Linux-based Mesh Router Aims at VoIP and Video

An anonymous reader writes "A startup in Santa Clara, Calif. is shipping a Linux-based mesh router aimed at VoIP and video. The Mesh Dynamics Module uses multiple radios -- along with custom real-time Linux extensions -- to create a duplexing backhaul network said to improve bandwidth more than 64 times over conventional mesh technology. Normal, single-radio access points function in a half-duplex manner, a limitation that reduces bandwidth by 50 percent for each hop in the mesh. Mesh Dynamics is attempting to solve this problem by dedicating separate radios to upstream and downstream traffic of a 'backhaul' network that relays traffic between mesh nodes, thus simulating full-duplex operation."

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VOIP and Video

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I'm not so sure that VOIP and video are good applications for this mesh product. Clearly the mesh product sounds like a better way to provide your hotel guests with IP connectivity. But to have your phone call drop or pr0n cut off because the chief decides to microwave your omlett or the lady next door uses her hair dryer would suck.