CALABASAS, Calif., April 3, 2007 – Strix Systems, the leader in high-performance wireless mesh networking, today announced that the America’s Center convention complex of St. Louis, Missouri, one of the largest in the U.S., has installed Strix Systems’ wireless mesh network solutions to provide high-speed voice, video, and data access throughout the complex.  Strix’s Access/One® Outdoor Wireless System (OWS) is deployed in the Edwards Jones Dome, which holds 70,000 people and is the home of the St. Louis Rams football team. Strix’s Indoor Wireless System (IWS) is deployed in the complex’s full-service convention center, which hosts over 200,000 attendees annually and boasts over 500,000 contiguous square feet of exhibit space in six halls, 83 executive meeting rooms, three-level state-of-the-art theater, 28,000 sq. ft. Grand Ballroom and public access ways.         

Known for its hosting the largest indoor gathering ever held in the United States - the 1999 Mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II, the America’s Center annually hosts professional and college football and basketball, elaborate trade shows, major conventions, religious convocations, exhibitions and touring entertainment acts as varied as rock concerts, motocross races and monster truck rallies,   The center selected Strix because it wanted a network that it can adjust and expand or contract as needed, depending on the event.

 “In this age of innovation, we needed to offer a wireless mesh network to stay competitive,” said Jack Canavera, communications manager of America’s Center.  The center is growing rapidly, and because the Strix mesh network is easily flexible, scalable and high performance, it helps us handle that growth by allowing us to easily add nodes when and where we need them.”

Flexible Strix Network Meets Changing Needs
River City Technology Group LLC. (RCTG) performs advanced radio frequency analysis (http://www.rivercitytech.com/survey/wifi-survey.html) as a part of their site surveys. Based on coverage capabilities of Strix Access/One products. Strix OWS was installed high in the Edward Jones Dome—which can be transformed into an exhibition space, a concert venue, or a stadium for professional and college sports teams. Because it is powerful enough to blanket the entire dome, as a result, during a sports event, for example, members of the press and other team personnel can use the network to communicate while they are on the field.  In response to requests by photographers, the center will be installing a Strix access point in a room just off the field where they can wirelessly transmit photos to their publications instantly.  Attendees at the America’s Center’s Executive Conference facility can take advantage of Strix ultra high performance via a high density pico-cell configuration.  Strix networks are automatically secure node-to-node and easy to expand, enabling America’s Center to quickly install additional Strix nodes in the dome if sports teams or other organizations require more access points.

In the convention center portion of the complex, RCTG mounted an IWS network in major public walkways and in halls to provide wireless access to the public and convention attendees.  Network access is free in walkways, and on a case-by-case basis access is available for a fee to organizations using exhibit halls and meeting rooms.  "The Strix network is far more flexible, reliable, and cost-effective than the convention’ center’s previous wired Ethernet network." said Daryl Andershock, "As a result, it is much faster, easier, and less expensive for the America’s Center IT staff to put up and take down nodes as needed to meet exhibitors’ requirements." 

“This application at America’s Center is one of the great examples of the versatility, economics and high performance of our product line,” said Jim Mooreland, vice president of worldwide sales at Strix.  “Our Access/One OWS, IWS and EWS wireless access products are perfect for environments like this where the area the network has to cover, and the number of people that need to access it, can change dramatically almost day by day.”

Easy Access with Strix EWS
To make it easy for people exhibiting and attending events to access the Strix wireless network, America’s Center will rent out Strix’ Edge Wireless System (EWS 100), a high-speed CPE that plugs into wireless-enabled laptops, VoIP phones, or other devices.

The America’s Center is also looking at other applications for its Strix network like video surveillance.  Due to the high performance of Strix nodes, IP surveillance cameras can easily share the available bandwidth on a secured VLAN while the network also acts as the wireless backbone to groups including the press, sound engineers, food services, and HVAC contractors that currently use their own wireless devices in the center.  These devices can cause frequency interference that affects the performance of other devices; putting the devices on the Strix network would eliminate this problem.

About Strix OWS
The Strix Access/One OWS and IWS modular mesh products deliver the largest capacity (up to six radios and 768 users per node, three to six times the norm), highest throughput (five times the norm at 35 Mbps), and best scalability (users can add more radio boards, WiMAX modules, or new technologies). An independent wireless mesh test sponsored by Light Reading and completed in June 2006 found Strix’s OWS 2400-30 delivers the best throughput and capacity, the greatest scalability for voice applications, and the best mobility/roaming. Strix networks scale to 10 or more wireless hops with near-zero throughput loss and latency. Customers can deliver real-time applications with a minimum of wired connections for a given area, which reduces CapEx and OpEx.

About Strix Systems
Strix Systems is the proven worldwide leader in wireless mesh networking. Strix’s Access/One products are the industry’s only modular (chassis-based) mesh systems, delivering the highest throughput, lowest latency, greatest capacity and unparalleled scalability. This new generation of products provides the broadband mobility and reach to support voice, video, and data applications. Sold globally by a network of first-class distributors and integrators, Access/One solutions have been deployed in hundreds of networks worldwide, outdoor and indoor, for the service providers, metro, public safety, government, energy, transportation, hospitality, education, enterprise, and residential markets. For more information about Strix Systems, please visit www.strixsystems.com.

About River City Technology Group
River City Technology Group LLC provides integrated business and technology solutions for small, medium or large companies and includes a strategic set of products and services: Business Consulting, Network Design, Implementation, Repair and Ongoing Support, Network Security, Software Development, Office Automation, Wireless Solution, Website Development and Maintenance, Wireline Services For Business, Human Resources Consulting and Organizational Development. RCTG solutions are practical, proven and implemented within a fraction of the time and cost of typical solutions. Relying on years of experience and recognized successes from multiple industries, RCTG provides solutions to businesses enabling increased top line earnings, improve bottom line profitability and increase sales and revenues. For more information go to www.rivercitytech.com