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lower than or equal to 150 Mb/s.
Fig. 4.4 - Point-To-Multipoint Network Architecture
FluidMAX is fully automatic and integrated within the mesh architecture. By continuously
monitoring the network topology, FM units are able to automatically select whether to operate the
FluidMAX MAC protocol or remain in the initial mesh operating mode. Consequently, no
additional configuration is needed to enable the FluidMAX features because the communication
protocol is automatically chosen by the FluidMAX protocol based on the detected network topology.
4.4 Prodigy
Firmware versions 6.5 or above feature the innovative Prodigy 2.0 MPLS-based protocol. The protocol
is a quantum leap in terms of performance with respect to its predecessor Prodigy 1.0. Prodigy 2.0
features include Fluidity (through software plug-in), traffic engineering and advanced QoS. Prodigy
2.0 is NOT compatible with Prodigy 1.0. The protocol selection can be done, for back-compatibility,
using the Web GUI in the Local Configuration page (see Section 7.6 for more details). No mixed
operation of Prodigy 1.0 and Prodigy 2.0 are allowed. In case of expansion of current network
deployments two options are available:
1. Setting the newly added units with Firmware 6.5 or above to operate in Prodigy 1.0.
2. Upgrading the previously deployed units with a Firmware 6.5 or above and set them to operate
in Prodigy 2.0.
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We recommend option 1 if there is no specific issue in the network.