Case Study: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) achieves carrier-grade ocean-floor video streaming with Cambium Networks PTP 600

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Customer Case Study

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) needed a reliable, high-bandwidth link from its Aquarius undersea laboratory — 60 feet below sea level and nine miles offshore — to the land-based NURC facility in Key Largo. The existing wireless link only provided 2–4 Mbps and could not support the new high-resolution live video (which required at least 7 Mbps), causing choppy streams and server crashes; Cambium Networks’ PTP 600 (deployed by service provider Rapid Solutions) was selected to meet the requirement.

Cambium Networks’ PTP 600 Point-to-Point radio was installed between the 30-foot buoy and the Key Largo base, delivering an average throughput of 31.5 Mbps (about 10–15× the prior capacity) and carrier-grade availability (99.999%). The link maintained connectivity through rough seas and Hurricane Jeanne with no packet loss, enabled high-quality live video streaming, improved VoIP, and supported new applications such as ISS video conferencing and NEMO7 mission streams.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Dominic Landucci

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration