WIRELESS POINT-TO-POINT CALCULATOR

Alphimax has introduced a free Point-To-Point Estimator.

The free web-based tool works with Google Earth and is designed to simply and easily estimate the likelyhood of a good direct connection between two points. It’s a great service for the Broadband Wireless market.

To use the free P2P estimator, you plug in:

• Global Positioning coordinates for Site A and Site B (the two sites you wish to connect).
• Height of the buildings or towers where the antennae will be located.
• Preferred frequency or frequencies.
• The expected bandwidth usage.
• Whether you wish to use integrated, external or would like to consider both antenna options.

Alphimax has other products such as the DriveMAX, a “war driving” solution that allows operators or installers Vendors to gather vital data collection for WiMAX and IP based Broadband Wireless Access network deployments.

Their WabMAX product allows seamless switching between multiple radio networks and technologies. It can switch and adopt the best possible wireless backhaul network on the fly.