Aperto’s Spectral Efficiency
 
Vendor
Raw Bit Rate
Channel Size
Number of Channels Available
Spectral Efficiency
Aperto PacketWave
20 mbps
6 MHz
20
3.3 bps/Hz
Proxim Tsunami Quickbridge
20/40/60 mbps
20 MHz
6
1/2/3 bps/Hz
Motorola Canopy
20 mbps
20 MHz
4
1 bps/Hz
WiLAN
12 mbps
20 MHz
6
0.6 bps/Hz
Redline
54 mbps
20 MHz
6
2.7 bps/Hz
 
Spectrum is the most precious resource that a Wireless Operator has, and being able to pack more bits into a smaller chunk of spectrum, leads to the following benefits:
  • More spectrum left over for future capacity expansion
  • In license exempt bands, more flexibility in finding clean spectrum