Digi m10 Technical Overview
3. Terms and definitions:
3.1Gateway
An ORBCOMM Gateway consists of a Gateway Control Center (GCC) and one or more Gateway Earth Station (GES) sites, as well as the network components that provide interfacility communications. The principal role of the ORBCOMM Gateway is to provide message processing and subscriber management for a defined service area. This role includes serving as the “home” for ORBCOMM system subscribers, as well as providing the interface between the subscriber and the interconnected public and private data networks and the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
The current ORBCOMM Gateways consist of the Western Hemisphere (Gateway ID of 1), the Eastern Hemisphere (Gateway ID of 120), and Japan (Gateway ID of 130).
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