2.0M1 GA 4Motion Release Note 081211 Full
Contents
1. 4Motion Product Release 2 0M1 GA Release Note Alvarion Ltd All rights reserved 2 EN Your Open WiMAX Choice 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 Alvarion Ltd www alvarion com RN Your Open WiMAX Choice 1 General This document details the main hardware elements software features and known limitations of 4Motion 2 0M1 GA release Alvarion Ltd www alvarion com susc A Your Open WiMAX Choice 2 Released Products 4Motion 2 0M1 release is an e certified release enabling advanced mobility technologies The system operates in bands 2 3GHz 2 5GHz and 3 5GHz TDD 5 MHz and 10 MHz and is intended for worldwide use 2 3GHz is trial mode The product introduced in this release is designed with open architecture and interfaces complying with IEEE 802 16e and WiMAX Forum Technical Working Group TWG PHY MAC Profiles and Networking Working Group NWG Profile C It is designed to support both distributed and centralized topology approaches thus providing operators with the flexibility to select the mobile WiMAX network topology that best suits their needs and existing network architecture The product is Alvarion s2. GA is 31 Dec o 2x4 ODU at 3 5GHz This release is designed as an end to end solution based on the following system components W BTS equipment with localized integrated and distributed ASN GW B Centralized ASN GW which may be offered as part of an end to end solution that includes Cisco s equipment B AAA servers provided by Bridgewater Systems and Cisco m Element Management System AlvariSTAR providing interfaces towards NMS OSS systems W End User Devices PC Cards provided by AWB as well as Residential Gateways RGW and Outdoor CPE BMAX Pro Unit The release supports the following main hardware elements m AU IDU 4 channels card B NPU 1GB data interface W High power ODU supporting 38dBm in the 2 x GHz bands and 37dBm in the 3 5GHz band W 2x4 ODU s at 2 5GHz and 3 5Ghz bands 38dBm and 37dBm respectively Sectorial 65 Dual Slant Polarization RET EDT Antennas in 2 xGHz Alvarion Ltd www alvarion com EN Your Open WiMAX Choice Sectorial 65 Dual Slant Polarization Antennas in 3 5GHz Applicable GPS modules GPS cable adaptor Base Station clocks synchronization by GPS 2 5 3 5 GHz PC Cards 2 5GHz and 3 5GHz RGW and Outdoor CPE The PC Card performs better on a platform with Pentium 1GHz or higher 256 MB RAM or higher and with DOTNET Framework version 2 0 or higher pre installed W EMS x1 Processor Dual Xeon processors with 800 MHz FSB RAM amp Hard Disk 2 GB RAM one or more 1000
3. market leading mobile WiMAX solution Designed with open IP architecture and interfaces 4Motion 2 0M1 release integrates the most advanced and adaptive radio management and control technologies to optimize operator spectrum and network resource usage Maintaining a host of radio and air interface security networking and management features 4Motion 2 0M1 release also introduces seamless handover control and management as well as stringent QoS requirements for next generation applications The product is an end to end solution comprising Base Transceiver Station BTS equipment Access Service Network Gateway ASN GW AAA servers an Element Management System EMS and End User Devices Leveraging its leadership position in WiMAX and driven by BreezeMAX and now 4Motion Alvarion s 2 0M1 release is taking the market to the next level mobile WiMAX Alvarion Ltd www alvarion com susc A Your Open WiMAX Choice 3 About this Release 4Motion former 2 0 release is a field proven stable release allowing good radio performance and robust indoor and outdoor capabilities The following features amp capabilities are newly introduced in 2 0M1 release compared to the former R2 0 e Networking o Unmanaged VoIP o SLB with Cisco ASN GW o Single ALVR ASNGW with multiple BSs e CPE Types o RGW at 2 5 and 3 5GHz o Outdoor CPE at 2 5 and 3 5GHz CPE GA 31 Dec e ODU Types o 2x4 ODU s at 2 5GHz 2 5GHz Band B Hardware
4. 0 rpm SATA or SCSI HDD min 80GB m Cisco ASN GW o CISCO ASNGW Router 7600 o AAA Server CAR x1 Sun T1000 o DHCP Server CNR x1 Processor Dual Pentium 4 2 4 GHz and above with Hyper Threading RAM amp Hard Disk 2 GB SATA or SCSI hard disk 40GB m BWS AAA o AAA x1 Sun T1000 T2000 Please also refer to CPE 2 0M1 release note for more information Alvarion Ltd www alvarion com EN Your Open WiMAX Choice The software versions introduced in this release are Cisco 6 2 3 2 DHCP Server CNR AAA Server Bridgewater T1000 T2000 8 2C2 Cisco CAR 4 1 3 ASN GW Alvarion NPU 1 0 0 23 Cisco 7600 IOS 12 4 1 1p 7300 280127 045245 BS Alvarion AU 2 0 11 3 MS AWB PCMCIAANOM 1 0 11 4 4 1M5 2 AWB RGW 0 2 10 3 AWB Outdoor CPE 0 2 10 3 CPE GA 31 Dec EMS Alvarion AlvariSTAR 2 0 0 27 With service EMS Device Alvarion logo pack 1 Driver Alvarion AlvariSTAR 3 5 1 51 With service Infrastructure pack 4 Alvarion Ltd www alvarion com CN Your Open WiMAX Choice 4Motion 2 0M1 GA release supports the following main features B BreezeMAX Configuration 1 BTS antenna 2 and 4 order diversity 2 2300 2360 2496 2690 3400 3600 MHz 3 5MHz 10MHz channel spacing m Radio Features 4 Power Control Closed and Open loop power control mode 5 UL and DL Rate Adaptation 6 UL and DL HARQ 7 MIMO Matrix A STC 8 2and4 way UL div
5. 68 B BreezeMAX Product Limitations 1 In rare occasions the NPU card does not respond and may lose network connectivity this usually causes an automatic reset after which the system operates properly A manual reset is required if an automatic reset does not occur 2 During NPU or AU software download no NPU maintenance configuration activities are to be performed as it might lead to an NPU reset 3 Reduced performance with Encryption and HARQ has been indicated W Radio Limitations 1 Rarely in deployments larger than 16 BTS s a laptop might freeze when it recognizes a BTS not included in its own neighbor list In such cases an MS reset is required B ASN HW Centralized NPU Limitations worst case of the below shall be applied 1 Centralized NPU can support up to 3000 MS s 2 Centralized NPU aggregated throughput for its served BS s should not exceed 220Mbps DL UL for all MS QoS types accumulating BE UGS RT as no traffic statistics nor shaping is performed on NPU side 3 Note for example that in a typical network of 7 BS with a total of 21 AU sectors cards above limitations may be reached In such case careful attention should be taken considering aggregated MS traffic For example for the DL traffic shaper may be used at NPU ingress from CSN into its northbound interface e g 165Mbps DL from CSN where for the UL total aggregated MS s service flows capacity will not exceed 55Mbps in case of 3 1 DL UL ratio 165Mbps 55Mb
6. ES rd
7. GHz Network Ecosystem 36 ASN GW Distributed ASN Alvarion ASN GW Centralized ASN Cisco ASN GW 7600 amp 7300 www alvarion com ee aN Your Open WiMAX Choice 37 AAA Bridgewater Systems for Alvarion ASN GW Cisco CAR for Cisco ASN GW Alvarion Ltd www alvarion com 10 EN Your Open WiMAX Choice 4 Documentation There are four manuals released with this GA Each manual covers all relevant topics associated with the respective component including W System Manual comprising the following main chapters 1 Product Solution Description 2 System Installation 3 Commissioning 4 Operation and Administration W 4Motion Installation Manual detailed step by step installation instructions W AlvariSTAR 4Motion Device Manager User Manual W 4Motion End User Devices documentation not part of BS documentation 1 PC Card Product Manual amp Technical Specification Quick Installation Guide 2 RGW Product Manual amp Technical Specification Quick Installation Guide 3 CPE Pro Product Manual amp Technical Specification Quick Installation Guide Alvarion Ltd www alvarion com adds HEN Your Open WiMAX Choice 5 Outdoor CPE Technical Specification Product Manual Quick Installation Guide Known Limitations 1 General Limitations 1 2 0M1 release supports up to 95 End User Devices per AU Sector as was tested theoretical limit is 1
8. al point to multi point networks STR14177 NPU doesn t save AlvariSTAR parameters Before reset one should 2 0M1 TBD after reset via CLI write save the configuration STR13666 Centralized ASN GW NPU Rarely the 2 0M1 TBD uncontrolled HO doesn t work properly Beta STR14982 Centralized Cisco 7600 ASN GW load Under investigation 2 0M1 TBD balancing not operational update within few days AU Bugs STR13689 MS stops doing intra HO after 20 minutes of Waiting for chip 2 0M1 2 5 successive HO s after 150 HO s vendor inputs Beta Tentative STR14410 Degradation in downlink throughput during 2 0MI 2 5 MS scanning when HARQ and Encryption Tentative are activated STR14929 In bad link conditions very rarely an AU 2 0MI TBD performs reset fpga Alvarion Ltd www alvarion com 16 eer ai e A Your Open WiMAX Choice W Solved Bug List from earlier releases NPU STR12951 NPU SW upgrade process doesn t work 2 0M1 2 0M1 correctly Beta STR12979 GPS NPU does not stop AU once Holdover 2 0MI 2 0M1 times out Beta STR13394 Centralized NPU It s impossible to manage 2 0M1 2 0M1 the NPU while traffic Short packets Beta AU Bugs STR13671 MS can t do NE far then 8 km from BS 2 0M1 2 0M1 Beta STR13662 Voice traffic eRT in UL with bad radio link 2 0M1 2 0M1 doesn t work Checking cell coverage Beta specification Alvarion Lid www alvarion com
9. ersity MRRC 9 MS spectrum scanning and best AU selection 10 Extended Range of 22Km ASN Features 11 Intra BTS optimized Hard HO 12 Inter BTS optimized Hard HO 13 R6 Profile C 14 Fast R8 for mobility control 15 ASN Diffserv 802 1p marking policy 16 Distributed and Centralized ASN architectures 17 IPv4 CS W Network Features 18 Mobile services 19 Authentication Methods EAP TTLS including user password verification 20 Unmanaged VoIP Alvarion Ltd www alvarion com Alvarion Ltd ee aN Your Open WiMAX Choice 21 SLB with Cisco ASN GW 22 Centralized ALVR ASN GW with multiple BS s Alvarion ASN GW Features 23 Two DHCP modes DHCP Relay DHCP Server 24 Simple IP 25 R3 Radius Authentication Authorization Accounting 26 Post Paid Accounting 27 PoIP tunneling on R3 northbound www alvarion com Alvarion Ltd MEE N Your Open WiMAX Choice EMS Features 28 FM Event Monitor and Event History 29 CM Equipment Manager Network Discovery Device Synchronization 30 PM Real time performance monitoring Performance Collection 31 Security User and permission management 32 System Utilities Task Manager Software Upgrade AlvariCRAFT configuration tool AlvariSTAR on laptop Northbound Interface to OSS Online help WiMAX Devices 33 PC Card in 2 5 3 5GHz 34 Residential Gateways RGW in 2 5 3 5GHz 35 Outdoor CPE BMAX Pro in 2 5 3 5
10. ld be assigned with the new value 28 When configuring standard ACL users can modify the following parameters Source IP Address Source IP Mask Destination IP Address Destination IP Mask and Rule Action All other standard ACL parameters should not be modified 29 Changing the value parameter of Map Repetition takes affect only after AU reset 30 For Bandwidth value of 10MHz the correct sub channels range is 11 to 17 and not 1 to 17 31 The following parameters displayed in BS Radio Advanced Handover tab should not be modified MS Handover Retransmission Timer Handover Default Action Time Fast Ranging Allocations Periodic Interval 32 The following parameters displayed in BS gt Radio gt Advanced gt Scanning tab should not be modified Min BW Degradation Factor 33 EMS supports upgrade of AU and NPU cards on Windows only and not on Solaris Platform Upgrade is possible with Solaris using Telnet CPE Limitations For specific CPE limitations please refer to CPE 2 0M1 release note www alvarion com 15 Detailed Bug List uso A Your Open WiMAX Choice NPU STR11481 AU Error 67 No communication to NPU 2 0M1 TBD NPU requires reset rarely happens STR14845 IP Packet size 1026 bytes cause DL Happens mainly in 2 0MI 2 5M1 throughput degradation point to point testing Tentative mode rarely happens in re
11. llows exporting a single backup file from the File Manager 17 The Single File box in the Action tab of Performance Collection task should always be checked 18 Multiple Service Flows should not be deleted simultaneously but rather each at a time 19 7 MHZ for Bandwidth should not be selected this bandwidth is not supported in 4Motion 2 0 release 20 When changing Community Strings running a Network Scan task is required in order to trigger EMS reconnection 21 In order to change a Backup task type from current configuration to an older one a new Backup task creation is required 22 In some cases when modifying the BTS Services Mapping to an alphanumeric character value a general error message is displayed 23 When changing the Site name in the Equipment Manager screen the associated backup files are not deleted 24 The deletion of multiple devices from the Equipment Manager screen should be avoided 25 When adding an ACL connectivity rule and double clicking the ACL name a general error message appears www alvarion com 14 susc s Your Open WiMAX Choice 26 When setting a Discovery Network process entering the existing Community String should be avoided 27 When modifying the Bandwidth parameter from 10MHz to 5MHz sub channel values associated with the new Bandwidth value should be modified and applied first and only then the Bandwidth parameter shou
12. ps so the total 220Mbps limitation will not be exceeded Alvarion Ltd www alvarion com 12 1 Alvarion Ltd ad usn A Your Open WiMAX Choice Centralized ASN GW Cisco 7600 Limitations ASN GW load balancing with Cisco 7600 is not operational and is under investigation update will be provided within couple of days this issue does not occur with Cisco 7300 ASN GW EMS Limitations 1 NPU clock time should not be changed backward during a PM collection 2 In order to allow the download of a Vendor Configuration file the file should be installed on AlvariSTAR server file system and not on AlvariSTAR database 3 Configurable parameters defining a range e g high low values should be configured separately When a configurable range is going up the higher value is to be configured first when a configurable range is going down the lower value is to be configured first The system will not function properly if these guidelines are not addressed 4 A partial addition operation of a record created via CLI will not be implemented in EMS and will affect EMS performance users are requested to complete the record addition operation via CLI 5 When performing a configuration change via AlvariSTAR the user should wait 15 minutes between the last configuration change and a reboot from shadow otherwise configuration changes performed during this period will be lost 6 A configuration manager tree refre
13. sh is done by re opening the configuration manager e g when adding a new BTS in order to reflect changes made via CLI or any other AlvariSTAR client 7 Site VLAN configuration bearer VLAN ID parameter must not be touched if NPU is operating in a transparent mode configuration if these guidelines are not met a general error might pop up in AlvariSTAR display 8 In order to collect historical performance records always refer to BM4M Performance Collection task in AlvariSTAR Task Manager and not to Performance Collection task 9 Aging process associated with Performance Collection task is not fully supported system administrator will need to remove aged files www alvarion com 13 uso e Your Open WiMAX Choice 10 In AlvariSTAR main menu window the Provisioning sub tree is unused in future this sub tree will be removed 11 When maintaining Reference Classification for ASN GW Service Profiles Rules the rules should be deleted first and then re entered 12 EMS presents only one connected ODU although two or four are actually connected 13 When upgrading the software and using External Client mode on Solaris OS users will need to select AlvariSTAR for the External Client 14 CLI is to be used for configuring QoS ACL 199 15 When setting the connectivity L1 L2 Bearer VLAN ID and External Management VLAN ID should not carry the same value 16 The EMS system a
Download Pdf Manuals
Related Search