The XipStick is installed between a remote PC and any Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) terminal while transparently optimizing the wireless bandwidth, often by a factor of 3x. The XipStick delivers full access to XipLink’s kernel-coded protocol acceleration, streaming data compression, and Internet optimization in a portable device with built-in IPSec. All XipLink wireless optimization solutions are based on Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and Space Communication Protocol (SCPS-TP) standards and operate over any network topology — TDMA, Point to Point, Point to Multi-Point, Mesh or SCPC.
Measuring just 10 cm by 5 cm by 2 cm, the new XipStick portable optimizer is fully self-contained. A flexible USB cable is used to power the XipStick from the PC or through an optional DC power supply. Once the USB cable is unfolded, two RJ-45 Ethernet jacks are exposed, a PC input, and a wireless modem output. Mobile users may optionally configure the USB port to deliver power and to serve as the data connection from the PC, eliminating the need for an input Ethernet cable. The XipLink solution includes the XA-Series of scalable appliances for installation at multi-user offices or at hub sites to transparently optimize hundreds of remote users, while the XE-Series of embedded software offers quick and easy integration of XipOS into BSD, Linux, and Windows based devices. XipLink’s XA-Series of appliances include a range of performance-matched industrial computing engines that scale from 2 Mbps and 50 connections to very high performance systems running at 155 Mbps and 30,000 simultaneous connections for the largest of installations.