Information Technology

City of Hickory, NC
Information Technology Wireless Network

The City's wireless network is composed of 9 remote locations, 2 towers used to accumulate and redirect the signals and 1 at City Hall. The winning bid from this RFP was awarded to LinkPro, Inc. of Hickory. They installed a total of 12 directional, 24"x36", parabolic antennaes and 3 directional, 5"x40", Til-Tek antennaes. This solution utilized BreezCom equipment for all but the 3 Til-Tek antennaes on the towers. Our system is 11Mbps with an effective throughput of 6+Mbps (after overhead) and is designed according to IEEE 802.11b standards.

Parabolic, mesh antenna located at City Hall on the 180' monopole tower	Fire Station #2, off Springs Road, mounted on hose tower, 35' high	Fire Station #3, on 2nd Ave NW, 25' high
Fire Station #4, located at airport, roof-top mount, 25' high	Fire Station #5, on Sweetwater Road, 90' high	Fire Station #6, on 127N, 70' high
Airport terminal building, 25' high	Water Plant, off 321N, roof-top mount, 50' high	Piedmont Wagon, off Fairgrove Church Road, roof-top mount, 35' high
Recreation Administrative Office, 12th St Dr NW, 30' high	Town of Long View water tank parabolic antenna, cat-walk mount, 110' high	Town of Long View water tank Til-Tek antenna, cat-walk mount, 110' high - smaller than neighboring cellular antenna
Wireless Bridge, located inside each location, connecting into LAN	Wider view of water tank, showing the environmental housing unit located just below and to the left of the letter "T" in Town - can also see parabolic antenna in lower left hand corner and Til-Tek at the right edge of picture	Fire Station #7, on Catawba Valley Blvd, roof-gable mount, 35' high