There are over 4,000 antenna patterns, with the relative gain of the best ones up to 10dBi... the magic is though that the AP also uses the patterns they transmit on to receive on... so the gain is bi-directional instead of blasting the signal out but not having any mechanism in place for the client to be heard. The AP can also selectively put noise in up to a -15dBi null... which can be helpful.
I would be curious in what indoor environment there isn't multi-path :-) Anyways, if you have doubts... Tom's Hardware (which is as unbiased as it gets) did some testing against Cisco and Aruba. If you want to see the power of beamforming, I'd encourage you to read this article all the way through. It gives a very detailed explanation of the magic behind Ruckus. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/beamforming-wifi-ruckus,2390.html Daniel White 3-dB Networks http://www.3dbnetworks.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 3:26 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Indoor deployment question Does Ruckus state their antenna gain anywhere? If their "beam forming" gain isn't all that much higher than the competition's omni gain then the performance couldn't be all that much better unless there's noise or multi path issues. Greg On Nov 22, 2009, at 5:13 PM, 3-dB Networks wrote: > Depends on your definition of economical :-) > > Ruckus has meshing built in to all of their AP's... plus with the antenna > array built into these babies you can usually get by with deploying 1/2 as > many AP's... so it can end up costing less than a roll your own Mikrotik > system > > Daniel White > 3-dB Networks > http://www.3dbnetworks.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Mike Hammett > Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 3:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WISPA] Indoor deployment question > > I would prefer copper to link indoor APs. If that won't work due to either > technical issues or the customer just plain doesn't want holes drilled, is > WDS pretty much the only financially viable alternative that properly > bridges the network? Could do a boat-load of PtP links, but that'd be > silly. > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
