--- title: "Technologies: Field services | Nexus Observatory" description: "Technologies of the Field services platform, layer by layer: Field operations and lifecycle. Ground, RF and power surveyed before anything is chosen…" url: https://observatory.global/field-services/technologies/ publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc. updated: 2026-11-02 --- [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/) / [Field services](https://observatory.global/field-services/) / **Technologies** # 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 us](https://observatory.global/field-services/contact/field-service/) [Architecture](https://observatory.global/field-services/architecture/) Areas · **6** Technologies · **66** Industries · **19** **01** The 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. [The full directory →](https://observatory.global/technologies/field/) ### [Survey and site acquisition](https://observatory.global/technologies/field/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](https://observatory.global/technologies/field/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](https://observatory.global/technologies/field/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](https://observatory.global/technologies/field/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](https://observatory.global/technologies/field/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](https://observatory.global/technologies/field/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](https://observatory.global/technologies/field/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](https://observatory.global/technologies/field/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 **02** Across the network ## The whole spectrum, on the main site. [Main site Every technology domainAll domains, layers and items, with their sources.Open →](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Main site The spectrumThe technologies of observation on one map.Open →](https://observatory.global/spectrum/) [Observatory Protocol StandardsThe open standards the protocol is composed from.Open →](https://observatory.global/protocol/standards/) **03** On this site ## Where to go next. [Field services AreasEvery area, with its systems and standards.Open →](https://observatory.global/field-services/areas/) [Field services ArchitectureLayers, functions and evidence.Open →](https://observatory.global/field-services/architecture/) [Field services IndustriesThe industry sites built on this platform.Open →](https://observatory.global/field-services/industries/) [Field services ResourcesExplainer, stories, specification and forms.Open →](https://observatory.global/field-services/resources/) ## Bring us the site. We bring the survey, the design and the crew. The form names who receives your details. [Plan a deployment](https://observatory.global/field-services/contact/field-service/) [Contact](https://observatory.global/field-services/contact/) [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/)**Field services** . 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