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Pathmaker™ Network Radios

Create networks in any environment

Instantly form a network where no infrastructure exists
Work when traditional networks are overloaded or destroyed
Operate with existing radio systems to extend coverage

Anytime, Anywhere Instant Connectivity

Pathmaker Network Radios provide dynamic wireless, mobile, ad-hoc networking communications without reliance on network infrastructure. Pathmaker Radio users become their own network, which makes the radios ideal for use in remote locations where no infrastructure exists or where the infrastructure has been destroyed or overloaded.

Where legacy network infrastructure exists, the Pathmaker Network Radio System can take advantage of those networks by providing gateways, thereby increasing the network's footprint and reach. With a maximum of 32 radio users per network, users can form traditional squad communications groups, or extend range and coverage by connecting to multiple networks. Users can communicate privately (one to one), as a group (one to many), and have multiple private and group sessions.

Benefits
Features
In the Field
Specifications
Video
Literature

Benefits

Pathmaker radios are built for critical missions in challenging conditions and provide:

Superior simultaneous voice, data and video communications
Position Location Information (PLI) technology to track radio users' locations
Lightweight, low power use with 18 hours of battery life
Network management software for radio configuration, radio elimination in case of loss, prioritization change, and over-the-air programming
Gateway options for communications with other networks and/or systems (GSM, APCO25 or VHF/UHF, IP, SATCOM)
Text messaging capability
Multiple users on a single frequency to conserve spectrum space

These versatile radios work in a variety of situations, and are ideal for use by:

Military and paramilitary
Emergency first responders and disaster relief
Law enforcement, border patrol and drug interdiction
Forest Service, National Parks and Monuments
Commercial and private industry

Features

Flexible, dynamic, infrastructure-less
Position Location Information (PLI) with GPS
Multi-hop, ad-hoc, self-organized network
No master/slave — no one point of failure
Quick deployment
Multiple simultaneous voice and data sessions
Multicast, broadcast, unicast (multiple simultaneous)
Text messaging capability
Preemption — 4 levels for voice and 8 for data
Multiple sub-networks (groups), with up to 32 radios per group
Automatically adaptive number of hops (up to 8) according to position and mobility of users
Dynamically allocated — up to 32 registered users per channel
Up to 40 available RF channels
Range — 1 KM clear line-of-sight
Network gateway extension to external legacy networks such as PMR (Tetra, P25), satellite, GSM/CDMA, VHF/UHF, IP and PSTN
Low energy consumption — 18 hours on single battery pack
AA battery option
AES 256 encryption capable — or can be ordered completely clear

Included with Pathmaker Radio

Antenna
Battery
Clip

In the Field

San Antonio Fire Department Field Tests Communications Using Pathmaker Network Radios
Using Pathmaker radios, the SAFD crew inside the building connected to radios located outside of the building, bypassing multiple reinforced concrete floors, without the use of traditional communications infrastructure. Read more …

Specifications

Frequency band: 2.4 GHz – 2.485 GHz
Equipment type: 2-way radio device
User data rate (max): Up to 500 Kbps
Static Rx sensitivity: –93 dBm
Tx output power: 100 mW to 0.5 W
FSK modulation: 512KHz deviation
RF channel bandwidth: 2 MHz
Encryption: 128/256 bits
Audio max power: 1 W into 8 ohms
Power supply: 7.4V Li-Ion 1800 mAh
Dimensions and weight: 130 (h) x 59.5 (w) x 37 (d) mm, 277g including battery and antenna
Air interface ad-hoc protocol: QOLSR variant, multi-hop best-in-class ad-hoc networking
Commercial GPS: 3-5m, standard NMEA protocols
Data terminal interface: RS232, USB
Environmental protection: IP67 submersible 1m for 30 min. (qualification for IP68 in progress)
MIL STD: 810 C/D/E/F