Command, Control and Communications[MESH-NODE]
A pocket-sized long-range radio that forms a self-healing network with every other node in range, with no base station.
- Infrastructure
- None
- Topology
- Self-healing mesh
- Line-of-sight range
- On request
- Battery life
- On request
Overview
Radios usually need infrastructure: a tower, a repeater, a licence, a subscription. This one needs another node. Each unit relays for the others, so coverage grows as the team spreads out and repairs itself when a node moves or fails.
The case is built for being dropped, sat on and carried in a pocket for days. Paired over a short-range link to a handset, it carries the positions and messages behind the tactical awareness application. Left on a ridge, it is a relay that runs for days on its own battery.
System qualities
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Every node is a relay
Messages hop node to node, so two handsets that cannot hear each other still talk through a third. Coverage grows with the team instead of shrinking.
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Repairs itself
Routes are rediscovered when a node moves, sleeps or is lost. No operator action, no reconfiguration.
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Days, not hours
Low transmit duty and an efficient receiver mean a node left as a relay keeps working long after a handset would be flat.
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Built to be treated badly
A sealed, ribbed case with a captive antenna connector and a recessed display window. It is designed to be dropped, not babied.
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Provisioned in seconds
A desktop provisioning tool flashes, configures and verifies a batch of nodes before deployment, including region and key material.
Specifications
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Radio
- Class
- Sub-gigahertz long range, licence-exempt band
- Topology
- Self-healing mesh, every node relays
- Line-of-sight range
- On request
- Antenna
- External, threaded connector
- Transmit power
- On request
- Data throughput
- On request
- Hops supported
- Multiple; routes are rediscovered as nodes move
- Nodes per network
- On request
- Emission profile
- Low transmit duty cycle, chosen to be hard to detect and locate
Device
- Form factor
- Handheld, pocket carried
- Case
- Sealed ruggedised shell, olive, sand or black
- Display
- Recessed status display
- Battery life
- On request
- Mass
- On request
- Ingress protection
- On request
Pairing
- To handset
- Short-range wireless link
Security
- Messaging
- End to end encrypted, signed
- Encryption
- End to end, keys held on the device
Support
- Provisioning
- Desktop tool: flash, configure, verify
Documentation
- Command, Control and Communications overviewAvailable on request
Works with
These are built to operate together, on one network and one picture.
Coverage where there is none.