Las Vegas, New Mexico Deploying Public Safety Wi-Fi Network with Solana Technologies and Tropos Solution.Becomes Tropos Networks 500(th) Customer SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Tropos Networks, the market leader for metro-scale 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. systems, and Solana Technologies Inc, a leading wireless network integrator, today announced that the city of Las Vegas
The City of Las Vegas , New Mexico, is currently deploying the Tropos MetroMesh Wi-Fi system to provide mobile wireless connectivity for the Las Vegas Police Department Las Vegas Police Department has been used in several places including:
The city-owned and operated network will initially allow Las Vegas to improve public safety by enabling critical police connectivity in the field, enhancing productivity, while reducing costs. "Our goal is to provide a city-owned and operated wireless network that will allow the city to provide a higher level of service to our citizens," said Lt. Eugene Garcia, of the Las Vegas Police department and county and city emergency manager. "The network will enable us to extend the knowledge, informational resources and databases available in city offices to public safety." The network will initially cover seven square miles using Tropos 5210 outdoor MetroMesh routers. Tropos 4210 mobile routers will be installed in police vehicles, permitting immediate access to critical state and federal databases. The Tropos 4210s extend coverage to remote areas not otherwise reachable by the Wi-Fi network. "We chose the Tropos MetroMesh system over other alternatives because it provided the highest performance and coverage with the fewest units and was hands down the most cost-effective and easiest to deploy solution," said Kim McCaffrey, president of Solana Technologies, Inc. "In addition, it provides us with a platform for future public safety applications such as real-time video for police cars and video surveillance." "We are pleased to work with Solana Technologies on deploying our MetroMesh system for the public safety benefit of the community of Las Vegas, New Mexico Las Vegas is a city in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. Once two separate towns, West Las Vegas ("Old Town") and East Las Vegas ("New Town"), divided by the Gallinas River, retain distinct characters and separate, rival, school districts. ," said Ron Sege, 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 Tropos Networks. "The city will take a special place in Tropos' history as our 500th customer." About Solana Technologies, Inc. Solana Tech provides wireless communications solutions and advanced engineering services to a wide range of U.S. and international commercial enterprises and governmental agencies. STI STI systolic time intervals. also provides network security, video communications as well as Information Technology and consulting http://www.solanatech.com About Las Vegas, NM With a population of about 15,000, Las Vegas is the county seat of San Miguel County, New Mexico San Miguel County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of 2000, the population was 30,126. Its county seat is Las Vegas6. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 12,265 km² (4,736 mi²). . Once two separate towns, West Las Vegas ("Old Town") and East Las Vegas East Las Vegas may refer to two places in the United States of America:
NMHU is notable for enrolling a majority Hispanic student body. . It is also avenue used by the IBNA IBNA International Baccalaureate North America for teacher training, perhaps due to the proximity of the Armand Hammer United World College of the American West The Armand Hammer United World College of the American West is a United World College founded in 1982 by industrialist and philanthropist Armand Hammer. The campus, in the town of Montezuma, New Mexico, just northwest of the city of Las Vegas, New Mexico, includes the historic . About Tropos Tropos[R] Networks is the market leader in delivering metro-scale Wi-Fi mesh network systems. Our systems have been selected to unwire more major league cities than all competitors combined and are installed in 30 countries. The patented Tropos MetroMesh[TM] architecture delivers the ultimate scalability, high capacity at low cost and great user experience demanded by carriers, municipalities and network users. Our unique expertise includes high-performance mesh software development, mesh RF engineering, metro-scale network planning, deployment and optimization, and navigating the municipal approval process. 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. Tropos is a registered trademark of Tropos Networks, Inc. Tropos Networks, MetroMesh, PWRP, AMCE and Metro-Scale Mesh Networking Defined 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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