Background

Polaris Networks was started in 2003 by a group of former Agilent Technologies employees with a focus on Networking Protocol Software in general and Wireless Protocol Test Tools in particular. Since then, Polaris Networks has developed a wide range of test tools and communication gateways that are actively used by Network Equipment Manufacturers, Service Providers and Test Labs throughout the world. A member of several industry organizations in the communications arena, Polaris has gained a reputation for promoting the adoption of new technologies such as WiFi, WiMAX, RFID and LTE, from the draft specification stage to deployment.

Polaris is based in Massachusetts and sources R&D services from a dedicated service provider in Kolkata, India. This allows Polaris to make full use of the high-quality and cost-effective engineering resources available in India. Currently, the development center has over 80 employees in two offices owned by the company that provide over 12,000 square feet of office space.

Management Team

Buddhadeb (Bud) Biswas (Co-Founder, President and CEO)

Vinay Gupta (Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer)

Aditya Saraf (Vice President, Sales & Marketing)

Pradip Biswas (Director of Software Engineering)

Investor Relations

Polaris Networks is a privately held, well-capitalized profitable corporation registered in the state of Massachusetts. At this time, we are not seeking outside investment.

Partners & Alliances

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LTE NetEPC

The Polaris Networks LTE NetEPC combines the Mobile Management Entity (MME), the Home Subscriber Server (HSS), the Serving Gateway (S-GW), the Packet Data Network Gateway (PDN-GW) and the Policy & Charging Rules Function (PCRF) into a single carrier-class, highly-available platform.

The NetEPC is ideally suited for use in small (Tier II/Tier III, Rural) public networks and private networks, like Public Safety Networks. Using the scalable and cost-effective NetEPC architecture, network operators can deploy 4G LTE services in a manner that reduces signaling overhead, distributes the session management load, simplifies network management and delivers a very good Quality of Experience to the user.

LTE Home eNodeB Gateway

The Polaris Networks Home eNodeB Gateway (HeNB-GW), also referred to as Femtocell Gateway (F-GW), is based on an innovative architecture that provides the control capabilities necessary to manage large clusters of femtocells. The primary function of this gateway is to enable simple, seamless, highly secure access to subscribers as they roam between trusted mobile networks and untrusted public networks. The HeNB-GW provides an aggregation or concentration functionality for a group of Femtocell Access Points (FAPs). This preserves the hierarchical architecture of the current generation of the Core Network as it does not expose a large number of eNodeB base stations to the Core Network elements.

The Polaris Home eNodeB Gateway is a standards based implementation based on the 3GPP TR 23.830 architecture. It supports both 3GPP Release 9 and Release 10 specifications.

Partners & Alliances

Summit Data Communications, Inc.

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Polaris Networks has signed a partnership agreement with Summit Data Communications to develop, maintain and test software applications for customers who use Summit 's Software Development Kit. Polaris Networks' Technical License Agreement with Cisco Systems also enables it to assist Summit customers in obtaining CCX Certification for their Wireless LAN Devices.

3GPP LTE (Long Term Evolution)

LTE, an evolution of UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), is a 4G last-mile access technology for mobile communication. LTE is based on OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) in the downlink and SC-FDMA (Single Carrier-FDMA) in the uplink and efficiently supports MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) antenna technology. LTE is based on an All-IP network with Voice traffic supported as Voice over IP (VoIP) enabling better integration with other multimedia services. LTE will improve spectral efficiency, increase mobility, reduce the cost of data transport, and provide better integration with other open standards to enable co-existence with other 3GPP Radio Access Technologies (RATs). Faster downloads, video sharing, and true Mobile TV with more channels are some examples of applications that will benefit from LTE’s greater performance.

Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11)

Wireless LANs, based on the IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g standards, are a ubiquitous method of connectivity today - in homes, offices, hotels, airports or internet cafes. The popularity of wireless LANs is primarily due to their convenience, cost efficiency, and ease of integration with other networks. The IEEE 802.11n ratified standard, which is already implemented by several vendors today, improves the speed of wireless LANs by several times.

xTCA - Technology

Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (AdvancedTCA) and Micro Telecom Computing Architecture (MicroTCA) are standards developed by the PCI Industrial Manufacturer Group (PICMG) for carrier-grade telecommunication systems. These standards allow the use of multiple processors and high-bandwidth network technologies in a highly dense and bladed system. The TCA technology provides support for high-speed switch fabrics (up to 2.5 Tbps), high availability (99.999%), high power budget (up to 200w), multi-protocol support and advanced platform management for the telecommunication modules. AMC is a mezzanine standard that defines how modules such as Digital Signal Processors and Network Processors are connected to and managed by AdvancedTCA, MicroTCA and other carrier-grade communication platforms.

Powerline Communication

HomePlug is a networking technology that connects PCs and other devices to each other through the electric power lines or coaxial cable in a home. PCs and other devices that use Ethernet, USB and Wi-Fi can connect to a HomePlug powerline network using HomePlug bridges that have Ethernet, USB or WiFi ports and that plug into an electric or coaxial cable outlet. The HomePlug Powerline Alliance is an industry trade group that defines HomePlug communication specifications and certifies products that meet these specifications. HomePlug AV is the most recent specification that supports speeds up to 200 Mbps and Quality of Service for Audio-Video transmission required for IPTV, online gaming and similar applications.

RFID

A Radio-frequency Identification (RFID) Tag is a device that can be applied to or incorporated into a product, animal, or person for the purpose of identification and tracking the tagged object using radio waves. An RFID Reader retrieves the identification and tracking information stored in the RFID tag. There are two types of RFID tags: passive RFID tags, which have no battery and convey information to the Reader by reflecting radio waves generated by the Reader, and active RFID tags, which contain a battery and can broadcast information to the Reader on their own power.