User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Understanding Silver Spring Networks Access Points
- Contents
- 1 About Access Points
- Overview
- Features
- AP Product Description
- Battery Backups
- Read Storage
- Power Requirements
- Rebooting or Recycling APs
- Standards Compliance
- Cellular Modem
- Addressing Schemes
- Specifications
- European Union Compliance
- Maintenance Procedures
- Surge Protection
- Redundant WAN Option
- Mounting Options
- WAN Options
- Throughput Performance
- Responding to a WAN Failure
- Multicast / Unicast Communications
- Networking
- Address Management
- Administration
- Configuration
- 2 FCC and Government Guidelines
- Index
Understanding Silver Spring Networks Access Points 1 About Access Points
Understanding Silver Spring Networks Access Points 4 March 2013 Silver Spring Networks 5
DivisionMultipleAccess,LongTermEvolution,HighSpeedPacketAccess,singlecarrier
Radio Transmission Technology)WideAreaNetwork(WAN)interface,orwitha10/100
Ethernetinterface.TheAccessPointprovidesamethodforimplementingthelastmileutility
informationandcontrolnetwork.
Features
ThefeaturesoftheSilverSpringAccessPointare:
• Fulltwo‐way,870‐876and902‐928MHzFHSS
• One‐watttransmitter
• Dynamicnetworkdiscoveryandselfhealing
• Robustsecurityfromtheendpointthroughtothewideareanetwork
• “Over‐the‐air”networkfirmwareupgrades
• Sophisticatedroutingfunctionsensure
multiplepathstoeachendpoint
• Automatedschedulingandnetworkmanagementtasks
• Long‐reach,multi‐hopnetworks,providinghighendpoint‐to‐AccessPointdeployment
ratios
• Weather‐resistantoutdoorenclosure,forlongerlifeandgreaterdurability
• Batterybackupoption(highlyrecommended)forfault‐tolerantoperation
AP Product Description
ThetypesofAPsavailableare:
CellularAPs,SatelliteAPs,Pad‐mountAPs,andEthernetAPs.TheEthernetAPscanbe
configuredwith10/100BaseT,andFiberinterfaces.
CellularandEthernetAccessPointsareshippedpre‐configured.ForcellularAccessPoints,
SilverSpringwillworkwiththechosencellularprovidertofacilitateAccess
Pointturn‐up.
ForEthernetAccessPoints,SilverSpringwillworkwiththeclientonIPaddressingtoallow
SilverSpringtopre‐configurefielddevicesforquickfieldimplementation.