Tactical Mesh/Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) Solutions

Provide supplies and adhoc services, for the DOJ, Tactical Mesh/mobile ad hoc network (MANET). These supplies and adhoc services will enhance the DOJ’s collections capability for special events, provide alternate means of data egress in areas with poor cellular connection, and transport video streams back to a central receive point(s). The Tactical Mesh/MANET initiative is an alternative to the commercial cellular networks and an effort to identify threads that may be leveraged for joint operations. The Tactical Mesh/MANET capability will provide a cost effective and dynamic high-bandwidth network over a specific coverage area or mobile environment.
Tactical Mesh solutions will support multiple deployment scenarios:
• Fixed – permanent or long term placements providing for connectivity and data egress; particularly in dense urban environments
• Mobile – deployable for situational awareness at locations providing for connectivity and data egress as required to support events or situations; man portable or small footprint may be required to support operations in highly mobile environments
• Vehicle – capability to use multiple vehicles to augment communication links and provide access points for data egress and the ability to transition between network mesh deployments;
• Ad hoc – rapidly deployable short-term implementations, such as large capacity public venues, missions such as stadiums/arenas, or wide-area venues such as marathons or multi-site events in challenging RF environments, particularly in dense urban environments