Outdoor Wireless Broadband Networks
Why Use Outdoor Fixed Wireless Broadband Networks: Campuses, businesses, public spaces, municipalities, outdoor hot-spots, security zones, entertainment venues, oil-fields, medical centers and more require a means to provide wireless broadband access and the ability to transfer data, voice, and video to designated locations or across vast areas.
Fixed wireless broadband technology makes that a reality and provides for flexible alternatives and growth. Fixed wireless broadband technology is effective, cost-saving, and easily deployed versus traditional infrastructure. By deploying high bandwidth wireless equipment in conjunction with IP, powerful wireless networks are the result.
Benefits of Deployment: Rapid deployment, ease of maintenance, lower cost and efficiencies are hallmarks of outdoor deployed private or enterprise fixed wireless networks. Whether you want to move information from one building (compact areas) to another right next door; or move it across town (wide-areas) you have the option with wireless broadband technology. Additionally, you can choose to securely send information from point-to-point or from a point to multiple points creating vast targeted access.
With the right equipment, your networks are secure, provide a “big pipe” that effectively moves data essentially without fail. The amount of data can be very small such as in monitoring equipment or simple management; or enormous amounts of data directed exactly where you want it to go.
Making Choices – Unlicensed or Licensed: Depending on the reliability, amount and security of the needed and the level of “noise” or interference in an area, private broadband networks can be in FCC unlicensed or licensed frequency bands. Unlicensed bands are less expensive and provide great solutions within publicly available frequencies and do not require FCC licensing, but can run into interference with other RF users especially in crowded areas. Licensed bands are guaranteed by manufacturers to a higher level of operational reliability and utilize FCC licensed frequencies which provides greater protection from interference and competing uses.
What Can be in the Network?: Data, including voice, and video traffic can be "backhauled" or moved large distances with relatively little loss and allowing what would be a very expensive infrastructure installation into a simple and relatively inexpensive but effective alternative. And, once it reaches its destination, deployed to by access points to specific client locations.
Who uses private wireless outdoor networks? Here’s some examples:
- Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPS) – who provide business and residential access to the Web, video and VOIP, especially in rural areas.
- Government: Local government such as municipalities, counties and government agencies. And, Federal, state and national departments.
- Business, SMB to large (Enterprise) – securely between buildings, for IP Security and Surveillance, for VOIP, data transfer, Internet access and more.
- Entertainment Venues: providing for available Wi-Fi, to stream events, providing for communications, digital signage, and across stadiums, centers, cruise ships, and more.
- Education – serving local campuses or shared data sources between buildings, departments and even different campus locations.
- Telecommunications – communications whether for business or residential can now be carried over private outdoor networks effectively and seamlessly.
- Hotspots: Access of the Internet for designated geographic locations, venues, or retail outlets and cover focused areas.
- IP Security and Surveillance: Monitoring roads and transportation for traffic, accidents, and events; utilizing wireless communications to secure businesses; using video camera surveillance to monitor just about anything is supported by private wireless broadband networks.
Streakwave Wireless, Inc. is one of the original companies in the private outdoor wireless network business. Having over a decade of training and execution in the industry means Streakwave intimately knows the applications/solutions and the best equipment and methods to achieve success in projects for the industry. Solutions include Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, licensed and unlicensed products, access points, backhaul, IP cameras, cables, housings, power supplies and much more.
If you are contemplating creating an outdoor fixed wireless network, public or private, Streakwave can help you plan and layout your project; let you know the equipment that will best suit the application and sell you the equipment you need.





