Cascade Networks Inc. 5700OFDM Manuel D’Utilisation

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Table 1 shows performance details for Cyclone 5700-360.OFDM series. 
 
Table 1: Performance Details 

10 MHz 

Modulation 

QPSK 

16 QAM 

64 QAM 

Typical Maximum Range 

7 mi/ 11.2km 

3 mi/ 4.8km 

2 mi/3.2 km 

Typical Maximum 
Aggregate 
(up+down) Throughput 

7.5 Mbps 

15 Mbps 

22.5 Mbps 

Nominal Receive 
Sensitivity 
(including FEC) 

-89 dBm 

-78 dBm 

-70 dBm 

Latency 5-7 

msec 

 
 
 

Cyclone 5700-360.OFDM Series systems use a 10 MHz channel size configurable on 5 MHz centers. 
This channel size, along with some different characteristics due to the use OFDM carrier technology and 
QPSK, 16 QAM, or 64 QAM modulations, supports somewhat different channel planning than for 
standard Canopy. (For reference, PMP 100/200 Series uses 20 MHz channels configurable on 5 MHz 
centers, single carrier technology, and 2-level and 4-level FSK modulation.) 

For a single cluster of 4 APs on a tower, 2-channel re-use with channels on 10 MHz channel center 
spacing gives good performance. In channel design parlance, this can be stated as ABAB channel 
planning, with no guard band needed between A and B. A typical arrangement might be to use radios 
configured for 5480 MHz aimed north and south, and radios configured for 5490 MHz aimed east and 
west. 
 
(For reference, standard Canopy uses 2-channel re-use with clusters of 6 APs on a tower with channel 
center spacing of either 25 MHz for Advantage APs or 20 MHz for non-Advantage APs. This is ABCABC 
channel planning, with 5 MHz guard band between the 20 MHz channels for Advantage APs and no 
guard band needed for non-Advantage.) 
 
Available 5.8 GHz channel center frequencies for each region are shown in 

Table 2

. These vary by region 

due to different band edge RF specifications (for example, between Canada/US and Europe). 
 
 
Table 2: 5.8 GHz Channel Center Frequencies, by Region 

(MHz)(on 5 MHz centers within this range, 

inclusive)

5730 - 5845 

12 

5730 - 5845 

12 

5730 - 5870 

15