Icarus Net
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Icarus Net
This work is one of the simplest Ideas I've ever had ,Cheap , simple but nice and profitable nonetheless.
The Idea was to build a Radio internet provider for low income people where there is no internet at all.
The name "Icarus" was chosen because the neighborhood is a Hill in the middle of a way to Gliding sport.
Now let me tell you how I managed to build the structure without any tower or any structure , we've made it by using a house as we can see at the picture on the other page. It really does not matter if I was going to use a Tower, the top of a building or higher places .
The most important thing when you work to deploy 5.8ghz ( or higher frequency) antennas is to perform some way to have a clean vision between the antennas. In a technical world we call The Fresnel zone ( there's a plenty of info on the internet about Fresnel Zone and I wont be posting further information about this)
The Idea was to build a Radio internet provider for low income people where there is no internet at all.
The name "Icarus" was chosen because the neighborhood is a Hill in the middle of a way to Gliding sport.
Now let me tell you how I managed to build the structure without any tower or any structure , we've made it by using a house as we can see at the picture on the other page. It really does not matter if I was going to use a Tower, the top of a building or higher places .
The most important thing when you work to deploy 5.8ghz ( or higher frequency) antennas is to perform some way to have a clean vision between the antennas. In a technical world we call The Fresnel zone ( there's a plenty of info on the internet about Fresnel Zone and I wont be posting further information about this)
Hints
Key hints.
1- Avoid using omnidirectional antennas , as you are going to see I've used only directional and sectoral antennas.
Well, Omni antennas could'd been a nice idea a long time ago when jitter and pkt loss were not so relevant or the maximum internet speed was like 500kb/s or 1mb/s But that's not true nowadays , moreover , Omnidirectional are easy do deploy ,easy to foresee the covered spots. When you choose to use Sectoral Antennas , There're those that cover 60º , 90º and 120º.Why is it so different from Omni Antennas? Well , It keeps the signal more "focused" on the respective area , thus encompassing more clients without loss of pkts.
2. We've chosen mikrotik , even though I'm a fan of Cisco stuff ( I've been working with Cisco for almost 10 years)
Mikrotik is a "made for " solution, cheaper and easier to deploy.
3.Avoid use simples polarization , instead use dual polarization radios/antennas , for example Ubiquiti Rocket M5 or Mikrotik Base with ubiquiti basestaton Antenna.
4. If the patch between the antennas are not too far ( up to 10 miles )use a high power laser in order to line up them.
1- Avoid using omnidirectional antennas , as you are going to see I've used only directional and sectoral antennas.
Well, Omni antennas could'd been a nice idea a long time ago when jitter and pkt loss were not so relevant or the maximum internet speed was like 500kb/s or 1mb/s But that's not true nowadays , moreover , Omnidirectional are easy do deploy ,easy to foresee the covered spots. When you choose to use Sectoral Antennas , There're those that cover 60º , 90º and 120º.Why is it so different from Omni Antennas? Well , It keeps the signal more "focused" on the respective area , thus encompassing more clients without loss of pkts.
2. We've chosen mikrotik , even though I'm a fan of Cisco stuff ( I've been working with Cisco for almost 10 years)
Mikrotik is a "made for " solution, cheaper and easier to deploy.
3.Avoid use simples polarization , instead use dual polarization radios/antennas , for example Ubiquiti Rocket M5 or Mikrotik Base with ubiquiti basestaton Antenna.
4. If the patch between the antennas are not too far ( up to 10 miles )use a high power laser in order to line up them.
