City of Barrie Deploys DragonWave for Municipal Network: AirPair Solution Provides the City of Barrie with a 200 Mbps Self-Healing Mesh Backbone Around the City.OTTAWA -- DragonWave Inc a leading global supplier of next-generation wireless networks, today announced that the City of Barrie, Ontario For the electoral district, see . Barrie is a city of 128,430 residents,<ref name="2006CensCommun" /> the 35th largest municipality in Canada.<ref name="2006CensMuniPops" /> It is located on Kempenfelt Bay, an arm of Lake Simcoe in Central , has deployed DragonWave's AirPair wireless Ethernet The standard for wireless networking within a home or office. Also known as a "Wi-Fi" or "802.11" network, wireless Ethernet is the wireless counterpart to regular, wired Ethernet, which is also the standard for local networks. See 802.11 and wireless LAN. products into a municipal deployment allowing them to maintain operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales at an acceptable level while accommodating infrastructure growth. The City of Barrie was experiencing an escalating demand for bandwidth intensive applications at a number of their primary locations. This demand was further amplified by the fact that the city planned to converge video, voice and data applications onto a single network. A high capacity native Ethernet wireless mesh See wireless mesh network. backbone was selected as the core building block of this project. "The Return on Investment (ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). ) for wireless technology was attractive and the ease of expanding our network reach was enhanced by using DragonWave", said Lawrence Bacik, Director of Information & Communications Technology Noun 1. communications technology - the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems engineering, technology - the practical application of science to commerce or industry for the City of Barrie. "The number of facilities and bandwidth requirements Bandwidth requirements (communications) The channel bandwidths needed to transmit various types of signals, using various processing schemes. Every signal observed in practice can be expressed as a sum (discrete or over a frequency continuum) of sinusoidal has grown since the case was first put forward, but our ROI has not changed. The expectations are that as we add new locations, we will maintain our current operating cost, while providing an enhanced service Enhanced service is service offered over commercial carrier transmission facilities used in interstate communications, that employs computer processing applications that act on the format, content, code, protocol, or similar aspects of the subscriber's transmitted information; ." The AirPair solution provides the City of Barrie with a 200 Mbps full duplex (Computers) arranged so that the information may be transmitted in both directions simultaneously; - of communications channels between computers; contrasted with Previously all wireless services were centered on City Hall. In the event of a disaster all service would be brought down. By deploying a self healing wireless mesh, the network can route around any disabled site without impacting communications to other City facilities. This is a very important aspect of the Disaster Recovery plan for the City. "The advantages of a single IP network combined with the advantages of wireless mesh backhaul meet exactly the requirements for the municipal networks" said Peter Allen, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of DragonWave. "The City of Barrie have built a leading edge capability carrying voice, video and data services" DragonWave's AirPair product operates within both licensed and unlicensed radio frequencies of 18-to-26-GHz range, ensuring interference-free performance for customers' traffic. The DragonWave solution provides scalable, ultra-low latency, wire-speed native Ethernet connectivity up to 200 Mbps full duplex.The system is extremely easy to deploy and manage, with a full suite of network management options. AirPair has indoor and outdoor deployment options, and is a highly reliable platform enabling 99.999 service availability. About the City of Barrie Barrie is an exciting, caring and progressive community that 127,000 people call home.Situated just north of the Greater Toronto Area The Greater Toronto Area (widely abbreviated as the GTA) is the most populous metropolitan area in Canada. The GTA is a provincial planning area with a population of 5,555,912 at the 2006 Canadian Census. on beautiful Kempenfelt Bay, Barrie offers an excellent lifestyle and a multitude of recreational opportunities.Barrie is also a competitive business location that offers low capital and operating costs, including low taxes, development charges and land costs.We are committed to the growth and prosperity of Central Ontario's leading City and most dynamic waterfront community. About DragonWave DragonWave designs, markets and supports broadband, wireless networking products for service providers and enterprises requiring reliable, predictable, interference-free, high-bandwidth transmission of real-time, IP applications.DragonWave products meet the demands of a wide range of applications as well as delivering a value proposition that enables operators and service providers an "invest as you grow" capability that leverages profitable growth.DragonWave is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada's high-technology capital. The company's Web site is http://www.dragonwaveinc.com |
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