Private-label repeaters: what an OEM / ODM build involves

Integrators who install coverage systems often reach the point where they want their own product line: units with their name on the nameplate, a band plan that fits their market and documentation they control. This note describes how such an OEM / ODM build runs with Rays Coverage.

What can be adapted

Every repeater and remote unit is built from the same RF modules, combiners and controller. A custom band plan or power class is therefore mostly a configuration of existing modules; new filter tunings are quoted separately. What can be set per product line:

• Bands and sub-bands, uplink and downlink
• Gain and output power, from the power amplifier modules up to 24, 33 and 43 dBm
• Enclosure and mounting: indoor or outdoor; wall, rack or cabinet
• Alarms and interfaces, for example alarm contacts, Ethernet/SNMP or fibre
• The nameplate, the local web page, the desktop management application and the remote console

Six points to start

1. Bands: the bands and sub-bands to carry, uplink and downlink.
2. Power class: output power and gain.
3. Enclosure and mounting.
4. Interfaces: local and remote management, alarms.
5. Branding: your name on the nameplate and the management interface, or ours.
6. Expected volume range: the quantities you expect, as a range.

If you need a non-disclosure agreement first, we can sign yours before you send requirements.

From build specification to production

Your requirements become a build specification, a document with revisions that both sides refer to. The project then runs in seven steps: concept, design, prototype, verification by you, a pilot run in which each unit is tested before delivery, your own product qualification, and production to the current revision. Every unit ships with its test record.

Documentation you receive

Datasheets, block diagrams, mechanical drawings, interface descriptions, test data per unit, and the management software and firmware. The documentation follows the revision of the build specification you qualified, so your own qualification starts from a complete file.

After qualification

Once your units carry your name, any change to a component, module or firmware that affects function or documented values is notified to you in writing, with the updated documents, before it applies to your units. Repairs and replacement modules are handled by serial number, diagnosed from the unit's test record. The management server runs within the EU or on your own server, as you require.

Rays Technology in Brussels is your single contracting party: we write the build specification, manage its revisions and review the test data of every unit before delivery.

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