ACRS 2.0 User Manual
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1. Caution Exposure to Radio Frequency Radiation To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements for fixed configurations a separation distance of at least 40 cm must be maintained between the antenna of this device and all persons This device must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter Introduction ACRS 2 0 is the second generation Adaptrum cognitive radio system covering spectrum bands from 400 MHz to 1 GHz Although capable to operate in other spectrum bands below 1 GHz Adaptrum ACRS 2 0 is specifically designed to operate in the UHF TV Band 470 MHz 698 MHz as TV Band Devices compliant to the rules specified in CFR 47 Part 15 Subpart H To be rules compliant ACRS 2 0 systems must operate as Fixed TV Band Devices and must be professionally installed ACRS 2 0 system specifications are shown in the following table General Specifications Channel Bandwidth Flexible up to 10 MHz a ng 8ttervchanels Aggregated Layer 2 Data Rate 1 Mbps 16 Mbps AA fee Uplink Downlink Ratio Any BEE esse Receiver Sensivity 6 MHz Channel Interface Specifications Electrical and Mechanical Specifications Table 1 Adaptrum ACRS 2 0 system specifications ACRS 2 0 radio has a fully enclosed weather proof aluminum construction as shown in the following pictures There are status 4 LEDs on the front and an SMA antenna port and an Ethernet port on the back The unit is powered through Ethernet2. Active MAC address Client 1 Active streams 1 Link Status Device amp Channel Installation Fir c G E od Channel Search Failed On Channel 1 Channel Search Started On Channel 20 ADA AA ABO ANA AANO BANANA SO AAO BOEC 21 15 55 04 24 2013 al NG Channel Search Success On Channel 20 A Adaptrum TYBD Control Panel Client Log Link System Information Diagnostics Database Installation Device Configuration Device Information DEV ID DEV SN EST Ca DEV MODE F v LAT 4150808 LNG mena m Height AGL meters Device amp Channel Fi Test 0d Channel Search Failed On Channel 1 Channel Search Started On Channel 20 AANAAADO ANOS AAAH NABABASA HAHAHA aana 21 15 55 04 24 2013 al NG Channel Search Success On Channel 20 EU TETE FEET Errrrrrrrrrrr 21 15 55 04 24 2013 ssesssssussssasessusesasenssssssssesse 21 15 55 04 24 2013 Start Stop Status T Auto Update Iv CH 20 509 MHz 21 16 00 04 24 2013 Client station GUI control Link pane 1C x Scan Channel Set 20 2162223 ae Start Stop Status F CH 20 509 MHz Update Status Auto Update 21 16 00 04 24 2013 Client station GUI control Database pane 10 Base Station Operation The base station operation is discussed in the following 1 When the software launches on the base control PC it will prompt connection IP address at 169 254 0 9
3. Request r Device Information DEV ID AOUACRS20f www googleapis com spectrum 40 v DEV SN A2FOJA07 DEV MODE fF i BASE MAC FF FF FF FF FF FF 16 17 19 20 21 26 27 29 35 39 LAT 5 40809 Client MAC ENG 75 64332 Height AGL fro meters Reset Channel Request m Device amp Channel Start Stop Status Fixed PPI PPI Test oe y FT Full Power Broadcast M Auto Channel RME Stait Service stop Service Update Status Auto Update Base Device Channel pis b ric cic cicictece wo usustecmeusassessemosssceusceczssusssescssss ss 02 06 14 02 07 2014 Expires In 24hours LANG NG EE OD UNO AYA BAO O AASA NOTA OSO AO NO DONA AASA SEE 02 06 14 02 07 2014 NG FF f ff ff ff ff Channel List Successful 10 Channels ssossnssssssses 3 Select a channel from the pull down menu on the prompt and click Select to set the base operating channel as shown in the following 11 Select From Available DB Channels x 4 After the channel selection the link pane is shown as following Click Start Service to start transmission on the base station ee Log Link System Information Diagnostics Database Installation r Registration Device Information Contact Registrant DEV ID AOUACRS20I First Name in Last Name sun First Name fin Last Name sun DEV SN Addr1 25 E Trimble Road Addr1 DEV MODE Fs Addr2 Addr2 LAT fraso City san jose State CA Ci
4. ACRS 2 0 User Manual FCC Regulatory Information 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 and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Part 15 TV Band Device Notice This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the rules for TV bands devices pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules These rules are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver 3 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected 4 Consult the manufacturer dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help
5. and there is no separate power connector The last picture below shows an example pole mount installation Both the base and the client stations use the same radio unit 111111111 M ACRS 2 0 system must be professionally installed Please refer to ACRS 2 0 Professional Installer Manual for detailed discussion on hardware installation After installation the base station and client station system configurations are illustrated in the following figures Antenna V Feed Cable ACRS 2 0 Ethernet Ethernet Switch Ethernet Base Radio Base Control PC Base station installation diagram Client Control Antenna PC Ethernet WiFi Feed Cable ACRS 2 0 Ethernet A Ethernet Broadband Client Ethernet Switch Client Radio Router Devices Client station installation diagram A whitespace communication link is established between the base station and client station allowing the client side networking devices to connect to the Internet Multiple client units may connect to the same base station From the IP networking perspective the base station acts like a layer 2 bridge to the client side networking devices connected to the client control PC As shown in the following figure both the base control PC and the client side broadband router will have IP addresses on the hosting subnet Multiple client sid
6. cting with TVWS database The figure above and figure below show the base station Link and Database panes respectively Referring to the Database pane below in the User mode the information entries for device registration and channel list request are disabled These information are entered during installation and loaded directly from the system registry in the User mode Note further that the channel list request is sent periodically with the period specified in the field Update Interval which is 300 seconds by default there is an additional 30 seconds delay applied to any channel request so the actual channel list request period will be 300 30 seconds Adaptrum TYBD Control Panel Base E cf x Log Link System Information Diagnostics Database Installation m Registration m Device Information r Contact m Registrant DEV ID ADUACRSIO First Name fin Last Name fun First Name fin Last Name un DEV SN 1007 Addr1 Addr1 DEV MODE F Addr2 Addi2 Device LAT registration LNG Zip Code GE Country US Zip Code R HeightAGL 10 meters Emit in adaptrum com Email information Work Phone 408 850 0545 Mobile Phone 408 850 0545 Work Phone 408 850 0545 Mobile Phone 408 850 0545 r Channel Request Device romain Ota mat Database DEV_ID A2UACRS10 wn
7. e devices may be visible on the subnet if the broadband router is replaced with a switch Subnet 192 168 0 1 192 168 0 100 192 168 0 101 Base PC Broadband Router Illustration of network topology System Operation Please refer to ACRS 2 0 Professional Installer Manua for detailed discussion on hardware and software installation Once installed the main software can be launched on the control PCs through the shortcut in the Start Menu folder The software will be launched in the User mode When running in the User mode the software only has access to limited database functions GUI Control Interface Reset link stats Advanced info Downlink rate select Uplink rate select Downlink uplink BER Pane area Start Stop Status CH 20 609 MHz Stop Service Update Status F Auto Update 04 24 2013 A A Main frame 04 24 2013 body area GB ac f1 df cc 03 63 ChanneltlrstisSiccessful ts Channels ee aa 21 15 57 04 24 2013 Operating Start Stop Update stats Update stats channel transmission once continuously Base station GUI control panel Link pane in the User mode The GUI control panel is shown in the above figure The GUI panel has a main frame body and 6 panes Log Link System Information Diagnostics Database and Installation Among them the Link and Database panes are most useful in terms of monitoring system performance and intera
8. gnodapi com epactun NO T selection DEV SN uo007 Update Interval eco seconds DEV MODE FF z 1 r Start Stop Stats 1 F Auto Channel EH 20 608MH2 gt Service Stop Service Update Status F Auto Update ml m ae nono O oo 21 21 29 04 24 2013 al ee Pico bone benne 21 21 29 04 24 2013 Wj ac ee ete eae ide PT era aa eye ET I See a a 21 21 29 04 24 2013 Alert area wii Channel request Channel request information period Base station GUI control panel Database pane The base and client control panels are only slightly different The following two figures show the client station Link and Database panes Again the client software will operate in the User mode and the information entries for device registration and channel list request are disabled and loaded directly from system registry Except the device and location information the client station Database pane doesn t contain other device registration information which is retrieved from the base station side The client station Database pane allows the user to change scan channel list in case the connection to the base station is lost the scan channel list has been set during installation and loaded from system registry but the user is able to modify it adaptrum TYBD Control Panel Client Log Link System Information Diagnostics Database Network Status Connection Connected Bandwidth 6 MHz
9. ow DEV ID Ha SE DEV_SN A2F0JA10 DEV_MODE F LAT 41 50809 ENG 75 64332 Height AGL F meters Set Device Info Device amp Channel Start Stop Status Fed PPL PPI Test OB Ff 7 Auto Channel CH 20 609 MHz gt Update Status Auto Update Channel Search Failed On Channel cos cies Se eyciercmteia nj cletejalela cietets alsta ele cia nme nen 02 12 52 02 07 2014 Channel search Started On Channel NANA alaala aalala alate ela sla aia a alo 02 12 52 02 07 2014 NG c hannel Search Success Uni Channel 20 2 0 NG alee a ana a maa aa a aaa aaa a aa AG 02 12 58 02 07 2014 2 Once the client successfully connects to the base station it will enter the normal operation mode During normal operation the client will send channel list request periodically to the base station When the current base station operating channel is no long in the client channel list the base station will terminate the connection session with the client Subsequently the client will enter scanning mode again and rescan all the channels in the scan channel set 14
10. periodical channel list request to the database through the base station 12 Adaptrum TVBD Control Panel Base 10 x Log Link System Information Diagnostics Database Installation r Device amp Channel r Start Stop r Status Fred C ppl C pe Cr 0 IT Full Power Broadcast M Auto Channel CH 20 509 MHz Stop Service Update 5tatus V Auto Update 20 1a 06 2d 18 72 Device Channel SE aaa ma eis nee ie oie clearer 02 10 09 02 07 2014 Expires in 24Hours MINS sI SOC BI RE IBA NTIN NAT TAG PE 02 10 09 02 07 2014 02 10 09 02 07 2014 Client Station Operation The client station operation is discussed in the following 1 When the software first launches on the client station control PC in the User mode the client will automatically scan all channels specified in the scan channel list Once the client identifies an active base station signal on a scan channel it will try to connect to the base station on that channel and once the base station verifies that the client can operate on the channel after contacting an authorized TV White Space Database it will grant the connection session from the client 13 SRE ptrum TVBD Control Panel Client 1C x Log Link System information Diagnostics Database Installation r Device Configuration rm Device Information Scan Channel Set 20 21 22 23 Se Update N
11. ty san jose State ca LNG Zip Code p51 31 Country US Zip Code p51 31 Country US Height AGL 0 meters Email lin adaptrum com Email lin adaptrum com Work Phone 408 850 0545 Mobile Phone 408 8 Work Phone 408 850 0545 50 0545 Mobile Phone 409 850 0545 Register Device r Channel Request Device Information Other Information DEV ID AZUACRS20F Database www googleapis com spectrum 40 DEV SN Update Interval 1200 seconds DEV_MODE F BASE MAC FF FE FF FF FF FF 16 17 19 20 21 26 27 29 35 39 LAT 4140803 UNG Client MAC Height AGL fio meters Reset E hanne Regues ji r Device amp Channel Start Stop Status Fixed PPI PFII Test fo dE 7 17 Full Power Broadcast M Auto Channel CH 20 509 MHz Start Service Auto Update Base Device Channel l LETSE Aa Naa 02 06 14 02 07 2014 Expires 1n 24Hours 1Nins 11SeES 2 ee sea an an ne ne nn in anna 02 06 14 02 07 2014 WAff ff ff ff ff ff Channel List Successful 10 Channels 02 06 14 5 After the client station successfully connects to the base station the Link pane will show uplink and downlink data rates modulation schemes BERs PERs and signal power estimations as shown in the following figure Note once connected to the base station the client station will also send
12. which is a fixed IP address used to communicate with Adaptrum ACRS 2 0 radio Click Connect button to continue AdaptrumTVBD x TVED IP address 192 168 0 51 _Cancel 2 The software will automatically contact the database to retrieve the available channels which are shown after BASE MAC The prompt Select From Available Channels requests the user to select a valid channel from the channel list returned from the database Note further that device registration is not performed in the User mode but during installation see ACRS 2 0 Professional Installer Manual Adaptrum TVBD Control Panel Base B 10 x Log Link System Information Diagnostics Database installation Ane Device Information Contact Registrant DEV ID ADUACRS20f First Name Last Name fun First Name fin Last Name sun Addr1 25 E Trimble Road Addr1 p25 E Trimble Road DEV SN faz FOJA07 DEV MODE F gt Addr2 Addr2 LAT 21 40809 City san jose State ca City san jose State ca LNG 75 64332 Zip Code a51 31 Country Us Zip Code asi 31 Country HS Email in adaptrum com Email lin adaptrum com Height AGL fio meters P p Work Phone 408 850 0545 Mobile Phone 402 850 0545 Work Phone 408 850 0545 Mobile Phone 409 850 0545 Register Device r Channel
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