Mobile Communications for Waste Management
Solution Brief | The Connected Garbage Truck
Waste management organizations deal with operational complexity on a daily basis. Tirelessly, they work to properly dispose of waste and encourage recycling efforts within every town and city of our nation. To do so efficiently, they need reliable solutions that improve how they deploy their specialized collection vehicles, and the teams that operate them.
Business Needs
Flexible Access to Critical Data
For decades, waste collection companies utilized paper route-books for their drivers to identify and map service areas, in combination with a record and report process to track whether or not individual bins had been successfully collected. To improve the speed and accuracy of collection data, pickup routes, and safety standards many waste management organizations have reached out to USAT for help.
Today’s fleet managers need collection vehicles to be equipped with cellular hardware capable of fast, rugged, and secure connections to reliable networks like Verizon. They need real-time vehicle location and status reports, driver scorecards, and the ability for each crew to quickly and easily report accidents or incidents as they occur in the field.
USAT can provide your waste and recycling collection operations the end-to-end communications solutions they needs to succeed.
Solution Presented
VEHICLE ROUTERS AND ANTENNAS
One common solution the USAT team delivers to suit the fleet management needs of waste management organizations is a combination of cellular routers and software from Sierra Wireless coupled with antennas from Mobile Mark.
AirLink® RV55 LTE Router
While many cellular devices targeted for use within vehicles tout their abilities to utilize WiFi and connect dozens to hundreds of devices, most of our waste management clients need less robust endpoints. Luckily for them, the RV55 from Sierra Wireless is available in models without WiFi, and can offer simple, yet strong connections to their chosen carrier - Verizon Wireless. They want solutions capable of withstanding hash environments and rough conditions. With the RV55 built to MIL-STD-810G specs with an IP64 rating, we delivered the rugged reliability they needed.
Along with the purchase of each RV55 router comes a full year subscription to AirLink Complete; which includes options for an extended warranty, technical support, and access to AirLink Management Services (ALMS). ALMS is an easy to use cloud application that enables rapid device deployments with over the air registration, configuration, and updates. It enables you to monitor hundreds of router, network, and connected vehicle parameters in real-time with automatic alerts, event triggers, automatic data dumps, and more.
Mobile Mark LTM302 Vehicle Routers
To boost cellular coverage and GPS accuracy we recommend our clients utilize LTMG302 antennas from Mobile Mark. Their powerful unit contains two cellular and one GNSS element - providing 2x2 MiMo operation for cellular operation, and GPS via Glonass. Just like the RV55, the LTMG302 is also built to MIL-STD-810G specs, and with proper mounting by our install technicians has an IP67 rating.
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Why Choose USAT?
For the last 25 years USAT has provided expert IoT connectivity solutions to waste management organizations. Our team supports each and every aspect of your mission-critical connectivity projects. We engineer and provide solutions utilizing only top-tier cellular equipment from the most trusted manufacturers worldwide.
Our DevProv+ services team configures, provisions, kits and ships your devices hot and ready for immediate use. And our installation teams ensure your devices are functioning securely, reliably, and at peak performance.
Reach out to USAT today to rapidly deploy solutions that meet your cellular communications needs:
- Give Us a Call: (919) 942-4214
- Send Us an Email: info@usatcorp.com
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