ATCA Wireless Networking

Schroff helps wireless networking solutions providers go to market faster

Several years ago, Schroff was approached by a California-based provider of wireless networking solutions to help build a product that would support the data traffic management and transport needs of large campus environments for schools, hospitals and corporations.
It specifically wanted to employ the use of a 5-slot AdvancedTCA (ATCA) chassis so that it could offer its customers a cost-effective, pay-as-yougrow network infrastructure solution.

While there are many options for 1U “pizza box” design solutions, each time a company’s bandwidth requirements grow, complexity and cost increases. With an ATCA form factor, customers can easily and costeffectively add additional blades to a chassis.

Schroff worked closely with this organization’s engineers to provide guidance about the design considerations related to the solution’s unique bus structure, then to recommend and specify the right open standards-based chassis that could be customized to produce a truly innovative product.

The end result was a highly reliable solution that was brought to market quickly and provided converged wireless voice and data, full power redundancy, remote management and control capability, ATCA compliance, and nextgeneration product positioning.
The combination of Schroff’s products and support helped the company launch the product quickly and realize a faster revenue stream.
The product went on to become the organizations flagship offering and helped position them as a global leader in wireless infrastructure solutions.