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SkyWay 5000 Range Throughput

The SkyWay 5000 wireless system allows various data rate and RF bandwidth settings, but there is a tradeoff between distance and throughput. In general, higher data rates and wider bandwidths allow longer distances or higher throughput, but require radios to be closer together. The document recommends starting with the default 36 Mbps normal bandwidth setting for balanced performance at moderate distances, and provides guidelines for adjusting settings based on specific needs and installation factors.

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SkyWay 5000 Range Throughput

The SkyWay 5000 wireless system allows various data rate and RF bandwidth settings, but there is a tradeoff between distance and throughput. In general, higher data rates and wider bandwidths allow longer distances or higher throughput, but require radios to be closer together. The document recommends starting with the default 36 Mbps normal bandwidth setting for balanced performance at moderate distances, and provides guidelines for adjusting settings based on specific needs and installation factors.

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SkyWay 5000 Series

Guidelines for Setting System Data Rate and RF Bandwidth


The SkyWay 5000 system allows a variety of data rate and RF bandwidth settings. There is no single, correct setting as each
wireless network has a unique physical layout and unique requirements. In general, there is a tradeoff between distance and
throughput. There are two reasons for this: first, with increased distance, a reduction of throughput occurs simply due to the
time it takes the RF signal to travel between radios. Second, higher RF data rate settings require more power (actually, SNR)
at the receiver. Thus the higher RF data rate, the closer the radios need to be located to each other.

The SkyWay 5000 system provides an option to mitigate the effect of distance on throughput. The amount of radio spectrum
or bandwidth can be used to offset the effects described above. A standard 802.11 OFDM channel is approximately 20 MHz
wide. The SkyWay 5000 provides the option to double this bandwidth, to 40 MHz. This yields two benefits for a given
data rate setting, say 36 Mbps, this allows the link to operate almost 40% farther. Or, if a link requires higher throughput, the
wider bandwidth allows a higher data rate at the same distance. The tradeoff for using a wide bandwidth setting is that fewer
non-overlapping channels are available, making it more difficult to avoid interference sources or co-locating multiple radios
on a single tower or rooftop.

The choice of data rate and RF bandwidth settings depends on a variety of factors unique to each installation. However,
Solectek recommends that customers begin by using the 36 Mbps/ Normal bandwidth settings. These defaults provide well
balanced performance: good throughput at moderate distance. From there, you may want to experiment with other settings to
achieve different performance goals. Refer to the Figures below for recommended migrations from the default settings and
detailed range information. Keep in mind that radios also have a required minimum distance, necessary to prevent
overloading of the receiving side.

Default Setting

Longer Higher
Distance 36 Mbps Throughput
Normal bandwidth

18 Mbps 72 Mbps
Normal Bandwidth Wide Bandwidth

Figure1: Common RF Data Rate and Bandwidth settings.

Point-to-Point Multipoint, with 5600 Base Multipoint, with 5700 Base


Model: Subscriber Model: Subscriber Model:
Data Rate Bandwidth 5101 5301 5501 5100 5300 5500 5100 5300 5500
9 Mbps Normal >20 >20 >20 7 14 20 4 8 11
18 Mbps Normal 10 >20 >20 4.5 9 12 2.5 5 7
36 Mbps Wide 8 18 >20 3.5 6 9 2 3.5 5
36 Mbps Normal 5 12 20 2.5 4.5 6 1.5 3 4
72 Mbps Wide 3.5 8 14 1.5 3 4 0.75 1.5 2.5

Minimum Distance: 0.15 1 2 0.25 0.5 0.75 0.15 0.3 0.4

Figure 2: Minimum and Maximum Link Distances for SkyWay 5000 product family. All distances shown in miles.
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