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1. Manufacturer Part Number Synergy Cables Ltd 612098 www synergy cables com HES Cabling Systems H5E 00481 www hescs com Teldor 8393204101 www teldor com Southbay Holdings Limited TSM2404A0D 11th FI 15 Lane 347 Jong Jeng Rd Shin Juang City Taipei County Taiwan R O C Attn Eva Lin Tel 886 2 2832 3339 Fax 886 2 2206 0081 E mail eva south bay com tw NOTE In case of missing information product specifications ordering information etc regarding these products on the manufacturer s web site it is highly recommended to contact the manufacturer s sales representative directly BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual 2 2 Equipment Positioning Guidelines This section provides key guidelines for selecting the optimal installation locations for the various AU EZ components CAUTION ONLY experienced installation professionals who are familiar with local building and safety codes and wherever applicable are licensed by the appropriate government regulatory authorities should install outdoor units and antennas Failure to do so may void the product warranty and may expose the end user or Service Provider to legal and financial liabilities AlvarionThe Supplier and its resellers or distributors are not liable for injury damage or regulation violations associated with the installation of Outdoor Units or antennas Select the optimal locations for the equipment using the following guidelines
2. Figure 4 1 Main Menu Administrator Level If the Telnet session is not terminated properly for example if you simply close the window the Cd monitor program is blocked for several minutes To enable access to the monitor program during that time the unit must be reset by using the Exit Telnet feature via SNMP or management application or by disconnecting reconnecting power The display of the Main Menu varies depending on the user s access level as follows E For users with read only access rights only the Info Screens option is displayed Users with this access level are not able to access the Unit Control Basic Configuration Site Survey and Advanced Configuration menus E For users with Installer access rights the first four menu items Info Screens Unit Control Basic Configuration and Site Survey are displayed Users with this access level are not able to access the Advanced Configuration menu E For users with Administrator access rights the full Main Menu is displayed These users can access all menu items 4 1 2 Common Operations The following describes the standard operations used when working with the Monitor program E Type an option number to open or activate the option In certain cases you may need to press Enter BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Working with the Monitor Program E Click Esc to exit a menu or option NOTE The program is automa
3. Subnet Mask Default Gateway Address DHCP Option Access to DHCP Security Parameters Authentication Algorithm Default Multicast Key Data Encryption Option Security Mode Key 1 to Key 4 Air Interface Parameters ESSID Maximum Cell Distance Frequency DFS Required by Regulations Channel Reuse Option Radar Activity Assessment Period Maximum Number of Detections in Assessment Period Frequency Subset ATPC Option for EZ Transmit Power Tx Control All Noise Immunity Control parameters All Noise Floor Calculation parameters BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ 44 System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters Table 4 3 Parameters that are not changed after Set Partial Factory Operator Defaults Parameters Group Parameter Performance Parameters Adaptive Modulation Decision Thresholds Bridge Parameters VLAN ID Management MAC Address List MAC Address List Action Country Code Parameters Selected Country Code 4 2 3 2 1 3 4 2 3 2 1 4 4 2 3 2 1 5 4 2 3 2 2 4 2 3 3 4 2 3 4 Set Complete Operators Defaults Select this option to reset the unit to the Operator Defaults configuration excluding several parameters that are listed in Table 4 2 Set Partial Operator Defaults Select this option to reset the unit to the Operator Defaults configuration excluding th
4. 4 2 6 2 14 6 4 2 6 2 15 frequencies A higher value may reduce the number of errors at the expense of reduced sensitivity The range is from 0 to 7 The default is 0 OFDM Weak Signal The OFDM Week Signal parameter sets the threshold for immunity against interfering OFDM signals The available options are 0 or 1 A value of 1 means that the unit will immediately reject OFDM packets with a relatively low SNR The default is O Pulse Detection Sensitivity The Pulse Detection Sensitivity parameter affects the Phy error count If it is set to Low than all Phy errors will be reported as regular Phy errors regardless of the signal level If it is set to High all Phy errors with levels below a certain threshold not accessible to the user will be reported as regular Phy errors while those with levels higher than the threshold will be reported as detected radar pulses When DFS radar detection is used or during a Spectrum Analysis test the Pulse Detection Sensitivity is set internally to High regardless of the configured value The default is Low Show Noise Immunity Select this option to view the current values of the Noise Immunity Control parameters and some additional parameters of the ANI mechanism Noise Floor Calculation Parameters The Noise Floor calculation mechanism incorporated in the units is used for estimating the level of the noise floor This value is used for estimating SNR values and for decisions
5. The default value for the default gateway address is 0 0 0 0 DHCP Client The DHCP Client submenu includes parameters that define the method of IP parameters acquisition The DHCP Client submenu includes the following options E DHCP Option E Access to DHCP DHCP Option The DHCP Option displays the current status of the DHCP support and allows selecting a new operation mode Select from the following options M Select Disable to configure the IP parameters manually If this option is selected configure the static IP parameters as described above M Select DHCP Only to cause the unit to search for and acquire its IP parameters including the IP address subnet mask and default gateway from a DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server only If this option is selected you must select the port s through which the unit searches for and communicates with the DHCP server as described in Section 4 2 6 1 4 2 You do not have to configure static IP parameters for the unit DHCP messages are handled by the units as management frames M Select Automatic to cause the unit to search for a DHCP server and acquire its IP parameters from the server If a DCHP server is not located within approximately 40 seconds the currently configured parameters are used If this option is selected you must configure the static IP parameters as described above In addition you must select the port s through which the unit searches for and communi
6. on page 5 E Specifications on page 6 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ O System Manual Chapter 1 System Description Introducing BreezeACCESS EZ 1 1 Introducing BreezeACCESS EZ BreezeACCESS EZ is a high capacity IP services oriented Broadband Wireless Access system The system provides network connections that are always on supporting immediate access to the Internet and other IP services at high data rates Part of Alvarion s extended and field proven product portfolio BreezeACCESS EZ is an integral part of the BreezeACCESS family one of the most widely deployed broadband wireless access systems in the world With capacity of up to 24 Mbps per Access Unit BreezeACCESS EZ enables the delivery of powerful broadband services to subscribers using the SU EZ Subscriber Units that operate as IEEE 802 11a wireless clients With a range of up to 12 Km and lower equipment and deployment costs BreezeACCESS EZ enables service providers to wirelessly extend their services to customers who were previously unable to afford them while securing rapid ROI Remote residential areas can now benefit from high speed Internet access Web browsing and e mail and advanced applications such as multi media services An out of the box solution with immediate available local stock BreezeACCESSEZ enables virtually instant network expansion and simplified deployment BreezeACCESS presents a step forward in overcoming the digital divide by providing an
7. E The outdoor unit can be either pole or wall mounted Its location should enable easy access to the unit for installation and testing E The higher the placement of the antenna the better the achievable link quality E ODU units should be installed as close as possible to the antenna to ensure that the antenna s characteristics are not affected by the ODU the distance must be higher than 10 cm E The antenna connected to the ODU unit should be installed so as to provide coverage to all Subscriber Units SUs within its service area NOTE The recommended minimum distance between any two antennas serving adjacent sectors is 2 meters The recommended minimum distance between two antennas serving opposite cells installed back to back is 5 meters E The indoor equipment should be installed as close as possible to the location where the indoor to outdoor cable enters the building The location of the indoor equipment should take into account its connection to a power outlet and the networking equipment Chapter 2 Installation Installing the Outdoor Unit 2 3 2 3 1 Installing the Outdoor Unit The following sections describe how to install the outdoor units including pole mounting the ODU and connecting the indoor to outdoor grounding and RF cables NOTE Ensure that outdoor units antennas and supporting structures are properly installed to eliminate any physical hazard to either people or property Make sure that the
8. ranges MIR and CIR Parameters The MIR Maximum Information Rate value specifies the maximum data rate available for burst transmissions provided such bandwidth is available Under normal conditions the actual Information Rate IR is between the 0 to the MIR values based on the formula IR K MIR In this formula K is between 0 and 1 and is determined dynamically by the AU according to overall demand in the cell and the prevailing conditions that influence the performance of the wireless link The MIR CIR algorithm uses buffers to control the flow of data To balance the performance over time a special Burst Duration algorithm is employed to enable higher transmission rates after a period of inactivity If no data intended for a certain SU is received from the Ethernet port during the last N seconds the unit is allowed to transmit to this destination N times its allowed IR value without any BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 6 2 1 4 2 6 6 2 2 4 2 6 6 2 3 4 2 6 6 2 4 delay For example if the Burst Duration is set to 0 5 second or more then after a period of inactivity of 0 5 seconds up to 128 Kbits x 0 5 64 Kbits may be transmitted to a unit whose IR is 128 Kbps without any delay provided overall conditions in the wireless link allow this burst The MIR and CIR parameters are MIR Downlink for SU EZ Sets the Maximum Information Rate
9. 1 3 Specifications 1 3 1 Radio Table 1 3 Radio Specifications Item Description Frequency E 5 2 GHz Family 5 150 5 350 GHz E 5 3 GHz Family 5 250 5 350 GHz E 5 4 GHz Family 5 470 5 725 GHz E 5 8 GHz Family 5 725 5 875 GHz Operation Mode Time Division Duplex TDD Channel Bandwidth 20 MHz Central Frequency Resolution 5 MHz Antenna Port N Type jack 50 ohm Max Input Power 30 dBm typical at antenna port Maximum Output Power 21 dBm BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ O System Manual Chapter 1 System Description Specifications Table 1 3 Radio Specifications Item Description Detached Antenna BM AU Ant 5G 16 60 16 dBi typical 5 150 5 875 GHz MI 60 horizontal x 10 vertical sector antenna vertical polarization compliant with ETSI EN 302 326 3 V1 2 1 2007 01 E AU Ant 5G 17 90 17 dBi typical 5 150 5 875 GHz MI 90 horizontal x 6 vertical sector antenna E vertical polarization compliant with ETSI EN 302 326 3 V1 2 1 2007 01 E AU Ant 5G 15 120 15 dBi typical 5 150 5 875 GHz 120 horizontal x 6 vertical sector antenna vertical polarization compliant with ETSI EN 302 326 3 V1 2 1 2007 01 E AU Ant 5 4G 8 Omni 8 dBi typical 5 150 5 725 GHz E 360 horizontal x 4 5 vertical vertical polarization E AU Ant 5 8G 8 Omni 8 dBi typical 5 725 5 875 GHz a 360 horizontal x 9 vertical vertical polarization Sensitivity
10. Address the string will be rejected If there is a match a message notifying of the new feature option will be displayed The unit must be reset for the change to take effect The license string should comprise 32 to 64 hexadecimal digits New Feature License files can be uploaded remotely using TFTP see Appendix B In the current release of AU EZ no upgrade options are available SW Version Download The SW Version Download submenu enables the optional downloading of a SW Version file from a remote FTP server The SW Version Download submenu includes the following options E Execute FTP GET SW Version The Execute FTP GET SW Version option executes the SW Version FTP download according to the parameters defined below E FTP SW Source Dir The FTP SW Source Dir option enables defining the source directory of the SW version file Valid values A string of up to 80 printable ASCII characters To clear the field mn press The default is an empty string E FTP SW Version File Name The FTP SW Version File Name option enables defining the name of the SW version file in the FTP server Valid values A string of up to 20 printable ASCII characters An empty string is not allowed The default is VxWorks bz E FTP Server IP Address The FTP Server IP Address option enables defining the IP address of the FTP server that is hosting the SW Version file HM The default is 10 0 0 253 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ Q System Manual C
11. Enable E Broadcast Enable MI Multicast Enable Unicast Relaying E Disable Enable No E Enable MAC Address List Up to 100 MAC addresses EnableNone empty Yes BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Appendix E Parameters Summary Parameters Summary Parameter Range Default Run Time MAC Address List Action BI Deny Deny Yes E Allow Station Allowed Option E Disable Enable Yes E Enable BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual E 1 6 Appendix E Parameters Summary Performance Parameters Parameters Summary Parameter Range Default Run Time RTS Threshold 20 4092 bytes 4092 Yes Minimum Contention Window 0 7 15 31 63 127 255 15 No 511 1023 Maximum Contention Window 7 15 31 63 127 255 511 1023 No 1023 Maximum Modulation Level 1 8 8 Yes Multicast Modulation Level 1 8 1 Yes Number of HW Retries 1 14 10 Yes Average SNR Memory Factor 1 to 32 5 Yes Mixed Mode Burst Mode Option E Disable Enable No E Enable Burst Mode Time Interval 1 to the value defined in the 5 miliseconds or the Yes Sub Band for Maximum value of Maximum Burst Duration Burst Duration defined milliseconds for the Sub Band the lower of the two values Adaptive Modulation Option E Disable Enable No E Enable Minimum Interval Between E 1 3600 seconds 4 seconds Yes Adaptive Modulation Messages Mixed Mode Adaptive Modulation Decision Normal N
12. System Manual Appendix E Parameters Summary Parameters Summary Parameter Range Default Run Time UDP RTP RTCP E RIP amp RTCP RTP amp RTCP No Prioritization E RIP Only TCP RTP RTCP E RTP amp RTCP RTP amp RTCP No Prioritization E RTP Only Low Priority Traffic 0 100 0 Yes Minimum Percent DRAP Support E Disable Enable No E Enable UDP Port 8000 8200 8171 No Maximum Number Of Voice 1 255 40 No Calls DRAP TTL 1 255 seconds 10 seconds No E 1 8 Security Parameters Parameter Range Default Run Time Authentication Algorithm E Open system Open system No E Shared Key Data Encryption Option E Disable Disable No E Enable Security Mode E WEP WEP No E FIPS 197 Default Multicast Key 1 4 1 No Key 1 to Key 4 32 hexadecimal digits 0 0 all O no key No Promiscuous Authentication I Disable Disable Yes Disable after Mixed Mode reset E Enable System Manual BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ
13. miles 2 5 E To ensure fairness in the contention back off algorithm between SUs located at different distances from the AU the size of the time slot should also take into account the one way propagation delay The size of the time slot of all units in the cell should be proportional to the distance from the AU of the farthest SU served by it Maximum Distance The Maximum Cell Distance parameter should be configured with the estimated distance of the farthest SU served by the AU The range is 0 to 54 Km The value of 0 has a special meaning for No Compensation Acknowledge Time Out is set to a value representing the maximum distance of 54 km The time slot size is set to its minimal value of 9 microseconds The default is 0 No Compensation Show Cell Distance Parameters Select Show Cell Distance Parameters to view the Maximum Cell Distance parameter It also displays the Measured Distance the measured distance to the farthest SU applicable only for VL SUs in Mixed Mode Not Measured for SU EZ units the MAC address of the Unit with Maximum Distance applicable only for VL SUs in Mixed Mode 00 00 00 00 00 00 in EZ Mode or if there are only SU EZ units in Mixed Mode Arbitration Inter Frame Spacing AIFS The time interval between two consecutive transmissions of frames is called Inter Frame Spacing IFS This is the time during which the unit determines whether the medium is idle using the carrier sense mechanism The IFS de
14. 4 2 Menus and Param6elefS iii aretina ini vani 36 4 2 1 Main Menu 36 422 Info Screens MenU piro rrrriti ata A Rertornere 36 4 2 3 Unit Control Menu RR 41 4 2 4 Basic Configuration Men ria ri 53 4 2 5 Site Survey Mele e 56 4 2 6 Advanced Configuration MenU ii 68 Appendix A Software Version Loading Using TFTP 2000s2x0ss 124 Appendix B File Download and Upload Using TFTP 122xs0xsxs 128 Appendix C Using the Set Factory Defaults Utility 222x2xsxx0xs 131 Appendix D Preparing the Indoor to Outdoor Cable 1 21x2 133 Appendix E Parameters SuMMary 2 0020020200s0cseaeaia iaia eine 136 E 1 Parameters Summary iiccidetstciuneerenneanasecesnmiiccnmsedwcdianeniianeddantnciunessenataauniiaraveauniicieds 138 E 1 1 Unit Control Parametri ille ate 138 E 1 2 IP Parametel Sanace A iaia RR 140 E 1 3 Air Interface Parametefs rc era 140 E 1 4 Network Management Parameters i 144 E Bridge Parameters surrinata 144 E 1 6 Performance Parameters iii 147 E 1 7 Service Paranrieters ica aicccdccisasviccenecvedeucaluaeoesteenraveascecbadeenanseagasectantevelaueuadscnbeewe 148 E 1 8 SegunyParamMelets c nilo lalla cai 149 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Figures Figures Figure 2 DU and ODU riali ananas 5 Figure 2 1 Threaded Holes Grooves cccccccecesseeeeneceeeeeeeeseseeeeeeneseseeseeeees
15. 6 5 3 4 2 6 5 4 other units until it attempts to transmit The system uses a special mechanism based on detecting the presence of a carrier signal and analyzing the information contained in the transmissions of the AU to estimate the activity of other SUs served by the AU The target is to minimize collisions in the wireless medium resulting from attempts of more than one unit to transmit at the same time The system uses an exponential Back off algorithm to resolve contention between several units that want to access the wireless medium The method requires each station to choose a random number N between 0 and a given number C each time it wants to access the medium The unit will attempt to access the medium only after a time equal to DIFS for more details refer to Section 4 2 6 2 8 plus N time slots always checking if a different unit has accessed the medium before Each time the unit tries to transmit and a collision occurs the maximum number C used for the random number selection will be increased to the next available value The available values are 7 15 31 63 127 255 511 and 1023 The Minimum Contention Window parameter is the first maximum number C used in the back off algorithm The higher the number of SUs served by the same AU the higher the Minimum Contention Window for each SU should be The available values are 0 7 15 31 63 127 255 511 and 1023 A value of 0 means that the contention window algorithm is not used
16. Burst Mode is supported by the Sub Band in use For information on how to view the Sub Bands supported by the unit and the supported parameters values and options refer to Section 4 2 2 4 Burst Mode Option The Burst Mode Option enables or disables the Burst Mode operation The default is Enable Burst Mode Time Interval The Burst Mode Time Interval defines the burst size which is the time in which data frames are sent immediately without contending for the wireless medium The range is 1 to the value of the Maximum Burst Duration defined for the Sub Band The default is 5 milliseconds or the value of Maximum Burst Duration defined for the Sub Band the lower of the two values Adaptive Modulation The Adaptive Modulation Algorithm enables adapting the modulation level of transmitted data to the prevailing conditions of the applicable radio link The algorithm provides Access Units with simultaneous adaptive support for multiple Subscriber Units at different modulation levels as transmission s modulation level decisions are made separately for each associated SU Link quality fluctuates due to various environmental conditions Dynamically switching between the possible modulation levels increases the probability of using the maximum modulation level suitable for the current radio link quality at any given moment The decisions made by the Adaptive Modulation Algorithm for the modulation level to be used are based on multi
17. Description Management BM Monitor program via Telnet E SNMP E Configuration upload download Management Access From Wired LAN Wireless Link Management access protection BM Multilevel password E Configuration of remote access direction from Ethernet only from wireless link only or from both Configuration of IP addresses of authorized stations O Security E Authentication messages encryption option E Data encryption option E WEP 152 bit encryption E FIPS 197 certified encryption a ESSID SNMP Agents SNMP ver 1 client MIB II Bridge MIB Private MIB Allocation of IP parameters Configurable or automatic DHCP client Software upgrade E FIP E TFTP Configuration upload download E FIP E TFTP 1 3 3 Standards Compliance General Table 1 5 Standards Compliance General Type Standard EMC E FCC Part 15 class B E ETSI EN 300 489 1 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ O System Manual Chapter 1 System Description Specifications Table 1 5 Standards Compliance General Type Standard Safety E UL 1950 E EN 60950 Environmental Operation E ETS 300 019 part 2 3 class 3 2E for indoor E ETS 300 019 part 2 4 class 4 1E for outdoor M ETS 300 019 2 2 class 2 3 Storage ETS 300 019 2 1 class 1 2E Transportation ETS 300 019 2 2 class 2 3 Lightning protection EN 61000 4 5 Class 3 2kV AU ODU Antenna connection Radio E FCC Part 15 247 E ETSI EN 3
18. Display Per Modulation Level Counters Link Capability System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 5 1 4 2 5 1 1 4 2 5 1 2 Traffic Statistics The traffic statistics are used to monitor interpret and analyze the performance of the wired and wireless links The counters display statistics relating to wireless link and Ethernet frames The Traffic Statistics menu includes the following options E Display Counters Select this option to display the current value of the Ethernet and wireless link WLAN counters E Reset Counters Select this option to reset the counters Ethernet Counters The unit receives Ethernet frames from its Ethernet port and forwards the frames to its internal bridge which determines whether each frame should be transmitted to the wireless medium Frames discarded by the unit s hardware filter are not counted by the Ethernet counters The maximum length of an Ethernet packet that can be accepted from or transmitted to the Ethernet port excluding CRC is 1600 bytes including VLAN s for tagged packets The unit transmits valid data frames received from the wireless medium to the Ethernet port as well as internally generated frames such as responses to management queries and pings received via the Ethernet port The Ethernet Counters include the following statistics M Total received frames via Ethernet The total number of frames received from the Ethernet
19. EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW IN NO EVENT SHALL THE LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES HEREUNDER OF ALVARION OR ITS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS EXCEED THE PURCHASE PRICE PAID FOR THE PRODUCT BY PURCHASER NOR SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES TO ALL PARTIES REGARDING ANY PRODUCT EXCEED THE PURCHASE PRICE PAID FOR THAT PRODUCT BY THAT PARTY EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF A BREACH OF A PARTY S CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS Electronic Emission Notices This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Radio Frequency Interference Statement The AU EZ Access Unit has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules and to EN 301 489 1 rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in commercial business and BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Legal Rights industrial environments This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will b
20. Ethernet Broadcast Multicast Limiter activation threshold and send trap interval Bridge Aging Time The Bridge Aging Time parameter enables selecting the bridge aging time for learned addresses of devices on both the wired and wireless sides not including BreezeACCESS units The available range is 20 to 2000 seconds BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 4 4 4 2 6 4 5 4 2 6 4 6 The default value is 300 seconds Broadcast Multicast Relaying The Broadcast Multicast Relaying option enables selecting whether the unit performs relaying of broadcasts and or multicasts The available options are E Disable E Broadcast Multicast Enable E Broadcast Enable E Multicast Enable If broadcast multicast relaying if disabled these packets are sent only to the local wired LAN and are not sent back to the wireless link When broadcast and or multicast relaying is enabled the relevant packets broadcasts only multicasts only or both broadcasts and multicasts originating from devices on the wireless link are transmitted by the AU back to the wireless link devices as well as to the wired LAN The default selection is Broadcast Multicast Enable Unicast Relaying The Unicast Relaying option enables selecting whether the unit performs unicast relaying When the Unicast Relaying parameter is enabled unicast packets originating from devices on the wireless link ca
21. Free validation has expired see the note above the SU will initiate its own channel availability check As a result Ifno radar signal is detected the SU associates to the AU Ifthe SU detects a radar it will tag the frequency in its own database as Radar Detected notify the AU and attempt to connect on another channel While associated the SU also performs In Service Monitoring meaning that it periodically scans the operating channel for radar signals If radar is detected it will notify the AU and stop transmitting on the respective frequency BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters ETSI requirements enforce particular implementations for the DFS functionality on CPEs Implementations of DFS on the SU for ETSI 5 8 and ETSI 5 4 based country codes are compared in Table 4 5 Table 4 5 DFS behavior on SUs using ETSI based country codes Feature ETSI 5 8 based country codes ETSI 5 4 based country codes Applicable country codes E ETSI 5 8 E Other country codes based on ETSI 5 8 UK 5 8 Germany 5 8 and Universal 5 8 with Detection Algorithm set to ETSI E ETSI 5 4 E Other country codes based on ETSI 5 4 ETSI F 5 4 and Universal 5 4 with Detection Algorithm set to ETSI Startup SU checks each frequencyand tags it as either Radar Free or Radar Detected All frequencies are tagged as Radar Free by default Operating Freq
22. If there is no radar activity detected the units in the sector may use this frequency to communicate If a radar activity was detected on a certain frequency it will be marked in the database as a Radar Detected frequency The frequency will remain tagged as Radar Detected for a predefined period of time called Channel Avoidance Period After this period expires the frequency will be marked as Radar Free If radar activity was detected on a certain frequency adjacent channels should not be used as well according to the bandwidth For instance if the bandwidth is 20 MHz then if radar activity was detected in 5800 MHz frequencies 5790 MHz and 5810 MHz should not be used as well These frequencies are marked in the database as Adjacent to Radar and will be treated the same as Radar Detected frequencies DFS implementation on the SU When DFS is enabled on the SU the unit uses a channel availability check mechanism that is similar to the AU s Before associating to the AU the SU picks a Radar Free frequency and E Ifthe frequency was previously scanned and tagged as available it immediately associates to the AU NOTE Some country codes require a periodical revalidation of the Radar Free frequencies So additionally it might be required for the channel validation period not to have expired as well E If the frequency is currently tagged as Radar Free as a result of a Radar Detected status that expired or in some cases if the Radar
23. Minimum dBm at Modulation Level Sensitivity Minimum SNR antenna port PER lt 10 20 MHz bandwidth 1 89 dBm 6 dB 88 dBm 7 dB 86 dBm 9 dB 84 dBm 11 dB 77 dBm 18 dB 73 dBm 22 dB 2 3 4 5 81 dBm 14 dB 6 7 8 71 dBm 23 dB Modulation OFDM modulation 64 FFT points BPSK QPSK QAM16 QAM64 The actual available frequency channels and bandwidth are defined by the selected Sub Band which reflects the applicable regulatory constraints For more details refer to Section 4 2 2 4 2 The actual maximum available output power for each modulation level is defined by the selected Sub Band which reflects the applicable regulatory constraints For some countries the maximum power may also be affected by limitations on the maximum EIRP also included in the Sub Band parameters and the Antenna Gain parameter For more details refer to Section 4 2 2 4 and to Section 3 2 For information on specific HW and Country Code BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 1 System Description Specifications limitations see the Country Codes document 3 Modulation Level indicates the radio transmission rate and the modulation scheme Modulation Level 1 is for the lowest radio rate and modulation scheme BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ Q System Manual Chapter 1 System Description Specifications 1 3 2 Configuration and Management Table 1 4 Configuration and Management Item
24. The prioritization of the packets is done using different classifiers M VLAN Priority E ToS Priority IP Precedence or DSCP E UDP and or TCP ports Each one of these classifiers can be activated deactivated If more than one classifier is activated the priority of each packet will be determined by the highest priority given to it by the active classifiers The Traffic Prioritization menu enables activating deactivating each of these classifiers and configuring the applicable parameters for each classifier BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters x 4 2 6 6 3 1 4 2 6 6 3 2 4 2 6 6 3 2 1 4 2 6 6 3 2 2 The Low Priority Traffic Minimum Percent parameter can be used to prevent starvation of low priority traffic by ensuring that a certain number of low priority packets are transmitted even at the expense of high priority traffic NOTE Note that in BreezeACCESS EZ traffic prioritization is available only for downlink transmissions As a result in most applications there is no meaningful benefit to this feature VLAN Traffic Prioritization This menu accesses the VLAN Priority Threshold The VLAN Priority Threshold is applicable for Trunk and Hybrid Links It enables defining the value of the VLAN Priority Threshold If the VLAN Priority field in a tagged frame is higher than the value of the VLAN Priority Threshold parameter the packet will be routed to the High
25. are Yes or No Selection of the No option will disable the radar detection and dynamic frequency selection mechanism The default depends on the Country Code No for Universal Country Codes in the 5 4 and 5 8 GHz bands Yes for all other Country Codes that support DFS as required by applicable regulations BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ 75 System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 2 2 5 2 4 2 6 2 2 5 3 x 4 2 6 2 2 5 4 4 2 6 2 2 5 5 Frequency Subset Definition The Frequency Subset Definition parameter defines the frequencies that will be used in the DFS mechanism The available frequencies according to the Sub Band are displayed and each of the frequencies in the list is associated with an index The frequencies subset can be defined by entering the indexes of the required frequencies or A to select all available frequencies The default is the complete list of frequencies available in the Sub Band Channel Check Time The Channel Check Time defines the time allocated for checking whether there is a radar activity on a new frequency after power up or after attempting to move to a new frequency upon detecting radar activity on the previously used frequency During this time the unit does not transmit The range is 1 to 3600 seconds The default is 60 seconds NOTE When ETSI country codes are applied on operating channels overlappling partially or totally with frequency range 5
26. calculating the current average SNR for data frames received from SUs This average SNR is used by the ATPC algorithm in the AU and is also included in the Adaptive Modulation Algorithm information messages transmitted by the AU and the SU The higher the value of this parameter the higher is the weight of history in the formula Available values 1 to 32 1 is for no weight for history meaning that average SNR equals the last measured SNR Default value 5 Number of HW Retries The Number of HW Retries parameter defines the maximum number of times that an unacknowledged packet is retransmitted When the Adaptive Modulation Algorithm is disabled a frame will be dropped when the number of unsuccessful retransmissions reaches this value For details on the effect of this parameter when the Adaptive Modulation Algorithm is enabled refer to Section 4 2 6 5 9 The available values range is from 1 to 14 The default value is 10 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 5 8 4 2 6 5 8 1 4 2 6 5 8 2 4 2 6 5 9 Burst Mode Burst mode provides an increased throughput by reducing the overhead associated with transmissions in the wireless medium In a burst transmission the inter frame spacing is reduced and unicast data frames are transmitted without any contention period burst mode is not activated on broadcasts multicasts The Burst Mode is available only if
27. connection on both ends Figure 4 2 shows the wire pair connections required for the Indoor to Outdoor cable 12345878 Hye Figure D 1 Ethernet Connector Pin Assignments The color codes used in cables that are supplied with crimped connectors are as listed in the following table Table D 1 Cable Color Codes Wire Color Pin Blue 1 Blue white Orange Orange white Brown Brown white Green oI N OD on B OJN Green white Use a crimp tool for RJ 45 connectors to prepare the wires insert them into the appropriate pins and use the crimp tool to crimp the connector Make sure to do the following 1 Remove as small a length as possible of the external jacket Verify that the external jacket is well inside the service box to ensure good sealing BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Appendix D Preparing the Indoor to Outdoor Cable 2 Take back the shield drain wire before inserting the cable into the RJ 45 connector to ensure a good connection with the connector s shield after crimping BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual sopendi E Parameters Summary Appendix E Parameters Summary In This Appendix The tables provide an at a glance summary of the configurable parameters value ranges and default values In addition each parameter entry also includes an indication as to whether the parameter is updated in run time or whether the unit
28. depends on the Sub Band The default is the lowest frequency in the Sub Band NOTE FCC 5 3 GHz units For full compliance with FCC regulations if you wish to include one or more of frequency channels 5270 5275 and 5330 MHz in the set of frequencies to be used then the Transmit Power parameter in the AU should not be set to a value above 20 Antenna Gain If there is a need to use a higher value for this parameter these frequencies should not be used DFS Parameters The DFS Parameters submenu is available only if DFS is supported by the current Sub Band Note that starting on SW version 5 2 the DFS feature is supported although disabled by default for units using Country Codes 1060 and 1064 Universal 5 4 GHz and Universal 5 8 GHz When a unit using either one of these Country Codes is upgraded from a SW version lower than 5 2 the feature will not be automatically applicable If the user wants to use the DFS feature he must re apply the Country Code values see Section 4 2 6 8 2 Note also that for these units if the user changes the working sub band the DFS Option will be automatically be set to No For other Country Codes that support DFS when sub band is changed the DFS Option is forced to Yes The DFS Parameters submenu includes the following parameters DFS Required by Regulations The DFS Required by Regulations option enables defining whether DFS should be used for compliance with applicable local regulations The options
29. in DFS Detection Algorithm Applicable only for Universal ETSI Yes Country Code in 5 4 5 8 GHz E ETSI E FCC Country Code Learning E Disable Disable Yes By SU Mixed Mode E Enable Transmit Power 10 dBm to a value that depends on The highest allowed Yes Country Code Antenna Gain value BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Appendix E Parameters Summary Parameters Summary Parameter Range Default Run Time ATPC Option Mixed E Disable Enable Yes Mode E Enable ATPC Option for EZ E Disable Disable Yes E Enable Delta from Minimum SNR 4 20 dB E Units in 5 4 5 8 Yes Level GHz bands 5 dB E Units in the 4 9 5 2 and 5 3 GHz bands 8 dB Minimum SNR Level 4 60 dB 28 dB Yes Minimum Interval 1 3600 seconds 30 seconds Yes Between ATPC Messages Mixed Mode ATPC Power Level Steps 1 20 dB 4 Yes Mixed Mode Tx Control E Off On Yes E On M Ethernet Status Control Antenna Gain Minimum 0 dBi According to the No Maximum 50 or Regulation Max antenna supplied with EIRP 10 the lower of the two the unit values Spectrum Analysis 2 30 seconds 5 seconds Yes Channel Scan Period Configured per analysis Spectrum Analysis Scan 1 100 cycles 2 cycles Yes Cycles Configured per analysis Automatic Channel E Disable Disable Yes Selection Configured E Enable per analysis Lost Beacons Watchdog 100 1000 0 means Not Used 218 Yes Threshold Noise I
30. must be reset before the modification takes effect No in the Run Time column indicates that a change to the parameter will take effect only after reset BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ 197 System Manual Appendix E Parameters Summary E 1 E 1 1 Parameters Summary Unit Control Parameters Parameters Summary Parameter Range Default Run Time Change Unit Name Up to 32 printable ASCII characters None Yes Change Read Only Password Up to 8 printable ASCII characters public No Change Installer Password Up to 8 printable ASCII characters user No Change Administrator Password Up to 8 printable ASCII characters private No FTP SW Version File Name Up to 20 printable ASCII characters VxWorks bz Yes An empty string is not allowed Configuration File Name Up to 20 printable ASCII characters config cfg Yes An empty string is not allowed Operator Defaults File Name Up to 20 printable ASCII characters operator cmr Yes An empty string is not allowed FTP Source Dir Up to 80 printable ASCII characters None empty Yes Use to clear FTP Server IP Address IP address 10 0 0 253 Yes FTP Gateway IP Address IP address 0 0 0 0 Yes FTP User Name Up to 18 printable ASCII characters VX Yes FTP Password Up to 18 printable ASCII characters VX Yes FTP Log File Name Up to 20 printable ASCII characters logfile log Yes FTP Log File Destination Up to 80 printable ASCII characters None empty Ye
31. of the downlink from the AU to each of the SUs Available values range is from 128 to 12032 Kbps The default value is 12032 Kbps The actual value will be the entered value rounded to the nearest multiple of 128 N 128 Maximum Burst Duration Sets the maximum time for accumulating burst transmission rights according to the Burst Duration algorithm Available values range from 0 to 2000 milliseconds The default value is 5 milliseconds enabling a maximum burst of 0 005 X CIR Kbps after a period of inactivity of 5 milliseconds or more Graceful Degradation Limit Sets the limit on using the graceful degradation algorithm In cases of over demand the performance of all SUs is degraded proportionally to their CIR IR 100 k x CIR The graceful degradation algorithm is used as long as k gt K where K is the Graceful Degradation Limit Beyond this point the simple brute force algorithm is used The Graceful Degradation Limit should be raised in proportion to the demand in the cell The higher the expected demand in a cell the higher the value of the Graceful Degradation Limit Higher demand can be expected in cases of significant over subscription and or in deployments where a high number of subscribers are in locations without proper communication with the AU at the highest data rate The available values range from 0 to 70 The default value is 70 MIR Only Option When the MIR Only Option is enabled it f
32. on existence of signals in the channel In some cases especially when a very strong signal exists in neighboring channels the noise floor calculated by the built in mechanism may be significantly below the actual noise floor level Typically the expected noise floor level for a 20 MHz bandwidth is 96 dBm The default calculation mode is Fully Automatic using only the built in mechanism If you experience problems in the wireless link such as excessively long association process or very low throughput it may be caused by errors in noise floor calculation In this case it is recommended to perform a Spectrum Analysis see Section 4 2 6 2 11 and view the Average Noise Floor values If the BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 2 15 1 4 2 6 2 15 2 calculated Noise Floor is lower by more than 5 dB from the expected value it is recommended to change the calculation mode to Automatic with Minimum Value using the expected value as the minimum Forced Value Note that if the SNR of received signals is very low typically below 10 dB it is recommended to maintain the default calculation mode Fully Automatic Changing the calculation mode to Automatic with Minimum Value may result in loss of connectivity with units for which the calculated SNR before the change was relatively low The Noise Floor Calculation Parameters submenu includes the following options Ca
33. port This counter includes both invalid frames with errors and valid frames without errors E Transmitted wireless to Ethernet The number of frames transmitted by the unit to the Ethernet port These are generally frames received from the wireless side but also include frames generated by the unit itself WLAN Counters The unit submits data frames received from the Ethernet port to the internal bridge as well as self generated control and wireless management frames After a unicast data frame is transmitted the unit waits for an acknowledgement ACK message from the receiving unit Some control and wireless management frames as well as broadcast and multicast frames sent to more than one unit are not acknowledged If an ACK is not received after a predefined time which is determined by the Maximum Cell distance parameter the unit retransmits the frame until an ACK is received If an ACK is not received before the number of BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ Q System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters retransmissions has reached a maximum predefined number which is determined by the Number of HW Retries parameter the frame is dropped Each packet to be transmitted to the wireless link is transferred to one of three queues Low Medium and High Packets in the High queue have the highest priority for transmission and those in the Low queue have the lowest priority The packets in the High queue will be
34. receive nor transmit data It also will not be able to synchronize associate meaning that it cannot be managed via the wireless link At the end of the period the unit will reset automatically regaining normal operability upon start up The Spectrum Analysis submenu includes the following options Spectrum Analysis Channel Scan Period The Spectrum Analysis Channel Scan Period is the period of staying on each channel during each cycle for information gathering when performing spectrum analysis Range 2 30 seconds Default value 5 seconds Spectrum Analysis Scan Cycles The Spectrum Analysis Scan Cycle is the number of scanning cycles when performing Spectrum Analysis Range 1 100 cycles Default value 2 cycles Automatic Channel Selection The Automatic Channel selection option defines weather the AU will choose the best noise free channel upon startup after completion of the spectrum analysis BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 2 11 4 4 2 6 2 11 5 4 2 6 2 11 6 process The selection is per analysis when the analysis is completed it will be disabled automatically The default is Disable Spectrum Analysis Activation The Spectrum analysis Activation option enables activation of the spectrum analysis process Upon activation the unit will reset automatically and start up in spectrum analysis mode Reset Spectrum Analysis Information Th
35. sent can be defined Send SNMP Traps The Send SNMP Traps option enables or disables the sending of SNMP traps The default selection is Disable BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ 9 System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 3 7 2 4 2 6 3 7 3 4 2 6 3 7 4 4 2 6 3 7 5 4 2 6 3 7 6 4 2 6 3 8 4 2 6 4 SNMP Traps Destination IP Addresses The SNMP Traps Destination IP Addresses submenu enables defining up to 10 IP addresses of devices to which the SNMP Traps are to be sent The default of all 10 SNMP Traps IP destinations is 0 0 0 0 SNMP Traps Community The SNMP Traps Community option enables defining the Community name for each IP address to which SNMP Trap messages are to be sent Valid strings Up to 8 ASCII characters The default for all 10 addresses is public which is the default Read community Delete One Trap Address The Delete One Trap Address option enables deleting Trap address entries from the SNMP Traps Addresses list Delete All Trap Addresses The Delete All Trap Addresses option enables deleting all entries from the SNMP Traps Addresses list Show Traps Parameters The Show Traps Parameters displays all the 10 available IP addresses to which the SNMP Traps are to be sent and their corresponding communities Show Network Management Parameters Aggregates information regarding type of access to Network Management Network Management IP filtering Network Manag
36. the amount of Phy Error rate reported by the unit see Total Rx events on page 61 To ensure that sensitivity is not reduced too much and SUs are not lost verify that the Age see Display Association Info on page 64 of all SUs is below 20 seconds Do not activate the OFDM Weak Signal parameter if the SNR is below 26 dB without fading margin Under normal conditions the OFDM Weak Signal should never be activated in the AU since the SNR of all SUs will be below 36 dB when ATPC is enabled The Noise Immunity Control submenu includes the following options Noise Immunity State Control The Noise Immunity State Control defines the activation mode of the Adaptive Noise Immunity mechanism Automatic or Manual The following parameters of the Noise Immunity Control mechanism are applicable only for Manual mode The default is Automatic Noise Immunity Level The Noise Immunity Level parameter sets the threshold for immunity against broadband interfering signals A higher value may reduce the number of errors at the expense of reduced sensitivity The range is from O0 to 4 In the current version only 0 and 4 should be used The default is 0 Spur Immunity Level The Spur Immunity Level parameter sets the threshold for immunity against narrow band interfering signals such as spurious from signals at other BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ Q System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 2 14 4 4 2 6 2 14 5
37. to According to false E AU According the country code country code country code to country code definition definition definition E SU false Channel Check 60 sec 60 sec 60 sec 60 sec Time 600 sec for 600 sec for freq between freq between 5600 and 5650 5600 and 5650 MHz MHz Channel 30 min 30 min 30 min 30 min Avoidance Period Minimum 4 4 4 4 Pulses to Detect Frequency According to According to According to ALL Subset country code country code corresponding Definition definition definition ETSI 5 4 5 8 The Frequency Definition submenu includes the following options 4 2 6 2 2 3 Sub Bands Select Each unit is delivered with a pre configured Sub Band according to the applicable Country Code This set of parameters includes also the frequencies that can be used The parameters that determine the frequency to be used are set in the AU The SU should be configured with a minimal set of parameters to ensure that it will be BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 2 2 4 4 2 6 2 2 5 4 2 6 2 2 5 1 able to automatically detect and use the frequency used by the AU including possible changes in this frequency Frequency The Frequency parameter defines the transmit receive frequency when DFS is not enabled If DFS is enabled it sets the initial operational frequency upon starting the DFS mechanism for the first time The range
38. 00 328 E ETSI EN 301 893 2003 04 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ O System Manual Chapter 1 System Description 1 3 4 Mechanical Table 1 6 Mechanical Specifications Stand Alone Access Unit Specifications Unit Structure Dimensions cm Weight kg General An IDU indoor unit and an ODU outdoor unit connected to a detached antenna IDU PS1073 Plastic box black desktop or 14x6 6x 3 5 0 3 wall mountable ODU Poll or wall mountable 30 5 x 11 7 x 5 7 1 8 AU Ant 5G 16 60 2 3 5 pole mountable 43 6 x 25 x 1 0 2 2 AU Ant 5G 17 90 2 3 5 pole mountable 55 x 25 x 1 1 1 5 AU Ant 5G 15 120 2 3 5 pole mountable 53 x 26 x 1 1 2 5 AU Ant 5 4G 8 Omni 2 5 4 5 pole mountable 70 cm high 6 cm base 1 5 diameter AU Ant 5 8G 8 Omni Surface or pole mountable 40 cm high 3 2 cm base 0 23 diameter 1 3 5 Connectors Table 1 7 Connectors Stand Alone Access Unit Unit Connector Description IDU ETHERNET 10 100BaseT Ethernet RJ 45 Cable connection to a PC crossed Cable connection to a hub straight RADIO 10 100BaseT Ethernet RJ 45 AC IN 3 PIN AC power plug ODU INDOOR 10 100BaseT Ethernet RJ 45 protected by a waterproof sealing assembly ANT N Type jack 50 ohm lightning protected Antenna RF N Type jack on a 1 5m cable in the Omni 8 5 8 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 1 System Description Specifications 1 3 6 Electrical Ta
39. 1 to BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ iv System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 6 1 3 4 2 6 6 1 4 4 2 6 6 1 5 4 2 6 6 1 6 4 2 6 6 1 7 4 2 6 6 2 192 168 1 255 or a base address and a mask in the format lt base address gt mask lt mask gt example 192 168 1 1 mask 255 255 255 0 Delete Filter IP Address Range The Delete Filter IP Address Range option enables deleting IP address range entries from the Filter IP Address Ranges list Delete All User Filtering Entries The Delete AIl User Filtering Entries option enables deleting all entries from the Filter IP Address Ranges list DHCP Unicast Override Filter When user filtering is activated unicast DHCP messages are filtered out therefore the unit cannot communicate with the DHCP server The DHCP Unicast Override Filter option enables to overcome this problem When enabled unicast DHCP messages pass overriding the user filtering mechanism The default is Disable DHCP Unicast PPPoE Override Filter When user filtering is activated PPPoE packets are filtered out The PPPoE Override Filter option enables to overcome this problem When enabled PPPoE packets pass overriding the user filtering mechanism The default is Disable Show User Filtering Parameters The Show All User Filtering Parameters option displays the current value of the User Filtering Option and the list of User Filtering addresses subnet masks and
40. 15 2 1 2 Indoor to Outdoor Cables siriana 16 2 2 Equipment Positioning Guidelines i 17 2 3 Installing the Outdoor Uniti iii ian iii 18 2 3 1 Pole Mounting the Outdoor Unit 18 2 3 2 Protecting ODU Connections riciclati rain 19 2 3 3 Connecting the Grounding and Antenna CablesS 20 2 3 4 Connecting the Indoor to Outdoor Cable i 21 2 4 Installing the Universal IDU Indoor Unit 22 2 4 1 RESET Button Functionality etree eeeeneaeeeeeeeeeeenaaeeeeeeeeeneea 23 Chapter 3 COMMISSIONING 212 2 x2x22s0s00srsisene iaia aisi ie iii 24 3 1 Configuring Basic Parameters rrrrceeeeeee eee eee iii eee 26 3 1 1 Initial CORO iena 26 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ Q System Manual Contents 3 1 2 Country Code Selection 27 3 2 Transmit Power Compliance With Regulations rrririiiiiinnne 28 3 3 Operation Verification ese eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesseesseeseeeeseeseeesneeees 29 3 3 1 QuidoorUnitVertfcatione cuce 29 3 3 2 Indoor Unit VernficatlOM siisii ienien aaa aaaea aaa fia 30 Chapter 4 Operation and Administration 11 2022020220ss rs eresie ia ein inni 31 4 1 Working with the Monitor Program iii 33 4 1 1 Accessing the Monitor Program Using Telnet 33 4 1 2 Common OperationS iii 34
41. 3 Basic Configuration b To configure the IP address select 1 IP Address c To configure the subnet mask select 2 Subnet Mask d To configure the default gateway address select 3 Default Gateway Address To verify the connection PING the unit s IP address and verify that PING replies are being received Use the TFTP utility with the following syntax to perform the upgrade BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Appendix A Software Version Loading Using TFTP 10 11 tftp i hostaddress put sourcefile destinationfile where i is for binary mode and hostaddress is the IP address of the unit to be upgraded put causes the PC client to send a file to the hostaddress The original sourcefile name of SW files is in the structure aX_Y_Z bz where X Y Z is the version number destinationfile is the name of the file to be loaded Use the SNMP write community lt SnmpWriteCommunity gt bz to define the destination filename The default SNMP write community is private For example to load the upgrade file a5_0_15 bz to an AU whose IP address is 206 25 63 65 tftp i 206 25 63 65 put a5_0_15 bz private bz When the loading is complete the following message is displayed indicating completion of the TFTP process SW download completed successfully The unit decompresses the loaded file and checks the integrity of the new version The new version replaces the previous shadow version only after verification If verifica
42. 6 2 Show Noise Floor Calculation Select this option to view the current values of the Noise Floor Calculation parameters and the Noise Floor Current Value the actual current value used by the device Calibration of Noise Floor Indication The Calibration of Noise Floor Indication feature has been introduced to overcome possible inaccuracies in the Noise Floor Calculation mechanism The calibrated Noise Floor Indication is used for correcting the displayed Noise Floor values versus the values that are calculated used by the internal noise floor calculation mechanism The Calibration of Noise Floor Indication submenu includes the following options Run Calibration Select the Run Calibration option to perform a new calibration process Typically this should be performed for a new unit when Factory calibration is not available whenever the bandwidth sub band is being changed not applicable for current release or if the previous calibration process has failed Calibration can be performed only under the following conditions E The Spectrum Analyzer is not in progress E There is no active TFTP or FTP session If the calibration has started the unit will reset itself will perform the calibration and after that it will reset again and return to normal mode of operation The calibration process may take several minutes 6 seconds for each of the channels available in the tested sub band plus two resets If the calibration is running
43. 600 5650 MHz the Channel Check Time is forced to minimum 600 seconds 10 minutes Channel Avoidance Period The Channel Avoidance Period defines the time that the frequency will remain marked in the database as Radar Detected or Adjacent to Radar after detecting radar activity These frequencies will not be used when searching for a new frequency When this time has elapsed the unit s frequency marking will change to Radar Free The range is 1 to 60 minutes The default is 30 minutes Minimum Pulses to Detect The Minimum Pulses to Detect parameter defines the minimum number of radar pulses that should be detected before reaching a decision that radar is active on the channel The range is from 1 to 100 pulses The default is 4 pulses BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ Q System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 2 2 5 6 4 2 6 2 2 5 7 Channel Reuse Parameters The Channel Reuse algorithm enables returning to the original channel under certain conditions that indicate low radar activity on the original channel The conditions are that radar was detected in this channel not more than N times Maximum Number of Detections in Assessment Period during the last T hours Radar Activity Assessment Period When the Channel Reuse Option is enabled then by the end of the Channel Avoidance Period the unit will attempt returning to the original frequency provided these conditions are met The Channe
44. A password entry request is displayed Table 4 1 lists the default passwords for each of the access levels Table 4 1 Default Passwords Access Rights Password Read Only public Installer user Administrator private NOTE n Following three unsuccessful login attempts using incorrect passwords the monitor program is Ed blocked for several minutes To enable access to the monitor program during that time the unit must be reset via SNMP or by disconnecting reconnecting power If you forgot the password type h at the Access Level selection prompt Type Recover at the prompt to get a challenge string consisting of 8 characters Contact Alvarions Customer Service and give them the challenge string after user identification to receive a one time password After entering this password at the prompt the unit will reboot with the default Administrator password private Three consecutive errors in entering the one time password will invalidate it and block the monitor program A new challenge string should be used to receive a new one time password 5 Enter your password and press Enter The Main Menu is displayed as shown in Figure 4 1 The unit type AU EZ and location if configured SW version BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Working with the Monitor Program number and SW release date displayed in the header vary according to the selected unit and SW version
45. BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ Q System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 4 2 1 4 2 6 4 2 2 4 2 6 4 2 3 4 2 6 4 2 4 4 2 6 4 3 The Ethernet Broadcast Multicast Limiter menu allows viewing and setting the following parameters Ethernet Broadcast Multicast Limiter Option The Ethernet Broadcast Multicast Limiter Option defines the limiter s functionality The available options are E Disable No limiter E Limit only Broadcast Packets E Limit Multicast Packets that are not Broadcasts E Limit All Multicast Packets including broadcast The default selection is Disable Ethernet Broadcast Multicast Limiter Threshold packets sec The Ethernet Broadcast Multicast Limiter Threshold defines the maximum number of packets per second that will pass the limiter when it is enabled The range is from 0 to 204800 packets second The default is 50 packets Ethernet Broadcast Multicast Limiter Send Trap Interval min The Ethernet Broadcast Multicast Limiter Send Trap Interval defines the minimum time in minutes between two consecutive transmissions of the trap indicating the number of packets that were dropped by the limiter since the previous trap or since the time that the limit has been exceeded The range is from 1 to 60 minutes The default is 5 minutes Show Ethernet Broadcast Multicast Limiter The Show Ethernet Broadcast Multicast Limiter displays aggregated information regarding
46. Configuration Enables to access the set of parameters that are configured during the installation process These parameters are also available in the Advanced Configuration menu Available at the Installer and Administrator access levels E Site Survey Enables to activate certain tests and view various system counters Available at the Installer and Administrator access levels E Advanced Configuration Enables to access all system parameters including the Basic Configuration parameters Available only at the Administrator access level Info Screens Menu The Info Screens menu enables you to view the current values of various parameter sets The parameter sets are identical to the main parameter groups in the configuration menus You can view a specific parameter set or choose to view all parameters at once While this menu is available at all access levels some BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ 9 System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters security related parameters such as the ESSID are only displayed to users with Administrator access rights The Info Screens menu includes the following options Show Unit Status Show Basic Configuration Show Advanced Configuration Show Country Dependent Parameters Show All Parameters 4 2 2 1 Show Unit Status The Show Unit Status menu is a read only menu that displays the current values of the following parameters Unit Name As defined in the Unit Cont
47. DFS The range is 0 to 512 radar detections When set to 0 the mechanism is disabled The default is 0 i Radar Events Monitoring Period ETSI Country Codes in 5 4 5 8 GHz ands The Remote Radar Events Monitoring Period defines the maximal time interval in which the Remote Radar Event Reports must be collected for the AU to initiate the DFS The range is 1 to 30 minutes The default is 30 4 2 6 2 2 5 10Clear Radar Detected Channels after Reset When the Clear Radar Detected Channels after Reset is enabled after the next reset all viable frequencies will be marked in the database as Radar Free including frequencies previously marked as either Radar Detected or Adjacent to Radar In addition the unit will start operation using its default frequency The default is Disable 4 2 6 2 2 5 11 Show DFS Settings And Data 4 2 6 2 2 6 4 2 6 2 3 4 2 6 2 3 1 Upon selecting the Show DFS Settings and Data the values of all DFS parameters and the current operating frequency will be displayed The current defined frequency subset as well as the defined subset to be used after the next reset are also displayed In addition all the applicable frequencies will be displayed together with their status in the database Radar Free Radar Detected or Adjacent to Radar Show Frequency definitions Upon selecting Show Frequency Definitions the available Sub Band and Frequency are displayed In addition all the parameters displayed upon
48. E for more details After the basic parameters are configured the unit should be reset in order to activate the new configuration 3 1 2 Country Code Selection CAUTION The selected Country Code must comply with applicable local radio regulations BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual 3 2 Transmit Power Compliance With Regulations CAUTION In regions where local radio regulations limit the maximum transmit power of the unit the installer is responsible to properly set the Antenna Gain parameter if configurable according to the actual antenna being used This will limit the upper limits of the Tx Power parameter in the AU to the value of Permitted EIRP Antenna Gain The Tx Power parameter should not exceed the Permitted EIRP Antenna Gain according to the following table Table 3 2 Regulation Maximum EIRP Country Code Maximum EIRP dBm FCC 5 3 GHz 30 See NOTE Below FCC 5 4 GHz 30 ETSI 5 4 GHz 30 ETSI F 5 4 GHz 30 Australia 5 4 GHz 30 Universal 5 4 GHz 38 FCC 5 8 GHz 36 UK 5 8 GHz 36 Australia 5 8 GHz 36 India 5 8 GHz 36 Germany 5 8 GHz 36 Universal 5 8 GHz 36 NOTE FCC 5 3 GHz units For full compliance with FCC regulations if you wish to include one or more of frequency channels 5270 5275 and 5330 MHz in the set of frequencies to be used then the Transmit Power parameter in the AU should not be set to a value above 20 Antenna Gain If there is
49. ED indicators located on the top panel of the IDU Table 3 4 PS1073 IDU LEDs Name Description Functionality POWER Selftest and Power Indication I Green IDU power is OK end to end Ethernet connectivity Off No E Off No power or power failure Ethernet connectivity has been detected between the outdoor unit and the device connected to the indoor unit ETH Self test and E Off No Ethernet connectivity has been detected end to end between the outdoor unit and the device Ethernet connected to the indoor unit connectivity E Green Self test passed and Ethernet connection confirmed by the outdoor unit Ethernet integrity check passed BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter Operation and Administration Chapter 4 Operation and Administration In This Chapter E Working with the Monitor Program on page 33 E Menus and Parameters on page 36 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Working with the Monitor Program 4 1 Working with the Monitor Program 4 1 1 Accessing the Monitor Program Using Telnet 1 Connect a PC to the Ethernet port using a crossed cable 2 Configure the PC s IP parameters to enable connectivity with the unit The default IP address is 10 0 0 1 3 Run the Telnet program The Select Access Level menu is displayed 4 Select the required access level depending on your specific access rights
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51. Mode The Ethernet Negotiation Mode submenu displays the current Ethernet port state and enables defining the negotiation mode of the Ethernet port The available options are E Force 10 Mbps and Half Duplex BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 3 8 4 2 3 9 Force 10 Mbps and Full Duplex E Force 100 Mbps and Half Duplex E Force 100 Mbps and Full Duplex E Auto Negotiation 10 100 Mbps and Half Full Duplex The default is Auto Negotiation 10 100 Mbps and Half Full Duplex Change System Location The Change System Location option enables changing the system location of the unit which is also the sys location in MIB2 The System Location is also displayed as a part of the Monitor menu s header Valid values A string of up to 35 printable ASCII characters The default system location is an empty string Event Log Menu The Event Log Menu enables controlling the event log feature The event log is an important debugging tool and a flash memory sector is dedicated for storing it Events are classified according to their severity level Message lowest severity Warning Error or Fatal highest severity The severity level of events that should be saved in the Event Log is configurable Events from the configured severity and higher are saved and may be displayed upon request Log history can be displayed up to the full number of current active events In t
52. P Server IP address see note below FTP Gateway IP address see note below FTP User Name see note below FTP Password see note below Ethernet Port Negotiation Mode Air Interface Parameters Frequency DFS Required by Regulations Frequency Subset Antenna Gain Country Code Parameters Selected Country Code NOTE _ The FTP parameters are not set to their default values after Set Complete Operator Defaults Ed However they are set to their default value after Set Complete Factory Defaults Note that in this case they are set to the default values immediately upon selecting the Set Complete Factory Default option even before the next reset 4 2 3 2 1 2 Set Partial Factory Defaults Select this option to reset the unit to the standard Factory Default configuration excluding the parameters that are required to maintain connectivity and management access The parameters that do not change after Set Partial Factory Defaults are listed in Table 4 3 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ 0 System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters Table 4 3 Parameters that are not changed after Set Partial Factory Operator Defaults Parameters Group Parameter Unit Control parameters Passwords Ethernet Port Negotiation Mode FTP Server IP address FTP Gateway IP Address FTP User Name FTP Password AP Working Mode IP Parameters IP Address
53. SID1 No Maximum Cell Distance 0 54 Km 0 no compensation Yes 0 means no compensation Arbitration Inter Frame 1 50 time slots 2 time slots No Spacing Wireless Trap Threshold 1 100 30 No Maximum Number of 1 512 1 124 if Data Encryption 48 Yes Associations Option should be enabled Frequency According to the Sub Band The lowest frequency Yes in the Sub Band DFS Required by E No Depends on Country Yes Regulations Code E Yes BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Appendix E Parameters Summary Parameters Summary Parameter Range Default Run Time Frequency Subset According to the Sub Band A listof A Yes Definition in AU frequency indexes or A for all frequencies supported by the Sub Band Channel Check Time 1 3600 seconds 60 seconds Yes Assessment Period Channel Avoidance 1 60 minutes 30 minutes Yes Period SU Waiting Option E Disable Enable Yes applicable only in Mixed Mode E Enable Remote Radar Event 0 512 detections 0 disabled Yes Reports Remote Radar Events 1 30 minutes 30 Yes Monitoring Period Minimum Pulses to 1 100 4 for FCC Yes Detect 8 for other ETSI Clear radar Detected Disable Disable Yes Channels After Reset E Enable Channel Reuse Option E Disable Disable Yes E Enable Radar Activity 1 12 hours 5 hours Yes Assessment Period Maximum Number of 1 10 detections 5 detections Yes Detections
54. ST OR WAS CAUSED BY PURCHASER S OR ANY THIRD PERSON S MISUSE NEGLIGENCE IMPROPER INSTALLATION OR IMPROPER TESTING UNAUTHORIZED ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR OR ANY OTHER CAUSE BEYOND THE RANGE OF THE INTENDED USE OR BY ACCIDENT FIRE LIGHTNING OR OTHER HAZARD Disclaimer a The product is sold on an AS IS basis Alvarion its affiliates or its licensors MAKE NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WITH RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION ALVARION SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON INFRINGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE UNITS OF PRODUCT INCLUDING ALL THE SOFTWARE DELIVERED TO PURCHASER HEREUNDER ARE NOT FAULT TOLERANT AND ARE NOT DESIGNED MANUFACTURED OR INTENDED FOR USE OR RESALE IN APPLICATIONS WHERE THE FAILURE MALFUNCTION OR INACCURACY OF PRODUCTS CARRIES A RISK OF DEATH OR BODILY INJURY OR SEVERE PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES MAY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO USE AS PART OF ON LINE CONTROL SYSTEMS IN HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTS REQUIRING FAIL SAFE PERFORMANCE SUCH AS IN THE OPERATION OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION OR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL LIFE SUPPORT MACHINES WEAPONS SYSTEMS OR OTHER APPLICATIONS REPRESENTING A SIMILAR DEGREE OF POTENTIAL HAZARD ALVARION SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR HIGH RISK ACTIVITI
55. VAN Di Software Version Loading Using TFTP Appendix A Software Version Loading Using TFTP gt Firmware upgrades to the unit s FLASH memory can be performed by a simple loading procedure using a TFTP application Before performing an upgrade procedure be sure you have the correct files and most recent instructions Upgrade packages can be obtained from the Technical Support section of Alvarion s web site http www alvarion com CAUTION Shutting down power to the unit before completion of the loading procedure may cause the unit to be inoperable To load software versions Verify that IP connectivity to the required unit is established Ensure that the IP address of the PC from which the upgrade is to be performed belongs to the same subnet as the unit to be upgraded unless the unit is behind a router If the unit is behind a router verify that the unit is configured with the correct Default Gateway Address To view the current IP parameters of the unit use the Monitor program by connecting the PC to the unit either directly or via Telnet To access the IP parameters via the Monitor program a From the Main Menu select 1 Info Screens b From the Info Screen menu select 2 Show Basic Configuration The current basic configuration is displayed including the run time values for the IP Address Subnet Mask and Default Gateway Address parameters To modify any of the IP parameters a From the Main Menu select
56. Yet means that the unit will not transmit until the actual value is configured The unit can be configured to Don t Care or Not Set Yet only in factory Once a value is configured it is not possible to reconfigure the unit to either Don t Care or Not Set Yet The default value depends on unit type The default value for AUs that are supplied with a detached antenna is in accordance with the antenna s gain In units supplied without an antenna the default is typically Not Set Yet Cell Distance Parameters The higher the distance of an SU from the AU that is serving it the higher the time it takes for messages sent by one of them to reach the other To ensure appropriate services to all SUs regardless of their distance from the AU while maintaining a high overall performance level two parameters should be adapted to the distances of SUs from the serving AU E The time that a unit waits for a response message before retransmission ACK timeout should take into account the round trip propagation delay between the AU and the SU The one way propagation delay at 5 GHz is 3 3 microseconds per km 5 microseconds per mile The higher the distance from the AU of the SU served by it the higher the ACK timeout should be BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ Q System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 2 7 1 4 2 6 2 7 2 4 2 6 2 8 The ACK timeout in microseconds is 20 Distance km 2 3 3 or 20 Distance
57. Z AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 3 3 4 2 6 3 4 4 2 6 3 5 Address Ranges list described below and that are connected to the unit via the defined port s The following options are available E Disable No IP address based filtering is configured E Activate IP Filter on Ethernet Port Applicable only if the Access to Network Management parameter is configured to either From Ethernet Only or From Both Ethernet and Wireless Link The unit can be managed from the Ethernet port only by stations with IP addresses matching one of the entries in the Set Network Management IP Addresses parameter If the Access to Network Management parameter is configured to From Both Ethernet and Wireless Link then no IP address based filtering is configured for the wireless port E Activate IP Filter on Wireless Link Port Applicable only if the Access to Network Management parameter is configured to either From Wireless Link Only or From Both Ethernet and Wireless Link The unit can be managed from the wireless port only by stations with IP addresses matching one of the entries in the Set Network Management IP Addresses parameter If the Access to Network Management parameter is configured to From Both Ethernet and Wireless Link then no IP address based filtering is configured for the Ethernet port E Activate IP filter on Both Ethernet and Wireless Link Ports Applicable to all options of the Ac
58. a need to use a higher value for this parameter these frequencies should not be used Chapter 3 Commissioning 3 3 Operation Verification Operation Verification The following sections describe how to verify the correct functioning of the ODU and IDU 3 3 1 Outdoor Unit Verification To verify the correct operation of the Outdoor Unit examine the LED indicators located on the bottom panel of the outdoor unit The following tables list the provided LEDs and their associated indications NOTE n Verifying the correct operation of the Outdoor Unit using the LEDs as described below is only Ed possible after the configuration process is completed Table 3 3 AU ODU LEDs Name Description Functionality W LINK A Wireless Link E Green Unit is associated with one or more i Indictor SUs E Blinking red No associations E Off Wireless link is disabled Status Self test and E Green Power is available and X power indication i E self test passed E Blinking Amber Testing not ready for operation E Red Self test failed fatal error ETH g Ethernet activity E Green Ethernet link detected Tr connectivity indication M Amber No Ethernet connectivity between the indoor and outdoor units BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 3 Commissioning Operation Verification 3 3 2 Indoor Unit Verification To verify the correct operation of the indoor equipment examine the L
59. adar system The country dependent set of parameters includes also an indication whether DFS Dynamic Frequency Selection should be used The DFS algorithm is designed to detect and avoid operation in channels with radar activity If the current sub band does not support DFS then the DFS parameters configuration submenu is not available NOTE Radar detection parameters that are enforced by Country Code specific regulations are editable only by users with Administrator privileges When enabling a Country Code that requires particular DFS settings the unit automatically applies these settings Users with Installer privileges will be able to set a particular Country Code but they will not be able to change its default DFS settings When DFS is enabled the unit monitors the spectrum continuously searching for signals with a specific pattern indicating radar activity Upon detecting radar activity the unit immediately stops transmitting on this frequency and starts looking for another radar free frequency The subset of viable frequencies is configurable DFS implementation on the AU The AU maintains a continuously updated database of all applicable frequencies where each frequency is marked as Radar Free Radar Detected or Adjacent to BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ co System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 2 2 2 2 Radar The AU attempts to check a new frequency only if it is marked as Radar Free
60. affordable solution that offers vast opportunities for enhanced communication education business social development and improved quality of life BreezeACCESS EZ products operate in unlicensed frequency bands in Time Division Duplex TDD mode using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing OFDM modulation with Forward Error Correction FEC coding Using the enhanced multi path resistance capabilities of OFDM modem technology the system enables operation in near and non line of sight NLOS environments These qualities enable service providers to reach a previously inaccessible and broader segment of the subscriber population BreezeACCESS EZ Access Units are currently available in the following frequency bands Table 1 1 Frequency Bands Band Frequency Range GHz 5 2 5 150 5 350 5 3 5 250 5 350 5 4 5 470 5 725 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 1 System Description Introducing BreezeACCESS EZ Table 1 1 Frequency Bands Band Frequency Range GHz 5 8 5 725 5 875 The available frequencies as well as other parameters depend on applicable local regulations The actual operating frequencies used by the system can be configured according to applicable radio regulations and specific deployment considerations The SU EZ CPEs support the entire range from 5 150 to 5 875 GHz with automatic frequency detection enabling fast and simple plug and play installat
61. ality enabled it is possible to trigger a channel shutdown even if the AU hasn t detected any radar activity on that channel If an AU receives from the SUs a particular number of DFS notifications Remote Radar Event Reports in a specified period of time Remote Radar Events Monitoring Period it will initiate a channel shutdown on that frequency and tag it as Radar Detected Typically operators prefer to preserve the original frequency planning and to avoid moving to a new channel unless they are sure that there is a continuous System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters radar activity in the original channel It should be noted that detection of radar activity does not necessarily indicate a continuous radar activity in the channel A channel reuse algorithm enables returning to the original channel under certain conditions that indicates low radar activity on the channel Table 4 6 Comparison between DFS implementations for various country codes on the SU Action Parameter ETSI 5 4 GHz ETSI 5 8 GHz Universal FCC When reverting DFS Option According to According to false According to the unit to country code country code country code factory default definition definition definition settings When upgrading DFS Option false According to false Unchanged from a previous country code software version definition When changing DFS Option According
62. and DFS Required By Regulations if DFS is supported by Country Code Depends on Country Code In Frequency Definition gt DFS Parameters Frequency Subset Definition All frequencies In Frequency Definition gt DFS Parameters Applicable only if DFS is enabled BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 3 Commissioning Configuring Basic Parameters Table 3 1 AU EZ Basic Parameters Parameter Default Value Comment DFS Detection Algorithm ETSI Applicable only for Universal Country Code in 5 4 or 5 8 GHz band if DFS is enabled ATPC Option for EZ Disable In ATPC Parameters Transmit Power Dependent on Country Code Tx Control On Antenna Gain According to the antenna supplied with the unit and the Country Code If set to Not Set Yet must be configured according to actual value taking into account cable s attenuation Maximum Distance 0 No Compensation In Cell Distance Parameters VLAN ID Management 65535 In VLAN Support Authentication Algorithm Open System Data Encryption Option Disable Security Mode WEP Default Multicast Key Key 1 Key 1 to Key 4 00 0 32 zeros meaning no key In Security Parameters Availability of security parameters depends on support according to the country code NOTE Some parameters are changed to their new values only after reset referto Appendix
63. and High decision thresholds for the Adaptive Modulation algorithm In links with a low SNR below 13 the Adaptive Modulation algorithm may not stabilize on the correct modulation level when using the standard decision thresholds In this case the algorithm may try to use a modulation level that is too high resulting in a relatively large number of dropped frames The High option solves this limitation and ensures good performance also in links with a low SNR The default is Normal Show Adaptive Modulation Parameters The Show Adaptive Modulation Parameters option displays aggregated information regarding Adaptive Modulation activation and decision thresholds and the minimum interval between Adaptive Modulation messages Show Performance Parameters The Show Performance Parameters option displays aggregated information regarding RTS threshold min max contention window maximum modulation level multicast modulation level number of HW retries average SNR memory factor burst mode activation minimum interval between adaptive modulation messages adaptive modulation decision thresholds Service Parameters The Service Parameters menu enables defining user filtering MIR CIR parameters traffic prioritization parameters and DRAP parameters BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ O System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 6 1 4 2 6 6 1 1 4 2 6 6 1 2 The Service Parameters menu includes the follow
64. and that the unit will attempt to access the medium immediately after a time equal to DIFS The default value is 15 Maximum Contention Window The Maximum Contention Window parameter defines the upper limit for the maximum number C used in the back off algorithm as described in Minimum Contention Window above The available values are 7 15 31 63 127 255 511 and 1023 The default value is 1023 Multicast Modulation Level The Multicast Modulation Level parameter defines the modulation level used for transmitting multicast and broadcast data frames Multicast and broadcast transmissions are not acknowledged therefore if a multicast or broadcast transmission is not properly received there is no possibility of retransmitting It is recommended that you set a lower modulation level for broadcast and multicast frame transmissions to increase the probability that they are received without errors BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 5 5 The Multicast Modulation Level parameter is applicable only to data frames Beacons and other wireless management and control frames are always transmitted at the lowest modulation level according to the Sub Band The minimum and maximum values for the Multicast Modulation Level are defined by the Sub Band in use For information on how to view the Sub Bands supported by the unit and the supported parameters values and options
65. ansported using Real Time Protocol RTP The Real Time Control Protocol RTCP is used to control the RTP When an application uses RTP RTCP it chooses for destination ports consecutive numbers RTP port is always an even number and the port with the odd number following it will be assigned to RTCP If the administrator selects to prioritize only the RTP packets then all the packets with an odd numbered destination port will always have Low priority The packets with an even number for destination port will receive High priority if the port number is included in the specified ranges If the administrator selects to prioritize both RTP and RTCP packets then all packets whose destination port number is included in the specified ranges will receive High priority The available options are RTP amp RTCP RTP Only The default is RTP amp RTCP E Add TCP Port Ranges This option enables adding TCP port ranges to the list of priority port numbers The list can include up to 64 ranges It is possible to add discrete port numbers and or ranges In ranges a hyphen is used to separate between start and end port numbers A comma is used to separate between entries For example 8900 9000 9005 9010 9016 9017 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 6 3 4 4 2 6 6 3 5 4 2 6 6 4 HM Delete TCP Port Ranges This option enables deleting TCP port ranges from the lis
66. ays The Allocation requests are used to identify the existence of an active Gateway In Voice Gateways they also include information about the current number of voice calls and requests for new calls The range is between 1 and 255 seconds The default value is 10 seconds Number of Active Voice Calls This option shows the current number of active voice calls in the cell Show Drap Parameters The Show Drap Parameters option displays current and runtime values of the DRAP parameters Show Service Parameters Displays the current values of the Service Parameters Security Parameters BreezeACCESS EZ systems can support encryption of authentication messages and or data frames using one of the following encryption standards BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy algorithm WEP is defined in the IEEE 802 11 Wireless LAN standard and is based on the RSA s RC4 encryption algorithm FIPS 197 is certified for compliance with Federal Information Processing Standards It provides encryption and message integrity in one solution and implements the Advanced Encryption Standard using Rijndael block cipher The following parameters are available through the Security Parameters menu in certain units some or all of the security options may not be available Authentication Algorithm Data Encryption Option Security Mode Default Multica
67. bject to the following warranty and product liability terms and conditions Exclusive Warranty a Alvarion warrants that the Product hardware it supplies and the tangible media on which any software is installed under normal use and conditions will be free from significant defects in materials and workmanship for a period of fourteen 14 months from the date of shipment of a given Product to Purchaser the Warranty Period Alvarion will at its sole option and as Purchaser s sole remedy repair or replace any defective Product in accordance with Alvarion standard R amp R procedure b With respect to the Firmware Alvarion warrants the correct functionality according to the attached documentation for a period of fourteen 14 month from BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Legal Rights invoice date the Warranty Period During the Warranty Period Alvarion may release to its Customers firmware updates which include additional performance improvements and or bug fixes upon availability the Warranty Bug fixes temporary patches and or workarounds may be supplied as Firmware updates Additional hardware if required to install or use Firmware updates must be purchased by the Customer Alvarion will be obligated to support solely the two 2 most recent Software major releases ALVARION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE UNDER THIS WARRANTY IF ITS TESTING AND EXAMINATION DISCLOSE THAT THE ALLEGED DEFECT IN THE PRODUCT DOES NOT EXI
68. ble 1 8 Electrical Specifications Stand Alone Access Unit Unit Details General Power consumption 25W IDU AC power input 85 265 VAC 50 60 Hz ODU 54 VDC from the IDU over the indoor outdoor Ethernet cable 1 3 7 Environmental Table 1 9 Environmental Specifications Type Unit Details Operating temperature Outdoor units 400C to 550C Indoor equipment 00Cto 400C Operating humidity Outdoor units 5 95 non condensing weather protected Indoor equipment 5 95 non condensing BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual chanted a Installation Chapter 2 Installation In This Chapter Installation Requirements on page 15 Equipment Positioning Guidelines on page 17 Installing the Outdoor Unit on page 18 Installing the Universal IDU Indoor Unit on page 22 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ 14 System Manual Chapter 2 Installation Installation Requirements 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 Installation Requirements This section describes all the supplies required to install the AU EZ and the items included in each installation package Packing List AU EZ Standalone Access Unit E The AU EZ installation kit includes the following components E DU indoor unit with a wall mounting kit E Mains power cord E ODU outdoor unit E Pole mounting kit for the ODU E IDU ODU cable kit that includes a Waterproof Seal Se
69. ble to add discrete port numbers and or ranges In ranges a hyphen is used to separate between start and end port numbers A comma is used to separate between entries For example 8900 9000 9005 9010 9016 9017 E Delete UDP Port Ranges This option enables deleting UDP port ranges from the list of priority port numbers It is possible to delete discrete port numbers and or ranges In ranges a hyphen is used to separate between start and end port numbers A comma is used to separate between entries For example 8900 9000 9005 9010 9016 9017 E Delete All UDP Port Ranges This option enables deleting all UDP port ranges from the list of priority port numbers BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ 17 System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters E Show UDP Port Ranges Select this option to view the current UDP RTP RTCP Prioritization option and the list of UDP Port Ranges 4 2 6 6 3 3 3 TCP Port Ranges The TCP Port Ranges menu enables defining port ranges to be used as priority classifiers when the UDP TCP Port Ranges Prioritization Option is set to either Enable Only for TCP or Enable for both UDP and TCP All packets whose destination is included in the list will be routed to the High queue All other packets will be routed to the Low queue unless they were assigned a High priority by another classifier The TCP Port Ranges menu includes the following options E TCP RTP RTCP Prioritization Voice over IP is tr
70. cates the result of the unit s final testing in production Should always be PASS Serial Number The Serial Number of the unit Show Basic Configuration The Show Basic Configuration menu is a read only menu that displays the current values of the parameters included in the Basic Configuration menu Show Advanced Configuration The Show Advanced Configuration menu enables to access the read only sub menus that display the current values of the parameters included in the applicable sub menus of the Advanced Configuration menu BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 2 4 Show Country Dependent Parameters Each country has its radio regulation regarding transmissions in the applicable bands that affect parameters such as available frequencies bandwidth transmit power etc Some other parameters and options may also vary among countries For each country one or more sets of parameters are pre configured in the factory If more than one set is available the set to be used can be selected The Show Country Dependent Parameters displays the available set s of these parameters and includes the following Country Code The 3 digits country code according to ISO 3166 and the country name Some regulatory requirements apply to more than one country In these cases the Country Code includes a 4 digits proprietary group code and the Country Group name for exam
71. cates with the DHCP server as described in Section 4 2 6 1 4 2 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 1 4 2 4 2 6 1 5 4 2 6 2 4 2 6 2 1 x 4 2 6 2 2 4 2 6 2 2 1 The default is Disable Access to DHCP The Access to DHCP option enables defining the port through which the unit searches for and communicates with a DHCP server Select from the following options E From Wireless Link Only E From Ethernet Only E From Both Ethernet and Wireless Link The default is From Ethernet Only Show IP Parameters The Show IP Parameters option displays the current values of the IP parameters including the Run Time IP Address Run Time Subnet Mask and Run Time Default Gateway Address Air Interface Parameters The Air Interface Parameters menu enables viewing the current Air Interface parameters defined for the unit and configuring new values for each of the relevant parameters ESSID The ESSID Extended Service Set ID of the AU Valid values A string of up to 31 printable ASCII characters The default value is ESSID1 NOTE The ESSID string is case sensitive Frequency Definition Sub Bands and Frequency Selection Each unit is delivered with one or more pre configured Sub Bands according to the country code These sets of parameters include also the frequencies that can be used and the bandwidth BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ Q System Manual Chapt
72. cess to Network Management parameter The unit can be managed from the port s defined by the Access to Network Management parameter only by stations with IP addresses matching one of the entries in the Set Network Management IP Addresses parameter The default selection is Disable Set Network Management IP Address The Set Network Management IP Address option enables defining up to 10 IP addresses of devices that can manage the unit if the Network Management Filtering option is enabled The default Network Management IP Address is 0 0 0 0 all 10 addresses Delete a Network Management IP Address The Delete Network Management IP Address option enables deleting IP address entries from the Network Management IP Addresses list Delete All Network Management IP Addresses The Delete AIl Network Management IP Addresses option enables deleting all entries from the Network Management IP Addresses list BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 3 6 4 2 6 3 6 1 4 2 6 3 6 2 4 2 6 3 6 3 4 2 6 3 6 4 4 2 6 3 7 4 2 6 3 7 1 Set Change Network Management IP Address Ranges The Set Change Network Management IP address Ranges menu enables defining updating or deleting IP address ranges from which the unit can be managed if the Network Management Filtering option is enabled This is in addition to the previous options in the Network Management menu that enable defin
73. currently defined as the shadow backup version E Radio Band The radio band of the unit E Log Out Timer The value of the Log Out Timer as defined in the Unit Control menu E Country Code The 3 or 4 digits Country Code used by the unit and its general description E Ethernet Port Negotiation Mode The Ethernet port negotiation mode as defined in the Unit Control menu E Ethernet Port State The actual state of the Ethernet port E FTP Parameters General FTP parameters common to SW Version Download Configuration File Upload Download and Event File Upload using FTP FTP Server IP Address FTP Gateway IP Address FTP User Name FTP Password BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 3 FTP Software Download Parameters The parameters for SW download using FTP as defined in Unit Control menu FTP SW Version File Name FTP Source Directory Configuration File Download Upload Parameters The parameters for Configuration file upload download using FTP as defined in the Unit Control menu Configuration File Name Configuration File Source Directory Operator Defaults File Name FTP Log File Upload Parameters The parameters for Event Log file upload using FTP as defined in the Unit Control menu FTP Log File Name FTP Log File Destination Directory Event Log Minimum Severity ATE Test Status Indi
74. d The following table summarizes the functionality of the internal management port in accordance with the value of the VLAN ID Management parameter The table is valid for all link types Refer to the VLAN Link Type options for some restrictions when configuring this parameter Table 4 7 VLAN Management Port Functionality Action Management Port Internal Receive from Ethernet Tagged frames matching VID M Untagged frames when VID M 65535 Receive from Wireless Tagged frames matching VID M Untagged frames when VID M 65535 Transmit Insert VID M PID M Table Legend E VID M VLAN ID Management E PID M VLAN Priority Management VLAN Link Type The VLAN Link Type parameter enables defining the functionality of the VLAN aware capability of the unit The available options are Hybrid Link and Trunk Link BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ Q System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 4 1 2 1 A x The default selection is Hybrid Link Trunk Link Trunk Link transfers only tagged frames as all devices connected to the unit are VLAN aware Only tagged data frames received on the Ethernet or wireless link ports are forwarded CAUTION It is not recommended that you configure a unit as a Trunk Link with the VLAN ID Management parameter set at 65535 as it does not forward any NO VLAN management frames to its other port making it impossible to manage devices connecte
75. d behind the unit that are also configured with NO VLAN If the VLAN Forwarding option is enabled a data frame received with a VLAN ID that is not a member of the unit s VLAN Forwarding List is discarded NOTE If the VLAN Forwarding option is enabled be sure to include the VLAN ID Management value of all units that should be managed via the wireless port of the unit in the Forwarding List If the VLAN Relaying option is enabled a data frame relayed with a VLAN ID that is not a member of the unit s VLAN Relaying List is discarded NOTE If the VLAN Relaying option is enabled and you manage your devices from behind an SU unit be sure to include the VLAN ID Management value of all units to be managed when relaying via the wireless port of the AU unit in the Relaying List If the VLAN Forwarding option is also enabled in the AU these VLAN IDs should also be included in the Forwarding List Table 4 8 summarizes the functionality of the data port for a Trunk link Table 4 8 VLAN Data Port Functionality Trunk Link Action Data Port AU and SU Accept from Ethernet Tagged frames If Forwarding is enabled only frames with VLAN ID values which are included in the Forwarding list Accept from Wireless Tagged frames If Forwarding is enabled only frames with VLAN ID values which are included in the Forwarding list Tag Insert No Tag Remove No BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Ope
76. default is designed to reduce the wireless physical layer errors and by that enhance the processing power of the unit delivering higher packet processing efficiency This ANI mechanism is triggered by the rate of detected Physical Errors and it is modifying different thresholds affecting the immunity to specific interference types BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 2 14 1 4 2 6 2 14 2 4 2 6 2 14 3 Due to the high processing power of the AU enabling it to process a relatively large number of packets per second the ANI mechanism triggered by the number of received error packets may not function properly in certain scenarios resulting in link performances that are far below the expectations The option of manually controlling the various parameters used by the ANI mechanism enables to achieve optimal performance in certain deployments where the automatic ANI mechanism may not function properly It is strongly recommended to consult with Alvarion experts before switching to manual mode and modifying any of the parameters Try switching to Manual mode if overall throughput is too low or if SUs are lost although communication conditions are sufficient for good connectivity In many deployments the transition to Manual mode is sufficient If not you may try changing the Noise Immunity Level and or Spur Immunity Level parameters The target is to reduce
77. ding or not sending pings the number of pings sent and the number of pings received which means the number of acknowledged frames MAC Address Database The MAC Address Database option in the AU displays information regarding the Subscriber Units associated with the AU as well as bridging forwarding information When DRAP is supported it enables viewing details on the active Gateways in the sector The following options are available Display Bridging and Association Info The Display Bridging and Association Info option displays a list of all the Subscriber Units and stations in the AU s Forwarding Database For stations behind an SU the SU s MAC address is also displayed SU Address BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ et System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters Each MAC address entry is followed by a description which may include the following E Et Ethernet An address learned from the Ethernet port E Vp Virtual port An address of a node behind an associated SU For these addresses learned from the wireless port the address of the applicable SU is also displayed in parenthesis HM St Static An associated SU For these entries the following details of the associated SU are also displayed E x Unit Name As configured in the SU applicable only for VL SUs in Mixed Mode For SU EZ units the Unit Name is Not Available SW version The
78. e MIR CIR mechanism to avoid exceeding the maximum permitted information rate BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 5 2 4 2 5 3 4 2 5 3 1 Ping Test The Ping Test submenu is used to control pinging from the unit and includes the following options E Destination IP Address The destination IP address of the device being pinged The default IP address is 192 0 0 1 E Number of Pings to Send The number of ping attempts per session The available range is from 0 to 9999 The default value is 1 Select 0 for continuous pinging E Ping Frame Length The ping packet size The available range is from 60 to 1472 bytes The default value is 64 bytes E Ping Frame Timeout The ping frame timeout in ms after which an ICMP packet is considered request timed out The available range is from 100 to 60 000 ms The default value is 200 ms E Start Sending Starts the transmission of ping frames E Stop Sending Stops the transmission of ping frames The test is automatically ended when the number of pings has reached the value specified in the No of Pings parameter described above The Stop Sending option can be used to end the test before completing the specified number of pings or if continuous pinging is selected E Show Ping Test Values Displays the current values of the ping test parameters the transmission status which means whether it is currently sen
79. e Reset Spectrum Analysis Information option enables resetting the spectrum analysis counters Spectrum Analysis Information Display The Spectrum Analysis Information Display option enables viewing the results of the last analysis process The displayed information includes the following details for each channel E Frequency in MHz E Signal Count The number of signals excluding OFDM frames with the correct bandwidth in the channel E Signal SNR The approximate SNR of signals excluding OFDM frames with the correct bandwidth in the channel E Signal Max SNR The maximum SNR of signals excluding OFDM frames with the correct bandwidth in the channel E Signal Width The average width in microseconds of signals excluding OFDM frames with the correct bandwidth in the channel E OFDM Frames The number of OFDM frames with the correct bandwidth detected in the channel E OFDM SNR The average SNR in dB of OFDM frames received in the channel E OFDM Max SNR The maximum SNR in dB of OFDM frames received in the channel E Noise Floor Avg The average Noise Floor in dBm calculated for the channel BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 2 11 7 4 2 6 2 11 8 4 2 6 2 12 4 2 6 2 13 4 2 6 2 14 E Noise Floor Max The maximum Noise Floor in dBm calculated for the channel Spectrum Analysis Information Display Continuous The Spectrum A
80. e o ring supplied with the waterproof seal is in place Attach the waterproof seal to the unit and then tighten the top nut Make sure that the external jack of the cable is well inside the waterproof seal to guarantee a good seal 6 Route the cable to the location selected for the indoor equipment 7 Assemble an RJ 45 connector with a protective cover on the indoor end of the indoor to outdoor cable BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 2 Installation Installing the Universal IDU Indoor Unit 2 4 Installing the Universal IDU Indoor Unit The unit can be placed on a desktop or a shelf Alternatively it may be wall mounted using the kit supplied with the unit RESET Figure 2 5 IDU PS 1073 Front Panel The RADIO connector and RESET button are located on the front panel the ETHERNET connector is located on the side panel and LEDs are located on the top panel CAUTION Do not connect the data equipment to the RADIO port The RADIO port supplies DC power to the ODU and this may harm other equipment connected to it gt gt To install the IDU 1 Connect the Indoor to Outdoor cable to the RADIO connector located on the front panel of the indoor unit 2 Connect the power cord to the unit s AC socket located on the rear panel Connect the other end of the power cord to the AC mains The unit can operate with AC mains of 100 240 VAC 50 60 Hz NOTE n The color codes of the power cable are as follows zx Br
81. e or Inactive E Last Field Calibration Result Indicating the result of the last Field calibration process Passed Failed or None if no Field calibration has been done E Bandwidth Used for Last Field Calibration The bandwidth used by the device during the last Field Calibration A new Field Calibration should be performed after changing the bandwidth sub band used by the device not applicable for current release that supports a single bandwidth E Available Calibration Options Indicating whether Field Factory or both Field and Factory Calibration options are available for selection M Selected Calibration Option The currently selected Calibration Option to Use Network Management Parameters The Network Management Parameters menu enables protecting the Unit from unauthorized access by defining a set of discrete IP addresses as well as IP address ranges from which the unit can be managed using protocols such as Telnet FTP TFTP SNMP DHCP and ICMP This excludes management messages generated in the unit such as Traps or Ping Test frames which are not filtered The direction from which management access is permitted can also be configured which means that management access may be permitted from the wireless medium only from the wired Ethernet only or from both BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ ot System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 3 1 4 2 6 3 2 The Network Management Menu a
82. e parameters that are required to maintain connectivity and management access The parameters that do not change after Set Partial Operator Defaults are listed in Table 4 3 Cancel Current Pending Request After selecting one of the Set defaults options it will be executed after the next reset This option enables to cancel the pending request before execution provided the unit has not been reset yet Save Current Configuration As Operator Defaults The Save Current Configuration As Operator Defaults enables defining the current configuration of the unit as the Operator Defaults configuration Change Unit Name The Change Unit Name option enables changing the name of the unit which is also the system s name in the MIB2 The name of the unit is also used as the prompt at the bottom of each Monitor window Valid values A string of up to 32 printable ASCII characters The default unit name is an empty string Change Password The Change Password submenu enables changing the access password s The Change Password submenu is available only to users with Administrator access rights Valid values A string of up to 8 printable ASCII characters BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 3 5 4 2 3 6 4 2 3 7 Refer to Section 4 1 for a list of the default passwords for each of the access levels Flash Memory Control The Flash Memory Control submenu enables se
83. e required to correct the interference at the user s own expense FCC Radiation Hazard Warning To comply with FCC RF exposure requirement the antenna used for this transmitter must be fixed mounted on outdoor permanent structures with a separation distance of at least 2 meter from all persons for antennas with a gain up to 28 dBi Antenna Compliance Statement This device has been designed to operate with the antennas listed in Table 1 2 and having a maximum gain of 28dbi Antennas not included in this list or having a gain greater than 28dBi are strictly prohibited for use with this device The required antenna impedance is 50 ohms To reduce potential radio interference to other users the antenna type and its gain should be so chosen that the Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power EIRP is not more than that permitted for successful communication R amp TTE Compliance Statement This equipment complies with the appropriate essential requirements of Article 3 of the R amp TTE Directive 1999 5 EC Safety Considerations Caution For the following safety considerations Instrument means the Breeze ACCESS AU EZ units components and their cables To avoid electrical shock do not perform any servicing unless you are qualified to do so Line Voltage Radio Before connecting this instrument to the power line make sure that the voltage of the power source matches the requirements of the instrument The instrument trans
84. ect Remote Radar Event Reports ETSI Country Codes in 5 4 5 8 GHz bands Remote Radar Events Monitoring Period ETSI Country Codes in 5 4 5 8 GHz bands Clear Radar Detected Channels after Reset Show DFS Setting and Data E Show Frequency Definitions ATPC Parameters E ATPC Option for EZ Transmit Power E Transmit Power E Show Transmit Power Parameters Refer to Section 4 2 6 2 for a description of these parameters Antenna Gain Tx Control VLAN Support E VLAN ID Management BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ Q System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration 4 2 4 15 Security Parameters Authentication Algorithm Data Encryption Option Security Mode Default Multicast Key Key 1 to Key 4 Show Security Parameters Menus and Parameters Some or all of the security parameters may not be available in units that do not support the applicable features Refer to Section 4 2 6 7 for a description of these parameters 4 2 4 16 Show Basic Configuration 4 2 5 Site Survey Menu The Site Survey menu displays the results of various tests and counters for verifying the quality of the wireless link The counters can serve for evaluating performance and identifying potential problems There is also an extensive database for all SUs served by the AU The Site Survey menu includes the following options BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ Traffic Statistics Ping Test MAC Address Database Continuous Noise Floor
85. ecycling authority for disposal of this product BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Important Notice Important Notice This user manual is delivered subject to the following conditions and restrictions This manual contains proprietary information belonging to Alvarion Ltd Such information is supplied solely for the purpose of assisting properly authorized users of the respective Alvarion products No part of its contents may be used for any other purpose disclosed to any person or firm or reproduced by any means electronic and mechanical without the express prior written permission of Alvarion Ltd The text and graphics are for the purpose of illustration and reference only The specifications on which they are based are subject to change without notice The software described in this document is furnished under a license The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of that license Information in this document is subject to change without notice Corporate and individual names and data used in examples herein are fictitious unless otherwise noted Alvarion Ltd reserves the right to alter the equipment specifications 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 specifically incorporated by reference into such contract or warranty The information contained herein is merely descriptive in nat
86. efaults file from a remote FTP server The Configuration File Upload Download submenu includes the following options E Execute FTP GET PUT Configuration File The Execute FTP GET PUT Configuration File executes the upload download of a Configuration file or an BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ Q System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters Operator Defaults file according to the parameters defined below The following options are available Execute FTP Get Configuration File cfg Execute FTP Put Configuration File cfg Execute FTP Get Operator Defaults File cmr Execute FTP Put Operator Defaults File cmr E FTP Configuration File Source Dir The FTP Configuration File Source Dir option enables defining the source directory of the configuration Operator Defaults file Valid values A string of up to 80 printable ASCII characters To clear the field press The default is an empty string M Configuration File FTP File Name The Configuration File FTP File Name option enables defining the name of the configuration file to be uploaded downloaded Valid values A string of up to 20 printable ASCII characters An empty string is not allowed The default is config cfg M Operator Defaults FTP File Name The Operator Defaults File Name option enables defining the name of the Operator Defaults file to be uploaded downloaded Valid values A string of up to 20 printable ASCII characters An e
87. ement IP addresses activation deactivation of SNMP traps sending SNMP traps destination IP addresses and communities and Network Management IP address ranges Bridge Parameters The Bridge Parameters menu provides a series of parameter sets that enables configuring parameters such as control and filtering options for certain types of transmissions VLAN support and denying allowing services to specific SUs The Bridge Parameters menu includes the following options E VLAN Support E Ethernet Broadcast Multicast Limiter E Bridge Aging Time BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 4 1 4 2 6 4 1 1 E Broadcast Multicast Relaying E Unicast Relaying E MAC Address List E Show Bridge Parameters VLAN Support The VLAN Support menu enables defining the parameters related to the IEEE 802 1Q compliant VLAN aware Virtual LAN aware feature of the units Each VLAN includes stations that can communicate with each other but cannot communicate with stations belonging to different VLANs The VLAN feature also provides the ability to set traffic priorities for transmission of certain frames The information related to the VLAN is included in the VLAN Tag Header which is inserted in each frame between the MAC header and the data VLAN implementation in AU EZ units supports frame routing by port information whereby each port is connected to only one VLAN The VLAN Suppo
88. er 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 2 2 2 4 2 6 2 2 2 1 The parameters that determine the frequency to be used are set in the AU If more than one Sub Band is available the sub band to be used can be selected If only one Sub Band is supported then the sub band selection option is not available The SU should be configured with a minimal set of parameters to ensure that it will be able to automatically detect and use the frequency bandwidth used by the AU including possible changes in this frequency Automatic Sub Band Select feature To simplify the installation process the SU scans a definable frequencies subset after power up The defined frequencies subsets may include frequencies from more than one Sub Band enabling automatic detection of both frequency and bandwidth If the Best AU feature is enabled the SU will scan the defined subset and the operating frequency bandwidth will be determined by the Best AU mechanism including the optional use of the Preferred AU feature Otherwise the SU will try to associate with the first AU it finds If no AU is found the SU will start another scanning cycle Avoiding Frequencies with Radar Activity In some regions it is important to ensure that wireless access equipment does not interfere with certain radar systems in the 5 GHz band If radar is being detected the wireless access network should move automatically to a frequency that does not interfere with the r
89. eseesnensseeeeeseneeees 18 Figure 2 2 Pole Installation Using Special Clamps 19 Figure 2 3 Bottom Panel of the ODU shown without the sealing assemblY 20 Figure 2 4 The Waterproof Seal ae 21 Figure 2 5 IDU PS 1073 Front Panel orli reina 22 Figure 4 1 Main Menu Administrator LeVvel ie 34 Figure C 1 Set Factory Defaults WINdoW ii 132 Figure D 1 Ethernet Connector Pin Assignments 134 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Tables Table 1 1 Table 1 2 Table 1 3 Table 1 4 Table 1 5 Table 1 6 Table 1 7 Table 1 8 Table 1 9 Table 2 1 Table 3 1 Table 3 2 Table 3 3 Table 3 4 Table 4 1 Table 4 2 Table 4 3 Table 4 4 Table 4 5 Table 4 6 Table 4 7 Table 4 8 Table 4 9 Tables Frequency Bands stenta anice aeneon Aana a Aaa 3 AU EZ Detached ANSI vcssciscces t sce ctcteavesasivecscdccnteaualaeionedtean steer ies la 5 Radio SpecificatiONS EEEE E EnEE En 6 Configuration and Management i 9 Standards Compliance General iii 9 Mechanical Specifications Stand Alone Access Unit ii 11 Connectors Stand Alone Access UNit cccceccccsseeceseeecseeeceseeeeseeeseeeeeeeeneeseeanes 11 Electrical Specifications Stand Alone Access UNIt ii 12 Environmental Specifications teert krttt
90. etworking Gateways connected to SUs served by it enabling identification of these Gateways It also enables managing voice calls made by Voice Gateways VG The AU keeps track of all current voice calls and upon receiving from a VG a request for a new call compares the current number of calls to the maximum allowed number If the maximum allowed number has been reached the AU will not confirm the request The DRAP feature is applicable only for gateways that support DRAP The following is a description of DRAP related parameters BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 6 4 1 4 2 6 6 4 2 4 2 6 6 4 3 4 2 6 6 4 4 4 2 6 6 4 5 4 2 6 6 4 6 4 2 6 6 5 4 2 6 7 DRAP Support The DRAP Support option enables or disables the DRAP feature that offers the possibility of identifying the connected Gateways and limiting the maximum number of voice calls made by Voice Gateways in a cell The default option is Enable UDP Port The UDP Port parameter defines the UDP port used by the DRAP protocol The range is from 8000 to 8200 The default value is 8171 Maximum Number of Voice Calls The Maximum Number of Voice Calls parameter sets the maximum number of active calls in the cell The range is between 0 and 255 The default value is 40 DRAP TTL seconds The DRAP TTL parameter sets the time between two consecutive Allocation Requests from the Gatew
91. figuration Security Configuration of a selected SU by its MAC address BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ O System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 Advanced Configuration Menu The Advanced Configuration menu provides access to all parameters including the parameters available through the Basic Configuration menu The Advanced Configuration menu enables accessing the following menus E IP Parameters E Air Interface Parameters E Network Management Parameters E Bridge Parameters M Performance Parameters E Service Parameters E Security Parameters E Country Code Parameters 4 2 6 1 IP Parameters The IP Parameters menu enables defining IP parameters for the selected unit and determining its method of IP parameter acquisition The IP Parameters menu includes the following options M IP Address E Subnet Mask E Default Gateway Address E DHCP Client E Show IP Parameters 4 2 6 1 1 IP Address The IP Address parameter defines the IP address of the unit The default IP address is 10 0 0 1 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 1 2 4 2 6 1 3 4 2 6 1 4 4 2 6 1 4 1 Subnet Mask The Subnet Mask parameter defines the subnet mask for the IP address of the unit The default mask is 255 0 0 0 Default Gateway Address The Default Gateway Address parameter defines the IP address of the unit s default gateway
92. firmly 2 Connect the other end of the grounding cable to a good ground earth connection To connect the RF cable 1 Connect one end of the coaxial RF cable to the RF connector on the top panel of the unit 2 Connect the other end of the RF cable to the antenna 3 The RF connectors should be properly sealed to protect against rain and moisture Ground screw Figure 2 3 Bottom Panel of the ODU shown without the sealing assembly NOTE The MAC Address of the unit is marked on both the ODU and the indoor unit on the bottom side of the Universal IDU If for any reason the ODU is not used with the IDU with which it was shipped the MAC Address of the system is in accordance with the marking on the ODU BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 2 Installation Installing the Outdoor Unit 2 3 4 Connecting the Indoor to Outdoor Cable To connect the indoor to outdoor cable 1 Unscrew the top nut from the waterproof seal Figure 2 4 The Waterproof Seal 2 Route a straight Category 5E Ethernet cable 8 wire 24 AWG through both the top nut and the waterproof seal NOTE Use only Category 5E 4x2x24 FTP outdoor cables from an approved manufacturer See list of x approved cables and length limitations in Section 2 1 2 3 Insert and crimp the RJ 45 connector Refer to Appendix D for instructions on preparing the cable 4 Connect the Ethernet cable to the outdoor unit RJ 45 connector 5 Verify that th
93. for both UDP and TCP All packets whose destination is included in the list will be routed to the High queue All other packets will be routed to the Low queue unless they were assigned a High priority by another classifier BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ O System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters The UDP Port Ranges menu includes the following options E UDP RTP RTCP Prioritization Voice over IP is transported using Real Time Protocol RTP The Real Time Control Protocol RTCP is used to control the RTP When an application uses RTP RTCP it chooses for destination ports consecutive numbers RTP port is always an even number and the port with the odd number following it will be assigned to RTCP If the administrator selects to prioritize only the RTP packets then all the packets with an odd numbered destination port will always have Low priority The packets with an even number for destination port will receive High priority if the port number is included in the specified ranges If the administrator selects to prioritize both RTP and RTCP packets then all packets whose destination port number is included is in the specified ranges will receive High priority The available options are RTP amp RTCP RTP Only The default is RTP amp RTCP E Add UDP Port Ranges This option enables adding UDP port ranges to the list of priority port numbers The list can include up to 64 ranges It is possi
94. g additional counters are displayed to indicate the reason for the failure Phy The number of Phy errors unidentified signals CRC The number of frames received from the wireless medium containing CRC errors Overrun The number of frames that were discarded because the receive rate exceeded the processing capability or the capacity of the Ethernet port Decrypt The number of frames that were not received properly due toa problem in the data decryption mechanism Other E Total received concatenated frames Applicable only in Mixed Mode The total number of concatenated frames transmitted successfully to the wireless medium excluding retransmissions There are also separate counts for concatenated frames that include one frame Single two frames Double or more than two frames More For more details refer to Section 4 2 6 5 10 E Bad fragments received The number of fragments received from the wireless medium containing CRC errors E Duplicate frames discarded The number of data frames discarded because multiple copies were received If an acknowledgement message is not received by the originating unit the same data frame can be received more than once Although duplicate frames are included in all counters that include data frames only the first copy is forwarded to the Ethernet port E Internally discarded MIR CIR The number of data frames received from the Ethernet port that were discarded by th
95. hapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 3 12 E FTP Gateway IP Address The FTP Gateway IP Address option enables defining the FTP default gateway address E The default is 0 0 0 0 E FTP User Name The FTP User Name option enables defining the user name to be used for accessing the FTP server that is hosting the SW Version file Valid values A string of up to 18 printable ASCII characters The default is vx E FTP Password The FTP Password option enables defining the password to be used for accessing the FTP server that is hosting the SW Version file Valid values A string of up to 18 printable ASCII characters The default is vx E Show SW Version Download Parameters and Status Displays the current values of the SW Version Download parameters the current SW version and the SW versions stored in the Flash memory NOTE There is one set of general FTP parameters FTP Server IP Address FTP Gateway IP Address FTP User Name and FTP Password This set or relevant parts of the set serves the SW Download Procedure the Configuration File Upload Download procedure and the Event Log File Upload procedure Changing any of these parameters in the menu for any procedure will automatically change its value in the menu for the other procedures Configuration File Upload Download The Configuration File Upload Download submenu enables the optional uploading or downloading of a configuration or an Operator D
96. he Sub Band New Country Code files can be uploaded remotely using TFTP see Appendix B 4 2 2 5 Show All Parameters The Show All Parameters menu is a read only menu that displays the current values of all status and configuration parameters NOTE _ The values of some security related parameters such as the ESSID are available only with Ed Administrator access rights 4 2 3 Unit Control Menu The Unit Control menu enables configuring control parameters for the unit The Unit Control menu includes the following options m E Default Settings E Change Unit Name E Change Password E Flash Memory Control E Log Out Timer E Ethernet Negotiation Mode E Change System Location E Event Log Menu BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 3 1 4 2 3 2 4 2 3 2 1 E Feature Upgrade E SW Version Download E Configuration File Upload Download The option enables resetting the unit After reset any modifications made to the system parameters are applied Default Settings The Set defaults submenu enables resetting the system parameters toa predefined set of defaults or saving the current configuration as the set of Operator Defaults The Default Setting options are available only to users with Administrator access rights The available options are E Set Defaults E Save Current Configuration As Operator Defaults Set Defaults The Set Defaults subme
97. he log an event is defined as active as long as it has not been erased a maximum of 1000 events may be stored The Event Log may be read using TFTP with remote file name lt SNMP Read Community gt log the default SNMP Read Community is public The Event Log may also be uploaded to a remote FTP server The Event Log Menu includes the following options E Event Log Minimum Severity E Display Event Log E Erase Event Log E Event Load Upload BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ 47 System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 3 9 1 4 2 3 9 2 4 2 3 9 3 4 2 3 9 4 E Show Log File Configuration Event Log Minimum Severity The Event Log Minimum Severity parameter determines the minimal severity level All events whose severity is equal to or higher than the defined severity are logged Valid values are Message MSG Level Warning WRN Level Error ERR Level Fatal FTL Level Log None The default selection is Warning Level severity Display Event Log The Display Event Log option enables viewing how many events are logged and selecting the number of events to be displayed up to 1000 The display of each event includes the event time elapsed time since last reset the severity level and a message string The events are displayed according to the time at which they were generated with the most recent event displayed last first in first out Erase Event Log The Erase Event Log optio
98. iated SUs has reached the value of the Maximum Number of Associations parameter the selected AU cannot serve additional SUs To view the current number of associated SUs use the Display Association Info option in the MAC Address Database menu To delete inactive SUs from the database you must either disassociate them or reset the AU BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 2 10 4 2 6 2 11 4 2 6 2 11 1 4 2 6 2 11 2 4 2 6 2 11 3 Wireless Link Trap Threshold The Wireless Link Trap Threshold parameter defines the threshold for the wireless quality trap indicating that the quality of the wireless link has dropped below on trap or has increased above off trap the specified threshold The Wireless Link Trap Threshold is in percentage of retransmissions and the allowed range is from 1 to 100 The default is 30 Spectrum Analysis Gaining knowledge of the noise characteristics per channel enables construction of a relatively noise free working environment In order to gain information regarding noise characteristics in the location of the unit the unit will enter passive scanning mode for a definite period during which information will be gathered The scanned channels will be the channels comprising the selected sub set Upon activating the spectrum analysis the unit will automatically reset During the information gathering period the unit will not
99. id or out of range will be ignored Use the SNMP write community string the default is private to define both the uploaded file put and the downloaded file get The file should be transferred in ASCII mode Use the extension cfg for a configuration file Use the extension cmr for the Operator Defaults file Use the extension fln for a Feature License file Use the extension ccf for a Country Code file Feature license and country code files include multiple strings where each string is applicable only for a certain unit identified by its MAC address When uploading a feature license or a country code file to multiple units each unit will accept only the parts that are applicable for itself Examples 1 To upload the configuration file using a DOS based TFTP Client to an AU whose IP address is 206 25 63 65 enter tftp 206 25 63 65 put Auconf private cfg BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Appendix B File Download and Upload Using TFTP 2 To download the Operator Defaults file from the same unit enter tftp 206 25 63 65 get private cmr Auconf 3 To upload the Feature Upgrade file to the same unit enter tftp 206 25 63 65 put Auconf private fln 4 To upload the Country Code file from to same unit enter tftp 206 25 63 65 put Auconf private ccf NOTE z The Configuration File mechanism is common to multiple product lines The Configuration File may Ed includes parameters that are not applicable for AU EZ Do no
100. ield in applicable frames These parameters only impact the way in which other VLAN aware devices in the network will handle the packet All parameters that affect prioritization within the system including VLAN based prioritization are located in the Traffic Prioritization menu The VLAN Traffic Priority menu includes the VLAN Priority Management parameter VLAN Priority Management The VLAN Priority Management enables defining the value of the VLAN Priority field for management frames in units with VLAN ID Management that is other than 65535 All management frames are routed to the High queue This parameter only impacts the way other VLAN aware devices handle the packet Valid values range from 0 to 7 The default value is O Show VLAN Parameters The Show VLAN Parameters option displays the current values of the VLAN support parameters Ethernet Broadcast Multicast Limiter The Ethernet Broadcast Multicast Limiter parameters enable to limit the number of broadcast and or multicast packets that can be transmitted per second in order to prevent the potential flooding of the wireless medium by certain ARP attacks When the Ethernet Broadcast Multicast Limiter is enabled and the specified limit is reached the unit will send a trap The trap will be sent periodically till the number of broadcast multicast packets will be less than the maximum The trap will inform the user how many packets were discarded in the last period
101. iguration files using TFTP This procedure is also applicable for uploading country code and feature license files Appendix C Using the Set Factory Defaults Utility Describes how to use the Set Factory Defaults utility to enable management access to units where wrong or unknown configuration disables regular access to the unit for management purposes Appendix D Preparing the indoor to outdoor cable Provides details on preparation of the indoor to outdoor Ethernet cable BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual About this Manual E Appendix E Parameters Summary Provides an at a glance summary of the configuration parameters value ranges default values and whether the parameter is applied in run time or only after reset BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Contents Contents Chapter 1 System Description 2 20221202s0220ssrs ssa ce ene e in ene ea eee einen inne 1 1 1 Introducing Breeze ACCESS EZ iiurrriczeciariazinicadailetaiananin initial cir 3 1 2 The AU EZ Access Unit 5 1 3 Specifications siicuiniliiiairciciciai 6 1 3 1 Rido ene 6 1 3 2 Configuration and Management iaia 9 1 3 3 Standards Compliance General iii 9 134 Mechanical aino 11 los Cone 11 ER eee Saaana E Aa Aaaa 12 1 3 7 Environmental ERRE RE E RR 12 Chapter 2 Installation 2122 2020020s0 sara ea ene ea eee ene eee ini 13 2 1 Installation Requirements aan 15 CRC VT
102. ing updating and deleting discrete IP addresses The menu includes the following options Set Change Network Management IP Address Range The Set Change Network Management IP Address Range option enables defining updating up to 10 IP address ranges from which the unit can be managed if the Network Management Filtering option is enabled The default Network Management IP Address Range is 0 0 0 0 TO 0 0 0 0 all 10 ranges A range can be defined using a string that includes either a start and end address in the format lt start address gt to lt end address gt example 192 168 1 1 to 192 168 1 255 or a base address and a mask in the format lt base address gt mask lt mask gt example 192 168 1 1 mask 255 255 255 0 Delete Network Management IP Address Range The Delete Network Management IP Address Range option enables deleting IP address range entries from the Network Management IP Address Ranges list Delete All Network Management IP Address Ranges The Delete All Network Management IP Address Ranges option enables deleting all entries from the Network Management IP Address Ranges list Show Network Management IP Address Ranges Displays all the 10 available IP address ranges from which the unit can be managed when Network Management Filtering is enabled SNMP Traps The SNMP submenu enables or disables the transmission of SNMP Traps If this option is enabled up to 10 IP addresses of stations to which SNMP traps are
103. ing VLAN ID The Remove Forwarding VLAN ID option enables removing a VLAN ID from the VLAN ID Forwarding List Valid values are VID values from 1 to 4094 that are included in the VLAN Forwarding List BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ 9 System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 4 1 3 4 x 4 2 6 4 1 4 4 2 6 4 1 4 1 4 2 6 4 1 4 2 4 2 6 4 1 4 3 Show VLAN ID Forwarding List The Show VLAN Forwarding List option displays the values of the VLAN IDs included in the VLAN Forwarding List NOTE If the VLAN ID Forwarding List is empty and the VLAN Forwarding Support is set to Enable then all data frames are discarded If VLAN Relaying Support and VLAN Forwarding Support are both enabled then all VLAN IDs configured in the Relaying List must also be configured in the Forwarding List VLAN Relaying The VLAN Relaying feature is applicable only for Trunk Links It enables defining the VLAN ID values to be included in the VLAN Relaying List If the Link Type is defined as either a Trunk Link and the VLAN Relaying Support option is enabled a frame relayed from the wireless link which is a frame received from the wireless link that should be transmitted back through the wireless link with a VLAN ID that is not a member of the unit s VLAN Relaying List is discarded If VLAN Forwarding Support is also enabled it is necessary to configure all the VLAN IDs in the Relaying List also in the Forwarding Li
104. ing of 32 zeros which means it is a key used by the unit BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 7 6 4 2 6 8 4 2 6 8 1 4 2 6 8 2 Show Security Parameters The Show Security Parameters option displays aggregated information regarding authentication algorithm data encryption activation security mode and the default multicast key Country Code Parameters Select Country Code The Select Country code option enables changing the Country Code used by the unit In the current release this option is applicable only to units in the 5 4 and 5 8 GHz bands The default Country Code is set in factory according to the destination country CAUTION The selected Country Code must comply with applicable local radio regulations Re apply Country Code Values After loading a new SW version with any changes in the relevant Country Code the Re apply Country Code Values option must be activated for the changes to take effect Following activation of this feature the unit must be reset to fully apply the changes NOTE Following activation of the Re apply Country Code Values option all parameters that are affected by the Country Code frequency parameters transmit power parameters DFS operation modulation level parameters burst mode parameters revert to their factory default values and must be re configured BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Appendix
105. ing options E User Filtering Parameters E MIR and CIR Parameters M Traffic Prioritization E DRAP Parameters E Show Service Parameters User Filtering Parameters The User Filtering Parameters submenu enables defining the IP addresses of user devices authorized to access the wireless medium for security and or control purposes In addition it can be used to enable the transmission and reception of specific protocol frames These filtering options do not affect management frames sent to or generated by the unit The User Filtering Parameters menu provides the following options User Filtering Option The User Filtering Option disables or enables the User Filtering feature The following options are available E Disable no filtering E IP Protocol Only only IP Protocol packets pass E User Defined Addresses Only only IP frames from to IP addresses included in the User Filter Addresses list pass The default selection is Disable Set Change Filter IP Address Range The Set Change Filter IP Address Ranges option enables defining updating up to 8 IP address ranges to from which IP frames are to pass if the User Defined Addresses Only option is selected in the User Filtering Option parameter The default Filter IP Address Range is 0 0 0 0 TO 0 0 0 0 all 8 ranges A range can be defined using a string that includes either a start and end address in the format lt start address gt to lt end address gt example 192 168 1
106. installation of the outdoor unit antenna and cables is performed in accordance with all relevant national and local building and safety codes Even where grounding is not mandatory according to applicable regulation and national codes it is highly recommended to ensure that the outdoor unit and the antenna pole when using external antenna are grounded and suitable lightning protection devices are used so as to provide protection against voltage surges and static charges In any event Alvarionis not liable for any injury damage or regulation violations associated with or caused by installation grounding or lightning protection Pole Mounting the Outdoor Unit The Outdoor Unit can be mounted on a pole using one of the following options E Special clamps and threaded rods are supplied with each unit There are two pairs of threaded holes on the back of the unit enabling to use the special clamps for mounting the unit on diverse pole diameters E Special grooves on the sides of the unit enable the use of metal bands to secure the unit to a pole The bands must be 9 16 inches wide and at least 12 inches long The metal bands are not included with the installation package NOTE Be sure to mount the unit with the bottom panel which includes the LED indicators facing downward Grooves for Insertion of 9 16 Metal Band Threaded holes Figure 2 1 Threaded Holes Grooves BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 2 Installa
107. ion For details on installing managing and using the SU EZ CPEs refer to the SU A EZ Manual BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ 0 System Manual 1 2 The AU EZ Access Unit The Access Unit provides all the functionality necessary to communicate with the Subscriber Units and to connect to the backbone of the Service Provider The standalone AU EZ Access Unit includes the following components E Indoor Unit IDU E Outdoor Unit ODU E Antenna The IDU connects to the network through a standard IEEE 802 3 Ethernet 10 100BaseT RJ 45 interfaces and is powered from the 110 240 VAC mains The IDU is connected to the ODU via a Category 5 Ethernet cable This cable carries Ethernet traffic between the indoor and the outdoor units and also transfers power 54 VDC and control from the indoor unit to the outdoor unit The ODU outdoor unit contains the processing and radio modules and connects to an external antenna using a short RF cable w Figure 1 1 IDU and ODU The following antennas are available Table 1 2 AU EZ Detached Antennas Antenna Band GHz Horizontal Beam Gain dBi Width AU Ant 5G 16 60 5 150 5 875 60 16 AU Ant 5G 17 90 5 150 5 875 90 17 AU Ant 5G 15 120 5 150 5 875 120 15 AU Ant 5 4G 8 Omni 5 150 5 725 360 8 AU Ant 5 8G 8 Omni 5 725 5 875 360 8 In certain countries the AU EZ may be certified only with specific antenna s Chapter 1 System Description Specifications
108. ion 5 2 May 2008 Parameters that are not changed after Set Partial Factory Operator Defaults Table 4 3 Updated to reflect all changes of version 5 2 SW Version 5 2 May 2008 Appendix E Parameters Summary Updated to reflect all changes of version 5 2 SW Version 5 2 May 2008 RESET Button Functionality Section 2 4 1 Updated SW Version 5 2 June 2008 Association Database in AU Sections 4 2 2 1 4 2 5 3 1 4 2 5 3 2 4 2 6 2 9 Updated Association SNAP from another AU is not used for removal of SU from the database SW Version 5 2 June 2008 MAC Address List Section 4 2 6 4 6 Corrected supplier s OUI is 00 10 E7 SW Version 5 2 June 2008 File Loading Appendix B Updated A known parameter with a value that is invalid or out of range will be ignored SW Version 5 2 June 2008 Fairness Factor Section 4 2 6 2 7 Removed not applicable for AU EZ SW Version 5 2 July 2008 Equipment Positioning Guidelines Minimum distance of 10 cm between the ODU and antenna SW Version 5 2 Section 2 2 July 2008 Appendix F Removed Mixed Mode no longer supported SW Version 5 5 October 2008 Mixed mode Removed references to Mixed Mode SW Version 5 5 Chapter 1 System Description October 2008 Cable supplier Table 2 1 Updated supplier name for approved category 5E Ethernet Cables from Superior Cables Ltd to Synergy Cables Ltd SW Vers
109. ion 5 5 October 2008 Basic Parameters Table 3 1 Updated basic parameters description according to the new menu structure SW Version 5 5 October 2008 Unit Control Menu Section 4 2 3 Updated according to new menu structure Removed references to Mixed Mode SW Version 5 5 October 2008 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Document History Changed Item Description Date Basic Configuration Menu Section 4 2 4 Updated according to new menu structure New entries ESSID Maximum Modulation Level Cell Distance Parameters Country Code Parameters Frequency Definition Antenna Gain Tx Control VLAN Support SW Version 5 5 October 2008 Bridging and Association Info Sections 4 2 5 3 1 4 2 5 3 2 Removed references to Mixed Mode SW Version 5 5 October 2008 CIR MIR Info Section 4 2 5 3 4 Removed references to Mixed Mode SW Version 5 5 October 2008 Link Capability Section 4 2 5 6 Removed reference to Mixed Mode SW Version 5 5 October 2008 Advanced Configuration Menu Updated according to new menu structure Removed references to Mixed Mode and Promiscuous Authentication SW Version 5 5 Section 4 2 6 October 2008 DFS Mechanism update Updated DFS mechanism for ETSI based country codes SW Version 5 5M Section 4 2 6 2 2 April 2009 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Legal Rights Legal Rights Cop
110. ion Info Section 4 2 5 3 2 Updated including changes associated with Mixed Mode SW Version 5 2 May 2008 Display MIR CIR Database Section 4 2 5 3 4 Updated including changes associated with Mixed Mode SW Version 5 2 May 2008 Link Capability Section 4 2 5 6 Updated including changes associated with Mixed Mode SW Version 5 2 May 2008 FIPS 197 Sections 4 2 6 7 4 2 6 7 3 4 2 4 15 Table 1 4 Support of FIPS 197 compliant encryption SW Version 5 2 May 2008 Continuous Noise Floor Display Section 4 2 5 4 New feature SW Version 5 2 May 2008 Operator ESSID Section 4 2 6 2 1 New feature Mixed Mode SW Version 5 2 May 2008 DFS in Universal Country Codes in the 5 4 and 5 8 GHz band Section 4 2 6 2 2 5 New feature SW Version 5 2 May 2008 DFS Required By Regulations Updated default Yes for Country Codes where required by regulations No for Universal Country Codes in the 5 4 and 5 8 GHz bands SW Version 5 2 May 2008 SU Waiting Option New feature DFS in Mixed Mode SW Version 5 2 May 2008 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Document History Changed Item Description Date Country Code Learning By SU New feature Mixed Mode SW Version 5 2 May 2008 ATPC Section 4 2 6 2 4 New feature SW Version 5 2 May 2008 Fairness Factor Section 4 2 6 2 7 Updated manua
111. ioning 3 1 3 1 1 Configuring Basic Parameters Configuring Basic Parameters Initial Configuration After completing the installation process as described in the preceding chapter the basic parameters must be configured to ensure that the unit operates correctly After the basic parameters have been configured additional parameters can be remotely configured via the Ethernet port or the wireless link using Telnet or SNMP management or by loading a configuration file Refer to Section 4 1 for information on how to access the Monitor program using Telnet and how to use it The Basic Configuration menu includes all the parameters necessary for the initial installation and operation of the Access Units In many installations most of these parameters should not be changed from their default values The basic parameters and their default values are listed in Table 3 1 Refer to Chapter 4 for detailed information on the applicable parameters Table 3 1 AU EZ Basic Parameters Parameter Default Value Comment IP Address 10 0 0 1 Subnet Mask 255 0 0 0 Default Gateway Address 0 0 0 0 DHCP Options Disable In DHCP Client Access to DHCP From Ethernet Only In DHCP Client ESSID ESSID1 Select Country Code Depends on factory In Country Code Parameters configuration Applicable only for 5 4 and 5 8 GHz units See Section 3 1 2 below Frequency The lowest frequency In Frequency Definition in the sub b
112. l SW Version 5 2 May 2008 Show Cell Distance Parameters Section 4 2 6 2 7 Updated manual SW Version 5 2 May 2008 Spectrum Analysis Information Display Section 4 2 6 2 11 7 Added new parameters SW Version 5 2 May 2008 Show Spectrum Analysis Parameters amp Data Section 4 2 6 2 11 8 Updated manual SW Version 5 2 May 2008 Noise Floor Calculation Section 4 2 6 2 15 New feature SW Version 5 2 May 2008 Average SNR Memory Factor Section 4 2 6 5 6 New feature Mixed Mode SW Version 5 2 May 2008 Minimum Interval Between Adaptive Modulation Messages New feature Mixed Mode SW Version 5 2 May 2008 Concatenation New feature Mixed Mode SW Version 5 2 May 2008 User Filtering Section 4 2 6 6 1 New feature SW Version 5 2 May 2008 Promiscuous Authentication Section 4 2 4 15 New feature Mixed Mode SW Version 5 2 May 2008 Protecting ODU Connections New section SW Version 5 2 Section 2 3 2 May 2008 Calibration of Noise Floor New feature SW Version 5 2 Indication Section 4 2 6 2 16 May 2008 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Document History Changed Item Description Date Appendix A BreezeACCESS VL SUs in Mixed Mode New Appendix SW Version 5 2 May 2008 Initial Configuration Table 3 1 Updated to reflect all changes of version 5 2 SW Vers
113. l Reuse Parameters submenu includes the following options E Channel Reuse Option Enabling disabling the Channel Reuse algorithm The default is Disable E Radar Activity Assessment Period The period in hours used for assessment of radar activity in the original channel The range is 1 to 12 hours The default is 5 hours E Maximum Number of Detections in Assessment Period The maximum number of radar detections in the original channel during the Radar Activity Assessment Period that is required for reaching a decision to try again the original channel The range is 1 to 10 radar detections The default is 5 radar detections DFS Detection Algorithm The DFS Detection Algorithm option is applicable only to units using a Universal Country Code in either the 5 4 GHz or the 5 8 GHz band Country Codes 1060 and 1064 enabling to select the DFS detection algorithm if DFS should be enabled The available options are ETSI and FCC The default is ETSI BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ D System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 2 2 5 8 4 2 6 2 2 5 9 Remote Radar Event Reports ETSI Country Codes in 5 4 5 8 GHz bands If a minimum number of SUs in the sector report a radar presence on a particular channel in a limited period of time the AU will initiate the DFS mechanism on that channel The Remote Radar Event Reports defines this minimum number of radar reports required for the AU to initiate the
114. lculation Mode The Calculation Mode defines the method used for calculation the Noise Floor value to be used by the device for estimating the quality of received signals The available options are E Fully Automatic According to the built in noise floor calculation mechanism E Forced The Noise Floor value is set manually to the value configured for the Forced Value parameter see below Typically this mode should be used only for special testing purposes E Automatic with Minimum Value If the calculated Noise Floor using the built in mechanism is higher than the value configured for the Forced Value parameter the calculated value will be used Otherwise the Forced Value will be used The default option is Fully Automatic Forced Value The Forced Value parameter enables configuring the Noise Floor to be used if the selected Calculation Mode is Forced This is also the minimum value to be used if the selected Calculation Mode is Automatic with Minimum Value If you decided to change the calculation mode to Automatic with Minimum Value and you still experience problems in the link long association time exceptionally low throughput try to improve it by increasing the configured Forced Value The available range is from 107 to 55 dBm The default value is 96 dBm BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 2 15 3 4 2 6 2 16 4 2 6 2 16 1 4 2 6 2 1
115. lecting the active software version for the unit The flash memory can store two software versions One version is called Main and the other is called Shadow New software versions are loaded as the shadow version You can select the shadow version as the new active version by selecting Reset and Boot from Shadow Version However after the next reset the main version is re activated To continue using the currently active version after the next reset select Use Running Version After Reset The previous shadow version will be the new main version and vice versa The parameters configured in the unit are not changed as a result of loading new software versions unless the new version includes additional parameters or additional changes in the list of parameters New parameters are loaded with their default values Select from the following options E Reset and Boot from Shadow Version Activates the shadow backup software version The unit is reset automatically Following the next reset the unit will switch to the main version E Use Running Version After Reset Defines the current running version as the new main version This version will also be used following the next reset Log Out Timer The Log Out Timer parameter determines the amount of inactive time following which the unit automatically exits the Monitor program The time out duration can range from 1 to 999 minutes The default value is 5 minutes Ethernet Negotiation
116. lso enables managing transmission of traps including definition of up to 10 traps destination IP addresses and the associated community strings The Network Management Parameters menu includes the following options M Access to Network Management E Network Management Filtering M Set Network Management IP address E Delete a Network Management IP Address M Delete All Network Management IP Addresses E Set Change Network Management IP Address Ranges E SNMP Traps Access to Network Management The Access to Network Management option defines the port through which the unit can be managed The following options are available E From Wireless Link Only E From Ethernet Only E From Both Ethernet and Wireless Link The default selection is From Both Ethernet and Wireless Link CAUTION Be careful not to block your access to the unit For example if you manage an AU via the Ethernet link setting the Access to Network Management parameter to From Wireless Only completely blocks your management access to the unit In this case a technician may be required to change the settings at the site Network Management Filtering The Network Management Filtering option enables or disables the IP address based management filtering If management filtering is enabled the unit can only be managed by stations with IP addresses matching one of the entries in either the Network Management IP Addresses list or in the Network Management IP BreezeACCESS E
117. ly transmitted to the wireless medium excluding retransmissions This count is useful for calculating the rates of retransmissions or dropped frames as only unicast frames are retransmitted if not acknowledged BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters M Total submitted frames bridge The total number of data frames submitted to the internal bridge for transmission to the wireless medium The count does not include control and wireless management frames or retransmissions There are also separate counts for each priority queue through which the frames were routed High Mid and Low E Frames dropped too many retries The number of dropped frames which are unsuccessfully retransmitted without being acknowledged until the maximum permitted number of retransmissions This count includes dropped data frames as well as dropped control and wireless management frames E Total retransmitted frames The total number of retransmissions including all unsuccessful transmissions and retransmissions M Total transmitted concatenated frames Applicable only in Mixed Mode The total number of concatenated frames transmitted successfully to the wireless medium excluding retransmissions There are also separate counts for concatenated frames that include one frame Single two frames Double or more than two frames More For more details refer to Section 4 2 6 5 10 E Total Tx event
118. mits radio energy during normal operation To avoid possible harmful exposure to this energy do not stand or work for extended periods of time in front of its antenna The long term characteristics or the possible physiological BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ o System Manual Legal Rights effects of Radio Frequency Electromagnetic fields have not been yet fully investigated Outdoor Unit and Antenna Installation and Grounding Ensure that outdoor units antennas and supporting structures are properly installed to eliminate any physical hazard to either people or property Make sure that the installation of the outdoor unit antenna and cables is performed in accordance with all relevant national and local building and safety codes Even where grounding is not mandatory according to applicable regulation and national codes it is highly recommended to ensure that the outdoor unit and the antenna mast when using external antenna are grounded and suitable lightning protection devices are used so as to provide protection against voltage surges and static charges In any event Alvarionn is not liable for any injury damage or regulation violations associated with or caused by installation grounding or lightning protection Disposal of Electronic and Electrical Waste Disposal of Electronic and Electrical Waste ps Pursuant to the WEEE EU Directive electronic and electrical waste must not be disposed of with unsorted waste Please contact your local r
119. mmunity State M Automatic Automatic Yes Control E Manual BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Appendix E Parameters Summary Parameters Summary Parameter Range Default Run Time Noise Immunity Level 0 4 0 Yes Use only 0 or 4 Spur Immunity Level 0 7 0 Yes OFDM Weak Signal 0 not active or 1 active Low Yes Pulse Detection E Low Low Yes Sensitivity E High Noise Floor Calculation E Fully Automatic Fully Automatic Yes Mode E Forced E Automatic with Minimum Value Noise Floor Forced Value 107 to 55 dBm 96 Yes Select Calibration Option II None None Yes to Use E Field E Factory not available in current release Applicable only if DFS is supported by the Sub Band BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Appendix E Parameters Summary E 1 4 Network Management Parameters Parameters Summary Parameter Range Default Run Time Access to Network E From Wireless Link Only From Both Ethernet and No Management Wireless Link E From Ethernet Only E From Both Ethernet and Wireless Link Network Management E Disable Disable No Filtering E Activate Management IP Filter On Ethernet Port E Activate Management IP Filter On Wireless Port E Activate Management IP Filter On Both Ethernet and Wireless Ports Set Network IP address 0 0 0 0 No Management IP Address 9 all 10 entries Set Change Network lt start address g
120. mpty string is not allowed The default is operator cmr E FTP Server IP Address The FTP Host IP Address option enables defining the IP address of the FTP server that is hosting the file The default is 10 0 0 253 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ B System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 4 E FTP Gateway IP Address The FTP Gateway IP Address option enables defining the FTP default gateway address The default is 0 0 0 0 E FTP User Name The FTP User Name option enables defining the user name to be used for accessing the FTP server that is hosting the file Valid values A string of up to 18 printable ASCII characters The default is vx E FTP Password The FTP Password option enables defining the password to be used for accessing the FTP server that is hosting the file Valid values A string of up to 18 printable ASCII characters The default is vx E Show Configuration File Upload Download Parameters Displays the current values of the Configuration File Upload Download parameters NOTE There is one set of general FTP parameters FTP Server IP Address FTP Gateway IP Address FTP User Name and FTP Password This set or relevant parts of the set serves the SW Download procedure the Configuration File Upload Download procedure and the Event Log File Upload procedure Changing any of these parameters in the menu for either procedure will automatically change its value in the menu fo
121. n be transmitted back to the wireless link devices If disabled these packets are not sent to the wireless link even if they are intended for devices on the wireless link Disable the Unicast Relaying parameter only if all unicast messages from the wireless link are certain to be directed to the local wired LAN The default selection is Enable MAC Address List The MAC Address List submenu enables to define a list of up to 100 MAC addresses as belonging to devices that are either granted or denied service When the list is defined as a Deny List the AU will not provide services to a unit whose MAC address is included in the list enabling to disconnect units in cases such as when the user had fraudulently succeeded to configure the unit to values different from the subscription plan When the list is defined as an Allow List the AU will provide services only to units with a MAC address that is included in the list BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 4 6 1 4 2 6 4 6 2 4 2 6 4 6 3 4 2 6 4 6 4 4 2 6 4 6 5 4 2 6 4 7 In addition the Station Allowed Option enables defining whether an SU with any MAC address can try to associate with the AU or only SUs with a MAC address starting with 00 10 E7 the supplier s MAC addresses range The MAC Address List submenu includes the following Add MAC Address to List Select Add MAC Address to List to add a MAC Add
122. n enables clearing the event log Event Log Upload The Event Log Upload submenu enables the optional uploading of the event log file to a remote FTP server The Event Log Upload submenu includes the following options E FTP Event Log Upload Execute The FTP event Log Upload Execute executes the upload of the Event Log file according to the parameters defined below M Event Log Destination Directory The Event Log Destination Directory enables defining the destination directory for the Event Log File Valid values A string of up to 80 printable ASCII characters To clear the field press The default is an empty string E Event Log File Name The Event Log File Name option enables defining the name of the event log file to be uploaded E Valid values A string of up to 20 printable ASCII characters E The default is logfile log BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 3 9 5 4 2 3 10 E FTP Server IP Address The FTP Host IP Address option enables defining the IP address of the FTP server that is hosting the file E The default is 10 0 0 253 E FTP Gateway IP Address The FTP Gateway IP Address option enables defining the FTP default gateway address E The default is 0 0 0 0 E FTP User Name The FTP User Name option enables defining the user name to be used for accessing the FTP server that is hosting the file Valid values A string of up to 18
123. nalysis Information Display Continuous option is available only when the analysis process is active It enables viewing the continuously updated results of the current analysis process The displayed information includes the same details available for a regular Spectrum Analysis Information Display option Show Spectrum analysis Parameters amp Data The Show Spectrum analysis Parameters amp Data option enables viewing the Spectrum analysis test parameters and the last test results Lost Beacons Watchdog Threshold When it is unable to send beacon frames for a predetermined period of time such as in the case of interferences the AU resets itself The Lost Beacons Transmission Threshold parameter represents the number of consecutive lost beacons after which the unit will reset itself The range for this parameter is 100 1000 or 0 When the parameter is set to 0 this feature is disabled i e internal refresh will never be performed The default value is 218 Disassociate The Disassociate feature enables disassociating all SUs associated with the AU or a selected SU This feature is useful during configuration changes enabling to force the SU s to re initiate the association process without performing a full reset The Disassociate submenu includes two options E Disassociate All SUs E Disassociate SU By MAC Address to disassociate a selected SU Noise Immunity Control The Adaptive Noise Immunity ANI mechanism active by
124. nn ter nkennn nn nnn nnn nnn ennen nenn neen nen ereenn n 12 Approved Category 5E Ethernet Cables i 16 AU EZ Basic Parameters scccacncctentnihadaslncaendnecadencanines tectankasnueacnttandantaaessssnuthatetaaanauiones 26 Regulation Maximum EIRP sccinnidncetinuniisludecthachantiicovetiarmadhuetectbbbldatilanuntidnneetantadeween det 28 ALLODLU LEDS lai 29 PS107 DU LEEDS isole lario 30 BOC EEA Sees hasten teecleaaesaadecentotaadatacha osbeneeisenee hatte 33 Parameters that are not changed after Set Complete Factory Operator Defaults 43 Parameters that are not changed after Set Partial Factory Operator Defaults 44 Authentication and Association Proce i 63 DFS behavior on SUs using ETSI based country codes 73 Comparison between DFS implementations for various country codes on the SU 74 VLAN Management Port Functionality iii 97 VLAN Data Port Functionality Trunk Link wiciiisccciscctcceesessscctereeeataitccesectathaersbecseneenens 98 VLAN Data Port Functionality Hybrid Link 0 i 99 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ O System Manual Tables Table 4 10 Recommended Maximum Modulation LEVel 108 Table D 1 Cable Color Codes BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual chante I System Description Chapter 1 System Description In This Chapter E Introducing BreezeACCESS EZ on page 3 E The AU EZ Access Unit
125. nsmit Power according to the unit properties and parameters listed above and displays the allowed range when a Transmit Power parameter is selected For each modulation level the unit will use as transmit power the minimum between this parameter and the maximum Tx power allowed by the HW and the Country Code for the specific modulation level The default Transmit Power is the highest allowed value Show Transmit Power Parameters This option displays the Transmit Power parameter and the current transmit power for the different modulation levels Different power levels may be used for different modulation levels by taking into account possible HW limitations or regulatory restrictions ATPC Parameters The Automatic Transmit Power Control ATPC algorithm simplifies the installation process and ensures optimal performance while minimizing interference to other units This is achieved by automatically adjusting the power level transmitted by each SU according to the actual level at which it is received by the AU To support proper operation of the system with optimal performance BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 2 4 0 1 4 2 6 2 4 0 2 4 2 6 2 4 0 3 4 2 6 2 4 0 4 4 2 6 2 4 0 5 4 2 6 2 5 and minimum interference between neighboring sectors the ATPC algorithm should be enabled in all units ATPC Option for EZ The ATPC Option for EZ enables or di
126. nu enables reverting the system parameters to a predefined set of defaults There are two sets of default configurations A Factory Defaults This is the standard default configuration B Operator Defaults Operator Defaults configuration can be defined by the Administrator using the Save Current Configuration As Operator Defaults option in this menu It may also be defined at the factory according to specific operator s definition The default Operator Defaults configuration is the Factory Defaults configuration The current configuration file and the Operator Defaults configuration file can be uploaded downloaded by the unit using FTP For more information see Section 4 2 3 12 option These files can also be uploaded downloaded remotely using TFTP see Appendix B The available options in the Set Defaults submenu are M Set Complete Factory Defaults BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters M Set Partial Factory Defaults E Set Complete Operator Defaults M Set Partial Operator Defaults E Cancel Current Pending Request 4 2 3 2 1 1 Set Complete Factory Defaults Select this option to reset the unit to the standard Factory Defaults configuration excluding several parameters that are listed in Table 4 2 Table 4 2 Parameters that are not changed after Set Complete Factory Operator Defaults Parameters Group Parameter Unit Control Parameters All Passwords FT
127. o 50 time slots The default is 2 time slots CAUTION An AIFS value of 1 should only be used in point to point applications Otherwise the default value of 2 must always be used In a point to point link only one unit should be configured to an AIFS value of 1 When both units need to transmit the unit with an AIFS value of 1 will have an advantage over the unit with AIFS of 2 Maximum Number of Associations The Maximum Number of Associations parameter defines the maximum number of Subscriber Units that can be associated with the selected AU while still guaranteeing the required quality of service to customers Available values range from 0 to 512 Default value is 48 NOTE The Maximum Number of Associations must be set to a value of 124 or lower to enable Data Encryption As long as Data Encryption is enabled the Maximum Number of Associations cannot be set to a value higher than 124 The Maximum Number of Associations Limit 512 when Data Encryption is disabled 124 when Data Encryption is enabled is indicated in the Show Air Interface Parameters display NOTE There is no aging time for SUs An SU is only removed from the list of associated SUs under the following condition MI The SU failed to respond to a certain number of consecutive frames transmitted by the AU and is considered to have aged out Therefore the database of associated SUs may include units no longer associated with the AU If the number of assoc
128. orces the MIR CIR algorithm to use MIR values only The MIR CIR algorithm determines the actual information rate for each of the supported SUs under changing conditions of demand based on the BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 6 2 5 4 2 6 6 2 6 4 2 6 6 3 configured CIR and MIR values When the MIR Only Option is enabled the MIR CIR algorithm is overridden and forced to operate with MIR values only For example the AU attempts to enable all SUs to transmit receive information at the specified MIR value When enabled the graceful degradation algorithm which isa part of the CIR MIR algorithm is also disabled The default is Enable MIR Threshold Percent Sets the threshold of wireless link utilization above which the MIR CIR algorithm is activated The range is from 0 to 100 The default is 50 Show MIR CIR Parameters Displays the current values of the MIR and CIR parameters Traffic Prioritization Each packet that is received from the Ethernet port is placed in either the High or Low queue according to the Traffic Prioritization parameters When the MIR CIR mechanism decides that a packet must be sent the High priority queue will be checked first If the High priority queue is not empty the first element in the queue is forwarded to the MIR CIR mechanism Packets from the Low priority queue will be forwarded only if the High queue is empty
129. ormal No Threshold E High Concatenation Option Mixed E Disable Enable No Mode E Enable Maximum Concatenated E 256 to 4032 bytes 4032 Yes Frame Size Mixed Mode Applicable only if Burst Mode is supported by the Sub Band BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Appendix E Parameters Summary E 1 7 Service Parameters Parameters Summary Parameter Range Default Run Time User Filtering Option E Disable Disable Yes E IP Protocol Only E User Defined Addresses Only E PPPoE Protocol Only Set Change Filter IP lt start address gt to lt end 0 0 0 0 TO 0 0 0 0 No Address Ranges address gt 9 all 8 entries or lt base address gt mask lt mask gt DHCP Unicast Override E Disable DHCP Unicast Disable DHCP Yes Filter Unicast E Enable DHCP Unicast USS DHCP Unicast Override E Disable PPPoE Override Disable PPPoE Yes Filter Filter Override Filter E Enable PPPoE Override Filter Maximum Burst Duration 0 2 000 ms 5 ms No MIR Downlink for SU EZ 128 to 12032 Kbps 12032 Yes VLAN Priority Threshold 0 7 7 No ToS Prioritization Option E Disable Disable No E Enable IP Precedence RFC791 Prioritization E Enable DSCP RFC2474 Prioritization IP Precedence Threshold 0 7 4 No DSCP Threshold 0 63 32 No UDP TCP Port Ranges E Disable Disable No Prioritization Option E Enable Only for UDP E Enable Only for TCP E Enable for both UDP and TCP BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ
130. ormation regarding the average noise floor in the wireless link Click the Ese key to abort the display Per Modulation Level Counters The Per Modulation Level Counters display statistics relating to wireless link performance at different radio modulation levels The Per Modulation Level Counters menu includes the following options E Display Per Modulation Level Counters Select this option to display the current values of the Per Modulation Level Counters E Reset Per Modulation Level Counters Select this option to reset the Per Modulation Level Counters The statistics show the number of frames accumulated in different categories since the last reset The SUCCESS and FAILED counts are provided for each of the associated SUs which are identified by their MAC address E SUCCESS The total number of successfully transmitted unicasts to the SU at the applicable modulation level E FAILED The total number of failures to successfully transmit unicast frame to the SU during a HW Retry cycle at the applicable modulation level Link Capability The Link Capability option provides information on HW and SW capabilities of associated SUs Most of these features are not supported in SU EZ The Link Capability feature enables to adapt the configuration of the unit according to the capabilities of other relevant unit s to ensure optimal operation The Link Capability submenu includes the following options BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ Sy
131. own Phase si Blue Neutral 0 Yellow Green Ground 4 3 Verify that the POWER LED is lit indicating that power is supplied to the unit 4 Configure the basic parameters as described in Section 3 1 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 2 Installation Installing the Universal IDU Indoor Unit 5 Connect the 10 100 BaseT ETHERNET connector to the network The cable connection should be a straight Ethernet if connecting the indoor unit to a hub switch and a crossed cable if connecting it directly to a PC Network Interface Card NIC NOTE _ The length of the Ethernet cable connecting the indoor unit to the user s equipment together with Ed the length of the Indoor to Outdoor cable should not exceed 100 meters 2 4 1 RESET Button Functionality Using a sharp object press the recessed RESET button for a short time to reset the unit and reboot from the Main version The RESET button can be used for setting the unit to its factory defaults Press the button for at least 5 seconds until the ETH LED of the IDU stops blinking the unit will reboot with the factory default configuration BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ 23 System Manual chapter S Commissioning Chapter 3 Commissioning In This Chapter E Configuring Basic Parameters on page 26 E Transmit Power Compliance With Regulations on page 28 E Operation Verification on page 29 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 3 Commiss
132. pends on the type of the next frame to be transmitted as follows E SIFS Short Inter Frame Spacing is used for certain frames that should be transmitted immediately such as ACK and CTS frames The value of SIFS is 16 microseconds E DIFS Distributed coordination function Inter Frame Spacing is typically used for other frame types when the medium is free If the unit decides that the medium is not free it will defer transmission by DIFS plus a number of time slots as determined by the Contention Window back off algorithm see Section 4 2 6 5 2 after reaching a decision that the medium has become free BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 2 9 DIFS equal SIFS plus AIFS where AIFS can be configured to a value from 1 to 50 time slots A unit with a lower AIFS has an advantage over units with a higher AIFS since it has a better chance to gain access to limited wireless link resources Typically AIFS should be configured to two time slots A value of 1 should only be used in one of the two units in a point to point link where in the other unit the AIFS remains configured to two time slots This ensures that the unit with AIFS configured to one has an advantage over the other unit provided that the Minimum Contention Window Section 4 2 6 5 2 parameter in both units is configured to 0 to disable the contention window back off algorithm The available options are 1 t
133. ple FCC Data Encryption Support Indicates whether data encryption is supported for the applicable country AES Encryption Support Indicates whether encryption using AES is supported for the applicable country In AU EZ AES is not supported Authentication Encryption Support Indicates whether authentication encryption is supported for the applicable country In the current release of AU EZ only a single Sub Band is available The following Sub Band information is provided Sub Band ID 1 and Frequencies Allowed Bandwidth In current release Allowed Bandwidth is 20 MHz Regulation Max Tx Power at Antenna Port The maximum transmit power allowed at the antenna port of the unit Regulation Max EIRP The maximum allowed EIRP Effective Isotropic Radiated Power in dBm or No Limit Min Modulation Level The lowest allowed modulation level Max Modulation Level The highest allowed modulation level Burst Mode Indicates whether Burst Mode operation is allowed BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters E Maximum Burst Duration If Burst Mode is allowed this parameter displays the upper limit for the Maximum Burst Duration E DFS Option Indicates whether the DFS Dynamic Frequency Selection mechanism for identification and avoidance of channels with radar activity is supported E Minimum HW Revision Support The minimum HW revision required to support t
134. ple parameters including the SNR of received signals time that has passed since last transmission to the relevant unit and the recent history of successful and unsuccessful transmissions and retransmissions The decision algorithm is performed separately for each SU The transmission retransmission mechanism operates as follows BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 5 9 1 4 2 6 5 9 2 4 2 6 5 9 3 4 2 6 5 10 4 2 6 6 1 Each new frame first transmission attempt will be transmitted at a modulation level selected by the Adaptive Modulation algorithm 2 If first transmission trial has failed the frame will be retransmitted at the same modulation level up to the maximum number of retransmission attempts defined by the Number of HW Retries parameter The Adaptive Modulation Parameters menu includes the following parameters Adaptive Modulation Option The Adaptive Modulation Option enables or disables the Adaptive Modulation decision algorithm When enabled the algorithm supports decrease increase of transmission s modulation levels between the lowest possible level to the value configured for the Maximum Modulation Level parameter If the Maximum Modulation Level is set at the lowest possible level the Adaptive Modulation algorithm has no effect The default selection is Enable Adaptive Modulation Decision Thresholds Enables selection between Normal
135. printable ASCII characters The default is vx E FTP Password The FTP Password option enables defining the password to be used for accessing the FTP server that is hosting the file Valid values A string of up to 18 printable ASCII characters The default is vx E Show FTP Event Log File Upload Displays the current values of the Event Log Upload parameters NOTE There is one set of general FTP parameters FTP Server IP Address FTP Gateway IP Address FTP User Name and FTP Password This set or relevant parts of the set serves the SW Download procedure the Configuration File Upload Download procedure and the Event Log File Upload procedure Changing any of these parameters in the menu for either procedure will automatically change its value in the menu for the other procedures Show Log File Configuration Select this option to display the current Event Log Minimum Severity and the Total Number of Events Logged Feature Upgrade The Feature Upgrade option enables to enter a license string for upgrading the unit to support new features and or options Upon selecting the Manual Feature Upgrade option the user will be requested to enter the license string Each license BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 3 11 string is associated with a unique MAC Address and one feature option If the encrypted MAC Address in the license string does not match the unit s MAC
136. queue If the VLAN Priority field is lower than or equal to this value the packet will be transferred to the Low queue unless it is assigned a High priority by another classifier Valid values range from 0 to 7 The default value is 7 which means that all packets get a low priority equivalent to disabling the VLAN based classifier ToS Prioritization The ToS Prioritization parameters enable defining prioritization in accordance with either the 3 IP Precedence bits in the IP header in accordance with RFC 791 or the 6 DSCP Differentiated Services Code Point bits in accordance with RFC 2474 The ToS Prioritization menu includes the following parameters ToS Prioritization Option The ToS Prioritization Option defines whether ToS based prioritization is enabled or disabled The following options are available E Disable E Enable IP Precedence RFC791 Prioritization E Enable DSCP RFC2474 Prioritization The default is Disable IP Precedence Threshold The IP Precedence Threshold parameter is applicable when the ToS Prioritization Option is set to Enable IP Precedence RFC791 Prioritization If the value of the 3 IP Precedence bits in the IP header is higher than this threshold the packet is BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ O System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 6 3 2 3 4 2 6 6 3 3 4 2 6 6 3 3 1 4 2 6 6 3 3 2 routed to the High queue If the value is lower than or equal to this th
137. r the other procedures Basic Configuration Menu The Basic Configuration menu includes all parameters required for the initial installation and operation of the unit After the unit is properly installed and operational additional parameters can be configured either locally or remotely using Telnet or SNMP management NOTE All parameters in the Basic Configuration menu are also available in the relevant sub menus of the Advanced Configuration menu The Basic Configuration menu enables to access the following parameter sets BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ Q System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 4 1 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 3 4 2 4 4 4 2 4 5 4 2 4 6 4 2 4 7 4 2 4 8 4 2 4 9 IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway Address ESSID Maximum Modulation Level Cell Distance Parameters E Maximum Distance M Show Cell Distance Parameters Country Code Parameters E Select Country Code E Re Apply Country Code values DHCP Client E DHCP Option M Access to DHCP Refer to Section 4 2 6 1 for a description of these parameters Frequency Definition E Sub Band Select E Frequency BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ 9 System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 4 10 4 2 4 11 4 2 4 12 4 2 4 13 4 2 4 14 E DFS Parameters DFS Required by Regulations Frequency Subset Definition Channel Check Time Channel Avoidance Period Minimum Pulses to Det
138. ration and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 4 1 2 2 Hybrid Link Hybrid Link transfers both tagged and untagged frames as the devices connected to the unit can be either VLAN aware or VLAN unaware This is equivalent to defining no VLAN support as the unit is transparent to VLAN Table 4 9 summarizes the functionality of the data port for a Hybrid link Table 4 9 VLAN Data Port Functionality Hybrid Link Action Data Port AU and SU Accept from Ethernet All Accept from Wireless All Tag Insert No Tag Remove No 4 2 6 4 1 3 VLAN Forwarding The VLAN Forwarding feature is applicable only for Trunk Links It enables defining the VLAN ID values to be included in the VLAN Forwarding List If the Link Type is defined as a Trunk Link and the VLAN Forwarding option is enabled a data frame received with a VLAN ID that is not a member of the unit s VLAN Forwarding List is discarded The VLAN Forwarding submenu provides the following options 4 2 6 4 1 3 1 VLAN Forwarding Support The VLAN Forwarding Support option enables or disables the VLAN Forwarding feature Available selections are Disable and Enable The default selection is Disable 4 2 6 4 1 3 2 Add Forwarding VLAN ID The Add Forwarding VLAN ID option enables adding a VLAN ID to the VLAN Forwarding List One VLAN ID can be entered at a time The maximum number of VLAN IDs in the VLAN Forwarding List is 20 Valid values are 1 to 4094 4 2 6 4 1 3 3 Remove Forward
139. refer to Section 4 2 2 4 Currently all Sub Bands support the entire range of modulation levels from 1 to 8 The default value is the lowest supported modulation level Maximum Modulation Level When the Adaptive Modulation Algorithm see Section 4 2 6 5 9 is enabled it changes the modulation level dynamically according to link conditions The purpose is to increase the probability of using the maximum possible modulation level at any given moment Although the algorithm will avoid using modulation levels that are too high for the prevailing link conditions it might be better under certain conditions to limit the use of higher modulation levels If the link quality is not sufficient it is recommended that the maximum modulation level be decreased as higher modulation levels increase the error rate In such conditions a higher Maximum Modulation Level increases the number or retransmissions before the modulation level is being reduced by the Adaptive Modulation Algorithm A high number of retransmissions reduces the overall throughput of the applicable SU as well as all other SUs associated with the same AU The link quality can be estimated based on the SNR measurement of the SUs at the AU which can be viewed in the MAC Address Database option in the Site Survey menu If the measured SNR of all Sus is less than a certain threshold it is recommended that the maximum modulation level be decreased in accordance with Table 4 8 using the value
140. reshold the packet will be transferred to the Low queue unless it is assigned a High priority by another classifier Valid values range from 0 to 7 The default value is 4 DSCP Threshold The DSCP Threshold parameter is applicable when the ToS Prioritization Option is set to Enable DSCP RFC2474 Prioritization If the value of the 6 DSCP bits in the IP header is higher than this threshold the packet is routed to the High queue If the value is lower than or equal to this threshold the packet will be routed to the Low queue unless it is assigned a High priority by another classifier Valid values range from 0 to 63 The default value is 32 UDP TCP Port Ranges Traffic Prioritization The UDP TCP Port Ranges Traffic Prioritization parameters enable defining prioritization in accordance with the UDP and or TCP destination port ranges The UDP TCP Port Ranges Traffic Prioritization menu includes the following parameters UDP TCP Port Ranges Prioritization Option The UDP TCP Port Ranges Prioritization Option defines whether port ranges based prioritization is enabled or disabled The following options are available E Disable E Enable Only for UDP E Enable Only for TCP E Enable for both UDP and TCP The default is Disable UDP Port Ranges The UDP Port Ranges menu enables defining port ranges to be used as priority classifiers when the UDP TCP Port Ranges Prioritization Option is set to either Enable Only for UDP or Enable
141. ress to the List Remove MAC Address from List Select Remove MAC Address from List to remove a MAC Address from the List MAC Address List Action This parameter defines the working mode of the MAC list E In the case of an Allowed list if the MAC address is included in the list the SU will be able to associate itself with the AU and receive permission for generating traffic if it is not found in the list it will still be associated but without the permission to generate traffic E In the case of a Deny list if the MAC address is included in the list the SU will be able to associate itself with the AU but will not be able to generate traffic otherwise if the address is not found in the list the SU will be associated and will be able to generate traffic Possible options for this parameter are Deny and Allow The default is Deny Station Allowed Option Set this parameter to Enable to allow any SU regardless of its MAC address to try associating with the AU Set it to Disable to allow only SUs whose MAC address starts with 00 10 E7 to try associating with the AU The default is Enabled Show MAC Address List Select Show MAC Address List to display the current list of MAC Addresses included in the List and the selected List Action Show Bridge Parameters The Show Bridge Parameters option displays the current values of the Bridge parameters BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ Q System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administra
142. rol menu Unit Type AU EZ Unit MAC Address The unit s unique IEEE MAC address Current Number of Associations The total number of SUs associated with this AU This number may include units that are not currently active as there is no aging algorithm for associated SUs NOTE x An SU is only removed from the list of associated SUs under the following condition E The SU failed to respond to a certain number of consecutive frames transmitted by the AU and is considered to have aged out Number of Associations Since Last Reset The number of SUs that have associated with the AU since the last reset including duplicate associations with the same SU Unit Hardware Version The version of the outdoor unit hardware Unit Boot Version The version of the Boot SW BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ Cd System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters M Time Since Last Reset E Flash Versions Running from Shows whether the unit is running from the Main or from the Shadow Version Main Version File Name The name of the compressed file with a bz extension of the version currently defined as the main version Main Version Number The software version currently defined as the main version Shadow Version File Name The name of the compressed file with a bz extension of the version currently defined as the shadow backup version Shadow Version Number The software version
143. rt menu includes the following parameters E VLAN Link Type E VLAN ID Management E VLAN Forwarding E VLAN Relaying E VLAN Traffic Priority E Show VLAN Parameters VLAN ID Management The VLAN ID Management is applicable for all link types It enables defining the VLAN ID for management frames which identifies remote stations for management purposes This applies to all management applications using protocols such as SNMP TFTP ICMP ping DHCP and Telnet All servers stations using these protocols must tag the management frames sent to the unit with the value of the VLAN ID Management parameter Valid values 1 to 4094 or 65535 No VLAN BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ Q System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 4 1 2 The default value is 65535 If the VLAN ID Management is other than 65535 E Only tagged management frames with a matching VLAN ID received on either the Ethernet or wireless link ports are forwarded to the unit E A VLAN Management Tag is inserted in all management frames generated by the unit before transmission on either the Ethernet or wireless link port The tag includes the values of the VLAN ID Management and the VLAN Priority Management parameters If the VLAN ID Management is 65535 No VLAN E Only untagged management frames received on either the Ethernet or wireless link ports are forwarded to the unit E Management frames generated by the unit are not tagge
144. running SW version of the SU applicable only for VL SUs in Mixed Mode For SU EZ units the SW version is NA SU Unit Type Distance The measured distance from the AU applicable only for VL SUs in Mixed Mode For SU EZ units the Distance Name is Not Measured IP Address Wi2 IP Address as defined in the SU or 0 0 0 0 for none For SU EZ units the Wi2 IP Address is always none 0 0 0 0 ESSID The ESSID used by the SU An SU that is included in the Deny List E Sp Special 3 addresses that are always present including The MAC address of the AU Alvarion s Multicast address 01 20 D6 00 00 01 The Ethernet Broadcast address FF FF FF FF FF FF In addition a summary table displays information about the Forwarding Database Bridging Info and the Associated Subscriber Units Database Association Info Each database includes the following information BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 5 3 2 E The current number of entries For Bridging Info this includes the Et Ethernet and the Vp Virtual ports entries For Association Info this is the number of the currently associated SUs The aging time specified for entries in these tables The aging time for Bridging Info is as specified by the Bridge Aging Time parameter The default is 300 seconds There is no aging time for Association Info entries The maximum number of en
145. rvice Box and 3 RJ 45 shielded connectors cable is not included Additional Items Available from Alvarion E IDU to ODU Category 5 Ethernet cable available in different lengths For more details refer to Section 2 1 2 E Antenna kit including a 0 5 m RF cable Additional Installation Requirements The following items are also required to install the AU EZ E Ethernet cable straight for connecting to a hub switch etc E Crimping tool for RJ 45 connectors E Ground cables with an appropriate termination E Mains plug adapter or termination plug if the power plug on the supplied AC power cord does not fit local power outlets BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ 15 System Manual Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 2 Installation Requirements M Portable PC with Ethernet card and Telnet software and a crossed Ethernet cable E Installation tools and materials including appropriate means e g a pole for installing the outdoor unit and antenna Indoor to Outdoor Cables NOTE The length of the indoor to outdoor Ethernet cable should not exceed 90 meters The length of the Ethernet cable connecting the indoor unit to the user s equipment together with the length of the Indoor to Outdoor cable should not exceed 100 meters Use only Category 5E Ethernet cables from approved manufacturers listed in Table 2 1 Consult with Alvarion specialists on the suitability of other cables Table 2 1 Approved Category 5E Ethernet Cables
146. s Directory Use to clear Event Log Policy E Message Warning Yes E Warning E Error E Fatal E Log None Log Out Timer 1 999 minutes 5 Yes BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Appendix E Parameters Summary Parameters Summary Parameter Range Default Run Time Ethernet Port Negotiation Mode E Force 10 Mbps and Half Duplex Auto Negotiation No E Force 10 Mbps and Full Duplex E Force 100 Mbps and Half Duplex E Force 100 Mbps and Full Duplex E Auto Negotiation Change System Location Up to 34 printable ASCII characters None Yes Manual Feature Upgrade License string 32 to 64 hexadecimal None No digits AP Working Mode E EZ Mode EZ Mode No E Mixed Mode BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Appendix E Parameters Summary Parameters Summary Mode E 1 2 IP Parameters Parameter Range Default Run Time IP Address IP address 10 0 0 1 No Subnet Mask IP address 255 0 0 0 No Default Gateway IP address 0 0 0 0 No Address DHCP Option E Disable Disable No E DHCP Only M Automatic Access to DHCP BM From Wireless Only From Ethernet Only No E From Ethernet Only E From Both Wireless and Ethernet E 1 3 Air Interface Parameters Parameter Range Default Run Time ESSID Up to 31 printable ASCII characters ESSID No Operator ESSID Option E Disable Enable No Mixed Mode E Enable Operator ESSID Mixed Up to 31 printable ASCII characters ES
147. s The total number of transmit events Typically transmission events include cases where transmission of a frame was delayed or was aborted before completion The following additional counters are displayed to indicate the reason for and the nature of the event Dropped The number of dropped frames which are unsuccessfully retransmitted without being acknowledged until the maximum permitted number of retransmissions Underrun The number of times that transmission of a frame was aborted because the rate of submitting frames for transmission exceeds the available transmission capability Others The number of frames whose transmission was not completed or delayed due to a problem other than those represented by the other counters E Total received frames from wireless The total number of frames received from the wireless medium The count includes data frames as well as control and wireless management frames The count does not include bad frames and duplicate frames For a description of these frames refer to Bad frames received and Duplicate frames discarded below BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters M Total received data frames The total number of data frames received from the wireless medium including duplicate frames Refer to Duplicate frames discarded below E Total Rx events The total number of frames that were not received properly The followin
148. s of typical sensitivity It is recommended to add a 2 dB safety margin to compensate for possible neasurement inaccuracy or variance in the link quality NOTE The SNR measurement at the AU is accurate only when receiving transmissions from the applicable SU When the Adaptive Modulation Algorithm is disabled this parameter will serve to determine Fixed Modulation Level used for transmissions The minimum and maximum values for the Maximum Modulation Level are defined by the Sub Band in use For information on how to view the Sub Bands supported by the unit and the supported parameters values and options refer to BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ O System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 5 6 4 2 6 5 7 Section 4 2 2 4 Currently all Sub Bands support the entire range of modulation levels from 1 to 8 The default is the highest supported Modulation Level Table 4 10 Recommended Maximum Modulation Level SNR Maximum Modulation Level SNR gt 23 dB 21 dB lt SNR lt 23 dB 16 dB lt SNR lt 21 dB 10 dB lt SNR lt 13 dB 8 dB lt SNR lt 10 dB 8 7 6 13 dB lt SNR lt 16dB 5 4 3 2 7dB lt SNR lt 8dB 6 dB lt SNR lt 7 dB 1 Average SNR Memory Factor This parameter is not supported in the current release The Average SNR Memory Factor defines the weight of history value of last calculated average SNR in the formula used for
149. s transmitter or having the AU Tx status controlled by the status of the Ethernet port link If the selected option is Ethernet Status Control then BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 2 6 4 2 6 2 7 E If the Ethernet link is down the AU transmitter will be switched to Off E Ifthe Ethernet link is up the AU transmitter will be switched to On This feature can be used during maintenance or testing to avoid transmissions using undesired parameters The parameter is available only when managing the unit from its Ethernet port The default is On Antenna Gain The Antenna Gain parameter enables to define the net gain of a detached antenna The configured gain should take into account the attenuation of the cable connecting the antenna to the unit The Antenna Gain is important especially in countries where there is a limit on the EIRP allowed for the unit the maximum allowed value for the Transmit Power parameters cannot exceed the value of EIRP Antenna Gain where the EIRP is defined in the Sub Band in use The lower limit for the Antenna Gain parameter is 0 dBi The upper limit for the Antenna Gain is Regulation Max EIRP 10 in dBi since the minimum Tx Power is 10dBm up to a maximum of 50 dBi If Regulation Max EIRP is No Limit the upper limit is 50 dBi A value of Don t Care means that the actual value is not important A value of Not Set
150. sables the Automatic Transmit Power Control ATPC algorithm for SU EZ units The ATPC feature requires Layer 3 connectivity The default is Disable ATPC Minimum SNR Level The Minimum SNR Level defines the lowest SNR at which you want each SU to be received at the AU the lower limit of the optimal reception level range Available values 4 to 60 dB Default value 28 dB ATPC Delta from Minimum SNR Level The Delta from Minimum SNR Level is used to define the highest SNR at which you want each SU to be received at the AU the higher limit of the optimal reception level range Max Level Minimum SNR Level Delta from Minimum SNR Level Available values 4 to 20 dB Default value 5 dB for units operating in the 5 4 and 5 8 GHz bands 8 dB for units operating in the 5 2 and 5 3 GHz bands Minimum Interval Between ATPC Messages The Minimum Interval Between ATPC Messages parameter sets the minimal time between consecutive power up power down messages to a specific SU Setting a low value for this parameter may lead to higher overhead and to an excessive rate of power level changes at the SUs High values for this parameter increase the time it will take the SUs to reach optimal transmit power level Available values 1 to 3600 seconds Default value 30 seconds Show ATPC Parameters Lists values for all the parameters in the ATPC Parameters menu Tx Control The Tx Control option enables turning Off On the AU
151. selecting Show DFS Settings and Data are also displayed Transmit Power The Transmit Power submenu includes the following options Transmit Power The Transmit Power parameter defines the transmit power level of the AU BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 2 3 2 4 2 6 2 4 The minimum value for the Transmit Power Parameter is 10 dBm The maximum value of the Transmit Power Parameter depends on antenna gain applicable regulations and several unit properties and parameters M The HW revision of the unit E The Maximum Allowed Tx Power as defined for the applicable Sub Band E The Maximum EIRP as defined for the applicable Sub Band together with the value of the Antenna Gain In certain countries the Maximum EIRP of some equipment types cannot exceed a certain value In these cases the Transmit Power cannot exceed the value of Maximum EIRP Antenna Gain For information on how to view the Sub Band supported by the unit and the supported parameters values and options refer to Section 4 2 2 4 Typically the maximum supported transmit power is used to provide maximum coverage However there may be a need to decrease the transmitted power level in order to support relatively small cells and to minimize the interference with the operation of neighboring cells or for compliance with local regulatory requirements The unit calculates the maximum allowed Tra
152. st Key Key 1 to Key 4 Show Security Parameters 4 2 6 7 1 Authentication Algorithm The Authentication Algorithm option determines the operation mode of the selected unit The following two options are available Open System An SU configured to Open System can only associate with an AU also configured to Open System In this case the authentication encryption algorithm is not used Shared Key The authentication messages are encrypted An SU configured to use a Shared Key can only be authenticated by an AU configured to use a Shared Key provided the applicable Key which means both the key number and its content in the AU is identical to the key selected as the Default Key in the SU The default is Open System NOTE Mixed operation is not supported Ed The AU and all the SUs it serves should be configured to the same Authentication Algorithm option An AU with Data Encryption Option enabled can accept non encrypted data frames BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 7 2 4 2 6 7 3 4 2 6 7 4 4 2 6 7 5 Data Encryption Option The Data Encryption Option allows enabling or disabling data encryption When enabled all data frames including frames using management protocols such as Telnet FTP TFTP SNMP DHCP and ICMP are encrypted The default is Disable NOTE E The AU and all the SUs it serves should be configured to the same Data Encr
153. st to enable the relaying operation The VLAN Relaying menu provides the following options VLAN Relaying Support The VLAN Relaying Support option enables or disables the VLAN Relaying feature Available selections are Disable and Enable The default selection is Disable Add Relaying VLAN ID The Add Relaying VLAN ID option enables adding a VLAN ID to the VLAN Relaying List One VLAN ID can be entered at a time The maximum number of VLAN IDs in the VLAN Relaying List is 20 Valid values are 1 to 4094 Remove Relaying VLAN ID The Remove Relaying VLAN ID option enables removing a VLAN ID from the VLAN ID Relaying List Valid values are VID values from 1 to 4094 that are included in the VLAN Relaying List BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 4 1 4 4 Show VLAN ID Relaying List x 4 2 6 4 1 5 4 2 6 4 1 5 1 4 2 6 4 1 6 4 2 6 4 2 The Show VLAN Relaying option displays the values of the VLAN IDs included in the VLAN Relaying List NOTE If the VLAN ID Relaying List is empty and the VLAN Relaying Support is Enabled then all data frames relayed from the wireless link are discarded If VLAN Relaying Support and VLAN Forwarding Support are both enabled then all VLAN IDs configured in the Relaying List must also be configured in the Forwarding List VLAN Traffic Priority The VLAN Traffic Priority menu enables configuring the VLAN Priority f
154. stem Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 5 6 1 4 2 5 6 2 4 2 5 6 3 4 2 5 6 4 Show Link Capability General Select this option to view information on general parameters of relevant units For each relevant unit identified by its MAC address the following details are displayed E HwvVer the hardware version of the unit E CpldVer The version of the Complex Programmable Logic Device CPLD used in the unit E Country The 3 or 4 digits country code supported by the unit E BootVer The Boot Version of the unit Show Link Capability Wireless Link Configuration Select this option to view information on current wireless link parameters of relevant units For each relevant unit identified by its MAC address the following details are displayed E ATPC Option Enable or Disable E Adaptive Modulation Option Enable or Disable E Burst Mode Option Enable or Disable M Concatenation Option Enable or Disable Show Link Capability Security Configuration Select this option to view information on current security related parameters of relevant units For each relevant unit identified by its MAC address the following details are displayed E Security Mode WEP or FIPS 197 E Authentication Algorithm Shared Key or Open System E Data Encryption Option Enable or Disable Show Link Capability by SU Select this option to view all capabilities information General Wireless Link Con
155. t be re configured Ed After loading a new SW version with any changes in the relevant Country Code these changes BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ O System Manual sopendo Di File Download and Upload Using TFTP Appendix B File Download and Upload Using TFTP The File Download Upload feature simplifies the task of remotely configuring a large number of units using TFTP protocol By downloading the configuration file to a PC it is possible to view all the parameters configured for the unit as a plain ASCII text file It is necessary to edit the file using a simple editor that does not insert special characters and remove certain parameters or change their values prior to uploading the configuration to another unit The file loading procedure can also be used for uploading a feature license file or an updated country code file to multiple units When multiple configurations are being done simultaneously that is the file is being uploaded to several units it is recommended that the file will include only the required parameters In the configuration file the following three fields represent each parameter 1 A symbolic string similar to the name of the parameter in the Monitor program followed by 2 The value of the parameters which uses the same values as the Monitor program 3 An optional comment If used the comment should start with a character An unknown parameter or a known parameter with a value that is inval
156. t to lt end 0 0 0 0 TO 0 0 0 0 No Management IP Address address gt 2 all 10 entries Ranges or lt base address gt mask lt mask gt Send SNMP Traps E Disable Disable Yes E Enable SNPM Traps IP IP address 0 0 0 0 No Destination all 10 entries SNMP Traps Community Up to 14 printable ASCII public No characters all 10 entries E 1 5 Bridge Parameters Parameter Range Default Run Time VLAN ID Management 1 4094 65535 65535 no VLAN No VLAN Link Type E Hybrid Link Hybrid Link No E Trunk Link BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Appendix E Parameters Summary Parameters Summary Parameter Range Default Run Time VLAN Forwarding Disable Enable Disable No Support VLAN Forwarding ID 1 4094 Empty list No up to 20 entries VLAN Relaying Support Disable Enable Disable No VLAN Relaying ID 1 4094 Empty list No up to 20 entries VLAN Priority 0 7 0 No Management Ethernet E Disable Disable Yes Broadcast Multicast Limiter Option E Limit only Broadcast Packets BM Limit Multicast Packets that are not Broadcasts E Limit All Multicast Packets including broadcast Ethernet 0 204800 packets second 50 Yes Broadcast Multicast Limiter Threshold Ethernet 1 60 minutes 5 minutes Yes Broadcast Multicast Limiter Send Trap Interval Bridge Aging Time 20 2000 seconds 300 No Broadcast Relaying E Disable Broadcast Multicast No E Broadcast Multicast
157. t attempt to change the default values of these parameters BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual o sopena y a Using the Set Factory Defaults Utility Appendix C Using the Set Factory Defaults Utility The Set Factory Defaults utility is intended to enable nanagement access to a unit in cases where such access is not possible due to wrong or unknown configuration of certain parameters This includes cases such as unknown Management VLAN ID and wrong management access filtering The utility accesses the unit by sending a special packet Access to the unit is based on its MAC address which must be entered in the Unit MAC address field The set unit defaults feature is only available via the Ethernet port gt To set factory defaults 1 Connect the PC with the Set Factory Defaults utility to the Ethernet port of the unit Set Factory Defaults Pil EI About Unit MAC address po fio der dea doo der Figure C 1 Set Factory Defaults window Enter the unit s MAC address 2 Click on the Set button This utility performs the same operation as Set Complete Factory Defaults restoring the default factory configuration of all parameters except to Passwords general FTP parameters and AU s Frequency BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual LD Appendix A Preparing the Indoor to Outdoor Cable Appendix D Preparing the Indoor to Outdoor Cable The Indoor to Outdoor cable provides pin to pin
158. t of priority port numbers It is possible to delete discrete port numbers and or ranges In ranges a hyphen is used to separate between start and end port numbers A comma is used to separate between entries For example 8900 9000 9005 9010 9016 9017 E Delete All TCP Port Ranges This option enables deleting all TCP port ranges from the list of priority port numbers E Show TCP Port Ranges Select this option to view the current TCP RTP RTCP Prioritization option and the list of TCP Port Ranges Low Priority Traffic Minimum Percent This feature ensures that a certain amount of low priority packets specified by the Low Priority Traffic Minimum Percent LPTMP parameter is transmitted even at the expense of high priority traffic The mechanism guarantees a low priority traffic with a rate of LPTMP RT 100 where RT symbolizes the allowed traffic rate The high priority traffic will thus not be able to exceed 100 LPTMP RT 100 If the system receives high priority traffic at a rate higher than this figure some high priority packets will be discarded The range is between O and 100 The default value is O Show Traffic Prioritization The Show Traffic Prioritization option displays aggregated information regarding current values of the parameters that affect the traffic prioritization DRAP Parameters DRAP Dynamic Resources Allocation Protocol is a protocol that can be used by the AU to communicate with Voice and N
159. the user will not be able to start a spectrum analysis or a TFTP FTP session If the calibration failed the results of the previous successful calibration will be kept If the calibration passed the new results will be used for Noise Floor Indication Select Calibration Option to Use This option enables selection of the calibration option to be used by the device The available options are None Field and Factory If Factory option is available indicating that the unit was calibrated in the factory in the current version Factory calibration is not available this is the option that should be used BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ Q System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 2 16 3 4 2 6 3 If Factory option is not available a Field calibration should be performed using the Run Calibration option and the Field option should be selected The None option should be used only if the Field Calibration is repeatedly failing see Show Noise Floor Calibration below or if the RSSI displayed when using the Field option following a successful Field calibration is clearly inaccurate indicating erroneous results The default is None Show Noise Floor Calibration Select this option to view the current status and parameters of Calibration of Noise Floor Indication The displayed parameters are E Field Calibration Status Indicating whether a Field Calibration is being performed currently Activ
160. tically terminated following a determined period of inactivity The default time Ed out is 5 minutes and is configured with the Log Out Timer parameter In some cases to activate any configuration changes you must reset the unit Certain settings are automatically activated without having to reset the unit Refer to Appendix E for information on which parameters are applied in run time no need to reset the unit and which parameters are not run time updated the change takes effect only after unit s reset BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 4 2 1 4 2 2 Menus and Parameters NOTE AU EZ is a member of the BreezeACCESS VL family Certain parameters available in the Monitor program are applicable only for BreezeACCESS VL units These parameters are marked accordingly in this manual The following sections describe the menus and parameters provided by the Monitor program Main Menu The Main Menu enables to access the following menus depending on your access level as described in Section 4 1 E Info Screens Provides a read only display of current parameter values Available at all access levels E Unit Control Enables to access general operations such as resetting the unit reverting to factory default parameters changing passwords and switching between software versions Available at the Installer and Administrator access levels E Basic
161. tion Installing the Outdoor Unit 2 3 2 Figure 2 2 illustrates the method of mounting an outdoor unit on a pole using the clamps and threaded rods Figure 2 2 Pole Installation Using Special Clamps NOTE There is a groove on one end of the threaded rod Be sure to insert the threaded rods with the grooves pointing outward as these grooves enable you to use a screwdriver to fasten the rods to the unit Protecting ODU Connections Use appropriate sealing material to protect the connection against moisture and humidity Use removable sealing material such as a tar seal to enable future access to the connector NOTE Use high quality sealing material such as Scotch 130C Linerless Rubber Splicing Tape from 3M to ensure IP 67 compliant protection against dust and water Loop amp tie the cable near the unit for strain relief and for routing water away from the unit use additional cable strips to route the cable such that water can accumulate on the cable bends away from the unit BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 2 Installation Installing the Outdoor Unit 2 3 3 x Connecting the Grounding and Antenna Cables The Grounding screw marked is located on the bottom panel of the outdoor unit The Antenna RF connector marked T is located on the top panel of the ODU To connect the grounding cable 1 Connect one end of a grounding cable to the grounding terminal and tighten the grounding screw
162. tion Menus and Parameters 4 2 6 5 4 2 6 5 1 4 2 6 5 2 Performance Parameters The Performance Parameters menu enables defining a series of parameters that control the method by which traffic is transmitted through the wireless access network The Performance Parameters menu includes the following parameters E RTS Threshold E Min Contention Window E Max Contention Window HM Multicast Modulation Level E Maximum Modulation Level E Average SNR Memory Factor E Number of HW Retries E Burst Mode E Adaptive Modulation E Show Performance Parameters RTS Threshold The RTS Threshold parameter defines the minimum frame size that requires an RTS CTS Request To Send Clear To Send handshake Frames whose size is smaller than the RTS Threshold value are transmitted directly to the wireless link without being preceded with RTS frames Setting this parameter to a value larger than the maximum frame size eliminates the RTS CTS handshake for frames transmitted by this unit The available values range from 20 to 4092 bytes The default value is 4092 It is recommended that this value be used to ensure that RTS CTS is never used in the AU Minimum Contention Window The Minimum Contention Window parameter determines the time that a unit waits from the time it has concluded that there are no detectable transmissions by BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2
163. tion tests fail the loaded version will be rejected Among other things that are tested the unit will reject a file if either the file name or the version number matches the current Main versions The unit will also reject a file designated for a different unit type The FLASH memory can store two software versions One version is called Main and the second version is called Shadow The new version is loaded into the Shadow backup FLASH memory To check that the new firmware was properly downloaded and verified view the firmware versions stored in the FLASH as follows a From the Main Menu select 2 Unit Control b From the Unit Control menu select 5 Flash Memory Control From the Flash Memory Control menu select S Show Flash Versions The following information is displayed Flash Versions Running from main version Main Version File Name A4_5_16 bz Main Version Number 4 5 16 Shadow Version File Name A5_0_15 bz BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Appendix A Software Version Loading Using TFTP Shadow Version Number 5 0 15 NOTE must be applied by activation the Re apply Country Code Values option in the Unit Control Menu Note that following activation of the Re apply Country Code Values option all parameters that are affected by the Country Code frequency parameters transmit power parameters DFS operation modulation level parameters burst mode parameters revert to their factory default values and mus
164. tions parameter is 48 Display MAC Pinpoint Table The MAC Pinpoint table provides for each of the Ethernet stations identified by the MAC Address connected to either the AU or to any of the SUs served by it the identity MAC Address of the wireless device to which they are connected Display CIR MIR Info Displays information on the MIR CIR and some other parameter for associated Subscriber Units E CIR TX The Downlink CIR configured in a VL SU Always 0 for SU EZ E MIR TX For all SU EZ units this is the value of MIR Downlink for SU EZ E CIR RX The Downlink CIR configured in a VL SU Always 0 for SU EZ E MIR RX Uplink MIR configured in the SU M CIR Delay This is the configured value of the Maximum Delay parameter in the SU E SU Name Not Available for SU EZ E Ver NA for SU EZ E Type The Unit Type of the SU E IP The IP address of the SU Gateways Table When the DRAP option is supported the Gateways Table provides details on the active Gateways connected to any of the SUs served by the AU For each Gateway the displayed information includes E Gateway Type VG 1D1V VG 1D2V NG 4D1W BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 5 4 4 2 5 5 4 2 5 6 E IP Address E Number of Voice Calls applicable only to Voice Gateways Continuous Noise Floor Display The Continuous Noise Floor Display option displays continuously updated inf
165. transmitted first When this queue is emptied the packets in the Medium queue will be sent Finally when both the High and Medium queues are empty the packets in the Low queue will be sent Data packets are routed to either the High or Low queue according to the queue selected for them before the MIR mechanism for more information see Section 4 2 6 6 3 Broadcasts multicasts are routed to the Medium queue Control and wireless management frames generated in the unit are routed to the High queue Any frame coming from the Ethernet port which is meant to reach another BreezeACCESS unit via the wireless port as opposed to messages intended for stations behind other BreezeACCESS units is sent to the High queue regardless of the priority configuration The Wireless Link Counters include the following statistics M Total transmitted frames to wireless The number of frames transmitted to the wireless medium The total includes one count for each successfully transmitted unicast frame excluding retransmissions and the number of transmitted multicast and broadcast frames including control and wireless management frames In the AU there are also separate counters for the following Beacons Management and Other Data frames including successfully transmitted unicast frames and multicast broadcast data frames excluding retransmissions excluding Beacons E Total Transmitted Unicasts The number of unicast frames successful
166. tries permitted for these tables which are 1021 1024 minus the number of special Sp addresses as defined above for Bridging Info and as specified by the Maximum Number of Associations parameter for Association Info The default value of the Maximum Number of Associations parameter is 48 Display Association Info Displays information regarding the Subscriber Units associated with the AU Each list entry includes the following information The MAC Address of the associated Subscriber Unit Age in seconds indicating the elapsed time since receiving the last packet from the Subscriber Unit The value configured for the Maximum Modulation Level parameter of the Subscriber Unit Applicable only for VL SUs in Mixed Mode The Status of the Subscriber Unit There are three options 1 Associated 2 Authenticated 3 Not Authenticated a temporary status The various status states are described below this is a simplified description of the association process without the effects of the Best AU algorithm Table 4 4 Authentication and Association Process Message Direction Status in AU SU Status Scanning A Beacon with correct AU SU ESSID SU Status Synchronized BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters Table 4 4 Authentication and Association Process Message Direction Status in AU Authentication Request SU gt AU Not a
167. uency SU performs In Service Monitoring and dissasociates when radar is detected SU performs In Service Monitoring and dissasociates when radar is detected Radar Detected or Adjacent to Radar frequency Expires after a predefined Channel Avoidance Period The frequency s status is then set to Radar Free but SUs need to check for radar before using it to associate Expires after a predefined Channel Avoidance Period The frequency s status is then set to Radar Free but SUs need to check for radar before using it to associate Radar Free frequency Expires Afterward the frequency is still No revalidation required SUs may use the tagged as Radar Free but SUs need to check for radar before using it to associate frequency to associate at any time 4 2 6 2 2 2 3 Channel shutdown BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ Before ceasing transmission on the frequency where radar signals had been detected the AU sends a special disassociation message to its associated SUs This message includes an indication whether the SUs should wait for this AU If the SUs should wait the message includes also the waiting time During this time each SU searches for the AU in the defined frequencies subset If the AU was not found within the waiting time or if a waiting request was not included in the message the SU starts searching for any AU using the Best AU mechanism if applicable On sectors where SUs have the DFS function
168. ure and does not constitute an offer for the sale of the product described herein Any changes or modifications of equipment including opening of the equipment not expressly approved by Alvarion Ltd will void equipment warranty and any repair thereafter shall be charged for It could also void the user s authority to operate the equipment BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual About this Manual About this Manual This manual describes the BreezeACCESS AU EZ Broadband Wireless Access Unit Release 5 5 and how to install operate and manage it This manual is intended for technicians responsible for installing setting up and operating the BreezeACCESS EZ system and for system administrators responsible for managing the system This manual contains the following chapters and appendices Chapter 1 System description Describes the BreezeACCESS EZ system and its components Chapter 2 Installation Describes how to install the system components Chapter 3 Commissioning Describes how to configure basic parameters and validate unit operation Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Describes how to use the AU EZ Monitor application for configuring parameters checking system status and monitoring performance Appendix A Software Version Loading Using TFTP Describes how to load a new software version using TFTP Appendix B File Download and Upload Using TFTP Describes how to download and upload conf
169. uthenticated Authentication AU SU Authenticated Successful SU Status Authenticated Association Request su gt AU Authenticated Association Successful AU gt SU Associated SU Status Associated ACK SU gt AU Associated Data Traffic SU AU Associated E The SNR of the SU measured at the AU in dB The RSSI of the SU measured at the AU in dBm Unit Name As configured in the SU For SU EZ units the Unit Name is Not Available SW version The running SW version of the SU For SU EZ units the SW version is NA SU Unit Type Distance The measured distance from the AU For SU EZ units the Distance Name is Not Measured IP Address Wi2 IP Address as defined in the SU or 0 0 0 0 for none For SU EZ units the Wi2 IP Address is always none 0 0 0 0 ESSID The ESSID used by the SU For SU EZ units the displayed ESSID is null In addition a summary table displays information about the Forwarding Database Bridging Info The database includes the following information BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ 64 System Manual Chapter 4 Operation and Administration Menus and Parameters 4 2 5 3 3 4 2 5 3 4 4 2 5 3 5 E The current number of entries This is the number of currently associated SUs E The maximum number of entries permitted for this table which is specified by the Maximum Number of Associations parameter The default value of the Maximum Number of Associa
170. ww varon Your Open WiMAX Choice BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Software Version 5 5M April 2009 P N 215249 Document History Document History Changed Item Description Date New Document First Release SW Version 4 5 October 2007 Correct Run Time update of Unit Control Parameters Appendix E Parameters Summary Section E 1 1 FTP Server IP Address FTP Gateway IP Address FTP User Name FTP Password are updated in run time reset not required SW Version 5 0 November 2007 Correct Run Time update of Air Interface Parameters Appendix E Parameters Summary Section E 1 3 Arbitration Inter Frame Spacing Wireless Trap Threshold are not updated in run time reset is required Frequency DFS Required by Regulations Frequency Subset Definition Channel Check Time Channel Avoidance Period SU Waiting Option Minimum Pulses to Detect Channel Reuse Option Radar Activity Assessment Period Maximum Number of Detections in Assessment Period are updated in run time reset is not required Spectrum Analysis parameters are applicable in run time configured per test SW Version 5 0 November 2007 Update Run Time update of Service Parameters Appendix E Parameters Summary Section E 1 7 MIR Downlink for SU EZ us updated in run time reset is not required SW Version 5 0 November 2007 Unit Control Menu Section 4 2 3 Re appl
171. y Country Codes Values option has been removed available in Basic and Advanced Configuration Country Code Parameters SW Version 5 0 November 2007 Basic Configuration Menu Section 4 2 4 Added Country Code Parameters SW Version 5 0 November 2007 Country Code Parameters Section 4 2 6 8 3 1 1 3 1 2 New SW Version 5 0 November 2007 Set Complete Partial Defaults Table 4 2 Table 4 3 Selected Country Code does not change after Set Complete Partial Defaults SW Version 5 0 November 2007 AIFS Section 4 2 6 2 8 Range has been increased from 1 2 to 1 50 time slots SW Version 5 0 November 2007 Data Encryption Option Section 4 2 6 7 2 AU with Data Encryption Option enabled can accept non encrypted data SW Version 5 0 December 2007 BreezeACCESS EZ AU EZ System Manual Document History Changed Item Description Date Regulation Max EIRP Table 3 2 Updated SW Version 5 0 December 2007 Pulse Detection Sensitivity Section 4 2 6 2 14 5 Updated description SW Version 5 0 December 2007 Antenna Gain Section 4 2 6 2 6 Range updated SW Version 5 0 December 2007 Mixed Mode Sections 4 2 4 15 New feature SW Version 5 2 May 2008 Display Bridging and Association Info Section 4 2 5 3 1 Updated including changes associated with Mixed Mode SW Version 5 2 May 2008 Display Associat
172. yption Option Mixed operation is not supported E The Maximum Number of Associations must be set to a value of 124 or lower to enable Data Encryption As long as Data Encryption is enabled the Maximum Number of Associations cannot be set to a value higher than 124 The Maximum Number of Associations Limit 512 when Data Encryption is disabled 124 when Data Encryption is enabled is indicated in the Show Air Interface Parameters display Security Mode The Security Mode option enables selecting the algorithm to be used for encrypting the authentication messages and or data frames The available options are WEP and FIPS 197 The default is WEP Default Multicast Key The Multicast Default Key defines the Key to be used for encrypting multicasts and broadcasts when Data Encryption is enabled Available values range from 1 to 4 The default is KEY 1 Key 1 to Key 4 The Key options enables defining the encryption key to be used for initializing the pseudo random number generator that forms part of the encryption decryption process The Keys must be set before the Shared Key authentication algorithm or Data Encryption can be used To support proper operation both the Key and the content must be identical at both sides of a wireless link Each Key is a string of 32 hexadecimal numbers For security reasons it is a write only parameter displayed as a string of asterisks The default for all 4 Keys is 000 0 a str
173. yright 2009 Alvarion Ltd All rights reserved The material contained herein is proprietary privileged and confidential and owned by Alvarion or its third party licensors No disclosure thereof shall be made to third parties without the express written permission of Alvarion Ltd Alvarion Ltd reserves the right to alter the equipment specifications 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 specifically incorporated by reference into such contract or warranty Trade Names Alvarion BreezeCOM WALKair WALKnet BreezeNET BreezeACCESS BreezeLINK BreezeMAX BreezeLITE BreezePHONE 4Motion BreezeCONFIG AlvariSTAR AlvariCRAFT MGW eMGW and or other products and or services referenced here in are either registered trademarks trademarks or service marks of Alvarion Ltd All other names are or may be the trademarks of their respective owners Statement of Conditions The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice Alvarion Ltd shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this manual or equipment supplied with it Warranties and Disclaimers All Alvarion Ltd Alvarion products purchased from Alvarion or through any of Alvarion s authorized resellers are su

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