Terms and definitions, 1 gateway, Gateway – Digi M10 User Manual
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3. Terms and definitions:
3.1 Gateway
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).