Ubiquiti hasn't figured it out for Airmax devices, no. For AirFiber
products it works great.

-Ty



-Ty

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Cambium figured out sync no problem.
>
> Mimosa figured out sync no problem.  Doesn't match up with Canopy...but
> it's a step in the right direction.
>
> Ubnt can't figure it out for one reason or another.  It's probably safe to
> say that they're the ones that need to do the big push since they're a HUGE
> part of the market.
>
>
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Faisal Imtiaz <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> You know what would be really nice to see .........
>>
>> The day when one can use different mfg radios, on the same tower, using
>> gps sync, and have them all get along ....
>>
>> Would actually create a bit of a revolution in the industry across the
>> board !
>>
>>
>>
>> Faisal Imtiaz
>> Snappy Internet & Telecom
>> 7266 SW 48 Street
>> Miami, FL 33155
>> Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232
>>
>> Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected]
>>
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>>
>> *From: *"Rory Conaway" <[email protected]>
>> *To: *[email protected]
>> *Sent: *Friday, November 6, 2015 12:19:58 PM
>>
>> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] B5 vs AF5X
>>
>> I was thinking the same thing on the noise/interference issue.  This has
>> nothing to do with the efficiency by design.
>>
>>
>>
>> I have never seen a Mimosa avoid a channel because the other radio is
>> using it.  That kind of makes no sense.
>>
>>
>>
>> Both radios have big firmware upgrades coming.  The AF5x is supposed to
>> have split channels, the Mimosas a lower latency and better handling of the
>> Auto-Everything feature with multiple Mimosa radios on the same tower.
>>
>>
>>
>> Right now for us, the split channel and auto-feature are keeping things
>> running in excessively high interference levels.
>>
>>
>>
>> Rory
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Stefan Englhardt
>> *Sent:* Friday, November 6, 2015 9:33 AM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] B5 vs AF5X
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >Just a few FYI comments:-
>>
>> >
>>
>> >the efficiency of PHY layer is greatly dependent on the noise and
>> interference factors.
>>
>>
>>
>> This is the case with every radio. While there are differences how radios
>> perform with interference.
>>
>>
>>
>> >One can 'tune' auto everything mode, by manually locking out channels
>> (i.e. channels in use by other equipment of yours).
>>
>> If I am correct Mimosa plans to autonegotiate used channels with radios
>> on the same l2 network.
>>
>>
>>
>> >There is another release for the PTP which is due soon 1.3 (I believe)
>> which is supposed to have some more >interesting
>> improvements....including a reduction in latency...
>>
>>
>>
>> This will be great. Latency will be an issue when there are chained links.
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> *From: *"Stefan Englhardt" <[email protected]>
>> *To: *[email protected]
>> *Sent: *Friday, November 6, 2015 9:24:47 AM
>> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] B5 vs AF5X
>>
>>
>>
>> >I’ve got both radios running in different areas.  The Mimosa radios are
>> pretty proprietary in they are actually running about 87.5% of the PHY
>> layer for throughput.
>>
>>
>>
>> This is with 8ms Frame size I guess. We use only 2 or 4 as latency adds
>> up with multiple links.
>>
>>
>>
>> >At that level, I really don’t think there is that much difference
>> between the radios.  The advantage in the world I live in is that spectrum
>> interference is constantly changing and that the combination of split
>> frequencies and auto-everything both make my life easier and seems to
>> maximize thought.
>>
>>
>>
>> Auto-Everything still does not work for me. Still does some wired
>> decisions. At some links the background spectrum scan still shows the own
>> radio as interferer. Using this as information for channel selection does
>> not help.
>>
>>
>>
>> >The AF5x radios however, have 10, 30 and 50MHz channel options whereas
>> the Mimosa have an 80MHz channel option.  Finding the spectrum to maximize
>> the radios is the real key to optimizing the AF5x and they give you 3
>> distinct options.  With the Mimosa’s I don’t worry about it, they search
>> all the spectrum and make the changes in terms of channels and channel
>> widths.
>>
>>
>>
>> We’re very limited in high power spectrum (only 120MHz with 36db EiRP) so
>> I want to squeeze every bit out of it. This is why I look at the AF5X for
>> some places.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >What will be interesting is how both radios perform after the next
>> firmware releases.  Both products are expecting big things.
>>
>>
>>
>> I guess you’re talkin PTMP? Would love to see this.
>>
>>
>>
>> I see both Radios have a great hardware base and have the possibility to
>> get better with Firmware.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On
>> Behalf Of *Stefan Englhardt
>> *Sent:* Friday, November 6, 2015 12:31 AM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] B5 vs AF5X
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >You're looking at the difference in code rates between 256QAM 3/4 code
>> rate (MCS8) and 256QAM 5/6 code rate (MCS9)?  All >things being equal in
>> the same size TDD 40 MHz channel, of course the MCS9 radio will have a
>> greater bps/Hz.
>>
>>
>>
>> No. The AF5X claims to give higher performance with (8x) 256QAM compared
>> to MCS9 (256QAM 5/6) of an .ac radio. AF5X is no .ac radio so they seem to
>> have a different amount of subcarriers, less overhead or other modulation
>> scheme?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://community.ubnt.com/t5/airFiber/AF5X-Link-Calculator-Updated-Download/m-p/1255928#M20955
>>
>>
>>
>> >Talking about the bps/Hz for a single stream, the specs for 802.11ac
>> say that an MCS8 channel 40 MHz wide will be 162 to 180 Mbps, while a MCS9
>> channel 40 MHz wide will be 180 to 200 Mbps.
>>
>>
>>
>> >I am not sure the two can be compared directly side by side thanks to
>> the B5's split frequency modes of operation. They can be >better
>> compared head to head if you're using a single fixed TDD frequency (like,
>> 5760 center channel).
>>
>> Yes. I took 40MHz to be fair as 802.11ac does MCS9 only with channels
>> greater equal 40MHz. And I am talking real IP capacity not physical.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 10:41 PM, Stefan Englhardt <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Anyone who have them both running did an unbiased comparison?
>>
>> We’ve several B5 links running and are quite happy with them.
>>
>> Good 11ac radios in a very neat package.
>>
>>
>>
>> The AF5x on the other side is a custom designed radio which seems to
>>
>> squeeze more mbits out of smaller channels. In a 40MHz Channel I see
>>
>> an aggregated thruput of 320 Mbit/s with the B5 with 4ms framesize at
>>
>> MCS9 (256QAM).
>>
>> Looking at the AF5X (inofficial) link table should do 390 Mbit/s
>> aggregated
>>
>> with 2ms framesize. So they promise to do higher bandwidth with lower
>>
>> latency in a 40MHz Channel (at smaller channels the difference is higher
>>
>> as .ac do only MCS8).
>>
>>
>>
>> Is the AF5X the better radio with limited spectrum while the B5 can do
>> more
>>
>> with enough spectrum available?
>>
>>
>>
>> I’ve sites where I ran out of spectrum (ETSI) so I plan to put AF5X there.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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