Altai 8 Wi-Fi Basestation

Altai Technologies

WiFi cellular base station A8: a new generation of metropolitan wireless broadband product based on smart antenna technology

Utilizing the knowledge gained from developing the remote sensing capabilities used by NASA to view Mars' surface, engineers at Altai Technologies have created smart antenna signal processing technologies for a longer range, less expensive alternative for the hot municipal WiFi market. Now being used throughout the world, the Altai Technologies A8 base station has been proven effective in both urban and remote applications.

With Altai A8, setting up a WiFi cellular base system is easy and much less expensive compared to conventional mesh systems. With today's standard mesh technology, roughly 15 to 30 units are required to provide a square mile of coverage. Altai's higher reach technology requires significantly fewer units per square mile of coverage with savings of up to 40% over conventional mesh systems.

Altai Technologies A8 base station application was selected as the "Award of the Year" of the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2006, based on its improvement on the WiFi signal coverage area by 10 times, particularly in non-line of sight environment; with multiple smart antenna radio platform supports 360-degree coverage; and the flexible antenna configuration catered for different site conditions. Moreover, its application also supports real-time applications including Voice over IP, video streaming, and interactive gaming; as well as real-time user mobility with smart antenna beam tracking technologies.

Some of the highlighted features are:

Extended coverage in a Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) environment which matches the foot print of most microcellular deployments in dense urban
environment
Dual-Diversity Beam-forming Smart Antenna Technology to provide a consistent 360-degree coverage with minimal holes in dense urban
environment
Multi-radio platform to maximize both uplink/downlink performances
High data throughput running at 54 Mbps data rate
Supporting real-time applications such as VoIP, video-streaming and interactive gaming with minimal latency
Standard 802.11 b/g access and 802.11a backhaul
Fast Ethernet or integrated 802.11a wireless backhaul
Flexible antenna deployment for various site conditions
Remote Configuration through the Altai Wireless Management System (AWMS)

This product is only sold through certified resellers and with ABP Technical support.

Contact ABP to learn more about Altai base stations.

Technical Specifications
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Technical Specifications

Power supply: Voltage 80-264 V AC. Power Consumption 58 W (RMS). Frequency 47-63 Hz

Wireless Interface: Standard IEEE 802.11b/g. Operation Mode Access Point. Operating Channel 1 – 13. Modulation 802.11g - OFDM and 802.11b - DSSS. Media Access Protocol CSMA/CA. Transmit Power 5 – 23 dBm in 1dB step. Connect up to 8 Antennas. Transmit and Receive Diversity. Automatic Channel Assignment

Antenna: 802.11b/g Antenna, Frequency 2.4-2.5 GHz, Gain 14 dBi (max.), Polarization Dual Linear ±45°, 3-dB Horizontal Beamwidth 70° ±3°, 3-dB Vertical Beamwidth 11° ±2°, VSWR < 2, Impedance 50, Isolation between Ports > 15 dB, Antenna Connector Dual N-female

Physical Specifications (Base Unit): Dimension 290 x 210 x 89 mm, Weight 5kg (unit weight) / 7.6kg (Gross weight), Mounting Pole or Wall mounted

Networking: 1 to 8 Multiple Virtual AP, VLAN, DHCP Client / Server / Relay, Dynamic NAT, PPPoE Client, PPPoE Pass-through, VPN Pass-through, Switch and Gateway Mode, 10/100Mbps Ethernet Port

Security: Authentication Open system, Shared key WPA/WPA-PSK, WPA2/WPA2-PSK
802.1x (PEAP, TLS, TTLS), Encryption WEP, TKIP, AES, MAC based Access Control, SSID Suppression

Management: Web-based administration tool, CLI-based administration tool (Telnet and Console). SNMP v1/v2c, Altai MIB, Remote Firmware Upgrade. Performance Monitoring

Environmental Conditions: Operating temperature -33 °C to +55 °C (Ambient). Storage temperature -40 °C to +80 °C. Humidity 100% (Condensing). Wind loading 100 mph (Operational) 135 mph (Survival)

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Downloads

Altai A8 Catalog 541 KB

Whitepaper-Cost Elements of City-wide WiFi 50 KB

Market Application Urban Network 500 KB

Market Application Rural & Suburban Network 295 KB

Market Application Hotel 478 KB

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