Rajant Corporation: Game-Changing Wireless Networks When Your Data Really Matters

Robert J. Schena, Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder Without transmission towers and designated standard frequencies, cellular infrastructures and their ecosystem of facilitators—such as Wi-Fi, 2, 3, 4 and 5G LTE connectivity, to name a few—cannot function. As such, contrary to its very definition, mobility as a technological innovation is arguably rooted in rigidity. On the other hand, while the cloud continues to deliver impressive enterprise solutions, not all industry verticals are positioned to leverage the technology. For instance, picture the tough conditions of an oil field or rig, a military base amidst vast stretches of desert or arid hills, a fleet of trucks hailing from remote areas, or even, a locality barely covered by cellular networks— they are all barred from leveraging productive applications that require high-speed connectivity. Was it not for the ingenuity within Pennsylvania-based Rajant Corporation’s solution offerings, robust mobile connectivity would have remained an unrealistic feat for many entities functioning in some of the harshest environments in the world.

“Rajant started shortly after the attack on the World Trade Center. Our idea was to create a networking technology that could be rapidly deployed by folks that didn’t know a lot about networking. We automated a great deal of traditional networking prerequisites such that networks could be portable, easy to run, and rapidly expandable” says Robert J. Schena, Chairman, CEO and Cofounder of the company. Since its purpose-driven beginnings in the early 2000s, Rajant has excelled in the herculean task of delivering autonomous connectivity.

The Underlying Technology

Rajant’s secret sauce is their patented technology for creating mesh networks which, in terms of connectivity, can be regarded as the structural equivalent of the phrase ‘unity is strength.’ Put simply; this novel networking technology enables devices (nodes) to communicate with each other without the need for a centralized connecting mechanism. The concept of ‘mesh connectivity’ has gained traction in the recent past owing to its promising stance as an alternative to traditional mobility. Several ventures have sprung up to demonstrate the technology’s potential in addressing issues related to last mile connectivity, decentralized transactions, and censorship circumvention, to name a few. Yet, all such newer entrants take for granted, the availability and the user’s dependency on any typical, commercial device, which can barely hold up against challenging working conditions. Their nascent, embryonic offerings have a long way to go before being entirely capable of delivering functionalities such as: setting up networks from scratch with components purpose-built for ruggedness, easy visualization of network strength and related parameters, and intelligent streamlining of wireless transmission whilst being rapidly scalable to node additions (in the scale of thousands). This is where Rajant has positioned itself as an all-rounder in the remote networking space, far ahead of any other solution provider in this realm.

Rajant’s patented peer-to-peer InstaMesh^® networking technology infuses the company’s portfolio of product offerings to produce its Kinetic Mesh^® network: touted as the ‘living network.’ InstaMesh is capable of intelligently knitting nodes together to deliver optimal networks with high throughput and low latency. “InstaMesh can work through any frequency—licensed, unlicensed and/or privately owned or a combination of all—to send and receive traffic that comes from any channel.