Just wonder know,
The history, 802.11a > nstreme > nv2 > ???
when can mikrotik come out new protocol that, 20Mhz can provide up to 100Mbps???
802.11ac
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/wireless/ps5678/ps11983/white_paper_c11-713103.html
The wireless history/future is: 802.11a > 802.11n > 802.11ac
The MT-Protocol history is: plain 802.11 > nstreme > nv2
nv2 had made some steps in the 5.x version: nearly unusable > partialy usable > most time usable
Next steps will be nv2 always usable, may be sync, may be atpc, 802.11ac (i guess not usable in 2013).
nowadays out there a lot of product can use 1 channel for 10~12APs in the same area.
it will great if mikrotik will look into that…
Tell me the product. There are a lot of products claiming to do magic. But using the same channel at the same location is always a problem. You have to do frequency planning to avoid this situation. With sync you can reduce channel spacing need and you may reduce the impact of double using a frequency on the same tower. But when you hit a cpe with the same frequency twice you will get bad results. So you have to do the usual work: Reduce power, realign antennas, further tilt the sectors, …
We use synced wimax systems. Believe me: This does not solve all problems.
I agree.. I spent some money on Cambium PTP200 series products and was not impressed with the GPS sync capabilities. TDMA does help, but is no silver bullet. I still have two Cambium units in production, but they’re scheduled to be replaced with Mikrotik PTP links.