BelAir Networks Now Shipping BelAir50c for Metropolitan Wi-Fi Mesh Networks; Low-cost, Carrier-grade Wi-Fi Coverage Accessible for All Municipal Networks.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Mesh networking Mesh networking is a way to route data, voice and instructions between nodes. It allows for continuous connections and reconfiguration around broken or blocked paths by “hopping” from node to node until the destination is reached. leader, BelAir Networks, today announced that it is shipping the BelAir50c, an economical and easy to install single-radio wireless mesh See wireless mesh network. node. "BelAir offers a significant range of products that will scale up to the toughest possible metro mesh requirements," said Tony Rizzo Tony Rizzo (born June 27, 1940 in Italy) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995. Rizzo owns a number of bricklaying companies. , Sector Head with The 451 Group, a technology industry analyst company focused on the business of enterprise IT innovation. "The new BelAir50c now adds the ability to meet scaled-down requirements and price points." This comment appeared in an independent report, titled "BelAir adds a lower-price mesh product to its arsenal as mesh networking heats up," which was published on July 8 of this year (see Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. below). The BelAir50c is a single-radio platform combining Wi-Fi access and wireless mesh backhaul in an environmentally hardened, outdoor enclosure. It can be deployed in distinct mesh clusters for small networks or as coverage extension at the edge of larger mesh networks. The BelAir50c integrates seamlessly with the multi-radio BelAir200 and the two-radio BelAir100 to form a complete, integrated solution for large metro-scale Wi-Fi networks. "Our experience has shown that most large networks are not uniform. They have mixed requirements," said Phil Belanger, VP of marketing for BelAir Networks. "They need comprehensive Wi-Fi coverage throughout a large area with some areas requiring higher capacity or voice support. With the addition of the low-cost BelAir50c, we are making it easier for our customers to design networks that offer the best of both worlds: lowest cost of coverage and high performance access at a cost that is less than alternative options." The new BelAir50c is priced to make it easy and affordable to deploy high-volume community networks for high-speed Internet See broadband. access, public access to government services, and public safety applications throughout residential and business districts "The BelAir50c offers a low-cost way to build a wireless mesh network (1) A network that relies on all nodes to propagate signals. Although the wireless signal may start at some base station (access point) attached to a wired network, a wireless mesh network extends the transmission distance by relaying the signal from one computer to another. for applications such as public access and emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' . Networks can be designed for low cost coverage initially and then upgraded seamlessly into a larger, more complex network as and when needed," noted Belanger. "Cities no longer have to sacrifice future capacity and capability for near-term budget constraints." About the BelAir50c As part of the complete BelAir Networks wide-area Wi-Fi product line, the BelAir50c enables the creation of large carrier-grade wireless local area networks (WLANs). It simplifies network deployment and provides more flexibility in the network design. The BelAir50c is a single-radio, wireless mesh cluster node that uses 802.11g to support both Wi-Fi client access and wireless backhaul. The BelAir50c utilizes BelAir's rugged, environmentally-hardened design, and includes diversity omni-directional antennas, 100 Mbps Ethernet line interface, Layer 2 switch and a power supply with two hour battery backup See UPS. . Each unit is designed to operate as part of a shared mesh cluster of up to eight nodes. The BelAir50c automatically discovers other BelAir50c units nearby to create a mesh cluster. Using BelAir's advanced mesh routing protocol, packets are forwarded though the optimal path to the node in the cluster that is supplying the wired or wireless backhaul. The BelAir50c supports multiple SSID (Service Set IDentifier) The name assigned to a wireless Wi-Fi network. All devices must use this same, case-sensitive name to communicate, which is a text string up to 32 bytes long. and VLAN See virtual LAN. VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network configurations. The BelAir50c has been shipping since September 2005. About BelAir Networks BelAir Networks offers the most scalable, wide-area wireless broadband wireless network solutions with the highest quality of service for data, voice and video applications. BelAir's complete portfolio of wireless networking products are built on the only multi-service architecture for wide -area wireless broadband deployments of Wi-Fi, WiMAX, and broadband cellular networks. Built specifically for outdoor deployments, BelAir Networks' products deliver the lowest cost per user and deploy in days, blending into the physical infrastructure of downtown business districts, hotels and resorts, and college campuses. Founded in 2001, BelAir Networks is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Kanata, Ontario. For more information, please visit www.belairnetworks.com. Editor's Note: The 451 Group's report, "BelAir adds a lower-price mesh product to its arsenal as mesh networking heats up," referenced above, is an independently-produced report that was neither sponsored by nor otherwise funded directly by BelAir Networks. The report and its entire contents are the sole property of The 451 Group, copyright 2005, and are reproduced here by permission. The entire contents of this report are available at www.the451group.com. |
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