MMR-Blue Print Operations
Blue Print Operations (BPO), an Australian Tactical Software development company, was invited to participate in field demonstrations and competition sponsored by the Australian Federal Government. BPO approached Antenna Products because the radios they were using could not support the media rich features of its highly developed software such as multiple streaming video feeds, deployment briefings, photos and voice communications.
BPO was able to deploy several MMR units to assist in final evaluations. Below are some quoted performance highlights.
Ease of setup – “The “Zero-Hardware” mounting system allows for fast set-up/tear-down capabilities. The rubber mounts makes finding fixtures to mount equipment in the field easily achievable because the mounts can adapt to any mounting shape.”
Speed of connecting to and/or forming a network – “The transmission and receiving of data within the Blueprint OPS application over the MMR network has been very impressive. Our application is dependent on many forms of multimedia and a fast reliable network is a must. Using the application over the MMR network has at times replicated the speeds experienced with a wired or local client/SQL server connection. “
The following is a list of file examples uploaded to SQL and querying the database as experienced over the MMR network.
8 MB (megabyte)
Upload 12 seconds
Query SQL 5 seconds
20 MB file
Upload 29 seconds
Query SQL 17 seconds
48 MB
Upload 61 seconds
Query SQL 26 seconds
“Images and data transfer extremely fast. Several live video feeds were used at 30fps and the quality was very impressive.”
Network connectivity consistency - “Throughout the entire test process the MMRs formed a mesh network very quickly and maintained this network for all phases of the test. As indicated by the MMR Browser, strong and solid green links between devices was displayed throughout the test, even at distances of up to 600 to 800 meters apart in moving vehicles through Brisbane. The results as indicated by the Browser were very impressive. The Blueprint OPS application / SQL were tested and we are confident that Blueprint OPS will operate effectively with any future technology that will require high bandwidth.”
Dynamic meshing of new nodes - “One of several tests involved a static MMR and several mobile MMR’s, one in each vehicle. As the mobile MMRs approached line of sight to the static unit, MMR Browser displayed either the individual units with solid green lines or new nodes joining the network with solid green lines. The MMR browser was useful showing that the nodes had actually meshed up with the static MMR in real-time. We are very pleased with these results and believe that the Blueprint OPS application will successfully operate over a MMR network among multiple vehicles traveling as a packet to an incident. This will give the commanders and operators the ability to comprehensively plan and brief en-route, with personnel achieving high levels of situational awareness before they arrive at the incident site.”
Conclusion - “Our (BPO) initial testing has proven that the MMR devices are an excellent mesh radio and are very well suited to supporting the Blueprint OPS application. Their ability to quickly form and consistently maintain a high speed dynamic network far out performs the communication platforms we have evaluated in the past.”
“We are very pleased with the results experienced so far and are confident that the combined solution of the Blueprint OPS application supported by the MMR network a superior combination, generating very strong interest from police specialist groups in Australia.”
BPO finished the Australian Federal Government sponsored competition with the highest score over all other competitors by more than 20 points.
Additional information regarding the BPO/APC combined solution can be obtained at www.blueprintoperations.com.
BPO SOFTWARE AND MMRs IN THE FIELD.