Installation Guide

MeshNetworks
All network elements are designed to support mobile applications. Subscriber Devices can be
either mobile or fixed, while the remaining components are typically fixed. Wireless Routers and
IAPs can be mounted on utility poles, light poles, traffic apparatus, billboards, and buildings.
Their fixed positions allow the Subscriber Device to pinpoint its location within one second.
WRs and IAPs can also be mobile, attached to emergency vehicles, utility vehicles, or fleet
vehicles. It is important to note that the WMC technology within a Subscriber Device is identical
to the WMC technology in Wireless Routers and IAPs.
The MEA system was designed to minimize the cost associated with deploying a broadband
mobile network with end user data access rates on the order of DSL or Cable Modem. The
chosen metric of network efficiency for a data centric network is bits per second per Hertz per
square kilometer per dollar (bps/hz/km
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/$). This metric balances the user data rates, allocated
bandwidth, coverage area, and cost.
Subscriber Devices (SDs)
The MeshNetworks’ Wireless Modem Card (WMC) is
provided as a PCMCIA form factor device. The WMC is
used with an off-the-shelf IP-enabled laptop computer or
PDA. These two devices together make up a Subscriber
Device (SD).
The WMC provides access to the fixed infrastructure network
and other networks, such as the Internet, and it can also
function as a Wireless Router and repeater for other SDs.
rt of thSDs can therefore be a key pa e network infrastructure. Adding subscribers can
Wireless Routers (WRs)
effectively increase the number of Wireless Routers in the network, which increases the number
of alternative paths that subscribers may utilize. This can reduce both the time and cost to
deploy network infrastructure, while also increasing the spectral efficiency and therefore the
capacity of the network. In addition, because SDs can also operate in an ad hoc peer-to-peer
mode, two or more SDs can form a network without the need for any fixed infrastructure.
-cost small-sized wireless device that is primarily deployed to
criber Devices and IAPs
optimization through small
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The Wireless Router's small size and light weight allow it to
be mo te ed. WR
The Wireless Router (WR) is a low
seed a geographical area, extending the range between IAPs and subscribers, and to
simultaneously increase the network’s spectral efficiency. Wireless Routers provide a number
of functions in the network, such as:
• Range Extension for Subs
• Automatic Load Balancing
• Route Selection
• Network capacity
packet consolidat
• Fixed reference for geo-location services
un d almost anywhere. No towers are requir
software can be updated via over-the-air downloads.
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