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Mesh5G wireless for the street
Radios, mesh routers and controllers that connect traffic signals, cameras and sensors across a city — sharing a handful of circuits instead of paying for one at every pole.
What it is
A citywide network you install once and plug everything into
Mesh5G is NOW Wireless’s own wireless system for street infrastructure. Pairs of Intelligent Antennas link pole to pole; a mesh router at each site manages the links, powers the devices and finds a new route automatically if one fails; and a central controller watches every node, every second.
It has been designed and refined in the United Kingdom since 2002, and one city has run around 1,000 traffic lights on it for around two decades. The same network carries CCTV, air quality sensors, journey‑time detectors and AI, so each new device costs the price of the device — not a new circuit.
Why councils choose it
Lower cost, higher resilience, no new ducts
Up to 90% lower comms cost
Staged: one link saves up to 50%, a mesh router up to 66%, a full mesh up to 90% — in suitable deployments.
Self‑healing
Every node is a route for every other node. A failed link is routed around; each link changes frequency when it detects interference.
Secure by design
Radios ship in matched pairs that only talk to each other, with encrypted tunnels back to the control room.
Carries everything
UTC, UTMC and SCOOT traffic to any controller, plus CCTV, sensors and AI from the same powered ports.
How it grows
One link, then a cluster, then a city
Start by sharing one existing circuit, or a 4G and 5G connection, between a few junctions. Add a mesh router when the site grows, so new devices plug into spare ports and the network is managed remotely. Join clusters into a mesh with a shared backhaul and a low‑usage mobile fail‑over, and the city is on wireless.
- Fibre, VDSL, or 4G and 5G backhaul — whatever the site has
- New nodes added between or beyond existing nodes without re‑planning
- Central controller polls every device every second and reports availability
A typical cluster: one fibre point, twelve signal‑controlled junctions on wireless.
The range
What is in the family
Every product below is NOW Wireless’s own design. Model names are given so you can find them in the brochure.
| Product | What it does | Where it goes |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligent Antennas (IA 71g, 72g, 73g) | Matched‑pair radios for the standard junction link, longer links and backhaul | Signal pole, lamp column, mast |
| IA 4G / IA 5G | Cellular backhaul for a cluster, or stand‑alone, with standby backhaul | Where fibre is not available |
| IA 82 Wi‑Fi | Public or operational Wi‑Fi as an access layer over the mesh | Town centres, depots |
| IA LoRaWAN | Low‑power radio base station for small sensors | Wide‑area sensor networks |
| VMAe mesh routers (VMAeS, VMAeG, VMAeA) | On‑street mesh appliance: manages links, powers devices, runs action plans; a CCTV variant | Every junction or camera site |
| LMS local mesh switches (LMSg+, LMSf, LMSav) | Switching, fibre ports and VDSL at a cluster head | Cabinet or rack |
| CMR / CMC central mesh router and controller | Routes the street network and manages every node from the cloud or the council’s premises | Control room or data centre |
| IA V2X (802.11p and 5G) | Vehicle‑to‑infrastructure radios for connected and autonomous vehicles | Roadside, same mesh as the junction |
| Mounting kits | Traffic light, lamp column (active, passive, easy‑mount), CCTV, sign and wall kits | Any street furniture |
Full specifications, interfaces and options are in the product brochure, available on request. No pricing is published; every project is quoted on its requirement.
Where it is used
The network under everything else we make
Mesh5G is the first layer of a NOW Wireless junction, a CCTV cluster or an air quality network. Read how it is used in the Solutions pages, and see it running at city scale in Glasgow.
Next step
Ask for the Mesh5G brochure
Specifications, interfaces and deployment options for every wireless product, plus the staged cost model for your estate.