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Wavion has announced the general availability of the WS410, a spatially adaptive Wi-Fi access point specifically designed to dramatically improve the economics and performance of metro Wi-Fi deployments. The Wavion WS410 can quadruple the coverage of existing access points in metro Wi-Fi deployments, support new applications, minimize dead spots, and better penetrate walls for a significantly improved user experience. In addition, Wavion revealed the results of field trials with CONXX, which demonstrates the power of the WS410.

CONXX built and operates Maryland's Allegany County Network, one of the oldest municipal wireless networks in the United States. The carrier-class communication network, called AllCoNet2, provides high-quality communication services to public safety, government, education, commercial and residential users. Based on their tests with other outdoor access points, CONXX engineers expected 200 to 250 meters of radial coverage with data rates averaging between 1-6 Mbps. Instead, results from their first field trials revealed more than double the coverage in non line-of-sight (NLOS) and LOS and conditions. During the same tests, data rates routinely hit 10-15 Mbps and peaked at 21 Mbps.

The Wavion WS410:

-- May be mounted on light poles, rooftops or any other suitable outdoor location, and can withstand salt, fog, rust and winds up to 140 mph.

-- Supports up to 16 service set identifiers (SSIDs) and up to 16 virtual LANs (IEEE 802.1q VLANs) for wholesale and retail services.

-- Will provide the latest IEEE 802.11e and the wireless multimedia (WMM) quality of service (QoS) to prioritize traffic, ensuring the strength and clarity of voice transmissions by reducing latency and jitter.

-- Includes a complete suite of remote management capabilities, including web-based configuration and simple network management protocol (SNMP) traffic monitoring with a full set of system performance and switching statistics.