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SkyPilot Announces SyncMesh Client for Ubiquiti
USD$99 software transforms Wi-Fi devices into WiMAX-like broadband wireless CPE
SANTA CLARA, CA – (PRWEB) – December 10, 2008 – SkyPilot Networks, a leading provider of carrier-class broadband wireless equipment, today announced SyncMesh™ Client, a downloadable firmware image that transforms Wi-Fi devices into WiMAX-like broadband wireless CPE. The first devices available with the SyncMesh Client firmware are Ubiquiti Networks' line of high-performance and low-cost 5 GHz products including the PowerStation, NanoStation, NanoStation loco, and Bullet.
"SyncMesh Client enables service providers to leverage robust outdoor Wi-Fi devices and built carrier-class broadband wireless networks," said Brian Jenkins, vice president of marketing at SkyPilot. "Ubiquiti has shown significant cost-leadership with the PowerStation5 (USD$169), NanoStation5 (USD$89), NanoStation5 loco (USD$69), and Bullet5 (USD$59). With SyncMesh Client, we're leveraging these products to provide WiMAX-like networking at extremely competitive price points."
The SyncMesh Client replaces the firmware on these 802.11a devices with SkyPilot's patented software, which converts the media access control (MAC) from an asynchronous, collision avoidance protocol to a synchronous, scheduled protocol to provide greater spectral efficiency and tighter latency controls for applications like VoIP. Instead of using the carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA), SyncMesh uses a WiMAX-like synchronous time division duplex (TDD) protocol to coordinate transmissions throughout an entire point-to-multipoint network to maximize capacity.
SkyPilot has written a whitepaper entitled "Why Synchronous for Wireless" that articulates the differences between asynchronous and synchronous protocols in long-range outdoor broadband wireless networks. It is available for free from SkyPilot at http://www.skypilot.com/pdf/wp_WhySynchronousForWireless.pdf.
The SyncMesh synchronous protocol provides functions found within WiMAX solutions as well as advances found in no other broadband wireless solutions, including:
- Dynamic and synchronized antenna pointing to increase link budget and reduce self-interference
- Contention-less data transmission through scheduled transmissions
- Time ranging function to compensate for speed-of-light propagation across long-range links
- Periodic time slot grants to increase efficiency
Once converted with the SyncMesh Client, these Wi-Fi devices function like traditional SkyConnectors and connect to a network of SkyGateways and SkyExtenders base stations to provide last-mile Internet access services to residential and business subscribers.
"SkyPilot's new broadband wireless CPE strategy gives me tremendous flexibility. Along with their proven mesh backhaul, SkyPilot now offers a lower cost for coverage expansion than their competitors," said Danny Gilbert, vice president of operations at Unite Wireless in Weatherford, Texas. "We now have a range of low-cost, high-capacity, and long-range broadband wireless CPE to fit into a wide range of applications and installations. In addition, flashing these devices with the SyncMesh Client is an easy and cost-effective way to integrate all of our SkyPilot base station equipment and network management systems with robust Ubiquiti devices."
SyncMesh Client software is available through SkyPilot's distributors at an MSRP of USD$99. For more information on SyncMesh Client, please contact SkyPilot at skypilotsales@trilliantinc.com.
About SkyPilot Networks
SkyPilot Networks is a leading provider of carrier-class broadband wireless solutions that enable service providers, municipalities, and public safety agencies to rapidly deploy cost-effective broadband access, voice over IP, public and private Wi-Fi access, video surveillance, and other wireless applications. The SkyPilot solution utilizes a patent-pending synchronous mesh architecture with high-speed switched directional antenna arrays that extends reach, mitigates interference, and maximizes spectral reuse. The result is a highly scalable, reliable, and deterministic mesh network that simplifies design, increases deployment flexibility, and dramatically reduces equipment and operating costs. SkyPilot has proven scalability and reliability with over 40,000 units shipped to customers in over 50 countries. SkyPilot is a privately held company based in Santa Clara, California. For more information on SkyPilot and its solutions, contact pr@trilliantinc.com or visit http://www.skypilot.com.
