Most Wifi Hot spots in small locations have a hub and spoke configuration. One radio(the hub) sends and receives data for several users(the spoke). The wireless router has physical connection to the internet – – a wire – – and it transmits data from multiple users through that wire.

     Adding a wireless router to an existing wired connection is an easy, convenient  way to provide access on a small scale. Wireless routers are relatively inexpensive. Most allow people to choose from various sign on and encryption option, thus providing a layer of security.

     But if a wireless router goes down, there is not always another router near by to pick up the slack. And on a large scale, like a whole city, using a physical wire to connect every wireless router to the internet is expensive.

     Thus BioEnable proposes a Mesh network to be used for City WiFi instead of hub and spoke. Mesh is a series of radio transmitters. Each transmitter is able to communicate with at least two other transmitter. Thus they create a cloud of radio signals through the city. Signal travel from router to router through this cloud.