If you’re looking for more technical
details on PLAnet Broadband Fixed Wireless Technology, you’ve come
to the right section. This section provides IT professionals with an in-depth
understanding of the technology behind Canada’s Leading Wireless
Broadband provider. Learn more about our Wireless Technology, Network
Architecture, Licensed Spectrum, Equipment as
well as the implications of Security and Weather.
Fixed Wireless
PLAnet Broadband delivers
Wireless Broadband Services using Fixed Wireless,
which is a technology completely different from Wi-Fi or cellular. Fixed
Wireless uses directional, narrow beam, point-to-point
(PTP) antennas and radios that guarantee network access is available only to the
specific customer who owns the communications link. Each radio at a customer
location has a corresponding radio at the provider’s hub site. In order to
operate, these radios must be pointed directly at each other within the centre
of the beam path with a clear, unobstructed line-of-sight. The physical
configuration and the technology design guard the integrity of customer data.
Fixed Wireless Broadband technology communicates over-the air
using a non-standard protocol that is designed to maintain security and optimize
network performance and availability. Each Wireless
Equipment Manufacturer uses a proprietary, over the-air protocol that makes
it very difficult for any device to intercept and interpret data transmitted
over the wireless link or to alter the protocol.
Network Architecture
The Network Architecture
is specifically designed and engineered for high performance wireless broadband
Internet Protocol (IP) traffic using a combination of Fixed Wireless Point-to-Point
(PTP) and Point-to-Multipoint (PMP) configurations. The
Network Architecture is completely independent from all other wireline
and wireless networks, and supports symmetrical Internet and Ethernet speeds
ranging from 1.5 Mbps to blistering speeds of over 100 Mbps. Each Metro
Area Network (MAN) has dual Internet connections that eliminate any
single point of failure in the network. The Network Architecture
also has the bandwidth capacity always available to reroute traffic along with
back-up power generation equipment for all hub sites.
Equipment
PLAnet Broadband works
with World-Class Technology Partners to ensure our Wireless Broadband
Services leverage the latest and greatest Wireless Technology Equipment
available to our customers.
Weather
We analyze the worst weather data
recorded over the past 30 years to ensure our equipment is engineered and
installed to withstand the worst weather conditions within a specific region.
This includes rain, snow, fog, wind, and temperature. In fact, our equipment is
tested and certified to operate in category 2 hurricane winds as well as at
temperatures ranging from -40 to +50 degrees Celsius.
