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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I unfortunately did not make it to the meetings because of prior > engagements but does anyone have any feedback? Yes. The meetings were fairly well attended, and I gained a lot of valuable feedback and contacts. I actually have several private threads going with various people and will be posting a summary soon. I would be interested > in hearing what went on. I noticed that there are a lot of RF gurus > on this list so I won't be able to add much there but I know different > hardware platforms pretty well. From what I understand the most > important factor in increasing the capacity of a mesh network is the > backhaul. Traditionally these were only done via some copper or fiber > based medium directly connected to the the AP but today munis are > deploying mesh in conjunction with dedicated point to multi-point > systems specifically used for backhaul to numerous mesh nodes > throughout the city or community. I am sure most of you know what I'm > talking about but I worked up a quick graphic with some icons that we > made...http://www.wlanmall.com/images/muniwifi.jpg. This pic shows > two point to point bridges but you get the drift...This is a good way > to reduce wired bandwidth costs and hardware costs as you really only > need several key sites to be "wired in" to the internet. These sort > of topologies are being pushed by Motorola, Proxim, Strix and on some > smaller level Tranzeo...If you want more specific info on these > platforms and how each piece will/would play a role let me know. I will definitely be talking to you about this in the late December early January time frame. Also any other experts who want to contribute. > > Now on another note, my feeling is that the only way you can viably > deploy a muni-mesh network is to get public safety and muni utilities > to become the major users of the network. With this in mind LA might > be able to use some of its millions in public safety money to roll out > the deployment, while re-couping CAPEX from selling internet to the > public off of the same APs. With todays virtual AP or multi SSID > technologies this should be a feasible scenario. That is actually already in progress. Public safety money is very very well suited for this type of thing. As is providing e-government services. > > Just my 2 cents...Have a good weekend. Thank you so much for checking in and commenting. Its greatly appreciated. :) - -- Charles N Wyble [EMAIL PROTECTED] (818) 280 7059 http://www.thewybles.com/~charles President and CEO of Known Element Enterprises and affiliated companies. http://www.knownelement.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG/ZN/kQPZV56XDBMRAqzOAJ0dcvYgnMaNFDJdurmuoLYfRqEP/ACeL9qr GVhew7vJShEV8d7TYT+JS2U= =9UZK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SOCALWUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SOCALWUG SOCALWUG website: http://www.socalwug.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
