Frontier · IoT, LPWAN and mesh · Satellite IoT and non-terrestrial networks
Store-and-forward satellite IoT
Regenerative satellites that hold uplinked data until a ground station is in view.
3GPP Rel-19 IoT-NTN store-and-forward work item
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Humanitarian · Frontier
Deployable connectivity and sensing for displacement sites and crisis response, observing-network gap filling where stations are fewest, satellite backhaul where nothing else reaches, and evidence funders can audit. Needs: weather and water where stations are missing, connectivity at camps and field offices, off-grid power, hazard exposure and audit-ready evidence for funders.
At the frontier
Many coordinated access points serving users jointly instead of separate cells. We design it. We take it to a real humanitarian site under a written pilot plan before it becomes a release. Every reading and every change leaves a record that can be checked later.
At the frontier
Programmable surfaces that redirect radio waves to fill coverage holes at low power. We design it. We take it to a real humanitarian site under a written pilot plan before it becomes a release. Every reading and every change leaves a record that can be checked later.
At the frontier
Rel-17 extension into the 60 GHz range for short-range, very wide channels. We design it. We take it to a real humanitarian site under a written pilot plan before it becomes a release. It is delivered and supported by Nexus Observatory Inc.
At the frontier
New mid-band ranges under study for IMT-2030 that would add wide channels with mid-band reach. We design and support it. We take it to a real humanitarian site under a written pilot plan before it becomes a release. Service levels are written as numbers you can measure.
At the frontier
Battery-less, energy-harvesting tags read by the network for logistics and asset sensing. We design it. We take it to a real humanitarian site under a written pilot plan before it becomes a release. It is delivered and supported by Nexus Observatory Inc.
At the frontier
Using Wi-Fi channel measurements for presence and motion sensing, with privacy controls. We design it. We take it to a real humanitarian site under a written pilot plan before it becomes a release. Changes are versioned, tested and reversible. Service levels are written as numbers you can measure.
Trust
A node joins only after its hardware root of trust answers an attestation challenge. Keys stay in secure hardware, software arrives signed, and every reading carries a signature, so its origin can be checked by anyone downstream without asking us.
Time and place
Readings are stamped against a disciplined clock, from satellite time or a PTP grandmaster, together with the station position and its siting record. When time or position is degraded, the record says so instead of hiding it, and every analyst downstream sees the same warning.
Updates
Software and configuration reach the fleet in rings: a canary site first, then a few, then all, each ring gated on health and data completeness. A failed gate stops the wave and returns each node to its last good release, without a site visit.
Operations
The operations console shows every node with its state, its plan and its evidence. Alerts arrive with their data and a runbook; acknowledging one opens a work order, and an incident closes only when the cause is recorded and the fix verified.
What you get
A cell on wheels with satellite backhaul, mesh telemetry and environment nodes for incident bases and events. Delivered as rental and managed service, for emergency agencies, humanitarian logistics, event operators. Scale: Pre-positioned fleets. Service levels are written as numbers you can measure on your own dashboard.
Talk to salesNext step
Tell us the sites, the measurements and the people who will use them. We reply with a design and a scope for humanitarian. An engineer replies with a survey proposal and a scope, and the plan grows from one site to the network you need, at your pace.
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Ranked by how closely each serves what this industry needs to observe. Each item names the specification or standard it is drawn against.
Frontier · IoT, LPWAN and mesh · Satellite IoT and non-terrestrial networks
Regenerative satellites that hold uplinked data until a ground station is in view.
3GPP Rel-19 IoT-NTN store-and-forward work item
Frontier · IoT, LPWAN and mesh · Satellite IoT and non-terrestrial networks
5G NR links from satellites to standard devices, including RedCap over NTN in Rel-19.
3GPP TS 38.300 (Rel-17 NR NTN) · 3GPP TR 38.821 (NR NTN solutions)
Frontier · IoT, LPWAN and mesh · Satellite IoT and non-terrestrial networks
LPWAN modulations received by satellites for remote sensors with very small payloads.
LoRaWAN Regional Parameters RP002 (LR-FHSS)
Frontier · Field operations and lifecycle · Health, safety and evidence records
Field photos with signed capture time, location and device for audit.
C2PA Technical Specification 2.x
Frontier · Remote sensing and Earth observation · Tasking, ground segment and access
Laser downlink terminals that relieve radio spectrum limits, with weather-diverse site networks.
CCSDS 141.0-B (optical communications physical layer)
Frontier · Satellite and space systems · Communications payloads, NTN and direct-to-device
Payloads that demodulate, route or run base-station functions in orbit, cutting gateway dependence and latency.
3GPP Rel-19 NR NTN enhancements (regenerative payload) · 3GPP TS 38.300
Frontier · Satellite and space systems · Communications payloads, NTN and direct-to-device
Satellites serving unmodified phones in terrestrial mobile spectrum to extend coverage at the edge of networks.
FCC Supplemental Coverage from Space framework (2024) · ITU WRC-27 agenda item 1.13 (Resolution 253 (WRC-23))
Frontier · Satellite and space systems · Communications payloads, NTN and direct-to-device
Satellites that collect data when out of gateway view and deliver later, suited to sparse sensor networks.
3GPP Rel-19 IoT NTN store-and-forward
Frontier · Ground segment · Earth station spectrum coordination and interference
Studies and tools for satellite services sharing mobile bands, including direct-to-device.
ITU WRC-27 agenda item 1.13 (Resolution 253 (WRC-23))
Frontier · Satellite and space systems · Inter-satellite and space-to-ground links
Laser crosslinks giving multi-gigabit, low-interference routing in space without spectrum licensing.
SDA Optical Communications Terminal Standard · CCSDS 141.0-B (optical communications physical layer)
Frontier · Satellite and space systems · Inter-satellite and space-to-ground links
Laser downlinks to optical ground stations for very high data volumes, managed with site diversity against cloud.
CCSDS 141.0-B (optical physical layer) · CCSDS 142.0-B (optical coding and synchronisation)
Frontier · Satellite and space systems · Inter-satellite and space-to-ground links
Relays in higher orbit that give near-continuous contact to LEO spacecraft and cut data latency.
CCSDS 141.0-B · CCSDS 401.0-B (RF and modulation systems)
Frontier · Satellite and space systems · Inter-satellite and space-to-ground links
Satellite links distributing quantum keys between distant ground sites as a research path for key exchange.
ITU-T Y.3800 (QKD network overview) · ETSI ISG QKD specifications
Frontier · Ground segment · Gateways and teleports
Telescope terminals with adaptive optics for laser downlinks, sited for clear-sky statistics and diversity.
CCSDS 141.0-B (optical physical layer) · IEC 60825-1 (laser safety)
Frontier · Ground segment · Mission control and flight dynamics
Statistical and machine-learning monitoring of telemetry that flags faults before limits are crossed.
ECSS-E-ST-70C
Frontier · Core and transport networks · Fibre and optical transport
Using telecom fibre as a sensor for vibration, temperature and strain along its route.
IEC 61757 (fibre optic sensors)
Frontier · Spectrum, timing and PNT · Spectrum monitoring and interference management
Many inexpensive receivers at sites forming a continuous spectrum picture.
Rec. ITU-R SM.1880 · ITU Handbook on Spectrum Monitoring
Frontier · Spectrum, timing and PNT · Spectrum monitoring and interference management
Models that recognise signal types and anomalies in monitoring data.
ITU Handbook on Spectrum Monitoring
Frontier · Satellite and space systems · Earth observation payload classes
In-orbit screening, compression and detection that downlink results instead of raw data and shorten time to alert.
CCSDS 122.0-B (image data compression) · CCSDS 123.0-B
Frontier · 5G and 6G radio access networks · 6G and integrated sensing and communication
The ITU vision for 6G: usage scenarios, capabilities and timelines that shape the next decade of networks.
Rec. ITU-R M.2160
Frontier · 5G and 6G radio access networks · 6G and integrated sensing and communication
Release 20 studies defining 6G use cases, requirements and radio and system design.
3GPP TR 22.870 (6G use cases and service requirements)
Frontier · 5G and 6G radio access networks · 6G and integrated sensing and communication
Using the radio network itself to detect and measure objects and environment alongside data service, under privacy rules.
3GPP TR 22.837 (ISAC feasibility study) · 3GPP TS 22.137 (ISAC service requirements) · 3GPP TR 23.700-14 (sensing architecture study)
Frontier · 5G and 6G radio access networks · 6G and integrated sensing and communication
Air interface components designed around learned models rather than fixed algorithms.
Rec. ITU-R M.2160 · 3GPP TR 38.843 (AI/ML for the NR air interface)
Frontier · 5G and 6G radio access networks · 6G and integrated sensing and communication
Links above 100 GHz for very high capacity over short distances and fixed backhaul.
IEEE 802.15.3d (252–325 GHz)
Survey, design, deployment and operation for humanitarian. The form names who receives your details.
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