Via Wireless Systems
Wireless hardware for edge compute and OEM integration
Via Wireless Systems designs SDR modules, firmware, and integration paths for hosts that need tunable RF at the edge. We build complete radio front ends, not commodity radio parts, for compute, telemetry, and RF on embedded platforms.
Our work centers on dense PCB design and high-throughput PCIe links for autonomous vehicles, subterranean robotics, mesh nodes, and OEM platforms where board space, power, and thermals are constrained.
Origin story
Born out of engineering necessity
Via Wireless Systems wasn't founded in a boardroom; it was born in the trenches of real-world hardware integration.
While developing an autonomous underground mining mesh network, our founder, Daniel Dorohov · LinkedIn, hit a wall. The subterranean environment demanded exceptional range, penetration, and data throughput, requiring a true 4x4 MIMO radio architecture. Existing SDRs on the market were either too large for a compact carrier board or lacked the high-bandwidth capabilities required for heavy data streaming.
Faced with this bottleneck, Daniel engineered a custom solution from the ground up: a complex 12-layer, 4x4 MIMO architecture shrunk into an ultra-compact M.2 footprint.
That same dense, high-throughput design applies beyond mining, to autonomous robotics, subterranean mesh nodes, and OEM platforms where board space is tight but RF bandwidth cannot be.
Our name
The path to connectivity
A “via” is a path, a route, a direct connection between where you are and where you need to be.
We chose the name Via Wireless Systems because that is exactly what we provide: a direct route to advanced wireless connectivity. Whether navigating RF underground or on a mobile robot, we provide the hardware pathway between your host and the RF front end.
SDR module
Via SDR M44
Part number VWS-SDR44
The Via SDR M44 (VWS-SDR44) is an M.2 Key-M module with dual AD9361 radios and an onboard FPGA. It connects to edge hosts (NVIDIA Jetson, Nitrogen95, and similar carriers) over PCIe Gen3 x4, offloading RF streaming while the host runs your stack.
Dual AD9361 RF
70 MHz to 6 GHz across independent chains; up to 56 MHz IBW per chain, full-duplex.
PCIe host interface
Gen3 x4 to NVIDIA Jetson, Nitrogen95, and other edge compute carriers.
On-module FPGA
AMD Artix UltraScale+ for parallel DSP, PHY, and real-time RF streaming.
Board design
12-layer stackup with controlled impedance and localized thermal management.
Field node
Via Node S1
Part number VWS-NOD-S1
Complementary to Via SDR M44: a SMARC-compatible carrier / industrial field node for underground and GPS-denied sites. Edge compute via a SMARC SOM (Nitrogen95 / iMX95 as an example), ESP32-S3 companion, dual UWB slots and other radio options for RF locate paths, sensor ports for gas/air/sound/climate, and flexible backhaul over LoRa, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, fiber, and PoE. Power is designed for AC, DC, PoE, and battery. Expansion modules are optional; this carrier is not positioned as a full PCIe x4 SDR host.
Vision
Adaptive intelligence. Modular infrastructure.
Integrating 4x4 MIMO should not require oversized hardware or closed stacks. We build modular radio modules so integrators, researchers, and robotics teams can own their PHY and deploy on their terms.