Planning PMP networks

The goal of PMP network planning is to ensure that the Subscribers are connected to the appropriate Network Device and will perform to an acceptable level, measured by the Predicted Receive Power and Max Usable Mode values in the Performance Summary section of the Subscriber Modules. To allow LINKPlanner to predict the Receive Power and Max Usable Mode, the planner must enter the variables that affect link performance, such as: band, region, equipment, antenna, height, terrain and obstructions.

To achieve this goal, follow this process:

1. Start the application and set options. See Starting the Application.

2. Build a project to model a PMP network. See Projects.

3. Enter details of all sites in the project. See Sites.

4. Create the PMP Network Devices. See PMP Network Devices.

5. Create Mesh Links (only for 60 GHz cnWave Networks). See Mesh Links.

6. Connect Subscriber Sites to a PMP Network Device and create profiles of those links. See Subscriber Modules.

7. Confirm that the link will perform to an acceptable level, measured by the Receive Power and Max Usable Mode values in the Performance Summary section of the Subscriber Modules.

8. Export and report project, site and link data. See Exporting and Reporting

The Best Server Analysis feature can be used to automatically connect subscriber sites to the network devices in a project.

• PMP Network Devices
  • Creating Network Devices
  • Displaying PMP Network Devices
  • Deleting a Network Device
  • PMP Network Device Page
    • General
    • Equipment
    • Product Configuration
    • Antenna Configuration
    • Power Panel
  • Calculating Tilt Angle
  • Component Carriers
  • Mesh Links
  • Links to Subscriber Modules
  • Performance Summary
  • Bill of Materials
    • Bill of Materials for PMP Network Device
    • Bill of Materials for Subscriber Modules
    • Viewing & saving the BOM file in MS Excel
• Mesh Links
  • Creating Mesh Links
  • Displaying Mesh Links
  • Deleting Mesh Links
  • Mesh Link Page
  • Equipment Summary
  • Profile
  • Performance Summary
    • Performance to Devices
    • Link Summary
    • Link Summary additional information
  • Performance Details
    • Common Details
    • Performance to each end
• Subscriber Modules
  • Creating and Deleting Subscriber Modules
    • Creating Subscriber Modules / PMP Links
    • Displaying PMP Links
    • Deleting Subscriber Modules
  • Subscriber Module Description and Equipment
    • General
    • Equipment
    • Product Configuration
    • Antenna Configuration
    • Power
    • Component Carrier
  • Profile
  • Performance Summary
    • Performance to Network Device and Subscriber Module
    • Link Summary
  • Performance Details
    • Common Details - 450 family
    • Common Details - ePMP
    • Common Details - cnWave 5G Fixed
    • Common Details - 60 GHz cnWave
    • Performance to each end (Network Device and Subscriber Module)
  • Bill of Materials for Subscriber Module
    • Viewing & saving the Subscriber Module BOM file in MS Excel