The Ethernet-enabled NAB connects the WAVES Integrated Base Station (IBS) to a remote location. It allows a single Cooper Notification Mass Notification System (MNS) installation to encompass areas that are beyond the range of a single RF network by creating a dependent RF network at the remote location that is controlled by the main IBS.

The NAB-0331 upgrades a NAB-3004 in an existing 2.4 GHz WAVES system to operate on Windows 7 platform and with the Integrated Base Station - IBS-0331-HD, which includes the WAVES 8 software. The NAB must be upgraded to operate in hybrid solution, which supports both 2.4 GHz and IP infrastructures.

The NAB computer receives commands and digital streaming audio over an Ethernet connection from the WAVES IBS and forwards those to the satellite system through the appropriate communications controller and transceiver. It also receives status and other reports from the satellite system’s nodes and sends those back to the IBS. Since a NAB is Ethernet-based, it can extend the range of WAVES communications to nodes distributed over a wide area with unlimited distance. Each IBS can support enough NABs to cover virtually any need.