Sparrow Breadcrumb ME5-5050S

Portable Wireless Mesh Network Node

The Rajant Sparrow is an IP67 Kinetic Mesh® network device intended for use in harsh environments on everything from heavy-duty machinery to light-duty vehicle applications.

The Sparrow is ideal for non-autonomous tele-remote construction and mining applications. This portable mesh network node contains two transceivers with up to four external antenna ports and provides Ethernet and Wi-Fi access point interfaces to enable data, voice, and low-bandwidth video applications. Housed in an environmentally robust metal case, the Sparrow provides operational ruggedness, outstanding shock and vibration characteristics, and a wide-range temperature rating.

Key Features

•  Combines Kinetic Mesh backhaul, Wi-Fi access and layer 2 switching across interfaces in a single device
• Outdoor-rated: • -40°C to +70°C (-40°F to 158°F) temperature range
• IP67 rating for protection against dust and water ingress
• Rajant’s InstaMesh® networking software, enables the network to quickly adapt to rapidly-deployed and quickly or constantly moving network elements
• 2.4 GHz, 4.9 GHz and 5 GHz radio frequencies supporting a wide variety of applications and environments
• Lightweight, portable, and low power consumption
• Support for several strong cryptographic options used for data and MAC-address encryption and per-hop, perpacket authentication
• High bandwidth for data, voice, and video applications
• Scalability to hundreds of mobile, high-bandwidth nodes
• Integrated Wi-Fi Access Point service for compatibility with millions of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) client devices such as laptops, tablets, smart phones, IP cameras, sensors, and other IP devices
• Self-configuring operation for fast and easy deployments
• Reliable and fast off-loading to Ethernet via multiple, simultaneous bridge-mode links through Automatic Protocol Tunneling (APT) feature
• Mesh Clustering allows per-BreadCrumb sub-meshes that will only mesh with user-defined nodes