University of Hawai‘i

Goal: Technical and Engineering support for the University of Hawai‘i Telecommunications - Wide and Local Area Networks

Overview: MELE Associates has provided engineering consulting and technical support to the University of Hawai‘i Telecommunications and Information Policy Group (TIP-G) to support the State of Hawai‘i Telehealth Access Network (STAN).

The State of Hawai‘i Telehealth Access Network connects 22 Pacific Island jurisdictions over a geographic area of 4.8 million square miles.

In Hawaii , STAN links:

18 private hospitals
University of Hawaii School of Medicine
Department of Public Health
University of Hawaii School of Nursing

STAN provides voice, data, and compressed video teleconferencing over an ATM backbone via ATM, Frame Relay, and ISND telecommunications protocols.