TSi Mission Control Center

The TSi COSPAS-SARSAT Mission Control Center is based on the Microsoft Windows NT operating system and Intel Pentium processors. These systems are used in hundreds of millions of computers worldwide. They are the most highly tested computer systems ever built. The MCC uses a client-server architecture. The system can support an arbitrary number of operators. The server computer is sized to the database requirements of the customer. Expansion to handle arbitrarily large databases is straightforward. The hardware systems used are standard systems in service in thousands of locations worldwide.

Standard Features of the TSi Mission Control Center:

Incident Database: all incoming data is recorded providing a complete event history for a given beacon.

Message Database: for all messages sent and received with provisions for message retransmission.

Beacon Registration Database: for operator queries and automatic incorporation in National Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) messages.

National LUT status: control and operations monitoring  system.

Full nodal capability: The TSi MCC can be converted to a nodal MCC by changing a software switch.

Alert history display in the MCC Graphical User Interface

High reliability and availability: All TSi COSPAS-SARSAT systems have proven reliable. In over a million hours of service worldwide our LUTs and MCC's have demonstrated availability rates on the order of 99%. Our LUTs and MCCs are based on hardware components manufactured by companies recognized worldwide for the reliability of their systems.

Guaranteed Performance: The TSi MCC meets or exceeds the COSPAS-SARSAT performance specifications. TSi guarantees all performance specifications under the conditions described in any and all published COSPAS-SARSAT specifications.

System Architecture:

The architecture of TSi's SARSAT systems is based on a client-server computer architecture with redundancy in all systems and communications links

Nodal MCCs:

The TSi MCC has set the international standard for Nodal MCCs. In additional to its function as a national MCC, a Nodal MCC is responsible for providing the link between the international community and other MCCs and OCCs in its region of responsibility. For example, all alert messages between the international community and the Canadian MCC, a MCC in the USMCC's region of responsibility, must first be sent to the USMCC. Thus, a Nodal MCC serves as the international hub for its region of responsibility. A Nodal MCC contributes to the overall stability of the COSPAS-SARSAT system. 

Before attaching to the international COSPAS-SARSAT network, it is important for an MCC or OCC to be commissioned. The USMCC developed by TSi was used extensively to commission other countries MCCs and OCCs. The USMCC's quick discovery and identification of errors, helped to maintain the stability, integrity and reliability of the International Cospas-Sarsat network by preventing the connection of flawed systems.

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