ePMPCapacityPlannerGuide

Release2.3

ePMPSeriesintroduction
ThepurposeofthisdocumentistoprovideaquickdescriptiononhowtousetheePMPCapacity
Planner.TheCambiumNetworksePMPSeriesisawirelessaccesssystemdesignedtocreatearadio
localareanetwork(RLAN)throughmicrowavelinksinapointtomultipoint(PMP)modeorapointto
point(PTP)modeoperatinginthe2.4and5GHzunlicensedbands.TheePMPCapacityPlannercanoffer
aquickhelptodeterminetheexpectedperformancesintermsofdistancesofanePMPSeriessystem
operatinginlineofsight(LOS),nearlineofsight(nLOS)ornonlineofsight(NLOS)propagation
conditionaccordingtotheconfigurationofseveralsystemparameterslikechannelbandwidthand
antennaselection.
TheePMPSystemcreatesapointtomultipointorapointtopointwirelessbroadbandconnection
transmittingaradiosignalwithOFDMmodulationandMIMOtransmissiontechnique.

OFDM(OrthogonalFrequencyDivisionmultiplexing)isamulticarrierradiosignalmodulationbasedon
thesubdivisionofthebroadbandchannelintoorthogonallypositionedsubcarriers,eachofwhichis
modulatedbasedonaconventionalmodulationscheme.WiththeOFDMtechnique,averyhighdata
ratecanbeobtainedincreasingthesystemsspectrumefficiency.
ThefollowingarethesubcarriersmodulationschemeswhichcanbeusedbytheePMPSystem:
QPSK
16QAM
64QAM
Eachmodulationsupportsmultiplecodingrates.Forexample64QAMsupportscodingrates5/6,3/4
and2/3.
TheOFDMchannelbandwidthcanbeconfiguredwithoneoffourpossiblevalues:5MHz,10MHz,20
MHzand40MHz.Widerchannelbandwidthconfigurationsallowforgreaterconnectioncapacityasthe
signaloccupiesalargerportionofthespectrum.Narrowerchannelbandwidthconfigurationsincrease
receptionsensitivityandallowformoreopportunitiestooperateinspectrumconstrainedRF
environments.
ThechannelbandwidthmustbeconfiguredwiththesamevaluesinboththeAPandSMmodulesofthe
ePMPSystem.

MIMO(MultipleInputMultipleOutput)radiotransmissionoffersthecapabilityofincreasingthe
capacityofaradioconnectionbytransmittingandreceivingparallelsignalsonseparateTx/Rxchains.
WhenthebenefitsoftheMIMOtechniquesarecombinedwithOFDMsignalingandhighsystemgain,
operatorscanachieveahighlyrobustradioconnectioninconditionsofnonlineofsight(NLOS)
propagation.TheePMPSystemuses2x2MIMOwithtworadioreceiversandtwotransmittersinboth
theAPmoduleandtheSMmodule,transmittinginbothdirectionstworadiosignalsinthesame
frequency.Onesignalisverticallypolarizedandtheothersignalishorizontallypolarized,withdual
streammode:thesystemtransmitstwodistinctparalleldataflowsonebywayofthevertically
polarizedradiosignalandtheotherbywayofthehorizontallypolarizedradiosignal.Inthisway,the
ePMPSystemdoublesitstransmissioncapacity.
TheePMPsystemalsooffersasinglestreammode,inwhichbothtransmitchainstransmitthesame
data,whichisthencombinedatthereceiver.Thismodeimprovesthesensitivityofthesystemand
increasestherange.

CambiumNetworksofferstwosectorantennastobeusedwiththeAPmoduleoftheePMPSystemto
createtheRFcoverageofserviceareasinmultisectorsites.TheantennasprovidedbyCambium

NetworksarespecificallydesignedtooptimizetheperformanceintermsofradiocoverageoftheePMP
System:
90sectorantennaforsiteswithupto4APmodules
120sectorantennaforsiteswithupto3APmodules

Typesofconnections
TheePMPSeriescanprovideLOS(LineOfSight)connectivity,nLOS(nearLineOfSight)connectivityand
NLOS(NonLineOfSight)connectivity.Adefinitionofthesedifferentpropagationconditionsarethe
following.
LOS:theopticallinebetweentheAPandtheSMandthefirstFresnelzoneareclear.
nLOS:theopticallinebetweentheAPandtheSMisclear,butaportionofthefirstFresnelzoneis
blocked.
NLOS:theopticallinebetweentheAPandtheSMandaportionorevenmuchofthefirstFresnelzone
areblocked,butsubsequentFresnelzonesareopen.

Linkbudgetcalculation
Thelinkbudgetisthelistofallthegainsandlossesthatcontributetothepropagationoftheradio
frequencysignalthattravelsfromthetransmittertothereceiver.
Theparametersthataretakenintoaccountforthecalculationofthelinkbudgetaredescribedbelow:
Transmitteroutputpower:themedianpowerlevelofthetransmitterinthetransmissionchannel
expressedindBm(relativetomilliwatt).ThislevelisconfiguredfortheAPtransmitterbytheregulatory
limitsandisautomaticallyadjustedintheSMtransmitterthroughATPC(AutomaticTransmitPower
Control)functionalityinordertogetthemaximumvalue.
Cableloss:thelossexpressedindBassociatedwiththecoaxialcableusedtoconnectthetransmitter
withtheantenna.Thelosstypicallydependsonthelengthofthecableanditsquality.

Transmitterantennagain:assumingthatthetransmitterantennamainaxisisorientedinthedirection
ofthereceiverantenna,themaximumgaingivenindBdeclaredbythemanufacturerisused.
EIRP(EffectiveIsotropicRadiatedPower):isthesumofthetransmitteroutputpowerandtransmitter
antennagainminusthecableloss,expressedindBm.
Receiverantennagain:assumingthatthereceiverantennamainaxisisorientedinthedirectionofthe
transmitterantenna,themaximumgaingivenindBdeclaredbythemanufacturerisused.
Fademargin:theamountofpowergivenindBthatrepresentsthedifferencebetweenthemedian
signallevelatthereceiverinputandthereceiversensitivity.Whenthelinkfadesexceedingthefade
marginanoutageoccurs.Fademarginmustbeselectedbytheuseraccordingtothelinkavailability
targetthatmustbemet.
Receiversensitivity:theminimummediansignallevelneededattheinputofthereceivertoachievea
receiveroutputqualityspecifictoaparticularmodulationscheme.Higherordermodulationschemes
requirehigherqualityreceiveroutputandhigherreceivedpowersignallevels.
SystemGain:thedifference,expressedindB,betweentheEIRPandthelowestordermodulation
receiversensitivityandcableloss.Itconventionallyreferstotheminimumoftheuplinkanddownlink
systemgainsandrepresentsthemaximumFSPLachievablewithaparticularsystemconfiguration.
FSPL(FreeSpacePathLoss):itrepresentstheradiofrequencypropagationcalculationusedinthetool
andistheattenuationbetweenthetransmitterantennaandthereceiverantennainfreespacegivenby
theFriisformula:

FSPL[dB]=32.44+20logf+20logd

WherefisexpressedinMHzanddisexpressedinkilometers

FSPL[dB]=36.6+20logf+20logd

WherefisexpressedinMHzanddisexpressedinmiles
ThislinkbudgetcalculationcanbeconsideredavalidapproximationforLOSpropagationinflatfading
conditionswheretheoperatingbandwidthislessthanthecoherencebandwidthoftheradiochannel
thatiswhenthesamedegreeoffadingaffectsallfrequenciesofthesignalbandwidth.Incasetheradio
channelisexperiencingfrequencyselectivefadingeffecttheLOSrangeresultsmaynotbevalid.

LINKBUDGET
TheuserinterfaceoftheLINKBUDGETtabisdividedintothreemainparts:SystemConfiguration,Link
BudgetandCoverageandCapacity.

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
IntheSYSTEMCONFIGURATIONmenuthefieldsingreenrepresenttheparametersthatcanbesetby
theuseraccordingtothesystemconfigurationthatisappliedtotheePMPsystem.Thefieldsinwhite
areoutputvaluestobeusedasreferencesfortheinputparameterssetting.

Thereferencevaluesarethefollowing:
Lowerfrequency:loweredgeoftheselectedfrequencyband
Upperfrequency:upperedgeoftheselectedfrequencyband
APEIRPlimit:limitofthecombinedpoweremittedbytheAPantennasystem,asdefinedbythe
regulatoryselected.Avalueof""indicatesthatnolimitisdefinedbytheregulatoryregionselected.
MaxAPTxPower(maxMCS):upperlimitofthecombinedpowerthatcanbeappliedtotheAPantenna
system,inordertobecomplianttotheEIRPlimit.IftheselectedregulatorydoesnotrestricttheEIRP,
thisistheupperlimitofthecombinedpowerthatcanbeappliedtotheAPantennasystematthe
highestMCSlevel.
SMEIRPlimit:limitofthecombinedpoweremittedbytheSMantennasystem,asdefinedbythe
regulatoryselected.Avalueof""indicatesthatnolimitisdefinedbytheregulatoryregionselected.
MaxSMTxPower(maxMCS):upperlimitofthecombinedpowerthatcanbeappliedtotheSM
antennasystem,inordertobecomplianttotheEIRPlimit..Iftheselectedregulatorydoesnotrestrict
theEIRP,thisistheupperlimitofthecombinedpowerthatcanbeappliedtotheAPantennasystemat
thehighestMCSlevel.
Maxrangelimit:minimumofmaximumrangecalculatedusingtheconfigurationparametersinputin
thetoolandlimitoftheePMPproduct.Theunitoftherangeismilesorkilometersasexplainedbelow.
Thevaluesthatcanbeconfiguredarethefollowing:
Region:selectionoftheregulatorysetofrulestobeappliedaccordingtothecountryofoperation.

Frequencyband:selectionofthe5GHzspectrumband(5.1GHz,5.2GHz,5.4GHzor5.7/5.8GHz)or2.4
GHzspectrumband.Notallfrequencybandsareavailableinallregions.

FadeMargin:settingofthemarginonsignalfadingthattheuserwantstointroduceinordertoobtain
thedesiredlinkavailability.
Thefollowingtablesummarizestheestimatedfademarginforacertainlinkavailability.
Linkavailability Fademargin FadeMargin
FadeMargin
FadeMargin
inLOS
innLOS
inNLOS(suburban) inNLOS(urban)
90%

0dB

2.5dB

4dB

7.5dB

99%

2dB

4.5dB

9dB

17dB

99.9%

5dB

6.5dB

16dB

27dB

99.99%

8dB

9dB

24dB

37dB

ChannelBandwidth:selectionofthewidthoftheoperatingchannel(5MHz,10MH,20MHzor40MHz).

APtype:selectionofthetypeofradiousedattheAPsite(connectorizedorintegrated).TypicallytheAP
isaconnectorizedradiowithasectorantenna,andtheSMisanintegratedradio.However,theCapacity
Plannergivestheoptionofselectinganytypeofradiooneitherside,incaseaPTPlinkisestablished.
Forexample,aPTPlinkcanbeconfiguredwithtwointegratedradiosorwithtwoconnectorizedradios
withsmallbeamwidthantennas.
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APantennasystem:selectionoftheantennausedfortheAPmodule(90sectorantenna,120sector
antennaor3rdparty).The90andthe120sectorantennaeareprovidedbyCambium.Selecting3rd
partyinthisfieldallowstheusertoinputtheparametersofanyotherantennathatisbeingused.
ThisfieldisvalidonlyiftheAPtypeisselectedasConnectorized.

AP3rdpartyantennagain:inputfieldofAPantennagainiftheAPantennasystemisselectedas3rd
party
AP3rdpartyantennacableloss:inputfieldofAPantennacablelossiftheAPantennasystemisselected
as3rdparty
Region
Frequency band
Fade Margin

Others
5.7/5.8 [GHz]
0 [dB]

Channel Bandwidth

20 [MHz]

AP type
AP antenna system

Connectorized
3rd party

AP 3rd party antenna gain

25 [dBi]

AP 3rd party antenna cable loss

1 [dB]

3rdpartyconnectorizedSMsinsector?:AnswerYesifanyoftheSMsdeployedinthesectorthatis
beingconfiguredisconnectorized.

3rdpartyconn.SMantennagain:inputfieldofSMantennagainifanyconnectorizedSMsaredeployed
inthesector.Thisfieldisvalidonlyifthe3rdpartyconnectorizedSMsinsector?isselectedasYes.
3rdpartyconn.SMantennacableloss:inputfieldofSMantennacablelossifanyconnectorizedSMsare
deployedinthesector.Thisfieldisvalidonlyifthe3rdpartyconnectorizedSMsinsector?isselectedas
Yes.
Region
Frequency band
Fade Margin

Others
5.7/5.8 [GHz]
0 [dB]

Channel Bandwidth

20 [MHz]

AP type
AP antenna system

Connectorized
Cambium 90 sector

AP 3rd party antenna gain

25 [dBi]

AP 3rd party antenna cable loss

3rd party connectorized SMs in sector?

1 [dB]
Yes

3rd party conn. SM antenna gain

23 [dBi]

3rd party conn. SM antenna cable loss

1 [dB]

Environment:typeofpropagationenvironment.Theoptionsforthisfieldare:LOS,nearLOS,NLOS
(suburban)orNLOS(urban).
Thefollowingtablesummarizestheexcesspathlossusedintherangecalculationformulaforeach
selectionoftheEnvironmentparameter.

Environment

ExcessPathLoss

LOS

0dB

nLOS

5dB

NLOS(suburban)

15dB

NLOS(urban)

25dB

Rangeunit:unitforrangesusedthroughoutthetool.Choicesaremilesorkilometers.

Maxrange:distancebetweentheAPandthelocationofthefartherSMtheuserwantstoservewiththe
AP.Thepotentialmaximumcellsizeiscalculatedusingotherlinkbudgetparametersselectedinthe
greencellsandisshownastheMaxrangelimit.IftheMaximumrangeinputislargerthantheMax
rangelimitanerrormessageappears.TheMaxrangelimitisareferencevalueandcannotbechanged.
TheunitfortheMaxrangeandtheMaxrangelimitiseithermilesorkilometers,dependingonthe
Rangeunitselection.
Withasmallercellsize,alargerpercentageofuserscanusehigherordermodulation,andthesector
capacityishigher.Ontheotherhand,withsmallercellsnetworkplanningbecomesveryimportant,in
ordertolimitinterferencebetweensectorsusingthesamefrequency.

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NumberofSMs/sector:NumberofSMsconnectedtooneAPinonesector.ThenumberofSMsaffects
thethroughputthatcanbeachievedinasector,andalsotheschedulinglatencywithintheAP.
ThemaximumnumberofSMsthatcanbeconnectedinonesectoris120.Ifalargernumberisinputin
thisfield,anerrormessageappears.
IfonlyoneSMpersectorisselected,itisassumedthatthisisaPTPlink.

Dutycycle:Percentageofframetimededicatedtodownlink(APtoSM)transmission/percentageof
frametimededicatedtouplink(SMtoAP).Theoptionsare75/25,50/50and30/70.
IntheePMPsystem,theselecteddutycycledoesnotnecessarilytranslatetothesameratioofDL/UL
throughput.ThereasonisthattheULresourcesdedicatedtodatatransmissionvaryaccordingtothe
numberofSMsinthesector,becauseeachSMisperiodicallypolled.

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MaxCombinedAPTxpower(minMCS):maximumpowertransmittedbybothtransmitchainsatthe
lowestMCSlevel.ThisfieldcanbeusedtolimittheTxpowertogobeyondacertainvaluewhen
CountryisselectedasOthers,asexplainedintheDOWNLINKANDUPLINKBUDGETsection.Ifthe
CountryisnotselectedasOthers,thenthisfieldisnotused.
Interferencemeasured?:SelectYesifthesystemexperiencesinterference.OtherwiseselectNo.

SMantennaformeasuringinterference:AntennatypeusedattheSMtomeasuretheDLinterference
level.ThisfieldisvalidonlyifInterferencemeasured?fieldisselectedasYes.Theoptionsinthedrop
downmenudependonthefrequencybandselected.

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Downlinkinterferencelevel:Value(indBm)oftheinterferencebeingmeasuredinthedownlink
channelcurrentlyused(cochannel).ThisfieldisvalidonlyiftheInterferencemeasured?fieldis
selectedasYes.
Uplinkinterferencelevel:Value(indBm)oftheinterferencebeingmeasuredintheuplinkchannel
currentlyused(cochannel).ThisfieldisvalidonlyiftheInterferencemeasured?fieldisselectedas
Yes.

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Region
Frequency band
Fade Margin
Channel Bandwidth
AP type
AP antenna system

Others
5.7/5.8 [GHz]
0 [dB]
20 [MHz]
Connectorized
Cambium 90 sector

AP 3rd party antenna gain

25 [dBi]

AP 3rd party antenna cable loss

3rd party connectorized SMs in sector?

1 [dB]
Yes

3rd party conn. SM antenna gain

23 [dBi]

3rd party conn. SM antenna cable loss

Environment
Range unit
Max range
Number of SMs/sector
Duty cycle
Max Combined AP Tx power (min MCS)
Interference measured?
SM antenna for measuring interference
Downlink interference level
Uplink interference level

1 [dB]
LOS
miles
10 [mi]
30
50/50
30 [dBm]
Yes
INTEGRATED
-98 [dBm]
-98 [dBm]

%ofSMswithunevenpaths(singlestreamMCS):SomeoftheSMsdeployedinthesectormay
experiencealargedifferencebetweenthereceivedsignalstrengthofthetwopaths.Forexample,a
NLOSconditioncancausethisscenario.Inthiscase,theePMPrateadaptalgorithmwouldselectoneof
thesinglestreamMCSoptions(MCS1toMCS7).ThisfieldisanestimateofthepercentageofSMsinthis
deploymentscenario.
PTPMode:IftheNumberofSMs/sectorissetto1,thesystemisaPTPlink.InthiscasethePTPMode
fieldindicatesifthePTPlinkusesasinglestreamMCSoradualstreamMCS.

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BoththeLINKBUDGETsectionandtheCOVERAGEANDCAPACITYsectiondisplayresultsforoneofthe
availableSMantennatypes.TheSMantennatypetheuserwantstodisplayisselectedintheSM
antennafordisplayingdatafield.Theoptionsavailableinthedropdownmenudependonthe
frequencybandselected.

LINK BUDGET
IntheLINKBUDGETpartoftheuserinterfacethesettingsofalltheparametersincludedinthelink
budgetcalculationarelistedintwocolumns:oneforthedownlinkdirection(fromAPtoSM)andonefor
theuplinkdirection(fromSMtoAP)fortheSMwithantennatypeselectedintheSMantennafor
displayingdatafield.
ThesensitivityvaluesarelistedforalltheMCSlevelssupported(MCS15toMCS9,andMCS7toMCS1).
ThemodulationandcodingratecorrespondingtoeachMCSlevelisalsoshowninthissection.

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SM antenna for displaying data

INTEGRATED

AP Tx Power per chain (MCS15)

20 [dBm]

LINK BUDGET FOR INTEGRATED ANTENNA

DOWNLINK BUDGET (AP to SM)

AP Cable Loss
AP Antenna Gain
Combined AP EIRP

SM Rx Sensitivity
(Conservative assumption for single stream
MCS: large difference between RSSI of two
branches)

SM Cable Loss
SM Antenna Gain
Total DL Gain (MCS15) =
Total DL Gain (MCS14) =
Total DL Gain (MCS13) =
Total DL Gain (MCS12) =
Total DL Gain (MCS11) =
Total DL Gain (MCS10) =
Total DL Gain (MCS9) =
Total DL Gain (MCS7) =
Total DL Gain (MCS6) =
Total DL Gain (MCS5) =
Total DL Gain (MCS4) =
Total DL Gain (MCS3) =
Total DL Gain (MCS2) =
Total DL Gain (MCS1) =
The link is balanced

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15.0
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-69
-70
-72
-77
-80
-84
-86
-69
-70
-72
-77
-80
-84
-86
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13.0
116
119
123
131
134
138
140
116
119
123
131
134
138
140

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0.100 [Watts]
0.001 [Watts]
Connectorized
5.012 [Watts]
64QAM 5/6
MCS15
64QAM 3/4
MCS14
64QAM 2/3
MCS13
16QAM 3/4
MCS12
16QAM 1/2
MCS11
QPSK 3/4
MCS10
QPSK 1/2
MCS9
64QAM 5/6 SS MCS7
64QAM 3/4 SS MCS6
64QAM 2/3 SS MCS5
16QAM 3/4 SS MCS4
16QAM 1/2 SS MCS3
QPSK 3/4 SS MCS2
QPSK 1/2 SS MCS1
0.001 [Watts]
Yes

SYSTEM GAIN

UPLINK BUDGET (SM to AP)

SM Tx Power per chain

(MCS15)
SM Cable Loss
SM Antenna Gain
Combined SM EIRP

AP Rx Sensitivity
(Conservative assumption
for single stream MCS:
large difference between
RSSI of two branches)

AP Cable Loss
AP Antenna Gain
Total UL Gain (MCS15)
Total UL Gain (MCS14)
Total UL Gain (MCS13)
Total UL Gain (MCS12)
Total UL Gain (MCS11)
Total UL Gain (MCS10)
Total UL Gain (MCS9)
Total UL Gain (MCS7)
Total UL Gain (MCS6)
Total UL Gain (MCS5)
Total UL Gain (MCS4)
Total UL Gain (MCS3)
Total UL Gain (MCS2)
Total UL Gain (MCS1)

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20 [dBm]
0
13.0
36
-69
-70
-72
-77
-80
-84
-86
-69
-70
-72
-77
-80
-84
-86
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15.0
116
119
123
131
134
138
140
116
119
123
131
134
138
140

[dB]
[dBi]
[dBm]
[dBm]
[dBm]
[dBm]
[dBm]
[dBm]
[dBm]
[dBm]
[dBm]
[dBm]
[dBm]
[dBm]
[dBm]
[dBm]
[dBm]
[dB]
[dBi]

0.100 [Watts]
0.001 [Watts]
Yes
4.0 [Watts]
64QAM 5/6
MCS15
64QAM 3/4
MCS14
64QAM 2/3
MCS13
16QAM 3/4
MCS12
16QAM 1/2
MCS11
QPSK 3/4
MCS10
QPSK 1/2
MCS9
64QAM 5/6 SS MCS7
64QAM 3/4 SS MCS6
64QAM 2/3 SS MCS5
16QAM 3/4 SS MCS4
16QAM 1/2 SS MCS3
QPSK 3/4 SS MCS2
QPSK 1/2 SS MCS1
0.001 [Watts]
Connectorized

[dB]
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TheAPTxPowerperchainandtheSMTxpowerperchainareshownforthemostrobustmodulation
andcodinglevel(MCS15).InFCCandETSIregions,thisvalueisalsotheTxpowerperchainatanyother
modulationlevel,becausetheTxpowerislimitedbyregulatoryrequirements.
WhentheCountryintheSYSTEMCONFIGURATIONsectionisselectedasOthers,theTxpowerlevelis
increasedatlowermodulationandcodinglevels.Thereasonisthatatlowermodulationlevelsthe
systemcantolerateahigherlevelofEVM(errorvectormagnitude)ontheconstellation,becausethe
constellationpointsarefartherapart.Forexample,inthe5.7/5.8GHzbandthetransmitpowerisequal
to20dBmperchainatMCS15,butitgoesupto22dBmperchainatMCS14,allthewayto30dBmper
chainatMCS1.IftheuserdoesnotwanttheTxpowertoincrease,itcanlimititusingthefieldMax
CombinedAPTxpowerintheSYSTEMCONFIGURATIONsection.Ifavaluelowerthan30dBmisinput
inthisfield,theTxpowerwillbelimitedbythisvalueatanymodulationmode.
WhenthesystemexperiencesinterferenceandYesisselectedintheInterferencemeasured?fieldin
theSYSTEMCONFIGURATIONsection,thenoisefloorofthesystemincreasesaccordingtothe
interferencelevels,andtheDL/ULreceivesensitivitiesforallMCSlevelschange.Withhigher
interferencelevelsastrongersignalisneededatthereceivertoachievethesameMCSlevel.
TheeffectofcochannelinterferenceisareductionofthepotentialrangeforeachMCSlevelasshown
intheCOVERAGEANDCAPACITYsection.ThisresultsinanumberofSMsnotbeingabletoconnectif
themaximumrangewassetasequaltothemaximumpotentialrange,orintheaveragecapacity
decreasingbecausefewerSMscanusehigherMCSlevels.
TheSYSTEMGAINisreportedforeverymodulationschemeinboththedownlinkandtheuplink
directions.ThetableincludesanotehighlightingtheeventualamountofimbalanceoftheSystemGains
thatcanbeusefultoreconfigurethesystem.
Notethatthecalculationsareperformedwithsensitivityvalueswithonedecimalpointprecision,but
boththesensitivityvaluesandthegainvaluesareshownasintegernumbers.

COVERAGE AND CAPACITY

IntheCOVERAGEANDCAPACITYsectionoftheuserinterfacetheresultsofthelinkbudgetcalculation
areshownfortheSMwithantennatypeselectedintheSMantennafordisplayingdatafield.
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Thissectionshowstheexpectedrange,theexpectedmaximumDL,ULandtotalthroughput,thesector
capacity,thelatency,andaplotsummarizingcoverageandcapacityresults.

TheDL/ULPotentialRangerepresent,foreachmodulationscheme,themaximumdistanceatwhichthe
radiolinkcanoperatewiththeselectedconfigurationandfademargin.Valuesofrangeinredindicate
thatthepotentialrangeislargerthanthemaximumrangesetintheMaxrangefieldintheSYSTEM
CONFIGURATIONsection.
ForsinglestreamMCS,theconservativeassumptionthatoneofthetwopathsiscompletelycorrupted
isassumed.OnexceptionisforMCS1intheouterringofthecoveragearea.Inthisarea,MCS1willbe
selectedbytherateadaptalgorithmevenifthetwobrancheshavecomparableSNR,becausethe
combininggainallowsalongerrangecommunication.Inthissection,theMCS1rowcorrespondsto
MCS1whenonepathisobstructed,whileMCS1withdiversitycorrespondstoMCS1withcombining
gainatthereceiver.
TheDL/UL/TotalMaxThroughputistheDownlink/Uplink/Totalcapacityofthesectorassumingallthe
registeredSMsareoperatingatthatmodulation.
TheDL/UL/TotalCapacityistheDownlink/Uplink/Totalcapacityofthesector,takingintoaccountthe
percentageofusersusingeachmodulation,undertheassumptionthattheusersareevenlydistributed
inthecoveredareaandthattheyallgeneratethesameamountoftraffic.Thiscalculationalsoincludes
thepercentageofSMsestimatedtosupportasinglestreamMCS.Thecapacityofthesectoris
calculatedasaproportionofthepeakcapacitytakingintoaccounttheAPantennapatternandthefact
thattheusersareevenlydistributedinthecoveredarea.
ThecoveredareaislimitedbytheMaxrangefieldsetintheSYSTEMCONFIGURATIONsection.
Appendix Ashowsanexampleofcapacitycalculations.
TheDL/UL/Totalschedulinglatency(inms)showsthetimeneededattheAPtoschedulealltheSMs
connectedinthesector,anditdependsonthenumberofSMssetintheSYSTEMCONFIGURATION
section.Thisislessthanthetotallatencythesystemexperiences,whichdependsonadditionalfactors.
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TheplotintheCOVERAGEANDCAPACITYsectionshowstherangeofcommunicationthatcanbe
achievedwitheachmodulationandcodinglevelinthedownlink,uptothemaximumrangesetinthe
MaxrangefieldintheSYSTEMCONFIGURATIONsection.
TheplotintheCOVERAGEANDCAPACITYsectionshowstherangeofcommunicationthatcanbe
achievedwitheachMCSlevel,uptothemaximumrangesetintheMaxrangefieldintheSYSTEM
CONFIGURATIONsection.IfsomeMCSlevelscoveranareaoutsidetheMaxrangefield,thoseMCS
levelsarenotused.ThelegendoftheplotindicateswhichMCSlevelsarenotused,togetherwiththe
peakDL/UL/TotalthroughputforeachusedMCSlevel.Thisplotassumesthatthetworeceivedpaths
havecomparableSNR.ThereforetherateadaptwillselectonlydualstreamMCSlevels(MCS9toMCS
15)pluspossiblyMCS1forextendingtherangebeyondthecoverageachievablewithMCS9.

NETWORK PLANNING
Thenetworkplanningtabcalculatesthetotalnumberofenterpriseand/orresidentialcustomersthat
canbesupportedinasector,givenaselecteddistributionofplans.

IntheNETWORKCONFIGURATIONsectionthefieldsinwhitecannotbechanged,andtheyarea
summaryoftheselectionsandtheresultsintheLINKBUDGETsection.Thefieldsingreeninthe
NETWORKCONFIGURATIONsectionarepopulatedbytheuser.
Downlink%:percentageofframetimeallocatedtothedownlink(APtoSM).Thisfieldcorrespondsto
theDutycyclefieldintheSYSTEMCONFIGURATIONsectionoftheLINKBUDGETtab.
MaxCellSize:distance(inmilesorkilometers)betweentheAPandthelocationofthefartherSMthe
userwantstoservewiththeAP.ThisfieldcorrespondstotheMaxrangefieldintheSYSTEM
CONFIGURATIONsectionoftheLINKBUDGETtab.
%IntegratedSMs,%SMswithePMPFORCE,%SMswithReflectorand%3rdpartyconnSMs:
percentageofSMsusinganintegratedantenna,ePMPFORCE100,Reflector,ora3rdparty
connectorizedantennarespectively.The%IntegratedSMsfieldiscalculatedfromtheothers,togivea
sumof100%.
EachpercentagecannotexceedthelimitshownintheMax%fieldforeachtype,whichiscalculated
usingtheparametersselectedintheLINKBUDGETtab.
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Ent.Oversubscriptionrate:oversubscriptionrateselectedfortheenterprisecustomers
Res.Oversubscriptionrate:oversubscriptionrateselectedfortheresidentialcustomers
%ofSMswithunevenpath:EstimatedpercentageofSMSthatcommunicatewithsinglestreamMCS.
Thisfieldcorrespondstothe%ofSMswithunevenpaths(singlestreamMCS)fieldintheSYSTEM
CONFIGURATIONsectionoftheLINKBUDGETtab.
AvgDL/ULCapacity:downlink/uplinkcapacityofthesector,takingintoaccountthepercentageofusers
usingeachmodulation,thepercentageofuserscommunicatingwithsinglestreamMCS,andthe
percentageofSMsusingeachantennasystem.
TheassumptionisthatSMswithantennatypeswithhighergainaredeployedfarthestfromtheAP,
whileSMswithantennatypeswithlowergainaredeployedcloseststotheAP.
Inthe5GHzbandtherearefouroptions:integrated,ePMPForce,reflectorand3rdpartyconnectorized
SMs.ConsideringfourconcentricringscenteredattheAP(whereeachringcanhaveareaequaltozero
ifthecorrespondingpercentageiszero),theinnermostcircleincludesthelocationsofallSMsusingan
integratedantenna.TheouterthreeringsincludethelocationsofallSMsusingtheEPMPForce,the
reflectorora3rdpartyconnectorizedantenna,withorderdependingonthegainofthe3rdparty
connectorizedantenna.
Ifforexamplethe3rdpartyconnectorizedantennagainishigherthanthegainoftheePMPForce,then
theorderoftherings(startingfromtheAP)is:integrated,reflector,ePMPForceand3rdparty
connectorized.
Inthe2.4GHzbandtherearethreeoptions:integrated,reflectorand3rdpartyconnectorizedSMs.
ConsideringthreeconcentricringscenteredattheAP(whereeachringcanhaveareaequaltozeroif
thecorrespondingpercentageiszero),theinnermostcircleincludesthelocationsofallSMsusingan
integratedantenna.TheoutertworingsincludethelocationsofallSMsusingreflectorantennaora3rd
partyconnectorizedantenna,withorderdependingonthegainofthe3rdpartyconnectorizedantenna.
Forexample,ifthe3rdpartyconnectorizedantennagainishigherthanintegratedantennagainbut
lowerthanthereflectorgain,theorderoftherings(startingfromtheAP)is:integrated,3rdparty
connectorized,andreflector.
ThedistributionoftheSMantennatypesinthesectorisshownbytheplot.
SMantennatypedistribution

ePMPForce100
Connectorized
Reflector
Integrated

AvgTotCapacity:sumofAvgDLCapacityandAvgULCapacity.

Enterprise and Residential Plans

Therearethreetypesofplans.PlanAisanenterpriseplan;planBisaresidentialplanandplanCisa
blendedplan,withamixofenterpriseandresidentialcustomers.BoththeEnterpriseandthe
ResidentialplanscompriseofamixofplanswithdifferentDownlink/Uplinkthroughputs.Thecellsin
greenarepopulatedbytheuser,indicatingtheDownlink/Uplinkthroughputsforeachplanandthe
distribution(inpercentage)foreachplan.
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ForplansAandB:
AverageDLThroughput/user:averagedownlinkthroughputneededbytheenterpriseorresidential
customerswiththemixofplansselectedbytheuser.ThisistheweightedaverageofthefourDLplans
usingtheAverageDistributionvaluesasweights.
AverageULThroughput/user:averageuplinkthroughputneededbytheenterpriseorresidential
customerswiththemixofplansselectedbytheuser.ThisistheweightedaverageofthefourULplans
usingtheAverageDistributionvaluesasweights.
DLUsers/sector:numberofusersthatcanbesupportedinthesectorsatisfyingthedownlink
requirements,takingintoaccounttheoversubscriptionrate.ThisistheAvgDLcapacitydividedbythe
averageDLThroughput/userandmultipliedbytheoversubcriptionrate.
ULUsers/sector:numberofusersthatcanbesupportedinthesectorsatisfyingtheuplink
requirements,takingintoaccounttheoversubscriptionrate.ThisistheAvgULcapacitydividedbythe
averageULThroughput/userandmultipliedbytheoversubcriptionrate.
TotalUsers/sector:lowernumberbetweentheDLUsers/sectorandtheULUsers/sector.Ifparameters
areselectedsothattheDLUsers/sectorandtheULUsers/sectorareclose,thenthetotalcapacityof
thesectorisfullyutilized.

PlanCisamixofplansAandBwithacertainpercentageselectedbytheuser.
Inthiscase,theAverageDLThroughput/useristheweightedaverageoftheAverageDL
Throughput/userfortheenterpriseandresidentialcustomers,andtheAverageULThroughput/useris
theweightedaverageoftheAverageULThroughput/userfortheenterpriseandresidentialcustomers.
TheDLUsers/sectorandtheULUsers/sectorareagaincalculatedastheAvgDLcapacityandtheAvg
ULcapacitydividedbytheAverageDLThroughput/userandtheAverageULThroughput/user
respectively,multipliedbythecorrespondingoversubscriptionrate.
DLUsers/sector=FLOOR(AvgDLCapacity/(Enterprise%EnterpriseAverageDLThroughput/user/
Enterpriseoversubscriptionrate+Residential%ResidentialAverageDLThroughput/user/Residential
oversubscriptionrate)
ULUsers/sector=FLOOR(AvgULCapacity/(Enterprise%EnterpriseAverageULThroughput/user/
Enterpriseoversubscriptionrate+Residential%ResidentialAverageULThroughput/user/Residential
oversubscriptionrate)
TheTotalUsers/sectorisagainthelowernumberbetweentheDLUsers/sectorandtheUL
Users/sector.
IftheTotalUsers/sectorinanyofthethreesectionsexceedstheNumberofSMspersectorparameter
configuredintheLINKBUDGETsection,theTotalUsers/sectorcellsbecomeredtoindicatetheerror.
Inthiscase,theNumberofSMspersectorparameterconfiguredintheLINKBUDGETsectionhastobe
increased.
IftheNumberofSMspersectorparameterismuchhigherthantheTotalUsers/sectorcalculatedinthe
NETWORKPLANNINGsection,theusermaywanttoreducetheNumberofSMspersectorparameter
becausethemaximumthroughputiscalculatedusinganunnecessarilylargenumberofSMs.

Appendix BshowsanexampleofcalculationsofnumberofEnterpriseandResidentialusers.

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SECTOR THROUGHPUT
TheSECTORTHROUGHPUTCALCULATORallowstheusertoeitherinputtheexactlocationofallthe
SMsortoinputthepercentageofSMsthatcommunicateateachMCSlevel.
ePMP SECTOR THROUGHPUT CALCULATOR
Cambium Networks confidential, not commercially binding

SUBSCRIBERS' LOCATIONS

SM number
SM 1
SM 2
SM 3
SM 4
SM 5
SM 6
SM 7
SM 8
SM 9
SM 10
SM 11
SM 12
SM 13
SM 14
SM 15
SM 16
SM 17
SM 18
SM 19
SM 20
SM 21

SM distance
0.5
[mi]
2.3
[mi]
7.9
[mi]
0.5
[mi]
10.0 [mi]
10.0 [mi]
0.7
[mi]
2.3
[mi]
7.2
[mi]
2.6
[mi]
4.6
[mi]
4.8
[mi]
8.3
[mi]
0.4
[mi]
1.5
[mi]
5.0
[mi]
3.2
[mi]
1.0
[mi]
6.1
[mi]
1.6
[mi]
5.7
[mi]

SM type
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED

Mode
Dual stream
Dual stream
Dual stream
Dual stream
Dual stream
Dual stream
Dual stream
Dual stream
Dual stream
Dual stream
Dual stream
Dual stream
Dual stream
Dual stream
Dual stream
Dual stream
Dual stream
Dual stream
Dual stream
Dual stream
Dual stream

SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM

4.2
7.2
6.5
5.0
3.5
7.6
3.8
3.8
10.0

INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED
INTEGRATED

Dual
Dual
Dual
Dual
Dual
Dual
Dual
Dual
Dual

22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46

[mi]
[mi]
[mi]
[mi]
[mi]
[mi]
[mi]
[mi]
[mi]
[mi]
[mi]
[mi]
[mi]
[mi]
[mi]
[mi]
[mi]
[mi]
[mi]
[mi]
[mi]
[mi]
[mi]
[mi]
[mi]

stream
stream
stream
stream
stream
stream
stream
stream
stream

DL MCS
MCS15
MCS14
MCS12
MCS15
MCS12
MCS12
MCS15
MCS14
MCS12
MCS14
MCS13
MCS13
MCS12
MCS15
MCS15
MCS13
MCS14
MCS15
MCS12
MCS15
MCS13

UL MCS
MCS15
MCS15
MCS12
MCS15
MCS12
MCS12
MCS15
MCS15
MCS12
MCS14
MCS13
MCS13
MCS12
MCS15
MCS15
MCS13
MCS14
MCS15
MCS12
MCS15
MCS13

DL
Throughput
[Mbps]
70.1
62.0
40.4
70.1
40.4
40.4
70.1
62.0
40.4
62.0
56.6
56.6
40.4
70.1
70.1
56.6
62.0
70.1
40.4
70.1
56.6

MCS13
MCS12
MCS12
MCS13
MCS14
MCS12
MCS13
MCS13
MCS12

MCS13
MCS12
MCS12
MCS13
MCS14
MCS12
MCS14
MCS14
MCS12

56.6
40.4
40.4
56.6
62.0
40.4
56.6
56.6
40.4

UL
Total
Throughput Throughput
[Mbps]
[Mbps]
19.5
89.6
19.5
81.5
12.1
52.6
19.5
89.6
12.1
52.6
12.1
52.6
19.5
89.6
19.5
81.5
12.1
52.6
17.5
79.5
15.5
72.1
15.5
72.1
12.1
52.6
19.5
89.6
19.5
89.6
15.5
72.1
17.5
79.5
19.5
89.6
12.1
52.6
19.5
89.6
15.5
72.1
15.5
12.1
12.1
15.5
17.5
12.1
17.5
17.5
12.1

72.1
52.6
52.6
72.1
79.5
52.6
74.1
74.1
52.6

MCS15
MCS14
MCS13
MCS12
MCS11
MCS10
MCS9
MCS7
MCS6
MCS5
MCS4
MCS3
MCS2
MCS1
Total

SMs per DL modulation

7
5
8
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
30

DL Average Capacity [Mbps]

UL Average Capacity [Mbps]
Total Average Capacity [Mbps

23.3%
16.7%
26.7%
33.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%

MCS15
MCS14
MCS13
MCS12
MCS11
MCS10
MCS9
MCS7
MCS6
MCS5
MCS4
MCS3
MCS2
MCS1
Total

SMs per UL modulation

9
5
6
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
30

DL/UL/Total
DL/UL/Total
Throughput per
Throughput per
modulation [Mbps]
SM [Mbps]
30.0%
16.7%
20.0%
33.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%

10.45/3.91/14.36
7.47/2.17/9.64
11.95/2.61/14.55
14.93/4.34/19.27
0/0/0
0/0/0
0/0/0
0/0/0
0/0/0
0/0/0
0/0/0
0/0/0
0/0/0
0/0/0

1.49/0.43/1.92
1.49/0.43/1.92
1.49/0.43/1.92
1.49/0.43/1.92
0/0/0
0/0/0
0/0/0
0/0/0
0/0/0
0/0/0
0/0/0
0/0/0
0/0/0
0/0/0

44.80
13.03
57.82

INPUT SMs DIRECTLY

MCS15
MCS14
MCS13
MCS12
MCS11
MCS10
MCS9
MCS7
MCS6
MCS5
MCS4
MCS3
MCS2
MCS1
Total

SMs per UL modulation

SMs per DL modulation
8
26.7% MCS15
8
5
16.7% MCS14
5
5
16.7% MCS13
5
3
10.0% MCS12
3
2
6.7% MCS11
2
2
6.7% MCS10
2
0
0.0% MCS9
0
2
6.7% MCS7
2
1
3.3% MCS6
1
1
3.3% MCS5
1
0
0.0% MCS4
0
1
3.3% MCS3
1
0
0.0% MCS2
0
0
0.0% MCS1
0
30
Total
30

DL Average Capacity [Mbps]

UL Average Capacity [Mbps]
Total Average Capacity [Mbps

26.7%
16.7%
16.7%
10.0%
6.7%
6.7%
0.0%
6.7%
3.3%
3.3%
0.0%
3.3%
0.0%
0.0%

DL/UL/Total
DL/UL/Total
Throughput per
Throughput per
SM [Mbps]
modulation [Mbps]
11.95/3.47/15.42
1.49/0.43/1.93
7.47/2.17/9.64
1.49/0.43/1.93
7.47/2.17/9.64
1.49/0.43/1.93
4.48/1.3/5.78
1.49/0.43/1.93
2.99/0.87/3.85
1.49/0.43/1.93
2.99/0.87/3.85
1.49/0.43/1.93
0/0/0
0/0/0
2.99/0.87/3.85
1.49/0.43/1.93
1.49/0.43/1.93
1.49/0.43/1.93
1.49/0.43/1.93
1.49/0.43/1.93
0/0/0
0/0/0
1.49/0.43/1.93
1.49/0.43/1.93
0/0/0
0/0/0
0/0/0
0/0/0

48.63
13.84
62.48

IntheSUBSCRIBERSLOCATIONSsectiontheuserinputsthevaluesinthegreencells:
thedistancebetweentheAPandeachSM
thetypeofSMantennasystem
thetransmissionmode(singlestreamordualstream)
AnynumberofSMscanbeinput,uptothemaximumsupportedbythesector,whichis120SMs.A
blankcellindicatesthatthecorrespondingSMisnotused.

DLMCS:modulationandcodinglevelthatcanbesupportedinthedownlinkdirectionbytheSMatthe
distanceinputbytheuser
ULMCS:modulationandcodinglevelthatcanbesupportedintheuplinkdirectionbytheSMatthe
distanceinputbytheuser
DLThroughput:peakdownlinkthroughputsupportedbytheSMattheMCSlevelindicatedintheDL
MCSfield
ULThroughput:peakuplinkthroughputsupportedbytheSMattheMCSlevelindicatedintheULMCS
field
TotalThroughput:sumofDLThroughputandULThroughput.
SMsperDLmodulation:numberandpercentageofSMsthatcancommunicateinthedownlink
directionineachoftheMCSlevels,basedonthedistancesinputforeachSMandtheSMantenna
selection.
SMsperULmodulation:numberandpercentageofSMsthatcancommunicateintheuplinkdirectionin
eachoftheMCSlevels,basedonthedistancesinputforeachSMandtheSMantennaselection.

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DLAveragecapacity:downlinkcapacityofthesector,takingintoaccountthepercentageofusers
communicatingateachMCSlevel,undertheassumptionthattheusersaredistributedinthecovered
areaasindicatedintheSUBSCRIBERSLOCATIONsectionandthattheyallgeneratethesameamountof
traffic.
CalculationsfordeterminingthisfieldaredoneinthesamewaydescribedinAppendix A.
ULAveragecapacity:uplinkcapacityofthesector,takingintoaccountthepercentageofusers
communicatingateachMCSlevel,undertheassumptionthattheusersaredistributedinthecovered
areaasindicatedintheSUBSCRIBERSLOCATIONsectionandthattheyallgeneratethesameamountof
traffic.
CalculationsfordeterminingthisfieldaredoneinthesamewaydescribedinAppendix A.
TotalAveragecapacity:sumofDLAveragecapacityandULAveragecapacity.
DL/UL/TotalThroughputpermodulation:downlink/uplink/totalthroughputassignedtoeach
modulation.ThisistheproductoftheDL/UL/TotalAveragecapacityandthe%ofSMsperDL/UL
modulation.
DL/UL/TotalThroughputperSM:downlink/uplink/totalthroughputeachSMineachmodulationgroup
willexperience,assumingallSMsareactiveatthesametime.NotethatforallMCSlevelsthatareinuse
inthesectorthesevaluesarethesameforallSMs.ThereasonisthatitisassumedallSMsgeneratethe
sameamountoftraffic,andthereforetheyareallocatedthesamethroughput,regardlessoftheMCS
leveltheycanuseforcommunication.

INPUT SMs DIRECTLY

IftheuserdoesnotwanttoinputthedistancesoftheSMsonebyone,andtheyhavethestatisticsof
theSMsdistancesavailable,theINPUTSMsDIRECTLYsectioncanbeused.

INPUT SMs DIRECTLY

MCS15
MCS14
MCS13
MCS12
MCS11
MCS10
MCS9
MCS7
MCS6
MCS5
MCS4
MCS3
MCS2
MCS1
Total

SMs per DL modulation

8
5
5
3
2
2
0
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
30

DL Average Capacity [Mbps]

UL Average Capacity [Mbps]
Total Average Capacity [Mbps

26.7%
16.7%
16.7%
10.0%
6.7%
6.7%
0.0%
6.7%
3.3%
3.3%
0.0%
3.3%
0.0%
0.0%

MCS15
MCS14
MCS13
MCS12
MCS11
MCS10
MCS9
MCS7
MCS6
MCS5
MCS4
MCS3
MCS2
MCS1
Total

SMs per UL modulation

8
5
5
3
2
2
0
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
30

26.7%
16.7%
16.7%
10.0%
6.7%
6.7%
0.0%
6.7%
3.3%
3.3%
0.0%
3.3%
0.0%
0.0%

DL/UL/Total
DL/UL/Total
Throughput per
Throughput per
SM [Mbps]
modulation [Mbps]
11.95/3.47/15.42
1.49/0.43/1.93
7.47/2.17/9.64
1.49/0.43/1.93
7.47/2.17/9.64
1.49/0.43/1.93
4.48/1.3/5.78
1.49/0.43/1.93
2.99/0.87/3.85
1.49/0.43/1.93
2.99/0.87/3.85
1.49/0.43/1.93
0/0/0
0/0/0
2.99/0.87/3.85
1.49/0.43/1.93
1.49/0.43/1.93
1.49/0.43/1.93
1.49/0.43/1.93
1.49/0.43/1.93
0/0/0
0/0/0
1.49/0.43/1.93
1.49/0.43/1.93
0/0/0
0/0/0
0/0/0
0/0/0

48.63
13.84
62.48

InthissectiontheusercandirectlyinputthenumberofSMsforeachMCSlevel(greencells)forthe
downlinkanduplink.
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TheDL/UL/TotalAverageCapacitycalculations,theDL/UL/TotalThroughputpermodulationandthe
DL/UL/TotalThroughputperSMcalculationsareperformedasexplainedabove,butusingthenumbers
directlyinputbytheuserinsteadofusingtheSMsdistances.
WhenusingtheSUBSCRIBERLOCATIONSsectionortheINPUTSMsDIRECTLYsection,verifythatthe
totalnumberofSMsinthesectormatchestheNumberofSMs/sectorintheLINKBUDGETtab.The
numberofSMs/sectoraffectstheavailablethroughput,soifthenumbersdonotmatchawrong
throughputnumberisusedinthecalculationsinthistab.

References
AllthedetailedinformationsaboutCambiumNetworksePMPSeriescanbefoundintheofficialproduct
documentationavailablefordownloadfromCambiumNetworkspublicwebsite:
http://www.cambiumnetworks.com/products/epmp

Questions/Comments
CapacityPlanner@cambiumnetworks.com

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Appendix A
Example of aggregate capacity calculation
Intheaggregatecapacitycalculationtwoassumptionsaremade:

TheSMsaregeographicallyevenlydistributedinthecoveredarea
AllSMsgeneratethesameamountoftraffic

Theinputvaluesusedinthisexamplearethefollowing:
Region
Frequency band
Fade Margin

Others
5.7/5.8 [GHz]
0 [dB]

Channel Bandwidth

20 [MHz]

AP type
AP antenna system

Connectorized
Cambium 90 sector

AP 3rd party antenna gain

25 [dBi]

AP 3rd party antenna cable loss

3rd party connectorized SMs in sector?

1 [dB]
Yes

3rd party conn. SM antenna gain

23 [dBi]

3rd party conn. SM antenna cable loss

Environment
Range unit
Max range
Number of SMs/sector
Duty cycle
Max Combined AP Tx power (min MCS)
Interference measured?
SM antenna for measuring interference
Downlink interference level
Uplink interference level

1 [dB]
LOS
miles
10 [mi]
30
50/50
30 [dBm]
No
INTEGRATED
0 [dBm]
0 [dBm]

SM antenna for displaying data

INTEGRATED

Thesearethestepsforcalculatingtheaggregatecapacity:

ThePotentialDLRangeforeachmodulationislimitedbytheMaxrangefieldintheSYSTEM
CONFIGURATIONsection
ExamplewithMaxrangesetat10miles.

MCSlevel Potentialrange Actualrange

MCS15

2.58miles

2.58miles

MCS14

3.64miles

3.64miles

MCS13

5.77miles

5.77miles

MCS12

14.49miles

10miles
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MCS11

20.46miles

10miles

MCS10

32.43miles

10miles

MCS9

40.00miles

10miles

MCS1

40.00miles

10miles

Calculatethearea(insquaremiles)coveredwitheachmodulation
ThemodulationandcodinglevelsupportedbyeachSMinLOSconditionsdependsonthe
distancebetweentheAPandtheSM.SMsclosertotheAPcansupporthigherMCSlevels,while
SMsfartherfromtheAPcanonlysupportlowermodulationlevels.
ThisfigureshowstheareacoveredbytheAPandtheeightringscorrespondingtooneofthe
MCSlevelssupportedbytheePMPsystem.

Assuminga90sectorantennaattheAP,theareascoveredbytheAPateachmodulationlevel
areshowninthenexttable.
MCSlevel Area(squaremiles) Area(%)
MCS15

5.21

6.64%

MCS14

5.28

6.60%

25

MCS13

15.71

20.02%

MCS12

52.39

66.74%

MCS11

0%

MCS10

0%

MCS9

0%

MCS1

0%

TheareacalculatedforMCSlevels11to1isequalto0,becausethesectorunderconsideration
islimitedat10milerange,sotheassumptionisthattherearenousers(andthereforenoarea
covered)beyond10miles.
Thesametablealsoshowsthepercentageofthetotalarea(withinthe10milerange)covered
witheachmodulation.SinceallSMsareassumedtobeevenlydistributedinthecoveredarea,
thesepercentagesalsorepresentthepercentagesofSMscommunicatingateachoftheMCS
levels.
Similarcalculationsaremadefortheuplinkcase.

CalculatetheDLtimeandtheULtimeallocatedforeachMCSlevel
ThetimeintheDLandULsubframesisdividedamongSMs(andthereforeMCSlevels)
proportionallytothepercentageofuserscommunicatingateachMCSlevel.Thefollowingtable
showstheDLandULtimeswhicharecalculatedas

DL(UL)timeforMCSX=%areaforMCSX/DL(UL)throughputforMCSX

MCSlevel DLtime(s) ULtime(s)

MCS15

0.001539

0.001931

MCS14

0.001750

0.002178

MCS13

0.005863

0.007617

MCS12

0.026527

0.033025

MCS11

0.000000

0.000000

MCS10

0.000000

0.000000

MCS9

0.000000

0.000000

MCS1

0.000000

0.000000

CalculatetheDL,ULandtotalcapacity
TheDL(UL)peakcapacityistheinverseofthesumoftheDL(UL)timesallocatedforeachMCS.
Thepeakcapacityisthenmultipliedbyafactor(equalto85%)totakeintoaccounttheAP
antennapatternandthefactthattheusersareevenlydistributedinthecoveredarea.
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DL(UL)capacity=1/sumofallDL(UL)timesperMCS*antennafactor
ThetotalcapacityissimplythesumoftheDLandULcapacities.
DLCapacity=23.8Mbps
ULCapacity=19.0Mbps
TotalCapacity=42.8Mbps

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Appendix B
Example of calculation of Number of Enterprise and Residential Users
Letusassumethefollowingconfigurationparameters:
Region
Frequency band
Fade Margin

Others
5.7/5.8 [GHz]
0 [dB]

Channel Bandwidth

20 [MHz]

AP type
AP antenna system

Connectorized
Cambium 90 sector

AP 3rd party antenna gain

25 [dBi]

AP 3rd party antenna cable loss

3rd party connectorized SMs in sector?

1 [dB]
Yes

3rd party conn. SM antenna gain

23 [dBi]

3rd party conn. SM antenna cable loss

Environment
Range unit
Max range
Frame duration
Number of SMs/sector
Duty cycle
Max Combined AP Tx power (min MCS)
Interference measured?
SM antenna for measuring interference
Downlink interference level
Uplink interference level
% of SMs with uneven paths (single stream MCS)
PTP Mode

1 [dB]
LOS
miles
10 [mi]
5.0 [ms]
30
50/50
30 [dBm]
No
ePMP FORCE 100
0 [dBm]
0 [dBm]
0%
Dual Stream

Asshowninthefigure,SMsclosertotheAPutilizeanintegratedantenna,whileSMsfartherfromthe
APutilizeeitheroneofthetypesofconnectorizedantenna.
Withtheseconfigurationparameterstheresultingcapacitiesare:
Avg DL capacity
Avg UL capacity
Avg Tot capacity

30.6 Mbps
24.3 Mbps
54.9 Mbps

Theplansofferedtoenterprisecustomersare:

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Downlink
3.0 Mbps
5.0 Mbps
10.0 Mbps
20.0 Mbps

Uplink
3.0 Mbps
5.0 Mbps
10.0 Mbps
20.0 Mbps

Average
Distribution
25%
50%
20%
5%

Theplansofferedtoresidentialcustomersare:

Downlink
4.0 Mbps
15.0 Mbps
20.0 Mbps
30.0 Mbps

Uplink
1.0 Mbps
5.0 Mbps
10.0 Mbps
15.0 Mbps

Average
Distribution
10%
20%
50%
20%

ForplansA(Enterprise)andB(Residential):
AverageDLThroughput/user
EnterpriseAverageDLThroughput/user=3Mbps25%+5Mbps50%+10Mbps20%+20Mbps
5%=6.25Mbps
ResidentialAverageDLThroughput/user=4Mbps10%+15Mbps20%+20Mbps50%+30Mbps
20%=19.40Mbps
AverageULThroughput/user
EnterpriseAverageULThroughput/user=3Mbps25%+5Mbps50%+10Mbps20%+20Mbps
5%=6.25Mbps
ResidentialAverageULThroughput/user=1Mbps10%+5Mbps20%+10Mbps50%+15Mbps
20%=9.10Mbps
DLUsers/sector
EnterpriseDLUsers/sector=FLOOR(30.6Mbps/6.25Mbps5)=24
ResidentialDLUsers/sector=FLOOR(30.6Mbps/19.40Mbps15)=23
ULUsers/sector
EnterpriseULUsers/sector=FLOOR(24.3Mbps/6.25Mbps5)=19
ResidentialULUsers/sector=FLOOR(24.3Mbps/9.10Mbps15)=40
TotalUsers/sector
EnterpriseTotalUsers/sector=min(24,19)=19
ResidentialTotalUsers/sector=min(23,40)=23
ParametersareselectedefficientlyifthenumberofDLUsers/sectorisapproximatelyequaltothe
numberofULUsers/sector,sothatnodownlinkoruplinkresourcesremainunutilized.

PlanCisamixofplansAandBwithacertainpercentageselectedbytheuser.
ForthisexamplethepercentagesofplansAandBareboth50%.

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DLUsers/sector=FLOOR(30.6Mbps/(50%6.25Mbps/5+50%19.40Mbps/15)=24
ULUsers/sector=FLOOR(24.3Mbps/(50%6.25Mbps/5+50%9.10Mbps/15)=26
TotalUsers/sector=min(24,26)=24

Inthiscase,thetotalnumbersofuserscalculatedfortheEnterpriseplans(19users),fortheResidential
plans(23users)andforablendedplan(23users)arealllowerthantheNumberofSMs/sector
parametersconfiguredintheSYSTEMCONFIGURATIONsectionintheLINKBUDGETtab.

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