Morocco s national airports auority relies on VoIP infrastructure from Rohde & Schwarz

Munich | 09/22/2015 | Secure Communications Morocco's national airports authority relies on VoIP infrastructure from Rohde & Schwarz Rohde & Schwarz delivered a state-of-the-art media gateway solution to Morocco's national airports authority (Office National des A roports, ONDA). It interconnects all national airports in Morocco via a EUROCAE ED-137 compliant voice over IP (VoIP) infrastructure. As ordered by ONDA, Morocco's national airport authority, new Rohde & Schwarz media gateways for air traffic control (ATC) were delivered, installed, tested and accepted at all 23 national airports in Morocco. The project was carried out by Rohde & Schwarz Topex SA, a Rohde & Schwarz subsidiary specializing in the development and implementation of ATC solutions.

The new media gateways make it possible to interconnect all voice communications systems (VCS) throughout the country via ONDA's own IP network. The gateways convert analog signals to EUROCAE ED-137 compliant VoIP data. This capability is required at airports that employ legacy VCSs. Existing state-of-the-art IP-based VCSs such as the Rohde & Schwarz R&S VCS-4G at Agadir Al Massira Airport are directly connected to the IP infrastructure without any gateway. This forward-looking concept allows ONDA to benefit from the advantages of a fully IP-based backbone network now, while migrating step-by-step from legacy to fully IP-based VCSs in the coming years. The new media gateways were implemented as a future-oriented solution and a safe investment for the further development and enhancement of the ATC infrastructure. Rohde & Schwarz successfully combined VCSs from different manufactures into one integrated solution, making ONDA's ATC communications independent from any legacy, TDM based backbone network. The Rohde & Schwarz solution has been in operation for several months. It provides reliable, secure and high-quality VoIP communications throughout the country.

VoIP in line with EUROCAE ED-137 has established itself as the communications technology of choice in ATC, replacing TDM based systems. The fully IP-based R&S VCS-4G voice communications system complies with this standard. The R&S VCS-4G uses a redundant design with numerous interfaces to external systems such as voice recording equipment and telephone lines. Due to its unique architecture, the system is highly scalable and can be easily expanded without replacing existing equipment. The R&S VCS-4G has been designed to meet next generation ATC requirements such as asset sharing, facility consolidation, geographical distribution, virtual center and remote tower, thereby providing effective support for the efficiency and safety objectives relevant in global aviation.

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Rohde & Schwarz The Rohde & Schwarz electronics group offers innovative solutions in the following business fields: test and measurement, broadcast and media, secure communications, cybersecurity, radiomonitoring and radiolocation. Founded more than 80 years ago, this independent company has an extensive sales and service network and is present in more than 70 countries. The electronics group is among the world market leaders in its established business fields. On June 30, 2014, Rohde & Schwarz had approximately 9800 employees. It achieved a net revenue of EUR 1.75 billion in the 2013/2014 fiscal year (July to June). The company is headquartered in Munich, Germany. It also has regional headquarters in Singapore and Columbia, Maryland, USA, to manage its operations in these regions.

Rohde & Schwarz Topex SA Rohde & Schwarz Topex SA, a subsidiary of Rohde & Schwarz, is an innovative, fast growing European manufacturer of telecommunications equipment and systems, providing a wide range of mission critical applications. The company has over 20 years of experience in research, development, manufacturing and deployment of communication systems for both civil and military environments. Rohde & Schwarz Topex's expertise includes besides ATC/AD voice communications systems a wide variety of next generation network solutions (NGN), ATM network infrastructure media gateways for both VoIP and TDM based systems, signaling gateways, broadband mobile routers and fixed-mobile terminals.http://www.topex.rohde-schwarz.com

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