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Article: Tropos connects Baton Rouge with Wi-Fi network.(Business)
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- RCR Wireless News
- Article date:
- September 15, 2003
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Byline: EMILY MOTSAY
Tropos Networks Inc. will supply equipment to enable Verge Wireless Networks Inc.'s metro-scale Wi-Fi network in downtown Baton Rouge, La.
The Tropos system works like a mesh network in which Wi-Fi cells communicate with each other, creating paths back to just one wired node as opposed to requiring a backhaul access point for each Wi-Fi access point. "Mesh technology allows us to deploy these antennas in an area without having to put a backhaul on them,'' explained Carlo MacDonald, president of 802.11b provider Verge. The system, therefore, cuts installation and operational costs for service providers.
Downtown Baton Rouge ...