RADWIN5000ConfigurationGuide Release4.9.17 3‐6
ActivatinganHBS InstallingaSector
AnyunregisteredHSUwillestablishalinkwiththefirstHBSitdetectsandinheritthe
SectorIDfromtheHBS.AssoonastheHSUisregisteredforservicewiththeHBS,the
HSU’sinheritedSectorIDcannolongerbechangedwhilelinked:Itis“locked”into
theHBS.ThismechanismpreventsanHSUclosetoasectorboundaryfrom“drifting”
betweenHBSsforadjacentsectors.
NoticethattheSectorIDissplitintotwopartsasshowninthepreviousfigure.Fora
networkconsistingofsectorswithfixedHSUsonly,thesplitisimmaterial.Ifthesec‐
torispartofanetworkhavingnon‐fixedHSUs,theneachSectorIDforeachpartici‐
patingsectorshouldhavethesamefourcharacterNetworkID.Theremainingpartis
ignoredwhenanHBSestablishesalinkwithanon‐fixedHSU.Thisfeatureenables
non‐fixedHSUstoestablishalinkwithanyHBSinthenetwork.
TheSectorIDissplitintoafourcharacterNetworkID(EBGX)andtheremainingpart
(20561334).
ForfixedHSUsyoumayignorethesplit.Fornon‐fixedHSUs,theuseofthesplitSec‐
torIDisexplainedonpage 6‐4.
ChooseyourSectorIDitcarefullyparticularlyifyouareusingcollocatedHBSsfor
extracoverage.TheSectorNameandLocationareconvenienceitemsbutshouldbe
chosentoensurethatthesectorisdocumentedandeasilyidentifiableinyourRF
planning.