployment is a major headache for the port industry.

Motorola’s Port of Entry

Part of Motorola’s comprehensive portfolio of wireless solutions, Mesh Wide Area Networks with our proprietary Mobility Enabled Access (MEA) technology always deliver top notch connectivity solutions that can overcome interference and multi-path issues.

Mesh Wide Area Networks allow real-time monitoring of equipment diagnostics, which in turn enables proactive troubleshooting, minimizing repairs and downtime.

Port operators and its suppliers can use our wireless technology to communicate real-time operational information resulting in the ability to deliver containers quicker.

Our mesh networks extends the video surveillance of port operations and the ability to monitor, track and identify materials in real time. Overall efficiency of the port can also increase as Motorola enables unmanned container transport vehicles to operate via remote control to move containers 24/7, resulting in smoother flowing logistics.

Have The Best of Both Worlds

Choose between the Mesh Wide Area Networks industrial strength Mobility Enabled Access (MEA) solution, designed to perform in high interference mobile environments or WiFi 802.11b/g, a higher throughput standards-based system where users access networks through ubiquitous WiFi client devices.