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TROPOS
NETWORKS UNVEILS FIRST STRATEGY TO BRING WIMAX TO METRO-SCALE
WI-FI |
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Company to Offer Open Standard WiMAX
Benefits, Including Licensed Band Operation, to Municipalities,
Service Providers and Carriers Deploying Metro-Scale Wireless |
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SUNNYVALE, CA, October 27, 2004
Tropos Networks, the leading supplier of equipment used to build
metro-scale broadband networks, today announced the industry’s
first strategy for integrating open-standard WiMAX into new
and existing metro-scale Wi-Fi networks. The Tropos WiMAX integration
strategy incorporates WiMAX in three phases, as follows: |
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Phase 1 (2005): Tropos will support 802.16-2004
WiMAX as a point-to-multipoint backhaul link from Tropos metro-scale
Wi-Fi networks to local points-of-presence (PoPs). This standards-based
solution will improve price/performance versus current proprietary
alternatives and offer operation in both licensed and unlicensed
bands. |
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Phase 2 (2006): Tropos will introduce 802.16-2004
WiMAX within the metro-scale Wi-Fi network to provide inter-cell
connectivity. In conjunction with Phase 1, this will allow quality
of service (QoS) capabilities and licensed-band operation to
the edge of the network, while still supporting Wi-Fi clients.
The Tropos cells will automatically select the frequency bands
and access methods that provide the best end-to-end performance.
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Phase 3 (2007-8): Tropos cells will support
802.16e WiMAX client connections in both licensed and unlicensed
bands, along with continued support for Wi-Fi clients. This
will allow both licensed-band and unlicensed-band client operation
and will offer mobility enhancements. |
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“Our three-phase strategy allows municipalities,
service providers and carriers to install metro-scale Wi-Fi
today, knowing that they will be able to seamlessly integrate
WiMAX as product technology matures,” said Ron Sege, President
and CEO of Tropos Networks. “They can have the best of
both worlds, immediately offering the high performance, low
cost and ease of use Tropos metro-scale Wi-Fi networks to the
installed base of over 75 million Wi-Fi clients while laying
the groundwork for WiMAX and its benefits, including licensed
spectrum operation, improved price/performance for point-to-multipoint
backhaul, enhanced QoS capabilities and improved client mobility.” |
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“Through investments and technology
development Intel has been and continues to be a big proponent
of broadband wireless technology,” said Scott Richardson,
general manager of Intel’s Broadband Wireless Division.
“This strategy reinforces the complimentary nature between
Wi-Fi and WiMAX and the impact it will have to bring high-speed
Internet access to areas around the world. |
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“WiMAX is an open-standard radio technology
that adds licensed spectrum support, QoS and designed-in mobility
to today’s metro-scale Wi-Fi mesh networks,” said
Ian McPherson, President of Wireless Data Research Group. “Dense
cell, mesh networks economically bring true broadband throughput
and great coverage to mobile WiMAX networks. It’s a win-win
partnership.” |
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For more information regarding the integration
of WiMAX into metro-scale wireless networks, please see the
Tropos Networks white paper, “Open Standard Radio for
Broadband: Wi-Fi to WiMAX,” available at http://www.tropos.com/technology/whitepapers.html. |
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About Tropos Networks, Inc.
Tropos Networks, Inc., is the leading supplier of systems used
to build metro-scale, outdoor Wi-Fi networks. Tropos’
unique Wi-Fi cells, along with the first element manager to
control large Wi-Fi networks, enable public agencies and service
providers to deliver ubiquitous, city-wide mobile broadband
to users in any locale. These carrier-class IP networks are
low cost and easy to install and scale. The Tropos cellular
mesh architecture and use of optimized open-standard radios
dramatically reduce the need for wired backhaul while eliminating
expensive proprietary clients and complex software. Using the
patented Predictive Wireless Routing Protocol, Tropos solutions
deliver maximum bandwidth to the user regardless of conditions,
at unprecedented Wi-Fi network scale. Tropos Networks is headquartered
in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, please visit
www.tropos.com,
call 408-331-6800 or write to
info@tropos.com. |
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Tropos Networks, Tropos and PWRP are trademarks
of Tropos Networks, Inc. All other brand or product names are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holder(s). |
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