I have seen lots to people doing 450M in CBRS stating coverage is nearly the same as LTE but way better speeds and triple the aggregate capacity due to mu-mimo.
Way fewer issues too since there is no EPC. Just straight layer 2 with no bullshit. On Fri, Sep 11, 2020, 2:39 PM David Coudron <david.coud...@advantenon.com> wrote: > We are looking at a new area to expand out network that has a lot more > tree cover than our current footprint. We are thinking with the > combination of CBRS and LTE, that we might be able to offer better coverage > than with traditional fixed wireless options. We have started > conversations with the following vendors, wondering if anyone has any hands > on experience with any of them and what their impressions were: > > Blinq > > Airspan > > Baicells > > Ericsson > > > > The Ericsson equipment is in a class by itself price wise, but the others > are similarly priced, and somewhere around double the price of PMP 450 > stuff. Normally we would add more tower sites for better coverage, but > this project will need to be done before the end of the year and building > towers isn’t an option. We have good enough spread on the towers that we > think we can do this with PMP 450 APs, but are thinking we’d get even > better coverage out of LTE. Any opinions on the reliability and the > manageability of the four vendors above? Sorry for such an open ended > question, but not sure what to ask to be more specific. We know that we > will have the LTE stuff to deal with like access to an EPC and so on, so > not so much worried about that as more the manufacturers themselves. > Baicells concerns us as they may get lumped in with Huawei. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Regards, > > > > David Coudron > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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