AIRAYA announced today it is shipping FCC type-approved 4.9GHz public safety outdoor bridges.
Their WirelessGRID outdoor-ready wireless Ethernet bridges are said to allow for easy installation, robust operation (reliability to 5 9’s), high security (AES data encryption and access control), and centralized remote monitoring & management.
The extended operating range (4.94-4.99 GHz, 5.25-5.35 GHz, 5.47-5.72 GHz, and 5.725-5.85 GHz) and new channel structure (5, 10, 20, or 40 MHz-wide channels) maximize system flexibility and design, optimize spectrum usage and data throughput, while providing superior voice quality and data services at increased distances.
AIRAYA says their systems can supply speeds up to 108 Mbps and distances to 30 miles. Our new 4.9GHz WirelessGRID products are designed to fulfill the need for secure, fast and affordable public safety wireless multipoint and backhaul solutions, and deliver significant performance and design advantages over competing solutions, while providing exceptional value to public safety agencies. said Mike Nydam, President and CEO of AIRAYA.
“Public safety agencies require secure, reliable communications systems due to the important and often dangerous nature of their workers’ jobs. Each event a police, fire or other agency responds to could be mission-critical, even life-threatening,” said Craig Barratt, CEO of Atheros Communications, whose chips are in the AIRAYA product.
The outdoor base station/repeater unit ($1,799.00), uses 802.11a hardware and proprietary multipoint bridging software, providing up to 42 Mbps of TCP/IP throughput, and supports both repeater mode and base station mode. Utilizing the 4.94-4.99, 5.25-5.35, 5.47-5.72, or 5.725-5.85 GHz frequency bands, each base station/repeater includes an indoor signal/power injector, 150 feet of indoor-to-outdoor cable, an outdoor radio with 2 N-type female bulkhead connectors.
Licensing on the public service 4.9 GHz band will be based on what is called a jurisdictional licensing scheme . This interprets as any eligible agency may obtain a license that covers their legal jurisdictional area of operation. Coordination is not required to obtain a license.
The FCC is relying on local entities to coordinate the use of this spectrum in any given area where multiple governmental agencies may have overlapping service areas. Agencies may apply directly to the FCC for licenses.
There are 18 channels which are aggregated for channel bandwidths of 1, 5, 10, 15, or 20 MHz. Channels 1 5 and 15-18 are 1 MHz channels and 6-14 are 5 MHz channels. Power limits vary from 20 dBm to 33 dBm depending on bandwidth.
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