Onyx ROM AP Calculator
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📐Calculation Methodology & Reference Tables▾
AP Count — Coverage Model
- Design intent (auto-derived): scored from Density + DL/UL throughput + Use Case → Coverage / Balanced / Capacity-Oriented. No manual design goal needed.
- Indoor base: Coverage 25,000 · Balanced 17,500 · Capacity 10,000 sq ft/AP
- Outdoor base: Env. baseline × intent factor (Coverage 1.0 · Balanced 0.70 · Capacity 0.45)
- Clutter: Low 1.0× · Medium 0.8× · High 0.6×
- 5G DL scale (US): relative to 20 MHz LTE baseline:
DLscale = 10^(10·log10(BW/20)/10)→ 20 MHz=1.0×, 40 MHz=2.0×, 100 MHz=5.0× - EMEA DL scale:
ΔP = 10·log10(P/5W);DLscale = 10^(ΔP/10) - UL cap: Handset 1.1× · Ext. Antenna 1.25× · CPE 1.5×.
Auto = min(DLscale, ULcap) - Coverage formula:
APs_cov = ⌈ Area ÷ (Base × Clutter × Auto × Stance) × (1 + Buffer) ⌉
AP Count — Capacity Model
- Effective devices: Density count × 0.65 concurrency factor
- Per-device representative BW: DL — Light 2 / Moderate 20 / High 75 Mbps; UL — Low 0.5 / Moderate 5 / High 25 Mbps
- Cell capacity: read from 5G SA TDD tables (frame format × BW × UL MIMO) or LTE G100 tables (Config × carrier)
- Capacity formula:
APs_cap = max( ⌈ TotalDL ÷ CellDL ⌉, ⌈ TotalUL ÷ CellUL ⌉ ) - Final count:
APs = max(APs_cov, APs_cap)— the binding constraint is shown in the result
TDD Frame Direction
- Direction score derived from use case + UL throughput + DL throughput
- Surveillance & Machine Vision = UL-dominant → DSUUU / 2D1S7U or LTE Config 6
- AR/VR & AGV = DL-dominant → 7D1S2U / DDDSU or LTE Config 2
- General / IoT = balanced → DDDSU or LTE Config 1
| Format | DL:UL | 20 MHz DL | 20 MHz UL (2×2) | 40 MHz DL | 40 MHz UL (2×2) | 100 MHz DL | 100 MHz UL (2×2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DDDSU | 52:16 | 331.9 | 40.0 | 689.7 | 83.2 | 1776.4 | 214.3 |
| DSUUU | 24:44 | 153.2 | 110.1 | 318.3 | 228.8 | 819.9 | 589.3 |
| 7D1S2U | 108:30 | 344.6 | 37.5 | 716.3 | 78.0 | 1844.8 | 200.9 |
| 2D1S7U | 38:100 | 121.3 | 125.1 | 252.0 | 260.0 | 649.1 | 669.7 |
| UL/DL Config | DL (Mbps) | UL (Mbps) | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Config 1 | 210 | 56 | Balanced DL/UL |
| Config 2 | 290 | 28 | DL-Heavy |
| Config 6 | 170 | 70 | UL-Leaning |