Kinetic Mesh® Wireless Mesh Networks

Through its patented Kinetic Mesh® network, Rajant brings to life extremely agile and adaptable wireless mesh networks and a broadband solution that thrives in today’s diverse, ubiquitously mobile environments:

 

How It Works

Using a combination of BreadCrumb® wireless network nodes and InstaMesh® networking software, Rajant Kinetic Mesh® networks employ any-node to any-node capabilities to continuously and instantaneously route data via the best available traffic path and frequency—for any number of nodes, all with extremely low overhead.

 

Rajant BreadCrumbs can communicate with any Wi-Fi or Ethernet-connected device to deliver low-latency, high-throughput data, voice and video applications across the meshed, self-healing network.

 

 

What’s Enabled

Kinetic Mesh® networks work autonomously to provide optimal connectivity across an organization’s dynamic environment of fixed and mobile assets, delivering robust applications in real-time.

• Total Mobility: Every node in a Kinetic Mesh® network can act independently and with full routing capabilities, making it a true peer-to-peer network that is completely mobile-enabled.
• Proven Resiliency: With no single point of failure and self-healing capabilities, Kinetic Mesh® networks guarantee uptime of your mission-critical applications.
• Maximum Bandwidth Utilization: Kinetic Mesh® networks make use of all installed radios to dynamically route wireless and wired connections over the best available links.

• Rapid Scalability: While traditional mesh networks degrade as nodes are added, Kinetic Mesh® networks grow stronger with each additional node. Nodes also self-configure for easy spin-out.
• Extreme Ruggedness and Security: Born from military and mining applications, our outdoor wireless mesh networks are proven to withstand the harshest conditions and support AES-CCMP and TKIP encryption with configurable per-hop, per-packet authentication.

 

This combination of technical functionality infuses Kinetic Mesh® networks with the adaptability, flexibility, intelligence, and mobility to help organizations across industries improve operational effectiveness, enhance quality of service, drive productivity, and generate increased ROI.

 

The Autonomous Network to Power Autonomous Systems on Land, Air & Sea

The ability of Rajant Kinetic Mesh network to transform mobile assets into network infrastructure makes it ideal for connecting autonomous vehicles, vessels, robots, and drones – no matter how large or small.

 

Rajant is the only network for drones and robotics communications that enables continuous mobile connectivity for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications because our BreadCrumb® nodes can be deployed directly on all mobile assets. As autonomous systems and robotics become operational necessities, their ability to move and communicate is network dependent. Rajant’s multi-frequency BreadCrumbs, which can hold multiple connections simultaneously, work peer-to-peer to form robust and redundant links between these assets.

 

Powerful Performance Packed in a Light Payload

Rajant has extended the robust capabilities of InstaMesh® to a smaller, lighter series of BreadCrumbs that are ideal for deployment on highly mobile autonomous systems and robots. Whether choosing the credit card-sized Cardinal or the ES1, robotics systems are powered by the same reliable and resilient performance in hard-to-network environments as Rajant’s other larger and more ruggedized wireless nodes. From interference-wrought, indoor or outdoor above-ground settings to underground tunnels and even on water, these BreadCrumbs extend and expand the connectivity range of autonomous systems, allowing them to often roam large geographic areas. Kinetic Mesh enables fully mobile coverage without the need for infrastructure and can provide the operational coverage autonomous assets need when they are far away from LTE towers or have no line of sight.

 

What’s more, our BreadCrumbs’ multi-transceiver redundancy eliminates any single point of failure for mission-critical reliability. Other networks must continually break connectivity as they handoff, and even a momentary loss of communications can cause an autonomous system to shut down for safety reasons. With Rajant, connectivity never breaks, so autonomous operations run without stopping.

 

Supporting Autonomous Applications for the Dirty, Dull & Dangerous

More and more operations are turning to autonomy and robotics to help automate tedious, time-consuming processes and also keep human personnel out of inhospitable and hazardous environments. Rajant provides the networking solution to rapidly and reliably interconnect these systems, so you have real-time control and full situational awareness at all times. Whether connecting robots performing bomb disposal, drones providing aerial surveillance, unmanned vessels at sea, or autonomous equipment operating underground, Kinetic Mesh network provides the extremely mobile and adaptive connectivity they require for optimal performance.

 

Rajant Robotics Animation

 

A Secure, Private Network for the Convergence of Physical and Informational Operations

Rapidly deploy a safeguarded and reliable communications network, designed for mobile and fixed assets, to address the diverse requirements needed for enhanced security across your operations.

 

Security has long been a critical component for the functioning of a company by keeping property safe and people safer. Today, however, security teams are overwhelmed with the convergence of physical and information risks demanding bulk protection in equal measure. Extending beyond the vulnerabilities of facilities, equipment, resources, and personnel is the infiltration of data, which can be hacked and exploited. The communication of data is mission-critical for security. At Rajant, security is at the heart of what we do and crosses all the markets we serve.

 

Today’s Corporate Assets: Information-Based and Mobile

Corporate assets are increasingly information-based. Connected devices and people are sources of data, which, if carried through a reliable communication network with military-grade encryption options, can fortify monitoring, mitigation, situational awareness, management, and response.

 

Corporate assets are also increasingly mobile and operate autonomously. The use of air, land, and sea robots is integrated into a company’s security workforce to protect guards from dangerous, at-risk tasks. Robotic technology augments comprehensive, perimeter surveillance and is a source of 24/7, continuous data from onboard audio, video, and sensors. The data-sharing and device cross-communication require robust connectivity and over-the-air encryption.

With military-grade security features, Rajant Kinetic Mesh provides end-to-end information assurance across the network – and, with high capacity via its multi-radio, multi-frequency architecture, supports bandwidth-intensive security applications like those used for video surveillance and real-time situational awareness. As a fully mobile network solution, Rajant Kinetic Mesh technology employs any-node to any-node communications to ensure no single point of failure and extreme reliability for your business-critical applications.

 

 

Create Multiple Lines of Defense Against Data Compromise

Rajant Kinetic Mesh is a private wireless network of BreadCrumb® wireless nodes using our patented InstaMesh® networking software protocol. The InstaMesh protocol seamlessly networks fixed, wireless, and mobile nodes together, dynamically redirecting traffic between the next best available points if any one peer is compromised or obstructed.

 

Rajant BreadCrumbs offer many levels of encryption for your mesh network to protect packets from devices and people accessing them directly. Packet cipher and MAC address cipher settings from X-Salsa basic encryption to suite B military-grade encryption are available, with per-packet, per-hop authentication to prevent packet injection and MAC spoofing.

 

Our BreadCrumbs also support Access Control Lists (ACLs) to prevent unwanted MAC addresses from sending or receiving information from the Kinetic Mesh network. Rajant’s robust protection extends to mesh endpoints, as we provide varying levels of security on access point connections, including WEP, WPA, WPA2 personal, mixed, and enterprise.

 

RiSM is easier to set up than other Hardware Security Module (HSM) solutions and more reliable than software solutions that require a multi-tunnel approach.

 

Extended Network Range and Built-In Redundancy for Ultra-Reliable Wireless Underground Tunnel Communications

Recent advances in tunneling technologies have allowed for the construction of newer underground facilities. With more complex tunneling comes a myriad of challenges—like space constraints, difficult ground conditions, and unmovable underground structures—not to mention that work must operate in an environment where it’s difficult to deploy reliable network systems.

 

With a solution like Rajant’s private wireless network, tunneling operators can overcome the vast networking challenges inherent in enabling communications and productivity inside tunnel construction sites and other underground operations.

 

Kinetic Mesh network comprises compact, lightweight BreadCrumb® nodes that can be flexibly deployed throughout the tunnel, on both fixed infrastructure and moving equipment, to form a robust mesh network underground. BreadCrumbs maintain multiple simultaneous connections between peers for inherent redundancy and can simultaneously send and receive information on different frequencies. Paired with Rajant’s RCP-2450 dual-frequency bi-directional antenna system to extend range, they form a complete, tunnel-wide wireless network for mission-critical data and video and voice communications.

 

Watch Kinetic Mesh in Action!

Underground, high-speed, and uninterrupted live-streaming international video conferencing is possible with wireless Rajant Kinetic Mesh. Watch the clarity and reliability of communication using the power of Rajant Kinetic Mesh from a Metro Istanbul rapid transit car to South Africa and Kazakhstan.

 

Extend Mission-Critical Connectivity up to 1Km Underground

In tunnel deployments, Rajant provides a robust alternative to fiber and traditional single radio wireless systems using our multi-radio, multi-frequency BreadCrumb nodes combined with Rajant’s wide-band, bi-directional, circular polarized antennas powered by Poynting. BreadCrumbs use Rajant’s patented InstaMesh® networking software to direct traffic over the fastest path(s) among the meshed connections they hold. Issues caused by interference, congestion, and equipment outages are mitigated as the network will self-optimize if a path becomes blocked or unavailable, redirecting packets via the next-best available link(s) in real-time.

 

Gain Real-Time Visibility into Tunnel Operations

Tunneling for transportation, mining, and construction projects requires real-time monitoring of underground conditions to ensure safe and efficient operations. Rajant provides a high-bandwidth, fault-tolerant mesh that can be readily deployed to keep personnel and equipment covered site-wide and run applications to monitor conditions like seismic activity and surface structure stability.

 

In addition to real-time communications, Kinetic Mesh supports live-streaming video surveillance, machine telemetry, and sensor data from equipment collecting data on underground conditions, including groundwater level and the ground’s response. As a result, the remote command center has real-time insight into the operation’s status as they are occurring underground.

 

 

Enable Efficiency- and Safety-Enhancing Communications, Machine Automation & Tracking

Tunnel construction sites are inherently complex environments. Whether building a new tunnel or renovating an existing underground structure, on land or underwater, Rajant provides a high-bandwidth, fault-tolerant mesh that can be readily deployed to connect personnel and equipment. It also easily supports the growing number of Wi-Fi clients that are being used across these sites today, as every BreadCrumb node has integrated Wi-Fi service for compatibility with virtually any commercial off-the-shelf Wi-Fi devices such as laptops, tablets, smartphones, IP cameras, sensors, and other IP devices.

 

With Kinetic Mesh, you can meet safety mandates for real-time worker communications and tracking while running applications that improve efficiency, enhance overall safety, and speed construction. In fact, Rajant Kinetic Mesh is the only wireless network to enable fully mobile machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, with nodes deployed directly on equipment and robots so that they can communicate directly and orchestrate actions.