Alpha Networks 2007030071 Wireless Mini-PCI User Manual

Alpha Networks Inc. Wireless Mini-PCI

User Manual

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Product User Manual
For
802.11b/g MIMO Mini-PCI Card
(Ralink Solution)
Model Number: WMP-N07
Revision: 1.0
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Revision History
Rev. Date Author Reason for Changes
1.0 Nov 23, 2006 Roy Tsai New released
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Contents
1.0 SCOPE.............................................................................................................................................5
1.1 DOCUMENT ....................................................................................................................................5
1.2 PRODUCT FEATURES.......................................................................................................................5
2.0 REQUIREMENTS..........................................................................................................................5
2.1 FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM........................................................................................................5
2.2 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ...............................................................................................................6
2.2.1 IEEE 802.11b Section ............................................................................................................6
2.2.2 IEEE 802.11g Section ............................................................................................................6
2.2.3 High Throughput Section (HT Mode) ....................................................................................7
2.2.4 General Section......................................................................................................................7
2.3 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS .............................................................................................................8
2.3.1 Information.............................................................................................................................8
2.3.2 Configuration.........................................................................................................................8
2.3.3 Security...................................................................................................................................8
2.4 MECHANICAL REQUIREMENTS .........................................................................................................9
2.5 COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................................9
2.6 REQUIREMENTS OF RELIABILITY, MAINTAINABILITY AND QUALITY ....................................................9
2.7 ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS....................................................................................................9
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1.0 Scope
1.1 Document
This document is to specify the product requirements for 802.11b/g MIMOMini-PCI Card. This Mini-PCI Card is
based on Ralink RT2800 chipset that complied with 802.11n draft 1.0 standard from 2.4~2.5GHz, and it can be used
to provide up to 11Mbps for IEEE 802.11b and 54Mbps for 2.4GHz IEEE 802.11g to connect your wireless LAN.
With seamless roaming, fully interoperability and advanced security with WEP standard, 802.11b/g MIMOMini-
PCI Card offers absolute interoperability with different vendors’ 802.11b/g MIMO Access Points through the
wireless LAN.
1.2 Product Features
y Compatible with IEEE 802.11b high rate standard to provide wireless 11Mbps data rate
y Compatible with IEEE 802.11g higher speed standard to provide wireless 54Mbps data rate
y Operation at 2.4 ~ 2.5GHz frequency band to meet worldwide regulations
y Dynamic date rate scaling at 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54 for 802.11g
y Dynamic date rate scaling at 1, 2, 5.5, and 11Mbps for IEEE 802.11b
y Compatible with IEEE 802.11n draft 1.0 higher speed standard in High Throughput mode from MCS-0 to
MCS-15. The HT data rate refers to Appendix A.
y Maximum reliability, throughput and connectivity with automatic data rate switching
y Supports wireless data encryption with 64/128/152-bit WEP for security
y Supports infrastructure networks via Access Point and ad-hoc network via peer-to-peer communication
y Supports WPA and AES enhanced security
y Supports VLAN tagging
y Friendly user configuration and utilities
y Drivers support Windows 98SE, ME, 2K, and XP
y Supports Mini-PCI Type IIIB form factor
2.0 Requirements
The following sections identify the detailed requirements of the 802.11g Mini-PCI Card.
2.1 Functional Block Diagram
RT2860
( EWC MIMO )
MAC/BB SoC
RT2820
( EWC MIMO )
2400~2497MHz
Transceiver
RF-Front End Circuit
Chain 1
RF-Front End Circuit
Chain 2
RF-Front End Circuit
Chain 3
Mini PCI I/O
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2.2 General Requirements
2.2.1 IEEE 802.11b Section
# Feature Detailed Description
2.2.1.1 Standard y IEEE 802.11b
2.2.1.2 Radio and
Modulation
Schemes
y DQPSK, DBPSK, DSSS, and CCK
2.2.1.3 Operating
Frequency
y 2400 ~ 2497MHz ISM band
2.2.1.4 Channel Numbers y 11 channels for United States
13 channels for Europe Countries
14 channels for Japan
2.2.1.5 Data Rate y 11, 5.5, 2, and 1Mbps
2.2.1.6 Media Access
Protocol
y CSMA/CA with ACK
2.2.1.7 Transmitter Output
Power
y Typical 18dBm (+-2dB) at 11, 5.5, 2, and 1Mbps
2.2.1.8 Receiver Sensitivity
y Typical –84dBm for 11Mbps @ 8% PER
y Typical –90dBm for 2Mbps @ 8% PER
2.2.2 IEEE 802.11g Section
# Feature Detailed Description
2.2.2.1 Standard y IEEE 802.11g
2.2.2.2 Radio and
Modulation
Schemes
y BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, and OFDM
2.2.2.3 Operating
Frequency
y 2400 ~ 2483.5MHz ISM band
2.2.2.4 Channel Numbers y 11 channels for United States
13 channels for Europe Countries
13 channels for Japan
2.2.2.5 Data Rate y 6,9,12,18,24,36,48,54Mbps
2.2.2.6 Media Access
Protocol
y CSMA/CA with ACK
2.2.2.7 Transmitter Output
Power
y Typical RF Output Power at each RF chain, Data Rate
and at room Temp. 25degree C ( tolerance ± 2dB )
y 17dBm at 6~36 Mbps
y 16dBm at 48 Mbps
y 15dBm at 54 Mbps
2.2.2.8 Receiver Sensitivity
y Typical Sensitivity at Which Frame (1000-byte PDUs)
Error Rate = 10%
y –86dBm at 6Mbps
y –86dBm at 9Mbps
y –84dBm at 12Mbps
y –82dBm at 18Mbps
y –78dBm at 24Mbps
y –75dBm at 36Mbps
y –71dBm at 48Mbps
y –70dBm at 54Mbps
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2.2.3 High Throughput Section (HT Mode)
# Feature Detailed Description
2.2.2.1 Standard y IEEE 802.11n draft 1.0
2.2.2.2 Radio and
Modulation Type
y BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM with OFDM
2.2.2.3 Operating Frequency
y 2400 ~ 2483.5MHz ISM band
2.2.2.4 Channel Numbers y 11 channels for United States
13 channels for Europe Countries
13 channels for Japan
2.2.2.5 Data Rate y From MCS – 0 to MCS –15 as shown in Appendix A
2.2.2.6 Media Access
Protocol
y CSMA/CA with ACK
2.2.2.7 Transmitter Output
Power
y Typical RF Output Power at each RF chain, Data Rate and at room
Temp. 25degree C ( tolerance ± 2dB )
y 19dBm at MCS - 0 ~ 4, MCS 8 ~ 12
y 17dBm at MCS - 5, 13
y 13dBm at MCS - 6, 14
y 6dBm at MCS - 7, 15
2.2.1.8 Receiver Sensitivity y Typical Sensitivity at Which Frame (1000-byte PDUs) Error Rate =
10%
y –88dBm at BPSK, coding rate 1/2 (MCS-0)
y –84dBm at QPSK, coding rate 1/2 (MCS-1)
y –81dBm at QPSK, coding rate 3/4 (MCS-2)
y –78dBm at 16-QAM, coding rate 1/2 (MCS-3)
y –75dBm at 16-QAM, coding rate 3/4 (MCS-4)
y –70dBm at 64-QAM, coding rate 2/3 (MCS-5)
y –69dBm at 64-QAM, coding rate 3/4 (MCS-6)
y –68dBm at 64-QAM, coding rate 5/6 (MCS-7)
2.2.4 General Section
# Feature Detailed Description
2.2.3.1 Antenna Connector
y Three UFL antenna connectors
2.2.3.2 Operating Voltage
y 3.3VDC +/- 10%
2.2.3.3 Current
Consumption
y 800mA at continuous transmit mode (2 Tx chains on )
y 450mA at continuous receive mode (3 Rx chains on )
2.2.3.4 Form Factor and
Interface
y Mini-PCI Type IIIB form factor
2.2.3.5 LEDs y External LED function supported
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2.3 Software Requirements
The Configuration Software supports Microsoft Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, and XP. This configuration software
includes the following functions:
y Information
Information allows you to monitor network status.
y Configuration
Configuration allows you to configure parameters for wireless networking.
y Security
Supports enhanced security WEP, 802.1x,WPA.
2.3.1 Information
# Feature Detailed Description
2.3.1.1 General
Information
y General Information shows the name of Wireless
Adapter, Adapter MAC Address, Regulatory Domain,
Firmware Version, and Utility Version.
2.3.1.2 Current Link
Information
y Current Link Information shows the Current Setting
ESSID, Channel Number, Associated BSSID, Network
Type (infrastructure or Ad-hoc network), WEP Status
(enable or disable), Link Status (Connect or Dis-
connect), 802.11g Transmit Speed (6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36,
48, 54Mbps), 802.11b Transmit Speed (1, 2, 5.5,
11Mbps), Signal Strength, and Link Quality.
2.3.1.3 Site survey y To search the neighboring access points and display the
information of all access points.
2.3.2 Configuration
# Feature Detailed Description
2.3.2.1 ESS ID y Input an SSID number if the roaming feature is enabled
y Supports for ASCII printable characters.
2.3.2.2 Network Type y Ad-hoc Mode and 802.11 Ad-hoc Mode for network
configurations that do not have any access points
y Infrastructure Mode for network configurations with
access points
2.3.2.3 Power Save y Extend the battery life of clients by allowing the client
to sleep for short periods of time while the Access Point
buffers the messages.
2.3.2.4 RTS Threshold
y Set the number of bytes used for fragmentation
boundary for messages
2.3.2.5 Fragment
Threshold
y Set the number of bytes used for RTS/CTS boundary
2.3.2.6 Transmission Speed
y This indicates the communication rates. Select
appropriate transmission speed to match your wireless
LAN settings
2.3.2.7 Roaming y Support Automatic or Manual Rescan to associate with
access point.
2.3.3 Security
# Feature Detailed Description
2.3.3.1 Encryption y RC4 encryption algorithm
y Support 64/128/152 bit WEP encryption
y Support open system and shared key authentication
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# Feature Detailed Description
2.3.3.2 WEP Management y Four WEP keys can be selected
y STA with WEP off will never associate any AP with
WEP enabled
y WEP Key Format: Option for Hex format
2.3.3.3 802.1x y Support EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, and EAP-PEAP
2.3.3.4 WPA y Support WPA-PSK and WPA-EAP
y Support Cipher Mode AES and TKIP
2.4 Mechanical Requirements
# Feature Detailed Description
2.4.1 Length y 50.8mm
2.4.2 Width y 59.59mm
2.4.3 Height y 0.99mm
2.5 Compatibility Requirements
This device passes the following compatibility requirements.
# Feature Detailed Description
2.5.1 Wi-Fi y Meet Wi-Fi certification for IEEE 802.11 product
2.5.2 WHQL y Meet applicable WHQL certification requirements
2.5.3 Physical Layer and
Functionality
y Meet ALPHA Engineering Test Plan and Test Report
2.6 Requirements of Reliability, Maintainability and Quality
# Feature Detailed Description
2.6.1 MTBF y Mean Time Between Failure > 30,000 hours
2.6.2 Maintainability
y There is no scheduled preventive maintenance required
2.6.3 Quality y The product quality is followed-up by ALPHA factory
quality control system
2.7 Environmental Requirements
# Feature Detailed Description
2.7.1 Operating
Temperature
Conditions
y The product is capable of continuous reliable operation
when operating in ambient temperature of 0 to +55.
2.7.2 Non-Operating
Temperature
Conditions
y Neither subassemblies is damaged nor the operational
performance is degraded when restored to the operating
temperature after exposing to storage temperature in the
range of –20 to +75 .
2.7.3 Operating
Humidity
conditions
y The product is capable of continuous reliable operation
when subjected to relative humidity in the range of 10%
and 90% non-condensing.
2.7.4 Non-Operating
Humidity
Conditions
y The product is not damaged nor the performance is
degraded after exposure to relative humidity ranging
from 5% to 95% non-condensing
FCC statement in User's Manual (for class B)
"Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement
This Equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates,
uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with
the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is
no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment
does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by
turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by
one or more of the following measures:
- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is
connected.
- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
FCC Statements:
1. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions:
(1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference
that may cause undesired operation.
2. This device and its antenna(s) must not be co-located or operating in conjunction
with any other antenna or transmitter.
3. Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party
responsible for compliance could void the user authority to operate the equipment.
4. This compliance to FCC radiation exposure limits for an uncontrolled environment,
and minimum of 20 cm separation between antenna and body.

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