Tropos Networks gets undisclosed investment from Intel Capital's wireless sub-fund: Tropos, until recently called FHP Wireless, makes mesh-based hot spot hardware intended for hot zone creation with popped-in back haul only in spots for outdoor and enterprise deployment.
The Tropos approach allows two wireless cards in a single AP, one for inter-access point mesh communication, and the other for local Wi-Fi service. (You can combine these with a single card, but lose substantial throughput through channel overlap and backhaul communication.)
Cool. But are these guys really building a true mesh? Looks like it's just adhoc on one side and managed on the other. Big whoop. Just what we all need... more noise!