How It Works

AssetLink’s solutions incorporate three basic components: Field Hardware, Data Networks, and Web Software. Information on your assets is:

1. Collected in the field by the Field Hardware
2. Transmitted through the AssetLink Data Network
3. Displayed on the AssetVision Web Software for you to act upon.

Field Hardware

The AssetLink rugged self-contained hardware devices are the links to your asset. Our hardware installs in minutes with tape, mounting sleds, screws or Velcro. All AssetLink hardware can be mounted without additional harnessing, antennas, or external power. Peel the tape, slap on the hardware, and you are on the road. Developed for the US Military, AssetLink Global offers the lowest cost, smallest, longest battery life, and most reliable and rugged GPS tracking hardware in the market today.

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Data Network

The AssetLink system uses the GPS network of satellites to obtain a precise location for your equipment. Any other data can be measured with sensors built into the field hardware.

It then uses a second set of commercial satellites to relay that information from anywhere on the planet to specially equipped satellite ground station facilities and to your desktop via secure internet link. Each unique message is relayed multiple times through multiple satellites to multiple ground stations, resulting in a very high level of overall reliability.

To make it possible to track all your assets, the next generation AssetLink hardware and service is as low-cost, low-power, small, and reliable as possible. Unlike other satellite systems, it takes the complexity out of the field hardware and puts it in the satellite system, the ground communications network, and the web-based software. The service costs are among the lowest in the industry due to the system’s innovative ability to share spectrum with voice calls and high bandwidth data.

The Right Satellite Network for Your Needs

The AssetLink system uses a carefully selected commercial “Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Constellation”, which offers substantial benefits over commonly used Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellites or other LEO constellations. Benefits include lower power, reduced transmission delay, less shadowing from buildings or hills, increased reliability, and lower cost.

A LEO Constellation is a network of many satellites that orbit to the north, south, and straight overhead, so that several of these satellites are visible in the sky at all times. Unlike with a GEO satellite, which sits in the same spot in the sky over the equator, if you are on the north side of a terminal or transmitting from a deep valley chances are there is an AssetLink satellite within view. And unlike other LEO constellations, the one used by AssetLink is optimized for short burst asset tracking and monitoring, not transfer of large data files or phone calls. It is the best solution available for your set of needs.

AssetVision Mapping and Data Interface

Once received by the ground stations, your information is collated and processed at multiple secure control center and back office facilities. AssetVision servers reside in a secure, reliable and redundant hosting system and are supported by a Tier 1, five-nines hosting facility. With high availability in mind, AssetVision Back Office infrastructure is configured to be fully redundant with automated failover capabilities. Data generated by transmissions and user interactions are stored in multiple servers to ensure data is secure.

Your data is then processed and displayed on the AssetVision web software tool. AssetVision is a full web based software solution for managing your assets, providing historical details, and reporting on activities. You can manage your entire fleet online including provisioning new units, unit management and mapping, setting up alerts and alarms, and detailed reporting. AssetVision is readily available to any user with internet access and is a single point of access to account and asset information.

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