Guest Editorial by Rajant Corporation

Tuesday, September 11, 2001, began like any other day. It was a clear sunrise on the East Coast. Millions of Americans arose and drank their first cup of coffee.

Children hurried out the door to catch the school bus. New Yorkers donned their business attire and traveled by foot, car, subway, or ferry to Lower Manhattan to arrive at work on time.

But this day would be like no other and would be the single deadliest terrorist attack in our nation’s history.

While many were just starting their morning, 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists had already set the wheels in motion to carry out coordinated suicide attacks.

They split up, hijacked four commercial flights, and flew two of the planes originating from Boston into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City.

At the same time, a third from Dulles Airport crashed into the western side of The Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Passengers, and the crew on a fourth fought to gain control from the hijackers, only to crash into a Pennsylvania field. Everyone on all four flights perished.

Nearly 3,000 people were killed on the ground, and over 6,000 were injured.

By 10:07 a.m. EDT, the world had changed forever.

(WARNING: Disturbing Content. Twenty-two years ago, the world stood still as we witnessed the horrific events of September 11, 2001. Nearly 3,000 people died, but as the ashes settled, the people of America rose, forsaking political and ideological allegiances and choosing to love their neighbors as themselves. Let us be reminded of the bond we forged together then and rather than choosing bitterness and division, may we choose love and peace as we honor the lives of those we lost. That is our prayer on this 22nd anniversary of 9/11. Courtesy of CBN News and YouTube. Posted on Sep 11, 2023.)

Communication Meltdown

During the attacks, helicopters had circled the scene. They issued warnings about a possible collapse of the Towers, but due to a lack of interoperability between police and fire departments’ radios, hundreds of firefighters never received the life-saving warnings.

Additionally, thousands of emergency responders were on the ground attempting to connect by phone.

However, cellular services were down, limiting radio range and overloading networks. What was left for communication was only word-of-mouth—a primitive form, at best, in smoke-filled streets flooded with pandemonium.

Emergency operators were also overwhelmed, not just by the sheer volume of incoming calls but by not knowing the full extent of the disaster.

More than 3,000 calls had poured in the first few minutes after the planes hit the Towers, and over 55,000 calls were received by day’s end.

There was also no way for the emergency responders to know which hospitals were full, which ones had operating rooms available, or where to best send patients for immediate emergency care.

A report by the 9/11 Commission identified communications failures as the “critical element” that undermined the response to the attacks—rescuers were forced to make rapid-fire, life-and-death decisions based on poor information and with inadequate means of communication.

(A plea deal for five of the men accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks has been rejected by President Biden. ABC News’ Andrew Dymburt has the details. Courtesy of ABC News and YouTube. Posted on Sep 7, 2023.)

The Birth of Rajant

Before 9/11, Rajant co-founders Paul Hellhake and Robert Schena were working on new wireless technology for last-mile communications in the telecom industry.

After recognizing how their work could address the significant shortcomings of traditional wireless technology—particularly when it came to mobile voice and data networks used by first responders—they redirected their efforts to create a wireless broadband network system capable of being fully mobile, instantly deployed, self-configuring, and automatically fault-tolerant.

In October 2001, one month following the 9/11 attacks, Rajant was established.

The Rajant team envisioned a new, dynamic communications network based on a robust mesh technology that would deliver on the promises of mobility, scalability, bandwidth, and immunity to failure.

By matching these capabilities with the rugged design and tight manufacturing tolerances of the Rajant BreadCrumb® equipment, the company delivered on its promise of operating reliably in even the most demanding environments while overcoming the inherent complexities of wireless data networking.

With the push of a single button, the BreadCrumb® device can instantly establish and integrate a wireless meshed digital network in almost any environment. The unique features, flexibility, and functionality of the BreadCrumb® device make it the preferred solution for those situations requiring the rapid deployment of a high bandwidth, ad-hoc network.

Learn more about what a mesh network is and how it works.

(Hear from Rajant’s Global Partners, from underground mines to indoor warehouses, laud the ease of use and unfailing connectivity a Rajant network provides. Rajant fills the gaps for full mobile autonomy in the most challenging environments, unlike any other wireless networking solutions. Courtesy of Rajant Corporation and YouTube.)

Through Rajant’s unequaled ability to turn mobile assets into network infrastructure, organizations can now be empowered to take private network applications and data and implement them anywhere, hence why Rajant’s Kinetic Mesh® networks are deployed across a broad array of industries, including military, mining, ports, transportation, oil and gas, utilities, telecommunications, agriculture, and all levels of governments.

The Future of Our Industry

Continuous connectivity has become a necessary part of everyone’s life. Transformative as water and electricity to the vibrancy of daily living, businesses, governments, schools, and households cannot function without communications networking.

Rajant Corporation makes this possible. Where other networks can’t or won’t, Rajant extends, expands, enhances, and enables mobility with uninterrupted connectivity under the most adverse conditions.

Unlike traditional mesh networking technologies, Rajant enables all network nodes to be in motion, all clients to move all the time, and all application data to use any radio necessary to reach its destination—anywhere on its network.

This heightened sense of mobility is designed to prevent disasters from striking, whether it be the prevention of another terrorist attack, the collapse of a mine, or the mitigation of a forest fire.

With successful deployments in more than 80 countries for customers in military, mining, ports, rail, oil and gas, petrochemical plants, municipalities, and agriculture, Rajant has a global impact across many industries.

It is helping as a mission-critical communications network during public safety incidents, natural disasters, and military missions.

As the world grows larger and mission-critical industries follow suit, so should the communication technology that powers them. This is one of many reasons why our work energizes us at Rajant.

Point-to-point (P2P) wireless technology helped pave the way for connectivity. Mesh technology will be what drives us into the future.

(Meet Rajant’s broadband IP67 radio, intended for use in heavy-duty machinery and light-duty vehicle applications, has dual 2X2 MIMO transceivers and four antennas with multiple mounting options. The Sparrow interfaces include wired Ethernet and built-in Wi-Fi access points to enable data, voice, and low-bandwidth video applications. Courtesy of Rajant and YouTube.)

Reliable, fast, and resilient technology will shape every industry that powers the world, and we’re excited to help shape the future, one BreadCrumb® at a time.

First-generation Rajant Kinetic Mesh® technology was born out of the devastation and communication failures of 9/11.

More than twenty years later, Rajant’s technology solutions move mission-critical communications forward.

Rajant Corporation is the broadband communica-tions technology company that invented Kinetic Mesh® networking, BreadCrumb® wireless nodes, and InstaMesh® networking software.

With Rajant, customers can rapidly deploy a highly adaptable and scalable network that leverages the power of real-time data to deliver on-demand, mission-critical business intelligence. A low-latency, high-throughput, and secure solution for a variety of data, voice, video, and autonomous applications,

Rajant’s Kinetic Mesh networks provide industrial customers full mobility, allowing them to take their private network applications and data anywhere.

For more information, please visit Rajant.com.

 

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