Chapter 5 Installing The Sector; Scope Of This Chapter; Concepts - Radwin 5000 HPMP User Manual

Scope of this Chapter

Chapter 4, offered an overview of a running Sector as motivation for the technical installa-
tion details set out below.
Assuming that the Sector equipment is in place as described in earlier chapters, sector instal-
lation has two phases:
• Configuring and activating the HBS
• Bringing up the HSUs - configuration and registration
The same RADWIN Manager program is used for both the HBS and the HSUs. Much of the
process is common to both types of ODU. We will cover the HBS in detail; for the HSUs we
will concentrate on those items which are different. In any event, where setup procedures are
common we will point them out.
This chapter covers fixed and nomadic HSU configurations. Mobile HSUs are covered in
Chapter 8.

Concepts

A HBS out of the box, must be configured with
• Basic RF parameters such as frequency band, channel bandwidths and Sector ID
• Networking parameters such as IP address, subnet mask and default gateway
At this point, the HBS ODU is in an inactive state, powered up, configurable but not trans-
mitting anything.
Upon activation, the HBS will commence transmitting and receiving packets related to sec-
tor management only - that is no service. Activation and Deactivation are effected quite sim-
ply by clicking a toggle button.
Assuming that the Sector HSUs are mounted aligned and powered up, the HSUs will dis-
cover the HBS establishing links for management only. At this point the HSUs may be man-
aged over the air.
As soon as the HSUs are configured to your satisfaction, you must register them on the HBS.
Registration of an HSU enables service traffic between the HSU and the HBS. The HBS keeps
track of registered HSUs by maintaining a table of their MAC addresses. Registered fixed
HSUs set an internal flag so that they cannot register simultaneously to more than one HBS.
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