Solectek 36WAN1 SkyWay MAX User Manual Part 1

Solectek Corporation SkyWay MAX Users Manual Part 1

Users Manual Part 1

SkyWay-MAXSkyWay-MAXwww.solectek.comOperator’s Guide DOCS-1026 v1.0Copyright © 2007-2008 Solectek Corporation
SkyWay-MAXOperator’s Guide1i. About this GuideCongratulations on the purchase of your Solectek SkyWay MAX Wireless System This document has been supplied to assist with the turn up, commissioning and long term management of a SkyWay MAX wireless system. The following Solectek Models are covered herein: Outdoor Base StationsODB-3335ODB-3436ODB-3638Indoor ControllersIC-100Outdoor Subscriber StationsODS-3335ODS-3436ODS-3638This document is divided into two sections. First, the document will walk through a typical network turn-up and commissioning sequence covering product conguration, pre-provisioning, installation and verication. Second, the document will review the detailed and advanced usage of the SkyWay MAX system to allow system tuning, long term management and network scalability.This document does not cover the physical installation of the SkyWay MAX devices. This information is presented in the following documents, available from your local reseller or directly from Solectek:DOCS-1023: SkyWay MAX Outdoor Base Station - Installation GuideDOCS-1024: SkyWay MAX Outdoor Subscriber - Installation GuideDOCS-1025: SkyWay MAX Indoor Base Station Controller - Installation GuideSimilarly, this document does not cover the detailed planning processes required in developing a high-performance, scalable WiMAX network. Topics such as Network Planning, Frequency Planning/Reuse, RF coverage and QoS modeling are outside the scope of this document. Customers interested in additional information on these topics should contact Solectek’s System Engineering group for further information.ii. Legal RightsThe material contained herein is owned by Solectek. No disclosure thereof shall be made to third parties without the express written permission of Solectek Corporation. Solectek Corporation reserves the right to alter the equipment specications and descriptions in this publication without prior notice. No part of this publication shall be deemed to be part of any contract or warranty unless specically incorporated by reference into such contract or warranty.Solectek shall not be responsible for any operation of this product which is in violation of local law, creates interference harmful to other local devices, or results in a malfunction of this product caused by outside interference.
Operator’s Guide2SkyWay-MAXThis device must be professionally installed and used in strict accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. However, there is no guarantee that interference to radio communications will not occur in a particular commercial installation. In case the device does cause harmful interference with an authorized radio service, the user/ operator shall promptly stop operating the device until harmful interference has been limited. Solectek Corporation is not responsible for any radio or television interference caused by unauthorized modication of this device or the substitution or attachment of connecting cables and equipment other than specied by Solectek Corporation. The correction of interference caused by such unauthorized modication, substitution, or attachment will be the responsibility of the user.Solectek shall not be liable for damages associated with the installation and use of this product, including but not limited to personal or property damage, business losses or infringement of local or national laws.
SkyWay-MAXOperator’s Guide3ContentsI. Quick Launch 5A. Minimum System Information 5B. Assumptions 5C. SkyWay MAX Manager Installation / Launch 5D. Base Station Turn-up 6E. Subscriber pre-provisioning 6F. Network Entry Process 7G. Getting traffic started 7H. Basic Monitoring 8II. Network Entry 9A. RF Settings 9B. Security 10C. Open Mode vs Pre-provisioning 11D. Network Entry Completion 11III. Services 12A. Primer 12B. Administrative and User Services 12C. Unicast and Multicast Services 13D. Service Classes 13IV. Management Systems 14A. Manager Application 14B. EMS System 14C. SNMP 14D. Telnet 14E. Serial Console 14V. Advanced Operation 15A. Advanced RF 15B. Multi Sector Operation 16VI. Administration 17A. Notifications 17
Operator’s Guide4SkyWay-MAXB. Event Logs 17C. Configuration Files 18D. Firmware upgrade 19E. Date/Time 19F. Name/Location 20G. Diagnostic Tools 21VII. Appendix A – System Defaults 22A. Default Configuration 22B. Default Channel Plan File (3.4 – 3.6 GHz operation) 24VIII. Appendix B Management Systems 26A. Manager Application – Expanded Navigation Bar 26B. Telnet / Console Commands 26IX. Appendix C Services - Advanced 27A. Available Classifiers 27B. QoS Scheduling Parameters 27C. Recommended Service Class configurations 28
SkyWay-MAXOperator’s Guide5I. Quick Launch A. Minimum System InformationA minimum set of information must be gathered during the system planning process prior to network turn-up:RFSector channel – for example: 3500 MHz ySector bandwidth – for example: 3.5 MHz yNetworkIP Settings yAdministrative Protocols – this is the list of IP/Ethernet protocols which must be supported on the ySkyWay MAX network to allow the transport of basic services to the subscriber-side network(s). Examples include: DHCP, ARP, and PPPoE.B. AssumptionsWith the information set developed in the previous section, a SkyWay MAX single sector system can be commissioned. However, it is important to understand that certain assumptions are being made and features disabled, as follows: Security y Admission control and encryption is openUser Services y Per Subscriber services are not dened. All User trac is supported on a single, network wide non-dierentiated service (also referred to as ‘open IP service’)It is also assumed that the SkyWay MAX Base Station and one or more Subscribers have been physically installed and/or made available for Bench Testing. C. SkyWay MAX Manager Installation / LaunchThe Manager Application is a Java-based, Windows XP compliant application used for basic commissioning and management of a small to medium-sized SkyWay MAX network. Referring to the SkyWay MAX Manager Installation Guide (DOCS-1029), install the SkyWay MAX Manager Application on a Management PC connected to the Base Station’s local subnet. Be sure to adhere to the minimum system and operation requirements specied in the SkyWay MAX Manager Installation Guide to insure successful installation and operation.
Operator’s Guide6SkyWay-MAXD. Base Station Turn-upThe Solectek BSU is shipped in an open access default conguration. Specically, this means that all security systems have been disabled, allowing initial network entry of SS units to be more straightforward.Launch the Manager Application and log into the BSU using the appropriate IP address, Login and Password. See Appendix A for default access information. Following a successful login, the Manager Application will display a Network Dashboard and, along the left side, a command Navigator.Using the Navigator to access the necessary pages, the Minimum System Information collected in the previous section should be entered into the BSU conguration, as follows:Unit Conguration : Port Set appropriate RF Channel and Bandwidth. If desired, the BSID can be changedUnit Conguration : Network Set appropriate IP Address, Network Mask and Default Gateway.Note: The Manager connection to the Base Station may be interrupted if changes are made to IP Settings. Re-launching of the Manager may be required. E. Subscriber pre-provisioning Like the BSU, the Solectek SS units are also shipped in a fully ‘open’ mode in which all security features have been disabled. On the SS, this allows a fully plug ‘n’ play capability in which the SS can be deployed without pre-conguration of the SS, or pre-provisioning on the BSU. This open mode implies the following:Base Station ID (BSID) match, used to dene which set of BSU’s the SS can connect to, is disabled. The ySS will connect to the BSU rst detected.Channel Plan File, used to limit the frequency search range of an SS, is set to the Factory Default set of yfrequencies (see Appendix A).
SkyWay-MAXOperator’s Guide7F. Network Entry ProcessOnce the BSU and SS are powered and aligned, the SS will initiate the network entry process. Once an RF link has been established, the new SS will be added to the Manager Dashboard under the Administration section. Since the SS has not been pre-provisioned in the BSU, it is considered an unknown SS, as seen below: G. Getting traffic startedAs covered in a subsequent section, the WiMAX protocol requires logical services to be created before network trac can ow through the BSU and SS. Once the SS has entered the BSU network, the Manager Application can create a default set of services to allow basic trac to be carried:From the Manager’s Dashboard page, press the ‘Click Here To View’ button. This will lead to the Add ySubscriber page, augmented with the current list of unknown SS units.From this page, the Administrative Services and an Open IP User Service can be created. yAt this point, the SS is provisioned and the network should be capable of passing basic trac.
Operator’s Guide8SkyWay-MAXH. Basic MonitoringUsing the BSU Manager’s Navigation Bar, the following screens can used to assess basic system status: Dashboard Used to summarize BSU and all connected SS parametersStatus : RF Port Displays current RF port settings and packet countersStatus : Ethernet Port Displays current Ethernet port settings and packet countersStatus : Network Displays packet counter information per SS, and per ServiceStatus : Services Displays service conguration and status, per SSStatus : Notications Lists Notication traps sent by BSUThis section ends the Quick Launch process. At this point, multiple SS units can be easily and quickly deployed and provisioned. However, there is a great deal of functionality and performance to be gained by implementing the processes and techniques described in the following sections of this Operator’s Guide.

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