[MLB-WIRELESS] AP on a (tethered) balloon?

[lkhoo at csc.com.au]

Has anyone seen anything like this before? Links? Pictures?

On one of our sites they are looking at a possible solution for a remote
site in which conventional wired access isn't possible.
802.11b had been suggested in a meeting and my ears pricked up :)
I wouldn't have thought that the omni's on normal AP's would have been
strong enough to be practical for this type of application ( assuming that
a directional antenna wouldn't have enought stability on a balloon!).

I believe they intend to do something like the following :

remote wired router with wireless nic -> direction antenna -> balloon AP ->
ground based AP -> clients laptops.

Thanks

Lucas


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