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TELEGRID at LandWarNet - Booth 201
TELEGRID invites you to Booth
201 at LandWarNet 2011 on August 23-25 in the Tampa Convention
Center, Tampa, Florida where we will be displaying our WZRDnet low-power
wireless ad-hoc mesh network. This network has undergone successful
testing with the US Army, US Navy and US Marine Corps. We will also be
displaying our legacy COMSEC interface equipment including VINSON/ ANDVT
buffers and KIV remote managers.
C4ISR On-The-Move and Network
Modernization Event 2011
TELEGRID is proud to be a member of a select group of
organizations invited to participate in the C4ISR On-The-Move (OTM) and
Network Modernization Event completed July 29, 2011. The mission of this
three-week annual event hosted by RDECOM and CERDEC in Fort Dix, New
Jersey is stated as follows: “To provide a relevant environment/ venue
to assess emerging capabilities in a C4ISR System of Systems (SoS)
configuration to enable a network-centric environment in order to reduce
and mitigate risk for Future Force Concepts and Capabilities, accelerate
technology insertion into the Current Force, and support Army BCT
Modernization and the Future Force.”
TELEGRID’s contribution to this effort consisted of our
WZRDnet low-power wireless
ad-hoc mesh network. This network provides secure voice and data
communications without the need for any infrastructure (i.e., no cell
towers or satellites required). Each
WZRDnet
handset in the network performs as a router steering voice and data
packets from origin to destination. Unlike other mesh networks, this
architecture does not employ central routing tables thus avoiding single
points of failure. Based on a low-power IEEE protocol, WZRDnet lhandsets
provide service for 38 hours between battery recharges and contain an
embedded GPS receiver, making them ideal platforms for location and
tracking applications.
WZRDnet operation can be enhanced with the addition of a
WZRDnet
Gateway which is capable of interoperating with Wide Area Network
(WAN) access systems including Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSATs),
Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) terminals, IP networks (e.g., Wi-Fi,
VOIP), and even PSTN analog lines. The WZRDnet Gateway thus provides WAN
access to large numbers of WZRDnet users that may not have direct
connectivity to these access systems but can access the Gateway by
“hopping” through the mesh network. The WZRDnet Gateway can also be
deployed in sensor networks to collect and transmit information from
low-power/ low-cost WZRDnet sensor relays.
For the C4ISR OTM Event TELEGRID’s WZRDnet equipment was used as an
Opposition Force (OPFOR) locating and tracking system in an austere
environment. For that purpose members of the OPFOR were issued WZRDnet
handsets and OPFOR vehicles were equipped with WZRDnet Gateways to
collect position location information and convert it for transmission
over vehicular radios. At the remote Command Post, the
WZRDnet Command Center Application displayed the GPS position
(LAT/LON) of all OPFOR personnel and vehicles on a 3D geographical map.
In addition to providing location information, OPFOR personnel also used
the WZRDnet handsets for voice communication.
TELEGRID would like to take this opportunity to thank the organizers of
this year’s C4ISR OTM Event for allowing us to participate in this
important exercise even though we are not part of a Program of Record.
The successful demonstration of the WZRDnet low-power wireless mesh
network in an austere environment further proves its ability to provide
voice and data access under extreme conditions.
For more details of the test and the results please
call us at 973-994-4440.
If you want to learn more about us and our products
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