Paper: LEVERAGING HYBRID WIRELESS SYSTEMS

Companies with large geographically dispersed networks, such as those in the oil and gas industry, can select one technology, one source, one vendor, to collect, retrieve, report data, and to assess the health of the network. Sometimes, this type of approach makes sense. However, other times integrating other types of technologies offer significant benefits that can easily and more cost-effectively be incorporated into one cohesive network. In fact, the days of building large, unmanageable networks are behind us. Building large, elaborate radio networks is a way a company might demonstrate its vast expertise and deep knowledge base. However, there are options that allow us to consider better manageability, expandability, cost and speed.