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  • Page 1 Aperto PacketMAX PacketMAX 5000 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual 10007678 Rev J (April 2008)
  • Page 2 PacketMax 100 Installation and Operation ©Copyright 2008 by Aperto Networks All rights reserved. Specifications subject to change. Aperto, PacketWave, PacketMax, and WaveCenter are trademarks of Aperto Networks. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners. Aperto Networks 598 Gibraltar Drive, Milpitas, CA 95035 USA Phone: 408.719.9977...
  • Page 3 Declaration of Conformity Aperto Networks Inc. of 1637 S. Main Street, Milpitas CA 95037, USA, declare under our sole responsibility that the product PacketMax 5000 system to which this declaration relates, is in conformity with the following standards and/or other normative documents.
  • Page 4 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive Compliance Aperto Network products sold within the European Union (EU) are subject to the requirements of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive; as implemented by national legislation in each EU country. The objectives of the Directive are to reduce the environmental impacts of WEEE by promoting re-use and recycling, as an alternative to disposal.

  • Page 5: Scope Of This Manual

    • PacketMax 100/300 Installation and Operation User Manual Scope of This Manual This manual documents the PacketMax 5000 Base Station Unit (BS). It provides the following information: • Chapter 1 Overview of Base Station: Provides the conceptual overview of the PacketMax System.

  • Page 6: Conventions Used In This Manual

    Installation of radio equipment involves numerous factors, such as lightning and weather protection, requiring considerable expertise. It is assumed that equipment installers are professionals with knowledge of the principles, standard practices, pro- Preface - ii PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678, Rev J...

  • Page 7: General Cautions And Warnings

    Indoor Unit and equipment connected to it from damage resulting from AC current surges, lightning, etc. For complete protection, all connections to the Indoor Unit (i.e., from radio/antenna and PC/hub) should be connected to a surge PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678, Rev J Preface - iii...

  • Page 8: What Is New

    See Upgrades. VLAN See VLAN Mode. MSC FacePlate features See Main System Controller Card. Hot-Swap See Hot Swap. Auto-Provisioning See Provisioning the Base Sta- tion with WaveCenter EMS. Preface - iv PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678, Rev J...

  • Page 9: Revision History

    Pont-to-Point Mode allows you to increase the number of supported hosts up to 7500. For more information on Point-to-Point Mode, please refer to the Point-to- Point Mode section. 0984 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678, Rev J Preface - v...
  • Page 10 Preface Preface - vi PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678, Rev J...

  • Page 11: Table Of Contents

    WSC-48 Hot Swap ....... . . 2-16 TOC-1 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 12 Serial Connection Instructions ......2-21 PacketMax 5000 Rear Panel ....... . . 2-22 Grounding .
  • Page 13 Appendix C. Cables, Spares and Accessories PacketMax 5000 Products and Accessories ..... C-1 Cable Assembly and Testing Accessories ..... . C-1 PacketMax Base Station Spares and Accessories .

  • Page 14: Packetmax 5000 Installation And Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J

    Table Of Content TOC-4 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 15 Table A-6: CPE Mac address and Description, A-8 Table B-1: Base Station Unit CLI Commands, B-3 Table C-1: PacketMax 5000 Multi-Sector Base Station IDU - Factory Integrated Build- to-order Systems, C-1 Table C-2: PacketMax 5000 Multi-Sector Base Station IDU - A-LA-CARTE-SPARES,...

  • Page 16: Packetmax 5000 Installation And Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J

    Table D-22: 5.8 GHz BSR Dimensions, D-14 Table D-23: Environmental Specifications, D-15 Table D-24: Antenna Specifications, D-16 Table D-25: Maximum Pout, Point to Multi-Point Operation, D-17 Table F-1: Troubleshooting Problems and Corrective Actions, F-1 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J List of Tables-2...
  • Page 17 Figure 4-4: Attaching the Base Support Bracket, 4-7 Figure 4-5: Attaching the Inner Mounting Bracket, 4-7 Figure 4-6: Attaching the Grounding Lug, 4-8 Figure 4-7: RF Cable connects BSR to the Antenna, 4-9 List of Figures-1 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 18 Figure 5-16: Telnet page - MSC upgrade, 5-15 Figure A-1: Telco Port and Alarm port on the MSC Card, A-1 Figure B-1: Examples of BS Command Line Interface (CLI), B-2 List of Figures-2 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 19: Chapter 1. Overview Of Base Station

    This chapter covers the following topics: Conceptual Overview of the PacketMax System Bridge Mode and VLAN Mode of Base Station Features of PacketMax System 1–1 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 20: Conceptual Overview Of The Packetmax System

    WiMAX forum (See Appendix D). It is the network industry’s highest per- forming quality base station. PacketMax 5000 Base Station is based on a carrier class ATCA chassis. The system is compliant with the options in the current 802.16-2004 WiMAX specification using the OFDM256 PHY option.

  • Page 21: Cell Size, Capacity, And Scalability

    Combining high frequency reuse with advanced interference management and mitigation techniques, the PacketMax System conserves valuable 1–3 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 22: Frequency Bands

    This system demonstrates a bridge mode type of setting for the PacketMax system, as follows. The PacketMax 5000 is shown connected to the EMS Backend Server and the EMS Client through the management interface on the MSC. The MSCs and WSCs in the base station are connected through a Backhaul plane.

  • Page 23: Bridge Mode And Vlan Mode Of Base Station

    In Bridge mode, consider the pointers listed as below: Do not connect both the Management and the Backhaul port to the network. Connecting these ports will cause a loop, as both the ports are part of the Bridge. 1–5 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 24: Vlan Mode

    VLAN ID as Management VLAN ID. For example, if VLAN ID num- ber is 1 on BS, it has to be the same (VLAN ID 1) on SS as well. The management VLAN ID needs to be set: 1–6 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 25: Figure 1-3 Out Of Band Management

    The Backhaul Interface can be either Fast Ethernet or Gigabit interfaces. Backhaul port could be used for sending/receiving data traffic. Figure 1-4 displays DHCP/TFTP over backhaul port (a backhaul interface set-up). 1–7 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 26: Figure 1-4 Inband Management

    This is configured in EMS, and is described in the WaveCenter EMS User manual. NOTE: IP addresses used for VLAN classifiers do not warn the user when the resulting address is the broadcast or network address. 1–8 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 27: Figure 1-5 Vlan Application

    Chapter 1. Overview Of Base Station 1.2.2.5 VLAN Application Example An example (Figure 1-5 )using the Point-to-Multipoint PacketMax 5000 Product with two SSs (Subscriber Station) and a Cisco 2950 Series VLAN switch is described in this section. The Base Station Backhaul Fast Ethernet Port is Trunked, via the MSC (Main System Controller), to the Cisco 2950 Series VLAN Switch.

  • Page 28: Point-To-Point Mode

    Aperto does not support in this mode. 1.2.3 Point-to-Point Mode The PacketMAX 5000/3000 Base Stations in combination with PacketMAX 100/300 Subscriber Stations provide high-speed, cost-effective links for point-to-point applica- tions. With unprecedented interference resilience and minimal spectrum usage, they...

  • Page 29: Features Of Packetmax System

    Stations and perhaps some or all of the hosts at the subscriber sites. NOTE: A wireless interface can be configured for multiple subnets, if desired. Subnets may be implemented at subscriber sites. 1–11 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 30: Services

    A SNTP Server is not included in EMS. NOTE: Alternatively, date and time can be set via the Web and SNMP inter- faces. Subscriber Units use the BS as their time server. 1–12 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 31: Mibs

    The SNMP agents support trap reporting. Trap-reporting parameters can be specified via the Configuration Manager as well as via SNMP. NOTE: Changes to the IP addresses of SNMP servers do not take place until a system reboot. 1–13 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 32: Service Offerings And Qos

    Traffic not meeting any of the defined classifiers is assigned to a default Best Effort service flow. The characteristics of this default service are configurable, but the ser- vice class must be Best Effort (BE). 1–14 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 33 Class 2 ATION Packets identified by Classifier are directed to the proper Service Flow Service Flows specify bit rate and QoS factors (CID =Connection ID) Scheduler Figure 1-7 PacketMax Service Flows 1–15 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 34: Arq Feature

    ARQ parameters are: ARQ_WINDOW_SIZE ARQ_BLOCK_SIZE ARQ_BLOCK_LIFETIME ARQ_RETRY_TIMEOUT ARQ_SYNC_LOSS_TIMEOUT ARQ_RX_PURGE_TIMEOUT These parameters are discussed and explained in the WaveCenter EMS User Man- ual. 1–16 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 35: Des Encryption

    NOTE: To enable encryption on every service flow, please refer to the WaveCenter EMS User Manual. The traffic between the BS and SS can now be encrypted/decrypted using the TEK keys. 1–17 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 36: Certificates And Management

    EMS. The Root Certificate is the same across all Base Stations and shall be available on MSC, as the Certificate Verification happens on MSC. In the case, when primary and 1–18 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 37: Upgrades

    LAN Upgrade: When there is network connectivity to the BS, users can upgrade the SS using the LAN upgrade tool in EMS. This implies that LAN Upgrade can be used typically in a laboratory environment. 1–19 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 38 Chapter 1. Overview Of Base Station 1–20 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 39: Chapter 2. Base Station Components

    Chapter 2. Base Station Components Base Station Components This chapter explains PacketMax 5000 components and their functionalities, necessary to complete the installation for PacketMax. This chapter contains the following topics: PacketMAX Base Station 5-Slot ATCA Chassis Wireless System Controllers Main System Controller Card...

  • Page 40: Packetmax Base Station

    Access to Modular Fan Unit Access to Modular AC Power supplies at the bottom. shows the front view of the a PacketMax 5000 picture, with two MSCs and Figure 2-1 three WSC Cards installed. Figure 2-1 PacketMax Interface for PacketMax 5000 2–2...

  • Page 41: 5-Slot Atca Chassis

    (installed in a QWC). Table 2-B Logical Port Number Assignments for WSC-S-48’s (Installed in QWC) Slot Number Logical Port Assignments 10, 11, 12, 12 6, 7, 8, 9 2, 3, 4, 5 2–3 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 42: Table 2-C Logical Port Assignments For Wsc-S-24'S (Card Only)

    NOTE: In Element Management System and CLI, while configuring, please enter the right port number. Filler panels (PN PM 5000-FRONT PANEL) should be inserted, in to any unused slots. Build-to-order systems will include filler panels in any unused slots. 2–4 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 43: Wireless System Controllers

    Software selectable channel bandwidths, depending on the frequency band Modulation and encoding, which are optimized and selected on a burst by burst basis. Transmission and Reception of Intermediate Frequency (IF) signals to support BSR. 2–5 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 44: Major Differences Between Wsc-S-24 And Wsc-48

    PacketMax Interface of WSC Card (WSC-24) Table 2-E WSC-S-24 faceplate features Function Description Main Management RS-232 Serial Management Port/ port used to connect to host computers. This is for Internal use only. 2–6 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 45: Table 2-Ewsc-S-24 Faceplate Features

    Used to indicate steps in the Hot Swap Card Removal Procedure ON:Indicates completion of first step in Hot Swap Card Removal Procedure OFF: Unit is operational (when PWD Led is 2–7 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 46: Quad Wireless Controller (Qwc) Card - Wsc-48

    OFF:Indicates the base station is not receiving traffic. ON:Indicates the base station is transmitting traf- fic to the BSR, if the green blinks. OFF:Indicates the base station is not transmitting traffic. 2–8 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 47: Compatibility Matrix With Radio

    The PM5000 WSC cards perform a check and validate that its BSR is compatible with that card (both in terms of voltage compatibility as well as power consumption). Table 2-G shows the compatibility matrix. 2–9 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 48: Main System Controller Card

    Manage system power and cooling. The management entity on each intelligent Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) negotiate power usage needs with the SMS before it can be fully powered. 2–10 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 49: Table 2-Hmsc Faceplate Features

    Configure this connection to support: 38400, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no flow control. 10/100/Base-T Used for connectivity to network. Connection to Ele- ment Management System (EMS) Sync* 2–11 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 50 BNC Input SYNC ports. When the MSC card is either Sync Master or Sync Slave Mode, the MSC card will always out- put a SYNC and 10 MHz signal. 2–12 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 51 Indicates that MSC has detected power (sufficient to operate the device) ON BLINKING:Power is detected OFF: Power is not detected H/S LED Same as in WSC faceplate feature in Table 2-F 2–13 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 52: Msc Redundancy

    2.6 AC Supply The PM 5000 can accommodate either one or two (redundant) 1200 watt AC Power Supplies. shows the redundant power supply [AC 2]. The AC Power Supply Figure 2-8 2–14 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 53: Power Leds And Esd Connector

    Indicates green if Power Supply B is on as well. ESD wrist Strap should be inserted to this ESD connector Figure 2-9 Front panel - Power Supply LEDs and the ESD Connector 2–15 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 54: Hot Swap

    When the blue H/S LED is on, push the ejector arm (pointed outward) located on each card (shown in Figure 2-10 Hold and pull (outwards) the handle provided on each WSC-S-48 card. Remove the card for Hot Swap. 2–16 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 55: Wsc-S-24 Hot Swap

    At this time, the card is ready to be safely removed from the PM5000 chassis. To remove the card, point the BOTH of the ejectors at each end of the card 2–17 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 56: Msc Hot Swap

    NOTE: If you loose the sequence at any time, repeat again from Step 1. 2.9 Maintaining Proper Chassis Air FLow Front Panel Figure 2-11 Front Panel installed in PM 5000 chassis 2–18 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 57: Fan Unit

    Figure 2-13 Unscrew to Replace Filter Plate Unscrew to Replace the Figure 2-13 Fan - PM 5000 NOTE: You do not need to replace filter plate with other filter plate. 2–19 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 58: Serial Cable Pinout

    The Assembly Instruction for Serial Cable, RJ11 to DB9 (Female) is as follows. The Serial Connection is made with an RJ11 to DB9 connector (also referred to as a dongle). To establish connection: Connect the RJ11 to the Base Station 2–20 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 59: Serial Connection Instructions

    DB9 (Female) Connector on RJ11 (Male) Connector on the computer MSC card Figure 2-15 shows a DB 9 and RJ11 Cable Pin-out. Figure 2-15 DB 9 (Female) and RJ 11 (Male) pinout 2–21 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 60: Packetmax 5000 Rear Panel

    DC chassis is being used; and there is no power supply provided in the chassis. To apply power to the PacketMAX 5000, screw in securely and connect the 3 leads from a -48 V DC source that can supply up to 25 Amps to the terminals using 12 AWG or heavier solid copper wire.

  • Page 61: Ac Power Connection

    DC input- Rear of the PM 5000 2.13 AC Power Connection The AC power connection on the rear panel of the PacketMax 5000 is a three-prong standard port for AC power that accommodates a standard IEC 320 plug. This port also contains an On/Off switch.

  • Page 62: Fuse

    The BSR consists of a RF transceiver (available in a variety of frequency bands) that connects to a base station antenna (120 degree, 60 degree, 90 degree, or omnidirectional) through a single coaxial cable, up to a maximum of 200 m (600 ft). 2–24 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 63: Figure 2-18 Base Station Radio

    Maximum Allowable Cable Loss for IF Cable section. See Chapter 3,”Installing Radios and Antennas” for information and details on installing the Base Station Radio. Figure 2-18 Base Station Radio 2–25 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 64 Chapter 2. Base Station Components 2–26 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 65: Chapter 3. Installing The Base Station Idu

    Chapter 3. Installing the Base Station IDU Installing the Base Station IDU This chapter outlines the basic procedure for installing a PacketMax 5000 wireless cell system and putting it into operation. It identifies the minimal requirements for getting the system up and running.

  • Page 66: Planning, Site Preparation, And Installation

    Wire, Hook-Up, 10AWG, Green/Yellow Manhattan M218-54 Wire Product Step 1. Determine and Prepare Locations A. Make sure the base station is located such that it can communicate with subscrib- ers. 3–2 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 67: Installation Procedure

    Your equipment warranty does not cover dam- age caused by lightning surge, or other environmental stress. 3.2 Installation Procedure A. Inspect Package Contents, as displayed in Figure 3-1 Figure 3-1 Package Contents 3–3 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 68: Table 3-B Parts List And Part Numbers

    ), ground the base station using either a 10 or 12 Gauge standard Figure 3-3 insulated copper wire. Be sure to observer all grounding and lightning requirement as described in Chapter 4. 3–4 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 69 Insert the card in to one of its designated slots ( ). Align the ejector Figure 3-6 arms so that they grip the inner tip of the chassis. Then, push the card in to the 3–5 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 70 Insterting WSC, MSC and filler panels in to PM 5000 - 4 sector WSC-S-24 ESD Connector - Ground Figure 3-6 Insterting WSC, MSC and filler panels in to PM 5000 - 12 sector 3–6 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 71: Figure 3-7 Connecting If Port Cable

    MSC card as seen in . Connect the Figure 3-9 other end of the serial cable to the ethernet port on a computer or switch. 3–7 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 72: Synchronizing Multiple Bss At A Site

    When a set of base stations are synchronized together, they will all trans- mit at a time. Otherwise, additional frequency bandwidth must be provided between each frequency channel to avoid interference. 3–8 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 73 A short coax cable (RG6 or LMR) with BNC connectors must be used to interconnect the base station radios. Note that two cables are needed for each base station con- nection. Although not required to co-locate multiple PM 5000 base stations, PM 5000 3–9 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 74 NOTE: A 1 m cable would have a loss of 0.5 dB. For more details on cable losses, please refer to the Maximum Allowable Cable Loss for IF Cable section. 3–10 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 75: Chapter 4. Installing The Base Station Odu Radio And Antenna

    This chapter consists of the following topics: Radio Compatibility Installing the Antenna Installing the Base Station Radio ODU Grounding the PacketMax System 4–1 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 76: Radio Compatibility

    4.3.1 3.3 and 3.5 GHz BSR Package Contents The Base Station Radio (PM-BSR-33 and PM-BSR-35) includes the items shown and listed, in Figure 4-1 4–2 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 77: Ghz Bsr Package Contents

    Figure 4-1 PM-BSR-33 and PM-BSR-35 Package Contents- Mounting Hard- ware 4.3.2 5.8 GHz BSR Package Contents The 5.8 GHz base station radio package contains the items listed in the following figure: 4–3 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 78: Preparing And Mounting The 3.3 And 3.5 Ghz Bsr

    NOTE: If you install a grounding electrode separate from the power service ground- ing electrode system, connect the separate electrode to the grounding system in accordance with the National Electrical Code (NEC) and local electrical codes. 4–4 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 79: Figure 4-2 Grounding Lug On 3.3 And 3.5 Ghz Radio Attached To Base Bracket

    Lock Washer and M8 Hex nut in the respective order from the other end. Tighten the Hex nut. The unit is now mounted on the pole. A, B,C shows the process. Figure 4-3 4–5 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 80: Preparing And Mounting The 5.8 Ghz Bsr

    Installation of the Base Station Radio 4.3.4 Preparing and Mounting the 5.8 GHz BSR Step 3. Assemble the Base Station Radio. A. Attach the Base Support bracket to the Base Station Radio, as shown below: 4–6 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 81: Figure 4-4 Attaching The Base Support Bracket

    B. Attach the Inner Mounting Bracket to the Base Support bracket, as shown below: Figure 4-5 Attaching the Inner Mounting Bracket C. Attach the grounding lug to the Base Station Radio, as shown below: 4–7 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 82: Using The Bsr With The Antenna And Idu

    B. Connect one end of a short coax cable (LMR-600 is recommended) to the RF connector on the BS radio, as shown in Figure 4-7 C. Connect the other end of the short coax cable to the Type-N connector of the antenna. 4–8 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 83: Figure 4-7 Rf Cable Connects Bsr To The Antenna

    Therefore, the procedures given for radio-to-BS connections should be taken as a list of necessary steps and a suggested order, and modified as appropriate for your cir- cumstances. Choosing an IF Cable 4–9 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 84 PM 3000 BS outputs a nominal voltages of 52V at the IF port. Table 4-2 LMR Cable Types and Maximum Lengths Cable Type Max Length with surge protectors for PM BSR LMR-200-75 100 meters 4–10 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 85: Table 4-2 Lmr Cable Types And Maximum Lengths

    1 connect another cable, which is then attached to the surge suppressor 2. C. Surge suppressor to Base Station: Connect the third cable from the other side of surge suppressor 2 to the IF port on the Base Station. 4–11 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 86 The base station chassis ground and all the surge suppressors grounds must be grounded at the same point. displays a single Figure 4-9 point ground. 4–12 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 87: Figure 4-9 Single Point Ground

    NOTE: A base station AC unit is grounded via the AC power cable center prong. The AC receptable must have it’s center prong connected to earth ground. 4–13 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 88: Grounding The Packetmax System

    ODU is grounded - (Refer to Attach Bracket and Grounding Wire to BSR section) Surge Protectors are grounded (Refer to Ground the Base Station and both the surge suppressors section). Antenna is grounded 4–14 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 89: Chapter 5. Commissioning The Base Station

    Obtaining the MAC Address of the Base Station Selecting Management or Data Traffic Provisioning the Base Station with WaveCenter EMS Rebooting the Base Station Verifying Operations Ensuring Encryption Upgrading Base Station Manually 5–1 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 90: Summary Of Configuration Of Base Station

    5.3 Establishing a Serial Connection to the Base Sta- tion At first, connect your host computer to the PacketMax 5000 using a standard RS-232 serial cable included with the system PM 5000 Base Station. Then, connect the cable from your host computer’s serial port to the Management RS-232 port on the PacketMax chassis.

  • Page 91: Figure 5-1: Connection To The Com1

    - User ID: ISP - Password: isp [Case Sensitive] show dhcp Verify that the DHCP is in “Server” mode by typing at the CLI prompt, as shown in the following screenshot: 5–3 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 92: Configuring Dhcp

    See the screenshot captured from the console, as displayed below. Select the port from which DHCP/TFTP traffic will flow. In the screen below 1 has been selected. Leave other options as they will be retrieved from the DHCP Server. 5–4 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 93: Obtaining The Mac Address Of The Base Station

    Figure 5-5 label on MSC Card Use the “show msc” command for this, as displayed in Figure 5-6 You must select the one MAC Address that corresponds to the Interface. 5–5 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 94: Selecting Management Or Data Traffic

    If you want outband management of the device, then connect the EMS server to communicate with the management port. On the CLI prompt, type “config dhcp dhcp-tftp-on-backhaul” and select the mode desired as shown in the screenshot ( Figure 5-7 5–6 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 95: Provisioning The Base Station With Wavecenter Ems

    NOTE: If users de-select using the APERTO DHCP server, it is their respon- sibility to set up their proprietary DHCP server correctly to work with Aperto devices in server mode. 5–7 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 96: Rebooting The Base Station

    Step 8. Reboot BS and verify that it received IP Address and Configuration Set- tings. Verify with the “reboot msc” command as displayed in Figure 5-8 Figure 5-8 Rebooting BS NOTE: The users can do a soft or hard reboot. 5–8 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 97: Verifying Operations

    MAC TxCtrlHead:0x000000d0, TxCtrlTail:0x000000d0 MAC RxCtrlHead:0x000000c3, RxCtrlTail:0x000000c3 MAC RxStatHead:0x000001bd, RxStatTail:0x000001bd DMC 0x00000000 MAC MBox Lock: 0x00000000 PSAP MBox Lock:0x00000000 CID Table Lock: 0x00000000 Arc Trailer=0xaaaaaaaa ----------------------------------------- value = 42 = 0x2a = '*' 5–9 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 98: Upgrading Base Station Manually

    General session page - WSC upgrade Copy the following new Build files to the PM 5000 WSC Card in “/tffs0” folder. displays this startup session page. Click on OK. The WS_FTP screen Figure 5-10 opens. 5–10 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 99: Figure 5-10 Startup Session Page - Wsc Upgrade

    Figure 5-12 Click the Enter key. The vxWorks will prompt to enter the WSC card number and the Login prompt will appear. The Login is “target” and password is “pass- 5–11 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 100: Msc Upgrade

    Enter the Profile Name, Host Name/Address and User ID/Pass- word. The user name is “target”. shows the general session proper- Figure 5-9 ties screen on WS_FTP. Click OK. 5–12 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 101: Figure 5-13 General Session Page - Msc Upgrade

    Select the Customer_CD\PacketMax directory, and click on the “bootrom” folder and copy “bootrom_msc.bin” file to the “/tffs0” of the MSC Card. Go to the “msc” folder and copy “msc1_0_0.D” file to the “/tffs0” of the MSC Card. 5–13 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 102: Figure 5-15 Ftp Page - Msc Upgrade

    FTPed to the “/tffs0” directory of the MSC card. Type the command “nvramConfigChange”. Confirm that the “MSC Main” and “WSC Main” image file names match those that were FTPed using the above steps. 5–14 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 103: Figure 5-16 Telnet Page - Msc Upgrade

    Chapter 5. Commissioning the Base Station Figure 5-16 Telnet page - MSC upgrade 5–15 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 104 Chapter 5. Commissioning the Base Station 5–16 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 105: Appendix A. Event Reporting

    75 VDC or 1 A with a maximum rating of 30 W/30 VA. The reset inputs should be timed pulse inputs that are used to clear the minor and major alarm states. (There is no reset for the critical state.) These reset PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J A–1...

  • Page 106: Packetmax 5000 And Packetmax 100 Alarms

    Table A-2 shows the MSC Alarms that are generated in the base station. Table A-3 shows the WSC Alarms that are generated in the base Station. NOTE: Events are highlighted in brackets in the following tables. A–2 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 107: Table A-2 Msc Related Alarms/Events In Pm 5000

    Cfg File Not Found CPE Name: <name>, CPE Mac Addr: 0xAA:0xBB:0xCC:0xDD:0x EE:0xFF , CPE Id: <Id>: CPE CFG File download failed MSC Cfg File Download Success MSC Cfg File Download Failure A–3 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 108 Port Mode Link Down between the MSC-WSC has changes changed: WSC 1/Redundant MSC - Speed Link Up - Mode - Duplex WSC <Port No> Link Down WSC <Port No> Link Up A–4 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 109: Table A-3 Wsc Related Alarms/Events In Pm5000

    Radio Link State is ON This indicates the status of If Radio Link State is [Event] the Base Station Radio. OFF, check the RF cable connection. Radio Link State is OFF A–5 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 110 Properly Configured [Event] Cfg File Parse Status SS Cfg File Parse Config file is not gen- Re-check your config- Failure erated correctly. uration. SS Cfg File Success- fully Parsed [Event] A–6 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 111: Packetmax 100 Events

    CPE Mac Addr:<Mac Addr> CPE Sent SF request Id:<CpeId> CPE Mac Addr:<Mac Addr> CPE Basic Capabilities Mismatch, <Addn Mismatch Id:<CpeId> Str> CPE Mac Addr:<Mac Addr> CPE Basic Capabilities Match between BS & SS Id:<CpeId> A–7 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 112: Table A-5 Cpe Id And Description

    Wait for UCD descriptor Timer expired CPE Mac Addr:<Mac Addr> SS Wait for DL-MAP on given channel Timer expired CPE Mac Addr:<Mac Addr> DBPC-REQ retry Timer expired CPE Mac Addr:<Mac Addr> RNG-REQ/DBPC-REQ retry Timer expired A–8 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 113 Wait for Registration Response Timer Expired CPE Mac Addr:<Mac Addr> Wait for registration response Timer expited CPE Mac Addr:<Mac Addr> Wait for SBC-RSP Timer Expired CPE Mac Addr:<Mac Addr> Wait for SBC-RSP Timer Expired A–9 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 114 Chapter A. Event Reporting A–10 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 115: Appendix B. Command Line Interface (Cli)

    NOTE: The default password is isp (case-sensitive). Passwords can be changed via the WaveCenter Configuration Manager, SNMP, and the CLI. When the CLI# prompt appears, you are in the CLI. Figure B-1 shows sample CLI displays. PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J B–1...

  • Page 116: Commands

    Chapter B. Command Line Interface (CLI) Figure B-1 Examples of BS Command Line Interface (CLI) B.2 Commands PacketMax 5000 CLI commands are defined in Table B-1. All commands are case- sensitive. B–2 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 117: Command Help

    This command doesn’t shows the config file on the screen, cfg- file -> msc/wsc/ss But generates the config file in text format and stores in “/ram0” directory Reboot reboot -> msc B–3 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 118: Error Messages

    This will most likely happen in denial of service attacks from the users and at the same time in the infrastructure. If the infrastructure is clean from attacks, the CLI will be available. B–4 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 119: Appendix C. Cables, Spares And Accessories

    Part numbers are listed in Table C-1 toTable C-8. C.2 Cable Assembly and Testing Accessories Table C-8 identifies accessories that will simplify cable installation. Table C-1 PacketMax 5000 Multi-Sector Base Station IDU - Factory Integrated Build-to- order Systems Part Number Product Description...

  • Page 120: Table C-2: Packetmax 5000 Multi-Sector Base Station Idu - A-La-Carte-Spares

    Chapter C. Cables, Spares and Accessories Table C-1 PacketMax 5000 Multi-Sector Base Station IDU - Factory Integrated Build-to- order Systems PM5000X-WSC-S-24 PM 5000 WSC - Wireless System Controller, 24 Volt PM5000-WSC-48 PM 5000 WSC - Wireless System Controller for QWC, 48 Volt...

  • Page 121: Table C-4: Packetmax Base Station Radios (For Pm5000

    3.3-3.6 GHz 10 Dbi, 360 Deg, Vertical Polarization PWA3500V-90 3.3-3.8 GHz 16 dBi, 90 Deg., Vertical Polarization PWA3500V-120 3.3-3.8 GHz 13 dBi, 120 Deg, Vertical Polarization PWA5800D-60 5.15-5.875 GHz, 16 dBi, 60 Deg, Dual Polarization C–3 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 122: Packetmax Base Station Spares And Accessories

    Recommendation: Order one RF Cable Per Base Station Radio PA-CABLE-LMR400-01 LMR 400-75 Cable, 1000ft reel PA-CABLE SERIAL-RJ 11- Cable, Serial, RJ11 to DB 9, PacketMax 5000 IDU, MSC PA-CONN-LMR400-F Connector for LMR400-75 Cable, Female F Type PA-TOOLS-LMR400 Cable Install Kit,LMR400-75 Crimp Tool, Cable Prep and Debugging Tool PM-BSR-MOUNT Pole mounting bracket for Base Station Radio.

  • Page 123: Table C-8 Packetmax 5000 Idu Spare Parts

    PM 5000 Fan Unit Module (w/filter and filter carrier), SPARE PM5000-FANFILTER-10PK PM 5000 Fan Air Filter (10 pack) PM5000-FRONTPANEL PM 5000 Front Panel Filler Panel PM5000-FRONTPANEL-5PK PM 5000 Front Panel Filler Panel (5 pack) C–5 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 124 Chapter C. Cables, Spares and Accessories C–6 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 125: Appendix D. System Specifications

    This appendix provides complete system specifications, such as the following: Physical interfaces of PM 5000 - 12 sector Physical interfaces of PM 5000 - 4 sector QoS and Networking Parameters Dimensions and Weight Radio Specifications Transmit Output Power Regulations D–1 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 126: Physical Interfaces Of Pm 5000 - 12 Sector

    850 nm Ethernet Header and excluding the FCS) Maximum Fiber Cable Length: - 275 meters for 62.5/ 125 um fiber cable - 550 meters for 50/ 125 um fiber cable D–2 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 127 70 MHz IF Signal Maximum IF Cable 260 and 420 MHz Telemetry Length: 24 Volt DC Output Voltage LMR200-75 Meters LMR240-75 Meters LMR400-75 Meters LMR600-75 Meters “LMR” is a specific brand of cable D–3 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 128 IF Port (70 MHz IF Signal and 24 Volt DC Output Volt- Type-F, Male, 75 age) Maximum IF Cable Length: LMR600/Heliax 250 Meters LMR400 200 Meters Management Serial Management Port Mini Sub-D, 9 Pin Not Supported, For Internal Use Only D–4 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 129: Physical Interfaces Of Pm 5000 - 4 Sector

    SHELF MAN- Serial RS232 Port Audi Jack, Female, AGER “RS Not Supported, For Internal Use Only 3.5mm 232” WSC Card IF Port, 70 MHz Type-F, Male, 75 24 V Output Voltage D–5 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 130: Table D-3 Operation Specifications

    Exposure to absolute-maximum-rated conditions for extended periods may affect device reliability. Power consumption for the PacketMax 5000 base station is a function of the number of provisioned MSC cards (backhaul) as well as provisioned WSC (channel elements).

  • Page 131: Qos And Networking Parameters

    DHCP - Variable-length Subnet Mask (VLSM) - CBR (Constant bit rate) Client - Classless Internet Domain Routing - CIR (Committed infor- (CIDR) mation rate) - VLAN - BE (Best effort) D–7 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 132: Dimensions And Weight

    Environmental Parameters PacketMAX 5000 IDU PacketMAX 5000 ODU 0 degC to 40 degC, 10% to 90% relative humid- -45 degC to 60 degC, 0% to 100% relative humidity, Ingress Pro- tection D–8 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 133: Radio Specifications

    Manual SW TX Attenuation 30dB Frequency Stability +- 4 ppm Phase noise @ 10 KHz offset, -85 dBc/Hz @ 100 KHz offset, -100 dBc/Hz @ 1 MHz offset -105 dBc/Hz D–9 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 134: Table D-10 Sensitivity

    64QAM-2/3 79.1 -77.0 -76.0 64QAM-3/4 -77.1 -76.0 -74.0 4.6.1.5 Minimum Interference Adjacent Channel Interference (ACI) Table D-11 Channel Interference 1st Adjacent Channel 2nd Adjacent Channel 16QAM-3/4 13dB 32dB 64QAM-3/4 25dB D–10 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 135: Table D-12 General Electrical And Mechanical Specifications

    It is important that only the radios mentioned in the table are used with the PM 3000; because, these radios support the higher DC voltage input range. The usage of radios that only support up to D–11 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 136: Pm-Bsr-58 Radio Specifications

    5727 to 5848 MHz (FCC only devices) Note: World SKU of the BSR is 5725 to 5925 MHz. Channel Bandwidth 3.5, 5.0, and 7.0 MHz Antenna Port Return Loss 10 db Access Method D–12 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 137 4.6.2.12 Receiver Sensitivity (dBm @ BER 10-6): for 3.5 MHz, 5.5 MHz and 7.0 MHz Table D-19 Receiver Sensitivity Modulation 3.5 MHz 5.0 MHz 5.5 MHz 7.0 MHz BPSK-1/2 -90.0 -94.0 QPSK-1/2 -96.2 -87.0 -92.4 QPSK-3/4 -94.3 -84.5 -89.1 D–13 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 138: Table D-20 Channel Interference

    The IF port on the PM 3000 outputs 52 Volts DC to power the base station radio. It is important that only the radios mentioned in the table are used with the PM 3000; because, these radios support the higher D–14 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 139 5 ~ 95% Dust IP65 Salt MIL-STD-883E/3% @23C for 96hrs Transit and Vibration ASTM D3580 Spurrious Emissions IAW CEPT/ERC/REC 74-01E Safety Standards EN 609501-1: 2002 EMI Standards EN300 385[14], Class A D–15 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 140: Antenna Specifications

    3.4-3.7 GHz Nominal Gain 10 dBi Beamwidth: Azimuth 360º Elevation 9º Polarization Vertical PWA3300V-360 (sector 360º) Frequency range 3.3-3.6 GHz Nominal Gain 10 dBi Beamwidth: Azimuth 360º Elevation 9º Polarization Vertical D–16 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 141: Operation

    16.5 dBi 20.0 dBm 20.5 dBm 19.7 dBm 90 Degree Sector 16 dBi 20.5 dBm 20.5 dBm 19.7 dBm 120 Degree Sector 14 dBi 22 dBm 20.5 dBm 19.7 dBm D–17 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 142: Transmit Output Power Regulations

    ------------ - – 5.15 - 5.25 GHz 5.25 - 5.35 GHz 5.47 - 5.725 GHz 5.725 - 5.850 GHz - Point-to-Multipoint 5.725 - 5.850 GHz - Point-to-Point No Limit 0984 D–18 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 143: Appendix E. Certifications

    Certifications E.1 PacketMax 5000 Wimax Forum Certificate PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J E–1...

  • Page 144: X509 Crypto License

    * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE E–2 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 145 * The licence and distribution terms for any publically available version or * derivative of this code cannot be changed. i.e. this code cannot simply be * copied and put under another distribution licence * [including the GNU Public Licence.] 0984 E–3 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 146 Chapter E. Certifications E–4 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 147: Appendix F. Troubleshooting

    SS. be wrong. The EMS Server may be not opera- Check the EMS server on the machine tional. on which it was installed and confirm if the process is running. F–1 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

  • Page 148: Table F-1: Troubleshooting Problems And Corrective Actions

    Link LED- Does not show This could imply that the WSC is not ini- Check if WSC is initialized solid green light. tialized F–2 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 149 BS. Ensure the upgrade procedure of the Base Station is done properly, as in the Upgrade Base Station Instructions. F–3 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...
  • Page 150 Chapter F. Troubleshooting F–4 PacketMax 5000 Installation and Operation Manual, 10007678 Rev J...

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