Wireless device confronts concrete building barriers to Gigabits

WaveCore node

Santa Clara, Calif.-based Airvine, a first mover in multi-Gigabit-speed wireless backhaul systems for indoor connectivity, has engineered its WaveCore product line to eliminate the expensive and time-consuming drilling associated with Ethernet cabling and reinforced concrete structural or partition elements in commercial buildings. The WaveCore wireless backhaul system consists of a simple point to point bridge with two nodes, each just over 10 in. square and 2.7-in. deep and equal to transmitting Gigabit-speed links through thick concrete. Testing has shown results such as a 3Gb per second connection through 8 inches of concrete in the middle of a 54-ft. link and a 4Gb per second connection through a 12-in. concrete wall in a garage that was in the middle of a 6-ft. link.

In addition to relieving building engineers of drilling or complicated Ethernet cable routing in typical commercial office building spaces or suites, the WaveCore will prove useful in meeting connectivity requirements for fire control rooms. They are often located in the basement, surrounded by thick concrete walls, and have mandated connectivity to first responders or other outside world parties. The WaveCore solution is managed by the VineSuite software platform, which facilitates network set-up and operation.

“We have proven with customers for more than a year now that the WaveTunnel provides cost-effective Gigabit-speed connectivity in MDUs, factories, warehouses, conference centers and other similarly large properties,” says Airvine CEO Vivek Ragavan. “However, we could not achieve the company’s founding vision of providing pervasive indoor wireless connectivity because we literally kept running into concrete barriers. The WaveCore system surmounts these obstacles and enables us to connect wirelessly any building with any floor plan anywhere.”