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2.0 PERFORMANCE
Table 1 shows performance details for Cyclone 5700-360.OFDM series.
Table 1: Performance Details
Product
Channel
Width
Parameter
Performance Details
1X 2X 3X
Cyclone 5700-360.OFDM
10 MHz
Modulation QPSK 16 QAM 64 QAM
Typical Maximum Range 7 mi/ 11.2km 3 mi/ 4.8km 2 mi/3.2 km
Typical Maximum
Aggregate
(up+down) Throughput
7.5 Mbps 15 Mbps 22.5 Mbps
Nominal Receive
Sensitivity
(including FEC)
-89 dBm -78 dBm -70 dBm
Latency 5-7 msec
3.0 PLANNING
Cyclone 5700-360.OFDM Series systems use a 10 MHz channel size configurable on 5 MHz centers.
This channel size, along with some different characteristics due to the use OFDM carrier technology and
QPSK, 16 QAM, or 64 QAM modulations, supports somewhat different channel planning than for
standard Canopy. (For reference, PMP 100/200 Series uses 20 MHz channels configurable on 5 MHz
centers, single carrier technology, and 2-level and 4-level FSK modulation.)
3.1 TOWER CHANNEL PLANNING
For a single cluster of 4 APs on a tower, 2-channel re-use with channels on 10 MHz channel center
spacing gives good performance. In channel design parlance, this can be stated as ABAB channel
planning, with no guard band needed between A and B. A typical arrangement might be to use radios
configured for 5480 MHz aimed north and south, and radios configured for 5490 MHz aimed east and
west.
(For reference, standard Canopy uses 2-channel re-use with clusters of 6 APs on a tower with channel
center spacing of either 25 MHz for Advantage APs or 20 MHz for non-Advantage APs. This is ABCABC
channel planning, with 5 MHz guard band between the 20 MHz channels for Advantage APs and no
guard band needed for non-Advantage.)
Available 5.8 GHz channel center frequencies for each region are shown in Table 2. These vary by region
due to different band edge RF specifications (for example, between Canada/US and Europe).
Table 2: 5.8 GHz Channel Center Frequencies, by Region
Region
Range of Center Frequencies Available
(MHz)(on 5 MHz centers within this range,
inclusive)
Maximum number of non-overlapping
channels
US
5730 - 5845 12
Canada
5730 - 5845 12
Europe
5730 - 5870 15