Live capture
531 Mbps, recorded live
A real measurement run reaching 531 Mbps upload — captured live, not a synthetic figure.
Deployment
Deploys like building blocks
One block, or a whole managed field network. The 5G SBBD adapts to any scenario with the same simple, snap-together logic — fast to set up, redundant at every level, and run end-to-end from your phone.
Explore the deployment topologiesDeployment topologies
Six ways to stand it up
From a single-block island to a bonded multi-backhaul ring — every topology uses the same kit. Pick the one that fits your coverage, redundancy, and power requirements.
Internet
Starlink
5G SBBD
SBBP
AC
Built on industry-standard kit
Runs on rental gear you already own
The system is engineered around the accessories every broadcast and rental house already stocks — so a deployment draws on existing inventory instead of forcing new, proprietary hardware. Standard kit, lower cost, instant availability anywhere in the world.
Broadcast camera batteries
SBBP and SBBPr accept the camera batteries every production already carries — order the SBBP/SBBPr with a Gold-mount, V-mount or VCLX interface to match your fleet. Any chemistry, any capacity, anything from 9.5 V up to 48 V feeds the system directly — so it even runs straight off a car battery via a 3-pin power XLR to crocodile clamps.
LEMO SMPTE hybrid cabling
The ring runs on standard LEMO SMPTE 311M optical-copper hybrid cable — the same fibre-and-power cable OB vans use for broadcast cameras, so it's available off the shelf in any length, anywhere. Field-proven, ruggedised and weatherproof, with a robustness the industry already trusts.
Standard stands & mounts
A rear tool-less VESA interface (4× M6) plus a universal stud let the node drop onto almost any mounting system rated for a 5 kg load — light stands, tripods, super clamps, magic arms, truss clamps. It's 28 mm Junior and 5/8 in Baby pin compatible, and the VESA pattern opens up the full range of RAM Mounts hardware too.
Redundancy & ease of use
Resilient by default, simple by design
Every layer of the system has a fallback — power, backhaul, data path, topology. And the entire setup is run from a phone, with continuous radio-environment awareness so you deploy with confidence.
Power
Battery UPS in the SBBP case plus DC ring power from an SBBPr — the node rides straight through a mains loss.
Backhaul
Multiple WAN links — Starlink, fiber, 60 GHz, LTE — bonded into one pool with automatic failover.
Data path
Closed-ring mode runs dual fibre paths, so traffic reroutes instantly around a severed segment.
Topology
Open-ring and chain modes keep every reachable node online after a segment is lost.
Full radio-environment awareness
An independent integrated 5G modem scanner sweeps the surrounding spectrum every five minutes — every operator, band, bandwidth and signal level around you, with RSRP, RSRQ, SINR and cell IDs. Paired with phone-run setup, you deploy with complete awareness of the RF environment and full confidence.
Scans every 5 minRSRP · RSRQ · SINRPer-band spectrum viewPhone-run setup
Field test · proven coverage
Field test coverage
Measured footprint from a single node at a deliberately low antenna height — a worst-case mounting that still blanketed the whole flat.
Power & runtime
Plan a battery deployment
One SBBP power case feeds a single 5G SBBD. Load it with 2–3 camera batteries, add the gear you'll run, and see how long it stays up off-grid.
Power source
Batteries
Backhaul links
Local loads
ACmains
Continuous power — batteries act as UPS backup
hrs
Total draw
UPS backup if AC drops:
- One SBBP powers a single 5G SBBD.
- No AC in — runs on battery and injects no power into the ring at this point.
Performance · lab-measured
Headroom you can build on
These are ideal lab-environment measurements — not field guarantees — but they show the maximum capacity the system can deliver, especially the upload performance professional production depends on. Real-world figures are on the spec sheets.
584Mbps
Peak upload · single UE
Ideal lab, single UE — a breakthrough for a system this size. OpenSpeedTest: 287.5 ↓ / 584.0 ↑ · 18 ms ping · 0.2 ms jitter.
Two UEs at once 439 Mbps shared upload
An iPhone and a 5G dongle running a speed test simultaneously. Add the two uploads — 175.6 + 263.8 Mbps — and that's the real shared headroom the system delivers with two UEs pushing at the same time.
- iPhone UE
- 172.2 ↓ / 175.6 ↑
- 5G dongle UE
- 287.5 ↓ / 263.8 ↑
- Combined upload
- ≈ 439 Mbps
Haivision StreamHub 13–16 ms under UHD load
A StreamHub VM running on the system, ingesting UHD at 85 Mbit/s. The link held 13–16 ms RTT for over 90 seconds before settling to the typical 20–30 ms — extraordinary latency for a system this size.
- Stream
- UHD · 85.3 Mb/s
- Best RTT
- 13–16 ms (>90 s)
- Typical RTT
- 20–30 ms
- Dropped packets
- 0
Bands & RF
Spectrum & signal
Private 5G NR Standalone across CBRS and C-band — up to 100 MHz channels, 2×2 MIMO and high directional gain drive the upload headroom above.
- Bands
- n48-CBRS · n77 · n78 · n79
- Channel BW
- Up to 100 MHz (n77/78/79)
- MIMO
- 2×2 DL / UL
- Antennas
- 11 dBi 40° internal · 8 dBi omni external
- TX power
- Up to 24 dBm per port
- Field · 100 MHz
- ~220 Mbps UL / ~190 Mbps DL
- Field · 40 MHz
- ~100 Mbps UL / ~90 Mbps DL
- Peak · 100 MHz
- ~550 Mbps UL / ~280 Mbps DL
- Peak · 40 MHz
- ~220 Mbps UL / ~160 Mbps DL
Measured in an ideal lab environment — indicative of maximum capacity, not a field guarantee. See the spec sheets for real-world figures.