User Manual
Product User Manual For
WIRELESS N MODULE
(Ralink Solution) Model
Number: WMP-N07
Revision: 1.0
Revision History
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Rev. Date Author Reason for Changes
1.0 Nov 23, 2006 Roy Tsai • New released
Contents
1.0 SCOPE.............................................................................................................................................4
1.1 DOCUMENT ....................................................................................................................................4
1.2 PRODUCT FEATURES.......................................................................................................................4
2.0 REQUIREMENTS..........................................................................................................................4
2.1 FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM........................................................................................................4
2.2 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ...............................................................................................................5
2.2.1 IEEE 802.11b Section ............................................................................................................5
2.2.2 IEEE 802.11g Section ............................................................................................................5
2.2.3 High Throughput Section (HT Mode) ....................................................................................6
2.2.4 General Section......................................................................................................................6
2.3 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS .............................................................................................................7
2.3.1 Information.............................................................................................................................7
2.3.2 Configuration.........................................................................................................................7
2.3.3 Security...................................................................................................................................7
2.4 MECHANICAL REQUIREMENTS .........................................................................................................8
2.5 COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................................8
2.6 REQUIREMENTS OF RELIABILITY, MAINTAINABILITY AND QUALITY ....................................................8
2.7 ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS....................................................................................................8
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1.0 Scope
1.1 Document This document is to specify the product requirements for WIRELESS N MODULE. 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, WIRELESS N
MODULE offers absolute interoperability with different vendors’ 802.11b/g MIMO Access Points through the
wireless LAN.
1.2 Product Features
Compatible with IEEE 802.11b high rate standard to provide wireless 11Mbps data rate
Compatible with IEEE 802.11g higher speed standard to provide wireless 54Mbps data rate
Operation at 2.4 ~ 2.5GHz frequency band to meet worldwide regulations
Dynamic date rate scaling at 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54 for 802.11g
Dynamic date rate scaling at 1, 2, 5.5, and 11Mbps for IEEE 802.11b
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.
Maximum reliability, throughput and connectivity with automatic data rate switching
Supports wireless data encryption with 64/128/152-bit WEP for security
Supports infrastructure networks via Access Point and ad-hoc network via peer-to-peer communication
Supports WPA and AES enhanced security
Supports VLAN tagging
Friendly user configuration and utilities
Drivers support Windows 98SE, ME, 2K, and XP
Supports Mini-PCI Type IIIB form factor
2.0 Requirements
The following sections identify the detailed requirements of the WIRELESS N MODULE.
2.1 Functional Block Diagram
N
/A
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2.2 General Requirements
2.2.1 IEEE 802.11b Section
2.2.2 IEEE 802.11g Section
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Feature Detailed Description
2.2.1.1 Standard IEEE 802.11b
2.2.1.2 Radio and
Modulation
Schemes
DQPSK, DBPSK, DSSS, and CCK
2.2.1.3 Operating
Frequency
2400 ~ 2497MHz ISM band
2.2.1.4 Channel Numbers 11 channels for United States
13 channels for Europe Countries
14 channels for Japan
2.2.1.5 Data Rate 11, 5.5, 2, and 1Mbps
2.2.1.6 Media Access
Protocol
CSMA/CA with ACK
2.2.1.7 Transmitter
Output Power
IEEE 802.11b: 22.71dBm
2.2.1.8 Receiver Sensitivity Typical –84dBm for 11Mbps @ 8% PER
Typical –90dBm for 2Mbps @ 8% PER
Feature Detailed Description
2.2.2.1 Standard IEEE 802.11g
2.2.2.2 Radio and
Modulation
Schemes
BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, and OFDM
2.2.2.3 Operating
Frequency
2400 ~ 2483.5MHz ISM band
2.2.2.4 Channel Numbers 11 channels for United States
13 channels for Europe Countries
13 channels for Japan
2.2.2.5 Data Rate 6,9,12,18,24,36,48,54Mbps
2.2.2.6 Media Access
Protocol
CSMA/CA with ACK
2.2.2.7 Transmitter
Output Power
IEEE 802.11g: 20.82dBm
2.2.2.8 Receiver Sensitivity Typical Sensitivity at Which Frame (1000-byte PDUs)
Error Rate = 10%
–86dBm at 6Mbps
–86dBm at 9Mbps
–84dBm at 12Mbps
–82dBm at 18Mbps
–78dBm at 24Mbps
–75dBm at 36Mbps
–71dBm at 48Mbps
–70dBm at 54Mbps
2.2.3 High Throughput Section (HT Mode)
2.2.4 General Section
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Feature Detailed Description
2.2.2.1 Standard IEEE 802.11n draft 1.0
2.2.2.2 Radio and
Modulation Type
BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM with OFDM
2.2.2.3 Operating Frequency 2400 ~ 2483.5MHz ISM band
2.2.2.4 Channel Numbers 11 channels for United States
13 channels for Europe Countries
13 channels for Japan
2.2.2.5 Data Rate From MCS – 0 to MCS –15 as shown in Appendix A
2.2.2.6 Media Access
Protocol
CSMA/CA with ACK
2.2.2.7 Transmitter Output
Power
IEEE 802.11n HT20: 20.61dBm
IEEE 802.11n HT40: 20.47dBm
2.2.1.8 Receiver Sensitivity Typical Sensitivity at Which Frame (1000-byte PDUs) Error Rate =
10%
–88dBm at BPSK, coding rate 1/2 (MCS-0)
–84dBm at QPSK, coding rate 1/2 (MCS-1)
–81dBm at QPSK, coding rate 3/4 (MCS-2)
–78dBm at 16-QAM, coding rate 1/2 (MCS-3)
–75dBm at 16-QAM, coding rate 3/4 (MCS-4)
–70dBm at 64-QAM, coding rate 2/3 (MCS-5)
–69dBm at 64-QAM, coding rate 3/4 (MCS-6)
–68dBm at 64-QAM, coding rate 5/6 (MCS-7)
Feature Detailed Description
2.2.3.1 Antenna Connector Three UFL antenna connectors
2.2.3.2 Operating Voltage 3.3VDC +/- 10%
2.2.3.3 Current
Consumption
800mA at continuous transmit mode (2 Tx chains on )
450mA at continuous receive mode (3 Rx chains on )
2.2.3.4 Form Factor and
Interface
Mini-PCI Type IIIB form factor
2.2.3.5 LEDs External LED function supported
2.3 Software Requirements
2.3.2 Configuration
The Configuration Software supports Microsoft Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, and XP. This configuration software
includes the following functions:
Information
Information allows you to monitor network status.
Configuration
Configuration allows you to configure parameters for wireless networking.
Security
Supports enhanced security WEP, 802.1x,WPA.
2.3.1 Information
2.3.3 Security
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Feature Detailed Description
2.3.2.1 ESS ID Input an SSID number if the roaming feature is enabled
Supports for ASCII printable characters.
2.3.2.2 Network Type Ad-hoc Mode and 802.11 Ad-hoc Mode for network
configurations that do not have any access points
Infrastructure Mode for network configurations with
access points
2.3.2.3 Power Save 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 Set the number of bytes used for fragmentation boundary
for messages
2.3.2.5 Fragment
Threshold
Set the number of bytes used for RTS/CTS boundary
2.3.2.6 Transmission Speed This indicates the communication rates. Select
appropriate transmission speed to match your wireless LAN
settings
2.3.2.7 Roaming Support Automatic or Manual Rescan to associate with
access point.
Feature Detailed Description
2.3.3.1 Encryption RC4 encryption algorithm
Support 64/128/152 bit WEP encryption
Support open system and shared key authentication
Feature Detailed Description
2.3.1.1 General
Information
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
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 Disconnect), 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 To search the neighboring access points and display the
information of all access
p
oints.
2.6 Requirements of Reliability, Maintainability and Quality
2.7 Environmental Requirements
2.4 Mechanical Requirements
2.5 Compatibility Requirements
This device passes the following compatibility requirements.
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Feature Detailed Description
2.3.3.2 WEP Management Four WEP keys can be selected
STA with WEP off will never associate any AP with
WEP enabled
WEP Key Format: Option for Hex format
2.3.3.3 802.1x Support EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, and EAP-PEAP
2.3.3.4 WPA Support WPA-PSK and WPA-EAP Support Cipher
Mode AES and TKIP
Feature Detailed Description
2.4.1 Length 50.8mm
2.4.2 Width 59.59mm
2.4.3 Height 0.99mm
Feature Detailed Description
2.6.1 MTBF Mean Time Between Failure > 30,000 hours
2.6.2 Maintainability There is no scheduled preventive maintenance required
2.6.3 Quality The product quality is followed-up by ALPHA factory
quality control system
Feature Detailed Description
2.7.1 Operating
Temperature
Conditions
The product is capable of continuous reliable operation
when operating in ambient temperature of 0 ℃ to +55℃.
2.7.2 Non-Operating
Temperature
Conditions
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
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
The product is not damaged nor the performance is
degraded after exposure to relative humidity ranging from 5%
to 95% non-condensing
Feature Detailed Description
2.5.1 Wi-Fi Meet Wi-Fi certification for IEEE 802.11 product
2.5.2 WHQL Meet applicable WHQL certification requirements
2.5.3 Physical Layer and
Functionality
Meet ALPHA Engineering Test Plan and Test Report
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:
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.
This device and its antenna(s) must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any
other antenna or transmitter.
Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the user authority to operate the equipment.
This compliance to FCC radiation exposure limits for an uncontrolled environment and
minimum of 20 cm separation between antenna and body.
This module is intended for OEM integrator. The OEM integrator is still responsible for the
FCC compliance requirement of the end product which integrates this module. LABEL OF
THE END PRODUCT:
The final end product must be labeled in a visible area with the following " Contains TX FCC
ID: S9ZCAMWMPN07 ". If the size of the end product is larger than 8x10cm, then the following
FCC part 15.19 statement has to also be available on the label: This device complies with Part
15 of 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.