Oh we were thinking like a WISP and not like a TV Station.

Reverse the realm manager dogma may give a new type of service to wireless mesh.
Lets say you want to give a restrict services on the wireless mesh; in other words, you only want people to surf to your content and not the web. Think of it as going to a single website and on the website is only information you want to provide. Using LW MeshAP last mile (see last mile and splash page customization) you can create unlimited channels by using ESSID, channel and Locustworld wireless mesh using the Splash Page. Restrict the use of the wireless mesh to only application that you provide such as IPTV, VOIP, etc. So you can have MeshAP for VoIP on an ESSID, you can have another ESSID for IPTV; you can have another ESSID for Portal, radio or what ever. As long as you control the mesh you can provide a new service using ESSID like the old fashion TV stations. Can you image people saying “I wonder what is playing on ESSID?” Channel surfing will have a new name.

Ok here is a scenario let’s say you want to create a new type of public telephone booth using wireless mesh. As people use there web browser and Wi-Fi connection to connect to the MeshAP the splash page hijacks the web request for authentication; however, I want to add a Click to Call on the splash page i.e. page that comes up when to authenticate into a wireless mesh will have the Click to call hyperlink. This service would give the person the ability to use mesh but only for VoIP. It can use any of the types click to call; however, the scenario would required a QOS. Since QOS is based on user authentication and the splash page has not authenticated you how would you ensure that the call would get priority in LW? Not sure? Well I was thinking to do something in reverse to mesh dogma such that reversing the roles in realm manager. For use of the mesh for surfing the internet you would get something really low like 64K for a member account; however, if you use an application on the splash page like IPTV or VoIP you would need to put priority on the “unknown” account. Let say you build a portal on the splash page with flash files for IPTV and links to VoIP with in your mesh then only giving access to people to the network if they want too.

So what is Click to Call?

Click to call is starting a new type of disruption technology. It combines the use of VoIP application, with either a thin client Web phone or standard phone and hyperlink on a web page. As you click on the hyperlink the phone connects you to either a specific destination or can link two parties together.

What the difference between Click-To-Call and Standard Telephone?

A standard telephone call may consist of an ordinary voice transmission using a telephone, a data transmission when the calling party and called party are using modems, or a facsimile transmission when the two parties are using fax machines. Calls are usually placed through a network (such as the Public Switched Telephone Network) provided by a commercial telephone company or also through VoIP carriers. Most telephone calls in the world are set up using ISUP messages or one of its variants between telephone exchanges to establish the end to end connection. Typical examples would be a device calling Direct Inward Dial (DID) or telephone number. These devices are known today as:
- Wired Telephone
- Wireless Telephone VoIP or Cell Phone
- Soft Phone VOIP
- Hard Phone VOIP
- Web Phone VOIP using web browser (JAVA, FLASH, ETC)


Click-to-call (CTC) refers to the process of converting web-based traffic into direct telephony communication between an end user and some other entity. CTC processes vary depending upon platforms, but there are many styles of CTC:

- The first style uses the computer to complete the call (typically VoIP using a web phone.) Call is made from a soft phone or program on the same website to a specific number called Web Click-to-Call (WCTC).

- Another style of CTC is the callback, where a user enters their standard telephone number and an intermediary service connects the end user to respective third party. In this implementation, these services tend to be more of an automatic dialing service than an actual "click-to-call”. Call is made by connecting two standard telephone numbers to another standard telephone which is called Standard Click to Call (SCTC).

- The third version of this is a combination of WCTC and SCTC in which the Call is made by connecting two lines to Standard telephone number that is given by user to a specific number that has been program or the Call is made by connecting two lines from a soft phone on website to standards telephone number that is given by user called Hybrid Click to Call (HCTC).

So what does this all mean?

It means that you can now have public content and restricted the traffic on your mesh and use it a service. New application like Click-to-Call could benefit from this combination of these technologies.