IPmotion

We for you: CAR-A-WAN.coach v6 for the world's best bus WLAN -> rtf > pdf > docx

• Fast: Super scrolling for soccer and match follow-up via WebTV
• Secure: WPA3 encryption, two modems in a network
• Reliable: In use for years, status readable at any time in the portal

Heuchelheim, 14.06.2023 - The v4 predecessor was under contract for five years, now the v6 from IPmotion has been brought in during a break in the game. Easily recognisable by its new red aluminium jersey, modular in its game structure thanks to up to three modems and as quick as a flash with AC WLAN. Secrecy thanks to the latest encryption technologies and guided by the experts from Heuchelheim, who remotely and discreetly take care of updates or adjustments of entire fleets in operation.

For players and coaches of the German national team, it's now once again time to put your feet up on the pitch and relax on the road, with the best WLAN "made in Heuchelheim", fast, secure and reliable at your side. And in the router portal you can see at any time: Status of device, SIM cards and route.

Decades of experience, our own certified mobile routers and 24/7 service are the advantages that manufacturers like MAN - the partner of the DFB national team - and your customers enjoy with IPmotion.

IPmotion has been a WLAN team player for many sports clubs in the first and second national football leagues since 2006.

Mobile test laboratory travels to prisons, retirement homes and is online where infections spread quickly ->  rtf > pdf > docx

• CAR-A-WAN.112 Plus LTE-A v6
• Two mobile operators simultaneously for better coverage
• WLAN-StationLink for using existing WLAN
• Future-proof: Antennas prepared for 5G, modular router can later be upgraded with 5G modules

Heuchelheim, 08.08.2020 – A time-critical task: from the commissioning of the order to putting the first mobile biomedical class 2 laboratory in Germany into operation in the shortest possible time in order to test for Covid-19 in prisons and old people's homes and communicate the results on site.

The University Hospital Mannheim as laboratory operator has commissioned SHE AG and IPmotion to make the access of the mobile corona test laboratory CoVLAB to the IT infrastructure of the UMM mobile and secure, via VPN concentrator and connection-secure CAR-A-WAN technology.

At the heart of this is the modular LTE-A router CAR-A-WAN.112 with two simultaneous mobile radio connections and an additional WLAN connection via a combined 4G/5G antenna system with high reception, coordinated on site and commissioned by IPmotion. The modular router can later be retrofitted with 5G radio modules.

A software connected to the PCR diagnostics of the mobile laboratory evaluates the analysis results technically and medically and sends them electronically to the University Medical Center Mannheim for reporting, which processes the data and coordinates further measures.

Florian Kempff, managing partner of IPmotion GmbH: "Successful projects require communication and coordination. With SHE AG, the UMM has been able to engage a project partner that IPmotion has supported with experience in integrating mobile phone providers.

Order already delivered at 3/4: Customer is StadlerRail for the railway companies Abellio and GoAhead > rtf > pdf > docx

• CAR-A-WAN.rail in combination with CAR-A-WAN.AP
• 2 or 3 mobile operators at the same time for better coverage
• Hardware design designed for decades of operation and continuous upgradeability

Heuchelheim, 26.10.2019 - StadlerRail has had good experiences with IPmotion as a system supplier for public WLAN in rail vehicles and entrusts its customers Go-Ahead Verkehrsgesellschaft Deutschland and Abellio Rail NRW with the modular and future-proof LTE WLAN routers from Heuchelheim in Hesse for the networks Baden-Württemberg 1, Stadtbahn Rhein Ruhr and E-Netz Allgäu. The delivery of the components of all projects to ¾ has been completed.

For the first time, IPmotion will also serve StadlerRail as a WLAN access provider and assumes legal and technical responsibility: Florian Kempff, managing partner of IPmotion GmbH, comments: "We offer performance-based bandwidth allocation for WLAN users and expand Internet access with a platform of additional media services for the operator Abellio.

SRR and ENA are using the same platform v6 for the first time, which replaces v4 and is also designed for a 10 year usage period for computer components. CPU and main memory are sufficiently dimensioned, two additional mass memories can the customer select, up to 16 TByte large SSD.

The modular design of the CAR-A-WAN.rail series also permits the replacement of LTE radio components; these are designed for a userfriendly operating time of 3-5 years before they can be replaced with combined LTE/5G modules thanks to the Sub-6 GHz preparation of the v6.

As a reliable and innovative supplier, IPmotion GmbH guarantees the all-aluminium housings of the CAR-A-WAN.rail series a further 30 years of availability in the 20th year of its existence.

Kempff: "Experience and foresight are what define us, which is why we are a good partner in consulting, conception and implementation of long-term challenges. We don't know what the world looks like in 2050, but until then we remain curious".

FCB: It's another CAR-A-WAN, the premium WLAN router from Heuchelheim! > rtf > pdf > docx

• CAR-A-WAN.coach Plus LTE for the players of the "Bestia Negra"
• Premium: Double LTE and WLAN
• New web interface in Responsive Design

Munich, 22.11.2018 - This is already the third handover in Munich: After the first CAR-A-WAN to the national team in 2006, the bus to the handball team of Bavaria in 2012, the record champion today received his new team bus, a MAN with the mobile WLAN router of IPmotion GmbH, the Premium manufacturer of professional and automotive Internet access.

The bus, a Lion's Coach from MAN, was ceremoniously presented and handed over on Odensplatz in front of the Feldherrenhalle. The players have every convenience on board and can access the Internet barrier-free, whereby the CAR-A-WAN router simultaneously supplies the players with LTE Internet via WLAN between the mobile phone providers with full bandwidth of both modems.

With the CAR-A-WAN, special attention was paid to the fact that the drivers themselves can configure primary router settings on the Web with a smartphone without installing special apps: With the admin web in Responsive Design, all operating parameters such as SIM card settings, WLAN name, WLAN password and roaming authorisation can be accessed securely and at any time with the smartphone and the connection technology, signal strength and location are displayed.

See also (german/pictures):

• FC Bayern Munich expands squad with new MAN team bus
• There he is! FC Bayern presents new team bus
  

IPmotion’s next product drive starts at IT-Trans 2018 in Karlsruhe > rtf > pdf > docx

• Brand-new and long-term available version 6 about to be released
• Enhanced product design features Quick Lock Standard (QLS)
• New rail version v6 in the established and space-saving v4 design
• Standardized, modular and customizable platform ensures future viability

Heuchelheim, 11.01.2018 – IPmotion presents the latest version of its high end router series CAR-A-WAN at IT-Trans 2018 in Karlsruhe. The new version 6 is yet to be the most revolutionary leap in the system’s evolution since it entered the market as early as in 2003.

Multiple requirements about secure and high-performing mobile connections in today’s coach and railway sectors call for the supply of reliable 4G network systems. Furthermore, public transport operators wish for innovative entertainment options for travellers to uphold a preferably high customer satisfaction.

Given this background, IPmotion has decided to opt for a solution including the benefits of a system that supports all upcoming radio standards and nevertheless allows the implementation of nearly any individual request on the customers’ part.

The new versions’ CPUs will be provided by AMD (G-Series platform). Thus, production and support can be guaranteed until 2024. Another advantage concerning this new generation of core units will be the separation of main and auxiliary circuit boards hence adaptations to customer requirements will be easier than ever before.

One System for numerous passengers: Starting with version 6, IPmotion supports public WiFi solutions for up to 250 users per device, i.e. CAT 6-LTE. With the extensive introduction of CAT 11-LTE this number will eventually increase up to 500 users per device. This capacity is achieved with the aid of IPmotion’s patented multipath-multiprovider technology (patent no. DE102004045228B4).

Industrial storage media, e.g. SSD technology and such like, can be integrated if necessary. The basic version which is already equipped with one terabyte in storage space not even weighs one kilogram in the .coach-variant and is there with a featherweight in its class.

Adjustability in both soft- and hardware: The new modular system design allows the provisioning of additional interfaces even at small-scale production, paving the way to a disentanglement from conventional legacy systems.

Special sensors as well as backwards compatible interfaces may be integrated in customers’ projects. This simplifies migration and integration of existing systems towards leaner and more modern system designs.

Security and manageability in fleet operation: As of the introduction of version 6 of its CAR-A-WAN series IPmotion has a device at its disposal that combines both the advantages of an industrial router and traditional WiFi access points combined with a TPM crypto chip for the secure generation, utilisation and storing of VPN and system access certificates. The administration of large router fleets is being greatly simplified and besides standardized by means of the additional integration of CAPWAP.

Robust design and flexible connectivity: The new platform will be available for both the .coach and .rail versions of the CAR-A-WAN router series. Each version can be supplied with either one, two (version “Plus”) or three (version “Trio”) LTE modems. The new CAR-A-WAN.rail v6 continues the architecture of the CAR-A-WAN v4 series (solid aluminium housing). The .coach variant features an entirely new architecture, though still compatible with previous connectors and fastening elements alike. The new design is still based on solid aluminium for heavy temperature deviations may occur in the CAR-AWAN’s typical application area. All the aforementioned devices are available with either SMA, QLS or FAKRA connectors (built-to-order).

IPmotion presents its new mobile WiFi router for emergency vehicles, fire brigades and mission control centres at the RETTmobil 2016 > rtf > pdf > docx

Heuchelheim, 01.05.2016 – With its new mobile router set CAR-A-WAN.112 LTE the German router manufacturer IPmotion is the first company to allow for a stable Internet connection in harshest operating conditions. The LTE device is especially apt to the usage in command vehicles of fire brigades, ambulance services and disaster control due to its extremely robust aluminium housing. It is moreover an ideal addition to those vehicles because of the new secure fax alternative which IPmotion presents at the RETTmobil 2016, a unique combination of a document scanner and an email attachment sending system which creates legally binding PDF documents and transfers them reliably which is most important where mission instructions are concerned

In contrast to common fax technology this solution can be combined with digital signatures. Florian Kempff, IPmotion’s CEO, explains: “Common fax technology only creates the appearance of a trustworthy sender whereas digitally signed PDF documents can be checked on the spot by the receiver with regard to their rightfulness.” According to Kempff this aspect of reliability and certainty is the main advantage of the innovative technology. Furthermore, the mission instructions can be transferred much faster than with the ordinary fax technology. As Kempff himself is member of the voluntary fire brigade of his native village, he knows: “In action, each second can mean a life-or-death decision.”

At the RETTmobil 2016 which takes place at the Messe Galerie Fulda from Wednesday, 11th to Friday, 13th of May 2016, IPmotion will present its novelty at its own stand with the number K1608. There the Hessian router manufacturer will also show its new router CAR-A-WAN.112 LTE and therewith the latest innovation for control centres and rescue vehicles.

PostBus Switzerland introduces its brand-new cashless ticketing system in the canton of Valais - IPmotion provides the necessary technology – development already started in 2014 > rtf > pdf > docx

Heuchelheim, April 19th, 2016 – The new application „Check in, Be out“ (CiBo, available for iOS and Android) has cleared the way for a cash-free payment system in Swiss post buses by means of the already installed Wi-Fi routers of the type CAR-A-WAN.

Apart from the purchase of traditional tickets, one hundred test customers currently have the opportunity to make use of the new dynamic smartphone based ticketing throughout the canton of Valais. The German router manufacturer IPmotion provides the necessary Wi-Fi hotspots that transfer the travel data safely to a computer centre where the data preparation and invoicing take place.

The distance travelled per month is accounted for according to the so-called “best price procedure”. If a customer travels e.g. several times per month the same distance, he automatically receives a bill consisting of a combination ticket, which costs distinctly less than a number of one way tickets.

CiBo is currently testing in the urban bus network of Sion, the capital of the canton of Valais, as well as on the intercity bus between Sion and Martigny. The test phase will continue until the end of July. Moreover transferring the system to all Swiss buses as a new standard in ticketing is near completion. The Wi-Fi routers on which the programme is being implemented have already been in use for the last three years as a means of supplying customers with a free-to-use internet access. IPmotion’s CEO Florian Kempff explains: „Of the 2200 buses we have equipped with our CAR-A-WAN router, 85 percent are ready for CiBo. They merely need a software update which we are about to provide.”

Via CiBo the passengers connect their smartphones to the CAR-A-WAN router as soon as they enter the bus („Check in“). When they get off they are automatically disconnected and don’t need to do anything (“Be out”). The route they have travelled is measured minutely via GPS. This way the already existing advantage of free Wi-Fi on board Swiss PostBus coaches is being further improved. Kempff is convinced that the future-orientated system increases general interest in public transportation and creates acceptance for new tariff models.

IPmotion’s solution partners in this project are swiss smart media GmbH, xTreme Software S.r.l. from Italy, Swiss Post and the informatics department of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland. Within the scope of the Mobility Lab Sion Valais, students of computer science supervise the project’s test phase and investigate latest technology. IPmotion has been researching in the field of smart electronic ticketing since 2014.

• Press release PostBus Schweiz Ltd (GER)
  

IPmotion is joining the network "Network - Companies integrate refugees" as the first one in the district of Gießen.

Florian Kempff (CEO) states: "As we understand Wi-Fi as a synonym of unlimited communication we feel obligated to know no bounds with our customers and our employees as well. Transport and information technology are a matter of international interest and business. We appreciate all those who have recovered their personal freedom in Europe under great privations and were home in our business field in their homeland.

We appreciate their courage and confidence and like to offer gaining insights into our team while improving the German language. We are looking for refugees with experience as a C/JAVA Programmer or electronics specialists and we hope to be able to make our contribution to integration."

With its innovative CAR-A-WAN router technology, the Hesse-based IPmotion GmbH was the overall winner with the "INDUSTRY PRIZE 2012".

A 30-member jury comprising professors, scientists and trade journalists considered 500 contenders and awarded this year's prize to the mobile WLAN router CAR-A-WAN. The innovativeness and suitability for SMEs of the technological development were assessed.

The CAR-A-WAN is the first CE-certified component of its type, which can also be used regardless of the manufacturer to upgrade used private and commercial vehicles, providing them with uninterrupted Wi-Fi when in motion. The previous year's winner of the competition was Bosch Rexroth.

• Image A Award ceremony for industry prize 2012  > 300 dpi > 72 dpi (Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Bruno O. Braun (VDI), Florian Kempff, Felix Kopf (v.l.n.r.)), (c) photo: Huber Verlag für Neue Medien GmbH

• Image B Award ceremony for industry prize 2012  > 300 dpi > 72 dpi (Felix Kopf, Florian Kempff, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Bruno O. Braun (VDI) (v.l.n.r.)), (c) photo:  Huber Verlag für Neue Medien GmbH)

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