Software Upgrades - Cisco BWX 8305 Installation And Commissioning Manual

Chapter 3 Overview
Table 3-1
Title of Document or Form
Guidelines for Painting Cisco Antenna
High-Powered BWX Basestation Antenna
Software Upgrade Procedures
3.4 BWX 8305 Basestation Components
A Cisco BWX Mobile WiMAX system provides wireless broadband access to a core network, typically
to the Internet or to any local or wide area network (LAN/WAN). When a Service Provider has
established BSs in a given coverage area, the subscriber connects a BWX 110 or BWX 210 Desktop
Modem to their computer (or inserts a BWX 120 PCMCIA Modem into their laptop) to access the
network without the need for a professional installer.
This is what Cisco refers to when it says its system is "zero-install
installation schedule for the consumer. In fact, some Service Providers have their subscribers pick up
their Modems at retail stores, or, in some cases, simply mail the Modems to the subscribers. The
subscriber Modem is generally referred to as Subscriber Station(SS). The SSs can be Desktop Modems
that attach via an Ethernet cable to the user's PC, or they can be Wireless PC Cards that insert in the
PCMCIA slot on a laptop computer.
In Release 7.0 Cisco offers three Subscriber Stations: the BWX 110 Desktop Modem, the BWX 210
Desktop Modem, and the BWX120 PCMCIA Modem Card. The BWX 110 Desktop Modem covers a 2
MHz frequency range and comes with a Liquid-crystal Display (LCD) front panel, that shows signal
status, while the BWX 210 Desktop Modem covers a 5 MHz frequency range, has no LCD display and
is simply switched on/off. The BWX 120 PCMCIA plugs into laptops for true portability to change
locations easily, where coverage is available.
The entire BWX Mobile WiMAX system
Basestations, Subscriber Stations (SSs, also referred to as Modems), the Element Management System
(EMS), and the Broadband Wireless Gateway (BWG). The BS portion of the system consists of the BWX
8305 Basestation, BWX 8303 Basestation Timing System, and the BWX Basestation Antenna.
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BWX 8305 Basestation Installation and Commissioning Guide
BWX 8305 Basestation Components
Where to Find It
Appendix I, "Guidelines for
Painting a Cisco Antenna"
Appendix J, "High-Powered BWX
Basestation Antenna"
Appendix L, "Software Upgrade
Procedures (Example)"
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