User's Manual

2 ProductDescription
APMP320AccessNetworkprovidesalowcostpoint‐to‐multipointbroadband
infrastructureoptimizedforfixedoutdoorapplications.Theaccesspointisan802.16e
microbasestationwithWiMAXCPEinteroperability.Thesystemoffersanintegrated,
all‐outdoorsolutionwithsimpleinstallationforrapiddeployment.
TargetapplicationsforthePMP320AccessNetworkinclude
 Tier2/tier3carriers,wherethePMP320systemprovidesacost‐
effective,reliablebroadbandconnectivityforresidentialandbusiness
customers
 Governmentnetworkoperators,wherethePMP320systemprovides
broadband‐basedinfrastructureforadministrativenetworks
 Wirelessserviceproviders,withbroadbandnetworkserviceforany
sizeoperation
 Wirelineserviceproviders,withbroadbandwirelessextensionsfor
existingDSLorcablenetworks.
Asshownin
Figure1,aPMP320networkconsistsof
 APs–CAP320AccessPoints,usuallytower‐mountedinafour‐sector
configuration.
 SMs‐CSM320SubscriberModules,CustomerPremiseEquipment
(CPE),usuallymountedonaresidenceorotherstructure,and
poweredbyapoweradapterprovidingstandard802.3afpowerover
Ethernet.
 CMM4(ClusterManagementModule4)–azero‐footprintenclosure
housingaGPSmoduleconnectedtoaGPSantenna,sync‐andpower‐
injectioncircuitry,surgeprotection,andamanagedswitch.TheCMM
isusedtoprovidecustom“syncoverpoweroverEthernet”totheAPs
aswellasofferinganetworked,managedswitch.
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