this is exactly right. LTE only works as good as it works because of the little bit of advantage you get from the LTE protocol/scheduler and because 3.65Ghz is generally a much quieter band. as soon as your introduce noise, it all does start to break down.
On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 4:25 PM, Mark Radabaugh <m...@amplex.net> wrote: > It’s “magic” in that LTE is very good when interference is very low - as > it often is when you have complete control of the frequency like a cell > carrier does. The noise floor at the CPE buried in trees isn’t likely to > increase greatly as others move into CBRS, but the noise floor at the AP is > likely to reach the point that you will never hear the return path from > NLOS clients (or even LOS clients with poor signals). > > Mark > > > On Jul 21, 2017, at 5:13 PM, Seth Mattinen <se...@rollernet.us> wrote: > > > > On 7/21/17 13:49, Mark Radabaugh wrote: > >> I’m very concerned that many of you are installing NLOS services and > counting on being able to continue to provide service use extremely low > signal levels. I routinely see posts of people installing LTE customers > at very low signal levels. This is not going to continue to work well when > the base station is faced with significant noise. > > > > > > Generally speaking, it seems like a lot of people came to believe that > the 3.65 band was a magical "NLOS band". > > > > ~Seth > > -- Adair Winter VP, Network Operations / Co-Owner Amarillo Wireless | 806.316.5071 C: 806.231.7180 http://www.amarillowireless.net <http://www.amarillowireless.net>