IWAVE MANET PTT MESH system integrated the digital simulcast technology with ad-hoc network, which supply clear audio, seamless roaming and simple operation for rescue and public safety. It quickly sets up a temporary network for rescue and disaster response. It compatible with IP to starlink terminals for users remotely command & dispatch onsite staffs. PTT MESH DMR and TETRA are very popular mobile radios for two way audio communictation. In the following table, In terms of networking methods, we made a comparison between IWAVE
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network system and DMR and TETRA. So that you can choose the most suitable system for your variety application.
| MANET Radio | DMR Radios | |
| Base Station Coverage Capability | Ultra-high sensitivity and 2-3times coverage of DMR radios | |
| Self-healing, self-forming mesh network | Centerless Self-healing, self-forming mesh network Wireless connection between multiple units base station. |
Not support mesh network. Using IP cable to connect multiple base stations togethe |
| Frequency interference between adjacent base stations | Frequency Awareness Technology Adjacent base stations can use the same frequency, and they can sense and avoid each other. |
Adjacent base stations cannot reuse the same frequency, which will cause interference. There is no advanced frequency sensing technology. |
| Power consumption | No control channel long transmission, low power consumption, support solar power supply | The control channel has a long transmission, which consumes a lot of power. The emergency backup power supply cannot be powered by solar energy. |
| Anti-destruction Capability | Strong anti-destruction ability.It does not rely on any fixed infrastructure, such as 4G/5G cellular network or optical fiber. Any base station can join in or leave the network any time. That will not affect the normal running of the entire system. | Weak anti-destruction ability.Rely on infrastructure and onece the disaster occurs, it will be easily affected and become unavailable |
| Network Expansion | An unlimited number of base stations can be added without increasing the frequency. | You need to configure or reuse frequencies to add base stations. Adding base stations is limited by frequency. |
| Utilization of frequency resources | High frequency utilizationA pair of frequencies is used by all the base stations to build a wide area networking with multiple channels. | A pair of frequencies can only be used by one base station and cannot be used by multiple base stations at the same time for wide-area networking coverage. |
| User capacity | Dynamically distribute capacity according to group number as needed | Not support |
| Base station backup | Base station dual-machine hot backup with the same frequency | Not support |
| Mutual positioning | Situation awareness and mutual positioning between mobile radio stations and vehicles in the coverage area | Not support |
| Fast deployment | When disaster occur, fast depolyment within 10minutes to expand the network to any place required. | Not support |
| Air wireless switching technology | Air wireless switching technology reduces the probability of data exchange failure to zero. | Not support |
| Channel congestion | No control channel. No channel congestion proble | When the call volume suddenly increases, the channel will be blocked and paralyzed. |
| The speed of initiate a call | Press PTT to quickly initiate a call | It is managed via the control channel, so the speed of initiate a call is slow. |
| Channel Allocation | Channel associated signaling technology, dynamic channel allocation with high efficiency. | Fixed control channel, fixed allocation channel, efficiency reduced by about 1/5 |
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IWAVE MANET PTT MESH system integrated the digital simulcast technology with ad-hoc network, which supply clear audio, seamless roaming and simple operation for rescue and public safety. It quickly sets up a temporary network for rescue and disaster response. It compatible with IP to starlink terminals for users remotely command & dispatch onsite staffs. PTT MESH DMR and TETRA are very popular mobile radios for two way audio communictation. In the following table, In terms of networking methods, we made a comparison between IWAVE
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network system and DMR and TETRA. So that you can choose the most suitable system for your variety application.
| MANET Radio | DMR Radios | |
| Base Station Coverage Capability | Ultra-high sensitivity and 2-3times coverage of DMR radios | |
| Self-healing, self-forming mesh network | Centerless Self-healing, self-forming mesh network Wireless connection between multiple units base station. |
Not support mesh network. Using IP cable to connect multiple base stations togethe |
| Frequency interference between adjacent base stations | Frequency Awareness Technology Adjacent base stations can use the same frequency, and they can sense and avoid each other. |
Adjacent base stations cannot reuse the same frequency, which will cause interference. There is no advanced frequency sensing technology. |
| Power consumption | No control channel long transmission, low power consumption, support solar power supply | The control channel has a long transmission, which consumes a lot of power. The emergency backup power supply cannot be powered by solar energy. |
| Anti-destruction Capability | Strong anti-destruction ability.It does not rely on any fixed infrastructure, such as 4G/5G cellular network or optical fiber. Any base station can join in or leave the network any time. That will not affect the normal running of the entire system. | Weak anti-destruction ability.Rely on infrastructure and onece the disaster occurs, it will be easily affected and become unavailable |
| Network Expansion | An unlimited number of base stations can be added without increasing the frequency. | You need to configure or reuse frequencies to add base stations. Adding base stations is limited by frequency. |
| Utilization of frequency resources | High frequency utilizationA pair of frequencies is used by all the base stations to build a wide area networking with multiple channels. | A pair of frequencies can only be used by one base station and cannot be used by multiple base stations at the same time for wide-area networking coverage. |
| User capacity | Dynamically distribute capacity according to group number as needed | Not support |
| Base station backup | Base station dual-machine hot backup with the same frequency | Not support |
| Mutual positioning | Situation awareness and mutual positioning between mobile radio stations and vehicles in the coverage area | Not support |
| Fast deployment | When disaster occur, fast depolyment within 10minutes to expand the network to any place required. | Not support |
| Air wireless switching technology | Air wireless switching technology reduces the probability of data exchange failure to zero. | Not support |
| Channel congestion | No control channel. No channel congestion proble | When the call volume suddenly increases, the channel will be blocked and paralyzed. |
| The speed of initiate a call | Press PTT to quickly initiate a call | It is managed via the control channel, so the speed of initiate a call is slow. |
| Channel Allocation | Channel associated signaling technology, dynamic channel allocation with high efficiency. | Fixed control channel, fixed allocation channel, efficiency reduced by about 1/5 |
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