GigaConnect® 6500AEL
CBRS Multi-Service LTE Router
The BEC 6500AEL series CBRS Multi-Service LTE Router is a high-performance platform, featuring Dual-WAN interfaces (4G/LTE and GigaConnect® Ethernet WAN), 4-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch, USB 2.0, high-power 802.11ac dual-band Wi-Fi access point, hotspot/captive portal, dynamic routing, and robust Firewall security.
The 6500AEL CBRS series router models range from LTE CAT 6 up to LTE CAT 12 providing unprecedented LTE speeds, bandwidth, and network performance in CBRS shared spectrum commercial deployments. Dual WAN connectivity allows the 6500AEL Series to support a variety of wired broadband connection types, FTTH, Cable modems, with data rates reaching up to 1Gbps.
Ideal applications for Residential FWA, Education, Enterprise, Telehealth, Private LTE, In-Building Connectivity
Multi-WAN Connectivity
- Dual-WAN interface can serve as a primary all-in-one connection or drop-in secondary WAN failover for existing networks.
Instant Wireless Failover
- Actively monitors primary connection for fully automated failover ensuring “Always-On’ connectivity
Carrier-Grade Wireless LAN
- 802.11AC Wave 2 Wireless LAN providing up to 1200Mbps 802.11ac (877Mbps on 5GHz and 300Mbps on 2.4Ghz) including Wi-Fi Hotspot & Captive Portal functionality
Gigabit Speeds
- 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports delivering wire speed performance for high-speed applications and services
Advanced Networking
- Integrated Dynamic Routing (BGP, OSPF), Secured VPN Termination (up to 40 simultaneous sessions}, automatic failover, load balancing, SPI Firewall, QoS, VLAN, and IPv6
Robust Protection and Security
- Integrated firewall with Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI), denial of service (DoS) mitigation, filtering, and parental control
6500AEL R18
- CAT 6
- Carrier Aggregation: 2CA DL
- LTE Bands: 41, 48
- LTE Antenna: 4×4 MIMO
6500AEL R20
- CAT 12
- Carrier Aggregation: 3CA DL and 2CA UL
- LTE Bands: 1-5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 41, 46, 48, 66
- LTE Antenna: 4×2 MIMO
6500AEL R21
- CAT 12
- Carrier Aggregation: 3CA DL and 2CA UL
- LTE Bands: 48
- LTE Antenna: 4×4 MIMO
Network Certification: FCC Part 96 Authorized EUD
Availability and Resilience
- Dual-WAN ports (4G & Ethernet WAN)
- Load balancing – Maximizing bandwidth of outbound traffic
- Auto fail-over between 4G and EWAN
Network Protocols and Features
- IPv4, IPv6, IPv4 / IPv6 dual stack
- IP Tunnel IPv6 in IPv4 (6RD)
- IP Tunnel IPv4 in IPv6 (DS-Lite)
- NAT, static routing and RIP-1/2
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) compliant
- Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS)
- Virtual server and DMZ
- SNTP, DNS relay, IGMP proxy, and IGMP snooping for video service
- MLD proxy and MLD snooping for video service
- Supports port-based Virtual LAN (VLAN)
Firewall
- Built-in NAT Firewall
- Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI)
- Prevents DoS attacks including Land Attack, Ping of Death, etc.
- Access Control
- IP Filtering, MAC Filtering, URL Filtering, Carrier-Grade Wireless LAN
- Compliant with IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac standards
- 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz frequency range
- 20/40-MHz channel bandwidth
- Up to 300Mbps (2.4GHz) & 866Mbps (5GHz) wireless data phy rate
- 64/128 bits WEP supported for encryption
- Wireless security with WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, Mixed WPA/WAP2-PSK, (TKIP/AES), 802.1x/Radius
- AP, Client Bridge, and WDS Operational Modes
- Multiple SSID (4 SSIDs), BSSID
- Wireless MAC filtering
- Wireless Client Isolation
- Wi-Fi Hotspot with Captive Portal
- Dynamic, Wi-Fi client rate-limiting
VPN/Tunneling (Optional)
- IPSec VPN Tunneling
- OpenVPN Tunneling
- PPTP VPN Tunneling
- L2TP over IPSec VPN Tunneling
- GRE
- Embedded PPTP / L2TP / IPSec / OpenVPN Client and Server
- IKE Key Management
- MPPE Encryption for PPTP
- IPSec DES, 3DES, and AES encryption
Dynamic Routing Protocols (Optional)
- BGP and OSPF
USB Application Server
- Storage: FTP server and Samba server
Quality of Service Control
- Traffic prioritization based-on IP protocol, port number, and IP address
Management
- Quick Installation Wizard
- Web-based GUI for remote and local management
- Firmware upgrade and configuration data upload and download via web-based GUI and over-the-air
- Supports DHCP server/client/relay
- TR-069 supports remote management
- BECentral® Cloud Management
- SNMP v1, v2, v3, MIB-I, and MIB-ll support
- Syslog monitoring
- SMS Control function for status and reboot
Physical Interface
- 4G LTE Antennas:
R15 / R17AF / R20: Two (2) detachable
R18 / R21: Four (4) detachable - Wi-Fi Antennas:
Four (4) internal antennas
Two (2) external antennas - WAN: 4G/LTE & Ethernet WAN (EWAN)
- Ethernet LAN: 4-port 10/100/1000Mbps auto-crossover (MDI/ MDI-X) switch
- USB 2.0 : One (1) Interface
- SIM Card Slot (2FF)
- Reset Button
- Wireless On/O and WPS Push Button
- Power Jack
- LED Indicators
Physical Specifications
- Dimensions: 9.04″(W) x 6.10”(D4) x 1.69″(H) (229.5 mm x 155 mm x 43 mm)
Power Requirements
- Input: 15V DC, 1.6A
Operating Environment
- Operating temperature: 32 to 104º F (0 to 40º C)
- Storage temperature: – 4 to 158º F (- 20 to 70º C)
- Humidity: 20 ~ 95% non-condensing