| 1 | === R3) Airspan Profile-C Base Station, with Associated Hardware and Software === |
| 2 | Ivan Seskar (WINLAB) and Harry Mussman (GPO) [[BR]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 5 | a) Choice of Airspan to provide a WiMAX base station for new GENI WiMAX sites [[BR]] |
| 6 | NEC is not able to provide a WiMAX base station for new GENI WiMAX sites [[BR]] |
| 7 | WINLAB and the GPO have decided to purchase base stations from Airspan, a commercial company pursuing target customers such as universities and small carriers. [[BR]] |
| 8 | For example, the Univ of Colorado at Boulder IT Dept has installed an Airspan system with 4 sectors, that covers the campus. They have been pleased with Airspan. [[BR]] |
| 9 | WINLAB has a frim quote from Airspan for their MacroMAXe profile-C WiMAX base station unit, and related items. [[BR]] |
| 10 | |
| 11 | [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/GEC12WiMaxDeploymentAndExperimentation/WiMAX_Brochure_Rev_J3.pdf Airspan brochure][[BR]] |
| 12 | [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/GEC12WiMaxDeploymentAndExperimentation/MacroMAXe%20Product%20Specification%20_Rel%209%200%201_%20Vx%5B1%5D.pdf MacroMAXe Product Specification] [[BR]] |
| 13 | [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/GEC12WiMaxDeploymentAndExperimentation/UoC%20-%20MacroMAXe%20RF%20Plan%20V1.1.pptx Airspan Deployment Plan for Univ Colorado at Boulder][[BR]] |
| 14 | |
| 15 | b) Rutgers will provide a kit including: [[BR]] |
| 16 | Airspan MacroMAXe profile-C WiMAX base station unit, for outside mounting[[BR]] |
| 17 | Choice of frequency: [[BR]] |
| 18 | (2510 Lo: 2496MHz to 2570MHz) [[BR]] |
| 19 | (2510 Mid: 2560MHz to 2630MHz) [[BR]] |
| 20 | (2510 Hi: 2620MHz to 2690MHz) [[BR]] |
| 21 | (3650: 3650MHz to 3700MHz)] [[BR]] |
| 22 | |
| 23 | NOTE: WINLAB needs to know frequency choices during November (or early December), so that they can place an order with Airspan for delivery late 2011 or early 2012! |
| 24 | |
| 25 | Sector antenna, with x4 RF jumper cables [[BR]] |
| 26 | 2x4 MIMO, supported by base station and antenna [[BR]] |
| 27 | GPS antenna, with surge suppressor and cable [[BR]] |
| 28 | DC power cable, from base station unit (outside) to testbed (inside) [[BR]] |
| 29 | Network management software license, 1 per base station [[BR]] |
| 30 | |
| 31 | |
| 32 | c) Campus will need to provide: [[BR]] |
| 33 | Pole for mounting [[BR]] |
| 34 | DC power supply (-48v, approx 300W) [[BR]] |
| 35 | Ethernet cable, from base station unit (outside) to testbed (inside); consider copper (may be a problem with lightning surge) or fiber (requires MM fiber cable, and fiber interface on switch) [[BR]] |
| 36 | Windows server to host network management software [[BR]] |
| 37 | Linux server to host OMF software [[BR]] |
| 38 | Ethernet switches, and other network equipment, for access (configuration to be provided) [[BR]] |
| 39 | |
| 40 | d) Additional kits can be purchased from Airspan [[BR]] |
| 41 | Price is approximately $15,000. [[BR]] |
| 42 | |
| 43 | e) It is expected that additional base stations kits will be purchased for some (or all) Sol 3 GENI sites in Spiral 5. [[BR]] |
| 44 | Thus, campus site might be able to add additional sectors, at no cost. [[BR]] |
| 45 | Planning for next year will be done later this year. [[BR]] |
| 46 | Consider including additional sectors within your technical plan right away. [[BR]] |
| 47 | |
| 48 | f) Note: Airspan indicates that they expect to introduce a new base station unit within the next year. [[BR]] |
| 49 | Somewhat reduced performance/range. [[BR]] |
| 50 | Approximately half the cost [[BR]] |
| 51 | |
| 52 | g) Airspan indicates that their sector antenna provides:[[BR]] |
| 53 | A 90degree pattern, which is consistent with proper coverage over a 120degree sector.[[BR]] |
| 54 | Four internal elements, to support 2x4 MIMO.[[BR]] |
| 55 | Airspan can provide provide x4 omni-directional antennas, but the cost is much higher, and the range is signifcantly reduced.[[BR]] |
| 56 | |
| 57 | h) Airspan shows that their profile-C base station unit can be configured to operate without an ASN GW and without a RADIUS (authentication) server.[[BR]] |
| 58 | In this mode, a list of allowed base stations must be configured into the base station, and groups of these base stations are mapped to a VLAN on the ethernet port.[[BR]] |
| 59 | This appears to be consistent with the current NEC base station unit operated with the ASN GW/WiMAX RF AggMgr code that has been provided by Rutgers/WINLAB[[BR]] |
| 60 | [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/GEC12WiMaxDeploymentAndExperimentation/CS%20Network%20Configuration%20Setup%20Guide.pdf MacroMAXe Configuration Guide][[BR]] |
| 61 | |
| 62 | i) Airspan shows that if handover operation is desired, an ASN GW must be provided, plus typically an associated RADIUS (authentication) server.[[BR]] |
| 63 | In this case, the base station unit operates with IP at the interface. [[BR]] |
| 64 | |
| 65 | |
| 66 | j) Airspan installation instructions [http://wimax.orbit-lab.org/wiki/WiMAX/01b link] [[BR]] |