Strix - Access/One ® Network OWS
Strix is the worldwide award winning technology (Iometrix) and market (Infonetics, In-Stat) leader in the wireless mesh broadband industry, having the greatest number of radios shipped, supporting the widest range of applications and the greatest number of deployments for small to large-scale, strategic, tactical, transit, rural, municipal and metropolitan areas.
Strix Access/One Outdoor Wireless System (OWS) is the only modular (in-the-field upgradable) system delivering at the industry's highest throughput and lowest latency levels to achieve the most robust and reliable network infrastructure for a wide range of applications.
Strix Access/One intelligently self-tunes, self-configures and self-heals to optimize the overall performance and availability. The OWS architecture makes wireless broadband a full duplex technology, moving traffic more efficiently through the network and utilizing different RF frequencies and channels for network connectivity and client access. RF channels are selected dynamically, making the network more resilient to interference than standard mesh networks. Working closely together, these features deliver higher throughput and lower latency across multiple hops, supporting real time voice, video, and data applications.
Packed with features but small in size, the OWS supports up to six (6) radios of 802.11a, 802.11b/g and 4.9 GHz that can be configured for a mix of environments. Strix exceeds common implementations of 4.9 GHz taking it to the most exacting FCC standards of the DSRC-C mask giving deployments the greatest power, range, coverage and scalability to maximize Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
Strix Systems sets high standards for multi-radio, multi-RF and multi-channel performance and capabilities, engineering our own advanced patented algorithms to deliver high throughput over multiple hops from the core to the edge of the network.
Strix Access/One intelligently self-tunes, self-configures and self-heals to optimize the overall performance and availability. The OWS architecture makes wireless broadband a full duplex technology, moving traffic more efficiently through the network and utilizing different RF frequencies and channels for network connectivity and client access. RF channels are selected dynamically, making the network more resilient to interference than standard mesh networks. Working closely together, these features deliver higher throughput and lower latency across multiple hops, supporting real time voice, video, and data applications.
The OWS offers the greatest scalability, efficiently and economically minimizing the number of wired termination points required in the network, greatly reduces deployment and operating costs and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Extended operating temperature ranges and flexible mounting options make the OWS suitable for all types of deployment scenarios.
All OWS nodes can be centrally managed using Strix Manager/One® secure web interface, and carrier grade network element management tools. Enhanced features including Virtual/StrixT, Priority/OneT and Rogue/OneT support deployments of mixed use networks where varying security schemes are implemented based on user type (for example, public safety versus public access), and different levels of priority can be assigned to the various network traffic. Access/One Network OWS is an ideal solution for carriers, service providers, municipalities, public safety, federal government applications and more.
Strix Access/One delivers always-available broadband access with unequalled support for high-speed mobility such as seen with the deployment of Strix Access/One broadband access for track-side railway deployments. Transitions within cities, from one node to another are seamless and require no manual re-authentication as the network automatically reserves connectivity and bandwidth for you throughout the network. Even more, coverage can be expanded in support of shared police, fire, EMS and other resources needing to cross district, county or other virtual lines of responsibility.
Strix Access/One has proven performance achieving the greatest range, coverage and support for video surveillance and other strategic applications. Bandwidth can be reserved and managed and systems, such as for video surveillance, may be fully distributed or centralized as needed. Client services and backhaul can be fine-tuned to support the most efficient use of network resources.
Real-life examples enable applications such as GIS, video surveillance, voice over IP and child-tracking. Strix Systems engages with manufacturers, continuing to prove anything is possible and building unique sets of solutions for public safety and business-critical and commercial applications, such as seen in our partnerships with industry-leaders such as Panasonic, Federal Signal, Milestone Systems, ICOP and many others. For more information on Strix solution sets click here.
Industry's Highest Performance
Independent tests (Iometrix) prove Strix Systems leadership as the industry's highest performance wireless mesh network system.
Benefit: The delivery a broad range of high performance voice, video and data services with minimal infrastructure costs.
Industry's Lowest Latency
Proven through independent testing and customer deployments, Strix Access/One is the industry's lowest latency wireless mesh network system.
Benefit: The industry's lowest latency supporting the largest-scale deployments of timing sensitive applications such as voice over ip at the highest achievable quality.
Any Radio, Any Configuration
Strix Access/One is the industry leader in wireless network technologies enabling any radio technology in any configuration in a modular chassis-based system.
Benefit: Flexible deployments using any radio, any technology, any channels in any configuration for wireless backhaul and client access.
Greatest Multi-hop Coverage
Strix Access/One offers the highest performance and range to achieve the greatest number of wireless hops with the industry's highest sustained throughput
Benefit: Strix Access/One maximizes the revenue potential and minimizes the cost of network infrastructure and operations for the industry's most compelling total cost of ownership (TCO).
Highest Capacity and Scalability
Up to 6 radios can be added to a node, each serving a unique purposes-ingress or egress in the mesh backbone and access for clients
Benefit: Unparalleled performance across vast wireless hops and scaling to up to 6 radios per node increasing user or backhaul capacity with fewer wireless nodes required per square mile.
High-Speed Fast Roaming
Strix Access/One is the only wireless mesh network solution to support high-speed mobile roaming.
Benefit: Roaming from node to node in excess of200MPH. High speed, high quality voice, video streaming and data access for even the fastest transportation systems.
Carrier-Class Quality Of Service
Strix Virtual/StrixT and Priority/OneT enable each wireless mesh link to be fine tuned and groomed, increasing the value and revenue potential of the network.
Benefit: Hardware accelerated performance; encryption and QoS priority assignment enables defined classes of service
Highly Resilient Mesh Networks
Strix Access/One is the industry leader in modular wireless mesh networking technologies enabling automatic mesh configuration, self-tuning and carrier-class resilience.
Benefit: Strix Access/One is the industry's only "in-field" modular solution enabling the fastest network deployments, quick customer turn-up, application grooming and unequaled long-term cost efficiencies.
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- Industry's highest performance wireless network switching
- Highest throughput, lowest latency multi-node and multi-radio mesh architecture
- Fewest number of backhaul connections required which sustaining performance at industry's highest levels
- Industry's fastest mobility hand-off to speeds of 200 MPH
- Industry's highest modular capacity supporting up to six radios per node (upgradeable)
- Full duplex mesh supporting full mesh, partial mesh, point-to-multipoint, point-to-point
- All nodes auto-discover, self-configure, self-tune and self-heal
- User definable QoS with voice, video and data prioritization
- Greatest number of BSSIDs per radio and Multiple SSIDs per network and per node.
- VLAN tagging and configurable security parameters on a per-SSID basis
- Session persistence for roaming, path optimization or failover
- Supports all industry standard security and VPN protocols
- RADIUS, WPA, WPA2, EAP-MD5, EAP-TLS, PEAP-TTLS authentication
- 802.11i with AES, WEP and TKIP encryption
- MAC Access Control Lists on a per SSID basis
- Manager/One® embedded graphical web interface and network element manager provides a full suite of intuitive management tools at the network, node, and radio levels
- Additional remote management options include SNMP, CLI over Telnet or SSH, HTTP/HTTPS, DHCP, and BOOTP
- Seamless interoperability with the Strix Access/One® suite of products
There are no boundaries for Strix Wireless Mesh Networks
Strix Access/One OWS is deployed for extended range, power and versatility. Such real examples include Brookline Massachusetts Public Safety and commercial access network, NTT West's integration services of Strix Access/One for enterprise and other customers in Japan, Honda manufacturing plants in China, Time-Warner for nation-wide hotel Wi-Fi service deployments and Korea Telecom's deployments of Strix Access/One for hotels, convention centers and hot-zones, Falkirk Mines 25 square mile strip-mining operation requiring mobile broadband communications for site-intensive applications and integrated vehicle positioning. Beijing's Public Security Bureau for mobile and city-wide video surveillance for 2008 Olympic venue coverage and many others. The scope and scale of any network type requiring broadband access is easily achieved with Strix Access/One family of products
Other examples include:
- Police, health, fire, and other emergency response units
- Municipal centers and offices
- Business districts, offices and office parks/campuses
- Transportation corridors and borders
- Airports, train stations, bus terminals
- Industrial, mining, construction sites
- Apartment buildings and condominiums
- Hotels, conference and convention centers and resorts
- Manufacturing centers and research parks
- Universities and college campuses
- Warehouses and shipping yards
- Shopping malls and hot-spots (Coffee shops, book stores etc)
- Public parks and recreation areas
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Access/One OWS delivers any mix of backhaul and client access services in a single form-factor to simplify planning and installation, reducing deployment costs, and delivering the industry's highest performance wireless mesh networking system.
Download our System Description Brochure to learn more about how the Access/One Network delivers the highest performance multi-radio, multi-channel, and multi-RF wireless mesh networking system for outdoor deployments.
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As part of an ongoing process, Strix System's substitutes, in all possible cases, lead-free components for those containing lead. Until such time as reliable lead free components and soldering processes are available, Strix Systems will use the lead free exemption as outlined in the 2002/95/EC Directive and Annexes. Strix Systems continues to work with its suppliers and performs necessary research with the intention of transitioning to entirely lead-free products.