Orthogon Extends its Broadband Wireless to 130 km

Orthogon Systems, a start-up based in Ashburton, UK introduced a new wireless Ethernet bridge with high-gain external antennae that enable the system to span greater distances, even over large bodies of water, and overcome more challenging obstacles in its path. The company said its new OS-Gemini C product with external antennae provides a 400x increase in signal gain over its existing OS-Gemini I product (integrated antennae), connecting distances of up to 130 km (81 miles).


Orthogon noted that sending wireless signals across water has long posed seemingly insurmountable challenges. Called the ducting effect, the marine layer over water causes radio waves to bend, either sending the radio wave up into space or down into the water, ending the connection. With its combination of antennas and Orthogon's Multi-beam Space Time Coding technology, the OS-Gemini C mitigates the ducting effect of water.


Genesis Wireless, a wireless ISP and system integrator in Minnesota, is using the new OS-Gemini C for a wireless broadband link spanning 32 km (20 miles) downhill and over rivers with trees and large plateaus obstructing line-of-sight. The connection runs at 99.999% availability, with an average throughput of 28 Mbps, according to the company. http://www.orthogonsystems.com