The upside of LTE is Carrier Aggregation and LAA

You can have a base 2.5 or 3.5 ghz system, and add capacity to the
downlink using LAA in 5ghzŠ no interference to worry about since you are
blasting one wayŠ

On 9/25/18, 1:15 PM, "AF on behalf of Robert Andrews"



Gino A. Villarini


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<[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote:

>Isn't the major gains that LTE is making right now largely due to more
>antennas/channels/power?   And that is giving a higher time in the
>higher 256QAM?   I didn't think there was any special sauce available to
>LTE that isn't available to other software programmable radios in some
>sort of proprietary protocol...???
>
>On 09/24/2018 04:58 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
>> I¹m not sure a 5 GHz LTE product makes sense, unless you¹re talking
>> carrier aggregation and LAA.  Otherwise I question the ³magic² of ³LTE
>> modulation², once you try to use it in dirty spectrum.  Oooooh, 256QAM.
>>
>> Like we haven¹t been doing that for years.  I put it in the same
>> category as ³3.65 GHz goes through trees².  Only if the noise floor is
>> really low, and then it¹s not the ³S² part of SNR, it¹s the ³N² part
>> that¹s magic.
>>
>> Maybe I¹m missing something, but I¹m not wanting to spend big bucks
>>(and
>> a big power budget) to use LTE in 5 GHz.  Maybe if there¹s some killer
>> antenna technology, but I think that¹s what Medusa does too.  Not that
>> it is any better on price or power consumption.
>>
>> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Ryan Ray
>> *Sent:* Monday, September 24, 2018 6:44 PM
>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] DC+ Fiber
>>
>> This would be better on the price front then if that is possible.
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 3:22 PM, Jon Langeler
>><[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>     Baicells just announced 5Ghz LTE, might be others.
>>
>>     The brains of the Cambium 3G Medusa is apparently supposed to be
>>     capable of LTE modulation is what I thought I heard at the roadshow.
>>     It would be a future software option.
>>
>>     Jon Langeler
>>
>>     Michwave Technologies, Inc.
>>
>>
>>     On Sep 24, 2018, at 6:12 PM, <[email protected]
>>     <mailto:[email protected]>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>     wrote:
>>
>>         I really have not been paying any attention to this, but is
>>         there an unlicensed LTE radio?
>>
>>         Meaning an unlicensed radio that uses LTE modulation methods.
>>
>>         *From:*Adam Moffett
>>
>>         *Sent:*Monday, September 24, 2018 4:09 PM
>>
>>         *To:*[email protected]
>>
>>         *Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] DC+ Fiber
>>
>>         What's nice LTE?  Baicells?
>>         A Telrad eNB might be "only" $7k, but you'll be north of $9k by
>>         the time you figure out all the licenses you need.
>>
>>         I'd be curious about a 3.65 Medusa, but I wonder if I can set
>>         TDD parameters that will line up with our existing LTE frames.
>>         -Adam
>>
>>
>>         On 9/24/2018 3:45 PM, Ryan Ray wrote:
>>
>>             It's gonna be on display in Vegas. I'm not even in USA so
>>             the CBRS stuff isn't really affecting us right now, but when
>>             you start looking at 9k per ap you could get some nice LTE
>>             instead.
>>
>>             It's just surprising being 2k more than the 5ghz pmp450m.
>>             Especially with the cost of the SM being higher as well, but
>>             maybe the 450b 3.65 will solve that? Time will tell I guess.
>>
>>             On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 12:41 PM, Ken Hohhof
>>             <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>                 That¹s not surprising, if it includes the MU-MIMO
>>                 activation key.  I guess nutty is in the eye of the
>>                 beholder.
>>
>>                 But if it¹s really available ³soon², I¹m a little
>>                 surprised, I was afraid they would wait to see what the
>>                 FCC did with the PAL auction rules.  Also whether the
>>                 industry decided that CBRS is only for LTE devices, even
>>                 for fixed.
>>
>>                 And I thought Ubiquiti had trademarked the term SOON�.
>>
>>                 Anyway, I think something like LTE or cnMedusa is going
>>                 to be necessary for CBRS, especially with the cost of
>>                 paying a SAS vendor for each location and the cost of
>>                 acquiring PAL licenses, and then only getting 10 MHz
>>                 channels.  You don¹t get much capacity from 10 MHz of
>>                 spectrum unless you have all the fancy tricks like beam
>>                 steering and bidirectional MU-MIMO, and of course at
>>                 least 256QAM.
>>
>>                 *From:*AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Ryan
>>Ray
>>                 *Sent:* Monday, September 24, 2018 1:31 PM
>>                 *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
>>
>>                 *Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] DC+ Fiber
>>
>>                 It's available very soon, but the pricing is nutty. $9k
>>                 usd....
>>
>>                 On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 6:47 AM, Ken Hohhof
>>                 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>                     Wait, 3.65 Medusa is available now?  I thought it
>>                     was some undetermined date in the future.  Or did I
>>                     misunderstand you?
>>
>>                     *From:*AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of
>>*Dave
>>                     *Sent:* Monday, September 24, 2018 8:09 AM
>>                     *To:* [email protected]
>>
>>
>>                     *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] DC+ Fiber
>>
>>                     We have a few towers with TOWER TOP control and
>>                     management.
>>                     The ones I designed are 24v and 48v.
>>                     We have only CMM4 boxes with the Planet switches
>>                     which I use LC the hybrid cable comes from
>>Besttronics.
>>                     We have a #12 stranded pair in each of these. I have
>>                     to have transtector Part#1101-626 at top and bottom
>>                     to meet our
>>                     surge protection compliance.
>>                     Since those sites have been installed I have had
>>                     zero issues.
>>
>>                     Seems that 3.65Medusa has made us change to a more
>>                     direct connection so my box design will have to be
>>                     modified.
>>                     All of the Orange tag cables will have to be removed
>>                     since the packet flux will not support the new power
>>                     requirements
>>
>>                     Here is one design we have plans to deploy next
>>week.
>>
>>                     <image003.jpg>
>>
>>                     On 09/22/2018 05:05 PM, Mike Hammett wrote:
>>
>>                         Are most people using SC or LC at the top of the
>>                         tower? I want to use LC most everywhere I can,
>>                         but I understand the advantage in SC on a tower
>>                         where it's easier to work with larger things.
>>
>>                         What's the next bigger enclosure? Could you put
>>                         something like this on a swinging panel where I
>>                         could run a trunk cable into it and then plug
>>                         individual patch cables going to each radio?
>>                         Maybe easier on you if you just make it work
>>                         with something else on the market, like these
>>                         panels from FiberStore where someone can just
>>                         get whatever panel they want (LC\SC\whatever)?
>>
>>                         https://www.fs.com/products/68962.html
>>
>>                         The goal is to emulate one of these:
>>
>>https://www.raycap.com/wp-content/uploads/DC6-48-60-0-8C-EV_320-1318.pdf
>>
>>https://www.raycap.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/DC6-48-60-18-8C-EV_320-
>>1315-1.pdf
>>
>>                         Power and fiber in one box, transition from
>>                         trunk to the ground to the radios.
>>
>>                         I'm sure they'd sell well.
>>
>>
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>>                         *From: *"Chuck McCown" mailto:[email protected]
>>                         *To: *"AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group"
>>                         mailto:[email protected]
>>                         *Sent: *Saturday, September 22, 2018 4:51:48 PM
>>                         *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] DC+ Fiber
>>
>>                         Can put in a patch panel.  Just a mechanical
>>                         thing to solve.
>>
>>                         But patch panels have cutouts for couplers.  And
>>                         different couplers need different size holes in
>>                         the part that holds them in.
>>
>>                         So if someone could tell me which coupler will
>>                         always be needed, then this is easy.
>>
>>                         Otherwise I have to offer a variety of coupler
>>                         options and that multiplies my part numbers etc
>>etc.
>>
>>                         Happy to do that but not if I only sell 1 per
>>                         month.
>>
>>                         *From:*Mike Hammett
>>
>>                         *Sent:*Saturday, September 22, 2018 10:46 AM
>>
>>                         *To:*AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
>>
>>                         *Subject:*[AFMUG] DC+ Fiber
>>
>>                         When do we see a 48v one of these? Also, more
>>                         density?
>>
>>
>>http://store.packetflux.com/sitemonitor-4-channel-relay-output/
>>
>>                         When do we see one of these with a fiber patch
>>                         panel and slack storage?
>>
>>
>>https://www.mccowntech.com/product/8-circuit-outdoor-dc-power-line-surge-
>>suppressor-protector-copy/
>>
>>
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