Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors

2020-11-10 Thread Matt Hoppes
real world.    We went through this process pretty fast, so take our decisions with a grain of salt… 😊 Regards, David Coudron *From:* AF *On Behalf Of * David Coudron *Sent:* Sunday, November 8, 2020 12:50 PM *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors I

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2020-11-09 Thread Chuck McCown
Right now it is a lot of test results, but not enough real > world.We went through this process pretty fast, so take our decisions > with a grain of salt… 😊 > > Regards, > > David Coudron > > From: AF On Behalf Of David Coudron > Sent: Sunday, November 8, 2

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2020-11-09 Thread David Coudron
kef> From: AF mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> on behalf of Jeremy Grip mailto:g...@nbnworks.net>> Sent: Sunday, November 8, 2020 11:37:30 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors Thought I’d pick up this thr

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2020-11-09 Thread Adam Moffett
? And David—you started this thread and said you were trialling those various platforms—anything to report? Did you get your hands on the Baicells and/or Airspan stuff? *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Adam Moffett *Sent:* Monday, September 14, 2020 8:50 AM *To:* af@af.afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG]

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2020-11-09 Thread Adam Moffett
clients down to -80 (rssi). *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Mathew Howard *Sent:* Sunday, November 08, 2020 4:00 PM *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors What people are saying is the -100 RSRP is equivalent of -70 RSSI. It sounds impressive when you hear that LTE

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2020-11-08 Thread Matt Hoppes
if I had 20 customers/sector and > connected a few clients down to -80 (rssi). > > > From: AF On Behalf Of Mathew Howard > Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2020 4:00 PM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors > > What people are saying

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2020-11-08 Thread Jeremy Grip
Matt- you have any time to take this offline and chat about your CBRS experience tomorrow? From: AF On Behalf Of Matt Hoppes Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2020 4:28 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors Absolutely nothing amazing. The worse clients

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2020-11-08 Thread Jeremy Grip
imalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors IT not about more power. The difference in the reports RSSI from the CPE is based on the very narrow pilot signal, not the total received signal for the whole channel. I could never get the actual transmit power level of just the

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2020-11-08 Thread Brian Webster
you, Brian Webster www.wirelessmapping.com From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jeremy Grip Sent: Sunday, November 8, 2020 2:22 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors Thanks, Brian. I’m modeling with around 45dBm EIRP in a 20m

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2020-11-08 Thread Matt Hoppes
> > > From: AF On Behalf Of Mathew Howard > Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2020 4:00 PM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors > > What people are saying is the -100 RSRP is equivalent of -70 RSSI. It sounds > impressive when you hear

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2020-11-08 Thread Jeremy Grip
I wonder what things would look like if I had 20 customers/sector and connected a few clients down to -80 (rssi). From: AF On Behalf Of Mathew Howard Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2020 4:00 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors What people are saying

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2020-11-08 Thread Mathew Howard
gt; Brian Webster > > www.wirelessmapping.com > > > > *From:* AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com ] *On > Behalf Of *Matt Hoppes > *Sent:* Sunday, November 8, 2020 12:44 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors > > > > -1

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2020-11-08 Thread Matt Hoppes
>>> On Nov 8, 2020, at 2:34 PM, Jeremy Grip wrote: >>> >>  >> Of course you can’t get your hands on the 450s now until sometime in 2021. >> >> From: AF On Behalf Of Matt Hoppes >> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2020 2:07 PM >> To: AnimalFarm M

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2020-11-08 Thread Matt Hoppes
mber 08, 2020 2:07 PM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors > > It’s not he ability to hold modulation through multipath changes. UBNT > doesn’t have this. > > LTE does this but at the expense of lower modulations. Think 80 down and

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2020-11-08 Thread Jeremy Grip
Of course you can’t get your hands on the 450s now until sometime in 2021. From: AF On Behalf Of Matt Hoppes Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2020 2:07 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors It’s not he ability to hold modulation through multipath changes

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2020-11-08 Thread Jeremy Grip
Really, Matt? Even Cambium officially says for foliage you need to go to LTE. How low a signal will you connect a 450B to? From: AF On Behalf Of Matt Hoppes Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2020 2:07 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors It’s not he ability

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2020-11-08 Thread Jeremy Grip
Webster Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2020 1:36 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors Remember RSRP values are going to be 30 db stronger than the signal you will actually need to deliver bandwidth. While it’s easy to get excited when you see somethi

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2020-11-08 Thread Ken Hohhof
Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors It’s not he ability to hold modulation through multipath changes. UBNT doesn’t have this. LTE does this but at the expense of lower modulations. Think 80 down and 6 up max for the sector. 450 is blowing that out of the water. 150

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2020-11-08 Thread Matt Hoppes
> Sent: Sunday, November 8, 2020 11:44 AM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors > > -100 would be full modulation on LTE. That being said please consider Cambium > 450 - you’ll save yourself a ton of headache in the short and long run and

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2020-11-08 Thread Ken Hohhof
LTE claims but have no first hand knowledge. From: AF On Behalf Of Matt Hoppes Sent: Sunday, November 8, 2020 11:44 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors -100 would be full modulation on LTE. That being said please consider Cambium 450 - you’ll save

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2020-11-08 Thread Bill Prince
From: Brian Webster Sent: Sunday, November 8, 2020 11:35 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors  

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2020-11-08 Thread Matt Hoppes
nq Networks for a few reasons. >> The nonLOS was pretty impressive. More to come >> >> Get Outlook for iOS >> From: AF on behalf of Jeremy Grip >> >> Sent: Sunday, November 8, 2020 11:37:30 AM >> To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group'

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2020-11-08 Thread Matt Hoppes
w different things. We ended up doing Blinq Networks for a few reasons. > The nonLOS was pretty impressive. More to come > > Get Outlook for iOS > From: AF on behalf of Jeremy Grip > > Sent: Sunday, November 8, 2020 11:37:30 AM > To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave User

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2020-11-08 Thread chuck
Do easy to be cynical about nlos claims. We have heard so many over the years. From: David Coudron Sent: Sunday, November 8, 2020 11:50 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors I will provide more detail when back in front of a computer but we tested a few

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2020-11-08 Thread David Coudron
AF on behalf of Jeremy Grip Sent: Sunday, November 8, 2020 11:37:30 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors Thought I’d pick up this thread again because I’m looking hard at CBRS LTE for my densely forested town, largely because of its alleged fol

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2020-11-08 Thread chuck
I miss the dbm readout on my phone. Apple killed it a few versions of IOS ago. From: Brian Webster Sent: Sunday, November 8, 2020 11:35 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors Remember RSRP values are going to be 30 db stronger than the signa

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2020-11-08 Thread Brian Webster
report? Did you get your hands on the Baicells and/or Airspan stuff? From: AF On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 8:50 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors For CBRS, depending on antenna and channel size, yes it's probably legal. When I went to

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2020-11-08 Thread Jeremy Grip
complexities and lack of visibility into the user side with LTE… From: AF On Behalf Of Matt Hoppes Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2020 12:44 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors -100 would be full modulation on LTE. That being said please consider Cambium

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2020-11-08 Thread Matt Hoppes
were trialling those various > platforms—anything to report? Did you get your hands on the Baicells and/or > Airspan stuff? > > From: AF On Behalf Of Adam Moffett > Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 8:50 AM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors > > For

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2020-11-08 Thread Jeremy Grip
trialling those various platforms—anything to report? Did you get your hands on the Baicells and/or Airspan stuff? From: AF On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 8:50 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors For CBRS, depending on antenna and channel size

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2020-09-14 Thread Ken Hohhof
page! From: AF On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 9:00 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors .and I think Telrad is relevant because at the time when people's notions developed about LTE working through trees Telrad was the only option

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2020-09-14 Thread Adam Moffett
ad kind of wimpy xmt power and not particularly high antenna gain.  Maybe that’s not true of LTE gear, I haven’t looked into it.  But pull out a Cambium 3 GHz 450b high-gain SM spec sheet and compare to the LTE CPE. *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Trey Scarborough *Sent:* Sunday, September 13, 2020 4:

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2020-09-14 Thread Adam Moffett
rticularly high antenna gain.  Maybe that’s not true of LTE gear, I haven’t looked into it. But pull out a Cambium 3 GHz 450b high-gain SM spec sheet and compare to the LTE CPE. *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Trey Scarborough *Sent:* Sunday, September 13, 2020 4:43 PM *To:* af@af.afmug.com *Subject:

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2020-09-14 Thread Matt Hoppes
or is really really low. On the other hand, does most LTE gear >> use the highest allowed EIRP? What about the CPE? That was another problem >> with the WiMax stuff, the CPE was 3rd party stuff that typically had kind of >> wimpy xmt power and not particularly high antenna

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2020-09-14 Thread Adam Moffett
high-gain SM spec sheet and compare to the LTE CPE. *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Trey Scarborough *Sent:* Sunday, September 13, 2020 4:43 PM *To:* af@af.afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors Has anyone done a comparison or know of a whitepaper between LTE and Cambium? I am mainly looking a

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2020-09-14 Thread Mark Radabaugh
> the Non LOS coverage about the same when they were both working correctly, or > was there a big difference? > > Regards, > > David Coudron > > From: AF mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> On Behalf > Of Trey Scarborough > Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2020 4:43

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2020-09-14 Thread David Coudron
working with 450m. Is the Non LOS coverage about the same when they were both working correctly, or was there a big difference? Regards, David Coudron From: AF On Behalf Of Trey Scarborough Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2020 4:43 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors Has anyone

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2020-09-13 Thread Ken Hohhof
antenna gain. Maybe that’s not true of LTE gear, I haven’t looked into it. But pull out a Cambium 3 GHz 450b high-gain SM spec sheet and compare to the LTE CPE. From: AF On Behalf Of Trey Scarborough Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2020 4:43 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors

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2020-09-13 Thread Trey Scarborough
Has anyone done a comparison or know of a whitepaper between LTE and Cambium? I am mainly looking at tree penetration or lower DB signals to actual throughput comparison. I have been told that LTE gets a little better tree penetration but if that is at a low rate that really doesn't help any.

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2020-09-12 Thread Darin Steffl
It comes down to complexity. Ericsson, Nokia, etc are all cellular brands and to run and manage those complex LTE networks, you need full time engineers to manage, debug, and optimize things. Cambium is so easy, in comparison, there's very little extra learning to do in order to get it running gre

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2020-09-12 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
450m is the only way to do, especially if your already using the 450 platform in other parts of your network, there is an operator in my area with the Ericson system and they had a ton of issues with getting it up and running, not even sure if they ever got it all resolved. On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at

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2020-09-11 Thread Sean Heskett
Yup what josh said lol. We tried the LTE thing and glad we switch to 450m...much easier. -Sean On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 4:43 PM Josh Luthman wrote: > Having done one LTE vendor and 450m the only mistake I made was not buying > the 450m sooner. > > > Josh Luthman > 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340

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2020-09-11 Thread Jaime Solorza
MoFi On Fri, Sep 11, 2020, 1:39 PM David Coudron 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 tradition

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2020-09-11 Thread Josh Luthman
Having done one LTE vendor and 450m the only mistake I made was not buying the 450m sooner. Josh Luthman 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 5:54 PM Adam Moffett wrote: > And yeah, 450m might be expensive, but so is

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2020-09-11 Thread Adam Moffett
And yeah, 450m might be expensive, but so is all the LTE stuff. You'll max out the legal EIRP with 450m, and get 8x8 MIMO.  I think part of the magic with LTE is that it will connect with ridiculously low signal, but on a fixed system you probably won't really want the trashy signals anyway. C

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2020-09-11 Thread Sean Heskett
+1000 what Darin said. We are using cambium 450m AP + 450b SM with success through some trees. I would highly recommend testing a few different flavors of CBRS devices in your environment to make sure you'll get the performance you want. IMHO LTE is a PITA with all the pieces and parts, some ven

Re: [AFMUG] LTE vendors

2020-09-11 Thread Sean Heskett
If you are planning on going through foliage then you want to pick the product with the highest clean Tx power so you can achieve the max EIRP. On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 1:39 PM David Coudron wrote: > We are looking at a new area to expand out network that has a lot more > tree cover than our cu

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2020-09-11 Thread Darin Steffl
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 wrote: