Installation Guide

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Diversity
Atechniquebywhichthereliabilityofaradiolinkisincreased
usingmultipletransmittingandreceivingantennas,transmitting
thesamesignalonallantennas.
Downlink
DatatrafficfromanHBStoanHSU,or
DatatrafficfromanRTAtoanRTB
DUO DualBandbasestation
EIRP
Equivalent(orEffective)Isotr
opic
allyRadiatedPower:Thepower
thatanantennamustemittoproducethepeakpowerdensityin
thedirectionofmaximumantennagain.Inourcases,thisis
usually:SystemTxPower+Antenna
Gain‐CableLoss.
FAA
FederalAviationAdministration.AU.S.federalofficethatmanages
aviationregulationsthroughouttheUnitedSta
tes.
Fix
ed(HSU)
A“fixed”HSUremainsinonelocation,ascontrastedwitha
nomadicormobileHSU,whichdoesnotremaininonelocation.
GHSS GPSHubSiteSynchronization
GRE
GenericRoutingEncapsulation.Acommunicationprotocolusedto
establishadirect,pointtopointconnectionbetweennetwork
nodes.GREletstwopeersshar
edat
atheywouldn’tbeableto
shareoverthepublicnetworkitself.
GRETunnel
Avirtualpointtopointconnectionbetweentwonetworks,using
theGREprotocoltocarrythisout.
HBS HighcapacityBaseStation.SameasaBS
HMU
HighcapacityMobility(subscriber)Unit.SimilartoanHSU,butcan
bemobi
le.
HSC
HubSyn
cClient:WhenusingHubSiteSynchronization,oneunitis
amaster(generatesthesyncpulses),andtheotherunitsare
clients.
HSM
HubSyncMaster:WhenusingHubSiteSynchronization,oneunit
isamaster(generatesthesyncpulses),andtheotherunitsare
clients.
HSU HighcapacitySub
scriberUnit.SameasanSU
IGMP In
ternetGroupManagementProtocol
ISU
IntegratedSynchronizationUnit:anetworkdevicethatprovidesa
synchronizationsignaltoundergroundHBSs.
ITHO Intratrainhandovermechanism
LFF LargeFormFactor
TableC1:Terminology(Sheet2of4)
Term Description
FOR REGULATORY USES ONLY