AirBox™ Broadcasting Solutions

 

 

Stream live or file transfer video from any news location to your studio quickly and seamlessly. With high speed data uploads for the fastest video transmissions and GPS fleet management, you'll get your closest reporters to the news locations faster.  Double your cellular coverage area with dual carriers, so if one system goes down you will have a back-up,  which is especially important during extreme weather or disasters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Awards

WAAV was awarded the Mario Award by TV Technology Magazine for the AirBox X2 Multiple Connection Cellular router at the NAB Show 2007. The Mario award is presented to companies that demonstrate forward thinking and technical excellence for products in the broadcasting industry.

 

 

What the TV industry is saying:

“In the meantime, folks are using everything from satellite to sneakernet to get stories back to the station. That’s where WAAV’s AirBox X2 cellular router comes in. The AirBox X2 part means it can use two different carriers at once. If one’s tower’s down, maybe the other’s ain’t. It also means you get to increase the data rate. As a bonus, you can use its GPS to figure out which van is closest to a story. And try using satellite or a microwave mast while you’re chasing a twister. The revolution will be televised"                                      

- TV Technology Magazine

 

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 Ways The AirBox X2 Can Work For Broadcasters

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IP Video

 

Stop using expensive satellite or microwave for standard definition broadcast. The AirBox X2 can be used to transmit IP video at 1-1.2 Mbps, allowing you to achieve the equivalent of standard definition video broadcast over cellular networks.

 

An IP encoder is needed to stream video over the AirBox X2. The IP encoder takes in an analog or digital video feed and converts it to IP (Internet Protocol). This is generally an Ethernet connection which will connect to the AirBox X2. The IP Encoder will communicate with a decoder on the receiving end. The IP encoder must use either multiple simultaneous TCP streams or more commonly use UDP for transport layer communication. The decoder must be able to accept UDP packets from multiple IP addresses and recombine them into a single stream. Most standard IP cameras use TCP only and will not utilize both uplinks for enhanced quality.

 

Contact WAAV for approved IP encoders

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File Transfer

 

Need to transfer large files from remote locations or moving vehicles? Need more bandwidth than a single cellular connection can offer? The AirBox X2 averages over 1Mbps for file uploads.

 

 

 

Standard FTP file transfers and other protocols that only use TCP will not take advantage of both uplinks properly. The software must use either multiple simultaneous TCP streams or more commonly use UDP for transport layer communication. The software on the server side must be able to accept UDP packets from multiple IP addresses and recombine them into a single stream.

 

Contact WAAV for approved file transfer software

 

 

All AirBox cellular routers require a cellular data plan.