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Introduction
Lab Setup
• LAB Setup is in HOB-B UAE Lab, 12th floor.
- Hardware
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AMIA/ 1-ASIA / 1-ABIA/
•
Flexi RFM 1800 – FXED
•
Flexi RFM 800 – FRMF
- Configuration
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2 X Cells = CA 20Mhz/1800Mhz + 15Mhz/800Mhz
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Equipment Connectivity
Lab Setup (1 of 4) / Site View
FRMF
RF
Module
800Mhz
FXED
RF
Module
1800Mhz
AMIA
ASIA / ABIA
BBU Modules
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Equipment Connectivity
Lab Setup (2 of 4) / BBU Configuration
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Equipment Connectivity
Lab Setup (3 of 4) / Antenna Configurations
Jumpers to be connected to the UE BOX (2 X RF Chains Input
only)
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Equipment Connectivity
Lab Setup (3 of 4) / DT Tool Setup
Limitations in
testing Overlapped
coverage between
cells
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UE Box:
Limitation with
2 X RF inputs
Only
3. Live Pilot Cluster
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Live Pilot Cluster
12 X Live Sites
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Live Pilot Cluster
12 X Live Sites / Existing Configuration
S.
No
Unified Site ID
Corrected
Site ID
Site Name
LTE 1800
LTE 800
LTE Configuration
1
AUH196
196
AUH_O_Baniyas_EB8_U196
1//1//1
-
1eCCM2+1bCEM+3SBRRH
2
AUH520
520
O_Mafraq_Medical_Centre
1//1//1
-
1eCCM2+1bCEM+3SBRRH
3
AUH527
527
O_Baniyas_East_2
1//1//1
-
1eCCM2+1bCEM+3SBRRH
AUH1131
1131
O_BANIYAS_EXCH
1//1//1
1//1//1
1eCCM2+3bCEM+3MCRRH1800+3RRH800
AUH1191
1191
AUH_O_Baniyas_East_EB2_04_Du_U1
191
1//1//1
-
1eCCM2+1bCEM+3MCRRH1800
6
AUH1267
1267
O_BANIYAS_EAST
1//1//1
-
1eCCM2+1bCEM+3SBRRH
7
AUH1378
1378
O_BANIYAS_CIV_DEF
1//1
-
1eCCM2+1bCEM+2SBRRH
8
AUH4163
4163
AUH_O_Baniyas_EB6_3_U4163
1//1//1
-
1eCCM2+1bCEM+3SBRRH1800
AUH5019
5019
O_Baniyas_EB_10
1//1//1
1//1//1
1eCCM2+3bCEM+3SBRRH+3RRH800
10
AUH5050
5050
O_Baniyas_Bridge
1//1//1
-
1eCCM2+1bCEM+3SBRRH
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AUH5185
5185
O_Baniyas_EB6
1//1//1
-
1eCCM2+1bCEM+3SBRRH
12
AUH5530
5530
O_BANIYAS_EB7
1//1//1
-
1eCCM2+1bCEM+3SBRRH
4
5
9
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4. Technical Product Description
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Technical Details
LTE2547 – FRMF Flexi RF Module 6-Pipe 800 = 360W
Technical description
Name
Flexi Radio
Variant
FRMF
Product code
~25 liters, 25 kg
IP65, 3HU
-35 to +55 °C
-48V DC input
ANT6
ANT5
ANT4
ANT3
ANT2
ANT1
TX/RX
TX/RX
TX/RX
TX/RX
TX/RX
TX/RX
RET
472930A
Supported power levels
8,20,30,40,60 [W]
FR Unit Operating band
UL: 791 -821 MHz
DL: 832 - 862 MHz
Full Band 20 (800EU MHz)
EAC
Opt3
Opt2
DC
Power
Opt1
Typical configurations
Tx capability
30 MHz
No of RMs
Antenna Cabling
No of Sectors
Rx capability
30 MHz
1 x RFM
I type (2TX&2RX), MIMO 2x2
Up to 3
MCPA nominal output power
6x60 W
2 x RFM
K type (2TX&4RX), MIMO 2x2
Up to 3
2 x RFM
N type (4TX&4RX), MIMO 4x2
Up to 3
Number of pipes
6
Number of optical interfaces
3
Max optical link throughput
6 Gbit/s
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For internal use
- FRMF has 6 Power Amplifiers enabling it to support one,
two or three sectors with up to 60+60 W 2TX MIMO
output power at the BTS antenna connectors.
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Technical Details
LTE1719 - FXED Flexi RF Module 6TX 1800
ANT6
ANT5
ANT4
ANT3
ANT2 ANT1
TX/RX TX/RX TX/RX TX/RX TX/RX TX/RX
~25 liters, 25 kg
IP65, 3HU
-35 to +55 °C
-48V DC input
Technical description
Name
Flexi Radio
Variant
FXED
Product code
Supported power levels
Operating band
LMP
Opt3 Opt2
Band 3 (1800)
Tx bandwidth
75 MHz
Rx bandwidth
75 MHz
MCPA nominal output power
6x60W
Number of pipes
6
Number of optical interfaces
3
Max optical link throughput
6 Gbit/s
Opt1
Typical configurations
472924A
10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60
DC
Power
No of RMs
Antenna Cabling
No of Sectors
1 x RFM
I type (2TX&2RX), MIMO 2x2
Up to 3
2 x RFM
K type (2TX&4RX), MIMO 2x2
Up to 3
2 x RFM
N type (4TX&4RX), MIMO 2x2
Up to 3
- The most cost and size and weight optimized 3-sector 2TX MIMO
BTS site
- One 3-sector Module is more cost effective than 3 x RF Head in
feederless installations
- From HW point of view it can be used as powerful one sector RRH
with max 4x60 W with 4TX MIMO and 4RX
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For internal use
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Technical Details
BBU Configuration
AMIA (Subrack)
3U
ABIA (Capacity PIU)
Half subrack
Common PIU (transport and control)
Common PIU (transport and
control)
Half subrack
Subrack (AMIA)
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Capacity PIU (Capacity
extension)
Capacity PIU (Capacity
extension)
Capacity PIU (Capacity
extension)
1) PIU – Plug In Unit
ASIA (Common PIU)
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Capacity PIU1) (Capacity
extension)
Capacity PIU (Capacity
extension)
Capacity PIU (Capacity
extension)
Nokia Internal Use
• Multi-RAT capable HW: GSM, WCDMA, FDD LTE,TDD-LTE,LTE-A Pro &
5G ready
• Modular approach: scalable capacity and superb connectivity
• Backwards/forwards compatible electrical and mechanical interfaces (RF,
Transport, site solution)
• Indoor and outdoor product variants
• Common plug-in unit: control processing, integrated transport functionality
• Capacity plug-in unit: RF fronthaul connections and baseband processing
• Core plug-in unit: Common and baseband processing functions
• Outdoor Enclosure available when AirScale SM Indoor installed outdoors
Technical Details
BBU: Capacity ABIA Plug in unit
RF1
RF2
RF3
RF4
Capacity plug in unit:
• Cell specific baseband processing
• Up to 6 PIU in Subrack for flexible expansion of BTS baseband capacity
• RF Module connectivity
• 6 x OBSAI/CPRI up to 9.8 Gbps
• 3 out of 6 CPRI interfaces support IQ compression*
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RF5
RF6
Technical Details
BBU: Common ASIA Plug in unit
DC-IN
SI
EACN SOUT SEI1SEI2 SRIO1 EIF1
SRIO2 EIF2
Port
# Physical I/F
EIF3
EIF4
Usage
EIF1…2 2 SFP+
1/10GE optical or 1GE electrical transport
EIF3…5 3 RJ45
1GE electrical transport
SEI
2 MiniSAS-HD Subrack extension, 2x 10GE
SRIO 2 SFP+
Rapid IO connection for Flexi Multi Radio 10
DC-IN 1 DC terminal -48V DC Input
EAC
1 HDMI
External alarm & control, 6 alarms, 6 alarms/ctrls
SIN
1 HDMI
Synchronization input, GPS interface
SOUT 1 HDMI
Synchronization output
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EIF5
LMP
Port
Common plug-in unit:
• Centralized control processing
• Up to 2 units in one Subrack for
independent Base Stations or high
capacity configurations
• Integrated Ethernet transport
termination per subrack side
Connectivity to:
• Transport (EIF)
• External System Module Extension
• AirScale SM Subrack (SEI)
• Flexi Multi Radio 10 SM (SRIO)
# Physical I/F
LMP 1 RJ-45
LEDs 14
RESE
2
T
Usage
Local management port, 1G Ethernet
Visual indication of status
Plug-in unit RESET, with several scenarios
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