March 2010 - Octo-Wireless Adds New Dimension to Its Wireless Offerings


WCAI member Octo-Wireless has added a new dimension to its wireless mesh offerings with a new release for the fourth-generation Freedom Node. The Freedom Node is a multi-purpose, multi-radio, multi-frequency system, available as powerful access point, mesh router, WiMAX backhaul system and point-to-multipoint system with a throughput of 30Mbps or more. The outdoor Freedom Node can be equipped with four radio cards in a balanced mix of radio cards working in the 700MHz, 900MHz, 2.3GHz, 2.4GHz, 2.6-2.9GHz, 3.4-3.7GHz, 3.65GHz U.S. band, 4.9GHz and 5GHz frequencies. The new software release for the Freedom Node adds configurable channel widths to the different bands. This adjustable channel width capability, in combination with hardware compression, allows the Freedom Node to achieve a TCP/IP throughput of up to 14Mbps while using only 5MHz of spectrum, or up to 30Mbps when using 10MHz of spectrum.

“When used with the highest bandwidth setting of 20MHz the Freedom Node
achieves up to 54Mbps TCP/IP throughput, making the Freedom Node
perfect for dedicated access or backhaul applications”