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ORLEANS SELECTS TROPOS NETWORKS TO PROVIDE METRO-SCALE WI-FI
NETWORK FOR SURVEILLANCE CAMERA PROJECT |
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Wireless Network Will Support Police City-Wide Video Surveillance
System |
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SAN MATEO, CA - April 20, 2004
-- Tropos Networks, a leading supplier of equipment used to build
metro-scale Wi-Fi networks, today announced that the City of
New Orleans, Louisiana, has selected the company as its supplier
for metro-scale Wi-Fi equipment for use in the city’s
surveillance camera project. New Orleans will use Tropos equipment
to build a city-wide wireless video surveillance network. |
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The surveillance system will use the Neighborhood
WatchCam, developed by Active Video Solutions of New Orleans,
Louisiana. It will be deployed by Southern Electronics, of New
Orleans, Louisiana, with Verge Wireless Networks, Inc., of New
Orleans, Louisiana, serving as the integrator and installer
for this unprecedented wireless network system. |
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“The video surveillance capabilities
enabled by the Tropos metro-scale Wi-Fi network help make citizens
throughout New Orleans safer,” said C. Ray Nagin, Mayor
of New Orleans. “Quickly giving our police department,
in effect, extra eyes to patrol our city will deter crime and
help apprehend perpetrators when incidents do occur.”
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The Tropos metro-scale Wi-Fi network will
operate in areas where video surveillance cameras are deployed.
It will quickly and economically supply network connectivity
to video cameras in locations where there is no access to the
city’s wired network. It can also provide broadband wireless
data connections for police officers, allowing them to view
surveillance camera video while in the field. |
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“New Orleans is at the forefront of
cities that will combine metro-scale Wi-Fi networks with video
surveillance technology to make their streets safer,”
said Ron Sege, President and CEO of Tropos Networks. “Adding
video to the broadband mobility provided by the Tropos system
quickly and cost-effectively takes the benefits of wireless
networking in public safety to a new level. Network-enabled
video surveillance will allow faster dispatch of officers to
incident sites, permit officers to assess the situation at an
incident scene prior to arrival and help apprehend suspects
by providing clear images of them to officers in the field.” |
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The New Orleans network will employ Tropos
5110 Wi-Fi cells, an outdoor-optimized and ruggedized node based
on the 802.11 standard, on a city-wide basis. The Tropos 5110
quickly and economically uses the intelligent Tropos Predictive
Wireless Routing Protocol (PWRP) to provide pervasive coverage
over metro areas. The Tropos PWRP routes traffic wirelessly,
eliminating up to 95% of the wired backhaul associated with
traditional access point solutions. Tropos Wi-Fi cells form
a wireless mesh, dynamically routing traffic along the highest
throughput path to a wired gateway. This intelligent routing
negates effects of radio frequency (RF) interference, wired
backhaul failure and node failure. PWRP also scales to thousands
of nodes with the lowest routing overhead in the industry. |
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“Based on our other metro-scale Wi-Fi
installations, we know that a Tropos system can be deployed
over a multi-square-mile scale in a matter of days,” said
Carlo McDonald, president of Verge Wireless. “Because
Tropos equipment is based on the 802.11 standard, there is no
need to install expensive, hard-to-maintain, proprietary client
hardware and software in the surveillance cameras or the in-field
computers used to monitor them. The resulting network provides
an outdoor mobile broadband experience that is indistinguishable
from indoor wireless and wired experiences.” |
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About Tropos Networks
Tropos Networks, Inc., is a leading supplier of systems used
to build metro-scale, outdoor Wi-Fi networks. Tropos unique
Wi-Fi cells, along with the first element manager to control
large Wi-Fi networks, enable public agencies and service providers
to deliver ubiquitous, city-wide mobile broadband to users in
any locale. These carrier-class IP networks are low cost and
easy to install and scale. The Tropos cellular mesh architecture
and use of optimized open-standard radios dramatically reduce
the need for wired backhaul while eliminating expensive proprietary
clients and complex software. Using the patented Predictive
Wireless Routing Protocol™, Tropos solutions deliver maximum
bandwidth to the user regardless of conditions, at unprecedented
Wi-Fi network scale. Tropos Networks is headquartered in San
Mateo, California. For more information, please visit www.tropos.com,
call 650-286-4250 or write to info@tropos.com.
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Tropos Networks and Tropos are trademarks
of Tropos Networks, Inc. All other brand or product names are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holder(s). |
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About Verge Wireless Networks, Inc.
Verge Wireless Networks, Inc., a leader in the development of
802.11 services is poised to become a leading network provider
for mobile business communications throughout the Gulf South.
Verge Wireless’ easy-to-use and affordable enhancements
unleash the mobile potential of devices such as laptops and
PDAs, and the everyday functionality of e-mail, intranets and
the Internet. By providing dedicated mobile broadband access
across the entire city, Verge Wireless wants to significantly
extend the function of these mobile devices for individuals
who need or want access to the Internet, their corporate networks,
e-mail or video-conferencing. For more information, please visit
www.vergewireless.com,
call 225-291-9887 or write to info@vergewireless.com. |
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