cnWave 60 GHz: Millimeter Wave-Based Fixed Wireless

Multi-Gigabit Edge Capacity to Meet Demand

Millimeter wave fixed wireless technology enables service providers and enterprise network operators to extend their network with multi-gigabit speeds in urban, suburban and rural locations.

Wi-Fi deployments require higher WAN capacity, forcing convergence of the WAN and LAN. Millimeter wave technology offers multi-gigabit speeds in multiple configurations for last-mile access and backhaul for Wi-Fi hotspots or MicroPoP access. A multi-mode system can be configured for Point-to-Point (PTP), Point-to-Multipoint (PMP), or efficient mesh modes. Certified for highly efficient Facebook Terragraph distributed mesh technology, 60 GHz solutions make it easy to provide efficient multi-gigabit speeds in the heart of any city.

How to Rapidly Deploy Multi-Gigabit Residential Services

cnWave in Action

Customer Deployment

The City of San José deploys cnWave gigabit fixed wireless infrastructure for municipal Wi-Fi in the downtown area.

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Customer Story

Pentanet's neXus Connects Perth with Multi-Gigabit Fixed Wireless

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cnWave Products

cnWave 60 GHz V5000

V5000 is featured with two sectors covering up to 280 degrees with beamforming. A single V5000 can connect up to 30 devices, which includes up to four distribution nodes. V5000 can be used for PTP, PMP and mesh configurations.

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cnWave 60 GHz V3000

Rapidly deploy the Wi-Fi backhaul speed you need with 60 GHz cnWave V3000. Featuring a 44.5 dBi high-gain antenna with beamforming, the client nodes can support up to 7.6 Gbps with channel bonding for both point-to-multipoint (P2MP) and point-to-point (PTP) configurations.

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cnWave 60 GHz V2000

The cnWave 60 GHz V2000 client node features a 2.5 GbE PoE input port as well as a 2.5 GbE PoE 802.3at output port for powering Wi-Fi access points or video surveillance cameras. This makes the V2000 especially well-suited to backhaul Cambium’s XV2 series of outdoor Wi-Fi AP’s.

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cnWave 60 GHz V1000

V1000 is featured with wide-range, 80º beamforming for easy installation. Powered by 802.3af PoE, V1000 supports up to 2 Gbps with 1 Gbps in the uplink direction and 1 Gbps in the downlink direction.

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Applications

Multi-gigabit wireless communications at the edge of the network provide high-speed access to bridge the digital divide in the following applications:

Business and Residential Broadband Access

Business and residential users—across urban, suburban and rural locations—need reliable, secure and cost-effective connectivity. Our flexible and scalable solutions—featuring indoor and outdoor Wi-Fi access, wireless WAN and centralized cloud management—meet the needs of your users and your business.

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Campus Area Networks

Including hospitals, enterprise campus, K-12 and higher education campuses and event locations

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High-Capacity Infrastructure

cnWave 60 GHz fixed wireless solutions deliver multiple Gbps of reliable connectivity and at a cost much lower than fiber.

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Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs)

Including apartment buildings, dormitories, elder care facilities

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CCTV and Video Surveillance

cnVision works with all IP cameras in the market. cnVision is simply a transport layer which can provide the necessary bandwidth to transport mission critical video wirelessly.

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Infrastructure for service provider 4G or 5G small cell coverage areas

Wireless bridges for fiber or cable networks

“We applaud Cambium Networks for their technological innovation, helping to deploy multi-gigabit connectivity worldwide with their latest 60 GHz cnWave solution. These field installations of 60 GHz by service providers are a great validation of the opportunity 60 GHz mmWave Fixed Wireless yields and of Cambium’s cnWave product, utilizing Qualcomm Technologies’ 60 GHz solutions.”

– Rahul Patel, senior vice president and general manager, connectivity at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

The 802.11ay Standard

TDMA/TDD vs CSMA

802.11ay is based on TDMA/TDD channel access with network synchronization. This technology is preferred for outdoor fixed wireless applications because the synchronized system reduces interface and maximizes frequency reuse.

Support for More CPE

The 802.11ad standard supports 8 Client Nodes per sector, while 802.11ay supports 15 Client Nodes per sector. As a result, the solution opens more opportunities for business cases and deployment strategies.

Support for Mesh Architectures

The 802.11ay standard also supports meshing technology to provide a highly reliable and flexible Layer 3 architecture to facilitate network design and deployment.

Channel Bonding Technology

Effectively Doubling Throughput With Channel Bonding

Channel Bonding allows two contiguous channels to be merged into a single wideband channel, thereby doubling the capacity to 4.32 Gbps. 802.11ad does not support Channel Bonding and is limited to a single radio. Hence 802.11ay will always outperform 802.11ad.