User's Manual

Navini Networks, Inc. Ripwave Base Station I&C Guide
Part #40-00047-00 Rev D v1.0 39
February 28, 2003
Chapter 2: Installation
Pre-installation
As was shown in Figure 2, prior to installation a number of planning activities take place. The
installation itself takes only about 2 days. The I&C crew usually is not involved with all the pre-
installation activities. Of these, they are likely to be most involved in the Site Candidate
Evaluation.
Project Plan
A Project Plan is a document that lays out the work to be done, the objectives of the project, the
schedule, resources required, and so forth. If Navini is performing the I&C activities, a Project
Manager is assigned. The Project Manager prepares the Project Plan and shares it with the
Navini and customer teams.
Coverage Prediction Map
Early in the planning of deployment of Ripwave Base Station equipment, an RF Engineer will go
through the process of studying the RF environment of the candidate sites that the customer has
identified. Readings are taken and analyzed at each site in order to predict what range of
coverage can be expected from installing a Base Station at the site. Coverage predictions account
for both Base Station performance as well as Marketing objectives with the service itself. The
customer accomplishes the latter as part of the decisions concerning site selection.
Site Candidate Evaluation
Often Technicians will be very comfortable with either the networking side or the wireless side
of the system, but not usually both. To evaluate a potential install site, a form is used to ensure
all aspects of the site have been considered. Information is recorded on the form. Since each site
is unique, the form helps to ensure nothing is taken for granted or assumed about the installation
site for the Ripwave equipment. A copy of this form may be found in
Appendix B. It includes
places to capture the logistics of the site, tower or rooftop mount possibilities, GPS coordinates,
type of antenna to be installed, whether or not an outdoor enclosure is provided, power
availability, distance between connection points, ventilation, a place for drawings from every
angle, etc. It is from this information that the site will be designed, then installed to plan.