60 GHZ PTP and P2Mp Multipoint Capabilities: Viesturs Ridins Mikrotik, Latvia Mum Bulgaria June 2019
60 GHZ PTP and P2Mp Multipoint Capabilities: Viesturs Ridins Mikrotik, Latvia Mum Bulgaria June 2019
60 GHZ PTP and P2Mp Multipoint Capabilities: Viesturs Ridins Mikrotik, Latvia Mum Bulgaria June 2019
multipoint capabilities
Viesturs Ridins
MikroTik, Latvia
MUM Bulgaria
June 2019
Wireless unlicensed band
comparison
2.4 GHz 5 GHz 60 GHz
802.11b/g/n 802.11a/n/ac 802.11ad
- - -
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Crowded spectrum ●
DFS and radar ●
Oxygen absorption
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Low available channel detection ●
Low distance
count ●
Rapidly increasing ●
Less channels
channel widths
+ + +
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Higher distances ●
High throughput ●
The highest
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Better penetration ●
More available throughput
through objects channels ●
Free spectrum
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Wireless Wire
Wireless Wire
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Pre-configured 60 GHz radio link (Plug and
Play)
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4 core CPU running at 716 MHz, 256 MB of
RAM
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Only 5 W of maximum power consumption
802.11af/at
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Range of 200 meters or more
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Beamforming and PtMP support
Wireless Wire
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Channel bandwidth 2.16 GHz
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Total EIRP under 40 dBm
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EN 302 567
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32 antenna elements
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Sweeps between 64 antenna patterns
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Wireless coverage close to 180 degrees
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Price $198 for kit of two devices
wAP 60G and wAP 60G AP
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Same hardware as used
in Wireless Wire kit
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Total EIRP under 40 dBm
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EN 302 567
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License level 3
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Price $99 (Level3)
129$ (Level4)
wAP 60Gx3 AP
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Multiple antenna
elements provide wider
field or view
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Access Point device for 8
clients
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180 degree field of view
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Price $199 (Level4)
SXTsq Lite60
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For distances 200m+
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Slim design
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EN 305 550 and
EN 302 567
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License level 3
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Fast Ethernet
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Price $69
LHG 60G kit
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For distances up to
1500 m+
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Antenna gain 42 dBi
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Total EIRP under
55dBm
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EN 302 217 – Fixed
Point to Point
compliant
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License level 3
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Price $298 for kit
LHG Lite60
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Low cost unit
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Fast Ethernet
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Works in the same
distances as
LHG60G(1500m+)
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Designed as long
range CPE in PtMP
setups
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Price $99
Wireless modes
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Wireless modes for 60 GHz
– “ap-bridge”
– “bridge”
– “station-bridge” (WDS equivalent)
– “sniff”
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Configuration under “/interface w60g” menu
– SSID
– Password
– Mode
Performance in 1500 meter link
Winbox traffic graph showing “Wireless Wire Dish” speed on 1500 m link
Performance comparison to wired
network
All UDP tests are done with Xena Networks specialized test equipment
(XenaBay),and done according to RFC2544 (Xena2544) with 0,1% acceptable loss
TCP tests done by using iperf3:
https://iperf.fr/
Performance comparison to wired
network
Point to Multi Point support
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Experimental support already available starting
from 6.41
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Requires level 4 license for AP device
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Connected clients are treated as individual
interfaces - easy to configure and manage
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Supports 8 simultaneously connected clients
wAP60G, SXTsq 60 and LHG60G
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All devices are mutually compatible
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wAP60G – makes excellent Access Point for
PTMP usage case together with LHG 60G
client devices
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Easy to deploy, easy to configure and monitor
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Fastest PTMP solution at this price range
wAP 60G or wAP60G x3 and
LHG60G
Distance Meters* RSSI wAP60G RSSI LHG60G Total Throughput
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More improvements in Beamforming efficiency
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Throughput improvements when link fully utilized
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Improved P2MP throughput performance
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Added 4th channel (Center frequency 64800MHz)
and 66000MHz frequency(CLI only), supports
distances up to 4Km
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Added new align feature in the RouterOS
W60G new features
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Added new align feature in the RouterOS
W60G new features
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LEDs help to find best Beamforming pattern
Testing software
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Bandwidth test
– Works under RouterOS, PC (Windows, Mac, Linux)
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Traffic Generator
– Works under RouterOS
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Iperf and iperf3
– Works on PC (Windows, Mac, Linux)
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Speedtest.net
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Other tools
Live demo
Test setup:
Live demo
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To start Traffic Generator run:
/tool traffic-generator start
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To stop:
/tool traffic-generator stop
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To run temporary Traffic Generator with extra
arguments:
/tool traffic-generator quick mbps=300 packet-size=256 duration=100
Thank you for your attention!