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ESA is offering industry the opportunity to use a
van fully equipped to demonstrate the next generation of advanced mobile
multimedia equipment and applications.
by the European Space Agency
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Mobile S-UMTS demonstration
Van
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| 3 December
2002
ESA is offering industry the opportunity to use a
van fully equipped to demonstrate the next generation of advanced mobile
multimedia equipment and applications.
The van can be used as
a standard test platform. It offers the user ample space, electrical and
computing power as well as a comfortable working environment. Over the
past few months, the Joanneum Research institute, under contract with the
European Space Agency (ESA), has developed an advanced mobile multimedia
platform based on a commercial van. The van will allow experiments and
public demonstration of advanced mobile services.
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DVD drives, DVD write, video recorder plus main
console
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| The passenger
compartment is equipped with state-of-the-art multimedia equipment, the
van contains a Dolby surround audio system, a DVD player, a car navigation
system, a radio, a video recorder and a TV receiver. Each passenger seat
is equipped with its own monitor, webcam, keyboard and head set. Four
industrial PCs are interconnected via a 100 MBit LAN
network.
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Antenna mount on the roof
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| The van also acts as a
mobile access point for wireless LAN applications with data rates of up to
11 Mb/s. Complementing the computing facilities are 4 DVD drives, a
DVD writer, a scanner and an inkjet printer. In addition, the van is
equipped with a state of the art EGNOS receiver for navigation, a
magnetometer/inclinometer for determining the car orientation and
inclination and a turnable satellite array antenna for high speed data
transfer via a satellite link. As a low speed backup for the satellite
link the installed GPRS capable mobile phone can be used for video
conferences using the cars PC network.
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Rear view of the equipment
compartment
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| The rear part of the
van forms an isolated compartment holding the satellite mobile test
equipment and ancillary equipment. It allows the installation of up to
100 kg of user equipment, i.e. test beds for telecommunication
experiments.
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