it would be really nice if Mimosa could do this with their cloud management system
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Brian Webster <i...@wirelessmapping.com> wrote: > Eric, > > You are correct on all points. My suggestion is to use > Radio Mobile, most of the time you can get the premade antenna pattern > files so you could run each sector or PTP link properly. Then with each > sector or link run I would set up a separate folder in Google Earth for > each 5 GHz channel. Then you would move or save each sector propagation in > to the folder for the channel it operates on. To see where you are using a > particular channel you would just turn on that whole folder to plot all the > RF signals on that channel. If you change channels for a sector just move > it’s propagation file from the old channel folder to the new channel > folder, no new propagation plot needs to be run (well unless you go from > one power lever channel to a lower one). > > > > Thank You, > > Brian Webster > > www.wirelessmapping.com > > www.Broadband-Mapping.com > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Eric Kuhnke > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 02, 2016 3:23 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Frequency Planning / Coordination software > > > > I last research this a couple of years ago, and I really hope somebody can > tell me I'm wrong here, but I think you'll run into a few things: > > a) the serious software that is available is $$$$$ and assumes you are a > major mobile phone carrier like T-Mobile or AT&T > > b) software that does not cost a truly ridiculous amount of money > (LinkPlanner, etc) is designed for creating theoretical FCC Part 101 PTP > links only and doesn't really handle sector antennas. > > c) software that can handle sector antennas and does what you want it to > do will expect some sort of data files for radiation pattern envelope that > are available for cellular radio sector antennas and radios, but has no > idea how to deal with common 5.x GHz band WISP equipment. this software is > intended for companies planning 3GPP/LTE based networks with monopole, > tower and rooftop sites in urban areas but wasn't written for WISPs. > > > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 12:19 PM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm also interested in this. > > > > The only suggestion I got before was the obvious one. Plot coverage maps > for each antenna and see where they overlap. I'm sure software exists > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > > From: "SmarterBroadband" <li...@smarterbroadband.com> > > To: af@afmug.com > > Sent: 8/2/2016 3:09:14 PM > > Subject: [AFMUG] Frequency Planning / Coordination software > > > > Anyone know of any software out there that we could enter all our > > > > Sites > > Backhauls > > AP’s > > Frequencies > > sector directions and beam widths > > > > and it would show possible interference? > > > > We are getting so many towers now that 5 GHz planning is getting more and > more difficult. Trying to keep track of all the frequencies, angles etc. > > > > Thanks > > > > Adam > > >
