Reusing Channels

Channel re-use is a way of making the best use of the available 5 GHz RF channels in your location. Employ channel re-use if you are:

  • Using more than 4 transceivers
  • And/or the channel availability on your site is limited by other RF traffic

Example of channel re-use

Channel re-use in RF coverage zone

Guidelines

Transceiver RF coverage zones ideally overlap by 20% of the coverage cell

If transceivers are 3m (10 feet) or less apart, for best performance, Clear-Com recommends that adjacent transceivers do not use adjacent channels. Without this gap between channels and transceivers, there is some possibility of interference.

Beltpacks must not see the same channel on more than one transceiver at any one time.

Adjacent transceivers can use the same channels if the channel order is reversed. For example; transceiver A, Channel 1 = 36, Channel 2 = 64. Transceiver B, Channel 1 = 64, Channel 2 = 36. However, the set up point above, (beltpacks do not see more than one transceiver with the same channel at any time) is preferred.