AES Corp's patented AES-IntelliNet technology is the newest advance in wireless technology. Historically, wireless networks suffered from the same limitations imposed on wired networks. The information path was limited to one single route back to a central data point. If that one route was unavailable, then the entire network was unusable. The network was entirely dependent upon every node in the network being active at all times. Given the vagaries of weather, technical problems, user error, or malfunctioning equipment, maintaining a single route wireless network was very difficult. Users of single route wireless networks found them complex to install, difficult to maintain, and subject to low transmission rates with unacceptable performance levels.

AES-IntelliNet wireless mesh networks overcome these weaknesses by providing multiple paths for data transfer and self-configuring and self-adapting networks. A wireless mesh network using patented AES-IntelliNet technology uses 2-way smart transceivers for communicating data between remote locations and the Central Receiver. A Smart Subscriber Transceiver (SST) – an intelligent device that acts as a transmitter, receiver, repeater and router, links each remote site to the Central Receiver.

In a mesh network every SST is capable of sending and receiving data from another SST or the Central Receiver and sending it to its final destination. Data is transmitted directly to the central station if the SST is within radio range, or if not, is relayed through one or more SSTs. Data always follows the shortest, most reliable route available and has multiple alternative paths to get the data to its destination.

The diagram above portrays distribution of remote units and data paths of an AES-IntelliNet network.