The Phocus Array System for Adaptive Wireless Networks
Small, Flexible, Affordable, Rugged Phased Array
Many 802.11 wireless RF networks can be dramatically simplified and tuned for the best coverage at a significantly reduced capital infrastructure expense using Fidelity Comtech’s smart antenna technology: the Phocus Array.
Based on Fidelity Comtech’s patented Flexible Vector Modular Technology™ (FlexVMT), the Phocus Array is an eight-element phased array antenna capable of generating both static and dynamic RF beam patterns. FlexVMT enables a coverage footprint that ranges from a standard 360-degree “super” omni-directional pattern to an extended long-reach focused 43-degree pattern, in addition to patterns ranging from 90 to 180 degrees. It can switch between patterns in less than 100 μSecs on a packet-by-packet basis or be statically administered.
The Phocus Array is a feature-rich IEEE 802.11 b/g compliant access point or client bridge used in adaptive wireless networks. It includes a packet router in a lightweight but rugged package that measures less than a 1½ cubic feet.
This electronically steerable RF antenna technology addresses network problems by:
- Reducing the CAPEX required in procuring, installing, maintaining, and expanding an extended RF wireless network system
- Increasing Wi-Fi client range by as much as four times per access point
- Reducing interference and multipath issues
- Increasing network security by helping keep the network closed to hackers and freeloaders
- Increasing network capacity by improving the cumulative link budget
- Dynamically adjusting to a changing multipath environment typically found in container yards, rail yards, and auto yards, etc.
- The Fidelity Comtech Phocus Array solution incorporating FlexVMT provides these benefits in a small package at an economic price.
The Fidelity Comtech solution incorporating FlexVMT provides these benefits in a small package at an economic price.