User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1.0 Preface
- 2.0 Introduction
- 3.0 Installation
- 3.1 Compliance Alert - Operation in the 3.4 - 3.6 GHz Band
- 3.2 Operation in the 3.650 - 3.675 GHz Band
- 3.3 Installation Warnings
- 3.4 Environmental Cautions
- 3.5 Installing Outdoor Equipment
- 3.6 Installing an Optional Sector Antenna
- 3.7 Installing Optional Omnidirectional Antenna
- 3.8 Installing the Access Point
- 3.9 Power and Data Connections - AC and DC Power Options
- 4.0 Configuring an Access Point for Single-Channel Use
- 5.0 Maintenance Guide
- Appendix A: NIA/Power Adapter Specifications: Model # TR60A-POE-L
- Appendix B: ExcelMax DC PSU/NIA (020-44109-0802)
- Appendix C: Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
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Appendix C: Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
Bandwidth A measure (in Hertz) of a transmission facility’s ability to transmit signals that
span a range of frequencies without degrading the amount of power in the
signal. For example, a bandwidth of 2700 Hz.
Base Station The indoor and outdoor equipment located at the central site.
Bit Error Rate
(BER)
The percentage of received bits in error compared to the total number of bits
r
eceived. Usually expressed as a number to the power of 10. For example, 10
means that one in every
100,000 bits transmitted will be wrong.
Broadband A high number of signals multiplexed onto a single transmission channel.
BTS Base Station Termination System
CPE This unit contains both the antenna and the modem.
Default Gateway A unique IP address that a device uses to put traffic on the network when it
kno
ws the address of a device it is trying to contact, but does not know exactly
where on the network or on which sub-network it is located.
Downstream Traffic traveling from the Access
Point to the CPE
Fault A hard failure or performance degradation
serious enough to destroy the ability
of a network element to function effectively.
FEC Forward-Error correction
Firmware Software “burned” into a chip.
Frequency The rate at which an electromagnetic waveform, such as an electrical current,
a
lternates. Measured in Hertz, i.e., cycles per second.
Gain The increase in signaling power that occu
rs as a signal is boosted by an
electronic device. Measured in decibels (dB).
IP Internet Protocol. Set of standardized rules for the transmission of data over the
internet.
IP Address A unique numerical identifier of an intelligent network
device. Because IP
addresses are often in short supply, sometimes a DHCP server dynamically
applies the address.
Modulation The process of varying some characteristic of th
e electrical carrier wave as the
information on that carrier wave varies.
NIA Network Interfacing Adaptor. This unit supplies power and data to the CPE or
Access
Point.
ODU Outdoor Unit
Polarization Characteristic of electromagnetic radiation
, such as radio waves, where the
electric-field vector of the wave energy is perpendicular to the main direction, or
vector, of the electromagnetic beam.
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