DRILLSITE BROADCAST COMPANY’S DRILLING RIG SOLUTION

The Remote Drillsite Broadcast System (RDBS™)

It starts with the Remote Drillsite Video Cams and is delivered to the internet browser of the end-user. Through the course of its delivery path the drillsite video stream undergoes multiple transitions and through a carefully orchestrated design is delivered seamlessly in a full motion content stream. Drillsite makes this happen with the Remote Drillsite Broadcast System.

Conceived in 1999 by Michael Dwinnell, the Remote Drillsite Broadcast System (RDBS™) is a patent pending, proprietary design of software and hardware components that employs the use of satellite communications technology. The RDBS™ has a small footprint when deployed on a drilling location, and outside of the satellite antenna, commonly referred to as a "dish", is self contained in a mobile unit.

Unmanned, the RDBS™ is a workhorse in the field, continuously delivering video and data to the host website. The antenna systems are relatively simple fixed dishes set up in non-disruptive locations or self-pointing automatic dishes used for rapid deployment. Regardless of which dish type is used, the RDBS™ is also equipped with a transmitter or "radio." Radios may range in size from a one watt transmitter to 20 or more watts depending upon the application. The transmission equipment and satellite antenna are commonly called Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT).

DRILLSITE BROADCAST COMPANY’S SATCOM SOLUTION

Delivering reliable full-access remote drillsite broadcast services is a complex task, requiring precise systems engineering and the careful integration of satellite communication assets both in orbit and on the ground.
Drillsite works with satellite fleet operators around the world to provide global satellite coverage. Drillsite's RDBS™ Units generally use geosynchronous (GEO) satellites that orbit the earth at approximately 22,500 miles over a fixed position along the equator. These satellites, which come in a variety of configurations, provide either regional coverage of a specific part of the world (for instance North America) or partial global coverage across a longitudinal range that may comprise as much as a third of the surface of the earth. This coverage area is generally referred to as the satellite's "foot print." To provide contiguous global coverage, Drillsite's Network Operations Center (NOC) coordinates multiple satellite footprints into a service coverage area. At any given time Drillsite employs satellites around the globe to provide worldwide services.

Drillsite’s Network Operation Center and Teleport Station Operator is based in McLean, Virginia. The end-to-end services infrastructure includes network management, field services and earth station facilities in Washington, D.C.; Atlanta, Georgia; and Chicago, Illinois.  The state-of-the-art facilities provide Drillsite with geographical redundancy. The hubs are manned 24/7 by trained hub engineers/technicians and the historical hub availability is greater than 99.998%.

Drillsite’s network management and operations include:

Highly scalable hub operations - multiple hubs and scalable transponder capacity

“Central Office” grade operations - 24 x 7 on-site operations staff and robust facility design and implementation process

Centralized Network Management Center - Around-the-clock management and real-time comprehensive visibility into remote systems

Dedicated program management - Single point of contact that manages and coordinates all resources throughout the life of each broadcast project

DRILLSITE BROADCAST COMPANY’S VIDEO DELIVERY SOLUTION

Drillsite generates the video content at the remote drilling location and delivers it seamlessly to our end-users. By ensuring highest delivery speeds with lowest latency impact we enable our customers to experience a high-end media solution at their desk tops.

Drillsite Broadcast Company’s video delivery solution is designed specifically to handle the demanding requirements of delivering rich media content over the Internet. Our content delivery network (CDN) is a globally distributed network of thousands of servers specially configured for the delivery of rich media content.  It implements the following design advantages:

Densely-Configured, High-Capacity Architecture. The network infrastructure consists of dense clusters of specially-configured servers organized into large, logical CDN locations. The extensive storage capacity of these logical CDN locations leads to fewer  cache misses than would occur in an early CDN architecture and provides a high degree of scalability and responsiveness to surges in end-user demand.

Many Connections to Other Networks. The network's logical CDN locations are directly connected to hundreds of user access networks, which are computer networks connected to end-users. In addition, the network infrastructure has multiple connections to the Internet. In combination, these connections enable the CDN to frequently bypass the often-congested public Internet, improving the speed of content delivery.

Intelligent Software to Manage the Network.  Proprietary software intelligently manages the content delivery system -- including the delivery of content objects, storage and retrieval of customer content libraries, activity logging and information reporting.

All the elements of our network work collectively to ensure a media rich experience to our customers.