Is the 5ghz backup radio enabled and transmitting all the time or does it only come on during fade events. I would hate to chew up valuable 5ghz spectrum to be used only 00.01% of the time.
On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 2:45 PM, Harold Bledsoe <hbledso...@gmail.com> wrote: > High level, think fiber to the pole and wireless last few hundred meters. > Basically everything is street level in that case. > > You can do fixed wireless off of 60GHz and maybe 5GHz. Wi-Fi then for best > effort service. > > One thing to keep in mind is that in a lot of cities, half the folks don't > have broadband at home. Wi-Fi service could be the economical solution. :-) > > 60GHz is for achieving gigabit levels of service. > > Hal > > On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 11:54 AM Gino A. Villarini <g...@aeronetpr.com> > wrote: > >> What is this angie thing… can’t wrap my head around it yet >> >> From: Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Harold Bledsoe < >> hbledso...@gmail.com> >> Reply-To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> >> Date: Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at 8:00 AM >> To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> >> >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 60Ghz PtMP, Why Doesn't Everyone Have It? >> Hey Sterling, >> >> No worries, we will have 15 CPE per sector support in mid June (software >> update). The next step will be 32 (another software update). :-) >> >> -Hal >> >> >> >> *Gino A. Villarini* >> President >> Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968 >> >> On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 4:29 PM Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net> >> wrote: >> >>> I don't have a problem with their range or capacity. >>> >>> What I do have an issue with current specs is that it is one AP to 8 >>> clients. >>> >>> I need this to be more in the 'normal' range of an AP to 15-30 clients >>> or more. >>> >>> Given the higher bandwidth, it would be a lot easier to spread a >>> 1000Mbps connection around to 30-100 clients than the 5GHz 100Mbps to the >>> same client number. >>> >>> Law of averages. >>> >>> Again, though, I can see that being a CPU/processor limited thing in >>> current radio designs for lower frequencies. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince >>> Sent: Monday, May 8, 2017 2:21 PM >>> To: af@afmug.com >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 60Ghz PtMP, Why Doesn't Everyone Have It? >>> >>> The top reasons that come to mind right away are: >>> >>> (1) Range. How close can you tolerate? It's not going to go very far in >>> a PMP environment. Maybe a few hundred yards. If there are trees, forget >>> about it. >>> >>> (2) Modulation. Don't expect something in that frequency to be doing >>> higher level modulations. Because you can run ginormous channels, maybe not >>> a big deal, but I wouldn't count on it. >>> >>> (3) Costs. Getting things to run at that frequency would probably >>> require higher end components. >>> >>> >>> bp >>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>> >>> On 5/8/2017 1:05 PM, Sterling Jacobson wrote: >>> > What am I missing here? >>> > >>> > Can't Cambium and UBNT and others simply overlay the same radio >>> architecture/software they have developed over a decade, on top of a 60GHz >>> radio instead of 5Ghz? >>> > >>> > Is there some fundamental problem with using the same PHY later >>> protocols on 60GHz vs 5GHz? >>> >>> -- > > Harold Bledsoe >
