Specifications

BUSINESS CASE
R4-11-4G System Planning Process 2-5
• The police chief complains to the watch commanders that the citation
rates are lower than those of neighboring municipalities. Funding and
staffing are based partly on citation activities, officers must be more
efficient.
A wireless network solves the problems by giving the officers in the field the
same access to local, state, and federal criminal databases that they have in
the office, which reduces the incident time. Shortened incident times reduce
time complaints from citizens and enables the officers to make more stops
per shift. Officers knowing whom to expect in the stopped vehicle can treat
those with warrants and arrest records with full formality.
In a commercial application, the problem presents itself in the following
examples:
• A fuel oil delivery truck operator stops at the office to pick up a list of
deliveries for that day. The driver then drives to the locations in order
shown on the list which typically is in the same order that the request
was received.
• Customers complain they have to take time off work to be available to
give the driver access to fill ports on the oil tanks.
• Managers complain to the drivers that they need to plan their routes to
minimize mileage and increase deliveries per day.
• Sales and marketing complain that the company is losing customers to
competition because of poor service.
• The accounts receivable department complains that the drivers make
mistakes on recording meter readings on the tanks and that they do not
turn in the log sheets on time.
A wireless data network solves these problems by providing drivers with the
next stop information and has the host computer determine the next stop
from all available jobs. This reduces transit time between deliveries and
provides statistics for estimating customer delivery times. Monitoring the
sensors on the dispensing equipment on the vehicle enables a customer to do
immediate billing for services rendered.