Reach
Issue 6 2014 |
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To minimise impact to users, all
this work was scheduled to take
place within a single week. There
were up to 10 Field Engineers out,
one on each remote site, covering
six Scottish islands and some really
inaccessible parts of Scotland. Travel
assistance included two planes, three
all-terrain vehicles, 16 ferries and a
number of 4x4s.
Because of the interdependencies,
the Rings had to be reconfigured in
a specific order. Capacity freed up
on the Monday was then reallocated
on the Tuesday, and so on until
Thursday, which was a contingency
day, and enabled all the engineers
to travel back to the mainland in
readiness for the fourth and final
Ring reconfiguration on the Friday
in South Lanarkshire.
My thanks to the team who were deployed on the
ground in Scotland for the G2014 Bearer Moves.
I realise that this represented a significant element
of disruption to the troops on a personal basis,
overnight stays on Scottish Islands are better left
to the summer months!.
The feedback from the Operational Divisions has
been very positive with no operational impact
reported, I know this didn’t happen without significant
planning and background work by Airwave.
Please pass on my personal thanks to all involved.
Andrew Mosley
Chief Inspector, Police Scotland G2014
Command & Control Project
Throughout the week, timing
was critical. Each site had to be
re-encrypted once it had been
reconfigured. The engineers had to
confirm that the old encryption keys
had been wiped, set up the new keys,
and send the receipt back to the switch
before bringing the sites back online.
Airwave customers do not want
to take any risks with their critical
communications service, so it is
essential that the Service is there for
them 24/7/365.
This was a massive piece of work,
completed efficiently and effectively
by a dedicated group of people
who worked together as a team
to make the changes happen
as smoothly and seamlessly as
possible, with the unbeatable
Airwave ‘can do‘ attitude.
Work was carried out on sites in some of the most remote locations on the Network.
