Determine the Outdoor Range
Outdoor Antenna Installation Guide
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Data Speed of the Wireless Link
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By default, the radio of WaveACCESS Office Router products will
always try to transmit at the highest available transmit rate.
As data transmissions at lower speeds can travel larger distances
than transmissions at the highest transmit rates, the
WaveACCESS Office Routers have been designed to apply an
“Automatic Transmit Select” mechanism. If for example a data
communication fails as a result of an out-of-range situation, the
WaveACCESS Office Router will automatically switch to a lower
data rate to retransmit the lost message(s).
NOTE:
Numerous retransmissions may slow down the throughput
performance of your wireless outdoor antenna link.
If the actual distance between both ends of the wireless
link exceeds the maximum range listed for the highest
transmit rates, you may wish to tune the “Automatic
Transmit Rate” of your WaveACCESS Office Router
equipment to avoid unsuccessful transmission attempts at
the highest data rate.
To help you to determine the appropriate tuning settings,
we have listed the range values that apply to the various
transmit rates in Table 3-1 and Table 3-2.
