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Chapter 1: Product description
This chapter provides a high-level description of 450 Platform Family products. It describes in general
terms the function of the product, the main product variants and the main hardware components. The
following topics are described in this chapter:
l Overview of the 450 Platform Family on page "Overview of the 450 Platform Family " below
introduces the key features, typical uses, product variants and components of the 450 Platform
Family.
l Wireless operation on page "Wireless operation" on page36 describes how the 450 Platform
Family wireless link is operated, including modulation modes and spectrum management.
l System management on page "System management" on page40 introduces the 450 Platform
Family management system, including the web interface, configuration, security, alerts and
recovery.
Overview of the 450 Platform Family
This section introduces the key features, typical uses, product variants and components of the 450
Platform Family.
Purpose
Cambium 450 Platform Family products are designed for Ethernet bridging over point-to-point and point-
to- multipoint microwave links in unlicensed and lightly- licensed frequency bands 900MHz, 2.4 GHz,
3.5/3.65 GHz and 4.9 to 5.925 GHz.
Users must ensure that the 450 Platform Family complies with local operating regulations.
The 450 Platform Family acts as a transparent bridge between two or more segments of the operator’s
network. In this sense, it can be treated as a virtual wired connection among points. The 450 Series
platform forwards 802.3 Ethernet frames destined for the other part of the network and filters frames it
does not need to forward.
450 Platform Family
The 450 Series platform supports following:
l PMP_450m_Series
l PMP/PTP_450i_Series
l PMP/PTP_450b_Series
l PMP/PTP_450_Series
l PMP_450_MicroPoP_Series
l PMP/PTP_450b_Retro_Series
PMP 450 m Series
The PMP 450m Series AP is a revolutionary product which is based on Multi-User Multiple-Input and
Multiple-Output (MU-MIMO) technology. By combining a sophisticated beam forming antenna array with
multiple transceivers, Cambium Networks is using leading edge technology to provide a substantial shift
upward in capacity per sector.