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Version 9.0.3

iBwave Design Release Notes / Version 9.0.3

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

STREAMLINE INDOOR WIRELESS NETWORK PLANNING ................................................................... 1

WHAT’S NEW IN VERSION 9.0? ................................................................................................................ 1

Revamped User Interface and Improved User Experience ...................................................................... 2

Support for 3D Antenna Patterns ............................................................................................................. 3

Smart Antenna Contours .......................................................................................................................... 3

Flexible Mount Orientation ....................................................................................................................... 4

Multiple Radio Access Points ................................................................................................................... 5

Cut Out Exclusion Areas From Prediction Areas ..................................................................................... 5

Atrium Structure ........................................................................................................................................ 6

Ring Cut Fiber Strands ............................................................................................................................. 6

Draw Cable Route .................................................................................................................................... 7

New Fiber Link Budget Report ................................................................................................................. 8

Components’ Custom Properties ............................................................................................................. 9

New Supported Technologies ................................................................................................................ 10

Other Enhancements.............................................................................................................................. 10

NEW FEATURES BY PRODUCT .............................................................................................................. 11

SERVICE RELEASES ................................................................................................................................ 12

VERSION 9.0.1 ...................................................................................................................................... 12

VERSION 9.0.2 ...................................................................................................................................... 13

VERSION 9.0.3 ...................................................................................................................................... 14

NEXT STEPS .............................................................................................................................................. 15

CONTACTING CUSTOMER CARE ........................................................................................................... 15

STREAMLINE INDOOR WIRELESS NETWORK PLANNING


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STREAMLINE INDOOR WIRELESS NETWORK PLANNING The iBwave Design application is the most comprehensive software available for automated network design planning. Users can streamline the process of data collection, component selection, cost evaluation, design, validation, documentation, reporting and more. Significantly reduce the time spent on manual field work and increase cost savings.

WHAT’S NEW IN VERSION 9.0? The iBwave Design Version 9.0 includes new and improved features aimed at increasing the efficiency and quality of your wireless designs. The highlighted features are:

Revamped User Interface for improved User Experience

Support for 3D Antenna Patterns

Smart Antenna Contours

Flexible Mount Orientation

Support for Multiple Radios

New Cut out Exclusion Areas in Prediction Areas

Consider Atriums in Prediction Calculations

Ring Cut of Fiber Strands to Span Across Floors

New Cable Route for Modeling Cable Trays and Pipes

New Fiber Link Budget Report

New Custom Properties for Components

Other improvements

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Revamped User Interface and Improved User Experience


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REVAMPED USER INTERFACE AND IMPROVED USER EXPERIENCE 1) Improved User Experience The new ribbon-based user interface enhances user experience and provides a customized Quick toolbar panel for frequently used buttons and icons.

WHAT’S NEW IN VERSION 9.0?


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SUPPORT FOR 3D ANTENNA PATTERNS 2) Full 3D measurements Antenna patterns Import and display 3D antenna pattern data with accurate radiation patterns and improved prediction accuracy. Supported formats:

• Satimo Chamber; .txt, .xlsx

• Atoll; .txt

• Mentum+Suhner ACII format in .pat3D

• Galtronics; ogl

Antenna patterns are imported into the DB Editor.

SMART ANTENNA CONTOURS 3) Antenna Contours Consider Wall and Antenna Patterns Antenna contours are now adapted to wall losses and antenna patterns and are automatically reset when moving access points across the floor plan.

Flexible Mount Orientation


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FLEXIBLE MOUNT ORIENTATION 4) User-defined Mount orientation angle Users can now enter an angle that allows rotating the antenna on the x-axis by the entered value.



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MULTIPLE RADIO ACCESS POINTS 5) Model Multiple Radios in the Database High density access points can be modeled in the database with multiple radios. In Design each radio is defined separately with its own output power and antenna patterns.

NOTE

Green color indicates 2.4 GHz and Blue color indicates 5 GHz.

CUT OUT EXCLUSION AREAS FROM PREDICTION AREAS 6) Define Exclusion Areas

Areas on a floor plan that are intended to be excluded from prediction calculations can be defined on the floor plans. For example, elevator shafts and warehouse packets, can be excluded from prediction calculations.

Atrium Structure


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ATRIUM STRUCTURE 7) Consider Atriums in prediction calculations

Define an Atrium area in Area definition on the floor plan. VPLE prediction calculations take into account that signal passes through open space in the opening across floors.

RING CUT FIBER STRANDS 8) Span fiber strands across floors calculations

Split strands from a fiber cable by selecting the strands in a fiber spot and connect to network equipment across floors by using Vias.

Cable slack can be added at the Fiber spot.



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DRAW CABLE ROUTE 9) Snap cables along cable routes to trays and conduits

Field technicians can draw the cable route using the Mobile application and import to Design where dropped cables can snap to the path of the cable routes.

The Magnet Cable Route attracts cables along its path.

New Fiber Link Budget Report


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NEW FIBER LINK BUDGET REPORT 10) Fiber Link Budget Report of Cable Losses

The new Fiber Link Budget report shows the cable losses of a fiber connection between the Source and the Destination. Connectors and splices are considered in the loss calculations.



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COMPONENTS’ CUSTOM PROPERTIES 11) Custom categories and properties

Custom properties can now be user defined in the DB Editor and imported to Design, where designers can enter pertinent information about the component.

The imported custom field information is saved in the database of components.

New Supported Technologies


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NEW SUPPORTED TECHNOLOGIES 12) New supported Technologies

The list of new supported technologies expands to include:

Better support for LTE-Advanced o 256 QAM o MIMO 4X4

CBRS support (3.5 GHz)

OTHER ENHANCEMENTS 13) Reset Part ID

A new option to reserve a range of Part ID numbers per floor.

14) Support 256QAM modulation for LTE Adjustment to LTE-Advanced technology.

15) True North Azimuth Angle included in report Users can select which azimuth to export.

16) Generic Signal Source in Cross Reference Report

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NEW FEATURES BY PRODUCT


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NEW FEATURES BY PRODUCT

Product Feature Design Enterprise Propagation Module

Collection Module

Optimization Module Design Lite Propagation Lite

Module

3D Antenna Pattern √ √

Multiple Radio Access Points √ √

Exclusion Area √ √

Atrium Structure √

Fiber Ring Cut √

Cable Route √

Smart Antenna Contours √

Fiber Link Budget √

LTE-A, CBRS √ √

SERVICE RELEASES


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SERVICE RELEASES

VERSION 9.0.1

The following issues have been resolved in iBwave Design Version 9.0.1.

ISSUE NUMBER DESCRIPTION

DSGN-9423 Missing Mechanical Downtilt value for Antenna’s property.

DSGN-9719 Encountered timestamp format error after importing survey data.

DSGN-9882 Unable to import customized ribbon with software version upgrade.

DSGN-10419 Dynamic Cable length value is replaced with Order Length value in cable property.

DSGN-10932 Exported Cost Details report has the wrong Total Per Floor value.

DSGN-11010 Moving a Via with the keyboard arrow keys does not consistently move the attached cables.

DSGN-11070 Application stops when attempting to import wall image.

DSGN-11072 Application stops due to DPI settings.

DSGN-11135 Unable to snap a wall on itself using Snap to Lines.

DSGN-11138 Floor plan images with Proportional Fit to Page does not work properly.

DSGN-11141 Unable to configure subbands for repeaters.

DSGN-11147 Unable to change the sector number in properties panel.

DSGN-11151 Cannot open file with modeled orphan Fiberspot.

DSGN-11155 Unable to model a hole across floors with an old file.

DSGN-11184 Cannot generate Antenna and Link Budget reports when BTS is linked by fiber connectors.

DSGN-11243 The output Map report generation stops before completing the report.

SERVICE RELEASES


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VERSION 9.0.2



DSGN-11168 A MIMO with both paths connected to an antenna still triggers a warning of missing 2-path connections.

DSGN-11253 Opening a file that was converted to a lower version causes the application to stop working.

DSGN-11259 Unable to connect certain parts on layout plans.

DSGN-11275 Cables connected to cable paths that don’t exist anymore cause a corrupted file.

DSGN-11293 Adding or editing a text box can cause the application to stop working.

DSGN-11282 Power sharing tabs do not appear when remote units are connected to fiber cables with fiber spots.

SERVICE RELEASES


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VERSION 9.0.3



DSGN-8228 Importing a Mobile project to an older version of Design should not be allowed.

DSGN-9382 A resized legend reverts to original size when project is saved with prediction map turned off.

DSGN-1115 Moving an antenna using the keyboard shortcuts does not move its contours.

DSGN-11153 The NAN label should not appear twice for Corning One remote units.

DSGN-11182 Enabling the cable length layer causes the application to slow down.

DSGN-11254 The Capacity output map does not yield accurate results.

DSGN-11257 Auto replacement does not work on bi-directional radio transceiver equipment connected to existing antennas.

DSGN-11285 Survey data DL, UL and Cell ID legends are empty.

DSGN-11374 Attempting to open a project with enabled Multiprocessor mode causes a Corrupt File error message.

DSGN-11387 Missing Horizontal and Inclined Surfaces options from the Modeling ribbon.

DSGN-11393 Filtering with BSSID does not work for Wi-Fi passive survey.

DSGN-11473 Fiber spots generate ‘Outside of allowed Range’ error messages in debug list.

DSGN-11475 The EMF Report is aborted when a media converter is not associated to all systems.

DSGN-11545 The Auto replacement error message for unsupported twisted pair cables is ignored.

NEXT STEPS


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NEXT STEPS Register to Attend a Live iBwave Product Suite Demo

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CONTACTING CUSTOMER CARE If you encounter any problems during the installation or configuration of iBwave Design, or if you have any questions, please send your inquiries to Customer Care:

Email: [email protected]

Phone:

• Americas: 1 855 442 9283 or 1 855 4 iBwave

• Europe: +212 6 58 42 84 41

• MEA: +212 6 58 42 84 41

• APAC: +63 998 532 4966

You can also:

Log into the iBwave Customer Portal, and create a request in the My Cases section: http://my.ibwave.com

Check if your questions are answered in the Knowledge Base section of the iBwave Customer Portal

http://www.ibwave.com/products/web-demos

http://www.ibwave.com/contacts

http://my.ibwave.com/

http://www.ibwave.com/ibwave-viewer-download

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http://my.ibwave.com/

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