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Objectives
The SC1000 Field Terminal project has the objective to improve the satellite based narrowband data services for mobile and static applications. By addressing both the high-end and the medium-end trucks market, a new terminal is built with lower power consumption, full remote configuration and monitoring capabilities, L- and S-band support and new features (e.g. the fast after theft position notification). The base station and the “over the air protocols” are also redesigned to support the new SC1000 terminal and services.
The service architecture is depicted in the following picture.
The SC1000 Field terminal collects data from external sensors and the GPS satellites. The data is formatted and send to the Land Earth Station (L.E.S.) through a leased L- or S-band satellite link.
In the L.E.S. all data packages are decoded, filtered and transferred to the Spacechecker Datacenter.
The Datacenter stores the data packages in a central database and forwards data to the billing servers, back office applications and customer defined destinations.
Challenges
The key issues of the previous generation of terminals were the terminal cost, the power consumption and the remote accessibility. All of the issues are addressed in the SC1000 project as reflected by the features of the new terminal/system.
Plan
| Milestone | Completion Date |
| Negotiation Meeting / Kick-Off: PDR – Prior work | April 08 |
| MR1: Critical Design Review | Jan 09 |
| MR2: Deployment Acceptance Review | May 09 |
| Field Terminal hw certification and acceptance of production dossier | Sept 09 |
| Pilot Phase: The pilot activities executed with fifty terminals “on the road” and ad-hoc daily test sessions have shown a consistent improvement of the overall service performances in terms of SW&HW maintenance. | Sept 10 |
| MR3: Final Review | Nov 10 |
Current Status
The project was successfully completed in November 2010.