Page iii of viMeridian Companion Site Planning Reference ManualContentsAbout this manual ....................................................1Companion system overview ..................................3Introduction to the Companion system......................................3Base Stations ............................................................................5Radios and antennas ............................................................................. 5Base Station location ...............................................9Base Station installation guidelines...........................................9Installing multiple Base Stations in a cell center .................................. 11Companion Deployment Tool ................................13Using the CDT.........................................................................13CDT components ................................................................................. 14How the CDT works ............................................................................. 14Interpreting the portable’s tones........................................................... 16Conducting a CDT operational check .....................................17Cell boundary values...............................................................18Using the CDT to determine cell boundaries ..........................19
