User guide

Understanding Canopy Networks March 2005
Through Software Release 6.1
Issue 1 Page 37 of 425
Canopy System User Guide
5 EXPLORING THE SCOPE OF SOLUTIONS
Canopy 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
Canopy networks use some or all of the following components.
5.1.1 Access Point Module
The Access Point Module (AP) distributes network or Internet services in a 60° sector to
200 subscribers or fewer (and not more than 4,096 MAC addresses, which may be
directly-connected PCs, IP appliances, gateways, SMs, and the AP, except that no limit
applies behind subscriber NAT gateways). The AP is configurable through a web
interface.
5.1.2 Access Point Cluster
The AP cluster consists of two to six APs
that together distribute network or Internet
services to a community of 1,200 or fewer
subscribers. Each AP transmits and
receives in a 60° sector. An AP cluster
covers as much as 360°.
An AP cluster is pictured in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Pole-mounted AP cluster