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In order to improve Smart Grid Wireless performance, Proximetry and EDX (News - Alert) Wireless have launched a unified solution that seeks to resolve the operational demands and performance challenges of today’s wireless networks. The solution will range from the planning and designing stages to deployment and operation of Smart Grid wireless networks. This integrated approach will include Proximetry’s (News - Alert) AirSync performance management software and EDX’s design and planning tools that will result in more accurate and dynamic inputs for tuning of RF propagation models and active provisioning of wireless links to remote devices.

The integrated network management network will offer scalability, reliability, high performance and lower redundancy as more devices are added to the smart meter network distribution network. According to Proximetry’s CEO, Tracy Trent (News - Alert), this unified and integrated management solution will allow network operators access and utilization of performance data on existing networks to better optimize, deploy and manage services.

 CEO of EDX Wireless, Mark Chapman (News - Alert), said that, “Proximetry’s AirSync provides often unavailable but highly valuable live network data to EDX’s wireless network design and optimization tools. This results in improved reliability, redundancy and performance of both existing and future network deployments.” Chapman said that leveraging this joint solution will help utilities drive down network deployment costs while improving the network’s reliability and performance simultaneously.

Proximetry is a leading solutions provider of network and performance management tools. It’s AirSync policy-based network management system helps in designing and optimizing networks by capturing real-world RF and network data. EDX network design tools, on the other hand, are used to design and optimize wireless communication networks for wireless broadband, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, LTE (News - Alert) and Smart Grids. The EDX SignalPro and SignalMX Module combination provides Smart Meter layouts and large scale Mesh analysis, while its Smart Grid wireless networks help to efficiently plan, deploy and optimize these networks for various environments at all points in the system lifecycle.