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Xigou Station Enhances Weather

Reporting as Telephony System
Upgraded to IPSTAR-Based VoIP
China Satcom, one of the leading telecommunication operators in
China and partner of IPSTAR, connected a weather station in Xigou
to VoIP via IPSTAR. The newly installed satellite-based VoIP enhances
the telephony system in the station. Built in 1958, the weather station
is situated in the outskirts of Urumqi, the capital city of Xinjiang
Uyghur in China.

The Situation
About China Satcom
Before the installation of VoIP, meteorologists in Xigou used terrestrial phone lines to
contact other stations to report weather observations. However, the usage of China Satcom, one of the telecom-
telephone is restrictive or limited due to its expensive service rates, especially for munication operators in China, is
under the management of the
long distance calls.
Ministry of Information Industry in
China. The member enterprises of
Early Warning System via IPSTAR the company include China
Telecommunications Broadcast
With the introduction of VoIP this year, meteorologists are able to make unlimited free Satellite Corp., China Orient
or inexpensive calls in reporting vital weather observations in Urumqi and nearby Telecommunications Satellite Co.
cities. Ltd., China Space Mobile Satellite
Telecommunications Co. Ltd., China
Posts and Telecommunications
Aside from the VoIP service, IPSTAR also provided satellite broadband Internet for the
Translation Service Corp., and China
station. With the Internet installed, any vital weather information in China is rapidly Telecom (Hong Kong) Chinasat
available in real-time and on a round-the-clock basis. Recently, IPSTAR was used by Corp.
the station to release an immediate readout of a rainstorm that hit Urumqi and its
neighboring cities. About Xigou

IPSTAR proved to be reliable in places prone to unpredictable rainstorms, like Urumqi. Xigou, an elevated village at 3,543
The IPSTAR Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM) technology prevents outages during meters above sea level, is located in
Urumqi – the largest city in the
rain fade - enabling a seamless communication link between the meteorologists and
western half of China and the
their instruments in the field. ACM enables the downstream carrier to dynamically world's remotest city from any sea.
change its modulation and coding in response to changing link conditions. In 2007, Urumqi was hit by a
rainstorm and experienced an
average of 63.2 mm rainfall – the
worst rainstorm in recorded history.
The heavy downpour caused
landslides and flood that displaced
hundreds of thousands of people
and damaged at least 80 million in
properties, including telecommuni-
cation links in the city.

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July 2009

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