Antenna Sharing Hub User’s Guide
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Contents
1.
INTRODUCTION TO ANTENNA SHARING HUB ................................................................................... 5
1.1
A
NTENNA
S
HARING
................................................................................................................................. 5
1.2
C
OMM
S
COPE
A
NTENNA
S
HARING
H
UB
....................................................................................................... 5
2.
INSTALLATION OF ANTENNA SHARING HUB ..................................................................................... 7
2.1
I
NSTALLATION
........................................................................................................................................ 7
2.2
U
SE
S
CENARIOS
...................................................................................................................................... 9
2.2.1
Scenario 1. All control ports in MRET mode. ................................................................................ 9
2.2.2
Scenario 2. All control ports in SRET mode. ................................................................................ 10
2.2.3
Scenario 3. Mixed MRET/SRET mode control ports. ................................................................... 11
2.2.4
Scenario 4. Mixed RETs mapping. ............................................................................................... 12
3.
CONFIGURATION OF THE ANTENNA SHARING HUB ........................................................................ 13
3.1
A
NTENNA
S
HARING
H
UB
C
ONFIGURATION
T
OOL
........................................................................................ 13
3.2
A
NTENNA
S
HARING
H
UB
C
ONFIGURATION
T
OOL
(O
NLINE MODE
) .................................................................. 15
3.2.1
Launching Antenna Sharing Hub configuration tool ................................................................... 15
3.2.2
Setting up Antenna Sharing Hub configuration tool ................................................................... 16
3.2.3
Connecting with Antenna Sharing Hub ....................................................................................... 17
3.2.4
Changing configuration for Antenna Sharing Hub ...................................................................... 18
3.2.5
Using offline features in online mode .......................................................................................... 23
3.2.6
Protocol modes in configuration for Antenna Sharing Hub ......................................................... 24
3.2.7
Editing saved configuration from file .......................................................................................... 25
3.2.8
Site Reports ................................................................................................................................. 26
3.2.9
Firmware update for Antenna Sharing Hub ................................................................................ 28
3.3
A
NTENNA
S
HARING
H
UB
C
ONFIGURATION
T
OOL
(O
FFLINE MODE
) ................................................................. 31
3.3.1
Launching Antenna Sharing Hub configuration tool ................................................................... 31
3.3.2
Changing configuration for antenna model ................................................................................ 33
3.3.3
Saving configuration for antenna model ..................................................................................... 34
3.3.4
Editing saved configuration from file .......................................................................................... 34
3.4
D
OWNLOADING
A
NTENNA
S
HARING
C
ONFIGURATIONS
U
SING
T
HIRD
P
ARTY
C
ONTROLLERS
................................ 35
4.
APPENDIX ....................................................................................................................................... 36
4.1
A
CRONYMS
......................................................................................................................................... 36
4.2
K
NOWN
L
IMITATION AND
C
ONSTRAINTS
................................................................................................... 37
