Enhancing Emergency Response with High-Bandwidth, Secure Network Connectivity
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Enhancing Emergency Response with High-Bandwidth, Secure Network Connectivity
Project Background
A local authority operates a mobile command center in order to respond rapidly to emergency security incidents. To enhance situational awareness, the command center streams live video surveillance from headquarters over cellular networks provided by multiple service providers.
However, the existing network setup faced bandwidth limitations and lacked redundancy, making it vulnerable to disruptions. To ensure seamless, secure, and high-quality video transmission, the authority needed a more efficient and reliable network solution.
The Challenge
The local authority used multiple cellular service providers for redundancy, but their existing standby-only setup failed to fully utilize available bandwidth. Key challenges included:
- Maximizing Bandwidth – Needed a solution to aggregate multiple cellular connections into a single, high-bandwidth tunnel.
- Ensuring Network Security – Required a Layer 2 VPN (L2VPN) secure tunnel between mobile command centers and headquarters.
- Failover Protection – The HQ router needed an automatic failover solution to prevent downtime in case of hardware failure.
- Multi-WAN Connectivity – The HQ router had to support multiple WAN connections and provide optimized bandwidth allocation for client tunnels.
The Turning Point
As an authorized value-added distributor of Peplink in Singapore, Starview provided an innovative connectivity solution to fully utilize multi-carrier cellular networks, creating a high-bandwidth, secure, and fail-safe communication tunnel.
Starview’s Solution
This solution enables rapid deployment of a reliable and secure tunnel between the mobile command center and headquarters, allowing live streaming from surveillance cameras to support real-time response to emergencies and critical incidents.
Peplink Balance 2500 EC – The HQ Router
To serve as the central headend router, the Peplink Balance 2500 EC was deployed at headquarters. It supports:
Up to 16 GE WAN / 4 x 10G WAN for maximum bandwidth and redundancy. Up to 16 GE LAN / 4 x 10G LAN for high-speed network distribution. Dual Power Supplies & High Availability (HA) Mode for failover protection. 4,000 SpeedFusion tunnels supporting up to 4Gbps encrypted traffic.
Peplink HD4 MBX 5G & BR2 Pro – Mobile Command Center Routers
MAX HD4 MBX 5G 4 x 5G cellular modems with redundant SIM slots (total 8 SIMs). 3 x WAN Ports / 8x GE Ports / WiFi WAN support. Low-profile form factor & power port with ignition sensing.
MAX BR2 Pro 2 x 5G cellular modems with redundant SIM slots (total 4 SIMs). 2 x 2.5G WAN Ports / 4 x GE Ports / WiFi WAN support. WiFi 6 support for optimized wireless connectivity.
The Results
By deploying Peplink’s SpeedFusion technology, Starview delivered a high-performance network solution that enhanced reliability, security, and bandwidth efficiency.
Jitter-free, high-definition video streaming via a secure network tunnel.
Multi-carrier bandwidth bonding for increased speed and redundancy.
Hot Failover activation to switch seamlessly between cellular providers in case of network failure.
Traffic Steering to prioritize emergency communications and video feeds.
Failover protection at HQ, ensuring uninterrupted operations even in case of router hardware failure
Jitter-free, high-definition video streaming via a secure network tunnel. Multi-carrier bandwidth bonding for increased speed and redundancy. Hot Failover activation to switch seamlessly between cellular providers in case of network failure. Traffic Steering to prioritize emergency communications and video feeds. Failover protection at HQ, ensuring uninterrupted operations even in case of router hardware failureConclusion
With Peplink’s cutting-edge networking solutions, Starview successfully empowered the local authority with a robust, secure, and high-bandwidth network for emergency response operations.
Contact Starview
As the authorized reseller of Peplink, Starview specializes in high-performance, redundant, and secure networking solutions. Contact us today to learn how we can help optimize your connectivity infrastructure.