Presentation made to the JASIL ICT workshop on disseminating Weather Forecast Data to Herders using Yazmi Alert Sending over Satellite Enabled Technology (ASSET) in Mongolia.

1. Alert Sending Satellite
Enabled Technology
For
MONGOLIA

2. Yazmi Satellite Reach & Device
Yazmi reaches 5 billion people
across Asia, Africa, Europe &
the Middle East
Afr tar
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ar As
World’s First
Satellite Enabled
Tablet
The satellite receiver module is
integrated with Yazmi tablet and
housed within
USB Dongle
Coupled with
Laptop
Connects to a Desktop, Laptop,
Netbook or Tablet with a USB input
port

3. Digital Broadcast Satellite Delivering Information Directly to
Low Cost, Portable, Addressable Devices
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Laptop
Laptop

4. Disaster Alerting, Preparedness, and Response,
Reusable In Other Sectors
Healthcare Education
All Hazards
Warning

5. Last Mile Hazard Warning System (HazInfo Project)
Sarvodaya Community Disaster Communications
Management Center (SCDMC) Providers Sarvodaya Communities

7. Terminal Devices Performance and Conclusions
Effectiveness
 Alert recipients were unable to interpret the priority from urgency, severity, and certainty
 Partial messages resulted in execution of wrong emergency response plans
 Messages received in English only were hard to comprehend

8. Yazmi Satellite Radio (CAP 1.1)
Receiver
HIH Monitor issued CAP ICT Guardian received
Device and
Interface Message {Medium} Message elements
ANNY All sub elements in <Alert>, Sat-Radio <msgType>Alert
Internet <Info>, <Resource>, <Area> AREA – B <Scope>restricted
Browser segments, and message in {Text} <Sender>hih
application <Language>en only. <Status>exercise
(AREA) <Category>met
<Urgency>expected
<Severity> sever
<Certainty>observed
<Event>A SEVERE CATEGORY 4
CYCLONE … {total restricted 250
<Description> with Sat-Radio characters} A SEVERE
<Description>
<Language>all… {no size AREA – B CATEGORY 4 CYCLONE …{no size
restriction} {Audio} restriction}

9. L Band Satellites
• AfriStar launched 1998,
AsiaStar launched 2000
• Alcatel/EADS E2000+
geostationary L-Band
broadcast satellites (1467
MHz to 1497 MHz)
• Three beams per satellite,
each beam covering 14
million km2
• Projected useful life beyond
2020 in inclined orbit

10. Architecture/Features
•Alcatel/EADS E2000+ geostationary L-Band
broadcast satellites (1467 MHz to 1497 MHz) •Satellite Based : Satellites fill communication
•Rights to broadcast over ITU satellite radio
gaps where terrestrial infrastructure is damaged,
frequencies in 127 countries
overloaded, or non-existent
•Scalability : Network can grow without fear of
traffic congestion and can accommodate any
numbers
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AfriStar/AsiaStar
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•Portability : Antenna and device are compact,
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•Speed to implement : In-orbit Satellites and
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•Flexibility : Delivery of Data (Maps, Images,
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Text, Audio, Video) to predefined groups and can
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•Broadcast:
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be encoded for delivery
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•Multiplexed Broadcast
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Channels (Up to 256 Kbps) •Selective Dissemination : One-To-Many
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paradign. Addressable by groups/tiers. Recipients
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•Local Broadcast Channels
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do not have access to undesirable/unwanted
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•TDM & FDM Uplinlk (X-
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content
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•Weather independence : L-Band Solution is
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•ASSET Features:
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weather immune, with less interference from other
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•Onset of alert is indicated
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sources
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by a computer-generated
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siren
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•Displays all the alert
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parameters (mandatory &
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Yazmi BOC
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optional)
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CAP-formatted text and Alert-related
audio in local languages

11. Strengths
• Device
– Affordable for every individual
– Reliable power with extended battery life
– Can be carried outdoor as well as home
– Customized for use in other sectors like Education, Healthcare,
Entertainment
– Easily set up and maintained by the individual
• Connectivity
– No Internet required
– Anytime and Anywhere
– Optimized for content distribution
– Supports Asynchronous and Synchronous modes of Delivery

12. THANK YOU
Nuwan Waidyanatha
CEO – Spot On Solutions
Sri Lanka
nuwan@spoton.lk
+94773710394
+8613888446352
Yazmi USA, LLC
8515 Georgia Avenue, Suite 800
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 USA
 info@yazmi.com
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