Telecommunications Transmission System Design

 
 

Bartlett Earth Station, Alaska--Microwave point-to-point network
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Bartlett Earth Station 30-meter dish and Microwave Link, Talkeetna, Alaska

  
     
Boisie National Forest, US Forest Service--microwave network designed and implemented by The Howland Company

 

The Howland Company has designed numerous microwave point-to-point systems for both private and public applications. After the deregulation of the telephone industry, we worked with all of the major long distance network operators to design and implement microwave point-to-point transmission systems. Much of the nation's long distance telephone traffic travelled over microwave networks engineered by The Howland Company.

The advent of satellite communications and fiber optic networks has dramatically reduced the need for long-haul point-to-point microwave networks. However, there are still many instances where a microwave link is the appropriate choice for a reliable, cost-effective communication system.

 
5 Microwave point-to-point network for local government--police, fire, emergency services. 8 10
The Howland Company has designed a number of point-to-point networks for the US Army Corps of Engineers, including this one on the Tennesse-Tombigbee Waterway. 7 The antenna farm at Sandia Crest, New Mexico; The Howland Company designed a low-cost electromagnetic shield for a large telephone switching facility in the midst of all these interference sources. The TACTS system uses a multi-hop point-to-point network, with all but one of the nine sites on offshore platforms. The Howland Company performed evaluation and troubleshooting work to identify the source of propagation problems and return the network to service.