LMDS

Clint Smith's guide helps you make technical decisions and surmount RF, network, and management hurdles that confront those designing and implementing a LMDS or other broadband point to multipoint systems.

The guide covers a multitude of topics ranging from:

• Fundamental technology decisions related to multipoint systems, including Bandwidth on Demand (DBA), TDM, ATM, VoIP, Cable Systems, Wireless LAN, FDD and TDD
  
• Understanding radio components which are integral to any multipoint system and their relationship to the performance and services offeredE
  
• Business considerations involving marketing, services, dual-band strategies, projected user traffic, capital and operating expenses, capital authorization
  
• RF design guidelines pertaining to a new or existing system, design considerations for TDM, IP and ATM networks relative to the services offered, and how to calculate demand estimation
  
• Host terminal guidelines relative to demarcation, interface types, customer location qualification, customer survey methods, and installation issues
  
• Implementation considerations for any point to multipoint system, including land use acquisition, site selection process, base station, host terminal and central office installation, in addition to a base station site checklist
  
• Technical organization structure establishment, headcount drivers, hiring, smart outsourcing and training
  
• Performance report (RF and network) related to daily performance monitoring and engineering planning, including upper-management reports
  
• Spectrum allocation tables
  
• Glossary

Contents

• Chapter 1: Introduction.
  
• Chapter 2: Technology.
  
• Chapter 3: Radio Elements.
  
• Chapter 4: Business Considerations.
  
• Chapter 5: RF Design Guidelines.
  
• Chapter 6: Network Design Guidelines.
  
• Chapter 7: Host Terminal.
  
• Chapter 8: Implementation Issues.
  
• Chapter 9: Technical Organization.
  
• Chapter 10: Performance Reports.
  
• Chapter 11: Spectrum Allocation Tables.