MeshDynamics "On Target" for Military Vehicle Video

Mobile High Performance Wireless Mesh Delivers High Performance on
Gunnery Range
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
MeshDynamics has teamed with Tactical Micro, Inc. of
Fredericksburg, VA to deliver high performance wireless video
streaming over a large outdoor military gunnery range in a recent
successful trial. MeshDynamics MD4000 WiFi wireless mesh nodes on each
armored vehicle support tactical gunsight video cameras operating at
up to 30 frames per second from multiple armored vehicles
simultaneously. Fixed MD4000 nodes link the mobile nodes via fiber
connections to a centralized Range Operations Center where the video
is monitored and analyzed.

The armored vehicles move over a roughly two square mile area,
traveling from one "Battle Point" to another. The fixed MD400 wireless
mesh nodes are mounted on a number of towers, with the longest link to
a moving vehicle typically about one mile. The MD4000 mobile wireless
mesh nodes on each armored vehicle are equipped with a scanning radio
that allows the mobile node to "see" the best available fixed tower
signal even while the vehicle is moving at tactical speed.

MeshDynamics' patented and patent-pending mesh topology software
is based on distributed dynamic radio intelligence. This turns each
mobile node into a "radio robot" that allows the network to converge
rapidly and for mobile nodes to associate almost instantaneously with
a new fixed node with minimal gaps in the video stream. When an
armored vehicle moves out of range of the fixed towers, it is also
possible for it to find a link through a nearby mobile vehicle.

John Moulton, President of Tactical Micro, was looking for two
distinct capabilities in considering wireless equipment for this
application: high throughput, low delay and low jitter for best video
performance; and robust fully mobile wireless connectivity. "As in
many of our tactical video applications, our military customer in this
case was demanding the highest possible quality to improve training
effectiveness," said Moulton. "The ability to deliver that high
quality real-time streaming video from mobile vehicles traveling over
a large rugged gunnery range led us to MeshDynamics."

MeshDynamics MD4000 nodes have been used in a variety of tactical
battlefield environments to transmit video, voice, and sensor data
between moving armored vehicles. MeshDynamics Founder and CTO Francis
daCosta noted, "Mobile military environments are well-suited for us,
because they are increasingly requiring video and voice along with
sensor and other data. This demands high-performance over many hops in
full motion at high speeds, but our Third-generation wireless mesh
technology delivers the necessary performance over a variety of
frequency bands."

About Tactical Micro, Inc.

Tactical Micro is an engineering systems integration company
specializing in range instrumentation and audio/video broadcasting and
recording systems for use on military training ranges. Tactical Micro
engineers have over 30 years of experience in custom installation of
audio/video telemetry solutions onboard military tactical vehicles and
installing audio/video recording and playback infrastructure for a
myriad of military range instrumentation applications. Tactical Micro,
Inc. is privately held and headquartered in Fredericksburg, VA. More
information at: www.tacticalmicro.com

About MeshDynamics, Inc.

MeshDynamics delivers one of the only third-generation wireless
mesh networking solutions for high-performance outdoor data, voice,
and video networking. Based on sophisticated dynamic channel-agile
networking algorithms, MeshDynamics' MD4000 family of Structured
Mesh(TM) wireless nodes deliver very low-latency and low-jitter
performance, even over multi-hop topologies where many earlier
generation wireless mesh networking products fail. MeshDynamics'
products are in use worldwide in mining and industrial, homeland
security/defense, transportation, and metro/municipal network
applications. MeshDynamics, Inc. is privately held and headquartered
in Santa Clara, CA. More information at: www.meshdynamics.com

MeshDynamics, Inc.
Byron Henderson, 408-398-6395
news@meshdynamics.com

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