OPTIMIZE YOUR FWA NETWORK EXPERIENCE AND MAXIMIZE PROFITABILITY
Accurately modeling CPEs Most network planning tools assume all users have traditional mobile phones with omni-directional antennas at approximately 1.5m above ground level. There are also various strategies and algorithms to intelligently distribute traffic within buildings. However, FWA CPEs come in many different shapes and sizes. They often have higher gain directional antennas and can be mounted in numerous different ways including on the inside of a window, on a building façade or on a pole above the building. To accurately model CPEs, your planning tool needs to be able to specify the performance and mounting attributes of different CPEs to ensure accurate modeling. Dimensioning the network When you think of a network design, most people focus on the coverage it provides. But accurate dimensioning is just as important, and perhaps even more critical for a network with FWA services, where a typical user consumes 12x more data
than a regular mobile subscriber. Designing the backhaul network
While the RF network may be the star of the show, the backhaul network that connects all the base stations back to the core network is equally critical. A well-designed backhaul network needs to have sufficient capacity to support the expected FWA traffic and it needs to have built-in link redundancy to ensure high network availability and ultimately happy subscribers.
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