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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 verification 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 configured 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-floor 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 identified, 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.