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The technologies behind field services.

Every technology this platform builds with, layer by layer, from the open taxonomy. Marked in red: what is moving now, each traced to its source.

Plan with usArchitecture

Areas · 6 Technologies · 66 Industries · 19

01The layered map

Layer by layer, from the open taxonomy.

Each domain this platform draws on, with its layers and the technologies in each. Open a layer for what each technology does and the standard behind it.

Field operations and lifecycle

Everything that happens on the ground across a site’s life: survey, permits, design packs, logistics, installation, acceptance, training, operations, maintenance, upgrades, decommission and recycling, done safely and recorded as evidence.

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Survey and site acquisition

Technologies · 8

  • Desktop study and siting screen
  • RF survey and spectrum scan
  • Site walk and engineering survey
  • Instrument exposure survey
  • Topographic and drone survey
  • Geotechnical investigation
  • Environmental and heritage screening
  • Indigenous engagement

Permitting and approvals

Technologies · 7

  • Antenna siting consultation
  • RF exposure assessment
  • Radio licences and equipment authorisation
  • Aeronautical obstruction clearance
  • Building and electrical permits
  • Drone flight approvals
  • Export and import controls

Design packs and logistics

Technologies · 8

  • Design packs
  • Information management across the asset life
  • Configuration management
  • Factory acceptance testing
  • Packaging and shipping
  • Dangerous goods logistics
  • Remote site logistics
  • Temporary import and customs

Installation, commissioning and acceptance

Technologies · 9

  • Civil works and foundations
  • Structured cabling and fibre
  • Bonding and grounding installation
  • PV and power commissioning
  • RF commissioning
  • Instrument and control commissioning
  • Node enrolment and attestation at first boot
  • Site and integration acceptance testing
  • Sensor acceptance and intercomparison

Operations, NOC, support and training

Technologies · 8

  • Service management
  • Network operations centre
  • Managed site operations
  • Security operations
  • Remote hands and field dispatch
  • Training curricula
  • Personnel competence schemes
  • Instructions for use and handover

Maintenance, spares, refurbishment and upgrades

Technologies · 10 · Frontier · 2

  • Preventive maintenance
  • Condition monitoring
  • Predictive maintenance with machine learning
  • Recalibration cycles
  • Spares and logistic support
  • Obsolescence management
  • Asset management
  • Refurbishment and reuse
  • Field upgrades
  • Remote inspection by drone and robot

Decommission and recycling

Technologies · 7 · Frontier · 1

  • Decommission planning
  • Electronic waste
  • Battery end of life
  • Transboundary waste movement
  • Hazardous substances and material declarations
  • Media sanitisation
  • Digital product passports

Health, safety and evidence records

Technologies · 9 · Frontier · 1

  • Occupational health and safety management
  • Tower and structure work
  • Electrical safety
  • RF safety for workers
  • Remote and lone work
  • Records management
  • Evidence chain of custody
  • Inspection records
  • Signed photographic evidence

02Across the network

The whole spectrum, on the main site.

Main site

Every technology domain

All domains, layers and items, with their sources.Open →
Main site

The spectrum

The technologies of observation on one map.Open →
Observatory Protocol

Standards

The open standards the protocol is composed from.Open →

03On this site

Where to go next.

Field services

Areas

Every area, with its systems and standards.Open →
Field services

Architecture

Layers, functions and evidence.Open →
Field services

Industries

The industry sites built on this platform.Open →
Field services

Resources

Explainer, stories, specification and forms.Open →

Bring us the site.

We bring the survey, the design and the crew. The form names who receives your details.

Plan a deploymentContact

The technologies behind field services.

Bring us the site.

We bring the survey, the design and the crew. The form names who receives your details.