Antennas; Antennas And Installation Scenarios; Coexistence Of Radio Standards; Vehicular 5-In-1 And 2-In-1 Installation And Deployment Notes - Cisco IR829 Hardware Installation Manual

Product Overview

Antennas

NOTE: Before performing a write erase and reboot on the IR829, review the details in the
Software Configuration Guide.
Antennas
The IR829 has RP-TNC connectors for Wi-Fi and TNC connectors for cellular. The IR829 also has an SMA connector for a GPS antenna.
Standard antennas are:
 Two multiband swivel-mount dipole antennae (ANT-4G-DP-IN-TNC) and one extender (4G-AE010-R).
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WLAN: Three Cisco Multiband Swivel-Mount Dipole Antennae. (AIR-ANTM2050D-R) for WLAN functionality.
For detailed information about Cisco Antennas, please refer to the following guides:
Cisco Industrial Routers Antenna Guide:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/connectedgrid/antennas/installing-combined/industrial-routers-antenna-guide.html
Cisco Aironet Antennas and Accessories Reference Guide
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/wireless/aironet-antennas-accessories/product_data_sheet09186a008008883b.html

Antennas and Installation Scenarios

NOTE: Before choosing your antenna type and installation scenario, read through the following information.

Coexistence of radio standards:

When operating and planning installation of products with WiFi, 4G LTE, and GPS wireless standards coexisting on the IR829 platform,
the user needs to provision greater than 15dB isolation between the WiFi and LTE antennas at all frequencies of 4G LTE and WiFI operation
for minimum impact to performance.
Ideally, isolation should be 20-25dB or more. Specifically, users should not install 4G LTE dipoles and WiFi dipoles on the chassis at the
same time, since doing so would generally result in less than 15dB isolation and may have a strong impact on performance depending on
frequency bands in question.

Vehicular 5-in-1 and 2-in-1 installation and deployment notes

In the section that follows, the 5-in-1 antenna refers to ANT-5-4G2WL2G1-O, and 2-in-1 antenna refers to ANT-2-WLAN-D-O.
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