Installation Guide
Table Of Contents
- Overview
- Description of the MEA System
- Introduction
- Subscriber Devices (SDs)
- Wireless Routers (WRs)
- Intelligent Access Points (IAPs)
- VMM6300 - Vehicle Mounted Modem
- EWR6300 - Enhanced Wireless Router
- PWR6300 Portable Wireless Router
- Mobile Internet Switching Controller (MiSC)
- Operational View of the MEA System
- Network Architecture
- Unified Modes of Operation
- Quality of Service (QoS) and User Priority Features
- Setup and Installation
- Subscriber Device (SD)
- Intelligent Access Point (IAP)
- Wireless Router (WR)
- Mobile Internet Switching Controller (MiSC)
- Upgrade MiSC/DHCP Configuration (optional)
- MAC Address Tables
- Site Selection/Deployment Guidelines
- Customer Service Information
- License and Warranty Information
- FCC Regulatory Information
- Safety Information for the MEA Products
- Safety Certification
MEA Setup and Installation
Section 2 - Description of the MEA System
Introduction
MeshNetworks develops Mobile Broadband communications systems with ad hoc architectures.
That is, each node can connect directly, or indirectly (by hopping through other nodes), with any
other node in the network. The peer-to-peer nature of the ad hoc architecture combined with
data rate control in each subscriber and infrastructure node in the network insures reliable
delivery while providing increased network capacity through geographic reuse of the frequency
spectrum.
The network is comprised of following distinct elements:
• Subscriber Devices (SDs) and Vehicle Mounted Modems (VMMs)
• Wireless Routers (WRs), Enhanced Wireless Routers (EWRs) and Portable
Wireless Routers (PWRs)
• Intelligent Access Points (IAPs)
• Mobile Internet Switching Controllers (MiSCs)
Additional SD and infrastructure components are described separately.
The overwhelming portion of the value that MeshNetworks provides is in the Wireless Modem
Card (WMC). The WMC functionality is used in Subscriber Devices as well as in the Wireless
Router and Intelligent Access Point (IAP), both of which are types of infrastructure equipment.
MeshNetworks provides a Mobile Internet Switching Controller (MiSC) which is assembled from
industry standard equipment and conforms to industry standards. MeshNetworks also provides
the network applications, which are required for proper operation and value extraction from the
MEA mobile Internet system.
Figure 1. Elements of the MEA System
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