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the technical guide about MDU Wi-Fi.
The demand for managed MDUs Wi-Fi is on the rise across the world. In 2023, a study by Parks Associates (well-known market research and consulting firm) showed that 31% of the US population lives in MDUs (Multiple Dwelling Unit Wi-Fi), and 50% report Wi-Fi issues. Multiple Dwelling Unit Wi-Fi represents a sizable business opportunity for MSPs that offer managed WLAN connectivity services for apartments, condos, multi-family homes, townhomes, and other high-density living spaces. Continue to read why and how Tanaza can help network administrators to troubleshoot common network coverage and speed issues.
MDU Wi-Fi refers to WLAN wireless networks that serve multiple residential units within buildings or complexes. MDU Wi-Fi networks are designed to provide secure and ubiquitous internet connectivity and managed services to tenants living in apartment buildings, condominiums, student housing, assisted living facilities, and other types of multi-unit dwellings.
In some cases, MDU Wi-Fi networks are managed by a single MSP or SP, who manages the deployment and operation of comprehensive Wi-Fi services for the properties.
MDU Wi-Fi market provides significant opportunities for MSPs and SPs that serve building owners and property managers. Benefits can include:
– Revenue Generation: Building owners or property managers can generate additional revenue streams by offering Wi-Fi services to tenants as value-added facilities for residentials. They can charge a monthly fee for the service or include it in the rent.
According to a report by Grand View Research, the global MDU market size was valued at USD 158.5 billion in 2020 and may grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.6% from 2021 to 2028.
– Competitive Advantage: Offering high-quality Wi-Fi service can be a competitive advantage for property owners or managers in attracting and retaining tenants. Thanks to Wi-Fi analytics integrations such as My Wi-Fi Networks and Social Wi-Fi, network administrators can analyze the residents’ preferences and offer tailored guest Wi-Fi experiences.
– Improved Resident Satisfaction: Providing reliable and fast Wi-Fi service can improve resident satisfaction and reduce complaints about connectivity issues. Wi-Fi troubleshooting tools can help network administrators to fix the most common connectivity problems related to the speed of connection and coverage.
– Enhanced Security and Privacy: A shared Wi-Fi network can be designed with advanced security features to protect users’ privacy and prevent unauthorized access.
– Remote Monitoring and Maintenance: MDU Wi-Fi networks can be remotely monitored and maintained by service providers, reducing the need for on-site visits and minimizing downtime.
– Marketing and Analytics: Wi-Fi networks can be used to gather data on users’ preferences and behavior, which can be used for targeted marketing or to improve operational efficiency. ADS4Wi-Fi is a Tanaza integration to monetize MDU networks, through targeted ADS managed by an easy-to-use advertising management and campaign delivery platform.
– Smart Building Integration: MDU Wi-Fi networks can be integrated with smart building systems to enable automated control of building functions and services, such as lighting, heating, and security. Visit the Tanaza Marketplace to stay tuned for the latest IoT integrations.
Park Associates listed the common MDU network technical problems by residence type.
As shown from the precedent graphic, the main issues are related to two main topics: speed connection and coverage.
Excluding the use of outdated access points (IEEE 802.11g and previous standard – discover here the most advanced compatible and Tanaza Powered Devices), congestion, interference, or bandwidth limits can represent one of the most common causes for low levels of speed connection.
In case of congestion, the Tanaza Overview dashboard is an all-in-one network observability tool to monitor the entire network architecture stats.
The network administrator can intuitively check the global or granular bandwidth at different moments, identify what AP devices are affected, and if a specific client is causing the slowdown.
After a first overview analysis, network administrators can manage SSID advanced options and radio settings:
– testing real-time speed values with the integrated Ping Tool (read more about it)
– limiting the Max N. of clients
– selecting the freest band frequencies (2.4GHz or 5GHz or dual-band – soon 6GHz) at AP or SSID level
– enabling client isolation
The Tanaza Marketplace includes the Historical Statistics add-on. By enabling historical statistics, MDU network administrators can keep track of historical data related to the status of their devices and learn more about when congestion happened. Data is stored for 30 days and it’s possible to see what happened daily. In the last 24 hours, it’s also possible to see the details on an hourly basis.
In case of interference, the radio options at the AP level can help network administrators to switch to the best RX frequency to improve the quality of the signal. In the MDU Wi-Fi networks, it is common to have multiple adjacent APs that operate in adjacent channels. Due to wrong AP positioning in the environment, the channel overlapping can cause adjacent channel interference.
Let’s assume that three residents complain frequently of slow connection caused by APs placed adjacently in the three nearby apartments that use sequentially channels 3 (2422MHz), 4 (2427MHz), and 5 (2432MHz). To troubleshoot this issue, the network administrator can decrease the TX power levels of all the APs to prevent their transmissions from overlapping. In addition, he could increase the channel width to 40MHz on 2.4GHz frequency and gradually switch to 5GHz to have a certain safety margin.
In case of bandwidth limits, network administrators can operate at the SSID level, limiting or improving the speed of connection values for download and upload. This tool is perfect to ensure that the internet connection is available to all connected devices equally or to limit bandwidth consumption by some devices that may cause network congestion.
Excluding structural interference caused by incorrect network design, network overload, wrong roaming setup, multipath fading, congestion, and interference can represent some of the most common causes of coverage issues.
In case of network overload, too many devices attempting to connect to the same network at the same time, the available bandwidth shared among all connected devices can be spread too thinly, causing slowdowns or even disconnections. This is a common issue in apartments and small condos where typically a single AP has to manage simultaneously time laptops, smartphones, IoTs, and other devices.
When it happens, network administrators can regulate the max. n. of concurrent clients or increase the MHz of the channel width, paying particular attention to not causing further adjacent channel interferences.
Performing Wi-Fi roaming is fundamental. MDUs Wi-Fi networks have to guarantee that clients can automatically switch from a Wi-Fi network with a weak signal to one with a stronger signal without friction. Inconsistent manual network configuration and proximity interferences are the main causes that afflict the roaming feature. To improve a fluent transition to both SSIDs, network administrators can enable 802.11k, 802.11r, and Sticky client auto disconnection. Read more about how the Wi-Fi Fast Roaming feature works.
Multipath fading is a phenomenon that occurs in wireless communication when radio signals travel from a transmitter to a receiver by multiple paths, which can result in signal distortion and cancellation. Multipath fading can be flat fading or selective fading. Selective fading is more common in MDU apartments and condos due to architectural obstacles and more objects that can reflect and spread irregular signals.
Beamforming technology can solve this issue, directing the Wi-Fi signal exactly toward the targeted direction of a specific client. Beamforming sends the same spatial stream on multiple antennas with determined timing offsets, thus increasing range.
Tanaza Compatible Devices and Tanaza Powered Devices APs with MU-MIMO integrated can mitigate the multipath selective fading phenomenon.
The Tanaza Powered Device Edgecore EAP102-T can be a good choice for MDU Wi-Fi networks in luxury or top-end apartments with IoT architectures. The model is a high-performing Wi-Fi 6 concurrent dual-band 802.11ax indoor access point that supports 4×4:4 uplink and downlink MU-MIMO between the device and multiple clients, with up to 2.9 Gbps aggregate data rate. It’s perfect to avoid coverage issues in complex network ecosystems where multiple clients require a constant flux of connections.
Several types of interference can impact the coverage of a Wi-Fi architecture. MDU apartments and condos are generally spaces with many adjacent devices and networks. These types of interference are most common on the 2.4GHz. The Tanaza radio options at the AP level can help network administrators to switch to free RX frequency to improve the quality of the signal, setting channel width, channels, and TX power.
Tanaza helps network administrators to configure, monitor, and troubleshoot MDUs networks of any size and add 3-rd party services on top to offer the best guest Wi-Fi experience to residents of apartments, condos, multi-family homes, townhomes, and other high-density living spaces.
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The Mobile World Congress – MWC 2023 – is the event of the year for global telecommunication operators, MSPs, ISPs, SPs, OEMs, ODMs, and the most influential companies in the connectivity industry.
From 27th February to 2nd of March 2023, Tanaza will be there at the stand n.8.1A20.20 in the EIC Pavilion, Fira Barcelona Gran Via, to promote its revolutionary mission to democratize the Wi-Fi sector and its vision to become the new “Android of WiFi networks”.
Now more than ever, the Wi-Fi industry is facing the need for a new paradigm where vendor-lock logics are replaced by open network infrastructures that help to reduce CAPEX and OPEX costs. Two years of lockdown and the actual uncertainty generated by an impending global recession have urged small, medium, and enterprise MSPs, ISPs, and SPs to think of new strategies to cut unnecessary operating costs and to discover the potentiality of cloud-based managed solutions for remote network monitoring and management.
In this turbulent landscape, Tanaza continues to create value for its partners and users by allowing unprecedented efficiency in network management, and by freeing in general users from locked-in vertical solutions that impose a software/hardware bundle.
The Mobile World Congress 2023 is the ideal exhibition where Tanaza can connect directly with thousands of visionary senior executives and change-makers from the top global companies and from the most disruptive SMBs that support fast-changing innovation.
At our stand, our experts will explain:
– how to speed up the WiFi Network installation process in the cloud through MAC address typing.
– how you can easily troubleshoot networks, enable SSIDs, configure IP addresses, set radio power and channels, and more.
– how MSPs, ISPs, and SPs professionals can take advantage of multiple integrations and add-ons from the official Tanaza Marketplace to customize their network architectures with some of the most advanced hotspot management and network monitoring solutions.
– the new stack of 1-click advanced networking features, including QoS for business applications, client isolation, assisted and fast roaming, sticky client auto disconnection, and much more.
– how Tanaza can significantly reduce CAPEX / OPEX spending in different sectors and industries.
– the entire selection of Tanaza Compatible Devices and Tanaza Powered Devices, what are the next devices available, and our roadmap for new interesting features.
We are at booth 8.1A20.20 in the EIC Pavilion
Read more about the reasons behind the change to the freemium pricing model and the two new pricing plans, Basic and Pro.
Read our guide to 6GHz for MSPs, ISPs, SPs. Learn more about benefits of the frequency band, features, differences with 2.4/5 GHz and more.
Thanks to the new strategic partnership among Tanaza and Edgecore Networks, Edgecore EAP102-T is now part of the Tanaza Powered Devices selection.
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why Wi-Fi management technology
could be a recession-proof investment.
The following article expresses opinions based on previous economic studies and it has not valid scientific evidences.
Unlike other article with informative / scientific purposes, the following text is deliberately written to present what are the points in favor for evaluating an investment in Wi-Fi management technologies during an economic recession.
Nobody can predict the long-term course of an economic downturn and for this reason the following analysis is based on studies and economic sources that concern the current economic landscape, what other companies are doing, what ChatGPT in Bing search suggests in February 2023.
The following information may change while this article is online
[○ LAST UPDATE – 13th February 2023].
The last analysis by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on Q1, Q2, and Q3 for U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) has shown the first signals for the next global recession. Q4 and the first forecasts for 2023 seem to re-confirm this trend.
Should MSPs, ISPs, and SPs invest in WiFi Management technology? How are the major players in the market approaching the recession? And, why could WiFi cloud management be considered a recession-proof investment?
In Tanaza, we tried to answer these questions, which are popular among our users and in general in the industry. We have analyzed the situation by considering recent economic publications, avoiding as best of our possibilities forced-optimistic biased data.
The networking industry has not faced a similar economic scenario, and for this reason, it’s quite difficult to create comparisons with the past. The 2008-2009 Great Recession was different, the industry itself was organized differently.
Furthermore, the current economic environment includes complicating factors, such as inflation and the war in Ukraine. Consider the following answers as a point of reference to understand what’s happening in a dynamic contest.
MSPs, ISPs, and SPs should not be afraid of a drastic drop in Wi-Fi demand. A study by Recon Analytics presented by FierceWireless explains that “Americans and world-wide citizens are prioritizing home internet and mobile service over most other recurring bills they have.” The domestic market will prefer to invest in Wi-Fi technology because it’s more economic than mobile data, and this technology offers major control over signal features. This trend seems to be confirmed by the study of Marketsandmarkets.com about the WiFi global market size. The market will grow from USD 12.3 billion in 2022 to USD 31.3 billion in 2027, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.4% during at least 2 years of recession.
Researchandmarket.com refers to how the Wi-Fi market is projected to reach a value of US$ 54.53 billion by 2027, exhibiting a CAGR of 13.70% during the same period 2022-2027.
With a similar expansion in a turbulent economy, Wi-Fi is considerably a recession-proof investment for MSPs, ISPs, and SPs.
Also if there are different economic schools of thought about the gravity of the recession, cloud technology shows in general to be resilient to the recession.
Fortune Business Insights affirms that the market is expected to grow from USD 130.69 billion in 2021 to USD 716.52 billion in 2028 at a CAGR of 27.5% during the 2021-2028 period.
To guarantee the highest transparency and not influence with forcibly positive numbers, we have selected these data sources because they have the most valuable and updated methodologies of primary and secondary research and data triangulation.
Investment in a WiFi cloud management solution is highly recommended. Tanaza allows to configure, manage and monitor high-scalable networks helping MSPs, ISPs and SPs to maintain certain stability also during downturns.
ChatGPT in Bing Search is currently (February 2023) one of the most advanced AI search engines to aggregate the most valuable data and answers on the Web.
ChatGPT’s answers may have biases (they are not published on academic publications/peer-to-review patents) but, in general, they contain authoritative information extracted from the main economical sources that monitor how the recession could impact.
Here is the ChatGPT answer to the question “Is WiFi management technology a recession-proof investment for MSPs, ISPs and SPs?“
“It is difficult to say definitively whether investing in WiFi management technology is a recession-proof investment for MSPs, ISPs and SPs. However, there are several factors that suggest that demand for WiFi management technology may remain relatively stable even during economic downturns.
First, wireless Internet usage continues to increase as more and more devices and services rely on wireless connectivity. This means that there is likely to be continued demand for reliable and efficient WiFi networks and the tools to manage them.
In addition, many companies and organizations have embraced remote working and virtual collaboration because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has created a need for secure and reliable WiFi networks both at work and at home. This trend may continue even when the pandemic subsides.
That said, it is worth noting that the technology industry as a whole may be affected by economic downturns, and MSPs, ISPs, and SPs may see a breakthrough in demand for their services during such periods. However, given the continued growth in wireless Internet use, investment in WiFi management technology could still be a relatively stable investment in the long run.”
Considering the data presented in the previous chapter, WiFi cloud management solutions can be considered a recession-proof investment.
People need WiFi more than ever and they are ready to renounce other domestic services just to be able to work, play, and stay connected with friends and the world.
The quality of the required connection is increasing.
Investing in Tanaza, MSPs, ISPs, and SPs can decrease their CAPEX / OPEX saving money to re-invest in:
– research and development;
– avoid employee layoffs;
– create a solid resistance to market fluctuations.
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about how network downtime impacts
on MSPs, ISPs and SPs budget.
Network downtime is one of the most expensive issues for MSPs, ISPs and SPs network architectures. It’s unavoidable, systematic and often unpredictable.
The most relevant study conducted by Gartner has demonstrated that network downtime can cost on average up to $9,000 per minute.
Organization size is also a key factor. For Fortune 1,000 companies, network downtime could cost as much as $1 million per hour, according to an IDC survey. And while the typical mid-sized company spends $1 million per year on incidents, large enterprises can spend up to $60 million or more, according to a research report from IHS.
Considering the pure math without taking in consideration generic case studies, also Cloudscale has mathematically demonstrated through a computational algorithm the relationship “network downtime = money loss”.
where
LR is the Lost Revenue
GR is the Gross yearly Revenue
BT is the total Business Time (in minutes)
I is the percentage of revenue impacted by the down time (an online retail business could see 100% impact whereas a sole proprietor insurance company could be 60%)
T is the downtime
Today the effects of a downtime have direct consequences on loss of company revenue.
Wherever is the cause of a network downtime, MSPs, ISPs and SPs have to consider implementing solutions to mitigate or prevent network downtime.
The IS-IS protocol (ISO/IEC 10589:2002 – included in the OSI model) classifies network downtime in six classes:
Level 0 – Network is down
Level 1 – Part of the network is down
Level 2 – Most of the network is down
Level 3 – All of the network is down except for a few isolated systems
Level 4 – Most of the network is down, but some systems are still functioning
Level 5 – All systems are functioning, but there are performance issues
These categories are used to help network administrators understand the extent of the network downtime and to identify the root cause of the problem. By understanding the level of downtime, administrators can prioritize their efforts to restore the network and minimize the impact on users.
1) Faults, errors or discards in network devices (Layer 2)
2) Wrong device configuration changes (Layer 2)
3) Operational human errors and mismanagement of devices (Multiple Layers)
4) Link failure caused due to fiber cable cuts or network congestion (Layer 1-2)
5) Power outages (Layer 1)
6) Server hardware failure (Layer 4)
7) Denial of service (DoS) (Multiple Layers)
8) Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) (Multiple Layers)
8) Failed software and firmware upgrade or patches (Layer 7)
9) Incompatibility between firmware and hardware device (Layer 7)
10) Other external causes (Multiple Layers)
Fing App (now a Tanaza add-on) has precise and updated real-time and historical lists of network downtime, divided by countries, duration, recurrence, severity, impact. Network administrators can read details about each single network downtime or visualize them in bulk thanks to real-time interactive maps:
An outage detector system is a network management application that allows the monitoring of network infrastructure’s faults and errors, proposing solutions and tips to fix them and checking the ISP status.
Outage detector systems are fundamental for MSPs, ISPs, and SPs that want to reduce and prevent network issues and avoid the aforementioned costs caused by outages.
The activation of the Fing App in the Tanaza cloud platform allows to identify what network endpoint is hurt by the outage.
Network administrators can visually and fastly identify what types of clients (smartphone, laptop, printer, etc) are connected to the networks thanks to an intuitive list of minimal icons.
Depending on the chosen plan for the add-on, each client will show relevant network information including the status and the classification of connection, type and brand of WiFi client, bandwidth values (download and upload mbps) and OS information (name, version, build).
Fing and Tanaza have combined their core technologies to create the advanced outage WiFi notification system. Thanks to Tanaza + Fing add-on, network administrators can understand if the APs are offline for internet outages around the world, improving their efficiency to inform their customers about recovery times and responsibilities. The add-on is compatible with the main ISPs of each country and allows network managers to compare them by rating and reviews in order to identify in real-time the best solution for internet connection.
Fing App is able to register real-time ISP connection status data, including information about the severity of outage (on a scale of 5 values: minor, moderate, considerable, major, critical), outage duration and recurrence, and geographical impacted areas.
For this reason, Tanaza and Fing add-on is based on an AI-algorithm that operates in a fully automatic way, with no need for manual reporting.
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the technical guide to 6GHz
for MSPs, ISPs and SPs.
After only two years after the approval by the FCC regulations and Wi-Fi Alliance (and the progressive approval by the national regulatory authorities in Japan, UE, Latin America) to open up the 6GHz band for unlicensed Wi-Fi broadcasting, the main networking OEMs have already launched the first WiFi6E access points.
This technical guide is quite long, but its length is fundamental to explain all the facets of the revolutionary 6Ghz.
Readers can click on the following links to jump to the interested section.
– The 6GHz band frequency
– What are the benefits of the 6GHz band?
– Features introduced by the 6GHz band
– Airtime efficiency
– Faster passive/active AP discovery
– What is the difference between 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz?
– List of Tanaza Powered Devices and Tanaza Compatible Devices that supports 6GHz
Following the same distribution model of the other bands, each country has enabled the spectrum in different sub-bands.
The FCC has designated four sub-bands for the US territory: U-NII-5, 6, 7, and 8.
The EU Commission, instead, allows network operators to exploit the “U-NII-5 equivalent” part of the band, the lower one: 480 MHz after the 20 MHz guard band.
| Countries | Status | Spectrum |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Considering | 5925-6425 MHz |
| Australia | Adopted - Considering | 5925-6425 MHz - 6425-7125 MHz |
| Bahrain | Adopted | 5925-6425 MHz |
| Brazil | Adopted | 5925-7125 MHz |
| CEPT | Considering | 5925-6425 MHz (*only considering 5945-6425) |
| Canada | Adopted | 5925-7125 MHz |
| Chile | Adopted | 5925-6425 MHz |
| Colombia | Adopted | 5925-7125 MHz |
| Costa Rica | Adopted | 5925-7125 MHz |
| Dominican Republic | Adopted | 5925-7125 MHz |
| Egypt | Considering | 5925-6425 MHz |
| European Union | Adopted | 5925-6425 MHz (*only adopting 5945-6425) |
| Guatemala | Adopted | 5925-7125 MHz |
| Honduras | Adopted | 5925-7125 MHz |
| Hong Kong | Adopted - Considering | 5925-6425 MHz - 5925-7125 MHz |
| Iceland | Adopted | 5925-6425 MHz (*only adopting 5945-6425) |
| Japan | Considering | 5925-6425 MHz - 5925-7125 MHz |
| Jordan | Adopted | 5925-6425 MHz |
| Kenya | Adopted | 5925-6425 MHz |
| Liechtenstein | Adopted | 5925-6425 MHz (*only adopting 5945-6425) |
| Malasya | Adopted | 5925-6425 MHz |
| Mauritius | Adopted | 5925-6425 MHz |
| Mexico | Adopted | 5925-6425 MHz |
| Morocco | Adopted | 5925-6425 MHz |
| New Zeland | Adopted | 5925-6425 MHz |
| Norway | Adopted | 5925-6425 MHz |
| Oman | Considering | 5925-6425 MHz |
| Peru | Adopted | 5925-7125 MHz |
| Qatar | Considering | 5925-6425 MHz - 5925-7125 MHz |
| Saudi Arabia | Adopted | 5925-7125 MHz |
| Russian Federation | Adopted | 5925-6425 MHz |
| South Africa | Adopted | 5925-6425 MHz |
| South Korea | Adopted | 5925-7125 MHz |
| Switzerland | Adopted | 5925-6425 MHz |
| Tunisia | Considering | 5925-6425 MHz |
| Turkey | Adopted | 5925-6425 MHz |
| United Arab Emirates | Adopted | 5925-6425 MHz |
| United Kingdom | Considering | 5925-6425 MHz - 6425-7125 MHz |
| United States | Adopted | 6425-7125 MHz |
These data are updated at 04/19/2023
This band frequency includes the orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) feature from cellular technologies, which takes advantage of servicing multiple users on sub-channels transmitted simultaneously. 6GHz supports the native orthogonal frequency division.
OFDMA allows the transmission of significant quantities of data over a single noisy channel. This technique works by splitting a single signal into multiple smaller transmitted signals. OFDMA is perfect for medium-far transmissions, while MU MIMO is more indicated for short-range.
Dynamic random spectrum access and contentionbased protocols require access to multiple channels to maintain acceptable performance.
6 GHz spectrum access approaches for Europe
6 GHz spectrum access approaches for worldwide countires (except Europe)
| Band | 20MHz Channels | 40MHz Channels | 80MHz Channels | 160MHz Channels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4GHz | 11 | 2 | N/A | N/A |
| 5GHz | 37 | 18 | 9 | 4 |
| 6GHz | 59 | 29 | 14 | 7 |
Theoretical number of available channels on each band
| Channel Width | Valid Channel Numbers | Number of PSC Channels | PSC Channel Numbers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 MHz | 1, 5, 9, 12, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41, 45, 49, 53, 57, 61, 65, 69, 73, 77, 81, 85, 89, 93, 97, 101, 105, 109, 113, 117, 121, 125, 129, 133, 137, 141, 145, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165, 169, 173, 177, 181, 185, 189, 193, 197, 201, 205, 209, 213, 217. 221, 225, 229, 233 | 15 | 5, 21, 37, 53, 69, 85, 101, 117, 133, 149, 165, 181, 197, 213, 229 |
| 40MHz | 1-5, 9-13 17-21, 25-29, 33-37, 41-45, 49-53, 57-61, 65-69, 73-77, 81-85, 99-93, 97-101, 105-109, 113-117, 121-125, 129-133, 137-141, 145-149, 153-157, 161-165, 169-173, 177-181, 185-189, 193-197,201 205, 209 213, 217-221, 225-229 | 15 | 5, 21, 37, 53, 69, 85, 101, 117, 133, 145, 165, 181, 197, 213, 229 |
| 80GHz | 1, 13, 17, 29, 33, 45, 49, 61, 65, 77, 81, 93, 97, 109, 113, 125, 129, 141, 145, 157, 161, 173, 177, 189, 193, 205, 209, 221 | 14 | 5, 21, 37, 53, 69, 85, 101, 117, 133, 145, 165, 181, 197, 213 |
| 160GHz | 1-29, 33-61, 65-93, 97-125, 129-157, 161-189, 193-221 | 7 | 5/21, 37/53, 69/85, 101/117, 133/149, 165/181, 197/213 |
Valid channels number and PSC Channels in 6GHz radio
The best frequency among these depends on inherent hardware features and the real-time radio-frequency environment.
Tanaza cloud management dashboard has specific features with which network engineers can easily manage hundreds or thousands of AP frequencies. They can switch from 2.4GHz to 5 GHz (and soon also to 6GHz thanks to the release of new Tanaza Powered Devices and Tanaza Compatible Devices)
For each AP, MSPs, ISPs, and SPs can select the radio mode, the channel and channel width, and the TX power.
To obtain the maximum signal spread and reduce the propagation loss, the technical conformation of each frequency suggests using the 2.4GHz band for 2.4 GHz radio-supported devices and IoT devices. Older 5Ghz may fall into a ‘legacy’ category and be moved to this band to avoid dragging down the performance of preferred clients in the 5 GHz band.
5 GHz becomes the band for mainstream high-performance devices that are not 6 GHz capable, allowing non-preferred devices to be relegated to 2.4 GHz as above.
The 6 GHz band can be used for the latest, highest-performance devices, almost by definition in the first few years of rollout. It benefits not only from the highest rates available but also from the lack of legacy equipment and lower noise levels in the band.
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