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Strix's Access/One Outdoor Wireless System (OWS) to Unwire
1,000+ Square-Mile Country
CALABASAS, Calif., Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Strix Systems, the leader in
high-performance wireless mesh networking, today announced that the Republic
of Macedonia has selected Strix's Access/One Outdoor Wireless System (OWS)
to
create a country-wide wireless mesh network. The 1,000+ square-mile
deployment, which is funded and deployed by Macedonian service provider
On.Net, will be the single largest broadband wireless network in the world,
providing high speed data, voice, and video capabilities to the entire
population of over two million people. On.Net has already deployed Strix's
high-performance, multi-radio wireless mesh throughout Macedonia's capital
city of Skopje, which provides wireless broadband capabilities to the nearly
one million inhabitants.
"This contract and the initial deployment of Strix's multi-radio mesh in
Skopje is the first step in a process that will help to make the internet
affordable, sustainable, and competitive throughout the Republic of
Macedonia," said Predrag Cemerikic, CEO of On.Net. "This will enable
consumers, businesses, and the government to use the Internet for many
activities which are crucial for the development of the country."
On.Net selected Strix Systems after testing multiple single- and
dual-radio wireless mesh products over the past seven months. Due to the
mountainous terrain of the country and the inherent throughput limitations
of
single- and dual-radio solutions, all other systems failed to provide
acceptable levels of performance for even basic data services, not to
mention
real-time services like wireless VoIP (wVoIP). Only Strix's multi-radio
wireless mesh networking system, which dedicates radios for each separate
function of the mesh (client access, backhaul ingress, and backhaul egress)
could bypass the challenges of the terrain and meet On.Net's cost, coverage,
and throughput capacity needs. Moving forward, On.Net will also be a
standardizing on Strix's Access/One products and has created a model for
deploying broadband wireless in other developing countries based on the
capabilities of Strix's technology.
"Macedonia is known for its mountainous terrain, deep basins, and large
valleys -- none of which is conducive to deploying a wireless network. When
On.Net was entrusted with building a network that would overcome these
challenges, we did our due diligence and tested virtually every wireless
mesh
networking system on the market," said Cemerikic. "The differences we saw
in
our testing were unbelievable. Strix is by far the highest performance mesh
system and is the easiest to deploy, hands down. The ability of its
multi-radio mesh nodes to auto-configure and provide high throughput -- even
in tricky areas -- is incredible."
Strix's Access/One solutions employ a unique modular, multi-radio,
multi-channel, and multi-RF wireless mesh architecture that provides the
high
throughput and low latency needed to support wireless voice, video, and data
applications today so that On.Net will not need to make system upgrades to
provide these services. This modular architecture is fully flexible and
scalable, allowing Macedonia's network to grow simply and affordably in the
future. Strix's architecture already provides mechanisms to support QoS,
solving problems such as bandwidth degradation, network latency, and
application priority contention. Because Strix networks operate at both the
2.4 GHz and 5 GHz unlicensed spectra, on multiple channels of each spectra
simultaneously, Strix can separate client access from the mesh backbone,
enabling the system to dynamically optimize data paths, circumnavigate
network
congestion and interference, and adjust in real time to avoid network
failure.
"Macedonia's initiative to unwire the entire country is truly
innovative,
and is an incredible validation of the ease-of-deployment, manageability,
and
performance that Strix's multi-radio mesh networks can provide -- even in
hard-to-deploy areas," said Nan Chen, Vice President of Marketing at Strix
Systems. "On.Net should be commended for the amount of research they put
into
this project, and Strix is honored to be selected over all other mesh
vendors
for a project of this magnitude. This is a true indicator of the ability of
Strix's multi-radio, multi-channel, multi-RF mesh system to scale and
provide
high-speed wireless broadband that can support data, voice, and video in any
deployment scenario at the most cost effective price in the industry."
About Strix Systems
Strix Systems is the technology leader in scalable, high-performance
wireless mesh networking based on its industry leading multi-radio,
multi-channel and multi-RF wireless mesh architecture. Sold globally by a
network of integrators and resellers, Strix's Access/One solutions address
new
generation broadband mobility and reach-ability by providing the high
throughput and low latency needed to support wireless voice, video, and data
applications in both indoor and outdoor deployments for enterprises, public
safety, municipal, metropolitan and transportation marketplace.
For more information about Strix Systems, please visit
http://www.strixsystems.com.
NOTE: Strix Systems and Access/One Network are trademarks or registered
trademarks, in the United States and certain other countries, of Strix
Systems. Additional company and product names may be trademarks or
registered
trademarks of the individual companies and are respectfully acknowledged.
SOURCE Strix Systems, Inc.
Web Site: http://www.strixsystems.com
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