Changes between Version 20 and Version 21 of expansion/mezzanine

Timestamp:

08/12/2019 11:55:04 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

Ron Eisworth

Comment:

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expansion/mezzanine

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 == Newport Family Multi-Radio Access Point Example ==
+As WiFi has become an essential component of the communications infrastructure there are many applications that can take advantage of high radio count access points. Below is a brief list of benefits and advantages of high radio count access points: 
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+* Provide dedicated private and public radios on different frequency bands. 
+* Support both 2.4G, 4.9G (public safety) and 5.8G bands simultaneously. 
+* Utilize multiple radios with sectored antennas (ie. 45 degree) to increase both transmit and receive ranges. Note that using a high power radio only increases the transmit range so this doesn't provide any benefit when talking to standard clients (ie. cellphones, tablets, etc.). 
+* Monitor WiFi traffic on multiple channels/frequencies simultaneously. 
+
 
 The Newport GW640x and GW630x boards are ideal SBCs for implementing multi-radio access points since the Octeon TX SoC has a highly optimized ARMv8 core that can process >11M packets per second and it additionally supports a large pool of PCI memory address space allowing it to support a large number of PCIe devices. 
 
-The GW63xx and GW64xx boards both support up to 3x Mini-PCIe based radios on their own however Gateworks has allowed for the bottom right Mini-PCIe slot to be replaced with a PCI-e Expansion connector allowing the board to be stacked with the GW16081 Mini-PCIe Expansion Mezzanine. With this configuration the board can be setup to support up to 21x Mini-PCIe based radios!
+The GW63xx and GW64xx boards both support up to 3x Mini-PCIe based radios by themselves however Gateworks has allowed for the bottom right Mini-PCIe slot to be replaced with a PCIe Expansion connector allowing the board to be stacked with the GW16081 Mini-PCIe Expansion Mezzanine. With this configuration the board can be setup to support 21x Mini-PCIe based radios!
 
 [[Image(GW6400_GW16081.png,500px)]]
-  * '''(Above) GW6400 Shown With GW16081 with 9x Mini-PCIe Based Radios'''
+  * '''GW6400 Shown With GW16081 with 9x Mini-PCIe Based Radios'''
 
 With a single GW16081 up to 9 radios can be supported with the GW63xx/GW64xx (2 on the SBC + 7 on GW16081). For even higher radio count applications a special version of the GW16081 is available with an additional stacking connector allowing up to 3 GW16081's to be stacked with the CPU board. This would allow up to 21 radios.