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ImPact Underground Digital Communications

The ImPact technology suite was developed to meet the communication infrastructure and application requirements of mines in the 21st century. Leaky feeder technology just cannot meet the data and flexibility requirements demanded by modern mining. For basic voice and data leaky feeder is still a good option (we still supply a lot of VDV Leaky Feeder), but for very high data applications (video, on-board vehicle diagnostics, remote control, etc) leaky feeder is limiting. Therefore, MST has decided to bring a truly advanced communication technology into the underground mining industry. ImPact provides an alternative to leaky feeder technology that offers a quantum leap in bandwidth, and hence data quality and capacity. The key component of the ImPact Infrastructure is the ImPact 802.11b Wireless Access Point (AP. It is a purpose built wireless communications device, designed specifically for industrial applications in an underground mining environment. The design addresses the specific requirements and deployment considerations associated with the challenging environments that exist in underground mines. The overall ImPact System is a purpose designed network communications platform that extends a site's Ethernet topology into the underground workings. Our design architecture philosophy provides extended general TCI/IP functionality with the added benefit of utilizing productivity enhancing tools available through proprietary and off-the-shelf wireless networking technologies. The ImPact LAN and Wireless LAN technologies utilize carrier quality wired and wireless components and include design criteria that ensure high reliability and maintainability through architectures such as redundant loop implementations and SNMP fault detection and network management tools.

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