Currently have up and running a Private LTE CBRS network. Im working on installing Avigilon Multisensor cameras on the network (in an enclosure on a pole, yes outside… I know 
and they are pushing just a bit more than the network can handle. I have single cams that are fine and pushing about 10-14 megs of upload. My network limitations are about 20meg up on. I currently have Peplink BR1 ENT (CAT 12) routers connected to the Multisensor cameras (270 degree with 3 cams in one enclosure) but receiving chop occasionally. Image quality is great but the busy times are causing chop or frame freezing or what ever its called. Its maxing out the upload. My question is, If I buy and install the Peplink MAX Transit Single LTE-A PRO MAX-TST (CAT-18) single modem, four antennas (MIMO 4x), CAT 18, I want to verify if I use a MIMO 4x antenna I will automatically get “carrier aggregation” (two channels for faster speed) due to the four antennas (4x MIMO) from the single carrier? without any special config? Am I asking too much? Don’t need or want to use Speed fusion to and end device like a cam. just need better up load.
Your existing router is good. The one your propose is better and the MAX BR1 Pro 5G is even better – for very little more $$.
However … A router that is capable of CA such as the one you mention and I proposed may still be limited by what your carrier offers. I have a couple of examples: One of our sites has a CAT18 Transit with four great antennas in a good location. We rarely see CA with AT&T. When the router is under great load it’s more likely but then reports it switches back to LTE shortly thereafter – always with good signal metrics. One of our customers has TMO service with a Pro 5G and it’s always running 4G CA or 5G – but we can’t predict which it will be. Bottom line: You may have a very capable router but it’s the carrier that determines “how it works” on their network.
So, will you “automatically [emphasis added] get ‘carrier aggregation?’” No. It’s the network that will make that decision . However, one thing for certain, if you don’t have the right equipment you never will. Your suggestion of considering a MIMO router that requires four antennas is exactly right for your application in my view.
I’ll also mention one other thing (which I suspect you know): The carriers, at least in the USA, vary hugely vis-a-vis coverage and throughput. That’s another variable which must be considered.
One final, possibly unrelated, comment: I’m aware of at least two situations where Layer 1 and 2 were designed and nailed up beautifully and the same symptoms you see were observed. The issue, it turned out, was the NVR rather than the transport side of things. ;<)
Thank you for your reply, this helps. Its a private network for a university we partnered with so we could run a bunch of case studies and we have control of it. We are a small carrier and parked a core in their server room and using our sims. first time with cameras… I can watch the upload climb on the camera as activity rises. Thanks for the vote of equipment, will get a couple sent my way… do you have any preference on antennas? Peplink? Proxicast?
Proxicast antennas are fine. We tend to furnish Peplink antennas if they have one suitable for the application.
I’ll be glad to give you a quote if you like.
With Avigilon, you can set up variable bitrate with a cap to control your bandwidth. Happy to go into more details if you want to chat.
I would love to hear how this is going! I regularly work with Avigilon and IP video systems.