A Santa Clara, Calif. startup is shipping a Linux-based mesh router aimed at VoIP and video that uses multiple radios — along with custom real-time Linux extensions — to create a duplexing backhaul network said to improve bandwidth more than 64 times over conventional mesh technology. The technology works well enough that LinuxDevices was able to interview Mesh Dynamics co-founder Francis Dacosta over a four-hop mesh VoIP network. Sound quality was on par with early cell phones, while latency was excellent — the conversation was truly full-duplex, supporting multiple interruptions for pointed questions.

Find out all about the Mesh Dynamics mesh routers, and their use of a real-time-enhanced uClinux embedded OS, in our complete device profile.

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