System Manual

EkoTek System Installation and Configuration Manual

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Appendix 4A: Overlapping system support

1. Overview

With complex network setups advice should always be sought from Multitone

Customer Services for assistance when planning this type of Installation.

Overlapping System Support (OSS) allows the mesh network radio footprint of

multiple hubs to overlap. This may be necessary, for example, where different

departments of an organisation have their own independent overlapping EkoTek

systems, or where there are fringe radio areas where the networks of multiple hubs

overlap.

Each network needs to be set with different network identifiers and radio channels.

Frequency hopping is forbidden with OSS.

2. Overlapping and mobile roaming systems

Two possible configurations for overlapping systems are supported.

A. Overlapping networks, where two networks substantially overlap at the same

location. This could be used to provide exclusive networks within the same area

each with its own population of pagers and call fobs.

B. Mobile roaming networks, where pagers and call fobs roam between the two

networks. In order that pagers and call fobs hand over upon entry to an adjacent

network it is important to design the networks to have minimum overlap to give a

clear indication of the zone where the pager or call fob is located. This also

Overlapping

networks

Network