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Task 6: Configuring radio parameters
MIMO-A mode of operation for PMP 450i
In releases prior to System Release 13.2, PMP 450i supports MIMO-B mode using the
following modulation levels: QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM and 256-QAM. System Release
13.2 introduces MIMO-A mode of operation using the same modulation levels as the
MIMO-B mode. With MIMO-B, the PMP 450i radio sends different streams of data over
the two antennas whereas with MIMO-A, the PMP 450i radio uses a scheme that tries
to optimize coverage by transmitting the same data over both antennas. This
redundancy improves the signal to noise ratio at the receiver making it more robust, at
the cost of throughput.
In addition to introducing MIMO-A modes, improvements have been made to the existing
rate adapt algorithm to switch between MIMO-A and MIMO-B seamlessly without any
intervention or added configuration by the operator. The various modulation levels used by
the PMP 450i are shown in Table 39.
Table 39 PMP 450i Modulation levels
Rate MIMO-B MIMO-A
SISO (for PMP 430
interoperability)
QPSK 2X MIMO-B 1X MIMO-A 1X SISO
16-QAM 4X MIMO-B 2X MIMO-A 2X SISO
64-QAM 6X MIMO-B 3X MIMO-A 3X SISO
265-QAM 8X MIMO-B 4X MIMO-A
For System Performance details of all the PMP 450i products please refer the Link Capacity
Planner v11 at: https://support.cambiumnetworks.com/files/PMP450i.
Table 40 Co-channel Interference per (CCI) MCS, PMP/PTP 450i
MCS of Victim MCS of Interferer Channel BW CCI
1X (QPSK SISO) 6X (64-QAM MIMO-B) 5, 7, 10 or 20 MHz 10 dB
2X (16-QAM SISO) 6X (64-QAM MIMO-B) 5, 7, 10 or 20 MHz 17 dB
3X (64-QAM SISO) 6X (64-QAM MIMO-B) 5, 7, 10 or 20 MHz 25 dB
1X (QPSK MIMO-A) 6X (64-QAM MIMO-B) 5, 7, 10 or 20 MHz 7 dB
2X (16-QAM MIMO-A) 6X (64-QAM MIMO-B) 5, 7, 10 or 20 MHz 14 dB
3X (64-QAM MIMO-A) 6X (64-QAM MIMO-B) 5, 7, 10 or 20 MHz 22 dB
4X (256-QAM MIMO-A)
6X (64-QAM MIMO-B) 5, 7, 10 or 20 MHz 30 dB
2X (QPSK MIMO-B) 6X (64-QAM MIMO-B) 5, 7, 10 or 20 MHz 10 dB
4X (16-QAM MIMO-B) 6X (64-QAM MIMO-B) 5, 7, 10 or 20 MHz 17 dB
6X (64-QAM MIMO-B) 6X (64-QAM MIMO-B) 5, 7, 10 or 20 MHz 25 dB
8X (256-QAM MIMO-B)
6X (64-QAM MIMO-B) 5, 7, 10 or 20 MHz 33 dB
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