Tropos Networks Announces Comprehensive 4.9 GHz Public Safety Networking Solution
Sunnyvale, CA - Tropos Networks recently announced the Tropos 9000 family of 4.9 GHz-equipped MetroMesh routers for the public safety market. The product family is the to provide policy-based routing for multi-band metro-scale wireless mesh networks that employ the 4.9 GHz frequency band for public safety use.
The new products extend the proven benefits of the patented Tropos MetroMesh architecture to dedicated public safety bands. These benefits include efficient spectrum utilization, fault tolerant operation, reliable connectivity to a wide range of clients, and unprecedented visibility into mesh coverage, throughput and usage patterns. They are delivered by applying Tropos mesh routing innovations such as the Predictive Wireless Routing Protocol (PWRP), the Spectrum and Application Based Routing Engine (SABRE), the Adaptive Mesh Connectivity Engine (AMCE), Tropos Control and Tropos Insight, to the 4.9 GHz licensed public safety band. The three new MetroMesh routers are the dual-band (2.4 GHz/4.9 GHz) Tropos 9532 outdoor public safety MetroMesh router, the dual-band (2.4 GHz/4.9 GHz) Tropos 9432 mobile public safety MetroMesh router and the single-band (4.9 GHz) Tropos 9431 mobile public safety MetroMesh router.
The application of Tropos' recently announced SABRE policy-based routing to the 4.9 GHz frequency band is especially important. SABRE supports multi-band operation for all aspects of a metro-scale mesh network – client access, mesh links and point-to-multipoint (P2MP) wireless connections from the mesh to the rest of the world. It enables public safety officers to use both 2.4 GHz and 4.9 GHz clients, under policies set by the network administrator. It supports public safety traffic on 4.9 GHz licensed mesh and P2MP links while providing dynamic fault tolerance by routing traffic to unlicensed links in the event of 4.9 GHz band congestion or failure.
The Tropos 9532 outdoor router sports best-of-breed 4.9 GHz and 802.11b/g radios. Public safety clients can connect to the Tropos 9532 using either 4.9 GHz or 2.4 GHz links. This flexibility enables public safety users to connect both specialized 4.9 GHz public safety client devices, such the single-band Tropos 9431 mobile router, and more widely available Wi-Fi enabled devices including laptops and PDA.
The Tropos 9432 dual-band mobile router also possesses best-of-breed 4.9 GHz and 802.11b/g radios. It connects public safety vehicles to the mesh network using 4.9 GHz and uses SABRE to support failover to the 2.4 GHz band when necessary. The Tropos 9432 also forms a hot spot around the vehicle so that officers can use laptops and handheld devices with 2.4 GHz or 4.9 GHz network connections in the vicinity without being tethered to their vehicle.
"The Tropos 9000 family of public safety MetroMesh routers further extends our leadership in the market we pioneered," said Steve Lowe, Vice President of Territory and Channel Sales for Tropos Networks. "Tropos was the first company to bring metro-scale Wi-Fi to public safety agencies and our products power the industry's most significant public safety networks to date, including Oklahoma City, Franklin, Milpitas and Jamestown. The addition of Tropos 9000 series to our arsenal and SABRE's ability to deliver unprecedented levels of fault tolerance and capacity provide additional flexibility to agencies who want to take full advantage of 4.9 GHz spectrum licenses." The Tropos 9532, Tropos 9432 and Tropos 9431 will begin shipping during the third quarter of 2007.
SOURCE: Tropos Networks, Inc.