User's Manual Part 1
Release8OverviewofCycloneNetworks
Issue2,November2007 Draft5forRegulatoryReview 49
5 EXPLORINGTHESCOPEOFSOLUTIONS
Cyclone wireless broadband applications include:
• local area network (LAN) extensions
• Internet subscriber service
• high-bandwidth point-to-point connections
• multicast video (for instruction or training, for example)
• private branch exchange (PBX) extensions
• point-to-multipoint data backhaul
• redundant network backup
• video surveillance
• voice over IP (VoIP)
• TDM over Ethernet (for legacy voice and data)
5.1 COMPONENTS
Cyclone networks use some or all of the following components. For the components that
provide a graphical user interface (GUI), access to the GUI is through a web browser. In
Release 8 and later, cascading style sheets (CSS) configure the GUI. Thus an operator is
able to customize the GUI by editing these style sheets.
5.1.1 CycloneAccessPointModuleandCycloneOFDMAccessPointModule
The Cyclone Access Point (AP) module provides broadband connectivity in a 60° sector.
The Cyclone OFDM AP provides broadband connectivity in a 90° sector. Either supports
up to 200 subscribers and 4,096 MAC addresses, which may be directly-connected PCs,
IP appliances, gateways, Subscriber Modules (SMs), and the AP, except that no limit
applies behind subscriber network address translation (NAT) gateways. The AP is
configurable through a web interface. A Cyclone AP can only communicate with a
Canopy SM, not also an Advantage SM or a Cyclone Lite SM. A Cyclone OFDM AP can
only communicate with a Cyclone OFDM SM.
5.1.2 AdvantageAccessPointModule
The Cyclone Advantage AP distributes services as broadly as the Cyclone AP. However,
the Advantage AP provides greater throughput and less latency. Each tab in the GUI for
Cyclone Advantage modules displays the distinctive branding shown in
Figure 1.
Figure 1: Cyclone Advantage Platform GUI logo
The Advantage AP communicates with all Canopy SMs in its frequency band range:
Canopy SMs, Advantage SMs, and Cyclone Lite SMs.