Yes but..... Diversity does not necessarilly yield the same percentage improvement in bands like 900Mhz as it does in 2.4, 3,6 and 5.8.
When we field tested Aperto Pre-Wimax in 5.8 a few years back, we learned a bit on Polarity diversity. Aperto had a really cool tool that measured both pols side by side, and you could watch the Polarity shift in varying amounts over time (combined with effects from fade and multipath), by watching the RSSI change on each polarty individually and having it graphed. It was amazing to see how much it varied between pols and how much it changed over time (meaning seconds), a huge amount. It was a sure testimonial for benefit of Pol diversity in reflective areas, in low noise areas. (note we chose not to use it because in high noise congested areas it was more important to have polarity isolation to enable more channel use and avoid noise, and at the time we thought AP was to expensive for a 6mhz channel). WaveRider replicated the idea in 900Mhz with their peanut shaped diversity CPE, understanding that polarity rotated as obstacles were hit. But I'm not sure that we really noticed that much improvement in our Waverider 900Mhz diversity trials. Again, polarity isolation yielded so much more benefit than the minor benefit 900 showed with pol diversity. I do not know whether Alvarion 16.d uses pol or spatial diversity or other more complex method. But what we learned from Chuck's trials was that what ever it was, it made a huge difference in his 3.65 diversity trials. My point here is that Diversity can make a huge difference, "diversity" is the differenciator, but that the benefit of diversity can vary dependant on the Freq used and environment tackling, based on past experience. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Bartosch" <ch...@clarityconnect.com> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Alvarion 3.65ghz NLOS as good as 900mhz? > We did not find that WiMax in general was better than 900. The key isn't > WiMax, per se, but diversity antennas. Performance is *helped* by being > 3.65 WiMax but that alone does NOT obviate the need for 900 in our > experience. Diversity is key. > > Chuck > > On Apr 19, 2010, at 9:23 AM, Jeremie Chism wrote: > >> I am not using alvarion 3.65 but I am using wimax. I have a couple >> customers with lower modulation because of non line of site situations >> and have seen no impact on the entire system in general. "Supposedly" >> wimax is engineered to handle some of this better than my alvarion 900. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Apr 19, 2010, at 8:15 AM, Rubens Kuhl <rube...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> That would only be true if the data services are somewhat >>> purpose-specific and not Internet access. Doing what this vendor told >>> you would seriously affect aggregate performance of the cell because >>> of low rate modulation of the NLOS and/or distant customers. >>> >>> If you are doing sensor networks or POS connection you will be fine >>> with all those BPSK/QPSK customers, indeed. >>> >>> >>> Rubens >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Kurt Fankhauser >>> <k...@wavelinc.com> wrote: >>>> Has anyone seen the Alvarion 3.65ghz 802.16e equipment in >>>> operation? Was >>>> talking to one vendor that claimed if you run the system in MIMO >>>> that with >>>> the diversity you can do NLOS as good as 900mhz and if you get the >>>> AP on a >>>> 300ft tower that it starts to "feel" like 700mhz. He claimed the >>>> NLOS was so >>>> good that people are ripping out complete old systems of 900mhz and >>>> 2.4ghz >>>> and putting in the single system of 3.65ghz to serve their entire >>>> customer >>>> base. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Just wondering if anyone has experience or having seen this >>>> firsthand. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Kurt Fankhauser >>>> WAVELINC >>>> P.O. Box 126 >>>> Bucyrus, OH 44820 >>>> 419-562-6405 >>>> www.wavelinc.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --- >>>> --- >>>> --- >>>> --- >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> WISPA Wants You! 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