User's Manual

Rajant Corporation BreadCrumb
®
LX User Guide
Version 1.06 June 25, 2008
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2.0 INTRODUCTION
Rajant Corporation's (www.rajant.com) BreadCrumb LX operates on IEEE 802.11a/b/g
wireless networking standard to form a wireless mesh network. The network is mobile, self-
integrating, self-meshing, self-healing, full-duplex and secure. The focus is on flexibility,
adaptability, and simplicity.
The BreadCrumb Wireless Network (BCWN) is intended for rapid deployment of a broadband
wireless network into a situation or ‘hot zone’. The network can be deployed as a stand-alone
wireless network, or bridged to another network (such as the Internet) utilizing available reach-
back communication links (such as a DSL, cable, or satellite modem).
The LX provides high bandwidth applications to stream video, audio as well as data over large
distances. The network traffic can be secured by using different security features offered by
the BCWN. This makes the network optimal for tactical deployments as well as emergency
response situations since it offers robustness, stability and ease of setup in mission critical
activities.
NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits
for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These
limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and,
if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may
cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this
equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in
which case the user will be required to correct the interference at their own
expense.
2.1 WHAT IS A BREADCRUMB?
A BreadCrumb is an 802.11a/b/g (Wi-Fi) Access Point specifically designed for the following
scenarios:
2.1.1 RAPIDLY DEPLOYED WIRELESS NETWORKS
Networks that must be established quickly and with minimal effort for short-term use.
(e.g., a network established to provide First Responder support at the site of a disaster).
2.1.2 MOBILE WIRELESS NETWORKS
Networks in which the network infrastructure itself is mobile, in addition to client devices
(e.g., a convoy viewing a video stream from a UAV).
2.1.3 WIRELESS NETWORK EXTENSION
Networks in which a wireless network must be quickly extended around or through obstacles that block
wireless communications (e.g., urban canyon networks, tunnels/caves, etc.).