GeoWAN 4G Gateway

GeoWAN 4G Gateway

Where a geotechnical or structural monitoring solution is required to cover a large area, such as a mine or a city, we typically recommend our GeoWAN™ communications platform. GeoWAN™ uses a lower frequency radio band than FlatMesh™. It is based on the industry standard LoRaWAN protocol and can transmit over long distances with sensors able to communicate with a gateway at a distance of up to 15 km.

Monitoring systems using GeoWAN™ have the power to transmit through physical obstacles, enabling, for example, the integration of sensors in boreholes or on buildings above a tunnel with motion sensors measuring deformation inside the tunnel. From the gateway, the options for getting data to the outside world are limited only by the available infrastructure. The simplest option in most cases is to use the gateway’s integrated cellular (2G/3G/4G) modem; alternatively, the gateway’s Ethernet connection can be used to enable connectivity via WiFi, ADSL or cable connections.

Applications

• Tunnels and pipelines
• Dams, mines and quarries
• Covered or blocked assets and open areas or congested urban environments
• Buried or underground structures such as basements • Widely distributed asset monitoring

Features

• Full range of wireless geotechnical/structural sensors
• 4 km range in urban environments
• Maximum range of 15 km under optimal conditions
• Up to 15 years of battery life on nodes
• Flexible gateway options
• Seamless roaming across gateways for ultimate system redundancy