Whether your physical assets are deployed or not, the site configuration process is the same and will take a maximum of 5 to 10 minutes.
If you have already deployed your Celona Edge instances and Access Points for this new site, you can proceed to bring-up the new network after completing the process below.
What will you need?
The complete address of your site, including the ZIP code.
Physical mount height, azimuth, and downtilt for each of your antennas for installing Celona Outdoor APs.
GPS locations of your Celona Indoor and Outdoor APs.
For sites in the United States, contact details of Certified Professional Installers (CPI) and their CPI certificate ID.
Configuring a new Edge cluster
This article describes Celona Edge cluster configuration.
Configuring a new site (US)
Navigate to the Sites section on the side navigation menu and click the Summary tab.
Note: Starting with Celona Orchestrator (CSO) release 2411, the Config tab has been renamed and reordered as the Summary tab.To create a new site, click on the CREATE SITE button.
Enter the site name and address. The Orchestrator will then query SAS (Spectrum Access System), which returns the available CBRS spectrum at that location. This happens in the background so you can continue to populate the other fields.
Next, you can select the Celona Edge Cluster you created for the site using the dropdown.
Select the appropriate spectrum configuration, such as Spectrum Band and Preferred CBRS Band Tier.
Spectrum Band: 48 (CBRS Band in the US)
Preferred CBRS Band Tier: GAA (General Authorized Access), PAL (Priority Access License), or GAA & PALUnder the Access Point Configuration, click on the ADD ACCESS POINTS. Select the preferred access points that need to be added to the site.
Users can now configure the spectrum bandwidth allocation for the access points according to their preferences.
4G APs only: If the user has selected a 4G-only AP, select a minimum of 10 MHz from the spectrum selection.
5G APs only: If the user has selected a 5G-only AP, an option to choose the Maximum Channel Width (for 5G APs only) displays. This applies to 5G APs only. Select either 20 or 40 MHz from the spectrum selection.
Note:Only 20 MHz channels are available for 5G. Therefore, select two contiguous blocks.
If 40 MHz is selected, please ensure your spectrum selection has 40 MHz contiguous blocks available.
4G and 5G APs: Select bandwidth for 4G and 5G independently.
Note: Users cannot use the same channels for both 4G and 5G.
Click on CREATE to complete.
As previously mentioned, if your physical Celona Assets are deployed and can reach the Celona Orchestrator, auto-configuration begins when you click Create. Upon first boot-up, you can update the Celona Edge cluster to the latest version and reboot, and we can finalize your Celona Access Point settings while that is in progress.
A few important points to note about the relationship between sites and Celona Edge:
Each site can only be assigned to one Celona Edge Cluster.
Each Edge Cluster can have one or more sites. In other words, multiple sites can be assigned to a single Edge Cluster.
Each Edge Node within a Cluster can only be assigned to one Edge Cluster.
Celona SIMs are activated on an Edge Cluster. Celona AP and MicroSlicing Key Performance Indicator (KPI) stats are stamped by Edge Cluster ID and Site ID within the Celona Orchestrator.
Configuring a New Site (International)
Navigate to the Sites section on the side navigation menu and click the Summary tab.
To create a new site, click on the CREATE SITE button.
If the Edge Cluster has been pre-configured (which will be the case with the purchased Express/Enterprise appliance), select the Edge Cluster you created for the site using the dropdown.
For international site creation, the user must select the channel bandwidth and the spectrum start and end range for operations.
Enter the Spectrum Range Based on the selected spectrum band and then choose Radio Technology.
When choosing the Edge Cluster, the ADD ACCESS POINTS button will be enabled.
Choose the Access Points from the list of available Access Points.
When you select Access Points, ‘Maximum Channel Width’ will be populated. This Maximum Channel Width is the intersection of bandwidth supported by each Selected Access Point.
Once Maximum Channel Width is selected, click on CREATE to complete the Site Creation Flow
As previously mentioned, if your physical Celona Assets are deployed and can reach the Celona Orchestrator, auto-configuration begins when you click Create.
Adding an AP13 or AP13E as Class A (Indoor) or Class B (Outdoor)
When adding an AP13 or AP13E to the site, you have the option to select its category, either Indoor (Class A) or Outdoor (Class B).
Once the AP is added to the site with the chosen category, any subsequent category changes would require the AP to be removed from the site and then re-added with the updated category.
Adding Access Points to a site
Earlier, when adding APs to a site, only the name & serial numbers were visible. As an enhancement, more AP properties have been added to identify the AP before adding it to a site.
Clicking on toggle icon at the top right corner of above table will display AP properties as shown below
Removing Access Points from a site
To remove an Access Point (AP) from a site, you must first bring down the AP. You can do this by contacting Celona Support. After the APs are operationally down, follow the workflow mentioned below to remove them from the site.
Click the kebab menu at the end of the row, and choose “Edit” from the menu.
In the form that opens up, navigate to the Access Points section at the bottom, select one or more APs, and click on the
Remove Access Pointsbutton.
A green confirmation snack bar indicates that the APs have been removed from the site. You can now add them to another site if necessary.