We recently deployed the new Basestation XGs at an outdoor concert that had over 10,000 attendees. At previous events, attendees had issues bringing tickets up on their phones via 4g data because of the sheer amount of connections that registered to nearby cell towers. This caused unnecessary delays for the thousands of people trying to check in through the security lines.
Here is a birds eye view of the area to show the extreme density of users we will be serving.
We are allowed to mount to the light poles on the outside, as well as the "front of house" structure in the middle of the seating. Fiber was buried between most of the poles. We had a few poles that needed 60ghz added so we used Siklu multihaul. We hope UBNT comes out with a 60ghz solution as we love the single pane of glass SDN capabilities of the Unifi controller.
As we looked at Wifi vendors, we decided whatever we deployed needed to meet several conditions.
1. IP67 outdoor rated enclosure + Aesthetically pleasing design
2. 802.11 AC Wave2 Mu-Mimo compatibility
3. High quality antennas with variable beamsteering capabilities.
Enter the BaseStationXG!
The XG easily checks off all of our requirements, and we were able to slash our quote significantly. At $1,499 MSRP we are WAY under our previous estimates from other vendors.
The XG touts 3: 4x4 MU-MIMO AC Wave 2 radios under the hood with 3 adjustable antennas that can be independently switched from a 90degree pattern with 10dBi gain or 50 degree pattern with an incredible 15dBi gain on the fly.
This flexibility was essential to us achieving success in a very complex RF design.
We mounted our AP's on the top of the poles. This helped us achieve as much downtilt as possible to limit the cell size of each AP. Combining downtilt with low power is key in a high density environment like this.
We received many compliments for how cool they looked at night. The LEDs are fully adjustable, both intensity and color can be set to whatever value you want.
Here is a neat shot of the front of house equipment shelter.
Here is what our final design looked like from the Unifi Controller.
A bit hard to tell from the picture, but the AP's near the seating all have between 108 to 153 clients attached. A nice balance.
If you click on the image you will see how well the unifi controller balanced the AP's. Using a combination of MinRSSI, Cell Size Tuning, and Minimum Data rates, we created a network that seamlessly handed off client devices from Basestation to Basestation. It takes several days to really nail everything down perfectly, but the end result is truely impressive. The larger concert that is coming this fall will be a true test of the XG. 160 concurrent clients is nothing for these guys.
Around 10k clients, 1,246 connected simultaneously passing 220mbps. This concert was ZZtop performing so it drew more of an older crowd, I expect a much higher usage ratio at future events.
The XG BaseStations performed incredibly well for us, and we look forward to stress testing them more at the next event. I would highly recommend them for anyone looking to install WiFi for a high density event.
And of course, to handle that many clients you need to bring it all home to a very capable router! Like the BaseStation XG, the Unifi XG Gateway did not break a sweat.
We recently deployed the new Basestation XGs at an outdoor concert that had over 10,000 attendees. At previous events, attendees had issues bringing tickets up on their phones via 4g data because of the sheer amount of connections that registered to nearby cell towers. This caused unnecessary delays for the thousands of people trying to check in through the security lines.
Here is a birds eye view of the area to show the extreme density of users we will be serving.
We are allowed to mount to the light poles on the outside, as well as the "front of house" structure in the middle of the seating. Fiber was buried between most of the poles. We had a few poles that needed 60ghz added so we used Siklu multihaul. We hope UBNT comes out with a 60ghz solution as we love the single pane of glass SDN capabilities of the Unifi controller.
As we looked at Wifi vendors, we decided whatever we deployed needed to meet several conditions.
1. IP67 outdoor rated enclosure + Aesthetically pleasing design
2. 802.11 AC Wave2 Mu-Mimo compatibility
3. High quality antennas with variable beamsteering capabilities.
Enter the BaseStationXG!
The XG easily checks off all of our requirements, and we were able to slash our quote significantly. At $1,499 MSRP we are WAY under our previous estimates from other vendors.
The XG touts 3: 4x4 MU-MIMO AC Wave 2 radios under the hood with 3 adjustable antennas that can be independently switched from a 90degree pattern with 10dBi gain or 50 degree pattern with an incredible 15dBi gain on the fly.
This flexibility was essential to us achieving success in a very complex RF design.
We mounted our AP's on the top of the poles. This helped us achieve as much downtilt as possible to limit the cell size of each AP. Combining downtilt with low power is key in a high density environment like this.
We received many compliments for how cool they looked at night. The LEDs are fully adjustable, both intensity and color can be set to whatever value you want.
Here is a neat shot of the front of house equipment shelter.
Here is what our final design looked like from the Unifi Controller.
A bit hard to tell from the picture, but the AP's near the seating all have between 108 to 153 clients attached. A nice balance.
If you click on the image you will see how well the unifi controller balanced the AP's. Using a combination of MinRSSI, Cell Size Tuning, and Minimum Data rates, we created a network that seamlessly handed off client devices from Basestation to Basestation. It takes several days to really nail everything down perfectly, but the end result is truely impressive. The larger concert that is coming this fall will be a true test of the XG. 160 concurrent clients is nothing for these guys.
Around 10k clients, 1,246 connected simultaneously passing 220mbps. This concert was ZZtop performing so it drew more of an older crowd, I expect a much higher usage ratio at future events.
The XG BaseStations performed incredibly well for us, and we look forward to stress testing them more at the next event. I would highly recommend them for anyone looking to install WiFi for a high density event.
And of course, to handle that many clients you need to bring it all home to a very capable router! Like the BaseStation XG, the Unifi XG Gateway did not break a sweat.
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