Release Notes Alvarion XTRM v1.5
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1. 954011 BMAX Extreme BTS single sector no diversity 5 47 5 95GHz band Mounting kit included XTRM BS 1SIS 5 4 LmEx Limited to 20 SUs per BTS license upgrade available Power Supply External antenna and indoor to outdoor cable are NOT included and should be ordered separately 954012 XTRM BS 1DIV 5 4 Lmgo_ antenna Mounting kit included BMAX Extreme BTS single sector 2nd order diversity 5 47 5 95GHz band attached 90 degrees dual slant Limited to 20 SUs per BTS license upgrade available Power Supply and indoor to outdoor cable are NOT included and should be ordered separately BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 Ver 1 5 Release Notes Page 3 of 18 as teal Se P N Product Description BMAX Extreme BTS single sector 2nd order diversity 5 47 5 95GHz band Mounting kit included 954013 XTRM BS 1DIV 5 4 LmEx Limited to 20 SUs per BTS license upgrade available Power Supply External antenna s and indoor to outdoor cable are NOT included and should be ordered separately BMAX Extreme BTS dual sector 2x10MHz no diversity 5 47 5 95GHz band Mounting kit included 954014 XTRM BS 2SIS 5 4 LmEx Limited to 20 SUs per BTS license upgrade available Power Supply External antennas and indoor to outdoor cable are NOT included and should be ordered separately BMAX Extreme BTS single sector no diversity 4 9 5 35GHz band attached 90 degrees single slant antenna Mounting kit in2. teal Se The same convergence sub layer either IP CS or Eth CS should be used for all services on the MS The only exception is the CPE management all the other services either DATA VOICE or PPPoE should use the same convergence sub layer IP addresses that are not learned through DHCP process when the service is IP CS will not be allowed to perform traffic If static routes are added to a device acting as DHCP client the routed classes will not perform traffic Newly Added with Release 1 5 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Two service flows which have the same priority are equalized by the CPE at packet rates and not bit rates the packet sizes are not taken into account 20 MHz 10 10 per a single sector is not applicable for 4 9 FCC and should not be used When performing backhauling over Extreme CPE i e one Extreme base station feeds an Extreme CPE associated to another Extreme BTS the following considerations and limitation applies Backhauling link must be under Eth CS to ensure management of the bridged BTS Only Integrated ASN GW can be used It is important to note that the QoS of the backhauling CPE must be set as such it can feed the necessary capacity to the second BTS It is important to design carefully the frequency allocations and potential bands e g for the DCS and BEST BS ID of the two sectors the feeding one and th
3. e Single Sector SISO A Single Input Single Output solution serving a single sector comes with either integrated or external antenna e Single Sector MIMO A Multiple Input Multiple Output solution serving a single sector comes with either integrated or external antenna Extreme CPE Product Model New in this release e Outdoor MIMO CPE 2Rx 1Tx external antenna model 2 N Type connectors BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 Ver 1 5 Release Notes Page 4 of 18 as tel SeN P N Product Description 1 data port Subscriber Unit for external antenna Outdoor radio unit 4 9 5 9 GHz with N Type connectors for external 950302 XTRM SU OD 1D 4 9 2 E antenna 2Mbps data rate 2xRX diversity Indoor Unit IDU external antenna and indoor to outdoor cable are NOT included and should be ordered separately 1 data port Subscriber Unit for external antenna Outdoor radio unit 4 9 5 9 GHz with N Type connectors for external 950304 XTRM SU OD 1D 4 9 6 E antenna 6Mbps data rate 2xRX diversity Indoor Unit IDU external antenna and indoor to outdoor cable are NOT included and should be ordered separately 1 data port Subscriber Unit for external antenna Outdoor radio unit 4 9 5 9 GHz with N Type connectors for external 950308 XTRM SU OD 1D 4 9 UL E antenna unlimited data rate 2xRX diversity Indoor Unit IDU external antenna and indoor to outdoor cable are NOT included and should be ordered separately
4. No TX RX and deregistration of the CPEs associated to this BS ID The situation is auto recoverable and service is restored after few seconds When BTS is operating with Release 1 5 and cell range is default 40Km the CPEs running release 1 2 or previous might fail to perform network Entry Recommendation are To refrain from such issues upgrade the network according to the SW upgrade procedure first the CPE than the BTS Recovery actions in case BTS was upgraded to 1 5 first BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 Ver 1 5 Release Notes Page 15 of 18 a teal Se 31 Upgrade also the CPE to Release 1 5 to allow its association to the BTS 32 Modify the cell range in the BTS to 8km would allow association of CPEs running 1 2 firmware 33 If BS Refresh feature is enabled and the network connection to the AAA is lost the user intervention is required in order to reinitialize the BTS device after the connection with the AAA server is reestablished BreezeMAX Extreme PRO 5000 CPE 34 Ping messages of 25000 bytes transmitted over R1 to the host behind CPE are sometimes unanswered There is no issue observed with Ping messages of length up to 14K bytes 35 Software upgrade may fail if the WAN management IP is changed during the software upgrade process 36 Sending IP fragmented packets between the MS and the BTS may result in packet loss 37 Upgrade to Release 1 5 from release 1 1 should be performed via an intermediate version i e from relea
5. Supporting previously released e Outdoor MIMO CPE 2Rx 1Tx Integrated dual slant antenna End to end System Components New in this release e GPS chaining cable P N Product Description Extreme base station GPS chaining cable 5m RJ45 crimped without boot in both ends e External base station dual slant antenna 935010 XTRM CBL GPS CHAIN 5 P N Product Description Sectorial antenna 90 deg Dual slant polarity 45 4 9 5 95 GHz Terminating connectors 2 x N Type female Gain 16dBi Cables should be ordered separately ANT BS 5xGHz 16dBi 300717 90DS 2 ports e Cost optimized power supply indoor for the CPE P N Product Description BreezeMAX Extreme subscriber unit standard Indoor unit BreezeMAX Data Bridge Indoor Module with one 10 100 960003 XTRM SU IDU 1D Base T Data Port Cable to Mains is NOT included and should be ordered separately e New license features for the Base station P N Product Description Software license Support for extended channel bandwidth 10 10MHz Relevant for single sector SISO or MIMO models XTRM LIC Ext Channel 950201 BW BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 Ver 1 5 Release Notes Page 5 of 18 as teal Se P N Product Description 950202 XTRM LIC SCL 20 to 50 Scale from 20 up to 50 subscribers per BTS Relevant for Limited subscribers BTS models Lm 950203 XTRM LIC SCL 50 to 1
6. Flows with the new service interface you have created e Update the Service Profile type per your needs e g you may change the service from Data to PPPoE f De register the MS to have the new setting in affect In order to downgrade to release 1 1 all the service interfaces and services defined should be of IP CS before the downgrade itself When working with External ASN GW please make sure that the networking device between the BTS and the ASN GW supports MTU bigger than 1500 When using forwarding with option 82 if the Service Group gateway is a Cisco router the following configuration must be add on the Cisco to permit the DHCP packets to pass ip dhcp relay information trust all If additional devices are between the access router and BTS these should forward without modification the DSCP marking On CISCO switches the command is mls gos trust dscp When using Linux DHCP server the default setting should be that the DHCP Offer is sent as broadcast After switching between Operation Modes e g between a SINGLE SECTOR SINGLE BS to SINGLE SECTOR DUAL BS please make sure you are updating the bandwidth and central frequency to the desired values e g from 10MHz to 20MHz When a base siation operates in 2OMHz 10 10MHz dual carrier the actual used channels by each of the carriers is offset by BW 2 i e when operating with 10 10MHz set in the BS as 20MHZz each one of the dual carriers would
7. and Installation Assistance Application Main Features The following new features and functionalities are supported with this release BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 Ver 1 5 Release Notes Page 6 of 18 a teal Se Available in the diversity base station models DIV enabling increased served capacity in the downlink A new sector diversity mode is supported MIMO matrix A amp B on top previous modes MIMO matrix A Under MIMO A amp B the system automatically selects per each subscriber according to its link conditions and subscriber capabilities if it uses matrix A for increased coverage gain and link robustness or matrix B for increased capacity e Extended bandwidth support 10 10 MHz Increasing the served bandwidth of single sector models either SISO or MIMO for dual carrier 10 10 MHz by a single base station and hence practically doubling the served capacity This feature is available under feature license 950201 e MIMO B increased capacity Note that the CPE working at 10MHz would associate to either of the dual carrier BTS it is recommended that the BS_ID of each 10MHz would be configured differently such that sector load balancing can be achieved by setting the preferred BS of part of the CPEs equally between the two different BS IDs e Dual SISO sector configuration support A new base station model serving two different sectors with Single Input Single Output Each of the sectors would be separately configure
8. be 5MHz than the configured central frequency As the CPE is always operating with 10MHz the central frequency it should look for one of these BWs Known Issues and Limitations With Release 1 5 described herein the BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 system is introduced with the following limitations Base Station 1 2 10 The Ethernet port supports only Auto Negotiation mode The quality of service service profile configurations supported with this release are BE with CP 0 nRT with CP 1 or 2 and eRT with CP 3 to 7 5GHz 5725MHz frequency is not supported and should not be used The GPS synchronization may take up to 30min when installing the base station in a new location installer may refer to the GPS Menus as detailed in the system manual Upgrade to Release 1 5 involves also update of the following files COUNTRY_CODES sig RFU_HEADS sig ODU_bands sig Ethernet CS is supported only with the Integrated ASN Gateway i e when working with external ASN GW only IP CS services are supported Classification by VLAN ID 4096 is not supported PPPoE service is using EtherType classification only any other configured classifier is ignored As under PPPoE the accounting is typically performed by BRAS Account Start and Account Stop messages are not sent under PPPoE service profile Any service modification requires MS de registration in order to take place BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 Ver 1 5 Release Notes Page 14 of 18 es
9. for Data traffic Compatibility Matrix With Release 1 5 described herein the following compatibility matrix applies BMAX 5000 CPE ver 1 5 BMAX 4900 BST BMAX 5400 BST ver 1 5 ver 1 5 461215 4612415 may require configuring the BTS running 1 5 SW version to cell range of 8km Note if any element CPE or BTS is not of the recent release 1 5 not all of release 1 5 functionality would be supported BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 Ver 1 5 Release Notes Page 18 of 18
10. 00 Scale from 50 up to 100 subscribers per BTS Relevant for Limited subscribers BTS models Lm 950204 XTRM LIC SCL 100 to 150 Scale from 100 up to 150 subscribers per BTS Relevant for Limited subscribers BTS models Lm 950205 XTRM LIC SCL 150 to 250 Scale from 150 up to 250 subscribers per BTS Relevant for Limited subscribers BTS models Lm 950206 XTRM LIC SCL Ultimate units per BTS open external ASN interface Relevant for Scale from any number of subscribers up to 250 subscriber Limited subscribers BTS models Lm IOT with the external 4Motion mini centralized ASN GW IOT with FreeRADIUS AAA server Supporting also All outdoor Extreme BTS with the following integrated capabilities o ASN Gateway o GPS receiver o Integrated dual slant antenna external antenna model also available o Local provisioning option no AAA mode PoE to feed the BTS BTS cabling for power PoE or DC data external antennas GPS antenna kits Basic and High Profile models Sector Antennas for external antenna model Outdoor CPE PoE to feed the CPE SAU Subscriber Alignment Unit for ease of installation and alignment of CPEs AAA IOT Radiator verified with version 4 4 Alepo verified with version 7 ASN IOT Integrated external over R6 NMS o AlvariSTAR Network Management System o StarACS TR69 based CPE Management System Installer Aid o AlvariCRAFT Element Management
11. X Extreme 5000 Ver 1 5 Release Notes Page 10 of 18 a teal Se Please note that upgrading the software to release 1 5 involves several steps and recommendations A dedicated document to cover the upgrade procedure for both BTS and the CPE is available Upgrading Software to Release 1 5 The following is a general description e BTS upgrade to release 1 5 should include update of the firmware version as well as update of the Country Code configuration files two files named COUNTRY_CODES sig and RFU_HEADS sig e PE upgrade to release 1 5 from release 1 1 involves 2 steps o Upgrade from release 1 1 to an interim version 1 2 0 3 o Upgrade from the interim release to the official release 1 5 1 23 e CPE upgrade to release 1 5 from the 1 2 official release can be performed directly without an intermediary version e CPE upgrade can be performed either through the LAN or over the air Note e In some particular cases the 1 2 CPE SW Version is not compatible with the 1 5 BTS SW Version In order to minimize the downtime for SW Upgrades it is recommended that the CPEs be upgraded BEFORE the BTSs to their respective 1 5 official releases This will ensure there will be no compatibility issues in the upgrade procedure e Upgrading the Country Code files COUNTRY_CODES sig and RFU_HEADS sig as stated above is highly recommended in all cases it is mandatory for the following cases o When using Australia country code 5 8 o In or
12. a daras BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 Product Release 1 5 GA Release Note August 2010 Alvarion Ltd All rights reserved The material contained herein is proprietary privileged and confidential No disclosure thereof shall be made to third parties without the express written permission of Alvarion Alvarion reserves the right to alter the specifications in this publication without prior notice BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 Ver 1 5 Release Notes Page 1 of 18 as teal Se This document details the main hardware elements software features known limitations bug fixes and version compatibility information as well as the documentation available for the BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 product release 1 5 It corresponds to software versions General e Software version 1 5 1 72 of BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 base station e Software version 1 5 1 23 of BreezeMAX PRO 5000 CPE Note This is a 2 release of Product Release 1 5 that includes several bug fixes over earlier version 1 5 BTS version 1 5 1 57 and CPE version 1 5 1 16 for the list of bug fixed please refer to the relevant sections below The Product Released BreezeMAX Extreme is a state of the art all outdoor all in one WiMAX 16e IEEE 802 16e 2005 based platform working in the 5 x GHz band operating in TDD and intended for worldwide use BreezeMAX Extreme offers all the advantages of the WiMAX 16e to the license exempt frequency bands Leveraging the carrier class Q
13. ce Driver 1 5 0 46 CPE Management The BreezeMAX PRO CPEs are managed either through a web interface for a single element management or over TR 69 using the StarACS CPE management system Release 1 5 of BreezeMAX Extreme is supported starting StarACS version 2 8 5 5 Documentation e There are two major independent manuals the Base Station System Manual and the CPEs Product Manual Each manual covers all relevant topics associated with the respective equipment including o Product system description o System installation o Commissioning o Operation and administration e The documentation includes the following o BreezeMAX Extreme Base Station System Manual o BreezeMAX Extreme Base Station Quick Installation Guideline o BreezeMAX Extreme CPEs Product Manual o BreezeMAX Extreme CPE Quick Installation Guideline o BreezeMAX Extreme Traps and Alarms o AlvariSTAR User Manual part of AlvariSTAR CD o AlvariCRAFT User Manual part of AlvariSTAR CD e The following documents are also available o BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 BTS Technical Specifications o BreezeMAX Extreme CPE PRO 5000 Technical Specifications o BreezeMAX Extreme Software Upgrade Procedure to release 1 5 e The following applications notes are also available o Application Note Preparing cables for the BreezeMAX Extreme o Application Note BreezeMAX Extreme operating with AAA o Application Note BreezeMAX Extreme operation under local provisioning BreezeMA
14. cific end user devices based on their MAC Address Configuration can be done also over a MAC Address range o A new classifier by Source MAC Address enabling CPE management over ETH CS Country code setting improvements As the base station model supports a wide range of frequency we had modified the country code settings to cover regulation followed by frequency band As such operator can benefit from using a multi band e g 5 4 and 5 8 settings while maintaining correct settings e g Tx power mask DFS etc per each range Backhaul CPE support Improved deployment scenario when feed by direct 48V DC the base station may feed the backhaul CPE e g BNB VL or even an Extreme CPE BTS link statistics Modulation counters per each rate in the downlink and uplink with indication of MIMO A and MIMO B in the downlink Further there is ability to view continuous CINR RSSI per each active MSs BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 Ver 1 5 Release Notes Page 9 of 18 a teal Se Network Management Support Base Station Management The BreezeMAX Extreme base station is managed either by AlvariCRAFT as single element management installer assistance AlvariSTAR as a Network Management System or via Telnet Release 1 5 of BreezeMAX Extreme Device is supported starting from Infrastructure version 4 5 0 46 of AlvariSTAR and AlvariCRAFT AlvariSTAR Infrastructure 4 5 0 46 version has to be installed on AlvariSTAR platform with Extreme Devi
15. cluded Limited to 20 SUs per BTS license upgrade available Power Supply and indoor to outdoor cable are NOT included and should be ordered separately 949010 XTRM BS 1SIS 4 9 Lm90 BMAX Extreme BTS single sector no diversity 4 9 5 35GHz band Mounting kit included 949011 XTRM BS 1SIS 4 9 LmEx Limited to 20 SUs per BTS license upgrade available Power Supply External antenna and indoor to outdoor cable are NOT included and should be ordered separately BMAX Extreme BTS single sector 2nd order diversity 4 9 5 35GHz band attached 90 degrees dual slant antenna Mounting kit included Limited to 20 SUs per BTS license upgrade available Power Supply and indoor to outdoor cable are NOT included and should be ordered separately 949012 XTRM BS 1DIV 4 9 Lm90 BMAX Extreme BTS single sector 2nd order diversity 4 9 5 35GHz band Mounting kit included 949013 XTRM BS 1DIV 4 9 LmEx Limited to 20 SUs per BTS license upgrade available Power Supply External antenna s and indoor to outdoor cable are NOT included and should be ordered separately BMAX Extreme BTS dual sector 2x10MHz no diversity 4 9 5 35GHz band Mounting kit included 949014 XTRM BS 2SIS 4 9 LmEx Limited to 20 SUs per BTS license upgrade available Power Supply External antennas and indoor to outdoor cable are NOT included and should be ordered separately Supporting also the previously available models
16. d and may serve up to 10MHz per each sector This model creates a great offering for lower teledensity deployments leveraging a single housing single ASN single feeding and backhaul for the two sectors e GPS chaining capability Starting release 1 5 deploying a multi sector site can benefit from chaining the GPS signal between the BTS in the site One BTS acts as master and connects to the GPS antenna The rest of the BTS on site up to 4 additional BTS are daisy chained using CAT5e cable in GPS out GPS in connectors or the BTS The base stations are configured according to their position in the chain and in case that the master would fail to generate the 1 PPS signal the BTS configured as 1 in the chain would generate to the others in case it would fail BS 2 in the chain would generate etc e eRT Quality of Service Profile eRT Extended Real Time Quality of Service is designed to support real time applications such as VoIP with silence suppression that have variable data rates but require guaranteed data rate and delay eRT creates periodic allocations in the downlink and uplink for the voice traffic similar to UGS but on top UGS is suppresses silence and performs the allocations only when talk spurt is detected as such it guarantees high voice quality of service with optimization of the air link usage and capacity For details on the various QoS parameters settings please refer to the system manual e Limited models and
17. der to use 5 MHz BW in ETSI or FCC at either 5 4 or 5 8 Please refer to the software upgrade technical note for the step by step and further details on software upgrade procedure BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 Ver 1 5 Release Notes Page 11 of 18 ae teat Supported Deployment Scenarios Local Provisioning Centralized Provisioning Centralized Provisioning Integrated ASN GW Extemal ASN GW BTS can act as DHCP Server DHCP relay opt 82 DHCP fwd opt 82 3 1 j DHCP transparent 1OT with 4Motion Mini Centralized ASN GW Mixed Eth CS and IP CS Services E ceria Integrated ASN Not required FreeRadius From 4Motion Portfolio Radiator Alepo Alepo Bridgewater Extreme Integrated Extreme Integrated 4Motion Mini Centralized Fixed Nomadic Fixed Nomadic Mobile Service Type Fixed Authentication SU MAC User Name User Name Provisioning on BTS Password Password None 16e based 16e based keys by AAA keys by AAA Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes In future release BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 Ver 1 5 Release Notes Page 12 of 18 a teal Se Recommendations Important Notification When deploying the BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 please refer to the following recommendations 1 10 12 Base Station ID configured in each channel must be unique in the entire network Specifically when operating a dual carrier BTS e g 10 10 it is recommended to configure a unique BTS ID per each carrier to enab
18. e bridged one Under GPS chaining when there is a faulty chaining cable the radio units in the chain may not initiate transmission Under GPS chaining the master presents GPS External 1PPS and External 10MHz as OK even if the GPS chaining cable is not connected Under 20 10 10 MHz When RF Channels are disabled the operational status of the radio channel is presented as Up Under dual sector SISO base station running a spectrum analyzer on one sector may lead as part of the scanning to BTS restart affecting the operation of the second sector When Number of Channels for Selection is equal with the number of frequencies from Usable Frequencies Table the DCS will not measure the NI it will choose randomly one frequency from that table GPS holdover occurs if GPS signal is lost and eventually ends when GPS signal is reacquired In case of frequent reoccurrences of GPS holdover events the system may develop miss synchronization that may eventually require BTS reset Recommended workaround is to minimize GPS holdover events improving antenna installation location insure clear sky use high gain profile antenna When running Spectrum Analyzer while operating in dual sector mode if system had developed miss synchronization because of GPS holdover at the end of the scan process the system would reinitialize both channels In very rare occasions the logical BS ID might be reinitiated This can be observed in the trap events as
19. es The multicast profile is configured within the forwarding rule in the service profile Up to 10 different multicast groups can be configured The multicast transmission is performed only once over the air and is performed in the configured basic rate The service configuration includes the MIR for the multicast service e Reliable video profile A new quality of service profile for video applications aiming to provide a reliable error free transmission e Networking deployment enhancements DHCP server relay and forwarding option 82 With release 1 5 we had enhanced the networking deployment options of Extreme adding on top the DHCP transparent mode also DHCP server and DHCP forward and relay with option 82 support o Transparent As supported by previous releases Typically used with IP CS service interfaces The MS communicates directly with a DHCP server without involving the ASN GW o Forward With Option 82 Similar to the Transparent mode with the ASN GW adding Option 82 Relay Agent Information to DHCP messages forwarded to the backbone and removes them from BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 Ver 1 5 Release Notes Page 8 of 18 a 6 teal Se received messages before forwarding them to the MS Any DHCP discovery request message coming from the user that includes option 82 will be dropped o Relay with Option 82 The ASN GW serves as a relay for DHCP messages between the MS and a known DHCP server The implementation complies w
20. feature licensing Starting with release 1 5 operators and integrators can benefit from build per need and pay as you grow model New models of base station are available at lower entry price limited to 20 subscribers per BTS operable with the integrated ASN GW only e Extended cell range In a TDD scheduled protocol the max cell range is dictated by the silence duration between the DL and UL zones Starting with release 1 5 operators can configure the max cell range to be either 8km as in previous releases or 40km BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 Ver 1 5 Release Notes Page 7 of 18 as teal Se As part of the transmission the MAP is a very important part as it lays out the frame structure and DL UL allocations If a CPE can not interpret the MAP due to high level of interference it would discard the entire frame To have a more reliable and resilient transmission starting this release you may configure the MAP repetition x2 or x4 repetition to have a higher reliability e Enhanced Interference mitigation MAPs repetition e Enhanced Interference mitigation BTS Spectrum Analyzer For better initial site commissioning and as a debugging tool starting with Release 1 5 the base station can perform spectrum analysis over a configured frequency range The base station scans over the configured frequency range the central frequencies At each frequency it measures the RSSI over all applicable sub carrier frequencies and calcula
21. ion on the same site When performing software upgrade for the BreezeMAX Extreme CPE through the StarACS the behavior is as following a Software is downloaded to the unit b Upon successful completion the unit set automatically run from shadow and performs reset itself c After link with BTS is established the new version is Set as main automatically by the device In case of using country code with DFS We recommend using up tilt kit for the CPE in case installed at the proximity of the base station typically in case of within 300m radius under CLOS and adjust the up tilt such that the max received signal from the CPE does not exceed 65dBnm this is to refrain from false DFS detection by the BTS DHCP server for the CPE management IP or the hosts behind the CPE should not contain the IP addresses pool range of 192 168 254 0 to 192 168 254 255 This is mainly since IP address 192 168 254 251 24 is the static local IP address from the LAN and as such reserves this subnet for local CPE provisioning When migrating a network from IP CS to Eth CS the following is recommended a Upgrade the entire network CPE BS to release 1 2 or later b Define new forwarding rule to be used with the Ethernet CS service BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 Ver 1 5 Release Notes Page 13 of 18 a 6 tue c Define new service interface as Eth CS associate to it the forwarding rule you ve created in step b d Update the desired Multiple Service
22. ith RFC 2131 and RFC 3046 Any DHCP discovery request message coming from the user that includes option 82 will be dropped o Server The ASN GW acts as a DHCP server Default gateway per service group In IP CS mode ability to configure a different default gateway per each service group Default Service Profile amp Default MSF For easier service definition templates of defaults for service profile and MSF are available Best AU Enhancements Enhancement of the Best AU mechanism With release 1 5 the CPE supports automatic periodic search for its preferred AU in case it is not currently associated to it This means that the best AU preferred AU mechanism works in accordance to o The CPE performs scanning over the configured range start stop range discrete list of frequencies and creates a short list of the found AUs in the range that comply with the best AU mask o Incase the CPE finds the preferred AU in the short list it would associate to it o Incase the preferred AU is not found the CPE would associate to the AU with the best signal quality o Incase the CPE is associated to a BTS that is not its preferred AU it would trigger automatic rescan each configured period to look for the preferred AU Ethernet CS Enhancements Two additional enhancements were added on top the previously existing capabilities o Deny Allow MAC Address Ranges a new security feature introducing filtering mechanism to allow deny service to spe
23. le load balancing The quality of service service profile configurations supported with this release are BE Committed Priority CP 0 nRT CP 1 2 is supported and eRT CP 3 to 7 Suggested services configuration a Data BE b CPE Management TR 069 nRT 1 c Voice eRT 5 In the external AAA the re authentication timer AK Life time should be set to a value higher than 1hour When operating with external provisioning AAA if connectivity with AAA is lost the BTS will continue to function with previously authenticated MSs When connection with AAA is reestablished the entire cell will be authenticated again automatic de registration of all CPE When working in IP CS mode with a router behind the CPE it is recommended to set the Ethernet Downtime on the CPE to be sufficient for the router to detect that the PHY is down and apply a DHCP renew the value may vary between various router vendors The MAC address stated on the CPE label represents the LAN MAC address The CPE WAN MAC address used for instance for local provisioning of the SU is according to the following rule WAN MAC LAN MAC 1 When installing GPS antennas it is highly recommended to follow GPS antennas and receiver installation instruction and install the GPS antennas under clear sky When deploying a multi sector site it is recommended using a single high profile GPS antenna kit along with GPS chaining cable CAT5e cable between the base stat
24. lease refer to the application note Application Note BreezeMAX Extreme operating with AAA 43 FreeRADIUS cannot be used together with external 4Motion mini centralized ASN GW BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 Ver 1 5 Release Notes Page 16 of 18 a teal Se Bug Fixes Release 1 5 described herein introduces the following bug fixes Base Station 1 Up to 50 subscribers per BTS 2 Maximum cell radius supported with this release is up to 12km Cell radius configuration should not be modified from its default value 40km MAP Repetition isn t supported in this release using QPSK 1 2 with 0 repetition only Default value GPS Chaining is not supported Maintenance actions such as SW Download Configuration backup restore may affect dramatically the BTS performance In stress conditions after many de registrations the BTS could perform reset The downlink PER counters cannot be manually reset Counters that were not supported in previous release a HARQ ACK numbers Bursts per MS b HARQNACK numbers Bursts per MS c HARQ drop Bursts per MS d TOTAL BURSTS ERROR BURSTS per Rate 9 GPS is not locking the satellites in good conditions 10 In IP CS mode DHCP Discover packets are sent as L2 unicast Issues resolved with Release 1 5 1 72 over earlier 1 5 1 5 1 57 software 11 BTS disconnects all MS and re connection cannot be established 12 Uplink modulation stabilization to enhance cell capacity 13 Downlink rate stabilization on highe
25. lities Extreme BTS Product Models New in this release e Dual Sector SISO A Single Input Single Output solution serving two sectors in a single box external antenna only Supports up to 10MHz per each served sector P N Product Description 949004 XTRM BS 2SIS 4 9 Ext BMAX Extreme BTS dual sector 2x10MHz no diversity 4 9 5 35GHz band Mounting kit included Power Supply External antennas and indoor to outdoor cable are NOT included and should be ordered separately 954004 XTRM BS 2SIS 5 4 Ext BMAX Extreme BTS dual sector 2x10MHz no diversity 5 47 5 95GHz band Mounting kit included Power Supply External antennas and indoor to outdoor cable are NOT included and should be ordered separately e Limited models for lower entry price O D O O Available for all HW models SISO MIMO and Dual SISO Limited to 20 CPEs per base station Working with integrated ASN only License upgrades available for easy pay as you grow Upgrade to 50 100 150 250 or directly to 250 upgrade to 250 also enabled the external ASN GW P N Product Description 954010 XTRM BS 1SIS 5 4 Lm90 BMAX Extreme BTS single sector no diversity 5 47 5 95GHz band attached 90 degrees single slant antenna Mounting kit included Limited to 20 SUs per BTS license upgrade available Power Supply and indoor to outdoor cable are NOT included and should be ordered separately
26. oS along with the superior radio technology formed in a small all outdoor highly integrated design presenting an exceptionally attractive cost performance ratio for various needs and deployment scenarios improving operational costs and reducing complexity The BreezeMAX Extreme base station comes in two frequency configurations e 4 9 model supports 4 90 5 35 GHz e 5 4 model supports 5 47 5 95 GHz The BreezeMAX Extreme PRO CPE covers the entire 1GHz band in a single model With BreezeMAX Extreme release 1 5 the following country profiles are allowed for use any other country profile is prohibited 4 9 GHz Extreme model 5 4 GHz Extreme model 4 9 5 35 5 47 5 95 Universal Universal Canada Canada FCC Australia ETSI ETSI 5 1 GHz FAA FCC Important notes ONLY experienced installation professionals who are familiar with radio equipment for outdoor indoor local radio regulations relevant local building and safety codes and wherever applicable are licensed by the appropriate government regulatory authorities should install outdoor units and antennas and should do so in accordance to the local regulations applicable BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 Ver 1 5 Release Notes Page 2 of 18 a teal Se About this Release Release 1 5 of the BreezeMAX Extreme is based on release 1 2 and introduces enhancements and new features as well as new models Release 1 5 introduces the following new elements and capabi
27. r modulation schemes to enhance cell throughput capacity 14 GPS chain members may report GPS faults alarms while the system is performing in optimum level of performance 15 BTS radio modem is reinitialized if the user disables from configuration the radio channels CPE 16 Performance monitor counters might not update properly within the web page 17 MS lost synchronization after re authentication 18 Fixing The Rx Tx LAN Port Total Bytes Packets counters of the CPE should not be used they may display unreliable values 19 After working on the web page of the CPE it is recommended to perform Logout 20 Skipping channels from association when BTS ID marked with SNR 0 21 Not searching for preferred BS once connected to other BS Issues resolved with Release 1 5 1 23 over earlier 1 5 1 5 1 16 software 22 CPE does not associate to a specific BTS ID reporting the status as Rejected BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 Ver 1 5 Release Notes Page 17 of 18 a tel Se 23 User configured discrete scan frequencies are not displayed in WEB scan table 24 In rare occasions the CPE does not acquire a management IP address 25 CPE reports to be connected even though no BTS has record of it 26 TRO69 protocol method to support force full scan command 27 CPE will scan only for BTSs that are currently in the configured frequency scan list 28 Ethernet interface of the CPE will not be reinitialized if ETH CS services are provisioned
28. se 1 1 version 4 6 5 55 to intermediate version 1 2 0 3 and only than to official release 1 5 version 1 5 1 23 38 When the sum of all provisioned services exceeds the CPE capacity license the NE process will not be completed It is recommended to provision the data and management services considering the total license capacity 39 CPE capacity license information is available through the WEB interface only The information is not submitted through the TRO69 protocol Issues Observed During Interoperability Testing Radiator AAA During the Interoperability test with Radiator version 4 4 the following issues were observed Note that these can be overcome with additional scripts and configuration of the default installed Radiator AAA 40 Multi host support behind a single CPE might not work One may need extra scripts to support multiple host creation in the AAA behind a single CPE 41 In case of abrupt link termination between the ASN GW and the AAA account sessions might remain open active One may need to implement timers or other logic scripts in the AAA to close these sessions FreeRADIUS AAA During the Interoperability test with FreeRADIUS version 2 1 8 the following issue was observed 42 FreeRADIUS default installation of version 2 1 8 requires modification of several configuration parameters in different files to be able to work properly with a WIMAX 16e solution such as the Extreme for details on required changes p
29. tes the median RSSI of all sub carriers Note The Spectrum Analysis test is a service affecting operation during the scan the base station would seize to serve the units associated to it e Enhanced Interference mitigation DCS The DCS Dynamic Channel Selection mechanism is designed to find the most suitable channel the one with least interferences for operation among the configured range of channels discrete list of channels When the BS is turned on startup the DCS is triggered to select one of the best channels at the current time The selection is based on Noise and Interference NI level measurements performed in all defined channels by the built in spectrum analyzer DFS if applicable will be triggered after the channel selection for verification of the channel A channel that is considered by the DFS mechanism as Unavailable will not be selected by the DCS mechanism When using Random Channel Selection the unit will select randomly channels in the relevant frequency band In configurations with two sectors the DCS mechanism will avoid selection of the channel used by the other sector During normal operation on going status spectral efficiency detectors triggers the DCS mechanism to search for a new channel when channel conditions cause performance degradation below a certain level e Multicast amp Broadcast profile With release 1 5 you may benefit from downlink broadcast and multicast enhanced capabiliti
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