people corry hong ceo slogan a division of unicom global website http www.firetide.com firetide is an american international provider of wireless mesh network technology . based in the silicon valley firetide designs and sells hardware and software for wireless networks . firetide s products have been used in over 2000 installations in 40 countries . contents 1 corporate history 2 hardware 3 software 4 routing protocol 5 notable installations 6 partnership 7 acquisition 8 references 9 external links corporate history edit firetide is a provider of hardware and software for wireless infrastructure mesh networks . firetide was founded in 2001 under the name landmark networks . in 2003 the name changed to firetide which would better reflect the company s mission and culture . 1 one year later after considerable investments from american investors the company moved from hawaii to los gatos ca. 2 firetide inc. is currently headquartered in campbell ca ca with a r & d office in bangalore india . hardware edit hotport 7000 series . indoor and outdoor wireless mesh node equipped with dual 802.11 n mimo radios . the radios are able to operate at 2.4 4.9 and 5.0 ghz and allows for a throughput of up to 400 mbit s. software development stopped in 2015 . fwb 200 series . indoor and outdoor wireless point to point bridges equipped with dual 802.11 n mimo radios . the point to point bridges are used to connect distant wireless networks to each other . hotpoint 5000 series . indoor and outdoor wireless access points equipped with dual 802.11 n mimo radios . the access points allow for a wireless wi fi network to be connected to the mesh . software development stopped in 2015 . hotclient 2000 series . indoor and outdoor wireless customer premises equipment . a product that extends the range of a wi fi network thanks to a more powerful radio compared to standard consumer laptop radios . firetide fwc 2050 wlan controller . a product that can control up to 50 access points and ease the configuration of the access points through central management . it is controlled through a web interface . firetide ivs 100 . integrated video solution a combined ip camera and mesh node . 3 software edit hotview pro . software that centrally manages the mesh nodes and the other firetide hardware connected to the mesh network . firetide mobility controller . software that enables firetide s mesh to be compatible with mobile units such as connecting to a moving subway train . routing protocol edit firetide use their own proprietary automesh routing protocol to control the data flow in the mesh . notable installations edit in 2006 firetide announced that they were going to supply their technology to singapore s wireless sg project . the project s goal was to install a nationwide network to enable public wi fi as well as video and voice traffic . 3 in 2007 firetide installed its technology on the construction site of burj khalifa burj dubai . the construction workers had experienced problems with their communication equipment as the tower grew taller . firetide could provide a wireless mesh network that voip radios could use which allowed coverage where walkie talkies could not . 4 in 2009 firetide got the assignment to install a wireless mesh network in seoul metropolitan subway . the request from the south korean subway operator for live camera coverage came after a fatal arson in 2003 . compared to its competitors firetide was the only one that could deliver reliable wireless connection to the station and the moving trains . the systems included cameras on the train stations and on the trains . the design aimed to avoid more fatal accidents by distributing real time video feed both to the train drivers and to the operators in the command central . the installation included 1000 mesh nodes as well as 650 cameras . 5 january 2009 firetide installed a system at california state university long beach . 6 partnership edit in may 2010 firetide announced an original equipment manufacturer oem agreement with netgear . the license agreement enabled for netgear to use firetide s wlan controller software in their new portfolio of wlan controllers . 3 acquisition edit firetide inc. announced it has been acquired by unicom systems inc. a division of unicom global on may 19 2014 . details of the acquisition were not disclosed . references edit wireless startup firetide announces new name . retrieved 2010 07 15 . sing terrence 2004 03 07 . how hawaii lost firetide to silicon investors . retrieved 2010 07 15 . a b c firetide product overview . retrieved 2010 07 15 . cite error invalid ref tag ; name firetide defined multiple times with different content see the help page . cite error invalid ref tag ; name firetide defined multiple times with different content see the help page . firetide wireless mesh reaches unsurpassed heights at burj dubai . bi me.com . retrieved 2010 07 15 . seoul subway deploying real time mobile wireless video surveillance . government video . retrieved 2009 12 24 . schaffhauser dian 2009 01 27 . cal state long beach implements wireless surveillance . campus technology . retrieved 2009 02 22 . external links edit company web site company twitter stream retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title firetide & oldid 716200185 categories los gatos californiacompanies based in silicon valleysecurity companieswireless networking hardwarehidden categories pages with reference errorspages with duplicate reference names navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 april 2016 at 14 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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