Case Study
Intermec's NASA Installation Is World's Largest Wireless Data Collection Inventory System
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•Case Study: Intermec's NASA Installation Is World's Largest Wireless Data Collection Inventory System
By Intermec
Thanks to the world's largest known wireless local area network (LAN), a six-year effort by Intermec Technologies Corporation, NASA can accomplish a similar feat: easily locate any piece of its Ground Support Equipment (GSE) in seconds anywhere within its vast 47-square-mile facility.
Preparing and launching each space shuttle flight at Kennedy Space Center requires thousands of preflight tests performed on an intricate and precise time line with no room for delays. If one technician takes an hour to locate a tool that's essential to performing an assigned task, the ripple effect of this delay can cost millions and may mean the difference between launching on schedule—or not.
Intermec's solution was to build NASA and USA the world's largest wireless LAN. The installation includes nine Intermec 9180 controllers, 65 model 9183 repeaters, 100 antennas, and nine Intermec 9181 base radios, all operating at 900 MHz. The system relies on Intermec handheld computers with integrated scanners to collect data and send it to an IBM ES9000 mainframe computer over a token ring network. This gives NASA/USA the ability to talk directly to the host computer and receive immediate, real-time information.
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