Wireless Networking Platform

RoamAD deployed the world's first metro Wi-Fi network back in late 2001. This has given the company unrivalled experience to innovate in the wireless mesh market, rapidly adopt new radio technologies, and evolve its platform to overcome common technical barriers. RoamAD continues to push the boundaries of converged wireless networking today.

As a company, RoamAD understands that its core differentiators are its software platform and network architecture. These core components enable the deployment of highly-scalable, converged public safety and citywide Wi-Fi networks, armed with low latency and fast hand-off attributes to best support mobile VoIP, as well as robustness at the network edge to support high bandwidth video surveillance and other mission critical, real-time applications.

Today's multi-use wireless networks are demanding from a mobility and latency sensitive application support perspective. Therefore, RoamAD's has specifically enhanced and optimized its platform to support high-speed mobile hand-off, through the use of RoamAD's event driven daemon software system and routing features. See RoamAD Mobility Features.

The RoamAD platform employs multi-radio, multi-spectrum wireless nodes comprised of best-of-breed, standards-based components such as Atheros-based radios and Intel XScale® or x86 motherboards used as the core of the wireless nodes. See Multi-radio Wireless Nodes.

RoamAD networks are controlled by RoamAD's specialized and unique web-based management platform, providing network owners with complete visibility and control of all elements of the network.

Since RoamAD understands the rapidly evolving nature of wireless networking, advancement of radio technologies, and changing application functionality, all RoamAD wireless nodes are remotely upgradeable to ensure that they are constantly up-to-date running the latest software.

RoamAD's unique software comprises its patent pending wireless networking software platform and its web-based network controller.

The platform components include software that operates on the intelligent wireless nodes, gateways and on the network controller. The software platform is modular and remotely upgradeable to support new radio technology and new application functionality.

For software features, see Node and Network Controller Software, Security Features, and Mobility Features.