Press Release
Trango Broadband Wireless Introduces HD Mesh™ High-Density, Hi-Speed Network System for Municipalities, Security and Public Internet Access
Features include true 45 Mbps broadband speeds and fail-safe redundancy
March 13, 2006 — Trango Broadband Wireless, leading manufacturer of fixed wireless broadband equipment, introduced its hi-speed HD Mesh™ system for metropolitan area networks, public Internet access, government and security environments. The system includes an innovative self-healing hi-performance backbone ring capable of up to 45 Mbps and available in multiple frequency band options, including the 4.9 GHz licensed band for safety personnel, first responders and homeland security applications.
"Existing mesh systems share the common problem of sacrificing bandwidth to provide system redundancy," said Todd Easterling, Vice President of Marketing for Trango. "We designed our HD Mesh backbone platform for maximum performance and ease of installation and maintenance, while allowing for flexibility and scalability to grow with the needs of a particular network. Whether HD Mesh is installed by a local government, a wireless Internet service provider, a university, or even a port authority for security purposes, the system provides robust data throughput beyond standard Wi-Fi-only mesh networks. Plus, the platform is highly customizable. For example, each micro-cell can provide Wi-Fi coverage as well as support point-to-multipoint 2.4 GHz, 900 MHz and many more broadband distribution options."
Trango's HD Mesh wireless backbone radios are available in 4.9, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.8 GHz frequency bands. Each HD Mesh micro-cell base station includes an environmentally controlled enclosure, a nine-port router and it can support up to six additional Ethernet devices (cameras, access points, etc.). The system is also designed to support WiMAX-ready radios and 802.11g for Wi-Fi hotspots. Furthermore, the platform includes Layer 2 and Layer 3 support such as QoS, VLAN, NAT, DHCP and PPPoE. OSPF and BGP self-healing routing protocols are also included.
Todd Easterling added, "The bottom line is that typical mesh networks rely on the availability of 'point-to-point-to-point' wireless repeating. Thus, the bandwidth available to each node of most mesh systems must be shared between providing Internet access or bandwidth for that node and providing the backbone link for other nodes. And the more nodes you add, the lower the performance. This is both inefficient and costly to deploy and maintain. Furthermore, sending VoIP, surveillance video or other triple play services over such complex networks is next to impossible. Trango’s approach is different. We focus the fail-safe functions at the most important element of the network, the backbone. Maintaining a robust, hi-speed and redundant mesh backbone is the most critical aspect of the network. And when combined with our market-proven broadband radios, system performance and reliability is now possible at a level unsurpassed by competing technologies."
