Tropos Networks Announces MetroMesh™ Architecture and Release 4 of Tropos MetroMesh OS and Tropos Control
Tropos Networks announced its MetroMesh architecture and release 4 of Tropos MetroMesh OS (formerly Tropos Sphere NOS) and Tropos Control. The new features of the architecture add multi-community capabilities that enable multiple user groups to run and manage separate, secure networks on a single metro-scale Wi-Fi mesh infrastructure. Each group of users on a MetroMesh network can have its own virtual network with its own address space, security encryption mechanisms, access control and classes of service, all administered independently from other user groups. All aspects of each virtual network can be centrally monitored and managed using the Tropos Control element manager. Click here for an overview of the MetroMesh architecture.
Real-World MetroMesh Results from Chaska, MN
Having a large installed base that includes networks of significant size has its advantages, not the least of which is the ability to collect concrete performance data. Tropos Networks did just that on the MetroMesh network in Chaska, MN. The results, which show that MetroMesh delivers >1Mbps symmetrical performance throughout most of the network, are summarized in the new white paper “Tropos MetroMesh Proven: Metro-Scale Wi-Fi in Chaska, MN.”
In other Chaska-related news, Vision: Wireless ran a great interview with Brad Mayer, Chaska’s IS Manager. Mayer discusses the technology, economics and service of the chaska.net MetroMesh network.
Tropos Networks Surpasses 135 Metro-Scale Wi-Fi Mesh Customers Worldwide
The list of Tropos customers is growing by leaps and bounds. With more than 135 customers at the end of January 2005, we’re now adding new customers almost every business day. We recently announced two of them, Cheetah Wireless Technolgies, Inc. (CWTI) and the City of Jamestown, NY.
CWTI has standardized on Tropos equipment for use in its residential and small business wireless broadband ubiquitous coverage deployments. They have already installed Tropos equipment in operational networks in Las Vegas, NV and Encinitas, CA and plan to expand the Las Vegas coverage area to over 100 square miles.
The City of Jamestown, NY, has created the first metro-scale Wi-Fi mesh network for public safety communications in New York State. The second phase of the Jamestown Wi-Fi network deployment will partner with the Jamestown Public School system in improving school security.
Defending Municipal Wi-Fi Networks
City of Philadelphia CIO Dianah Neff recently made a spirited defense of municipal Wi-Fi networks in CNET. Among the points that Neff makes is that much of the debate centers use of taxpayer funds to create municipal Wi-Fi networks when, in fact, that is often not what is being proposed.
Sege Debunks Telco-Backed New Millennium Research Council
Speaking of spirited, “Sweeping statements…without any substantiation…” was how Tropos Networks president and CEO Ron Sege described the New Millennium Research Council’s report on municipal broadband in Wi-Fi Networking News. Click here for the full text of Glenn Fleishman’s discussion with Sege about municipal wireless.
Tropos Networks Inks Worldwide Systems Integration Agreement With WFI
Tropos Networks and WFI announced an agreement for WFI to become a worldwide systems integrator of Tropos Networks’ metro-scale Wi-Fi mesh network products and services. WFI, a global leader in the design, deployment, and management of wireless communication networks, technology networks, and security systems, will provide the network systems integration for the full suite of Tropos MetroMeshTM products and services to municipalities, government and public safety agencies, and service providers worldwide.
