RadioOS Prime

RadioOS Prime#

RadioOS Prime#

RadioOS Prime is a software for wireless, point-to-point data transmission using single 802.11a radio. It may be used with dedicated hardware platforms, eg. RouterBOARD RB411.

Transmission is realized using Time-Division Duplex (TDD) technique. It is an algorithm which ensures no medium access collisions and which precisely controls bandwidth allocation to both link sides. Communication is divided into time windows, which in alternate manner enforce transmission by only one link side at the same time

Installation guide

Performance#

Measured performance of RadioOS Prime system installed on RB411AH platform.

	Ethernet throughput	FTP throughput
Half-Duplex	97 Mbps	92 Mbps
Full-Duplex	97 Mbps	84 Mbps
Zagregowana	194 Mbps	168 Mbps

Features#

• radio frequency selection in range of 4.9GHz - 6.1GHz with 5MHz step
• 4 channel widths: 5Mhz, 10MHz, 20MHz, 40MHz
• automatic selection of modulation, transmit power and radio frame length
• automatic AES-CCMP encryption of transmission
• enforce strict order of Ethernet frames or allow reordering
• interactive WWW interface
• console interface available through SSH protocol
• works as a fully transparent Ethernet bridge
• supports management through VLAN
• STP (IEEE 802.1D) support
• fully translated to English and Polish

Radio gear#

RadioOS supports IEEE 802.11a radio modules based on Atheros chipsets. In particular, it can work with:

• AR5414 - eg. Ubiquiti XR5, UB5
• AR5213 - eg. Wistron CM9, Ubiquiti SR5

Link performance is highly dependent on quality of antenna. It is recommended to use products of renown vendors, like MTI, Mars, etc.

Hardware platforms supported by RadioOS#

	RadioOS Prime	RadioOS Bis
RouterBOARD RB411
RouterBOARD RB411AH
RouterBOARD RB433
RouterBOARD RB433AH

platform recommended due to processor performance
supported platform
unsupported platform

Installation and registration of RadioOS#

Below a step-by-step instruction of RadioOS installation and registration in ASN Online is provided. After going through all steps, hardware platform and software is ready for further configuration.

RadioOS installation and registration guide

Screenshot gallery#