User's Manual

ii MDS Mercury 16E Technical Manual MDS 05-6302A01, Rev. A
User Accounts................................................................................................................................31
4.3 RADIUS Server Configuration .....................................................................................................32
Creation of X.509 Certificates........................................................................................................33
Load X.509 Certificates..................................................................................................................33
Configure SNMPV3........................................................................................................................34
4.4 Use of the Antenna Alignment Tool .............................................................................................36
5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING........................................................................................................ 36
5.1 LED INDICATORS .......................................................................................................................36
5.2 WiMAX Statistics .........................................................................................................................37
5.3 Common Troubleshooting Scenarios ..........................................................................................37
6.0 SITE INSTALLATION GUIDE ............................................................................................. 38
6.1 General Requirements ................................................................................................................39
Mounting Considerations ...............................................................................................................40
6.2 Site Selection ..............................................................................................................................40
6.3 Equipment Grounding .................................................................................................................41
6.4 LAN Port ......................................................................................................................................41
6.5 COM1 Port ..................................................................................................................................42
6.6 Antenna & Feedline Selection .....................................................................................................42
Antennas........................................................................................................................................43
Feedlines .......................................................................................................................................43
GPS cabling & Antenna .................................................................................................................44
6.7 Conducting a Site Survey ............................................................................................................44
6.8 A Word About Radio Interference ................................................................................................45
6.9 Radio (RF) Measurements ..........................................................................................................45
Transmitter Power Output and Antenna System SWR ..................................................................46
Antenna Heading Optimization ......................................................................................................46
7.0 dBm-WATTS-VOLTS CONVERSION CHART.................................................................... 47
8.0 PERFORMANCE NOTES................................................................................................... 48
8.1 Wireless Bridge ...........................................................................................................................48
8.2 Distance-Throughput Relationship ..............................................................................................49
8.3 Data Latency—TCP versus UDP Mode ......................................................................................49
8.4 Packets-per-Second (PPS) .........................................................................................................49
8.5 Subscriber-to-Subscriber Traffic ..................................................................................................50
8.6 Interference has a Direct Correlation to Throughput ...................................................................50
8.7 Placing the Radio Behind a Firewall ............................................................................................50
9.0 INDEX OF CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS................................................................... 51
APPENDIX A—3650 MHz Band Information.............................................................................. 57
Band History ..................................................................................................................................57
Technical Details............................................................................................................................57
U.S. Map with Exclusion Zones .....................................................................................................58