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Canopy

400 Series User Guide

(OFDM AP and SM)

Supplement to the Canopy System Release 8 User Guide

Version: 1

Issued: April, 2008

Summary of Contents for 5440AP - Canopy 5.4 GHz AP

Page 1: ...Canopy 400 Series User Guide OFDM AP and SM Supplement to the Canopy System Release 8 User Guide Version 1 Issued April 2008 ...

Page 2: ...es in Section 2 on page 6 Trademarks Product Names and Service Names MOTOROLA the stylized M Logo Canopy and all other trademarks indicated as such herein are registered trademarks of Motorola Inc Reg US Pat Tm Office MOTOwi4 is a trademark of Motorola Inc All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners 2008 Motorola Inc All rights reserved http www motorola com cano...

Page 3: ...ions 33 Table 7 Disclosure Table 36 Table 8 Exposure Separation Distances 36 Table 9 Calculated Exposure Distances and Power Compliance Margins 37 List of Figures Figure 1 Canopy 400 Series OFDM SM with integrated antenna or OFDM AP connectorized without antenna 6 Figure 2 Canopy 400 Series OFDM AP connectorized radio and antenna 7 Figure 3 LOS nLOS and NLOS 8 Figure 4 Dynamic Rate Adapt on AP Con...

Page 4: ...dition to Canopy knowledge and experience this guide assumes that the reader has general RF Radio Frequency and Internet Protocol IP knowledge and background 1 1 ABBREVIATIONS The following abbreviations may be used in these notes 1X 1X operation with typical max aggregate up and down throughput of 7 Mbps 2 Mbps for 900 MHz 2X 2X operation with typical max aggregate up and down throughput of 14 Mb...

Page 5: ...mmunity Forum at http motorola canopywireless com support community 3 Consider checking the Canopy Knowledge Base at http motorola canopywireless com support knowledge 4 Escalate the problem to your Canopy supplier or reseller 5 Escalate the problem to Canopy Technical Support or other designated Tier 3 technical support Worldwide Canopy Technical Support email technical support canopywireless com...

Page 6: ...ure 2 An Access Point consists of a connectorized antenna and a connectorized radio sold as a kit The connectorized radio looks like an SM with the addition of a short length of coax and an N type connector Model No 5440APC the CAP 54400 5 4 GHz Canopy OFDM Access Point is sold as a connectorized radio without antenna with the antenna to be provided by the operator This AP has the same form factor...

Page 7: ...ain all of which combine to provide longer range within regulatory specified EIRP Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power Details on performance are listed in Table 1 on page 11 The Canopy 400 Series radios use an OFDM physical layer with 10 MHz channels and 256 sub carriers Due to the different carrier and modulation schemes between Canopy 400 Series radios and standard Canopy radios the two do not i...

Page 8: ...s Extend networks into areas with foliage 2 3 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS RF IP DFS The Canopy 400 Series product uses the Canopy Media Access Controller MAC layer This means that settings like Downlink Data Range and Control Slots will look very familiar to operators and an AP can communicate to over 200 SMs just as Canopy does The GUI Graphical User Interface is almost identical to Canopy s with a few...

Page 9: ...DC power supplies can power Canopy 400 Series radios for shorter runs Earlier versions of SM 24 VDC power supplies especially the earlier heavier transformers cannot The best practice is to use 30 VDC power supplies with Canopy 400 Series APs and SMs and avoid potential issues and cable length specific engineering Due to the full metallic connection to the tower or support structure through the AP...

Page 10: ...wer with the factory default set to 10 dBm 12 5 W DC power Same form factor as SM 2 8 lb 13 25 x 8 25 x 3 75 in hwd 1 3 kg 34 x 21 x 9 5 cm Technical details for the SM Model No 5440SM include Radio with an integrated internal antenna 18 x 18 3 dB beam 17 dBi gain for antenna Auto TPC Transmit Power Control set by the AP to provide power leveling for close in SMs with a range of 30 to 10 dBm and a...

Page 11: ...5 mi 8 km 2 5 mi 4 km 1 25 mi 2 km Typical Maximum Aggregate up down Throughput 7 Mbps 14 Mbps 21 Mbps 5 4 GHz OFDM Nominal Receive Sensitivity including FEC 89 dBm 78 dBm 70 dBm Modulation 2 level FSK 4 level FSK none Typical Maximum Range 2 mi 3 2 km 1 mi 1 6 km none Typical Maximum Aggregate up down Throughput 7 Mbps 14 Mbps none 5 4 GHz FSK for comparison Nominal Receive Sensitivity 86 dBm 70 ...

Page 12: ...on are shown in Table 2 These vary by region due to different band edge RF specifications for example between Canada US and Europe requirements in Europe and Canada to not impinge on the frequencies between 5600 and 5650 MHz which are frequencies on which some weather radar operate Table 2 Channel Center Frequencies by Region Region Range of Center Frequencies Available MHz on 5 MHz centers within...

Page 13: ...depending on the specifics of the environment Similar to standard Canopy at any given instant any radios not operating at 3X take twice for 2X or three times for 1X as much air time to transmit a given amount of data as if they were running at 3X Similar to standard Canopy Canopy 400 Series modules may see reduced total throughput when handling traffic with a high percentage of small packets The e...

Page 14: ...the AP However due to the different physical layer between Canopy OFDM and Canopy FSK this doesn t necessarily work when collocating OFDM and FSK together You will need to use frame calculators on both the OFDM and FSK modules as they are different frame calculators For the same Downlink Data Range and Control Slots the frame calculators give different results Use of the frame calculators is simil...

Page 15: ...Q every data slot of every frame sent over the air is expected to be acknowledged by the receiver and if acknowledgement is not received the data is resent The sending unit monitors these resends and adjusts the operation rate accordingly A normal system may have links that move from 3X to 2X and back or 1X as the RF environment changes or links Furthermore the links operate independently and it i...

Page 16: ...rate dynamically General link troubleshooting Note that it is useful for as many links as possible to run at 3X to provide as much capacity as possible for the sector In particular just because you want to limit throughput to an individual subscriber does not mean you should set that link to 1X operation Use MIR Maximum Information Rate settings to cap the SM s bandwidth use but let the link run a...

Page 17: ...f their proximity and full power isn t needed or in cases where an operator is trying to reduce interference from the Canopy system to other systems Each SM s Transmitter Output Power is automatically set by the AP not by the operator The AP s Auto TPC Transmit Power Control sets each SM s Transmitter Output Power to the lesser of 10 dBm the maximum allowed on the SM since it has an integrated 17 ...

Page 18: ...erved for SMs bandwidth requests and never handle data A higher number of control slots gives higher probability that an SM s bandwidth request will be heard when the system is heavily loaded but with the tradeoff that sector capacity is reduced by about 100 kbps for each Control Slot configured so there will be less capacity to handle the request Uplink Data Slots are used first for data but if n...

Page 19: ...ments to avoid certain frequencies used by some weather radar To meet this requirement modules set to a Region Code of Canada or Europe will display the center channel frequencies shown in Table 2 on page 12 on the AP s Carrier Frequency pop up and on the SM s Frequency Scan Selection List Table 4 shows the details of DFS operation and channels available for each Region Code Table 4 Release 8 4 Op...

Page 20: ...equency it may connect to a different AP or BHM if color codes AP transmitting frequencies and SM scanned frequencies support that connection To simplify operation and ensure compliance an SM takes on the DFS type of the AP it is registering to For example when an SM in Europe registers to an AP with the Region Code set to Europe that SM will use ETSI DFS no matter what its Region Code is set to e...

Page 21: ...nitial configuration after a module is reset to factory defaults or after a module is upgraded An AP will not transmit if the Region Code is configured to None IMPORTANT On APs received from the factory with Region Code set to None the operator must set the Region Code before the module will transmit The same is true of APs which have been reset to factory defaults Figure 5 Region Code on AP Confi...

Page 22: ...DFS behavior and displays the AP s Region Code on its Home General Status page as shown in Figure 7 The two Region Codes should be the same in normal operation but will not be the same if for example as shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7 an SM configured with a Region Code of None has registered to anAP with a Region Code of Europe Figure 6 Configured Region Code on SM Configuration General page Figur...

Page 23: ...t radar is detected and the main frequency is locked out due to DFS detection If these are left at None no backup frequencies will be used in the case of DFS detection and the AP will lock itself out from any transmission for 30 minutes If radar is detected on the main frequency either at startup or during operation a Channel Availability Check will be performed on the 1 st alternate frequency bef...

Page 24: ...he module will adjust its DFS sensitivity to radar signals so as to avoid false positives caused by the additional gain IMPORTANT If an SM displays an External Antenna Gain field on the Configuration Radio page set the field to 17 dBi If the SM displays an External Antenna Gain field on the Configuration Radio page set it to 17 dBi disregarding that the SM s 17 dBi antenna is internal to the unit ...

Page 25: ... parameters are configured the same as they are in standard Canopy These include High Priority DiffServ NAT DHCP VLAN MIR and CIR MIR and CIR work the same as in standard Canopy but the operator may or may not want to take advantage of the higher MIR possible to provide greater bandwidth to a given SM 4 6 PARAMETERS THAT ARE NOT CONFIGURABLE Canopy 400 Series radios use FEC Forward Error Correctio...

Page 26: ...tter case where the antenna is purchased separately by the operator A short coaxial cable from the radio terminates in a male N connector The antenna has a chassis mounted female N connector The antenna includes tower mount brackets with adjustable down tilt Installing an AP typically consists of 4 phases 1 Configuring the AP in a depot or at the job site using the information and decisions from s...

Page 27: ... 3 Connect the radio to the antenna by sliding it into the captive space Secure the radio to the antenna using the two bolts provided 4 Assemble the lower bracket on the antenna assembly Although it may seem intuitive to attach both brackets to the tower or pole and then hang the antenna it usually works better to have the bottom bracket already attached to the antenna before climbing 5 Weatherpro...

Page 28: ...tower climbing and connect the upper bracket to a pole mounting fixture or the tower 7 Hang the antenna assembly on the upper bracket 8 Connect the lower bracket to the pole or tower using the quick connect system provided 9 The quick connect system allows easy attachment and detachment and adjustment without any lose parts ...

Page 29: ...ially formulated so as to be uniformly non conducting The best practice is to use enough grease to fill the RJ 45 female connector and then insert the RJ 45 male connector and push the grease further into the Canopy unit and around the RJ 45 connector Excess grease can be wiped over the connector area to provide some resistance to water ingress around the connector 3 Use a 600SSC surge suppressor ...

Page 30: ...ion scheme and and up to 3 600SSCs can be used in line on Ethernet links terminated to the CMMmicro 5 2 INSTALLING AN SM SM installation is very similar to installing standard Canopy SMs as described in the Canopy System Release 8 User Guide with the differences outlined below Use an SMMB2 SM mounting bracket not an SMMB1 typically used with standard Canopy SMs The Canopy 400 Series SM is heavier ...

Page 31: ...tive not absolute value The Receive Power Level on a module is useful during installation to aid in aiming where relative values over a short period of time are of interest However the displayed Receive Power Level is not designed to be highly accurate over time Even if the actual received power is not varying the displayed Receive Power Level will vary with board level temperature and may vary fr...

Page 32: ...This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the US FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can ...

Page 33: ...esired operation Users should be cautioned to take note that in Canada high power radars are allocated as primary users meaning they have priority of 5650 5850 MHz and these radars could cause interference and or damage to license exempt local area networks LELAN This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to RSS 210 of Industry Canada T...

Page 34: ... EU in accordance with ECC DEC 04 08 and are CE marked to show compliance with the European Radio Telecommunications Terminal Equipment R TTE directive 1999 5 EC The relevant Declaration of Conformity can be found at http motorola canopywireless com doc php A European Commission decision implemented by Member States on 31 October 2005 makes the frequency band 5470 5725 MHz available in all EU Memb...

Page 35: ...o it has no rights against harmful interference even if generated by similar equipment and cannot cause harmful interference on systems operating as primary applications 6 2 10 Labeling and Disclosure Table for China The People s Republic of China requires that Motorola s products comply with China Management Methods CMM environmental regulations China Management Methods refers to the regulation M...

Page 36: ...n in Table 8 Table 8 Exposure Separation Distances Module Type Separation Distance from Persons Canopy 400 Series OFDM AP or SM At least 20 cm approx 8 in Canopy Module for comparison At least 20 cm approx 8 in Section 6 3 1 and Table 9 give details and discussion of the associated calculations 6 3 1 Details of Exposure Separation Distances Calculations and Power Compliance Margins Limits and guid...

Page 37: ...or each frequency band and antenna combination Table 9 Calculated Exposure Distances and Power Compliance Margins Variable Frequency Band Antenna P G S d calcu lated Recom mended Separation Distance Power Compliance Margin Integrated 17 dBi 0 05 W 10 dBm 5 0 17 dB 10 W m 2 6 cm 20 cm 8 in 10 5 4 GHz Connectori zed 17 dBi 0 05 W 10 dBm 316 17 dB 10 W m 2 6 cm 20 cm 8 in 10 The Recommended Distances...

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