User's Guide
K60i User Guide
monitoring and fault isolation. Edge controller is highly recommended for networks
of medium and large scale.
The K60i Hub and Remote Units are identical from a hardware perspective, only differing in
software configuration. The K60i has a small form factor that can be easily and
unobtrusively deployed in many different indoor environments.
3 K60i System Description
Kwikbit’s K60i wireless indoor backhaul solution is designed to meet the requirements of
network planners where rapid and flexible deployment, high reliability, multi-gigabit
capacity and excellent latency performance are needed. Applications for the system include
IoT gateway aggregation, Wi-Fi access point backhaul, video camera connectivity and other
gigabit IP based applications. The system can function either as a Point-to-Point (PTP) or
Point-to-Multipoint (PMP) wireless Ethernet bridge.
Some of the main characteristics of the system include:
● Time Division Duplex (TDD): The K60i solution features TDD access mode with
variable frame length.
● Adaptive Modulation with Link Adaptation: The K60i system supports BPSK,
QPSK and 16QAM on both the downlink and uplink path to achieve high capacity in
the channel bandwidth (1.86 Gbps Ethernet layer throughput for combined
downlink and uplink traffic).
● Beamforming: Use of the 60 GHz band allows extremely fast communication, but
also presents the challenge of limited propagation. Signals in the 60 GHz band are
also more susceptible to disruption from physical barriers than at lower
frequencies. The K60i system includes adaptive beamforming, a technique that
enables robust multi-gigabit communications at greater distances. Kwikbit’s
beamforming feature uses directional antennas to reduce interference and
automatically focus a signal between two devices into a concentrated beam. During
the beamforming process, devices establish communication and then fine-tune
their antenna settings to improve the quality of directional communication until
there is enough capacity for the desired data transmission.
One key benefit of Kwikbit’s beamforming is that if an obstacle blocks the line of
sight between two devices, for example, if someone walks between them, the
devices can quickly establish a new communications pathway. Another benefit of
the K60i beamforming is that non-technical personnel can quickly and easily install
the system. Precise physical alignment of the radios, as required with previous 60
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