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Empowering Municipalities with Wireless Mesh Networks

Wireless "Mesh" takes the capabilities of enterprise-class WiFi with security and QoS (Quality of Service) and makes the network accessible throughout large-scale areas, extending business, residential, public safety, government and other applications well beyond traditional boundaries. Instead of utilizing point-to-point and point-to-multipoint wireless devices for limited connectivity to specific locations, wireless mesh networks are sophisticated self-configuring, self-optimizing and self-healing, making it possible to deploy extremely large scale, intelligent, high speed networks with predictable performance.

Such capabilities enable high densities of users and sophisticated applications such as fully automated aircraft taxiing control and baggage handing as well as the transport of high-bandwidth video surveillance and alarm controls, which, due to wireless mesh networks, all become a reality. More importantly, predictable performance and scalability also means that services such as mobile roaming can be supported. Today, trains capable of reaching speeds over 150 miles er hour deliver high-speed internet access to business travelers while in transit. Mobile roaming also enables police, fire and emergency medical personnel with the ability to access critical information transmit medical monitoring data, gain access to video surveillance from any location, and share investigation details at the scene of a crime. WiFi is no longer restricted to any boundaries and enables fast, secure, communications and is capable of covering vast distances and all sorts of terrain.

Nationwide, municipal police, fire and EMS departments have been among the first to adopt metro-scale WiFi mesh networks. High-speed, in-field data access dramatically improves police officer effectiveness and efficiency by getting critical information in their hands on the street. Once the networks are installed, many municipalities find new uses, ranging from building inspection and automatic meter-reading, to collaboration for large-scale public events and public safety command-center operations.

• Public WiFi Access. Municipal-wide wireless mesh networks bridge the digital divide and drives economic development.
• Public Safety. Wireless mesh networks provide reliable and resilient remote access for first responders (police, fire, EMS).
• Municipal Applications. Wireless mesh networks enable remote worker connectivity, automated meter reading, and unattended wireless sensor communications for water, gas, and electricity.
• Fixed and Ad-hoc Wireless. Wireless mesh networks are flexible and enable point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, completely mobile, and ad-hoc network communications where needed without limitations.

Download our Wireless Mesh Network Brochure (PDF).

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