The following lists the built-in features in the platform as a toolset for designing Mobile Backhaul more efficiently.

Backhaul Planner Module features

  • User friendly Graphical Interface
  • Microwave network & links engineering: Point-to-Point & Point-to-MultiPoint LOS radios
    • Standalone User or Multi-User environment
    • 5G Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) design
    • Automatic network design based on equipment link distance matrix and different criteria (Topology, Fiber Optic proximity, Fiber POP candidates, Structure types, Number of antennas per site type, LOS, etc.)
    • Overlay of Fiber optic footprints for better traffic aggregation (Hub sites search)
    • Link budget & Performance calculation
    • System availability calculation
    • Automatic clutter data import
    • Interactive Path profiles
    • Multiple Digital Elevation Models (DEM) dataset support: NED, SRTM, etc.
    • Multiple Land cover data
    • Space and Frequency diversity
    • Antennas height automatic calculation
    • Multipath outage models: ITU-R P.530-6…17, ITU-R P.338-5 & Vigants-Barnett
    • Reflection & Diffraction analysis
    • Rain attenuation models: Cities rain data, ITU-R & Crane
    • Interference analysis: Equipment specifications, ITU-R F.699
    • Accurate Desktop LOS Analysis: Fresnel zone ellipses display on 3D (Google & Bing)
    • Overlay of FCC ASR towers, and MW registered links on a project during design for easing sites acquisition and RF/MW candidates search ring
    • Design audit & reporting
  • Fiber Optic routes display
  • Lit buildings display online database
  • Microwave links engineering: Point-to-Point NLOS radios (future release)
  • IP/VLANs design & overlay on Layer 1 network (future release)
  • BOM & Visio builders (future release)

360 Net Tools Module features

  • Bing map imagery
  • Google map imagery
  • Map areal & Bird’s eye view (3D) support
  • Integrated Relational Database with GIS extension
  • Dynamic display of cursor latitude & longitude on map
  • Support of multiple latitude & longitude format
  • Supported distance unit: meter/feet and km/mile
  • Links and sites display filtering on map
  • MW Links Fresnel zones display in 3D on Google Earth
  • Location address lookup
  • Real-time Structure and clutters height assessment (Buildings, Towers, Trees, etc.)
  • Bulk links data import and display on map from different source formats:
    • CSV
    • Excel
    • Text
    • Pathloss 4.0 (gr4)
    • TEMS Link Planner
  • Bulk sites data import and display on map from different source formats:
    • CSV
    • Excel
    • Text
    • Pathloss 4.0 (gr4)
    • TEMS Link Planner
  • Multiple Shape layers support
  • Shapes clustering
  • Shapes display per area of interest
  • FCC ASR data display
  • FCC microwave links application and license data display
  • Industry Canada Spectrum Direct microwave links license data display
  • Industry Canada Spectrum Direct microwave license application XML files generation
  • Canada FCSA microwave license application WebMics files generation
  • Detailed MW Path profile & Clearance
  • Integrated GPS for Path survey
  • Driving and Walking direction display
  • Desktop Line-of-Sight

Fiber Optic routes display in 2D & 3D view

  • ESRI and Relational database format supported
  • Minimum distance to fiber routes automatic calculation
  • Fiber Optic routes dynamic tiles generation
  • Fiber Optic routes display as tiles
  • Multiple fiber data sources: GIS Spatial database, GIS shapefile & Excel
  • Possibility of customization with other fiber data sources support (i.e. KMZ files)

Lit buildings data display in 2D & 3D view

  • ESRI format supported
  • Excel sheet format supported
  • GIS Database supported

Multiple Digital Elevation Map (DEM) dataset format supported:

  • USGS National Elevation Dataset (NED)
  • Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM)
  • Canadian Digital Elevation Data (CDED)
  • Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED)
  • Swiss DEM
  • Swedish DEM
  • Japanese DEM
  • Gridded Elevation FormatsACE/ACE2 (Altimeter Corrected Elevation)
  • ASPRS LIDAR LAS Files
  • ASTER DEM and L1A/L1B Imagery and MODIS imagery
  • Arc/Info ASCII Grid
  • Arc/Info Binary Grid
  • Arc/Info Export Format (E00)
  • BAG (Bathymetry Attributed Grid) Files
  • BIL/BSQ/BIP/RAW Imagery
  • BT (Binary Terrain) Elevation Grid Files
  • Arc/Info Binary Grid
  • BigTIFF
  • COLLADA 3D Models
  • Canada 3D Files
  • Canadian Digital Elevation Data (CDED)
  • Carlson SurvCAD Grid File
  • DHM – Swiss DEM Files
  • DTED (Digital Terrain Elevation Data) Format
  • ERDAS Imagine Image Format
  • GLOBE (Global Land 1-km Base Elevation) Data
  • GSD (Swedish DEM Grid) Files
  • GXF (Geosoft ASCII Grid) Files
  • Geodas Grid (GRD98) Format
  • Geosoft Binary Grid Files
  • Global 2′ Elevation Data (ETOPO2)
  • Global 30-arc-second Digital Elevation Data (GTOPO30)
  • Gravsoft Grid Files
  • HF2/HFZ Files
  • HRE – High Resolution Elevation Format
  • HTF (Hydrographic Transfer Format)
  • Hypack Matrix Files
  • Idrisi Format
  • International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) Files
  • JPEG2000 Files
  • Japanese DEM (JDEM/LEM/CSV) Format
  • LizardTechMrSID MG4 Lidar
  • NMGF (Noise Model Grid Format)
  • NOAA TerrainBase Elevation Data
  • NOAA/NGS Geoid Model Format
  • NTF Grid/Contour Format
  • PDS (Vicar) Files
  • PLS-CADD XYZ Files
  • QCT (Quick Chart) and QED Files
  • STL Files
  • Surfer Grid (ASCII and Binary) Format Files
  • TerraScan .bin/.ts Format
  • Terragen Terrain Format
  • USGS Digital Elevation Model (DEM)
  • USGS Digital Elevation Model, GeoTIFF Format
  • USGS Digital Elevation Model, Spatial Data Transfer Standard Format (DEM/SDTS)
  • USGS National Elevation Dataset (NED) – ArcGrid, BIL, Grid Float Format
  • Vertical Mapper (MapInfo) Grid/Clutter Files
  • Vulcan3D Triangulation (.00t) Files
  • WindSim GWS
  • Zmap Plus Grid Files