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MotorolaCanopy
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MotorolaCanopyisafixedwirelessnetworking
systemdesignedforwirelessInternetservice
providerstoprovideInternetaccess.Ituses
relativelylargeantennassuitableforlongrange
900MHzcommunication,typicallyover1metre
(3ft3in)longand30centimetres(12in)ormore
wide,andthesearesubjecttovibrationinwindor
duetomotion,sothisisnotatruemobile
technology.

MotorolaCanopy
Typeofsignal: LOS(lineofsight),NLOS
Maximum
range

120miles(190km)PtMP,155miles

Minimum
range:

500metres(1,600ft)(TheSubscriber
Modules(SMs)donotlikehavinga"full
blast"signal)

(249km)PtP[1]

Productsareavailableinpointtopointandpoint Maximumdata 130Mbit/sforPtMP(PMP450),500

tomultipointconfigurations.Itincludesboththe
throughput
Mbit/susingPTP820.
originalMotoroladesignedproductsusingthe
(Mbit/s)
CanopyprotocolandthePtPbackhaulsthatwere
rebrandedfromOrthogonSystemswhichMotorolaacquiredin2006.
CambiumNetworkswascreatedwhenMotorolaSolutionssoldtheCanopyandOrthogonbusinessesin2011.
CambiumNetworkshasevolvedtheplatformandexpandedittothreeproductlines:PointtoPoint(PTP)
(formerlyOrthogon),PointtoMultipoint(PMP)(formerlyCanopy)andePMP.
ThetechnologycompeteswithWiMAX,LTEandotherlongrangemobileproducts,butnoteffectivelywith
wiredInternet,whichiscapableofmuchfasterspeedsanddoesnothavewirelessrelayroundtripdelay.
CompetentCanopyimplementationssuchastheBroadbandforRuralNovaScotiainitiativehoweverhave
demonstratedVoIP,gamingandotherlowlatencyapplicationsworkacceptablyoverthissystem,andinareas
ofchallengingweatherincludinghighwindconditions(whichcauseantennastomoveandaffectconnections).

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Typicalsetup
Comparisonwithotherwirelessnetworkingsystems
Seealso
References
Externallinks

Typicalsetup
AtypicalCanopysetupconsistsofaclusterofupto6colocatedstandard
accesspoints(AP),eachwitha60degreehorizontalbeamwidthantenna,
toachieve360degreecoverage.ThemostcommonlyusedAPsare
availablein120,180,or360degreemodelsforsitebasedcoverage,thus
decreasingthenumberofAPsneededonatower.Alsoincludedwouldbe
oneormorebackhaulsorotherwiseoutofbandlinks(tocarrydata
to/fromothernetworkoccasions)andaClusterManagementModule
(CMM)toprovidepowerandsynchronizationtoeachCanopyAPor
BackhaulModule(BM).

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A2.4GHzSubscriberModule
withReflectorDish

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