60Ghz – What’s the big deal?

Wireless Internet Service Providers are all too familiar with noise and interference in their outdoor wireless networks and how this can affect performance across their entire network. But by adding a 60Ghz solution with both its short-range and wider area applications ahead for the tiny beams of this unlicensed millimeter radio technology, will be a life changer.

What are the advantages?

• It’s a cost effective solution.
• Incredible Speed
• Great throughput
• Unlicensed
• Low latencies

What are the disadvantages?

As we all know, no technology is perfect. Therefor slight disadvantages could be expected:

• Transmissions at 60GHz have less range
• Weather may have an impact on your link performance
• You need a clear line of site – Accuracy is very important

Keep in mind:

Consider the area you are planning your link - Choosing the right frequency band that will best cater to your networking needs is important:

• Long distance links with low bandwidth requirements – 2.4Ghz is required
• Mid range links with higher bandwidth requirements – 5.8Ghz is required
• Mid Range links with much higher bandwidth requirements - 11Ghz might be the best option.
• In case the need for extreme high speeds over a short distance - 60Ghz is the perfect option for you.