MPU5
ONE SOLUTION.
INFINITE POSSIBILITIES.
The MPU5 is the world’s first Smart Radio with an onboard Wave Relay® Operating System that includes everything you need built in. You will spend less time gathering and organizing gear and more time accomplishing the task at hand. State-of-the-art radio technology combined with the Wave Relay® MANET allows you to go farther and faster than ever before. Integrated GPS, native video encoding/decoding, and PTT audio allow your team to share a common operational picture. The MPU5 is more than just a radio.
YOUR RADIO IS NOW YOUR COMPUTER
DURABLE, COMPACT,
VERSATILE COMPUTING.
Wave Relay® OS is a custom Android™-based operating system that lives on the MPU5, making it a smart radio. Wave Relay® OS enables you to install and run 3rd party Android™ applications directly on the device. As a Smart Radio, the MPU5 is a network and mobile computing platform that works simply and easily. Plug sensors directly into the MPU5 to process and distribute data without additional hardware. Connect a monitor, mouse, and keyboard to create a command center in the field. Control unmanned vehicles, run ATAK situational awareness suite, watch video, and monitor sensors directly from the MPU5. With a 1GHz Quad Core ARM Processor, 2GB of RAM, and 128GB of flash storage, the MPU5 is a powerful computing device.
A: ATAK, Wave Relay Video PTZ Camera Control app, Unmanned Systems Command & Control apps (Boston Dynamics, etc.)
A: The MPU5 is the computer running an Android-based OS. The RDC is the monitor that displays the MPU5 Android environment.
CONTINUOUS CONNECTIVITY ON THE MOVE
MOBILE AD HOC NETWORKING
Over the past 15 years, the engineers at Persistent Systems have pioneered the development of Wave Relay® – the world’s most advanced Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET). The Wave Relay® MANET was designed for the mobile user and is the core of the MPU5. The MPU5, powered by the Wave Relay® MANET, allows a distributed and decentralized group of fully mobile users to communicate continuously and efficiently without the need for fixed infrastructure or MAC-level timing.
A: The Wave Relay MANET reevaluates its route selection up to several thousand times per second to maximize throughput.
A: The Wave Relay MANET uses AI-enhanced machine learning to continuously adapt and provide high throughput in any network configuration and RF environment.
PEER TO PEER ROUTING
Every MPU5 on a Wave Relay® network communicates with each other, forming a true peer-to-peer mobile network with no master node or base station. Freely add and subtract MPU5s from the network without losing connectivity or reconfiguring your devices. The Wave Relay® MANET routes data from radio to radio enabling the network to grow, adapt, and extend as more MPU5s are added. Massively scalable and incredibly intelligent – the MPU5 keeps you connected and ready for anything.
A: There is no defined limit to the number of nodes in a Wave Relay network. The largest active Wave Relay MANETs contain thousands of nodes.
A: The Wave Relay MANET is the leader in scalability and performance under mobility.
PERSISTENT-ENGINEERED 3x3 MIMO RADIO
ENGINEERED FOR PERFORMANCE
The MPU5 introduces an industry-changing RF Module engineered from the ground up. The dedicated RF team at Persistent Systems spent three years designing the MPU5’s RF module to outperform any other on the market. With up to 10W* of power and 3x3 MIMO technology, the MPU5 communicates more data further, faster, and more reliably than any other MANET system available.
* For military and export use.
A: MIMO is a wireless technology that multiplies the capacity of a radio link using multiple transmit and receive antennas.
A: Yes, the MPU5 uses a form of beamforming called Maximal Ratio Combining (MRC). MRC is a receiver-side technique that optimally combines multiple versions of the same signal from different antennas to increase diversity and SNR, without needing channel information at the transmitter.
go where other radios can’t
ACHIEVE FASTER SPEEDS AT LONGER RANGES
The MPU5’s radio system is built on 3x3 Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) technology. MIMO Technology allows for extended range and increased throughput in complex urban, subterranean, and maritime environments - both line of sight (LOS) and non line of sight (NLOS). MIMO enhances range, reliability, and throughput by utilizing the RF reflections from the radio’s surroundings. The MPU5 implements state-of-the-art MIMO diversity technology including Spatial Multiplexing and Maximal Ratio Combining. Teams working in cities, tunnels, and buildings will experience the MPU5’s tremendous performance advantage where other radios fail.
A: The MPU5 excels in subterranean environments. The US Army equipped brigades with MPU5’s to enable them to fight and communicate in large-scale subterranean facilities and dense urban operational environments.
A: Underground facilities are high multipath RF environments. RF signals reflect off walls and reach the receiver via several different paths. The MPU5 utilizes MIMO technology to combine these reflections and increase performance.
INTELLIGENT RoIP TETHERING
PUT LMR RADIOS ON THE NETWORK
Persistent Systems’ communication innovators designed the MPU5 to eliminate the divide between teams from different organizations with incompatible communications equipment. The MPU5’s Intelligent Radio over IP (RoIP) Tether feature allows you to communicate across separate organizations seamlessly. With one simple cable, the MPU5 tethers to your existing Land Mobile Radio (LMR) system and makes it available as a talk group to MPU5’s on the network. Everyone carrying an MPU5 can now speak on all of the existing LMR channels. Multiple LMR radios can co-exist with the MANET on the same channel. Every time you key-up the talk-group the current “best” LMR radio is automatically selected to transmit.
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A: AN/PRC-148, AN/PRC-152, AN/PRC-117G, Motorola XTS-5000, APX series, XTL-5000, Harris XG-100, AN/PRC-148E Spear, AN/PRC-163 (RT1 only), AN/PRC-167 (RT1 only)
A: Advanced RoIP is a mode where the MPU5 automatically configures the tactical radio’s settings to optimize it for RoIP performance and clarity. This automated configuration of a doner radio simplifies deployment for the operator.
A: RoIP allows you to talk out of the best tactical radio available, not just the one you are carrying. For example if there isa 50W radio on a vehicle, RoIP will transmit out of that radio instead of the 5W radio you are wearing.
RELIABLE VOICE FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
SUPERIOR VOICE CAPABILITY
CLEAR, DYNAMIC PTT AUDIO
Reliable voice communication is critical for success. The MPU5 delivers crystal clear Push-to-Talk (PTT) voice over 16 switchable and independently configurable talk groups. The Wave Relay® MANET enables you to maintain continuous voice connectivity as you move around corners and traverse the environment. Utilizing the Opus audio CODEC, the MPU5 seamlessly integrates with 3rd party radio interoperability systems commonly used in operations centers.
A: Our optional Dual PTT accessory allows the user to select and control up to two talk groups, assigning each to a separate ear and adjusting their volume.
A: Each talk group is a standards-based multicast RTP stream carrying Opus-encoded audio. This standards compliance enables easy integration with third-party radio interoperability systems and RoIP networks.
A: A user can talk and listen on (2) talk groups simultaneously and will hear one talk group in each ear. The user can also “monitor” additional talk groups and select which ear to monitor them in via the web management interface.
A: Yes. The MPU5 applies Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) tags to all voice packets in accordance with RFC 2474/2475. These tags allow the Wave Relay® MANET to prioritize voice traffic hop-by-hop along each multicast route toward active talk-group receivers. This Quality-of-Service marking ensures that mission-critical Push-to-Talk audio remains clear and reliable even when the network is congested by other data or video traffic.
streaming hd video
INTEGRATED VIDEO ENCODER/DECODER
The MPU5 enables you to encode and stream live audio and video without the need for external hardware encoders by directly connecting HD and SD camera systems via 3G-SDI and Composite video inputs. The MPU5 encodes and streams H.264 feeds at resolutions ranging from 320x240 to Full HD 1080p30 and 720p60.
The on-board hardware accelerated video encoder supports both unicast and multicast UDP streaming in an MPEG-TS transport stream. The MPU5 also provides hardware accelerated H.264 video decoding enabling you to watch up to four video streams simultaneously.
A: Yes. When audio is present in the 3G-SDI input (per SMPTE 292M), the MPU5 encodes it along with the H.264 video and multiplexes both into a single MPEG-2 Transport Stream (MPEG-TS, ISO/IEC 13818-1) for network streaming.
A: Yes. The MPU5 detects KLV metadata (MISB ST 0601) embedded in 3G-SDI camera feeds and preserves it within the MPEG-TS stream. This allows downstream video decoders to overlay sensor coordinates, points of interest, and mission parameters—enhancing situational awareness and geospatial context.
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