Hardware component selection

The hardware components need to be considered for the following elements

• 5G Network
• WIFI
• LoraWAN
• Satellite
• NQM Servers

These represent the physical hardware dependencies of the project

5G Network

• 4 uts. Dell PowerEdge R740

• Containing: (AWTS /Amarisoft Integration)

  • 5G full Stack Solution

  • 3 uts. CPRI cards (6 GBIC bays each)

  • 800 GB HD

• 1 ut SD-WAN Core Switch EdgeCore (Switch)

  • DCS204 – Edgecore Networks (edge-core.com)

• 1 ut. Amarisoft CallBOX (PicoCell)

  • https://www.amarisoft.com/test-and-measurement/device-testing/device-products/amari-callbox-classic

• 1 ut. Amarisoft User Equipment Simulator

  • https://www.amarisoft.com/test-and-measurement/network-testing/network-products/amari-ue-simbox-e-series

Radio Heads

• 10 Uts. of AW2S Black Hawk n77 band 43 dBm 5G Radioheads

  • DES000025-PRJ000019-AW2S-BlackHawk_FDD_B3_43dBm_-48V_Specification.pdf

• 10 uts. of AW2S Black Hawk B3 band 4G Radioheads

  • DES000113-PRJ000041-AW2S-Panther_5G_MP_TDD_33dBm_-48V_Specification.pdf

Public WI FI

• 4 uts. cnMatrix TX2028RF-P

  • cnMatrix TX2028RF-P Enterprise Switch | Cambium Networks

• 4 uts. Unifi EdgeSwitch12

  • EdgeSwitch Fiber ES-12F Datasheet (ubnt.com)

• 26 units of Cambium e700 Enterprise Access Points

  • cnPilot e700 Enterprise Outdoor Wi-Fi | Cambium Networks

• 37 uts. Cambium XV2-T0 and XE3 Outdoor Access Points.

  • Cambium XV2-2T XV2-2T Wi-Fi 6 Outdoor Wireless Access Point - English (cambiumnetworks.com)
  • Cambium XE3 XE3-4TN Wi-Fi 6/6E Outdoor Wireless Access Point - English (cambiumnetworks.com)

• Mikrotik RouterBoard R760

  • MikroTik Routers and Wireless - Products: hEX S

LoraWAN

• ​ 1ut. The Things Network Gateway

  • https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/gateways/models/dragino-lps8/

• ​ 1ut. Weather Station Sensor SenseCAP S900 + Data Logger S2100

  • https://www.seeedstudio.com/SenseCAPONE-S900-9in1-Compact-Weather-Sensor-p-4881.html
  • https://solution.seeedstudio.com/product/sensor-hub-4g-data-logger/

Satellite

For the Satellite experiments we will be using StarlinQ

https://www.starlink.com/gb/specifications?spec=4

No additional equipment is needed.

NQM Servers

NquiringMinds servers will be run "in house" on commodity server

We have selected Dell PowerEdge R350 as the target hardware, due to its ubiquity and solid support

https://i.dell.com/sites/csdocuments/Product_Docs/en/Dell-EMC-PowerEdge-R350-Spec-sheet.pdf

Although this is the target hardware, the software is designed so it can run on almost any hardware or cloud deployment