Continuing to build its portfolio of seamless mobility solutions for public safety and secure communications, Motorola, Inc. has unwrapped a mobile VPN solution called Multi-Net Mobility. Based on standard mobile IP protocol, it is designed to provide end-to-end data encryption for text, image and video applications while operating across a variety of public and private networks, including Motorola's MOTOMESH multi-radio broadband wireless network, 802.11 WiFi, and public carrier networks. MOTOMESH, which supports both the unlicensed 2.4 GHz and the newly licensed 4.9 GHz public safety spectrum in single network architecture, together with Multi-Net Mobility, offer secure, interoperable, mobile broadband to meet the needs of users on the move.

One of the esrly adopters of MOTOMESH is Plano, Texas. Motorola has announced that the city of Plano will deploy MOTOMESH, Motorola's multi-radio broadband and Canopy backhaul solutions to create a mobility corridor for seamless wireless broadband access across the city. Plano will improve its ability to serve the community by offering secure connectivity to public safety and municipal personnel. All 200 of the city's police vehicles will be equipped with continuous, secure access to enhanced wireless data communications. Overall, the system will provide greater situational awareness for officers serving Plano's 250,000 residents.

While roaming among wireless data networks is continuous and transparent to the end user, Multi-Net Mobility can also set application priority using Quality of Service (QoS) capability, thereby ensuring that mission-critical applications and latency-sensitive multimedia content are prioritized through the network.

Multi-Net Mobility also interoperates with a wide range of devices and IP applications, from video monitoring and location tracking, to alarm detection, fingerprint identification and license plate recognition. Through managing application access across overlapping broadband and narrowband network coverage, Multi-Net Mobility maximizes available network use, enabling applications to run faster when in broadband coverage, while also optimizing narrowband use for lower-bandwidth data applications.

"Multi-Net Mobility addresses the need to send and receive actionable, real-time information remotely," said Nick Rendone, vice president, Motorola Data Solutions Operation. "And when customers combine Multi-Net Mobility with our MOTOMESH network, you see a truly mobile worker emerge--with anytime, anywhere high-speed wireless connectivity and immediate access to mission-critical applications on either public or private networks."

According to Motorola, MOTOMESH is currently being deployed in over a dozen municipalities across the country. Initially, the deployment in Plano will be used for law enforcement communications. Future expansion plans include broader connectivity for public safety and first responders, such as fire officials and paramedics.

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