Client Overview
US based Technology Company in multi-radio mesh networking, extremely lightweight Internet of Things (IoT) protocols, and Software Defined Networking (SDN) for publish/discover/subscribe in IoT and enterprise networks. It is focused on high-performance wireless networking for IoT and enterprise applications with substantial patented IP. Their patented mesh technology is powering Wi-Fi mesh of leading mines corporations, Oil and Gas, military rough terrain operations.
Business Challenge
- Understanding complex legacy product architecture – mesh algorithm, so as to implement new age IoT application support
- Simplify flashing and licensing process during production of end-nodes
- Improvise and stabilize existing product without any knowledge transfer from prior contractor to enable a timely release
- Support for LTE into existing product for future use
VOLANSYS Contribution
- Firmware Development
- Real Time Publish Subscribe framework on top of legacy product to support IoT class application
- Robot framework for mesh network testing and unit testing of mesh node
- Python based software to flash firmware (OpenWrt) in node
- Integrated client stack with OpenWrt 18.06 to support LTE and improved throughput by 50%
- Ported Java based Windows Network Monitoring System (NMS) onto Linux
Technologies | Engineering Expertise
Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi Mesh | Product Engineering – Embedded Software | Digital Networking | Robot Frameworks | Pub/Sub Frameworks | Quality Engineering
Solution Architecture

Benefits Delivered
- Faster time-to-market through complete engineering ownership from framework development, NMS porting, testing, and maintaining legacy product
- Stable product with network throughput improved by 50% with OpenWrt 18.06 integration that helped client to renew 60% of their existing customers