Wide Aewa Systems

Question 1

What is a WAN

Answer 1

A network that uses various links - private lines, VPNs, cellular, the internet - to connect LANs in diverse locations into a single, distributed network.

Question 2

Characteristics of Falcon:

Answer 2

. Wide area system
- resilient routing meshed network
. Local area system
- IP voice telephony, network access point
. Interface and interoperability systems
- interface with other external systems for voice and data communications
. Security sub-systems
- a combination of high grade packet encryption within LAS and high grade link encryption over the WAS bearers
. Management sub-systems
- remote and local management of all WAS and LAS. Comms equipment

Question 3

Falcon Architecture:

Answer 3

. WASP
. CPS
. FMI
. CSV

Anchorpoints: corsham, innsworth

Question 4

WASP

Answer 4

Wide area switching point - creates a robust, flexible and redundant backbone to the FALCON network

Question 5

CPS

Answer 5

Command post support - provides staff users (officers) with voice services using VoIP phones

Question 6

FMI

Answer 6

FALCON Management Installations - responsibility for managing all FALCON assets within their AOR

Question 7

CSV

Answer 7

Communications support vehicle - a help desk and technical support function to a deployed FALCON network

Question 8

Other WAS architectures:

Answer 8

. Leased Lines
. Circuit Switching Network
. Packet Switching Network

Question 9

Leased lines:

Answer 9

Provides customers with private, secure, dedicated P2P connection up to 64Gbps

Question 10

Circuit Switching Network

Answer 10

System terminates the connection once a call, that is initialised by the user, ends.

Question 11

Packet Switching Network

Answer 11

Network providers are able to optimise physical infrastructures built to support WAN, by creating smaller data packets which contain parts of a whole message. Each packet contains the source and destination address to facilitate data transmission.

Question 12

Common operational frequency bands

Answer 12

. Planning range
. Frequency range

Question 13

Planning range:

Answer 13

Falcon band 1: up to 50km
Falcon band 3+: up to 50km( for links over 20km the RFU is remotes to the base of the mast)
Falcon band 4: up to 30km(possibly 45km for very low loss links or at a lower data rates)

Question 14

Frequency range (MHz):

Answer 14

Falcon band 1: 225 - 400
Falcon band 3+: 1350 - 2690
Falcon band 4: 4400 - 5000