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Table of ContentsThis document has 92 pages.

1 Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.1 Intended audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.2 Structure of this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.3 Symbols and conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.4 History of changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

1.5 Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

1.6 RoHS compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

1.7 Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

1.7.1 RF Energy Health Hazard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.7.2 Protection against Lightning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.7.3 Protection from RF Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.7.4 Warning – Turn off all power before servicing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2 Test instrument list and measurement accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.1 Tools and Test Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.2 Typical test bench overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

3 System configuration and line-up phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

3.1 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

3.2 Installation Check summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

3.2.1 FlexiPacket MultiRadio configuration summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3.2.2 Antennas alignment (both FlexiPacket MultiRadios) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3.2.3 Line-Up and commissioning (both stations). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.3 Installation checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

3.3.1 Outdoor installation check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

3.3.1.1 Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

3.3.1.2 Flexible waveguide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

3.3.1.3 Elliptical waveguide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

3.3.1.4 Mounting kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

3.3.1.5 FlexiPacket MultiRadio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

3.3.2 Indoor-Outdoor cable installation visual checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

4 Requirements for WebLCT PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

5 PC connection to the FlexiPacket MultiRadio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

6 Equipment configuration (station A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

6.1 System Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

6.1.1 Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

6.1.1.1 Synchronization parameter overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

6.1.1.2 Synchronization configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

6.1.2 Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

6.1.2.1 CCM area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

6.1.2.2 Link Protection Group area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

6.2 GbE - Physical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

6.3 GbE - Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476.4 Radio - BB/Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71


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6.5 Radio - RF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

6.6 Station A correct operation check. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

6.7 IP address assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

6.8 Date & Time configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 836.8.1 Manual setting of date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

6.8.2 Synchronization of the NE via Time Server SNTP (Time server Setting)83

6.9 Before leaving terminal station A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

6.9.1 Alarms status check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

7 Equipment configuration (station B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

8 Antenna alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

9 System commissioning and testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

9.1 Link connectivity check (using the remote loopback) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

9.2 Interferences evaluation check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91


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List of FiguresFigure 1 WEEE label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Figure 2 General layout for the link test (1+0 - case 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16



Figure 5 Example of 0.3m (1ft) XD antenna (Low profile version shown) . . . . . . 21

Figure 6 Example of 0.6m (2ft) XD antenna (Low profile version shown) . . . . . . 21

Figure 7 Example of XD Antenna 0,3 and 0,6 mt Polarization Identification on Horn

Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Figure 8 Overview 1+0 Not Integrated Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Figure 9 Outdoor overview for 1+1 Integrated Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Figure 10 Outdoor overview for 1+1 Not Integrated Mounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Figure 11 Fixing of Indoor-Outdoor cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Figure 12 Indoor-Outdoor cable, Grounding connection (IDU cable). . . . . . . . . . . 27Figure 13 Indoor-Outdoor cable, Grounding connection (ODU cable). . . . . . . . . . 28

Figure 14 Open NE screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Figure 15 FlexiPacket MultiRadio - Main view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Figure 16 System Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Figure 17 Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Figure 18 Modify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Figure 19 Port Quality level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Figure 20 Clock source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Figure 21 Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Figure 22 GbE - Physical (1+0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Figure 23 GbE - Physical (1+1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Figure 24 Switch configure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Figure 25 Forwarding area configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Figure 26 Static MAC Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Figure 27 Add in MAC Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Figure 28 Static MAC Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Figure 29 Special frame handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Figure 30 VLAN Support area configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Figure 31 Default VLAN Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Figure 32 VLAN Id Add . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Figure 33 VLAN Table with one VLAN Id. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Figure 34 VLAN DB Table example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Figure 35 VLAN Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Figure 36 E1 Priorization area configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Figure 37 Filtering Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Figure 38 Filtering Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Figure 39 Traffic Service configuration table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Figure 40 Header Compression Service configuration table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Figure 41 HC rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Figure 42 Port Configuration area configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Figure 43 VLAN priority table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Figure 44 VLAN priority modify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Figure 45 Modified VLAN priority table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63


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Figure 46 802.1p Priority Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Figure 47 802.1p priority table modify. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Figure 48 Diffserv priority table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Figure 49 Diffserv priority modify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Figure 50 L2/L3 address criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Figure 51 L2/L3 address criteria add . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Figure 52 MPLS label table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Figure 53 MPLS label modify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Figure 54 Ether Type table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Figure 55 Ether Type add . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Figure 56 Scheduling area configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Figure 57 Scheduling dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Figure 58 Jumbo frame management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Figure 59 BB/Modem Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Figure 60 Profiles Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Figure 61 RF Configuration (ATPC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Figure 62 RF Configuration (RTPC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Figure 63 BB/Modem Configuration: service state selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Figure 64 Tx RF frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Figure 65 RTPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Figure 66 ATPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Figure 67 Continuous Wave Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Figure 68 HW Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Figure 69 Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Figure 70 IP Setting Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Figure 71 Physical Topology discovery via LLDP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Figure 72 Manual setting of date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Figure 73 Synchronization of NE via Time Server SNTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Figure 74 Alarms menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Figure 75 Example BNC Connection on FlexiPacket MultiRadio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Figure 76 Standard antenna pointing for 1 antenna system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Figure 77 Antennas aim for 2 antenna system in Hot Stand By configuration . . . . 88

Figure 78 Antennas aim for 2 antenna system in Frequency Diversity configuration .

88

Figure 79 Link connectivity test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Figure 80 Measurements menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Figure 81 Remote squelch command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92


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List of TablesTable 1 Structure of this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Table 2 List of symbols and conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Table 3 History of changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Table 4 Test Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Table 5 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Table 6 Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Table 7 Flexible waveguide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Table 8 IP addresses scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Table 9 FlexiPacket MultiRadio configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Table 10 System configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Table 11 CCM use summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Table 12 FlexiPacket MultiRadio Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Table 13 ODUs roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Table 14 IP addressing scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Table 15 Available parameters for DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78


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1 PrefaceThis document provides a guideline for placing into service a FlexiPacket MultiRadio

link.

1.1 Intended audience

This document is intended to the commissioning technicians in charge to commission a

FlexiPacket MultiRadio link.

1.2 Structure of this document

The document is divided into the following main chapters:

1.3 Symbols and conventions

The following symbols and mark-up conventions are used in this document:

Chapter Title Subject

Chapter 1 Preface Provides an introduction to the

document and the safety instructions

Chapter 2 Test instrument list and mea-

surement accessories

Provides the list of the Test instruments

and accessories to be used during the

commissioning

Chapter 3 System configuration and line-

up phase

Provides the list of the checks to be

done before starting the commissioning

Chapter 4 Requirements for WebLCT PC Provides the instructions to install the

WebLCT on the PC

Chapter 5 PC connection to the Flexi-Packet MultiRadio

Provides the instructions to connect theWebLCT to the FlexiPacket MultiRadio

Chapter 6 Equipment configuration

(station A)

Provides the operations to be done to

configure the FlexiPacket MultiRadio in

station A

Chapter 7 Equipment configuration

(station B)

Provides the operations to be done to

configure the FlexiPacket MultiRadio in

station B

Chapter 8 Antenna alignment Provides the instruction to correctly

align the antenna

Chapter 9 System commissioning andtesting

Provides the operations to be done tocheck the properly working operation of

the radio link between station A and

station B

Table 1 Structure of this document


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Figure 1 WEEE label

The correct disposal and separate collection of waste equipment will help prevent poten-

tial negative consequences for the environment and human health. It is a precondition

for reuse and recycling of used electrical and electronic equipment.

For more detailed information about disposal of such equipment, please contact Nokia

Siemens Networks.

The above statements are fully valid only for equipment installed in the countries of the

European Union and is covered by the directive 2002/96/EC. Countries outside theEuropean Union may have other regulations regarding the disposal of electrical and

electronic equipment.

1.6 RoHS compliance

FlexiPacket MultiRadio complies with the European Union RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC

on the restriction of use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic

equipment.

The directive applies to the use of lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, poly-

brominated biphenyls (PBB), and polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDE) in electrical

and electronic equipment put on the market after 1 July 2006.

Materials usage information on Nokia Siemens Networks Electronic Information

Products imported or sold in the People’s Republic of China

FlexiPacket MultiRadio complies with the Chinese standard SJ/T 11364-2006 on the

restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equip-

ment. The standard applies to the use of lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chro-

mium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) in

electrical and electronic equipment put on the market after 1 March 2007.

1.7 Safety instructions

In this paragraph are indicated all the safety rules and the precautionary measures to

follow while carrying out operations on the equipment in order to prevent injuries to per-

sonnel and/or damages to the equipment components.

t PLEASE READ THESE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS!


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1.7.1 RF Energy Health Hazard

This symbol indicates a risk of personal injury due to radio frequency exposure.

The radio equipment described in this guide uses radio frequency transmitters.

No one shall be allowed to come in the close proximity of the antenna's front while the

transmitter is operating. The antenna will be professionally installed on the outdoor per-

manent fix-mounted structures in order to keep it separate from any other antenna and

from everybody else.

f WARNING!RF Energy Exposure Limits and Applicable Rules for 6-38 GHz. It is recommended that

for each radio equipment deployment site the radio equipment operator refers to the RF

exposure rules and precaution for each frequency band and to all other applicable rules

and precautions with respect to transmitters, facilities, and operations that may affect

the environment due to the RF emissions.

Appropriate warning signs must be properly placed and affixed at the equipment site and

access entries.

1.7.2 Protection against Lightning

Article 810 of the US National Electric Department of Energy Handbook 1996 specifies

that radio and television lead-in cables must have adequate surge protection at or nearthe point of entry to the building. The code specifies that any shielded cable from an

external antenna must have the shield directly connected to a 10 AWG wire that

connects to the building ground electrode.

Do not turn on power before reading product documentation. This device has a -48 VDC

direct current input.

1.7.3 Protection from RF Burns

It is dangerous to stare into or stand in front of an active antenna aperture. Do not stand

in front of or look into an antenna without first ensuring that the associated transmitter

or transmitters are switched off. Do not stare into the waveguide port of an ODU (if appli-cable) when the radio is active.


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1.7.4 Warning – Turn off all power before servicing

f WARNING!Turn off all power before servicing.


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2 Test instrument list and measurement acces-

sories

2.1 Tools and Test Instruments

Test Instruments Notes

Personal Computer / Laptop

(Minimum HW Requirements)

(Suggested Qty 2)

• CPU Pentium 4 or higher

• 256 Mbyte RAM minimum (Suggested 512)

• Color monitor with resolution of 1024x768 at least

• Video card with minimum resolution of 1024x768

• 10 Gbyte Hard-disk minimum

• CD-ROM drive

• Mouse

• Ethernet network card (RJ45 interface)

Personal Computer / Laptop

(SW Requirements)

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional / Microsoft

Windows Vista / Microsoft Windows 7

• Optional browser: recommended Microsoft

Internet Explorer 8.0 (Note: The browser is

optional because the WebLCT can start also from

the command line via Java Web Start

(javaws http:// or javaws http:///public/application.jnlp)

• Java Runtime Environment (Version 1.6.0_10 orlatest version is preferred) (Note: Check that the

Java cache is enabled and clean).

Multimeter Suggested Analog or Digital Multimeter

Table 4 Test Instruments

Accessories Notes

ETH Cat 5e cable type RJ45 Straight and Cross type both end cabled (all wire)

Cable for antenna alignment BNC / Banana (must be build in Field)

Table 5 Accessories

Tools Notes

RJ45 Connectors Crimping

Tool (suggested)

Technical Tools bag

Table 6 Tools


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2.2 Typical test bench overview

Case 1 (1+0): P+E solution (only 1 cable)

Figure 2 General layout for the link test (1+0 - case 1)

Case 2 (1+0): 2-cable solution



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3.2.1 FlexiPacket MultiRadio configuration summary

• Check the DC Power voltage and related Pin Out connection.

• Switch ON the DC Power Breakers.

• Connect the PC to the FlexiPacket MultiRadio.

• Log-In into the FlexiPacket MultiRadio.

• Configure the equipment.

• Set the basic IP address.

• Set the NE date and time.

• Repeat all the above steps on the opposite FlexiPacket MultiRadio.

3.2.2 Antennas alignment (both FlexiPacket MultiRadios)

• Set the Frequency channel as project specification.

• Set the ATPC to disabled mode on both FlexiPacket MultiRadios.

• Same modulation scheme in both stations

• On both FlexiPacket MultiRadios set the Tx Power configuration as per project spec-

ification. If not specified, set the Max. Power

• Only in 1+1 configuration: on the protection setting force the working path on the

main FlexiPacket MultiRadio

• Start with the Alignment phase

• Only in 1+1 configuration: on the protection setting configure the system to auto-

matic mode

• After alignment check the RF Rx Power value (using the PC) and verify that the

value complies with that of project specification.

3.2.3 Line-Up and commissioning (both stations)

• Taking as reference the relevant commissioning test sheets, proceed to register the

configuration data and all Local and Link Line-up tests.


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3.3 Installation checks

This phase is fundamental for all the other technical activities.

It is a statistical data, where most of the field problems or link troubles are caused by a

wrong mechanical installation of all the parts making up the system.

Installation check must be sub-divided into two fundamental groups:

• Outdoor installation (section 3.3.1)

• Indoor-Outdoor cable installation (section 3.3.2)

3.3.1 Outdoor installation check

Use all the necessary safety devices for working at certain altitudes. Verify that all the

outdoor components making up the system have been properly assembled, installed

and cabled.

The following are the typical outdoor components making up the systems:

• Antenna

• Flexible waveguide (if applicable)

• Elliptical waveguide (if applicable)

• Mounting Kit (if applicable)

• FlexiPacket MultiRadio and related Grounding Connections

3.3.1.1 Antenna

Following the assembling instructions supplied by the antennas supplier, check that all

the mechanical assembling components have been properly assembled and fixed.

Verify that the antennas have already been oriented in the direction of the remote station

(refer to the project specification; to check the antenna Azimuth value pay attention if

using the compass to verify the antenna pointing).

t The compass reader placed near a metal structure (in particular on the TLC structure)is subjected to errors introduced by magnetic effects. It is suggested to aim the antenna

by using external reference point (mountain, building, tree etc.).

Use the compass (not near the tower structure) to identify the reference point.

Note that the value measured with the compass refers to the magnetic coordinates

(Magnetic North), but most of the project refers to the geographic coordinates (True

North).

Slight differences are possible.

Check that the output polarization agrees with the project specification.

Normally horn feeder fixing and antennas have a reference mark to identify the polariza-

tion.

In the case of dual polarization horn feeder a label or mark (also described in the

antenna assembling instructions) identifies the H or V polarization.

Depending on the antenna diameter, type and supplier, verify (if necessary) the instal-

lation of the wind bracket and check (if applicable) if this component has been properly

installed. Note that the wind bracket needs to be fixed on a separate mount pole in order

to maintain a proper angle between the antenna and the bracket fixing point.

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XD antenna

Figure 5 Example of 0.3m (1ft) XD antenna (Low profile version shown)

Figure 6 Example of 0.6m (2ft) XD antenna (Low profile version shown)


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Figure 7 Example of XD Antenna 0,3 and 0,6 mt Polarization Identification on Horn

Feeder

t For the compatibility with the FlexiHopper antennas a special adapter (to be installed onthe FlexiPacket MultiRadio) is available (refer to the “HW Install” document).


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3.3.1.2 Flexible waveguide

This chapter is applicable if the connection of FlexiPacket MultiRadio (fixed to the proper

mounting kit support) is through a flexible waveguide supplied with the system

Check that they have been properly installed, in particular:

• Appropriate length, based on antenna diameter and distance (typically 0.6 m or 1

m).

• No close bending or anomalous torsion (note that normally the flexible waveguide

supplied is also twistable).

• Check that the flange termination has been properly fixed by using the correct

screws to the antenna and Mounting support;

• in case of doubt disconnect them from the antenna and mounting support and

check the installation of the O-ring between the flanges.

• Check that the waveguide-fixing bracket (supplied with the flexible wave-guide) has

been properly installed. The system needs 1 fixing bracket for WG of up to 0.6 m,and 2 fixing brackets for WF of up to 1 m.

Flexible Wave-

guide

Supplied

Fixing Kits

Scheme Installation Hints

60 cm One : Pole

Fixing Set

1.The Clamp must be installed as

close as possible to the middle of

the Flex. (30cm), this in accordance

with structural boundaries.

2.The Flexible Waveguide must be

installed according to its mechanical

specifications as: Maximum twistand minimum bend radius (E/H

Plane)

100 cm Two : Pole

Fixing Sets

1.The two Clamps must be installed

with (33cm) spacings this in accor-

dance with structural boundaries.

2.The Flexible Waveguide must be

installed according to its mechanical

specifications as: Maximum twist

and minimum bend radius (E/H

Plane)

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3.3.1.3 Elliptical waveguide

This chapter is applicable if the connection of FlexiPacket MultiRadio (fixed to the proper

mounting kit support) is through an elliptical waveguide supplied with the system.

Check that they have been properly installed, in particular:

• Appropriate length, based on antenna diameter and distance.

• No close bending or anomalous torsion.

• Check that the flange termination connector has been properly fixed by using the

correct screws to the antenna and Mounting support;

• in case of doubt disconnect them from the antenna and mounting support and

check the installation of the O-ring between the flanges.

3.3.1.4 Mounting kit

The mounting kit is used in case of installation with independent antenna.

Check if the FlexiPacket MultiRadio mounting kit has been properly assembled and

fixed to the pole.

Check that the position of this component does not introduce an anomalous torsion on

the flexible waveguide.

Refer to the installation description to verify if the mounting kit model installed is like the

model reported in the project specification.

In 1+1/2+0 it is also fundamental to verify the positioning of the FlexiPacket MultiRadio

installed on the mounting support.

Figure 8 Overview 1+0 Not Integrated Mounting

For 1+1 system a label affixed on the mounting identifies the positioning of the Main

channel and the Stand-by Channel.


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Figure 9 Outdoor overview for 1+1 Integrated Mounting

Figure 10 Outdoor overview for 1+1 Not Integrated Mounting


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3.3.1.5 FlexiPacket MultiRadio

Check that the FlexiPacket MultiRadio installed covers the proper frequency band as

specified on the project (check the P/N and extension number on the FlexiPacket Multi-

Radio label and check the relevant P/N reported in the technical description).

Verify the proper positioning of the mounting kit and related connection with the Indoor-

Outdoor cable.

Verify that the cover cup of the BNC connector (used for antenna aiming phase) is

properly closed.

Check if the antenna (or mounting support) has been properly fixed (refer to the descrip-

tion given in the technical description or in the Installation description).

Check that the grounding connection tail, starting from the FlexiPacket MultiRadio, is

properly connected to a good grounding distribution point.

3.3.2 Indoor-Outdoor cable installation visual checking

Verify that the cable lenght is less than the maximun recommended lenght.

t The FlexiPacket MultiRadio can be connected to the Indoor Device by using: • 2 cables (1 cable for the Ethernet interface to be connected to the Ethernet connec-

tor and 1 cable for the Power Supply to be connected to the PS connector);

• 1 cable only to be connected to the Ethernet connector, if the Power+Ethernet

solution has been used. In this case the Power Injector must be installed or the Flex-

iPacket MultiRadio must be connected to an Ethernet powered port of the Indoor

device.

Verify if the cable is properly tied, if all connectors are properly assembled and installedin the right position.

• Ethernet cable: Amphenol (Outdoor side) and RJ45 (Indoor side)

• PSU cable (if required): Amphenol (Outdoor side).

On the outdoor connector, verify that the shrink sleeve is properly assembled and fixed

on the connector body.

Other PVC and water proofing material is optional material; the connectors need no

other particular protection.

Verify that the cable is properly fixed and tied to the support ladder (indoor and outdoor).

The distance suggested between each fixing point is defined in the installation docu-

ments.

In any case refer to the following table:

If the cable is tie-fixed, it is suggested to fix the ties in a cross mode, in order to prevent

the cable from sliding or falling off.

External Ethernet cable cat5e 24 AWG

External PSU cable 13 AWG

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Figure 11 Fixing of Indoor-Outdoor cable

Check that the cable path from the FlexiPacket MultiRadio is not under stress or subjectto an anomalous torsion.

Check that the grounding connection of the Indoor-Outdoor cable is properly connected

before the building/shelter entrance to an appropriate Grounding distribution plate.

Note that two grounding kits per cable are supplied with the system (one additional kit

per cable is supplied each 30 m cable lenght after the first 40 m). In any case refer to

the customer and project specification.

Figure 12 Indoor-Outdoor cable, Grounding connection (IDU cable)


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4 Requirements for WebLCT PCRefer to Table 4 Test Instruments on page 15.


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5 PC connection to the FlexiPacket MultiRadio

• Connect the Ethernet interface of the PC to the FlexiPacket MultiRadio depending

on the test bench scenario (refer to para. 2.2 on page 16).

• FlexiPacket MultiRadio has two IP addresses:

• For the default configuration, the IP address of the PC needs to be 192.168.255.x,

where x (between 4 and 253) provides an available IP address.

• If no DCN Planning configuration is available (or Stand alone Link) it is suggested toconfigure on the equipment the following IP addresses (refer to para. 6.7 to set these

parameters).

Consequently the PC must be set with an IP address belonging to the same IP Subnet.

Before opening the PC it is suggested to verify the connectivity between the PC and the

Equipment. To check apply a ping command from the Windows DOS Prompt.

IP Default IP address

IPpublic (configurable) 0.0.0.0

IPdefault (fixed) 192.168.255.3

Table 8 IP addresses scheme

FlexiPacket MultiRadio Configuration

Description

Station A Station B

IP Address (1+0) 10.10.10.16 10.10.10.18

IP Addresses (1+1) 10.10.10.16

10.10.10.17

10.10.10.18

10.10.10.19

IP Netmask 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0

DHCP Client Disabled Disabled

Table 9 FlexiPacket MultiRadio configuration


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6 Equipment configuration (station A)This chapter gives all the information to configure the main parameters of the NE in

order to implement the commissioning.

t In case of 1+1 configuration configure first the Main FlexiPacket MultiRadio and then theProtection FlexiPacket MultiRadio.

Steps

1 Open the Web browser:

2 Enter http:\\192.168.255.3 (default IP address)

t From a single PC it is possible to open at least 16 WebLCT instances at the sametime in order to configure at least 16 FlexiPacket MultiRadios.

3

The Java authentication screen opens.

Figure 14 Open NE screen

4 Enter:

• User name: admin

• Password: sysmanager

t After the first launch you can install a shortcut into the desktop through the JavaControl Panel.

5 The NE main view is presented.


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Figure 15 FlexiPacket MultiRadio - Main view

The left-hand part of the window contains a tree structure organized in folders, which

represent the main functionalities. In turn, each main functionality is divided into

functions, according to the above structure. The Commission, included in Status

and Config > Equipment, comprises:

• System Configuration

• Operation Administration & Maintenance

• Gbe: Physical

• Gbe: Switch

• Radio: BB Modem

• Radio: RF

• Networking

• Date & Time


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6.1 System Configuration

Figure 16 System Configuration

The dialog box is divided into System Type, System and Configure areas.

System Type area

Steps

1 In the System Type area click on the Change System Type button. The following

screen opens.

2 Select the System Type and the Cables (one or two) to be used to interconnect the

FlexiPacket MultiRadios to the Indoor Device. The supported configurations are

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t Note 1 - In order to provide resilience against hardware failures FlexiPacket Multi-Radio supports two different behaviours according to the type of IDU which the Flex-

iPacket MultiRadio is connected to:

• HW Protection mode 1 (CCM based): for interoperability with IDUs whichsupport the protection mechanism (Ax200, and IDU FirstMile).

• HW Protection mode 3 (Standalone): for interoperability with a generic L2

Bridge which implements Learning, Forwarding and Filtering.

3 Select the Mode: CCM based or Standalone, as explained in the previous table. The

mode can be changed only in configurations with 2 cables.

4

Only for 2+0 XPIC System Type select the Polarization to be associated to the

FlexiPacket MultiRadio: horizontal polarization or vertical polarization.

5 Enter the P-CCM VID: specific VID for each Protection Group (from 16 to 49).

Configuration HW

protection

Mode(Note 1)

ETSI

supported

system type

NAM

supported

system type

1+0 - x x

1+0 Ring - x x

1+1 Hot Stand-by - 2 cables CCM based x x

Standalone x -

1+1 Hot Stand-by - single cable - x -

1+1 FD - 2 cables CCM based x x

1+1 SD - 2 cables CCM based x -

2+0 FD - 2 cables CCM based x x

2+0 XPIC - 2 cables CCM based x x

Standalone x -

2+0 XPIC - single cable - x -

Table 10 System configurations


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System area

Steps

1

Four comment fields are provided for Customer convenience: Name/Con-

tact/Location/User Data.

2 Field Powered by can take one of the following values:

• Info Not Used: No information in the field

• External PS: Power supply on the dedicated cable

• Midspan-injector : Power supply coming from the Power Injector

• Switch-pse: Power + Ethernet from the Indoor Device

This field is only for user information.

Configure area

Steps

1 Click on the Synchronization button to configure the synchronization parameters

(refer to paragraph 6.1.1).

2 Click on the Protection button in case of 1+1 System Types to configure the protec-

tion parameters (refer to paragraph 6.1.2).

6.1.1 Synchronization

Clicking on the Synchronization button (in the Configure area of the System Config-

uration menu) the Synchronization menu opens.

Figure 17 Synchronization

The menu has 2 tab-panels:

•In Use Configuration

• Local Status


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6.1.1.1 Synchronization parameter overview

Different parameters have to be configured:

• Operation Mode: to configure the direction of clock propagation; three options are

available:

• No clock transfer : the system is not configured to carry synchronization infor-

mation (Free Run);

• Fixed Clock Transfer : the direction of the synchronization propagation is stati-

cally configured (by means of Source Port item in the Synchronization menu); it

is not changed run-time based on quality or priority;

• Priority Based Clock Transfer : the direction of clock propagation is determined

on the basis of the source priority: the source with the highest priority is the one

selected as a source port.

• GbE source type: to declare if the characteristics of GbE interface are compliant to

Synchronous Ethernet quality; to allow this interface to be selected as synchroniza-

tion source this option MUST be flagged.

• Source for synch propagation: to select the source port. The effect depends on

the selected direction of clock propagation: in particular, in case of :

• No Clock Transfer : it has no effect;

• Fixed Clock Transfer : it indicates the fixed clock source;

• Priority based Clock Transfer : it indicates the preferred source clock (highest

priority).

• SSM management: to enable//disable the management of SSM messages; two

options are available:

• Disabled: it foresees the following behavior:

•

The FlexiPacket MultiRadio does not handle the received SSM messagesand it discards them;

• The FlexiPacket MultiRadio does not generate the SSM messages;

• Enabled: The SSM messages are taken into account for determining the quality

associated to a synchronization source. This option has to be selected also in

case of the quality of a source is forced by means of the clock source table in

the synchronization menu.

t The Local capabilities field (menu GbE > Physical) must be set to 1000Base-T FullDuplex for the selection as synchronization source.

t The Synchronization via Synchronous Ethernet requires the configuration of the QoScapabilities for the proper management of the SSM messages. This configuration mustbe done in GbE > Switch menu.

Several parameters have to be configured: the first one is the classification criteria for

the identification of the SSM messages. The criterion according to which they are clas-

sified can be either:

• Ether-Type: the option has to be flagged; the value is 8809 (showed in this

example)

Or

• Destination MAC address: the value is 01-80-C2-00-00-02

In the EtherType Priority Add menu two parameters have to be configured:

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• Priority Value, which has to be set equal to a priority associated to a non-congestion

subject WFQ queue.

t

SSM management (Quality Level)

The Sync source quality levels are transmitted via SSM messages. The SSM contains

the quality level of the transmitting clock, and hence represents a unidirectional channel

between the Sync control in the transmitter NE and that of the receiver NE.

The quality criterion can be disabled (enabled / disabled modes) upon configuration,

that is quality level shall not be considered in order to choose the sync source.

In the disabled mode, the selection is based on the criteria of enabling / alarm / priority.

Furthermore, no SSM messages shall be transmitted from the Sync interfaces, and

possible received SSM messages shall be ignored. Finally, in this mode, lack of

received SSMs is not considered a fault condition of the Sync source.

In the enabled mode, among all the available sources, the one with highest quality is

selected. Only Sync sources with received quality level higher than QL-DNU are quali-fied for the system clock selection. A received signal carrying a SSM with QL-DNU must

not be used for synchronization because a timing loop situation could result if it is used.

To protect against possible failure, the lack of the messages for a 5 second period is

considered to be a failure condition. That Sync source is then subject to a wait-to-restore

period (see below).

Upon reception of an event SSM, the QL state is changed to the new QL value, and the

information timer is reset.

The transmitted SSMs contain the quality level of the selected source (and, as men-

tioned, QL-DNU in case of free-running); however, in order to avoid timing loops, the

system transmits from some interfaces the QL-DNU quality level instead of the systemclock quality level.

More in detail, the system must always transmit an SSM with QL-DNU from the interface

which is used as the actual synchronization source for the NE clock; the system must

always transmit an SSM with QL-DNU from the 1000Base-T GbE interface if it is slave-

clock; the other cases of QL-DNU insertion depend on the configured system type and

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6.1.1.2 Synchronization configuration

Steps

1

Click on the Modify button in the In Use Configuration tab-panel.

Figure 18 Modify

2 Select the Operation mode: No Clock Transfer/Fixed Based Clock Trasfer/Priority

Base Clock Transfer.

3 Select in the GbE source type “Synchronous” to propagate the synch.

4 Select in the Source for synch propagation field the source to be used to lock the

system clock:

1. “GbE”: the clock extracted from the Ethernet interface to the IDU;

2. “Radio”: the clock extracted from the received radio data IDU;

3. “ODU-ODU”: the clock extracted from the data received from the other co-

located ODU (only in Configurations with two FlexiPacket MultiRadios).

5 Select the SSM management (Synchronous Status Message): enabled/disabled.

6 If the SSM management has been enabled, the Port quality level area appear.


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Figure 19 Port Quality level

If the ports, as default, are in “Auto”, the clock recovered from the in use sync source

is transported on the ports. On the port currently in use as sync source is written

“Don’t use” (qlDUS).

By clicking on Modify it is possible to force the quality level for each port.

7 In the Local Status tab-panel in the Clock source area a summary of the current

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Figure 20 Clock source

8 In the Local Synchronization status area the following information is given:

•ODU synch status: the source to which the synch is locked;

• Sync switch counter : number of the sync switches occurred from the last reset;

• SSM missing check box: it is automatically flagged in case of loss of the SSM.


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t Legenda:ns = not supported / not present

x = supported/present

- = not applicable

x (only if activated) = supported if the relevant configuration is enabled.

6.1.2.2 Link Protection Group area

This area allows to configure the role and the other parameters depending on the

System Type as shown in Table 12.

System Type HW

protection

Mode

ODU Role IDU

(E-CCM)

ODU-ODU

(A-CCM)

Protection

(P-CCM)

1+0 Chain - x x (only if activated) ns ns

1+0 Ring - x x (only if activated) x ns

1+1 SD/FD 2 cables

2+0 FD/XPIC 2 cables

2+0 XPIC Ring 2 cables

CCM based Don’t Care x x x

Standalone Don’t Care ns x x

1+1 HSBY 2 cables CCM based Don’t Care x ns x

Standalone Don’t Care ns x x

1+1 HSBY 1 cable - Main ns x ns

Protection x (only if activated) x ns

2+0 XPIC 1 cable - Main x (only if activated) x ns

Protection ns x ns

Table 11 CCM use summary

System Type HW

protection

Mode

Role/Status Interfaces

GbE Radio ODU-ODU

1+0 Chain - x x x inactive

1+0 Ring - x x x x

1+1 SD/FD 2 cables

2+0 FD/XPIC 2 cables

2+0 XPIC Ring 2 cables

CCM based Active Master/Active Slave x x x

Standalone Active Master/Active Slave x x x

1+1 HSBY 2 cables CCM based Active/Standby x x inactive

Standalone Active/Standby x x x

2+0 XPIC 1 cable

1+1 HSBY 1 cable

- Active Master x x x

Active Slave inactive x x

Table 12 FlexiPacket MultiRadio Interfaces


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The terminology used to identify the role and the status of the ODUs among the various

System types is summarized in Table 13.

Main/Protection and Active/Standby: the first couple (it is a configuration) gives the

priority of the ODU (useful when the revertive mode of operation is selected), while the

second couple (it is a status) gives the actual role played.

Master/Slave configuration defines the priority of the ODU (useful when the revertive

mode of operation is selected in the system types with two IDU-ODU cables), while the

Active-Master/Active-Slave couple refers to the actual role played, which can changeaccording to the status of the ODUs.

Steps

1 Set the Switching mode: revertive or unrevertive (available only with 1+1 HSB)

2 Set the Suspend interval: select the suitable time interval. Default: 160 sec. The

Suspend interval is the time interval during which the controller is in freezing state.

During this time the stand-by FlexiPacket MultiRadio receives no message from the

active FlexiPacket MultiRadio, except the Suspend Interval message, which

disables the switching for the time configured in the Suspend Interval.

3 Set the ODU role: depending on the configured System Type as shown in Table 12.

t The Force Down command acts on the protection group, causing a switching operation.

t The Rx Clock Switch field must be used to force the Rx switch in case of 1+1 FD or1+1 SD.

Role StatusMain / Protection Active / Standby

Master / Slave Active-Master / Active-Slave

Table 13 ODUs roles


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6.2 GbE - Physical

From the left-side tree select GbE > Physical.

Figure 22 GbE - Physical (1+0)

Figure 23 GbE - Physical (1+1)


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Steps

1 Verify that the Operational Status in the Ethernet area is up.

2 Set the MDI/MDI-X Autosensing field: automatic (default), manMDI and

manMDIX. If set to Automatic the Ethernet cable to be connected to the FlexiPacket

MultiRadio can be straigh or cross.

3 Set the Autonegotiation Protocol field: Enabled (default), Disabled.

If set to Enabled the bit rate and the operation type is automatically set by the

Ethernet interface.

t In the Local Capabilities field, from the selection subwindow, select the desiredvalue. The selected value is shown in Enabled Capabilities. It is possible to enter

the max. capabilities to be negotiated.

4 For the 1000 BaseT interface the Autonegotiation Protocol must be always enabled.

Use the default settings for the Master/Slave Selection field.

t To change the selection (Master or Slave) in the Synchronization screen theSettings must be Freerun (refer to par. 6.1.1).

5 The Flow Control field can be set to:

• Asymmetric Pause

• Symmetric Pause

• Asymmetric & Symmetric Pause

• No Pause

6 Configure the Fast link down feature, if required.

When disabled, the link down is reported following IEEE standard after 750ms.

When enabled, the notification is sent after the timeout defined in the Fast link down

timing field.

7 Configure the Interface Shutdown on Radio Link feature (if required).

This features is available only with the System Types 1+0 and 1+0 Ring.

The user can enable/disable the feature and set its related configurable parameters:

• Interface Down Time:

It is the time after which the Ethernet interface is turned on again.

Range: [1…30]

Default value: 6 secs. Step: 1 sec.

• Wait to Restore Time:

It is the time that must elapse before enabling the radio port of the switch after

the air-loss condition has ended.

Range: [30...300]

Default value: 60 secs. Step: 10 secs.

t This feature (available only in 1+0) speeds up the reconfiguration of the FlexiPacketMultiRadio-based rings beyond the possibilities of the standard xSTP protocol.

In a scenario defined by ring topology managed by RSTP, the FlexiPacket MultiRa-

dio is requested to signal to the IDU, that runs the RSTP, a loss of connectivity on

the radio interface by shutting down the GbE interface.


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The IDU reacts instantly, i.e. not waiting for the timeout defined in the protocol, to

such event (Ethernet link-down) by re-routing the data traffic towards the other direc-

tion in the ring.

The behavior is: • Upon detection of air-loss condition, the Ethernet interface of the GbE port is

shut down, so that a link loss is detected at the other side of the Ethernet con-

nection.

• The radio port of the switch is disabled (in order to avoid unidirectional link after

the connection with the IDU has been restored) and the MAC forwarding table

of the bridge is flushed.

• After a configurable timeout has elapsed the Ethernet interface is turned on

again (to allow local management).

• The radio port of the switch is restored after the air-loss alarm is off only when a

wait-to-restore time has elapsed.

8 Press pushbutton Reset to restart the physical interface.


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6.3 GbE - Switch

From the left-side tree select GbE > Switch.

Figure 24 Switch configure

In the screen seven areas are present, which have to be configured:

1. Forwarding area

2. VLAN Support area

3. E1 Prioritization area

4. Header Compression

5. Priority Settings

6. Scheduling

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1) Forwarding area configuration

Figure 25 Forwarding area configuration

Steps

1 Change the Ageing Time, if needed. Default value: 300 sec.

2 Define a Static MAC table, if required, by clicking on Static MAC DB. The nextscreen opens.

Figure 26 Static MAC Table

3 Click on Add. The next screen opens.

Figure 27 Add in MAC Table

4 Enter the Destination MAC Address and select the Interface Type (LocalPort/Radio Port/Micro Port).


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t The internal L2 switch has 3 ports. One port (Local Port) is connected to the Ethernetinterface; another port (Radio Port) is connected to the Modem and the last port

(Micro Port) is connected to the internal microprocessor.

By selecting “Radio Port” the frame with the specified MAC destination address isalways forwarded from the Local Port or from the Micro Port to the Radio Port.

By selecting “Local Port” the frame with the specified MAC destination address is

always forwarded from the Radio Port or from the Micro Port to the Local Port.

By selecting “Micro Port” the frame with the specified MAC destination address is

forwarded from the Radio Port or from the Local Port to the Micro Port.

5 Click on OK. The next screen opens with the MAC address previously inserted.

Figure 28 Static MAC Table

6 Check the Special Frame Handling table. No changes can be done.


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Figure 29 Special frame handling

The Table is the default table with default MAC Address and default Mode where:

• filtered (the frame is discarded)

• flooded (the frame is sent to all the ports)

• management (the frame is sent to the microprocessor)

• normal traffic (the frame transits between the local Ethernet port and the radio

port)

t By clicking on Clear All MAC DB Entries the MAC Table is cleared.

t By clicking on View MAC DB Entries the MAC Table (autolearning and static) canbe exported in an xml file.


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2) VLAN Support area configuration

Figure 30 VLAN Support area configuration

Steps:

1 Click the VLAN Table button.

2 The VLAN Table screen opens.

The VLAN table will include all the VLAN Ids which will be managed in the Priority

Setting area. (All the other VLAN IDs will transit without any priority association).

Figure 31 Default VLAN Table

3 Click on Add and insert the VLAN ID with the relevant Description.

Figure 32 VLAN Id Add

4 Press OK.

5 The VLAN DB Table will include the VLAN ID previously configured.


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Figure 33 VLAN Table with one VLAN Id

6 Repeat steps 3 to 4 to insert the other VLAN Ids. Max. number of rows: 4095.

7 In the next figure an example is given with 4 rows.

Figure 34 VLAN DB Table example


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t How to delete a row in the VLAN tableSteps

a Select the row to be deleted.

Figure 35 VLAN Delete

b Click Delete.

c Click Close.

8 Put a check mark on the VLAN Filtering box to allow only to the VLAN IDs written

in the VLAN table to enter the switch. All the other VLAN will be dropped at the input

of the switch.


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3) E1 Priorization area configuration (Modulation driven service add/drop feature)

Figure 36 E1 Priorization area configuration

The services can be filtered according to the following criteria:

• VID only

• PCP (Priority Code Point) only

• A combination of VID and PCP

Steps

1 In the ACM Threshold field, select the Modulation scheme. Below this threshold, in

the ACM engine some services, selected in the Filtering Scheme field, will be

dropped.

2 Select in the Service Filtering Mode field the filter criteria: VID only, PCP only, VID

and PCP.

3 Press the Filtering Scheme button and select the services to be dropped. The fol-

lowing screen opens.

Figure 37 Filtering Scheme

4 Select a row and click on Modify. The following screen opens.


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Figure 38 Filtering Scheme

5 Change the Filtering Mode previously assigned.

6 Click on OK.


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4) Header Compression

t New packet networks are going towards very high bit rates, e.g. 1 Gbit/s and above,whereas the capacity over the FlexiPacket MultiRadio is limited to few hundreds Mbit/s.

In many services and applications, payload of the packets is almost of the same size oreven smaller than the header. Over the end-to-end connection, comprised of multiple

hops, these protocol headers are extremely important but over just one link (hop-to-hop)

these headers serve no useful purpose. It is possible to compress those headers, pro-

viding in many cases significant savings, and thus save the bandwidth and use the radio

resource efficiently. Header compression also provides other important benefits, such

as reduction in packet loss and improved interactive response time.

In brief, header compression is the process of compressing excess protocol headers

before transmitting them on a link and uncompressing them to their original state on

reception at the other end of the link. It is possible to compress the protocol headers due

to the redundancy in header fields of the same packet as well as consecutive packets

of the same packet stream.

t FlexiPacket MultiRadio proprietary Header Compression Service is based on theconcept of compression rules associated to a specific traffic service. Each compres-

sion rule is unambiguously defined and identifies the amount of bytes that can be

removed from the packet. Up to 1024 compression rules can be defined; some rules are

predefined (up to 511) and ready to be selected, while the others will be defined, on field,

by the operator.

At the same time, the traffic service must be identified by means of MAC addresses or

VLAN ID and/or VLAN priority, when the frames are VLAN tagged. Up to 64 traffic

services can be defined simultaneously.

When MAC Address criterion has been enabled, the traffic service can be identifiedaccording to the following criteria:

• MAC Destination Address only

• MAC Source Address only

• Both MAC Addresses

When MAC Destination Address only is selected the user can enter the MAC Desti-

nation Address that will be compressed, irrespective of the MAC Source Address value.

When MAC Source Address only is selected the user can enter the MAC Source

Address that will be compressed, irrespective of the MAC Destination Address value.

When Both Addresses is selected the user can enter both MAC Destination Address

and MAC Source Address that will be compressed.

When VLAN criterion has been enabled, the traffic service can be identified according

to the following criteria:

• VLAN ID (VID) only

• VLAN Priority (Priority Code Point - PCP) only

• A combination of VID and PCP

When VID only is selected the user can enter the list of VIDs that will be compressed,

irrespective of the PCP value.

When PCP only is selected the user can enter the list of PCPs that will be compressed,

irrespective of the VID value.


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When VID and PCP is chosen, the user can enter the couples of VIDs and PCP values

that will be compressed. In this modality, it is possible to add or remove specific couples

of VIDs and PCPs from the traffic service data base at any time.

Figure 39 Traffic Service configuration table

At any time the user can configure, enable, and disable whatever traffic service definition

rule. It shall be also possible to retrieve the current configuration of the defined traffic

services, even when the compression is disabled. All the configurations are stored in a

permanent storage device.

Compresion rulesUp to 1024 compression rules are available. Some rules are predefined and ready to be

selected, while others will be defined, on field, by the operator. Each compression rule

must identify the amount of byte that can be removed from the packet.

The Header compression rules are identified according to the following criteria:

• Predefined (up to 512 rules - numbered from 0 to 511)

• User Defined (up to 512 rules - numbered from 512 to 1023)

In both cases a list containing the indication of every byte that must be suppressed are

provided. Only the first 128 bytes starting from MAC destination address can be sup-

pressed.

When header compression rules have been identified and at least one header compres-sion rule has been enabled, it is possible to define the Header Compression Service

configuration table.

At any time the user can configure, enable, and disable the functionality of service based

header compression. It is also possible to retrieve the current configuration of the

defined services, even when the compression is disabled. All the configurations are

stored in a permanent storage device.

Each Header Compression Service is compound of one traffic service together with a

series of 8 compression rules.

The following objects are provided for configuration:


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Steps

1 Click on the HC rules button in the Header Compression area. The following

screen opens.

Figure 41 HC rules

2 Select the rules to be modified by displaying the range from 513 up to 1024 in the

Show rules field in the bottom.

3

Click on Modify.This window allows to configure a new personalized rule. A rule is characterized by

an identification name and the list of bytes starting from the first byte of the Ethernet

frame (Destination Address) which have to be compressed.

4 Enter the Name of the rule.

5 Tick the Enable check box.


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6 Tick the check boxes of the bytes to be cancelled in the Rule List area (from byte#1

to byte#128).

B) Rules association to a specific Ethernet Service

The Header Compression classification criteria allow to classify the incoming traffic as

belonging to a specific flow to be compressed.

Each compressed flow is identified by two-byte compression header.

The compression produces effects if the number of suppressed bytes is greater than 2.

Steps

1 Click on the HC table button.

The HC Table lists all the packet flows subject to compression. By means of the Add

button it is possible to configure a new compressed flow.

2 Click on Add. The Header Compression Add dialog box opens.


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3 Tick the Service Enable check box.

4 Enter the service description.

5 Select the Mapping Criteria. The following criteria are available:

• Destination MAC address

• Source MAC address

• Source and Destination MAC address

• VID only

• PCP only

• VID and PCP

6 Enter a specific MAC address or VLAN ID or PCP or VLAN ID+PCP according to the

Mapping criterion selected in step 5.

7 In the Rule# area select the rule to be associated (multiple selection can be done).

8 Click on OK.


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5) Priority Settings

Figure 42 Port Configuration area configuration

• Enable the suitable settings (multiple selection can be done) (VLAN

ID/802.1p/IPv4/IPv6/L2-L3 address criteria/MPLS label/Ether Type) by putting acheck mark in the relevant check box.

The first matching is done with VLAN ID (if enabled), the second one with 802.1p (if

enabled) and so on. The last matching is with Ether Type (if enabled).

• According to the enabled setting click on the relevant button.

VLAN Priority Settings

t In the VLAN Id Priority table are listed all the VLAN IDs that have been inserted previ-ously in the VLAN Table in the VLAN Support area.

Steps:

1 Click on VLAN Priority Settings. The next screen opens. The default priority is “Nopriority”, corresponding to queue 0.

Figure 43 VLAN priority table


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2 Select the VLAN Id to be modified and click on Modify (VLAN ID 77 in the example).

Figure 44 VLAN priority modify

3 Change the Priority (from 0 to 7) and click OK.

Figure 45 Modified VLAN priority table

4 Repeat steps 2 to 3 to modify the priority of the other VLAN Ids.


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802.1p Priority settings

Steps:

1 Click on 802.1p button. The next screen opens. The default priority is 0 (lowest pri-

ority)

Figure 46 802.1p Priority Table

2 Click on Modify.

3 Select for each Tag the Priority (from 0 to 7) to be modified and click on OK.

Figure 47 802.1p priority table modify


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IPv4/IPv6 Priority settings

Steps:

1 Click on IPv4/IPv6 button. The next screen opens. The default priority is 0 (lowest

priority).

Figure 48 Diffserv priority table

2 Select one row and click on Modify.

3 Modify the value (from 0 to 7) and click on OK.

Figure 49 Diffserv priority modify

4 Repeat the previous steps to modify the other priorities.


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L2/L3 address criteria

Steps:

1 Click on L2/L3 address criteria button. The next screen opens.

Figure 50 L2/L3 address criteria

2 Click on Add.

3 Enter the Address type, the address and the relevant priority (from 0 to 7) and click

on OK.

Figure 51 L2/L3 address criteria add

t Different Address types can be selected: • Destination MAC address

• Source MAC address

• Destination IPv4 address

• Source IPv4 address

• Destination IPv6 address

• Source IPv6 address

t

MAC address is the L2 address.

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MPLS label

Steps:

1 Click on MPLS label button. The next screen opens. The default priority is 0 (lowest

priority). The MPLS label is a combination of 3 bits, called “Exp Bits” (from 0 to 7).

Figure 52 MPLS label table

2 Select the row relevant to the MPLS label to be managed, tick on the Enable check

box and click on Modify.

3 Modify the value (from 0 to 7) and click on OK.

Figure 53 MPLS label modify


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Ether type

Steps:

1 Click on Ether Type button. The next screen opens.

Figure 54 Ether Type table

2 Click on Add.

3

Enter the Ether Type value, the Priority (from 0 to 7) and click on OK.

Figure 55 Ether Type add


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6) Scheduling area configuration

Figure 56 Scheduling area configuration

Steps

1 Press the Scheduling button. The following screen opens.

Figure 57 Scheduling dialog box

2 By clicking on the Strict priority queues field in the General Settings area one of

the following selections can be done for the Strict Priority.

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