450v costs and performance questions

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Can anyone speak to how their 450v 6Ghz is performing? I’m getting asked to look into it more and I had a few questions on performance and requirements.

  1. Is there a management cost for the 6Ghz side? For example needing to be on paid maestro or something. And are there any other operational costs I am unaware of (Speed Unlock/Uncap, Yearly fee etc…)
  2. Does the 4x4 SM require the separate GPS antenna?
  3. It is worth the jump from a 2x2 SM to a 4x4 SM?
  4. How is the performance with mild obstruction? I know that one of the big competitors does work through foliage in close range at 6Ghz
  5. On a 4x4 SM in a perfect scenario (Prime RSSI, no interference, center of beam etc…) what is the peak throughput you have seen?
  6. On a 2x2 SM in a perfect scenario (Prime RSSI, no interference, center of beam etc…) what is the peak throughput you have seen?

I’m hoping that someone can share some real world results. I am reluctant to hop into some test gear with the steep price tag on the 4x4 SM’s without hearing of some real world results.

Thank you,

Tim

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  1. There is no management cost for it. Use of the 6GHz/AFC does not require cnMaestro. The radios can be used stand alone (although they do need to be able to reach the internet to contact the AFC database)
  2. The 4x4 SM has an integrated GPS antenna. No need to purchase an external GPS antenna.
  3. If you need the bandwidth and extra carrier agility, then yes, you’ll need the 4x4… is it worth it? That’s a more difficult question to answer.
  4. nNLOS performance on PMP450 5GHz is poor, and 6GHz is even worse. The 450 line does not like reflections and multipathing.
  5. Peak throughput of the 4x4 SM scales almost exactly 2x over a 2x2 SM. You can use LinkPlanner online to model various scenarios to figure out performance.
  6. See 5.