There are 18 Check points from where FBR is collecting data. These checkpoints are situated with Karachi Port, Port Qasim and Quaid-e-Azam International Airport-Cargo Terminal.
So the network is divided in to there parts, with all three segments are connected with FBR regional Head Office at FBR Building at Karachi Port. Project design include, three high capacity point to point links to connect Karachi Port, Port Qasim and Quaid-e-Azam International Airport-Cargo Terminal, and point to multipoint links to connect checkpoints with Operation Centers at three major locations.
The point to point links between three Operations Centers provide redundancy to each other in case of any one link goes down
Operation Brief
8 Checkpoints are connected across Karachi Port with Netkrom Base Station, installed with a 90° sector antenna and 4 PtP links with MB-ROM V3, with central Operation Center at FBR Building, Karachi Port.
3 MB-ROM V4 are installed at Port Qasim’s Operation Center, where 4 checkpoints are connected.
Quaid-e-Azam International Airport has one checkpoint at Cargo Terminal.
MB-ROM V4 connected Port Qasim to Central Operation Center at FBR Building, Karachi Port. The aerial distance for this link is approximately 35Kms. Quaid-e-Azam International Airport-Cargo Terminal is connected with both Karachi Port and Port Qasim. The aerial distance of these links are 17kms and 12kms.