Sunrise Wireless Picks Proxim Wireless Solutions to Provide Wireless Connectivity to San Francisco Bay Area

Proxim Wireless Corp., a provider of complete indoor and outdoor wireless broadband ecosystems, announced that Sunrise Wireless, a developer of wireless broadband systems for the maritime industry, has selected the company’s equipments to provide wireless connectivity for vessels throughout 62 square miles of the Bay. With this, thousands of San Francisco Bay users get regional wireless marine broadband system.

According a press release, Sunrise Wireless deployed a system that makes use of a combination of Proxim’s point-to-point wireless backhaul, license-free WiMAX (News - Alert), and WiFi products for an end-to-end broadband wireless network. The wireless network coverage area offered stretches from the Bay Bridge to the San Rafael Bridge, as well as from Alcatraz/Angel Island to the Golden Gate Bridge.

Two networks, namely SFOWetNet-comml and SFOWetNet-marine, together termed as SFOWetNet will provide the wireless service to all the users of the Bay area. The SFOWetNet-comml is designed for commercial vessels and SFOWetNet-marine is designed for Wi-Fi access for recreational boaters throughout the central and western portions of San Francisco Bay. The commercial vessels will be able to receive 12 to 36 Mbps wireless connection throughout the Bay once installed.

The SFOWetNet-comml WiMAX provides high-performance, unlicensed WiMAX connectivity to enable connectivity for commercial vessels, including ferries, tankers, cargo and dinner cruise vessels as well as public safety vessels such as police, fire and search and rescue boats. The network presently offers broadband Internet connectivity.

In the near future, SFOWetNet-comml will also provide wireless VoIP and wireless real-time streaming video for the delivery of news and entertainment directly to vessels on the move.

The SFOWetNet-marine WiFi (News - Alert) offers Wi-Fi connectivity for all recreational vessels, thereby facilitating all boats to receive Wi-Fi access via an hourly, daily or monthly subscription.

Sunrise Wireless leveraged few Proxim Wireless (News - Alert) products to cover the San Francisco Bay with wireless connectivity. These products include Proxim Tsunami MP.11 5054R and 5054R-LR, Proxim ORiNOCO AP-4000 MR-LR, and Proxim Tsunami GX. The Proxim Tsunami MP.11 5054R and 5054R-LR are base stations and subscriber units that provide license-free WiMAX connectivity from commercial vessels to the shore from within the 62 square mile coverage area.

The Proxim ORiNOCO AP-4000 MR-LR offers long-range Wi-Fi coverage from the shore to about half a mile into the water for laptop users and further coverage for those using a range extender. This allows recreational boats to connect via Wi-Fi.

The Proxim Tsunami GX are radios that provide the wireless backhaul from the WiMAX and Wi-Fi radios back to the network data center in south San Francisco. All in all, there are 40 miles of wireless backhaul involved.

Recently, TMCnet reported that Proxim Wireless enabled ADT Advanced Integration/Intercon Security and MDT Technical Services to deploy a wireless network -- for extending the video surveillance facilities at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and Paralympics Games.