iPECS eMG80 - DECT Multizone Support; Multizone Subscription

iPECS eMG80 & eMG800 & UCP
Feature Description and Operation Manual Issue 1.6
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10. DECT MULTIZONE SUPPORT
10.1 Multizone subscription
Description
Multizone means that several single zones are tied with one system. Each single zone has up to
3 WTIM and 24 Base station. The system has up to 10 single zones and 240 Base station.
A single zone can be covered with the traffic handover which is available to talk in a single zone.
But the traffic handover between zones isn’t available. So user finished conversation and move to
the other zone
The benefit for Multizone is to cover the wide range compared with a single zone. User doesn’t
need to turn off the handset from the current zone to another zone, but talking is not available
during moving to another zone.
It is important to deploy the zones into areas where there is a natural delineation area & where
little or no overlap occurs. For example: where a company has two separate buildings. One
building could have up to 24 base stations and the second building could have another 24 base
stations on a separate multizone. Then as users walk between buildings the DECT handsets can
seamlessly change zones with next to no disruption to coverage and usability. Staff will know to
complete calls before changing zones. Because of physical separation there will be next to no
unintended roaming on opposing zones which can occur if zones overlap.
Because of this design principle it is recommended to avoid setting up zones where the overlap is
vertical. With zones above and below each other in a multi-story building roaming can often occur
between floors which may be unintended and generally not desirable. In some cases there will be
no option but to design this overlap between floors (especially large buildings) but where possible
consider lateral options (e.g One vertical zone covering basement, ground floor & floor 2 then the
second zone covering the West Wing & other zone/s covering the other wing/s). Another design
consideration could be where there is an un-populated floor with no bases this would be an
opportune physical point to separate zones.