It is, but I think the best results that actually happen are going to come from thinks like Mimosa and Cambium with single vendor solutions for beam forming, MuMIMO, etc.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gino Villarini" <[email protected]> To: "Animal Farm" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2015 8:33:08 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Omni Smart Antenna well , its a good idea, isnt it? On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 10:32 AM, Gino Villarini < [email protected] > wrote: On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Mike Hammett < [email protected] > wrote: <blockquote> I know of that product and it doesn't appear to functionally be all that smart. It seems little more than a bunch of tiny sectors in one bundle. I initially thought it was the cat's ass, but further conversations have lead that to not be the case. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com From: "Gino Villarini" < [email protected] > To: "Animal Farm" < [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2015 7:51:14 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Omni Smart Antenna http://www.etiworld.com/multibeam-antenna-systems.html On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 9:36 AM, Mike Hammett < [email protected] > wrote: <blockquote> It sounds like a non-vendor specific solution would be very difficult if not impossible as the antenna would have to understand the RF that's happening to know when a transmission to a particular customer starts and stops. I can't see there being many (any?) smart antennas that aren't vendor specific. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com From: "Gino Villarini" < [email protected] > To: "Animal Farm" < [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2015 7:34:15 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Omni Smart Antenna No mumimo, but non-vendor site starter solution On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Mike Hammett < [email protected] > wrote: <blockquote> Sounds like you want an omni Mu-MIMO? Is the A5-360 close enough? ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com From: "Gino Villarini" < [email protected] > To: "Animal Farm" < [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2015 7:09:13 AM Subject: [AFMUG] Omni Smart Antenna Why hasn't anyone come to market with a Omni Smart Antenna? 4 90deg sectors in one case, smart antenna switcher, RF ports for 1 radio? RF cycles are spew out the sector that the cpe is registered to </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote>
