Before reading this tutorial, yous mightiness desire to accept a await at Introduction to Radio Mobile
This tutorial volition encompass the creation of your kickoff 5.8 ghz network amongst a unmarried indicate to indicate link. You volition larn how to create units, laid network parameters, together with create a indicate to indicate link profile.
This tutorial volition encompass the creation of your kickoff 5.8 ghz network amongst a unmarried indicate to indicate link. You volition larn how to create units, laid network parameters, together with create a indicate to indicate link profile.
1. Creating your kickoff network:
Let us start amongst a gear upwardly novel blank network: Click on File->New Networks
You volition last prompted to erase the electrical flow network, since this is the kickoff run yous tin proceed.
You volition last presented amongst a "New Net initialization" screen. For now, permit us stick to the default values.
Once the novel network has been created, relieve it on your difficult drive: Click on File->Save Networks As, together with select your relieve location. This volition last the location where whatever additional files related to your network volition last saved every bit well. I role c:\radiomobile\networks for mine.
2. Creating Units
Each unit of measurement is a unmarried wireless radio/antenna combination. So inward fellowship to map a total highsite, yous volition receive got multiple units at a specific laid of coordinates. For forthwith nosotros volition start amongst a uncomplicated Point-to-Point link together with expand from there.
For the sheer fun of it, nosotros volition last plotting links for the fictitious WISP, SaharaNet. You tin download the Google basis file HERE.
SN-Grid-1:
Type: Ubiquiti Bullet M5 amongst 27db Grid Antenna
Lat: 24.612162°
Lon: 8.088472°
SN-Grid-2:
Type: Ubiquiti Bullet M5 amongst 27db Grid Antenna
Lat: 24.675089°
Lon: 8.144723°
To create the units, click on File->Unit Properties
- Select Unit 1 together with move into the cite SN-Grid-1
- Click on "Enter LAT LON or QRA" alternatively yous tin re-create the placemark inward Google basis together with only click on "Paste"
- Enter the Latitude an Longitude for SN-Grid-1.
Do the same for Unit 2 amongst SN-Grid-2
Click OK all the way out of Unit Properties
3. Configure the Networks
3.1 Network Parameters
Click on "File->Networks Properties"
Give this network a name, I volition role "Point-to-Point" because it makes feel inward this tutorial. In production yous would desire to give it a cite that makes it uniquely identifiable.
Minimum Frequency: 5180mhz (this is where the licence costless band inward my province starts)
Maximum Frequency: 5800mhz
Polarization: Vertical (the antenna profiles inward the installer are all vertical)
Mode of variability: Spot (I won't pretend to empathise this, but the people who know assure me this is good)
% of situations: 70% (again every bit above, this should give yous a decent mistake margin)
Climate: Desert (Obviously yous would involve to select the appropriate one)
3.2 Network Topology
On the Topology tab:
Visible: On (this agency the links inward this internet volition last plotted on your map)
Data net, star topology (Master/Slave): This makes the virtually feel for WiFi networks
Tick the bottom boxes, they are self explanatory.
3.3 Network Systems
We volition skip ahead together with come upwardly dorsum to Membership later.
On the Systems Tab:
- Select System 1 in the left manus pane.
- From the dropdown select UBNT BulletM5 - 27db Grid
3.4 Network Membership
On the Membership Tab:
- Make certain that the 2 units nosotros created before are selected.
- Role of SN-Grid-1: Master
- System: UBNT BulletM5 - 27db Grid
- Antenna superlative (m): 10m
- Antenna Direction: SN-Grid-2
- Role of SN-Grid-2: Slave
- System: UBNT BulletM5 - 27db Grid
- Antenna superlative (m): 10m
- Antenna Direction: SN-Grid-1
3.4 Network Style
On the network vogue tab:
- Draw light-green trouble if RX relative(dB) is >= : 30dB
- Draw yellowish trouble if RX relative(dB) is >= : 15dB
- Leave the remainder on default settings.
4. Creating a Map:
- Select SN-Grid-1 to oculus the map on.
- Tick "Adjust units elevation"
- Adjust the size (pixel) together with then that yous know it volition tally on your screen, together with the Size(km) together with then that it volition include both units.
- Click 'Extract"
If this is the kickoff fourth dimension yous are creating a map, it volition continue to download the map information from the online sources.
When the download completes, yous volition acquire a rattling overnice topographical map of the expanse exactly about your units:
To display your units on the map click the Show Networks icon on the toolbar:
You volition forthwith run into the link plotted on the map. The settings nosotros applied inward "Network Style" determines that the link coloring volition last light-green since it is higher upwardly the threshold.
5. Plotting a indicate to indicate link profile
Click on the Radio Link toolbar icon:
You volition forthwith last presented amongst a beautiful radio link profile, it volition render yous amongst all the details re. the link. In this illustration it estimates that yous volition receive got a SNR of 41.1dB provided that at that spot are no buildings or other obstacles inward the way, together with that it is a nix vibrations environment. Since this is out inward the middle of the desert, I holler upwardly it is prophylactic to assume that these estimations are rattling accurate. Remember that link modelling does non supersede a skilful onetime fashioned site survey.
Remember to relieve your project.
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