Doodle Labs NM DB 3N User Manual

User Manual

NM-DB-3

Rugged/Military grade 2.4/5 GHz 3x3 MIMO Wi-Fi® Radio Transceivers

Features

 Qualcomm-Atheros AR9590-AR1B Chipset with Extended Temperature Range
 Up to 450 Mbps Throughput with 3x3 MIMO Technology
 Calibrated High Power 2.4 GHz (29 dBm) and 5 GHz operation (27 dBm) for Extended Range
 Supported Ath9k Linux Driver
 MiniPCIE Interface

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model No. NM-DB-3

Qualcomm Atheros

MAC Chipset

Software Support

Center Frequency Range

Channel Bandwidth* 20, 40 MHz channels
Radio Modulation (Dynamic

Link Adaptation)

Data Rates Supported

QCA9590-AR1B with Extended Temperature range for Outdoor and
Rugged models)

Linux Drivers

ath9k

5.180 GHz -5.240 Ghz & 5.745 GHz -5.825 Ghz

2.412 GHz ~ 2.484 GHz
This varies by the regulatory domain

BPSK, QPSK, 16 QAM, and 64 QAM (5.x GHz)
CCK, BPSK, QPSK, 16 QAM, and 64 QAM (2.4 GHz)

802.11a: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48 and 54 Mbps (5.x GHz)

802.11n: MCS0-23 (5.x and 2.4 GHz)

802.11b/g: 1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48 and 54 Mbps (2.4 GHz)

 802.11n and b/g Beam Forming

 Packet aggregation: A-MPDU (Tx/Rx), A-MSDU (Tx/Rx), Maximal

802.11n version 2.0
Capabilities

ratio combining (MRC), Cyclic shift diversity (CSD), Frame
aggregation, block ACK, 802.11e compatible bursting, Spatial
multiplexing, cyclic-delay diversity (CDD), low-density parity check
(LDPC), Space Time Block Code (STBC)

 Phy data rates up to 450 Mbps (40 MHz channel)

Operating Modes

MAC Protocol

Wireless Error Correction FEC, ARQ

Wireless Data Security

FIPS Certification

Tx/Rx
Specification

5 GHz (20 MHz Channel)

802.11a, STBC BPSK 1/2 25.18 -96

802.11a, STBC 64 QAM 3/4 25.09 -81

MIMO BPSK 1/2 25.09 -93

MIMO 16 QAM 3/4 25.09 -83
MIMO 64 QAM 5/6 25.09 -72

5 GHz (40 MHz Channel)

MIMO BPSK 1/2 22.93 -90

MIMO 16 QAM 3/4 22.93 -79
MIMO 64 QAM 5/6 22.93 -69

Radio

Modulation

AP, STA and Adhoc modes to implement Point to Point, Point to multi
Point

TDD with Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance
(CSMA/CA)

128 bit AES, WEP, TKIP and WAPI hardware encryption. Support for
IEEE 802.11d, e, h, i, k, r, v, w and time stamp standards

Loop back mode to facilitate FIPS AES certification, Small packet size
(96 bytes) in AES encryption at full packet rate

Coding Rate

Max Tx Power

Rx Sensitivity

(Typ)

2.4 GHz (20 MHz Channel)

802.11b, STBC 1 Mbps CCK 27.32 -100

802.11g, STBC 64 QAM 3/4 27.16 -80

802.11n, MIMO BPSK 1/2 26.84 -92

802.11n, MIMO 16 QAM 3/4 26.84 -82