I would personally like to see smaller channel spacing to avoid noise and increase coverage area. Is there any possibility of this being added. I know that this would decrease throughput but if you only need 512k then it would be fine. Thanks
There probably is somewhere but avalan wireless has 900mhz and 5.8ghz equipment that uses a small channel. Here are the specs for the 900 gear. If these smaller channels were available then we could overcome noisy areas easier. Thanks
wireless 1.536 Mb/s
ethernet 935 Kb/s
+21 dBm (4 Watts EIRP used with 15 dBi antennae)
-97 dBm at 10e-4 BER (-112 dBm with 15 dBi antennae)
148 dB with 15 dBi antennae
40 miles LOS with 15 dBi antennae
12 non-overlapping with 2.0833 MHz spacing and 1.75 MHz occupied bandwidth
Channel selected with DIP switch or via Web browser interface
RF RPTNC Female / 10-100 baseT Ethernet RJ45 / Power Jack P5-2.1 mm ID
Power, Ethernet Link, RF RX, RF TX, 4/Channel, and 6/Link Quality
Sub-block error detection and retransmission
SAW receiver filter attenuates cellular and pager interference
Switching regulator
QoS Statistics, Network Settings, Spectrum Analyzer and Firmware Upgrading
Transmit: 1.7 Watts Receive: 0.8 Watts
Power over Ethernet 9-48 VDC over Ethernet - 4/5 positive and 7/8 ground
-40o C to 70o C
175 mA at 9 VDC
140 mA at 12 VDC
35 mA at 48 VDC
170 x 80 x 50 mm; 0.570 Kg
I too would like to see even smaller and more efficient channel sizes, however I do believe the current 5 MHz and 10 MHz channel sizes are a function of the Atheros small channels and Mikrotik has intergrated support into RouterOS for that.
Its really a function of the radio, so I don’t think Mikrotik could even add smaller channels unless a off-the-self radio with those smaller bandwidths (1.25 MHz, 2.5 MHz, etc.) and linux driver support was available.