Ultra-Link Processing™
A first in wireless device monitoring
Ultra-Link Processing™ is the first wireless system purpose-built to solve the challenges of device monitoring in metro-scale deployments and other challenging radio environments. The technology addresses problems, such as coverage, capacity, robustness, and coexistence that can limit the large-scale deployment of wireless devices. The fundamental development of the ULP technology fills a massive gap in wireless performance; the void between existing communications platforms of higher data rate licensed spectrum cellular systems and free spectrum short-range wireless radio platforms (e.g., 900 MHz Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS), 802.11, 802.15.4) with mesh networking.
Ultra-Link Processing™ represents a significant technological breakthrough in wireless signal processing
On-Ramp Wireless has now commercialized this core innovation. These are the key system highlights, which set this technology apart:
- Greater than 40 miles (65 km) line-of-sight range, and up to 10 miles (16 km) to underground locations.
- RPMA, a unique multiple access method with order of magnitude capacity improvements, and demodulation of up to a thousand incoming signals, below the noise floor, every frame.
- Receive sensitivity of -142 dBm.
- Each Access Point supports up to 64,000 endpoints.
- Access Point aggregate throughput of 120 kbps (10 Mb/day).
- Each ULP Gateway can support hundreds of Access Points.
- Ultra low power consumption, allowing up to a 20-year battery-life for water meter applications.
- Security has undergone comprehensive 3rd party validation.
- Worldwide applicability in the license free spectrum (adaptive to local regulatory regimes).
- Simple and flexible integration with back-end automation systems, such as OMS, DMS and MDMS systems, process automation (e.g. OSIsoft PI™, Modbus™), and others.
- Intelligent Data Integrity throughout the entire data path.
- Simple and standardized wireless module integration.
When combining all these advantages, the result is a system that provides the lowest total cost of ownership for any wide area device monitoring application.
Wireless performance in different environments
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ULP v. Mesh Networks
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