System Design

• LTE, Active/Passive DAS, public safety P25 and Tetra
• Trunking diagram for indoor RF system design
• Multiple systems, technologies, and bands
• Support base stations and off-air repeaters
• Power sharing interface (%) for neutral host system designs
• Coaxial, radiating, fiber-optic and CAT5 cable signal distribution
• Multi-strand fiber-optic cables and components support for fiber modeling
• Redundant DAS designs
• Preferred lists of components
• Connector validation for coaxial and fiber-optic cables
• Automatic cable and splitter selection for optimal system balancing
• Network validation and error checking
• Grouping of systems by operator and wireless services
• Full 3D antenna patterns
• Wizard to duplicate sectors
• Body loss modeling
• LTE frequency re-use
• Edit properties for multiple components at once
• Support MIMO 2X2, 3X3, and 4X4
• Donor Isolation Antenna
• Critical/General Zone Identification

Floor Plans

• Multi-layered floor plans with layout plans, walls, DAS equipment, cables and more
• Import floor plans from .dwg, .dxf, .jpeg, .bmp, .tiff, .gif or .pdf files
• Automatic cable length measurements
• Automatic cable alignment
• Drawing tools for walls, lines, shapes, text and images
• Ruler to calculate dimensions and areas
• Display antenna contours and calculations

RF Calculation

• Downlink calculations
• Uplink calculations

3D Building Modeling

• Draw generic walls and surfaces
• Show floor plan and building in 3D with DAS equipment
• Show building cuts in 3D
• Draw inclined surfaces automatically
• Support inclined surfaces as trapezoids
• Draw cables running along inclined surfaces with the ability to stop walls at incline
• Create elevation view of the building on the Design Plan
• Show building location in Google Maps or Bing Maps
• Export building to Google Earth

Project Documentation

• Use drawing tools to add lines and shapes, also add text and images
• Create picture plans and photo mock-ups
• Create annotations (text, audio, picture, video)
• Create project revisions
• Protect project file with password
• Export project to .dxf format and all annotations to zip file
• Print project documentation

Reports

• Antennas, Cable routing and Cross-reference
• Equipment list and Cost details
• Link budget and Horizontal link budget
• Annotations, Survey data, output maps and Prediction vs. measured data
• Electromagnetic Field (EMF)
• Compliance
• Design version tracking

Components Database

• Centralized component database of active and passive components including detailed technical specifications
• Over 34,000+ components from more than 300 vendors
• Import and export libraries of components
• Sub-component support
• Database editor to add, edit or delete components
• Customized pricing and part numbers
• Share component database between multiple users
• List of approved parts
• List of equivalent parts
• List of errors and warnings configurable in the database of components

Tools

• Frequency calculator
• Power convertor
• Intermodulation calculator

Platform Support

• 64-bit support
• Multiple processor support

Software Requirements

• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2
• Install the latest Windows service packs and critical updates from the Windows Update site
• Administrative rights are required during installation

Hardware Requirements
Minimum

• Processor: > 2.0 GHz
• Operating System: Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10
• Memory: 4 gigabytes (GB) of RAM
• Hard Disk: 10 GB

Recommended (for large projects)

• Processor: Intel i7 Processor 8700K (3.7 GHz, up to 4.7 GHz)
• Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 10 64-bit
• Memory: 16 gigabytes (GB) of RAM or more
• Hard Disk: 120 GB SSD
• Video Card with 3D support and at least 1 GB

* iBwave Public Safety does not allow the usage of multiple simultaneous Terminal Server sessions.
* iBwave Public Safety will not run under multiple simultaneous Terminal Servers.
* iBwave Public Safety product line is not supported on virtual environments.