Table 22: Outdoor 11n AP-to-Client, at 2.4 GHz: 9 Mbps Data Rate (–A domain)
Comments
Cisco 1552 E/H
Cisco 1552 I/C
Parameter
US
DS
US
DS
Composite power at 9 Mbps,
20 MHz bandwidth
20 dBm
(Client)
28 dBm
(AP)
20 dBm
(Client)
28 dBm
(AP)
Tx Power Conducted
0 dBi
(Client)
4 dBi
(AP)
0 dBi
(Client)
2 dBi
(AP)
Tx Antenna Gain
Legacy Rate ClientLink.
Helps only in DS.
0 dB
(Client)
4 dB
(AP)
0 dB
(Client)
4 dB
(AP)
Tx Beam Forming (BF)
20 dBm
36 dBm
20 dBm
34 dBm
Tx EIRP
4 dBi
(AP)
0 dBi
(Client)
2 dBi
(AP)
0 dBi
(Client)
Rx Antenna Gain
Includes 4.7 dB MRC gain for
AP1552
–94 dBm
(AP)
–90 dBm
(Client)
–94 dBm
(AP)
–90 dBm
(Client)
Rx Sensitivity
118 dB
126 dB
116 dB
124 dB
System Gain
LOS, PLE = 2.5
323 meters
(1058 feet)
268 meters
(881 feet)
Range (AP to Client)
The –A domain AP to client link budget in 2.4 GHz band is limited by upstream. That is, the upstream has
lower system gain, and therefore, the decision factor will be upstream.
Cell sizes for AP to Client in 2.4 GHz for different AP1552 models can be decided by picking the lowest of
the following two:
• AP to Client distance in the 2.4-GHz band (from
Table 22: Outdoor 11n AP-to-Client, at 2.4 GHz: 9
Mbps Data Rate (–A domain), on page 78
)
• Half of the distance between AP to AP on the 5-GHz backhaul (from
Table 20: Link Budget Comparison
for the 5-GHz band in -A Domain, on page 75
)
Because most of the clients available are 2.4-GHz clients, we recommend the cell size taking 2.4 GHz values
into consideration (see
Table 23: Lowest of AP to Client and Half of AP to AP Backhaul Distance, on page
79
).
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