Ayrshire & Arran NHS

Ayrshire and Arran NHS Trust have been rationalising their property holdings as part of an ongoing improvement and upgrade programme at the Ayrshire Central Hospital. On one of the buildings scheduled for disposal, there are two Ceragon microwave systems linking Ayrshire Central in Irvine to Crosshouse Hospital and Ayr Hospital.

This building is the highest point on the hospital, and line of sight survey investigation proved that no other areas on the existing buildings had sufficient elevation to ensure the clear, unobstructed line of sight required for an error free microwave link. The fixed link options proposed by the telecommunications carriers were perceived by the trust as being a very expensive alternative to owning their own infrastructure.

Aerelink were approached by the Trust and asked what other solutions would be viable. The most cost effective solution was the building of a structure in the hospital grounds specifically for the two links. Aerelink were contracted to design and build a suitable tower.

A survey was conducted and construction started of a 30 metre, Galliford Try tower, with a Latchway safety system, and underground ducting into the nearby estates department office. The tower has been rigged for feeder, and the microwave systems have been migrated and upgraded to provide greater connectivity for the trust.


Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT

Central and Eastern Cheshire Primary Care Trust operate a number of licensed and unlicensed radio link. When they needed to connect a new building in Middlewich into their existing network infrastructure, they came to Aerelink for expert help. Universal House is a new building, housing the PCT’s training centre. To minimize costs, the Trust wanted to connect to an existing building, already well served with network links to the rest of their network.

Upon survey, Aerelink’s engineers discovered that the Line of Sight between the two sites was poor, and a radio link was unfeasible. There was, however, a Vodafone Cellular mast between the two. A climb and a line of sight test quickly verified that the link was feasible, and permissions from Vodafone were sought.

Aerelink managed the negotiations with Vodafone, and the project management of the build and site share arrangements, and six months after the initial surveys, two Motorola PTP-600 links were installed. The customer now has a fast, reliable link, installed at a fraction of the cost of the leased line alternative.


Gateshead Health NHS Trust

Both point-to-point and point-to-multipoint radio and microwave deployment using Alvarion and Ceragon equipment throughout the trust to enable the reduction in lease line technology.


West Kent NHS Trust

Internal WLAN across 5 buildings using Colubris WLAN equipment and Bluesocket Wireless Gateways for security. Point-to-multipoint 5.8Ghz RF Radio for Backhaul using Alvarion BreezeACCESS VL.