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Aether RF radio technology for access control

A whitepaper from Aether RF

Access control messages are small, and every one has to arrive. Aether RF's engineering team explains how the radio in KNECT and the Wiegand Wave 150 gets them through obstructions and competing radio traffic.

The cover of the Aether RF whitepaper, Radio Technology for Access Control, published Q4 2026

What the whitepaper covers

  • Why access control asks different things of a radio than streaming or file transfer
  • How direct sequence spread spectrum recovers a message when interference disturbs part of it
  • Frequency hopping, transmit power up to 1 watt, and the link budget behind usable range
  • How the 900 MHz band compares with 2.4 GHz through and around obstructions
  • Where the access decision is made in a bridge and in KNECT Core Access, and what that means for response time
  • What a headline range figure leaves out about a real site
Get the whitepaper

11 pages, PDF

Inside the whitepaper

  • Page 4 of the whitepaper

    Page 4 How Aether RF's DSSS radio helps deliver dependable messages in access control

  • Page 7 of the whitepaper

    Page 7 Understanding the radio link budget

  • Page 9 of the whitepaper

    Page 9 Why 900 MHz matters in practical applications

Where to send the whitepaper

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