User's Manual

CPE-O-R-WS User Manual
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3.4 CPE-O-RS-WS Registration (in the Data Base) and
Configuration (prior to installation)
3.4.1 CPE Network
The CPE-O-RS-WS shall be used only in a TVWS network with Runcom AFAS Software and RNU-4000TVWS
Base Stations (FCC Identifier: XYMBSTVWS-1) and cannot operate with any other base station.
3.4.2 Registration of the CPE-O-RS-WS in the Data Base (Spectrum Bridge)
Prior the installation of the CPE-O-RS-WS, the professional installer shall register the CPE-O-RS-WS in the
Spectrum Bridge TVWS Data Base. The Registration includes the CPE-O-RS-WS MAC ID, the location Latitude
and Longitude, antenna height, and Base Station ID to where the CPE-O-RS-WS will be connected. All this will
be done using the AFAS (Automatic Frequency Allocation Software).
Runcom Automated Frequency Allocation Software (AFAS) is a SW element that mediates between the TV white
space (TVWS) database and Runcom Base Stations (BTS) and user terminals (CPE), in order to comply with FCC
rules.
The AFAS main tasks are to register the TVWS fixed devices (Base Station and CPE’s) to the TVWS Data Base,
to receive the available channels from the Data Base to each one of the fixed devices registered and to disable the
operation of the fixed devices in a TVWS channel that is no longer available or due to a communication failure
between the AFAS and the Data Base.
The AFAS Software is connected to the CPE through the Wireless Connection between the Base Station and the
CPE.
The CPE registration is done according to the procedure described in paragraph 3.4.4 below
After the registration, if the CPE is allowed by the Data Base to operate in this location, the AFAS will receive
from the TVWS Data Base the list of free channels that can be used in this location, and the operator shall
configure the CPE-O-RS-WS with those channels.
Note- The location and height of the CPE will be obtained by an accurate device ( >95%) such as GPS, or Google
Earth application.
Installation Process: Following the Registration process, the professional installer should proceed to the
physical installation of the CPE at the designated site at the location (Latitude, Longitude and height) registered in
the Data Base. The physical installation should be according to paragraph 3.5 and 3.6 of this Manual
Turn on Process: After the physical installation the CPE-O-RS-WS is turned on and a link is established in
one of the configured TVWS channels (the channel that the Base Station operates in), the management of the CPE-
O-RS-WS will be done over the air by the AFAS software over an IP network.
AFAS connects every T hours (T<= 24 hours) with Spectrum Bridge (SB) TVWS database and retrieves for each of
its related TVWS fixed devices (Base Stations and CPE-O-RS-WS) in its network an updated set of available TVWS
channels.
One of the channels of this set will be selected automatically by AFAS for use in the Base Station (RNU4000-TVWS)
and its related CPEs.
There is no possibility for the Base Station and its related CPEs to operate on any other channel which is not listed
in the last updated set of available TVWS channels.
In case that the CPE available channels will not coincide with the Base Station available channels the AFAS, or in
case the AFAS is disconnected from the Data Base the CPE will turn off its transmitter by the AFAS and the CPE