Wireless backhaul gets a lift from Mimosa

High-tech communications entrepreneur Brian Hinman is out to “revolutionize the wireless service provider industry” with his newest startup, Mimosa Networks. Mimosa is working to create Wi-Fi hardware that can offer connectivity over long distances and can compete with fiber on both price and performance. The company points out that for most of the world, fiber-to-the-home is not a viable option for high-speed connectivity. 
The company ‘s first hardware is a backhaul solution. Mimosa’s 4 MIMO stream, colocatable radio with spectrum reuse capabilities aims to make fiber backhaul speeds available in a wireless environment at a price point ($900) that will make it possible for operators to scale as demands on their networks increase. 
 “Mimosa’s mission is to create an incredibly broad suite of products at each layer of the Internet access network that will make wireless a scalable Internet solution for all types of communities worldwide,” said Hinman. His company’s B5 backhaul radio uses spectrum multiplication to deliver 16 MIMO streams, and four gigabit per seconds of throughput on a single channel. The radio uses both GPS and GLONASS to maximize satellite sync.  
Mimosa says its new B5 is the first radio to offer real-time spectrum analysis without service interruption. The radio uses historical and real-time data to optimize bandwidth, frequency and power use. The company’s cloud software leverages this data to enable providers to view real-time and historical spectrum data for any radio on their network.
Mimosa says the B5 radios will ship this fall, and Mimosa Cloud Services is available now for operators to test drive. The company is targeting wireless service providers as well as satellite communications companies. To date, the Silicon Valley startup has raised $38 million from venture capitalists.
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