User's Guide

Pre-installation Procedures
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Step Three: Perform a Site Survey
In this step, you assess the Line of Sight and RF environmental factors.
• Check for the existence of competing RF signals, using a spectrum analyzer.
• Detect and measure the potential sources of interference in selected RF bands
for each site
• Mark the direction and nature of detected RF interference on the wireless net-
work map (created in step two).
• Determine the height of obstacles (trees, buildings, highways) in each link’s
path.
Step Four: Finalize the Design
The final step includes adjusting your plan and selecting equipment.
• Adopt changes in the network layout to overcome RF interference, and to
guarantee the minimum required bandwidth for each link.
• Adjust antenna height requirements based on identified obstacles in the site
survey.
• Select the antenna types for each site, based on the link distance and minimum
antenna co-location requirements.
• Select an RF channel and antenna polarity plan for each link.
• Select cable types and lengths.