Livewire Digital has responded to the ongoing demand of Inmarsat's corporate and vertical markets for robust and sophisticated applications and services by developing the MINS-2G.

The Inmarsat Mobile ISDN Network Simulator (MINS) offers an end-to-end simulation of the Inmarsat Mobile ISDN (M4) service and includes many unique features not available on existing ISDN or satellite link simulators.

The characteristics of a Mobile ISDN circuit are very different from a standard ISDN line. The conclusions drawn from application trials have highlighted the need to perform extensive testing on the simulator before commercially deploying an application over the satellite. The MINS can verify the performance of applications over a range of possible circuit conditions. This provides valuable support to both established and new application developers, while saving on development time and customer support expenses, and reducing "live" airtime bills.

The MINS was initially developed for Inmarsat Ltd for the research and development of the Mobile ISDN services. Since then is has been further developed in support of the R&D and deployment for a wide range of ISDN based services and applications by carriers, network developers, and system integrators.

Livewire Digital’s MINS-2G is the 2nd generation validation product for mobile and terrestrial ISDN services, and applications. The MINS-2G has been developed to offer a more advanced level of system functionality, especially including:

• Extended Interrupt structure
• Rationalized Internal design
• Upgraded OS infrastructure
• Upgraded oscillators - VCO with software calibration

The MINS-2G maintains the solid performance and backwards compatibility of previous MINS installations.