FRC BSMAX-250 WIMAX BASE STATION User Manual Rev 1.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual Legal Rights © Copyright 2011 FRC Internet Products, LLC. All rights reserved. The material contained herein is proprietary, privileged, and confidential and owned by FRC Internet Products, LLC (“FRC”), its affiliates or its third party licensors.
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FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual Electronic Emission Notices This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC and to EN 301 489-‐1 rules.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual Before connecting this instrument to the power line, make sure that the voltage of the power source matches the requirements of the instrument. The unit must be connected to an earthed (grounded) outlet to comply with international safety standards.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual -‐ The information contained herein is merely descriptive in nature, and does not constitute an offer for the sale of the product described herein.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual GLOSSARY This section defines or identifies technical terms, abbreviations, and acronyms used throughout this document. 100BASE-‐TX IEEE 802.3u specification for 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet over two pairs of Category 5 or better UTP cable. 10BASE-‐T IEEE 802.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual Encryption Data passing between a base station and clients can use encryption to protect from interception and eves-‐dropping. Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) An authentication protocol used to authenticate network clients. EAP is combined with IEEE 802.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual NAT Network Address Translation. This process allows all of the computers on the home network to use one IP address.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual WAN IP Address The IP address assigned to the router by the ISP. WLAN Wireless Local Area Network. A local area network that connects Computers close together via radio (such as 802.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual Contents Glossary .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 1. 2. 3. Base station introduction & installation ...........................................................
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual 1. BASE STATION INTRODUCTION & INSTALLATION 1.1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION The FRC Wimax Base station BSMax-‐250 is an all-‐outdoor micro-‐level WiMax base station that complies with WiMax standard IEEE 802.16e-‐2005 and operates in the frequency range of 2497.75~2688.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual Figure 2: BSMax-‐250 and antenna, back view 1.2 PRODUCT SPECIFICATION Table below is a list of hardware specifications of the base station.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual Waterproof Operating temperature Operating humidity standalone -‐48VDC IP 65 -‐40 to +55 degree Celcius 0 to 95% (non-‐condensing) Table 1: Base station specification 1.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual Figure 3: Install base station on pole Step 2. Install antennas and connect RF coaxial cable to base station, as shown in figure below. The RF coaxial cable needs to be as short as possible to minimize loss. Step 3.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual Step 4. Install weather-‐proof TNC cable between GPS port of base station and GPS receiver (optional), as shown in figure below. Step 5. Install grounding cable to “TO GND” port of base station, as shown in figure below. Step 6.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual Figure 5: Sealing connectors and RF cables FRC Group Proprietary and Confidential Bsmax250_manual – rev 1.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual 1.5 NETWORK ARCHITECTURE The WiMAX network structure involving base station can be explained in the figure below. The reference points (R1-‐R6) as seen in figure are conceptual links that connects two functional entities.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual R6: Reference point between BS and ASN: implements intra-‐ASN tunnels and used for control plane signaling. 2. CONFIGURATION ACCESS 2.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual • DHCP Server for SU: The IP address of the DHCP server which assigns the IP addresses to SUs associated with the BS. Administration Parameters This set of parameters is used for administrative purposes.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual • Uplink frequency: The frequency used in the uplink • Downlink frequency: The frequency used in the downlink • Uplink modulation: The modulation and FEC used for the first uplink burst profile.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual 29 dlFequency 30 ulModulation 31 dlModulation 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Bandwidth tddSplit r6bsaddr2 r6gwaddr=10.1.3.1 r6gwaddr2=10.1.3.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual Figure 6: Web log in In the username and password field, enter frcweb and frcweb2009 respectively. Click on “sign in” button to log into the administration page, shown in figure below. FRC Group Proprietary and Confidential Bsmax250_manual – rev 1.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual Figure 7: Web administration The administration interface is categorized into 8 groups: MII, Unicast service flow, SS, Statistics, Mac frame, Private, Admin and other, listed on the top frame of the page.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual -‐ Enter the log in credential: frccli and frccli2009. Software configuration prompt is entered once telnet connection is established. The following table lists the basic commands of the base station command prompt; the syntax will follow VxWorks 6.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual Output Output Description Example Error Messages Loading primary image... OR Loading secondary image... OR Loading image from network... The messages indicate which image is being loaded.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual dlModulation tddsplit The downlink modulation type. Time division duplexing split Represents which image will be loaded.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual Description Output Output Description Example Error Messages again from TFTP server or not. Set the TFTP IP address and Configuration file path and also give the option to remove the existing file and reboot the system.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual will reboot now" message will be displayed. System indicates that upgrade is being performed with the specified version. upgradeSw primary v1.0.15 upgradeSw secondary v2.171.0 169.15.171.1 upgrades/rev1 Version is a mandatory field Invalid IP address format.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual Description Output Output Description operatingParams: displays the operating parameters of the system. all : upgrades the primary image Displays the system configurations.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual Example Error Messages showSystemConfiguration showSystemConfiguration all showSystemConfiguration general showSystemConfiguration operatingParams Failed to retrieve System Configurations Invalid display type.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual Invalid DHCP Server IP address format.IPv4 format is x.x.x.x Invalid SysLog IP address format.IPv4 format is x.x.x.x Invalid FTP Host IP address format.IPv4 format is x.x.x.x Please enter at least one value. Invalid Sector ID value.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual End of MIB. Unknown data type.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual Description Output Output Description Example Error Messages name The Name of the MIB variable index1 Key to get the specified MIB from a table index2 Key to get the specified MIB from a table index3 Key to get the specified MIB from a table ind
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual Wrong module or MIB name. You should enter 1 key(s) to get wmanDevBsCurrentSwVersion MIB variable. Invalid Object ID Failed to get MIB value. No such object. No such instance. End of MIB. Unknown data type. Value = 4.
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FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual • • • Not ready – In this state one or more of the entry data column variables (except the Row Status) are filled with values using the Set MIB command.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual 3. Setting the RowStatus column: • Active: To set the RowStatus column to this value, all the data fields must have been entered. • Not In Service: This value is set when all the data columns are set but the entry is not yet activated.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual Figure 8: Expanding MIB table entry 2. Setting the first data column. Figure 9: Setting data column FRC Group Proprietary and Confidential Bsmax250_manual – rev 1.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual The NMS by default selects the index zero as highlighted in the following figure. Figure 10: Default index 3. Entering the indices of the entry. 4. Setting the value.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual Please note that the MG-‐Soft license expired, so the current supported version is only v1. Data types defined only in v2c of the SNMP standard are not supported anymore. Example of these types is COUNTER64.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual Following are the contents of the predefined values in the wmanDevCmnEventTable: EventId Description 1 A fatal error occurred due to a wrong condition. 2 A fatal error occurred caused a hardware reset. 3 A fatal error occurred caused a hardware reset.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual • o Configure the wmanDevCmnEventLogWrapAroundBuffEnable to enable the entries in the table to be overwritten when the table is full.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual • wmanIf2fBsProvServiceClassTable – Each entry defines a provisioned service class defining a set of QoS parameters. The service class is not linked to a specific service flow, i.e the same QoS parameter set can be used with multiple service flows.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual #load WiMAX application package from flash ldz "/tffs/appb.Z.out" #RF driver definition, not to be changed APPB_RFC_DRIVER_NAME = "PM8850" #RF calibration data definition, not to be changed RFC_PM880X_CALIBRATION_FILE = "/tffs/calibration.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual cbe "setMacUl fr=2550000" # Disable HARQ support if no mobility is going to be used cbe "createprovsf mac=FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF dir=uplink sfid=0 classifier1=any" cbe "createprovsf mac=FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF dir=downlink sfid=0 classifier1=any" # Set link adaptation mode cbe "setlinkadap
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual 9. R6 OPERATION WITH ASN-‐GW FRC BSMax-‐250 supports R6 interface as defined by the Wimax Forum NWG. It had been successfully tested with WiChorus ASN GW. Following ASN GW instructions are based on a WiChorus devcie. 9.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual (0.75*x) is the time at which the authenticator (ASN-‐GW) starts the re-‐authentication procedure. To trigger re-‐authentication from the SS: 600 < x-‐600 < 0.
FRC WiMAX Base Station BSMax-‐250 Operation and Configuration Manual RF exposure warning This equipment must be installed and operated in accordance with provided instructions and the antenna(s) used for this transmitter must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 100 cm from all persons and must not
