Quick Start Guide

Designed for Operators, by Operators
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• Convergence Sublayer Type. This is the convergence sublayer type that is globally set for
the sector. The available options are ETHERNET_CS and IPv4_CS. The default is
ETHERNET_CS.
• Downlink Broadcast Rate. This is a User defined parameter that specifies the maximum \
Downlink (DL) rate in bits/second for the purposes of Ethernet Multicast, Ethernet Broadcast
and IP broadcast traffic. This rate can be set up to 1Mbps and it uses QPSK ½ modulation rate
over the air. This parameter is only valid when operating in stand-alone mode. The default is
64000.
• Block DHCP Downlink Broadcasts. Selecting this option prevents rouge DHCP servers
behind Subscriber Units from assigning IP addresses back to the network. This is primarily
applicable for the Ethernet CS (Convergence Sublayer) mode of operation. By default this
option is disabled.
• CPE to CPE Relaying (ETH CS). If this option is enabled, it would allow all traffic to flow
between the two CPEs without the need for the frames to be sent back to the backhaul side.
This is applicable only in Ethernet CS stand-alone mode of operation. Only unicast and ARP
broadcast frames will be relayed. This is useful for allowing two remote offices or locations
to communicate. Please note that latency will be double on communications and the
maximum capacity will be determined by the lowest of the uplink modulation rates between
Subscriber Units.
• CPE to CPE All Broadcasts (ETH CS). If this option is enabled, it would allow all broadcast
traffic to be relayed between the two CPEs. This is useful if the application requires Ethernet
Broadcast frames other than ARP to be relayed. Examples include video broadcasting using
IPTV. This is applicable only in Ethernet CS stand-alone mode of operation when CPE to CPE
relaying is enabled.
• Downlink ARP Override. Downlink ARP Unicast packets are retransmitted as ARP broadcast
packets.
• Mode. This is the Base Station Mode of network operation and the available options are:
o standalone-local. Base Station operates in standalone mode where the users are local to
the Base Station; CPE provisioning database is location and it is not connected to an ASN
Gateway)
o standalone-local-AAA. Base Station operates in standalone mode, uses AAA for
provisioning of the CPEs and is not connected to an ASN Gateway. The AAA specifies the
AC address of the CPE and the Client Profile ID that should be used by the CPE. The Client
Profiles are configured in the Base Station and is must be maintained the same across all
base station in a deployment served by the same AAA server
o asn-gateway. ASN Gateway is used for all provisioning of the CPEs, there will be a
GRE tunnel created between the Sector and the ASN Gateway and all data traffic will
be sent out from the ASN Gateway (aggregator) and AAA provisioning