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SOFTWARE & MODULES Design module module module Design module Wi-Fi Public
FEATURE COMPARISON ENTERPRISE ENTERPRISE ENTERPRISE ENTERPRISE LITE LITE Safety
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES
Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) ✔ ✔ ✔
5G: NR (Sub-6GHz and mmWave) ✔ ✔
4G: LTE / LTE-A / LTE-LAA / CBRS / WiMAX (802.16) / WiBro ✔ ✔ ✔ Public Safety bands only
3G: HSPA / HSPA+ / WCDMA / 1xEV-DO / TD-SCDMA ✔ ✔
2G: GSM / CDMA / EDGE / GPRS / iDEN / TDMA / & more ✔ ✔
Public Safety Broadband 4.9 GHz (802.11y) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Public Safety P25, Tetra ✔ ✔ ✔
DVB-H / MediaFLO / RFID / ZigBee (802.15.4) / WMTS / LoRa / UWB / GPS ✔ ✔

SYSTEM DESIGN
Design Plan for indoor RF system design ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Centralized database with over 29,000 components from over 300 vendors ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Support base stations, off-air repeaters and small cells ✔ ✔ ✔ R14 FirstNet
MIMO 2X2, 3X3, 4X4 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ no 3X3 MIMO
Coaxial, radiating and CAT5 cable signal distribution ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Multi-strand fiber-optic cables and components support for fiber modeling ✔ ✔ ✔
Support Wi-Fi access points including multi-radio APs (high density) ✔ ✔ ✔
Antenna contours ✔ ✔ ✔
Smart antenna contours considering building architecture and antenna pattern ✔ ✔ ✔
Network validation and error checking ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

AUTOMATION
Automatic design plan organizer ✔ ✔ ✔
Automatic access point placement ✔ ✔
Automatic channel assignment ✔ ✔
Power sharing automation for neutral host system designs ✔
Cable route and automatic cable alignment ✔ ✔ ✔
Automatic cable and splitter selection for passive DAS ✔ ✔
Optimal antenna placement ✔
Reset part ID ✔ ✔ ✔

CALCULATIONS
Automatic cable length measurements ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
RF Downlink link budget calculations ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
RF Uplink link budget calculations ✔ ✔
Fiber link budget ✔ ✔ ✔
Passive Intermodulation (PIM) calculations and analysis based on component PIM ratings ✔ ✔

BUILDING MODELING
Create multiple buildings ✔ ✔ ✔
Multi-layered floor plans with layout plans, walls, system equipment, cables, and more ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Import floor plans from .dwg, .dxf, .jpeg, .bmp, .tiff, .gif or .pdf files ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Draw walls (linear and curved) and surfaces ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Automatic drawing of inclined surfaces ✔ ✔ ✔
Assign material from material database ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Import walls from raster CAD files, PDF or images ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
3D Viewer to display buildings and floors ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Zone layer per wireless service ✔ ✔
Export building to Google Earth and building in Google Earth or Bing ✔ ✔ ✔

PROPAGATION
Body Loss Modeling ✔ ✔ ✔
LTE Handoff Matrix ✔
Simultaneous multi-band / technology propagation 3D prediction analysis ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Variable Path Loss Exponent propagation model using environment density zones ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
COST 231 Multi Wall model (Direct Ray) propagation model ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
continued on next page
Fast Ray Tracing propagation model ✔ ✔ ✔
Probe to display multi-system prediction results ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Compliancy results based on user defined criteria ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Create multiple buildings ✔ ✔ ✔
Multi-layered floor plans with layout plans, walls, system equipment, cables, and more ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Import floor plans from .dwg, .dxf, .jpeg, .bmp, .tiff, .gif or .pdf files ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Draw walls (linear and curved) and surfaces ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Automatic drawing of inclined surfaces ✔ ✔ ✔
Assign material from material database ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Import walls from raster CAD files, PDF or images ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
iBwave Propagation Optimization Collection iBwave Propagation iBwave iBwave
Public
3D Viewer to display buildings and floors
Design Design Wi-Fi
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Zone layer per wireless service
SOFTWARE & MODULES ✔ module module module module ✔
Export building to Google Earth and building in Google Earth or FEATURE
Bing COMPARISON ENTERPRISE
✔ ENTERPRISE ENTERPRISE ENTERPRISE LITE LITE ✔ Safety
✔

PROPAGATION
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES
Body Loss
Wi-Fi Modeling
(802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
LTE Handoff
5G: Matrix and mmWave)
NR (Sub-6GHz ✔ ✔
Simultaneous
4G: LTE / LTE-Amulti-band
/ LTE-LAA //CBRS
technology
/ WiMAXpropagation 3D prediction analysis
(802.16) / WiBro ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ bands only
✔ Public Safety
Variable
3G: HSPAPath Loss Exponent
/ HSPA+ / WCDMApropagation
/ 1xEV-DO / model using environment density zones
TD-SCDMA ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
COST
2G: GSM231/ Multi
CDMA Wall model
/ EDGE (Direct
/ GPRS Ray) /propagation
/ iDEN model
TDMA / & more ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
✔
Fast Ray
Public Tracing
Safety propagation
Broadband model
4.9 GHz (802.11y) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Probe to
Public display
Safety P25,multi-system
Tetra prediction results ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
✔
Compliancy
DVB-H results based
/ MediaFLO / RFID /on user defined
ZigBee criteria
(802.15.4) / WMTS / LoRa / UWB / GPS ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
✔
Customizable output map legends ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
SYSTEM DESIGN
Prediction model and material calibration from survey data ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Design Plan for indoor RF system design ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Import outdoor propagation maps from leading outdoor planning tools ✔ ✔
Centralized database with over 29,000 components from over 300 vendors ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Consider outdoor signal for interference and propagation maps ✔ ✔
Support base stations, off-air repeaters and small cells ✔ ✔ ✔ R14 FirstNet
2D and 3D antenna pattern support ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
MIMO 2X2, 3X3, 4X4 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ no 3X3 MIMO
Multiple Compliance Zone definition ✔ ✔
Coaxial, radiating and CAT5 cable signal distribution ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Donor Antenna Isolation Validation ✔ ✔
Multi-strand fiber-optic cables and components support for fiber modeling ✔ ✔ ✔
OUTPUT MAPS
Support Wi-Fi access points including multi-radio APs (high density) ✔ ✔ ✔
5G NR SS-RSRP,
Antenna SS-SNIR, PDSCH-SINR, PDSCH-RP, SS-RSRQ, MADR, Best Server
contours ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔
Signal antenna
Smart strength,contours
Best Server
considering building architecture and antenna pattern ✔
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
HSPA RSCP,
Network LTE RSRP
validation and error checking ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ LTE-RSRP
✔
Field strength, Handoff, Service Count maps, Nature of the path ✔
AUTOMATION
Wi-Fi Best AP, Best Channel, Overlap zone, AP Count ✔ ✔
Automatic design plan organizer ✔ ✔ ✔
SNIR, Maximum Achievable Data Rate, Dominance over Macro Maps ✔ ✔ no MADR
Automatic access point placement ✔ ✔
CDMA and WCDMA Active ser ✔
Automatic channel assignment ✔ ✔
LTE RSRQ, LTE RSRP, LTE Best Server in R14, Overlapping Zones maps, LTE-A Max Achievable Data Rate ✔ ✔ ✔ LTE-RSRQ
Power sharing automation for neutral host system designs ✔
Wi-Fi CCI, SNR ✔ ✔
Cable route and automatic cable alignment ✔ ✔ ✔
Uplink Mobile Power ✔ ✔
Automatic cable and splitter selection for passive DAS ✔ ✔
Indoor propagation map interpolated from: ✔ ✔
Optimal antenna placement ✔
Outdoor planning tools  ✔ ✔
Reset part ID ✔ ✔ ✔
Walk tests or empirical measurements  ✔ ✔ ✔
CALCULATIONS
Estimated surrounding signal strength  ✔ ✔
Redundant cable
Automatic DAS failure
lengthpoint propagation simulations
measurements ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Hetnet
RF Capacity
Downlink link Analysis with hotspot zones
budget calculations ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Average
RF UplinkDownlink Data
link budget Rate
calculations ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Optimal
Fiber linkAntenna
budget Placement map ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Passive Intermodulation (PIM) calculations and analysis based on component PIM ratings
DATA COLLECTION ✔ ✔

BUILDING MODELING
Manually create trace routes and enter survey data on floor plans ✔ ✔ ✔
Import multiple
Create trace routes and survey measurements from 3rd party collection tools
buildings ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Export floor plans
Multi-layered floorand transmitter
plans information
with layout to 3rd
plans, walls, party
system collection cables,
equipment, tools using
and the
moreIBWC file format ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Wi-Fi active
Import floor and passive
plans survey.dxf, .jpeg, .bmp, .tiff, .gif or .pdf files
from .dwg, ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Draw wallsDOCUMENTATION
PROJECT (linear and curved) and surfaces ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Automatic drawing of inclined surfaces ✔ ✔ ✔
Drawing tools for lines, shapes, text and images ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Assign material from material database ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Create picture plans and photo mock-ups ✔ ✔ ✔
Import walls from raster CAD files, PDF or images ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Create annotations (text, voice, picture, video) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
3D Viewer to display buildings and floors ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Create project revisions ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Zone layer per wireless service ✔ ✔
Project file password protection ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Export building to Google Earth and building in Google Earth or Bing ✔ ✔ ✔
Export project to .dxf format ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
PROPAGATION
REPORTING
Body Loss Modeling ✔ ✔ ✔
Annotations, Output maps, RF Survey reports ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
LTE Handoff Matrix ✔
Equipment list report ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Simultaneous multi-band / technology propagation 3D prediction analysis ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Cost details report ✔ ✔ ✔
Variable Path Loss Exponent propagation model using environment density zones ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Link budget report and Horizontal link budget reports
COST 231 Multi Wall model (Direct Ray) propagation model
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Antennas report ✔ ✔ ✔
Fast Ray Tracing propagation model ✔ ✔ ✔
Access Points and Small Cells report ✔ ✔
Probe to display multi-system prediction results ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Cable routing and Cross-reference reports ✔ ✔ ✔
Export floor plans and transmitter information to 3rd party collection tools using the IBWC file format ✔ ✔ ✔
Wi-Fi active and passive survey ✔ ✔

PROJECT DOCUMENTATION
Drawing tools for lines, shapes, text and images ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Create picture plans and photo mock-ups ✔ ✔ ✔
Create annotations (text, voice, picture, video) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
iBwave Propagation Optimization Collection iBwave Propagation iBwave iBwave
Create project revisions
Project file password protection
SOFTWARE & MODULES Design
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module module module Design
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module Wi-Fi
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Public
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Safety
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Export project to .dxf format FEATURE COMPARISON ENTERPRISE
✔ ENTERPRISE ENTERPRISE ENTERPRISE LITE ✔ LITE ✔ ✔
WIRELESS
REPORTINGTECHNOLOGIES
Wi-Fi (802.11 Output
Annotations, a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
maps, RF Survey reports ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
5G: NR (Sub-6GHz
Equipment and mmWave)
list report ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
4G:
CostLTE / LTE-A
details / LTE-LAA / CBRS / WiMAX (802.16) / WiBro
report ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Public Safety
✔ bands only
3G:
Link HSPA
budget / HSPA+
report /and
WCDMA / 1xEV-DO
Horizontal / TD-SCDMA
link budget reports ✔ ✔ ✔
2G: GSM /report
Antennas CDMA / EDGE / GPRS / iDEN / TDMA / & more ✔
✔ ✔
✔ ✔
Public
AccessSafety
PointsBroadband 4.9 GHz
and Small Cells (802.11y)
report ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Public Safety P25,
Cable routing and Tetra
Cross-reference reports ✔ ✔
✔ ✔
DVB-H / MediaFLO
Electromagnetic / RFID
field / ZigBee
(EMF) report (802.15.4) / WMTS / LoRa / UWB / GPS ✔ ✔
✔ ✔
PredictionDESIGN
SYSTEM vs. Measured data report ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Compliance report ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Design Plan for indoor RF system design ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Include PIM results in the Compliance Report ✔ ✔
Centralized database with over 29,000 components from over 300 vendors ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Export reports in various format (.rpt, .pdf, .xls, .doc, .rtf, .xml) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Support base stations, off-air repeaters and small cells ✔ ✔ ✔ R14 FirstNet
Export project and floor plan in TAB file format ✔ ✔ ✔
MIMO 2X2, 3X3, 4X4 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ no 3X3 MIMO
COMPONENT
Coaxial, DATABASE
radiating and CAT5 cable signal distribution ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Multi-strand fiber-optic
Database editor to add, cables
edit orand components
delete componentssupport for fiber modeling ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Support Wi-Fi access
Share component points between
database including multiple
multi-radio APs (high density)
users ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Antenna contours
Customized pricing and part numbers ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Smart antenna contours
Sub-component support considering building architecture and antenna pattern ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Network validation
List of approved andper
parts error checking
customer ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
List of equivalent parts
AUTOMATION ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Extensive library of materials (60+) including electrical and mechanical properties ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Automatic design plan organizer ✔ ✔ ✔
TOOLS
Automatic access point placement ✔ ✔
Automatic channel assignment
Frequency calculator ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Power sharing automation for neutral host system designs
converter ✔ ✔ ✔
Cable route and calculator
Intermodulation automatic cable alignment ✔
✔ ✔ ✔
Automatic cable and splitter selection for passive DAS
Wi-Fi Net scan ✔ ✔ ✔
Optimal antenna placement ✔
Reset part ID ✔ ✔ ✔

CALCULATIONS
Automatic cable length measurements ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
RF Downlink link budget calculations ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
RF Uplink link budget calculations ✔ ✔
Fiber link budget ✔ ✔ ✔
Passive Intermodulation (PIM) calculations and analysis based on component PIM ratings ✔ ✔

BUILDING MODELING
Create multiple buildings ✔ ✔ ✔
Multi-layered floor plans with layout plans, walls, system equipment, cables, and more ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Import floor plans from .dwg, .dxf, .jpeg, .bmp, .tiff, .gif or .pdf files ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Draw walls (linear and curved) and surfaces ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Automatic drawing of inclined surfaces ✔ ✔ ✔
Assign material from material database ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Import walls from raster CAD files, PDF or images ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
3D Viewer to display buildings and floors ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Zone layer per wireless service ✔ ✔
Export building to Google Earth and building in Google Earth or Bing ✔ ✔ ✔

PROPAGATION
Body Loss Modeling ✔ ✔ ✔
LTE Handoff Matrix ✔
Simultaneous multi-band / technology propagation 3D prediction analysis ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Variable Path Loss Exponent propagation model using environment density zones ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
COST 231 Multi Wall model (Direct Ray) propagation model ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Fast Ray Tracing propagation model ✔ ✔ ✔
Probe to display multi-system prediction results ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔