INTRODUCTION
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INTRODUCTION
Mars is a radio hardware platform within the Airlink radio networks. The Mars radio can is a
software defined radio that can be configured as a base station (BS) with BS5000 software.
The Airlink radio network can be made up of Mars radios or used in conjunction with Siemens
other hardware platforms to build a multi-cell, point-to-multipoint (PtMP) networks using IEEE
802.16 – 2017 wideband or narrowband technology. Due to its design, the radio can be used
through a wide range of frequencies 70 MHz to 6 GHz using channel sizes ranging from 12.5
kHz to 10 MHz.
The radio can be configured locally or remotely using Siemens’ Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Apollo or using SSH or WinSCP. It is recommended for customers to use the GUI Apollo.
Figure 2-1 A53685 Airlink Mars System