99% of the time it will be at max modulation. Offering lots of cheaper bandwidth compared to cellular hotspots fits many wisp business models...
-Jon > On Oct 28, 2014, at 6:22 PM, Eric Kuhnke via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > > yeah, 2048QAM, but what is your fade margin from the threshold required to > run at 2048QAM vs. when it will step down to 256QAM and no longer be a 1 Gbps > radio? > > If I recall right an IP20C requires an RSSI of something like -57.5 to > operate at 2048QAM and will become a 256QAM radio at -63 or thereabouts. Not > much fade margin. Not something you can reliably predict as a five nines true > 1Gbps link pretending to be a fiber patch cable between two routers. > > Unless you're running it at sub-4km distances with 60cm size antennas and the > normal RSL is -35.0.... > > > >> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 5:40 AM, Caleb Knauer via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: >> We just put up a Ceragon IP20c link last week, 3.5 miles, one 60Mhz >> frequency pair, 1030Mbps full duplex using 2048QAM, uses two cores >> (same frequency) in a single FODU chasis and a combiner on the >> antenna. Looks like any other single FODU install, very clean. Not >> inexpensive however. >> >> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 7:02 AM, Matt Jenkins via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: >> > Cambium PTP820c >> > Exalt ExtremeAir >> > >> > Both will give you 1gig in a single radio. >> > >> > Matthew Jenkins >> > SmarterBroadband >> > m...@sbbinc.net >> > 530.272.4000 >> > >> > On 10/27/2014 03:25 PM, Peter Kranz via Af wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Has anyone shopped full Gig licensed links lately, which is the best >> >> bargain? >> >> >> >> *Peter Kranz >> >> *Founder/CEO - Unwired Ltd >> >> www.UnwiredLtd.com <http://www.unwiredltd.com/> >> >> Desk: 510-868-1614 x100 >> >> Mobile: 510-207-0000 >> >> pkr...@unwiredltd.com <mailto:pkr...@unwiredltd.com> >> >> >> > >