[September 18, 2014] |
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TESSCO Enables Innovative Live Video Streaming Application on Chesapeake Bay Police Boats for Maryland Department of Natural Resources
HUNT VALLEY, Md. --(Business Wire)--
TESSCO Technologies Incorporated (NASDAQ:TESS), a leading wireless
networking company, today announced that it has worked closely with the
Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to successfully
implement, for the first time, real-time video streaming from police
boats monitoring Chesapeake Bay. This innovative technology effort
supports Governor O'Malley's extensive programs to protect the
Chesapeake.
After four years of planning and product testing, TESSCO, partnering
with the IT staff of the DNR's Natural Resource Police and RAD Data
Communications, based in Mahwah, N.J., delivered a solution using RAD's
Airmux Mobility system to achieve over 4 Mbps throughput per boat while
traveling at up to 20 knots over distances of up to seven miles.
The need for live video streaming from the police boats is crucia --
140 vessels cover the Chesapeake Bay's 64,000 square miles, and their
responsibilities include, among others, homeland security operations,
search and rescue teams, emergency medical services, education,
information and communications services on a 24/7 basis. Prior to the
new application, the video feed from craft-mounted cameras could only be
stored locally and downloaded once the boat was docked.
To date, eight towers have been outfitted with the new system. The live
video streaming application is fully integrated into the DNR's
leading-edge Maritime Law Enforcement Information Network, or MLEIN.
"TESSCO's product managers have been working with the DNR for four years
to find a complete mobility solution that would result in real time,
uninterrupted streaming video from police boats," said William Moten,
Vice President, Solutions Development and Product Management, at TESSCO.
"We are very proud to work with the Maryland Natural Resource Police and
MLEIN to implement an application that will do so much to improve the
safety and security of the Chesapeake."
About TESSCO
TESSCO (NASDAQ: TESS) makes wireless work. The convergence of wireless
and the Internet is creating opportunities for new applications that
revolutionize the way we live, work and play. TESSCO Technologies
(tessco.com) enables organizations to capitalize on these opportunities
while providing an extraordinary business experience. We deliver the
knowledge, product and supply-chain solutions required to build, use,
and resell wireless voice, data and video systems.
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