Starfruit Communications is a newly established telecommunication company specializing in distributing major brands of mobile phones.

They also provide repair services for the different brands of phones sold. The company intends to open 10 branches and choose to first determine the markets response before deciding the permanent locations for each branch. The Starfruit Communications headquarter will be located in Kuala Lumpur while the branches will be located in Kuala Lumpur and also Petaling Jaya. The location of the branches is approximately 12 miles apart from each other and away from the headquarters. Therefore, the management has decided to evaluate the feasibility of using Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) technology for the voice and data communication between the branches and the headquarters.
ASSUMPTION

The following assumptions are made based on the consultants understanding of the scenario: Starfruit Communications intend to implement WiMAX to provide connectivity for its 10 new branches to the company headquarters The purpose of this implementation is to determine the market response to the new branches before allocating them permanent locations The company wishes to evaluate WiMAX for its flexibility in terms of data and voice plans, coverage, mobility and cost. It is assumed that a WiMAX Base Station is located close of Starfruit Communications base station. The company has the budget for implementing WiMAX at all of its locations. No cost feasibility studies on equipment will be done.

 The companys computers are a built with WiFi Adaptor due to the previous network required. Star fruit company are required to provide service which helps the client to updating cell phone firmware or download high quality video or data.

INTRODUCTION OF WIMAX OVERVIEW

WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) Technology is presently one of the most promising global telecommunication systems. Great hopes and important investments have been made for WiMAX, which is broadband wireless access system,WiMAX network technology covers wireless digital communications system based on IP that provide performance similar to 802.11 Wi-Fi networks with the coverage and quality of service of cellular networks. WiMAX can provide broadband wireless access up to 30 miles (50km) for fixed stations, and 3 to 10 miles same as (5-15km) for mobile stations compared to Wi-Fi which is limited in most cases to only (30-100m).

(Loutfi Nuaymi, 2007)

By deploying WiMAX to the Starfruit company the operation can be done on both licensed and non licensed frequencies at the same time Starfruit Company will enable the adoption of advanced radio features and reduce cost for the all signal transmission process, using of WiMAX to the Starfruit company will ensure that the broadband wireless radios manufactures such as maxis, digi give customer use interoperate from vendor to vendor also it is considered as last mile broadband access due to its fast and swift access to provide wireless connection.

(WiMAX.com 20011)

HOW DOES WIMAX WORKS

WiMAX technology Practical operates quit similarly to WiFi but WiMAX works greats in terms of speeds, distance, and greater number of users. In wifi computers can be connected through wireless LAN card to nearby access point, wireless router or any Hotspot, it does not works this way when we talk about connectivity in WiMAX.

HARDWARE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR WIMAX NETOWORK

WiMAX network connectivity constitutes of two parts, one can define as WiMAX tower, it is known as WiMAX Base station, whereas the other is WiMax Customer Premises Equipment. a) A WiMAX tower, the idea here is similar in concept to a cell phone tower a single WiMAX tower can provide coverage to a very large area as big as 3,000 square miles (8,000 square km). A WiMAX tower station can connect directly to the Internet using a high-bandwidth, wired connection (for example, a T3 line). It can also connect to another WiMAX tower using a line of sight, microwave link. This connection to a second tower along with the ability of a single tower to cover up to 3,000 square miles is what allows WiMAX to provide coverage to remote rural areas. (Edward Grabianowski and Marshall Brain, 2011)

The figure 1: above illustrate A WiMAX tower

b) Customer Premises Equipment (CPE, also known as WiMAX receiver) is Hardware which used for receiving WiMAX signals from the Base Station. User are able to connect WiMAX network when fall under the coverage of any WiMAX base station. The receiver and antenna could be a small box or PCMCIA card, or they could be built into a laptop the way WiFi access is today.

The figure 2: above illustrate A WiMAX receiver, (Edward Grabianowski and Marshall Brain,
2011)

The current market is mostly focus on either Outdoor CPE or Indoor CPE. c) Outdoor CPE

Figure 3, Motorola WiMAX outdoor CPE - CPE 400, (mediacenter.motorolasolutions.com, ND.)

Based on the studies, WiMAX signal are not able to pass through any RF blocking glass or steel in the buildings walls. This is the reason why Outdoor CPE has been invented. Outdoor CPE offers better performance compared to indoor CPE due to its implemented in Outdoor and provided full reception via a line of sight connection to the base station. The only issue for implementing Outdoor CPE is the cost, which normally cost more than an indoor CPE, due to a number of factors including extra measures necessary to make outdoor CPE weather resistant.

d) Indoor CPE

Figure 4, P1 WiMAX Indoor CPE, DV-230(Left) & DX-230 (Right) (forum.lowyat.net,ND.)

As the name shows, it is CPE which built for indoor purpose. The advantage of implementing Indoor CPE it can be installed easily by anyone. From this point, user is able to setup WiMAX CPE by their self, instead of paying installation fees. In addition, users are also able to get Indoor CPE easily from any online store or retail shop.

(wirelesscommunicationandwimax.blogspot.com, 2009.) WIMAX STARNDARD The WiMAX starndard was developed by the IEEE (institute of electrical and electronic engineers) in several phases. It is based on the work done by IEEE-802 LAN/MAN standards Committee, which was created in February 1980 as with any technology. The development of an industry standard is the critical turning point for widespread adoption. The reason for developing different phase for WiMAX starndard is critical along with ongoing product development and user acceptance for any technology to thrive and become successful. (Amitabh Kumar, 2008)

The figure 5: above shows the Progressions in WiMAX standards, (Amitabh Kumar, 2008)

WIMAX STANDARD COMPARIZON (IEEE 802.16D AND IEEE 802.16E)

When we come into this section basically, the researcher makes comparison between two WiMAX technologies, as shown from the table bellow provided by Motorola. The comparison covers mostly in technical differences, market perspective. By doing this, Starfruit Company can be able to make WiMAX standard investimate decision.

IEEE 802.16-2004(d)

IEEE 802.16e

Service

Fixed and Nomadic

Fixed, Nomadic, Portable and Mobile solutions

Frequency Band

Licensed and unlicensed sub-11 GHz

Sub-6 GHz

Bandwidth

Typically 3.5 MHz

5 and 10, 8.75 MHz, 20 MHz

Data rate

Up to 75 Mbps (20 Mhz channel)

Up to 30 Mbps (10 Mhz channel)

Multiple Access Method

OFDM / OFDMA1

S-OFDMA

Reliability

Customer devices cannot run under Customer devices often run under their own power via battery charge their own power via battery charge

Duplexing

FDD/TDD/Half Duplex FDD2

FDD/TDD/Half Duplex FDD

Channel coder

Concatenated Convolutional RS code, Block TC, CTC3

Concatenated Convolutional RS code, Block TC, CTC, LDPC 2/3/4 Antennas

STC support

2/4 Antennas

Frequency reuse

1 cell reuse not supported

1 cell reuse can be supported

Mobility / Handoff Support

No

Yes

Sleep Modes

No

Yes

Multicast / Broadcast Services

No

Yes

The tables 1: Above provides a comparison of the WiMAX standard specifications for 802.16d and 802.16e: (white paper, 2011).

SOFTWARE
There is two different type of software for using in the Base station, first airOS and airControl. We are using these software, its because that hardware are matching with the airOS and airControl for using in the monitoring part. The Base Station is using this software for control the bandwidth between branches. AirOs program is using for configuration and airControl is using for monitoring part. They are two program but both of them are working together in our company. airOS: airOS is an intuitive, versatile, highly developed Ubiquiti firmware technology. It is exceptionally intuitive and was designed to require no training to operate. Behind the user interface is a powerful firmware architecture which enables hi-performance outdoor multipoint networking.

AIROS SPECIFIC
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Protocol Support Ubiquiti Channelization Spectral Width Adjust ACK Auto-Timing AAP Technology GPS Signal Reporting

airControl: airControl is a powerful and intuitive web based server network management application which allows operators to centrally manage entire networks of Ubiqutii devices.

AIRCONTROL SPECIFIC
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Network Map Monitor Device Status Mass Firmware Upgrade Web UI Access Manage Groups of Devices Task Scheduling

Components

Foroud Makvandi (TO021260)

Sina Khalili (TP022783)

Introduction Chosen standards, site survey and other related considerations

Hardware and Software Requirements Monitor & Maintenance Considerations / Measures Security Implementation Consideration and Measure Evaluation Implementation Diagram Conclusion

MONITORING & MAINTENANCE

Overview
After the implementation of WIMAX and the rest of hardware and required configurations, the network would be ready for data transition from on branch to another, and all the devices with privilege are capable of using the network and its services. This is not the end, it is just the beginning. Such a network is very sensitive and could be disrupted by any means such as hardware or software failure, natural disasters, environmental issues and etc. Sometimes availability is not just the point but effectiveness of the network is more important. Imagine the connection was provided, but there are so many noises on the like which makes it almost vain and useless. This brings network engineers to the thought of network management tools and systems for controlling quality of service and performance management. Network management includes the deployment, integration, and coordination of the hardware, software, and human elements to monitor, test, poll, configure, analyze, evaluate and control the network and element resources to meet the real-time, operational performance, and Quality of Service requirements at a reasonable cost. [Addison-Wesley, 2003] Network management itself breaks down to five major branches and they are fault management, configuration management, accounting / administration management, performance management and security management which are also known as FCAPS, each of the which management parts need its own supervision and controlling system, sometimes manufacturers offer their products with the related management application embedded in the firmware or external hardware. They usually combine (FCAPS) features for more efficiency and effectiveness. Generally to simplify monitoring process administrators integrate all aspects of monitoring in a centralized system to avoid complexity in one system but these applications should differentiate between monitoring areas. In a nut shell the problem which occurs inside the local area network should be separated from the WIMAX. This method will streamline administrator to understand and address the problem faster with more accuracy.

WIMAX AND STATIONS MONITORING & MAINTENANCE SOLUTION

There are several approaches for the network traffic monitoring that has to be considered, For the purpose of WIMAX monitoring system, UBIQUITI offers AIRMAX with very powerful monitoring tool that can support many aspects of FCAPS management features and assure quality of performance. Almost all the usual and professional administrating required information embedded in the software and network administrator is able to observe network health and performance and use smart corrective action. AIROS include two major modes which are network mode that breaks down to transparent bridge, router and SOHO router, and wireless mode which is divided into access point, station (client) and AP-repeater. AIROS is the name of the web-based application which is responsible of configuring, managing and monitoring AIRMAX after deployment. AIROS v5.5.2 is the latest version released.

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
Basically in performance management the administrator gather statistic about network status and performance quality such as transmitted, received data rates, error rates, response time and etc., for the purpose of utilization, analysis and network heath matters.

AIRVIEW
In the UBQUITI log tab there is an AIRVIEW analyzer which is useful for checking noise environment. It is also intelligently adopt the optimal frequency for point to point WIMAX connections. AIRVIEW uses TCP and default port is 188888. The AIRVIEW contains important information about the real-time monitoring. Top bar part shows the device name with the relevant Media Access Control (MAC) address and IP address of computer which is currently performing AIRVIEW, likewise it displays the amount of radio frequency (RF) frames collected form the time admin opens AIRVIEW session or since the reset button was tapped. The other box is FPS which is a short for Frame per Second and as the name states shows the throughput per second. Similarly there are three different indicators use for monitoring in this page.

1) Waterfall chart panel This chart indicates waterfall or channel usage for each frequency after the session was established. This is good for administrator to know which channel is using more bandwidth and which one has lesser traffic. It can be used for the purpose of performance and configuration. 2) Waveform chart This chart is like the previous one is time-based chart and illustrates the RF signature of noise zone after the establishment of the session. The energy colors like shows its magnitude. The warm colors like orange, yellow and red represent the high amount of noise and the cooler colors such as blue or purple shows lower noise in the terms of energy level. 3) Real-time chart Represent real-time traditional spectrum indicator, the energy is the power ratio in decibel (dB) and shows the functionality of RFs.

MAIN
This page is mostly deal with monitoring and performance part. When the admin click on main tab another page will appear that have represented in below.

On this page there are summery about link status information, current configuration status, network setting and material and traffic statistics. Device name shows changeable device (host) name. Network mode displays network running mode which can be router, bridge or SOHO mode. Wireless mode illustrates the radio interface. Basically there are station, access-point and AP-repeater approaches for wireless mode. SSID displays the name of the network that could be recognizable from the other networks. The security also use for the chosen method of security like RAIDIUS or TACAS. The next part is version which shows the version and the uptime is duration of the device has been running from the last boot up. Channel and frequency represent channel number with associated operating frequency. These configurations are totally depends on the country regulation. There is distance indicator to show the distance between devices in mile or Km. TX/RX chain provided to show the number of independent transmitting (TX) and receiving (RX) spatial data simultaneously within one channel.

WLAN0 MAC shows the MAC address of the hardware as perceived on the wireless network. LAN0 MAC represents the MAC address of the hardware as observed on the LAN. LAN1 MAC represents the MAC address of the hardware as seen on the WAN interface. It is also the MAC address which can be seen on the internet. LAN0/LAN1 demonstrates the current situation of the WAN and LAN Ethernet port connections. Likewise this feature shows whether the device is plugged or unplugged. AP MAC used for AP or AP repeater mode, this indicates the MAC address of access point. In Station mode, this will state the MAC address of the AP of firmware whom attached with.

SIGNAL STRENGTH
This feature is one of the most important indicators to show the power level of signals currently receives by the client-side and it is just available for the station mode. There are some alignment tools that would help the implementation team to achieve better signal strength accordingly. The signal availability is measured by dBm. Connection states the number of wireless devices that has been attached to this device. It is only available for AP or AP repeater. Noise floor indicates the current noise value in dBm from certain interface which receiver obtains on the running frequency. AIROS take the advantage of using noise floor to evaluate the Signal Noise Ratio (SNR) in order to qualify the frequency with associated channel. Transmit CCQ this value is for indication of client connection quality and based on percentage of corresponding it would represent a value. TX Rate/RX Rate is just for station mode and represents the wireless 802.11 sending (TX) and receiving (RX) data rate. AIRMAX represents the status of AIRMAX and if it is enabled will only demonstrate the AIRMAX clients. AIRMAX Priority is the feature only accessible in station mode, and shows the priority of ariMax set on the UBQUITY before. AIRMAX quality works on both of number of retries and quality of physical link, the low value in this indicator shows the high interference and the frequency must be changed. AIRSYNC represents the information about GPS if it was enabled previously. GPS Signal Quality represents the GPS signal strength in a percentage form. Latitude/Longitude depending on GPS tracing, represent the devices coordinates. Under the status box there is monitor box which contains two indicators to illustrate the current throughput.

AIRCONTROL
This indicators are capable to show WAN and LAN transmitting and reception TX/RX in both numerical and graphical representation. In the numerical indication the unit can be shown as Bps, Kbps and Mbps similarly. AIROS is to use to manage and monitor single device on the network in more details, but for the vast network control and overview the network monitoring framework UBIQUITI uses AIRCONTROL to check multiple zone network.

AIRCONTROL is an integrated centralized a web-based powerful network monitoring server application that allows the system administrator to manage and observe entire current deployed network behavior. AIRCONTROL is proposed by UBIQUITI Company and designed to support its devices only. It is hosted on the local computer and collects information of lately added devices in the network. Any user from any

point with internet connection and administrative privilege can access to AIRCONTROL and see what is going on the network. This application has five navigator enable admin to add and control any related device works within the network. 1) Integrated Devices Monitoring Any supported devices can be appeared in the system by broadcasting discovery protocol over the network. Furthermore all devices can be stored and shown in classified groups which help admin to control sub-devices such as Aps or routers of bigger networks in a single glance. The operator can use Scan for New Device or manually add devices by using their information like IP address and other characteristics.

2) Location on the Google Map AIRCONTROL is also capable of using internet connection to show the exact coordination of the basestation and other devices on the Google map. This feature takes the advantage of pointing the precise location of faulty device for the rapid maintenance procedure.

FAULT MANAGEMENT
Generic fault management is concern about fault detection, alarm activation, fault isolation and taking corrective action. Although fault management is different from performance management but fault detection is a process that can be categorized as performance management and it is based on event notifications or polling interval strategies. As it stated before the first step is recognizing fault or faults. For this stage performance monitoring is responsible to show the performance quality and in the situation of fault occurrence the application must produce alert for system. This could be by making sounds, graphical indicators or colors. AIRSELECT which is just available in AP mode makes smart corrective decision based on real-time monitoring process such that in the noisy environments avoid interference by switching to other frequency to help increase throughput. In accordance with the least used channel information it periodically hopes the channel.

Frequency List will show the available frequencies for that particular access point. Hope interval indicates the changing period in millisecond time format.

Announce Count is the number of times the AP sends the information of the next hope to the client.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
This is a part of FCAPS that covers many areas inside. Configuration management eliminates administrators anxiety in the first place, it is gathering all the useful information about the devices on the network and their configuration for the moment device misses them. Configuration management is not just about a technology to collect device information but also about the processes needed for network support and operations. Configuration management can be summarized as: Device hardware and software inventory collection Device software management Device configuration collection, backup, viewing, archiving, comparison Detection of changes to configuration, hardware, or software Configuration change implementation to support change management [cisco]

ADVANTAGES OF CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

Significantly reduces down-time through Rapid identification of the changes and changes impact Improve configuration and updates to achieve better performance. Useful for get client reassurance and compliance where there is a change in configuration. Improve trace-back the changes to detect trouble. Reduce complexity and time in implementation. AIROS make the administrator to download current configuration and to upload it at the moment the system admin wants to get it back to the previous status or device itself has missed current configuration.

In the case of new configuration needed, the operator can reset the device to the factory default mode.

Firmware update is another responsibility of configuration management that has been covered in AIROS application. The UBIQUITY provided latest firmware on its webpage and operator can simply download it from the website and upload it on the device.

ACCOUNTING MANAGEMENT
Accounting management involve with billing, user traffic shaping, sharing resources, auditing, authorization, schedules and privileges of the clients (end users) in the network. Simply it manages which services can he/she access and how much is the cost assigned to particular service. At the port level in layer 3 admin can define limitation for the user such that all users with same priority use the same bandwidth.

Bursting allows ingress and egress to exceed bandwidth in a short period of time. The password of the interface also can be changed by administrator. There is also read-only account for the operator which means the operator can just monitor the network trends and any changes need administrative permission. AIRMAX Capacity is using AMC based on timing efficiency, it means if the client with low rate usage or using 1x1 device like AIRGRID in comparison with the device use 2x2, then 2x2 device will use more time slot for the same data transition and it is not efficient. AMC demonstrate its theory based on TX/RX data rate considering the quality. Also clients with poor efficiency can have negative impact on the other users, since they take the more timing slot within lower speed.

SECURITY MANAGEMENT
Security management concerns with authentication, encryption and protection against attackers and hackers. Security itself is a vast area that could be evaluated as one of most crucial elements of network management components. Without security todays businesses are totally scam as the hackers are growing faster than it seems to be. In the network management application vendors usually secure their devices with typical security features; however some of them have their own encryption methods as well. Security involves in minimizing unauthorized an illegal access to a network for the confidentiality purposes. In wireless portion in AIROS there are some security settings to cover vulnerable parts similarly. It is to assure user permission who tends to get access to the network. The software provides capability to hide SSID and MAC filtering and port forwarding and VLAN creation similarly.

Enhancing security features usually needs more devices, as well as routers or firewall to provide all Ethernet 7 layers protection.

BENCHMARK
Today with the help of management methodologies such as FCAPS, Telecommunication Management Network (TMN), network administrators organize their efforts to spot the problem more accurate and resolve it as fast as possible. Network monitoring tools are designed based on these methodologies and they are classified to do cover certain areas. Administrator and programmers seat together and propose different ways to reduce traffic come out from monitoring tools, but the thing is to have a better monitoring they have to check connectivity over and over again to detect failure early. Despite all these monitoring system and management tools increase network traffic and degrade network performance but they are inevitable.

After they collect all the data from real monitoring system, they have to come up with desirable Graphical User Interface GUI which helps network monitoring operators to have nice view about network performance, even if they are not experts. In comparison with other exist methods, FCAPS is more famous because it talks about more details and goes deeper into management sub-domains, so it is more comprehensives.

JUSTIFICATION OF HARDWARE & SOFTWARE

UBIQUITI is not the first wireless hardware and software manufacture and would not be the last. But the attractive part is firstly because of interoperability of their hardware is amazing and they are pioneer in some of their products, recently they released an innovative product in the name of airFiber that works with different frequency level 24 GHz which is out of WiMax standard, with the capability of 1.4 Gbps throughput over 13 Km. another special thing about this brand is the cost. The price of their solution is reasonable and competitive in comparison with other vendors. They produce all kind of wireless equipment with diverse standards. In addition they can communicate with some of proprietary protocols like Cisco Discovery Protocol CDP. Base station devices can communicate with GPS system to show exact location on the real map. Although they have long way and walking on the edge of technology is very hard but so far they were good. For the software justification, mostly they gather statistics about enhancement and monitoring tools required for wireless technology. Even though the software still needs to cover more management details specially in accounting management but it is really powerful in performance management. The administrator can easily monitor all the branches and devices in a glance, they have spectacular indicators for observing variety of channels and frequency whether they are currently using them or not. Likewise there would better if they add capability of detecting variety of vendor s devices. AIROS application is capable of making smart decision on a noisy environment to refuse interference. Devices can be categorized in groups such that administrator can define problem quickly. These characteristics made us to choose UBIQUITY. computer.howstuffworks.com/wimax.htm http://www.huawei.com/en/about-huawei/publications/communicate/hw-080574.htm

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