Chapter 1: Product description
Overview of the 450 Platform Family
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Overview of the 450 Platform Family
This section introduces the key features, typical uses, product variants and components of the 450
Platform Family.
Purpose
Cambium 450 Platform Family products are designed for Ethernet bridging over point-to-point and
point-to-multipoint microwave links in unlicensed and lightly-licensed frequency bands 900MHz, 2.4
GHz, 3.5/3.65 GHz and 4.9 to 5.925 GHz.
Users must ensure that the 450 Platform Family complies with local operating regulations.
The 450 Platform Family acts as a transparent bridge between two or more segments of the operator’s
network. In this sense, it can be treated as a virtual wired connection among points. The 450 Series
platform forwards 802.3 Ethernet frames destined for the other part of the network and filters frames it
does not need to forward.
450 Platform Family
The 450 Series platform supports following:
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PMP 450m Series
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PMP/PTP 450i Series
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PMP 450b Series
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PMP/PTP 450 Series
PMP 450m Series
The PMP 450m Series AP is a revolutionary product which is based on Multi-User Multiple-Input and
Multiple-Output (MU-MIMO) technology. By combining a sophisticated beam forming antenna array
with multiple transceivers, Cambium Networks is using leading edge technology to provide a substantial
shift upward in capacity per sector.
Key features
The Cambium PMP 450m Series AP offers the following benefits:
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MU-MIMO Access Point is a technologically cutting-edge device providing up to 900 Mbps in 20
MHz channel bandwidth and up to 1.4 Gbps in a 40 MHz channel, depending upon SMs position
within sector. Even higher data rates are possible by using 5 ms frame sizes.
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Releases 16.0 and beyond support 3 GHz AP, as well as MU-MIMO in the UL direction.
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PMP 450m AP is compatible with existing PMP 450/450i Series Subscriber Modules (SM), providing
an easy network upgrade path. This benefits to re-use existing SMs (i.e. capital investment). With
releases 15.1.3 and beyond, 5 GHz PMP 450m also provides basic sector mode support for 430 SMs.
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3x higher throughput packet rate compare 450 Series.
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5GHz Integrated with 14x14 MU-MIMO antenna; 3GHz Integrated with 8x8 MU-MIMO antenna.
