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J-Series Data Radio – User Manual
SmartPath™ and Hybrid Networks
SmartPath™ allows the system designer additional flexibility to create a redundant backbone based on preferred and alternative paths while
deploying remote radios where no configuration is required. This is shown in the network diagram below.
Two Access Points are installed to provide redundancy at the Access Point radio level. These Access Points may be located at different sites,
or they may be co-located. If co-located, the user should implement Multi-Access Point synchronisation to prevent interference between Access
Points.
Three key sites in the network (typically sites where good RF coverage can be provided) are configured as Bridge radios. These can be single
antenna Bridge radios or dual antenna LinkXtend™ bridges depending on the path profile and link requirements. The system designer could then
configure preferred and alternative paths between the Access Points and Bridges as required.
Configurationless Remotes
In some system designs, there will be occasions where radios located on the fringe of the network do not need to provide an alternative path. Since
these radios will not be carrying additional network traffic, there is no need to configure a preferred or alternative path. Instead the Remote radio
is configured to synchronise to any available Access Point radio that has the configured Network name. The system designer can deploy Bridge
radios to provide overlapping RF coverage which would allow a remote to have two possible paths to an Access Point. It is recommend to use
the RSSI Threshold feature to prevent a Remote radio from associating with an Access Point that has poor signal strength. There is no limit to the
number of possible Access Points (or Bridges) a Remote radio can associate with in this mode of operation.
The benefit of configuring Remotes in this mode of operation is that they are essentially Configurationless. Apart from the user configuring the
required User Port, TX Power and Network Name, there is no other configuration required. The user does not need to enter preferred or alternative
Access Points and this allows Remote radios to be pre-configured before deployment into the system.
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