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Knight Division TacticalDoes KDT provide bonded cellular routers and signal boosters?
Bonded Cellular Routers & Signal Boosters
Yes.
KDT provides bonded cellular routers and cell signal boosters: multi-carrier 5G/LTE routers that combine several networks (and Starlink) into one dependable connection, plus boosters that pull in weak signal for vehicles and buildings on your incident.
Typical configuration
- Router
- 2–4 modems, 5G/LTE, dual SIM per modem (typical)
- WAN handling
- Bonding, load balancing or failover across cellular, Starlink and wired links
- Throughput
- Depends on signal; often tens to a few hundred Mbps combined
- Antennas
- Roof, mast or vehicle-mount MIMO antennas
- Boosters
- About 50 dB gain (vehicle) and about 72 dB (fixed), FCC-certified
- Power
- 12 V vehicle or 120 V AC, low draw
Where there's some cell coverage, a bonded cellular router turns it into a dependable connection. It holds two to four modems, each on a different carrier, and combines them so traffic flows over whichever networks are up. If one carrier's site goes down or gets congested, the connection keeps going. Add Starlink as another path and the router balances or fails over between satellite and cellular automatically.
Signal boosters solve the other problem: one bar of signal inside a trailer or a truck. A booster puts an antenna up high outside, amplifies the signal both ways and rebroadcasts it inside, so phones and hotspots work in office trailers, command vehicles and buildings on the edge of coverage. Where agencies have FirstNet service, we use FirstNet-capable equipment.
KDT surveys signal on site, picks the carriers that actually reach it, mounts the antennas, sets up the router with the local network, and watches usage and performance for the length of the incident.
Available as
- Single and multi-carrier routers
- Vehicle router and antenna kits
- Fixed-site kits with antenna masts
- Vehicle and building signal boosters
- FirstNet-capable equipment
- Combined Starlink and cellular failover systems
What's included
- On-site signal survey
- SIMs and data plans
- Antenna and router installation
- Network setup with your Wi-Fi and devices
- Usage and performance monitoring
- Swap-out and demob
Where it's used
- ICPs and office trailers with partial coverage
- Command vehicles and field units
- PODs and shelters as carriers restore service after a storm
- Spill staging along the coast
- Security vehicles and convoys
Questions, answered.
Does KDT provide bonded cellular routers and signal boosters?
Yes. We supply multi-carrier bonded routers and cell signal boosters, survey the site, install the antennas and keep the connection running for the incident.
What's the difference between bonding and failover?
Failover switches to a backup when the primary connection drops. Bonding uses several connections at once, so you get more combined bandwidth and no interruption when one goes down.
Does a signal booster work with no signal at all?
No. A booster amplifies an existing weak signal; it can't create coverage. Where there's no signal, we use Starlink.
Should we use Starlink or cellular?
Often both. Starlink works anywhere with a view of the sky; cellular works where towers are up. A router that uses both keeps you online when either one struggles.
Need it on your incident? Say the word.
Add it to your request with anything else you need, then send it all at once. We'll come back with what we can put where, and when.