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Customer Profile
Typical end users who would benefit most from
Meridian/Succession DECT:
• People who spend time away from their desks
• People without dedicated “office space”
• People with multiple work areas
Typical businesses that would benefit from
in-building mobility:
• Manufacturing
• Retail
• Professional Services
• Education
• Hospitality
• Healthcare (GSM is inappropriate near sensitive
medical equipment. It is also expensive, not part
of the dialling plan and radio coverage in all parts
of the building is not guaranteed)
Typical Applications
DECT Messaging deployment is most suited for
the following scenarios:
• When a voice conversation is not possible or
not required
• To communicate simultaneously with a large
number of users (eg Hospital)
• For immediate notification of automatically
generated alarms
Key Points
• Lightweight and pocket-sized, a DECT handset
is the mobile equivalent of the phone on
your desk
• Helps customers keep their business running at
optimum efficiency levels and as a result,
increases their competitiveness
• Integrated mobility solution – greater reliability,
better features and simpler management
• Leverages customer’s existing Meridian 1 or
Succession CSE 1000 platforms. Complements
circuit switched and IP Telephony
• Provides private wireless in-building telephony
for workers that spend a lot of time away form
their desks yet need to remain in contact
• Is secure, low cost, low power output and
highly featured
Features and Benefits
The DECT system utilises 32Kbps ADPCM to offer
speech quality the same as fixed networks.
Using this technology an ETSI protocol has been
developed named GAP - Generic Access Protocol.
DECT systems that are GAP compliant allow users to
operate a handset of their choice or move to
different systems given that the handset is GAP
compliant.
• Twinning – single phone number and easy swap
from DECT to desk phone
• Wireless Encryption – the digitally encoded signal
cannot be monitored by external intruders,
ensuring privacy
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Meridian / Succession DECT
Overview
Meridian/Succession DECT is a wireless, in-building/campus private network wide communications system. It
is an integrated offering on the Meridian 1 switch or Succession CSE 1000 giving full feature access, high
capacity and good spectrum utilisation along with superior voice quality.The DECT architecture offers
flexibility in its capacity in terms of both the total number of users and the concentration of users. The main
component of the DECT system is the DECT Mobility Card (DMC), which provides the interconnection between
the Meridian 1 switching features and the wireless system. Other components of the DECT system are Radio
Fixed Parts (RFP base stations), wireless handsets, the Optivity Telephony Manager (OTM) DECT application,
plus an optional text messaging application.