Software helps design outdoor wireless mesh networks.
Press Release Summary:
Optimized for planning networks with HotZone Duo(TM) Solution, MeshPlanner(TM) software offers solution for creating secure, scalable, citywide Wi-Fi access. RF-intelligent map delivers basic map of area, list of possible hardware mounting points, terrain data, and clutter information such as location of buildings and foliage. After placing equipment and designating access points for direct backhaul connection, designer can run simulations to analyze and visualize signal coverage and capacity.
Original Press Release:
Motorola Expands Portfolio of Wireless Network Design Software with Introduction of MeshPlanner(TM)
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., June 19 / Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) today announced MeshPlanner(TM), a software solution which enables the efficient and cost-effective design of outdoor wireless mesh networks. The software, a component of Motorola's MOTOwi4(TM) portfolio of wireless broadband solutions and services, helps to reduce labor and planning costs and enables quicker implementation of a high performance mesh network.
Optimized for planning networks with Motorola's new HotZone Duo(TM) Solution for Municipal Wi-Fi, MeshPlanner software provides an easy, yet comprehensive and repeatable approach for designing and verifying mesh network installations. Unlike traditional site survey-based design methods which require costly and time consuming on-site work, designers can use MeshPlanner to plan the mesh network on their PC, then validate the network's performance with site surveys using Motorola InFielder® software.
"Combining our planning software with the HotZone Duo hardware and management offering provides customers with a complete solution for creating secure, reliable and scalable citywide Wi-Fi access," said Jim Welch, general manager of Motorola's RF Design and Management Software division. "The solution combined with Motorola's extensive wireless expertise will provide customers with a unique advantage in designing and deploying mesh networks."
A key factor in mesh network design is the impact the environment has on network performance. MeshPlanner addresses this issue by creating and utilizing an RF-intelligent map, which combines a basic map of the area, a list of possible mounting points for hardware, terrain data, and clutter information such as the location of buildings and foliage. During the network planning stage, MeshPlanner predicts the effect that the terrain, buildings and foliage have on radio signal propagation and the resulting network performance.
Other critical factors to a successful design include signal coverage and overall network capacity. After placing equipment in MeshPlanner's RF-intelligent map and designating which access points (APs) will have a direct backhaul connection, the designer can run simulations to analyze and visualize signal coverage and capacity. MeshPlanner indicates whether any user-specified performance requirements have not been achieved by the current design, and provides controls for adjusting AP settings and locations to meet signal coverage and capacity targets. Later, as the network is deployed, the installer can verify the network is operating as planned by collecting signal measurements with InFielder. If the requirements for the network change over time, the designer can easily modify the existing design and test the changes.
MeshPlanner is expected to be available in the third quarter of 2006. For more information, visit: motorola.com/rfdesign . Email the Motorola RF Design and Management Software team at RFSoftwareSales@motorola.com or call 1-800-901-6484 or +1-512-821-1560.
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