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Five Formula One teams running on Broadband Optical Wireless
race time data transmission - where speed & reliability counts! Five of the major Grand Prix teams are introducing new broadband optical wireless technology to quicken the exchange of crucial data about car and driver performance during races and tests. The teams have signed deals with PAV Data Systems, the UK leader in the design and installation of optical wireless technology, to use Infra Red systems. 
The PAV technology transmits vital data about the car's conduct - from brake wear to water
temperature - to staff on the pit lane wall from computers in the teams' mobile headquarters
at each Grand Prix. The pit staff can then advise their drivers' on race strategy dependant
on how their car is performing.
The PAV technology is easily portable and take only minutes to set up but still transmit at speeds of up to 1Gb/s. Using Infra Red beams, they have none of the reliability headaches of microwave systems, which must compete for sparsely available frequency space. PAV's technology is rugged and waterproof, ensuring that they can withstand conditions all around the globe, providing very high levels of reliability, which is crucial for Formula One. "Now that PAV has created the world's most affordable and practical broadband wireless solution, we are finding that sales volumes are growing quarter-on-quarter. Our customers find that no other wireless technology delivers the speed, reliability, portability and cost-competitiveness of PAV technology," explains Chris Emerson, Director at PAV Data Systems. "We are delighted that five big names in the Formula One world have chosen to use PAV, and I believe that this demonstrates that our technology is second to none." |
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