Wireless Features

From KarlNet's founding, wireless point-to-multipoint solutions have been the core of our business.

Most KarlNet products make use of a reliable data communication algorithm pioneered by KarlNet to allow multiple buildings to connect to each other wirelessly. This algorithm is called TurboCell ("CellWave" in previous generations) and offers revolutionary improvements in speed, security, and remote satellite management.

Using standard wireless protocols (including IEEE 802.11), propagation delays and the interference inherent in these contention-based networks cause packets to be lost frequently. TurboCell completely eliminates the problems common to wireless packet loss by instituting reliable re-transmission and drastically reducing contention. Standard protocols also do not optimize throughput on the wireless link, opting instead for a wired Ethernet-like scheme of transmitting each packet individually. Actual data throughput for wireless networks is generally proportional to packet size; for Internet connections, these standard protocols can reduce throughput dramatically.

TurboCell works on top of existing radio protocols such as IEEE 802.11 to solve many of the problems associated with wireless LAN's. KarlNet's TurboCell software allows you to connect many different satellite sites together in a unified wireless network, with increased security and data throughput.

Below is a partial list of the many features that KarlNet's wireless products have to offer: