The products will be one of the first to incorporate MIMO (Multimedia Input Multimedia Output), SDMA (Space Division Multiple Access) and beam-forming technology in a metropolitan scale outdoor access point, according to Alan Menezes, vice president of business development at Wavion.

MIMO technology, which will be incorporated in the upcoming IEEE 802.11n specification, creates a standard for using multiple radios and antennas in an access point.

The beam-forming technology will increase the range of a conventional access point from 600 feet to 1,500 feet by focusing the energy transmitted from six radios and six antennas. SDMA can send four packets downstream to four different clients simultaneously.

The access points will work with standard client Wi-Fi cards.

The real benefit of the technology for companies looking to deploy outdoor solutions will come in cost savings, said Craig Mathias, principal at Farpoint Group.