Arch Rock PhyNet Router is an IP-based 802.15.4 wireless sensor networking device that connects 6LoWPAN mesh networks via Wi-Fi and Ethernet interfaces to diverse WAN links. By eliminating the need to co-locate individual wireless sensor networks (WSNs) with the server-based functions that control them, sensor applications can now reside in the next room, across a corporate campus, or half a world away, communicating with any number of WSNs across local- or wide-area IP networks.

Arch Rock PhyNet™ Router
PhyNet Router forms the internetworking tier in a scalable WSN architecture to:
- Connect IP-based IEEE 802.15.4 low-power mesh networks with existing IP networks through Wi-Fi or fixed Ethernet backhaul links
- Build large-scale deployments of distributed wireless sensor networks
- Create innovative mashups of data and applications crossing physical and IT domains via web services
- Manage multiple Personal Area Networks (PANs) from a remote centralized server
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| Allow Nodes in the IP-based Wireless Sensor Network to communicate natively with any other IP devices on the enterprise network regardless of media link |
- Eliminates need to co-locate server with Wireless Sensor Network
- Easily coordinate IP-device functions across network boundaries
- Take advantage of proven IP-based security and management tools
- Remote configuration and management
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| Multiple PhyNet routers can be deployed within a single PAN to provide multiple egress points out of a PAN and dynamically route around failures or RF interference |
- Increase densities of nodes within a single PAN
- Add PhyNet Routers to improve node battery lifetime, scale PAN throughput and lower latency
- Graceful failover between PhyNet routers ensures continuous uptime
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| Multiple PhyNet Routers can be managed remotely from a single server |
- Centrally manage collections of WSNs easily in complex deployments
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Individuals and organizations use PhyNet™ Router to:
- Interconnects and routes between IEEE 802.15.4 and Ethernet or Wi-Fi links
- Forms and adaptively reconfigures routing tables to and from all nodes and PhyNet Routers
- Supports native IETF 6LoWPAN-based IPv6 down to individual sensor nodes
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