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SPECIFICATION SHEET
BroadbandScanner
Automate Your Mesh and PMP Network Measurement Process
Motorola’s BroadbandScanner software enables the validation of mesh and point to
multi-point networks through an intuitive, GPS-driven interface that eliminates the
need for deep RF expertise.
A Total End-to-End Solution
Motorola’s wireless
broadband portfolio offers an
array of access and backhaul
technologies for complete
end-to-end municipal
wireless initiatives. Motorola
Point-to-Multipoint and
Point-to-Point solutions can
provide reliable, high-capacity
Internet backhaul links to
Motorola mesh networks.
BroadbandPlanner and
BroadbandScanner enable
detailed network planning
and optimization capabilities.
Manual verifi cation of mesh and point-to-multipoint
networks is costly and time-consuming. Early trial
deployment teams have struggled to compile
information using paper maps, custom spreadsheets, and manual cut-and-paste between GIS
applications, crude measurement tools, and
ad-hoc logs. However, today’s large, mature and
complex projects require automated, hardwareindependent validation of Quality of Service (QoS)
and performance.
BroadbandScanner equips network integrators and
post-deployment teams with a money-saving,
hardware-independent solution for measuring and
visualizing network performance. BroadbandScanner
can also be used in conjunction with BroadbandPlanner, Motorola’s comprehensive software
solution for designing and verifying wireless mesh
and point-to-multipoint networks. To ensure
accuracy and usability, BroadbandScanner leverages
GIS maps for recording, displaying, and storing vital
network information. The software’s visualization
capability displays the information integrators need
to pinpoint and validate critical QoS issues such as
wireless coverage and data throughput.
With BroadbandScanner, the measurement process
starts by importing the GIS terrain and map of the
area. Using “drive test” mode, the user records live
measurements by acquiring GPS located measurement
data from a wireless LAN card or an attached spectrum
analyzer. As measurement data accumulates,
BroadbandScanner adds this information in real-time
to the site map. Users then visualize the results as
RSSI (Received Signal Strength Intensity), SIR (Signal
to Interference Ratio), SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio), and
throughput data rate.
Identify Pre-Deployment RF Interference Issues and
Mounting Point Locations
Mesh access points (APs) require a high level of Signal
to Noise Ratio (SNR) to maintain reliable service.
BroadbandScanner contains a RF monitoring feature
that design planners can use to measure wireless
interference. When confi gured with an approved
LAN card and spectrum analyzer or a PMP subscriber
module, BroadbandScanner empowers integrators
with time and money-saving capabilities for identifying
noise-fl oor concerns that could impact the QoS – before
deploying a single piece of hardware.
Identifying AP mounting locations is another crucial
design planning task. While performing interference
testing or during a separate drive test, the team can
use BroadbandScanner to specify precise mounting
locations. When a candidate site is identifi ed, a simple
mouse click adds the GPS-accurate AP mounting
location to the site map.
Measure and Validate Post-Deployment QoS
BroadbandScanner provides a solution to help guarantee
that the deployed network achieves coverage and
capacity requirements detailed within the project
contract – prior to customer hand-off. This enables
network integrators to differentiate their solution and
deliver a high performance wireless broadband network
that runs the most demanding data, video and voice
applications, in the most challenging environments.
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SPECIFICATION SHEET
BroadbandScanner Software
Motorola Wireless
Broadband
BroadbandScanner is
part of the Motorola’s
comprehensive portfolio of
wireless broadband solutions,
applications and services.
Designed to complement and
complete wireless networks,
Motorola Wireless Broadband
solutions address a broad
range of applications across
municipal, enterprise, and
operator segments. The
comprehensive Motorola
Wireless Broadband portfolio
creates a true end-to-end
ecosystem of complementary
products, services and
solutions that provide high
speed connectivity enabling
a broad range of applications
in fi xed, nomadic, portable
or mobile environments.
Working together, Motorola
Mesh Wide Area Network
solutions combined with
other wireless broadband
access technologies deliver
ubiquitous, metro-wide
(community-wide, campuswide) wireless broadband
coverage.
WHY MOTOROLA
Motorola is uniquely
positioned to meet
customers’ need for great
agility through its wireless
network solutions vision.
Motorola has aligned its
business units and roadmaps
to provide a comprehensive,
end-to-end solution covering
all aspects of the broadband
wireless access deployment.
With our deep and extensive
patent portfolio, over a decade
of R&D investment, and our
experience as a global supplier
of broadband wireless access
solutions, Motorola is primed
to deliver its best in class
wireless networks. Motorola
is committed to leading the
industry with Mesh Wide
Area Networks solutions
addressing the full scope of
the operator’s deployment
needs including access,
core, devices, network
management and services.
Measure and record
live network activity
When used with Motorola’s SiteSpy software,
BroadbandScanner’s AP performance feature provides a
unique capability to generate network traffi c and assess
real application-level throughput without the need for
an active Internet backhaul connection. As a result,
post-deployment teams can verify and troubleshoot AP
link connectivity, packet latency, data throughput, and
connections to the NOC (Network Operations Center)
before connecting live to the outside world.
GPS-Driven Accuracy
Knowing precise locations during measurement is
crucial for accurately validating mesh and point-tomultipoint network performance. Access to live GPS
coordinates is the best way for a validation team to
determine measurement locations. BroadbandScanner
supports direct connection to industry-standard GPS
receivers. When recording measurements with GPS
enabled, the software updates latitude and longitude
coordinates within the site map in real-time.
BroadbandScanner is a key component in Motorola’s
Outdoor Wireless Network Design process, which
details the various stages of the outdoor network
project lifecycle (Fig. 1). BroadbandScanner is used
Visualize the
network coverage
FEATURES AND BENEFITS
• Directly import AutoCAD, GeoTIFF, DXF and SHP fi les
• GPS support enables accurate measurement and AP
location
• Measure and visualize network RF characteristics to
ensure contract performance goals
• Maintain fl exibility through a hardware independent,
common software platform
• Differentiate by guaranteeing superior network QoS,
which enables bandwidth-intensive applications like
VoWi-Fi and streaming media
• Decrease the total cost of ownership (TCO) of mesh
and point-to-multipoint networks by reducing costly
fi eld work and rework
• Visualize critical QoS information such as RSSI
(Received Signal Strength Intensity), SIR (Signal to
Interference Ratio), SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio), and
throughput data rate
THE MOTOROLA ADVANTAGE
An innovator of indoor and outdoor wireless
communications technology, Motorola provides the
network performance needed to boost productivity and
increase operational effi ciency across your business
enterprise.
in Phases two and four, while BroadbandPlanner,
Motorola’s comprehensive design and measurement
solution, addresses all four phases.
Outdoor Wireless Network Design Process
PHASE 2 PHASE 3 PHASE 4PHASE 1
Requirements Gathering
• Define geographic area to
be served
• Determine intended uses
• Select equipment and backhaul
• Acquire maps, terrain and
building/foliage shapefiles
Field Testing Design
• Secure/Identify mounting
locations
• Test for interference
• Perform trial area testing
• Import and merge geographic
information
• Place wireless hardware
• Evaluate “what if”
scenarios to determine optimal
coverage, capacity, backhaul
and mesh links
Display the throughput
data rate
Deployment/Verification
• Deliver deployment plan
• Install equipment
• Adjust design based on
site obstacles
• Measure actual coverage
and network throughput
• Verify performance
criteria are met
Figure 1: Outdoor Wireless Network Design Process
Motorola, Inc. www.motorola.com/rfdesign
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