Our small campus of seven buildings in downtown Chicago has relied on point to point wireless bridging technology since 2002 as the sole means of providing connectivity between buildings -- first using Western Multiplex equipment, and then transitioning to BridgeWave 60Ghz equipment. The BridgeWave links (AR60-AES) have been in service since 2009 and have worked flawlessly. Short paths (less than 400 meters) and multiple links per building have resulted in a highly reliable WAN. Cost effective, too, when compared against leased ethernet services and dark fiber.
The beam widths in use with these millimeter wave products are so small (<1.5 degree) that it is quite easy, with proper planning, to locate several radios on the same roof and within fairly close proximity of each other without introducing interference. BridgeWave products are not inexpensive -- although, their prices have come down recently. Siklu is another option in this space that I understand is priced lower than BW. On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Mike Ricci <mri...@marymountcalifornia.edu > wrote: > As our campus rapidly changes and grows, we began placing office spaces in > our offsite residential housing. Initially, we built out a large two story > office area that has a fixed connection back to our main campus. Networking > within the same building was simple as we did this during the renovation. > > > > With our growth, the administration is now planning on throwing together > another Ad Hoc office space in a separate building. This building is > relatively close to our main office space (+-50 feet), however we have no > cabling between buildings and no conduits in place. I’m interested in > testing out a low latency line of site wireless bridge, one that I could > utilize to distribute to multiple buildings as our growth continues, across > up to 1000 feet and from 100-1000mbps speeds. > > > > Can you share what vendors you’ve had success with? Engenius, Ubiquiti, > etc., come to mind initially. > > > > [image: MCU_Logo_641 433] > > > > *Mike Ricci* > *Operations Mgr/Infrastructure Architect* > > *310.303.7263, Direct* > > > > *Sent from MarymountAnyware - Access your virtual apps today @ > http://remote.marymountcalifornia.edu > <http://remote.marymountcalifornia.edu/>* > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by Marymount California University email > security service > ______________________________________________________________________ > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
