Re: How many Google wireless access points for San Francisco?

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From: Derek Broughton
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 18:28

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Jeff Liebermann wrote:

> However, 
> relocating the backhauls to 22Ghz may be a bit of a challenge.
> considering the mesh network rule of thumb of the week of no more than
> 3-4 hops from client to backhaul, and 100 access points per square
> mile, that means 25-33 backhaul radios or wired connections per square
> mile.

I haven't really followed this discussion, and I don't know any of the
technicalities, but surely that's more like 9 - if you've got your 100 APs
lined up on a grid 0.1 miles apart, then you would only need your
backhaul's to be every 0.3 to 0.4 miles, so placing them 1/3 mile apart
should do it.
-- 
derek

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From: Derek Broughton <news@pointerstop.ca>
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Subject: Re: How many Google wireless access points for San Francisco?
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