Satellite Communications as a Viable Method for Biometric Record Transfer in Field Biometric Devices

The use of biometrics, and their associated handheld field devices, as an identification and verification technique is growing at a considerable rate. Governments and private organizations are making significant investments to identify and research new types of biometrics while pushing the industry to provide scanners capable of weathering field missions. In parallel, similar levels of investment are being made to build centralized databases that have the capability to query millions of records in a matter of seconds. While these investments push the biometric industry forward, lesser time has been invested into linking biometric scanners with a remote database.