Xirrus
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- Shane Buckley, CEO
- Dirk I. Gates, Executive Chairman and Founder
- Patrick Parker, Chief Development Officer and Founder
- Steve De Gennaro, CFO and Founder
The company Xirrus is a leading provider of high performance Wi- Fi solutions. Based on the patented RF technology reference points in the area of WLAN coverage and range can be met, as they are specifically required for large-scale and user- intensive scenarios.
History
Xirrus was founded in 2003 by Dirk Gates, Patrick Parker, and Steve DeGennaro. After 2.5 years of development, came the first product release in March 2006. It was followed by four patent applications for the innovative antenna design Xirrus was granted the patent. 2006 Xirrus was ranked among the " Top 10" networking start-ups. More than 100,000 installed radio cells as well as excellent product tests and reports from independent testing laboratories underpin the award. In June 2012, Shane Buckley took over the position as CEO at Xirrus, Dirk Gates acted since then as Executive Chairman. In September 2012, the company was incorporated as No. 2 in the "Next Big Thing " list of the Wall Street Journal.
Particulars
The leaders are recruited from experienced professionals in the wireless environment. Dirk Gates served as the Company 's father, chairman, and CEO of Xircom, a manufacturer of Ethernet chips. In 2001 he sold Xircom to Intel. Patrick Parker made as CEO of Nomadix the worldwide market leader for broadband Internet access gateways. Steve de Gennaro served as CFO, the financial fortunes at Calix, one of the largest suppliers of telecommunications equipment for service providers. Shane Buckley led several companies in Silicon Valley as CEO, COO and VP of Worldwide Sales, including Netgear, Rohati, Nevis, Juniper, Peribit, 3Com.
Products
Technology
The Xirrus technology defines the Wi -Fi architecture of the fourth generation. The special patented design of the WLAN hardware allows above average scores in coverage, range and data throughput rates - optimized for implementation in large-scale and user- intensive WLAN environments. Designed as a compact high-performance solutions that incorporate Xirrus arrays depending on the upgrade level 4, 8 or 16 "self " access points in a housing including on-board Wi -Fi controller, Gigabit Ethernet Switch, and intrusion detection and prevention system and firewall.
The ongoing adaptation to the feasible transmission rate and receiving care situation at all times for optimum coverage and connectivity. At a bandwidth of up to 864 Mbps, an access point is at full extension up to 1000 users simultaneously. Thus, large areas or groups of users can be effectively supplied with WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n. The wiring and installation costs as well as the required number of switch ports is reduced to a quarter compared to traditional Wi- Fi solutions of the first to third generation.
A data throughput of up to 300 Mbit / s on the Wi -Fi side, and a Gigabit uplink to the network backbone ensure consistent 802.11n performance.
Most traditional access points use omni or omni-directional antennas that distribute similar to a light bulb, the radio power equally in all directions. The Xirrus Arrays put the other hand on sector antennas, as used for example in mobile communications. By dividing the illuminated area into clearly defined " pie slices " can much easier plurality of radio cells are applied to a certain area
Since the transmission power is concentrated on a specific area, rather than spherical to spread in space, the range of the radio cell increases in practice often to the double, while problems with crosstalk between the adjacent radio cells are significantly reduced. This is accompanied by a reduction in the density of devices instead of increasing.