Autonomous systems
Drones, uncrewed ground vehicles, ground stations, and command sites using cellular beside radio, mesh, or satellite links.
View autonomous systemsUse cases
Reachability for systems that move—or live beyond your firewall.
Nexus Atlas Traversal is useful wherever two Atlas endpoints must find one another through cellular, satellite, public Wi-Fi, or access networks that operators do not control.
Three starting points
Different missions. The same reachability problem.
Each scenario combines relay-first connectivity, opportunistic direct paths, and the wider Nexus Atlas multipath tunnel in a different operational shape.
Mobile fleets
Vehicles that change towers, carriers, and addresses while maintaining vehicle-to-command and vehicle-to-vehicle connectivity.
View mobile fleetsRemote sites
Branches, industrial locations, temporary sites, and field infrastructure without fixed public IPs or inbound firewall control.
View remote sitesCommon operating pattern
Bring up communication before optimizing the route.
Relay-first rendezvous means applications do not wait for a successful hole punch. Better paths can appear later without changing the tunnel interface.
Every endpoint can dial outward.
An authenticated outbound relay session creates immediate reachability through ordinary CGNAT and firewall policy.
Direct paths are discovered without interrupting service.
Peers exchange candidates over the working relay route, test the network together, and add a direct path where both access networks permit it.
Traversal joins the rest of the Atlas path inventory.
Direct and relayed cellular routes sit beside radio, Wi-Fi, mesh, satellite, or wired bearers under the same measured scheduler policy.
Choose your scenario
What changes from one deployment to another.
The technology stays consistent; mobility, path diversity, administrative boundaries, and operational priorities change.
| Scenario | Typical endpoints | Underlying links | Common priority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomous systems | Drone ↔ ground station ↔ command | 4G/5G, MANET, telemetry radio, satellite | Command continuity and selected traffic duplication |
| Mobile fleets | Vehicle ↔ vehicle ↔ operations | Multiple carriers, Wi-Fi, satellite | Roaming, measured failover, fleet visibility |
| Remote sites | Branch ↔ branch or field ↔ office | Cellular, Starlink/VSAT, fixed broadband | Simple deployment and predictable resilience |
Scope note. Traversal solves endpoint discovery and reachability for Nexus Atlas nodes. Application integration, radio design, and mission-specific safety analysis remain part of the wider deployment.