AIRPORTS & TRANSPORTATION HUBS

One converged network,
so every flight leaves on time.

Terminals, airbridges, aprons, baggage halls, underground people movers — hub operations span enormous distances and cross constantly between indoors and out. DistriNET MAX converged digital communications carries ground handling, public safety and emergency command on a single network: wider outdoor reach, higher indoor quality.

DIVERSIFIED OPERATIONS

One system across every part of the operation

Digital optical remote units (ORUs) run along the terminal, airbridges, apron, car parks, the underground people mover and buildings still under construction, carrying signal from one master base station to all of them. As operations diversify and more teams need radios, the same network absorbs them.

Airport-wide fibre distributed coverage
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Terminal halls

Check-in management, screening, security and passenger services — dense indoor coverage.

Airbridges

Gate management and ground handling coordination across bridges and contact stands.

Apron and taxiways

Vehicle dispatch, baggage loading and ground operations across wide outdoor areas.

Baggage handling

Sortation and transfer dispatch, with stable coverage in warehouse-scale spaces.

INTEGRATED PLATFORM

The industry is moving to
integrated communications

Airports have become the most efficient link between cities, and their scale and passenger volumes raise the bar for operational management. Private networks assembled from individual base stations are giving way to digital, intelligent integrated platforms — digital from the base station through the transmission system, ready for the way hubs will run and respond in the next decade.

DistriNET MAX provides up to 24 campus-wide channels at once, carrying voice, data and dispatch in parallel on a wider, more resilient path — so concurrent operations do not congest the network.

24
Campus-wide channels

Voice, data and dispatch carried in parallel.

End to end
Fully digital

Digital from base station through transmission.

NetFlex
One maintenance platform

Visible status, faults flagged before users notice.

One network
Converged carriage

Concurrent services without congestion.

REGIONALISED MANAGEMENT

Zoned management, seamless expansion between terminals

Terminals built in different phases join without rework: the master base station in one terminal acts as the hub, the others become aggregation points, and the signal extends outward stage by stage. Each zone across the terminal and apron gets a defined coverage footprint and clear call quality, so departments and service providers can work in parallel.

Terminal zone coverage: master base station hub with ORU aggregation and fibre extension to satellite buildings
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HUB
Master terminal

One terminal holds the master base station as the core of the system.

AGGREGATION
Aggregation terminals

Other terminals act as aggregation points, extending the network outward.

ORU
Digital fibre remote

Distributed through each building, delivering signal into every zone.

FUTURE
Phase-two areas

New buildings and tunnels join over fibre, expanding without disruption.

Keep the hub running, always on

Terminal, airbridge, apron, people mover — one converged digital private network across every part of the operation.

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KEY FACTS

Transport hub system key facts

Scope

Terminal-wide

Terminals, aprons, baggage halls and car parks

Architecture

Fiber distribution

OMU at the core, ORUs per zone

Platform

Integrated dispatch

Operations, security and ground teams on one platform

Growth

Zone expansion

New piers and terminals join without rebuilding

FAQ

Airport and rail coverage FAQ

The questions we hear most often on selection, certification and delivery.

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A central signal source feeds fiber to optical remote units in each zone — check-in, airside, baggage, apron and car parks — so every area receives the same capacity and voice quality.

Yes. New zones are added by connecting additional ORUs to the existing fiber backbone, without interrupting zones already in operation.

Operations, security, ground handling and facilities can share one antenna system while keeping separate channels and talk groups.

References include several major international airports in China, plus metro and rail stations listed in our case studies.