>The Spectra would be around $20k
with external antennas. A licensed product is going to be at least
that, and probably $5k more.
Sit back and actually think for a second
about this comparison, and you'll realize that a similarly
performing "unlicensed" solution will cost MUCH MORE (and be much
riskier) relative to the licensed solution
The main difference is that the spectra requires
30 Mhz of ABSOLUTELY CLEAN SPECTRUM in both the vertical and horizontal
polarities (150 Mb "Air Rate" transmits on V-pol & 150 Mb "Air
Rate" transmits on H-pol -- cut off 1 polarity, you halve throughput)
In addition, the Rx sensitivity of the Spectra
at the 300 Mb data rate (256 QAM) is -59 dB with an output power of +18
(so you'll need HUGE dishes to guarantee the link budget)
So, lets do a "theoretical" path calc /
comparison (15 miles)
11 Ghz Licensed Link (100 Mb Full Duplex)
Rx Sensitivity: -76 dBm
Tx Power: +21 dBm
4' Dish: +39 dBi
Expected RSSI: -42.9 (>30 dB of fade margin =
ROCK SOLID LINK =)
5 GHz Spectra
Rx Sensitivity: -59 dB
Tx Power: +18
6' Dish: +34 dBi
Expected RSSI: -49.4 (~10 dB of fade margin w/
2' more of each dish)
Then there's all sort of "real-world"
performance issues that occur with higher-order modulation schemes and
license-exempt operation
-Charles
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WiNOG Austin, TX
March 13-15, 2006
http://www.winog.com
Travis
Microserv
Charles Wu wrote:
You don't need licensed to high throughput backhaul. For example,
Orthogon's Spectra provides 300Mbps aggregate at a price point generally
Less than 45Mbps licensed.
Hi Matt,
I am curious to see where / what you got those numbers for the Orthogon
Spectra?
-Charles
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WiNOG Austin, TX
March 13-15, 2006
http://www.winog.com
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:28 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Licensed Backhaul options
-Matt
Bobby Burrow wrote:
I'm looking at moving to a licensed solution to increase throughput
across one of out backhaul links that spans 5 hops. Distances between
hops range anywhere from 7 to 19 miles.
We are currently using the dual nstreme Mikrotik solution and it is
working very well, however the WRAP/RB532 solutions are only yielding
~25Mb per hop.
Can anyone recommend a licensed radio manufacturer that should net us
50Mb-100Mb per hop?
Thanks,
Bobby Burrow
East Texas Rural Net
www.etxrn.com
