Product Architecture - Motorola PTP 600 Series User Manual

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Product Architecture

The PTP 600 Series Bridge consists of an identical pair of units deployed one at each end of
the link. The radio link operates on a single frequency channel in each direction using Time
Division Duplex (TDD). One unit is deployed as a master and the other as a slave. The
master unit takes responsibility for controlling the link in both directions.
The non-line-of-sight (NLOS) aspects of the product are provided by Multiple-Input Multiple-
Output (MIMO), coupled with Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
modulation.
The PTP 600 Series Bridge has been developed to operate within license exempt frequency
bands.
The current product range supports:
•
ETSI 5.4 GHz band B (5.470-5.725 GHz)
•
ETSI 5.8 GHz band C (5.725–5.850 GHz) and the USA 5 GHz ISM band (5.725-5.850
GHz)
The PTP 600 Series Bridge has been designed to coexist with other users of the band in an
optimal fashion using a combination of Transmit Power Control (TPC), Spectrum
Management functionality and Antenna beam shape.
In order to maintain link availability, the product employs adaptive modulation techniques that
dynamically reduce the data rate in severe or adverse conditions. To the data network the
PTP 600 Series Bridge is implemented as a learning bridge. A learning bridge builds up a
picture of which addresses are connected to which port. This means that it will not bridge a
packet if it knows that the destination address is connected to the same port on which the
bridge saw the packet. Figure 12 illustrates the PTP 600 Series Bridge layer diagram.
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