Product Overview; Key Features - Iridium 9601 Product Developer Manual

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9601 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide
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1.0 Product Overview

The Iridium 9601 Short Burst Data Only Transceiver (9601) is designed to be integrated into a wireless
data application with other hardware and software to produce a full solution designed for a specific
application or vertical market. Examples of these solutions include tracking a maritime vessel or automatic
vehicle location.
The 9601 o n l y s u p p o r t s I r i d i u m' s S h o r t B u r s t D a t a (SBD) capability. It does not support voice, circuit
switched data, or short message service (SMS). This is a new product and has no functional
predecessor.
The 9601 will be designed to meet the regulatory requirements for approval for FCC, Canada, and CE
assuming an antenna with a gain of ~3 dBi and adequate shielding. This allows the 9601 to be integrated
into a variety of wireless data applications or retrofitted into existing SBD only applications that utilize SBD
with the current Iridium 9522A or 9522 L-Band Transceiver-based product. (Note that additional
development work will be required.) Such finished products, when integrated together, require regulatory
testing to be conducted by the integrator.
The 9601 is designed as a single board transceiver and is e s s e n t i a l l y p r o v i d e d a s a ' b l a c k b o x '
transceiver with all device interfaces provided by a single multi-pin interface connector in addition to the
antenna connector. The product only provides the core transceiver. All other end user application functions
such as GPS, microprocessor based logic control, digital and analog inputs, digital and analog outputs
power supply and antenna must be provided by the solution developer. The device interface consists of the
serial interface, power input, network available output and power on/off control line.
The 9601 does not incorporate nor require a Subscriber Identity Module (also know as a SIM Card) to be
inserted into the transceiver. The 9601 will be designed to comply with the standards for Radio Emissions
Compliance, Electromagnetic Compatibility, and AC Safety in the United States, European Union and
Canada.
The 9601 is described within this document as " 9601" , " 9601 SBD Transceiver"and " 9 6 0 1 S B D
T r a n s c e i v e r " all of these terms refer to the same product.

1.1 Key Features

 Single board transceiver
 Small form factor
 No SIM card
 Designed to be incorporated into an OEM solution
 Maximum mobile originated message size 205 bytes
 Maximum mobile terminated message size 135 bytes
 Automatic Notification to the transceiver that a mobile terminated message is queued at the
Gateway
 Uses small omni-directional antenna
 Global operating capability
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