User Guide for FibeAir® IP-20 All-Outdoor Products, CeraOS 10.5
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3.3
Configuring Multi-Carrier ABC
Note:
This option is only relevant for IP-20C and IP-20C-HP units.
This section includes:
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Configuring a Multi-Carrier ABC Group
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Configuring the Multi-Carrier ABC Minimum Bandwidth Override Option
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Adding and Removing Group Members
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Deleting a Multi-Carrier ABC Group
3.3.1
Multi-Carrier ABC Overview
Multi-Carrier Adaptive Bandwidth Control (ABC) enables multiple separate radio
carriers to be shared by a single Ethernet port. This provides an Ethernet link over
the radio with the total sum of the capacity of all the radios in the group, while
still behaving as a single Ethernet interface. In Multi-Carrier ABC mode, traffic is
dynamically divided among the carriers, at the Layer 1 level, without requiring
Ethernet Link Aggregation.
Load balancing is performed regardless of the number of MAC addresses or the
number of traffic flows. During fading events which cause ACM modulation
changes, each carrier fluctuates independently with hitless switchovers between
modulations, increasing capacity over a given bandwidth and maximizing
spectrum utilization. The result is 100% utilization of radio resources in which
traffic load is balanced based on instantaneous radio capacity per carrier.
One Multi-Carrier ABC group that includes both radio interfaces can be configured
per unit. The MRMC scripts for both radio carriers must be identical.
3.3.2
Configuring a Multi-Carrier ABC Group
To configure a Multi-Carrier ABC group:
1 Select
Radio > Groups > Multi Carrier ABC
. The Multi Carrier ABC page opens.
Figure 70: Multi-Carrier ABC Group Page (Empty)
2 Click
Create Group
. The first page of the Create ABC Group wizard opens.