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Fiber Distributed Antenna System
(Fiber DAS) Operation Manual Copyright 2017 by Bird Technologies, Inc. Instruction Book Part Number 920-Fiber-DAS Rev. P3 Delta Node is a registered trademark of Delta Node Solutions Ltd. and Bird Technologies, Inc. Safety Precautions Thefollowingaregeneralsafetyprecautionsthatarenotnecessarilyrelatedtoanyspecificpartorprocedure,and donotnecessarilyappearelsewhereinthispublication.Theseprecautionsmustbethoroughlyunderstoodand applytoallphasesofoperationandmaintenance. OperatingPersonnelmustatalltimesobservegeneralsafetyprecautions.Donotreplacecomponentsormake adjustmentstotheinsideofthetestequipmentwiththehighvoltagesupplyturnedon.Toavoidcasualties, WARNING KeepAwayFromLiveCircuits alwaysremovepower. DonotattempttoremovetheRFtransmissionlinewhileRFpowerispresent. WARNING ShockHazard Undernocircumstancesshouldanypersonreachintoanenclosureforthepurposeofserviceoradjustmentof equipmentexceptinthepresenceofsomeonewhoiscapableofrenderingaid. WARNING DoNotServiceOrAdjustAlone Anuninterruptibleearthsafetygroundmustbesuppliedfromthemainpowersourcetotestinstruments. Groundingoneconductorofatwoconductorpowercableisnotsufficientprotection.Seriousinjuryordeathcan occurifthisgroundingisnotproperlysupplied. WARNING SafetyEarthGround Personnelworkingwithornearhighvoltagesshouldbefamiliarwithmodernmethodsofresuscitation. WARNING Resuscitation Observegeneralsafetyprecautions.Donotopentheinstrumentwiththepowerapplied. WARNING RemovePower i SafetyPrecautions Safety Symbols Warningnotescallattentiontoaprocedure,whichifnotcorrectlyperformed,couldresultinpersonalinjury. WARNING Cautionnotescallattentiontoaprocedure,whichifnotcorrectlyperformed,couldresultindamagetothe CAUTION instrument. Note:
Callsattentiontosupplementalinformation. ThelaserusedinthissystemisaClass3blaserthatproducesinvisibleinfraredcoherent light.Avoidlookingintoconnectedfibersandreceptacles.Notsafetoviewwithoptical instruments.Alwaysputtheprotectioncapsonunusedfibersandreceptacles. ii FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Warning Statements Thefollowingsafetywarningsappearinthetextwherethereisdangertooperatingandmaintenancepersonneland arerepeatedhereforemphasis. WARNING ThisisNOTaconsumerdevice. ItisdesignforinstallationbyFCCLICENSEESandQUALIFIEDINSTALLERS.YouMUSThaveanFCCLICENSEor expressconsentofanFCClicenseetooperatethisdevice.YouMUSTregisterClassBsignalboosters(asdefinedin 47CFR90.219)onlineatwww.fcc.gov/signalboosters/registration.Unauthorizedusemayresultin significantforfeiturepenalties,includingpenaltiesinexcessof$100,000foreachcontinuingviolation. Seepage40 ForCMRS817824MHzApplicationsandAmericanCellularApplications:
WARNING ThisisNOTaconsumerdevice. ItisdesignforinstallationbyFCCLICENSEESandQUALIFIEDINSTALLERS.YouMUSThaveanFCCLICENSEor expressconsentofanFCClicenseetooperatethisdevice.Unauthorizedusemayresultinsignificantforfeiture penalties,includingpenaltiesinexcessof$100,000foreachcontinuingviolation. Seepage40 WARNING ThisisNOTaconsumerdevice. ItisdesignedforinstallationbyaninstallerapprovedbyanISEDlicensee. YouMUSThaveanISEDLICENCEortheexpressconsentofanISEDlicenseetooperatethisdevice. Seepage40 Avoidlookingintoconnectedfibersandreceptacles. WARNING ThelaserusedinthissystemisaClass3blaserthatproducesinvisibleinfraredcoherentlight.Notsafetoview withopticalinstruments.Alwaysputtheprotectioncapsonunusedfibersandreceptacles. Seepage15 iii Caution Statements Thefollowingequipmentcautionsappearinthetextandarerepeatedhereforemphasis. SafetyPrecautions Donotforgettoturnoffthetesttonewhenyouaredonewithyouruplink.Bettercheckoneextratime.Theywill otherwiseinterferewiththenormaloperationofthesystembycausingnoisetothebasestation. CAUTION TurnOffTestTone Seepage114 Unauthorizedantennas,cables,and/orcouplingdevicesmaycausenonconformitywithnationalorinternational regulations,couldcausedamage,ornonconformingERP/EIRP. CAUTION Seepage41. CAUTION WhenmatingRFconnectors,ensurethattheyareproperlyalignedandnotcrossthreaded. TightenSMAconnectorsto8in.lbs. DoovertorqueRFconnectors,thiscouldresultindamagetotheUnit. DonotundertorqueRFconnectors,thiscouldresultinpoorsignaltransmission. Seepage47 iv FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Safety Statements USAGE ANY USE OF THIS INSTRUMENT IN A MANNER NOT SPECIFIED BY THE MANUFACTURER MAY IMPAIR THE INSTRUMENTS SAFETY PROTECTION. USO EL USO DE ESTE INSTRUMENTO DE MANERA NO ESPECIFICADA POR EL FABRICANTE, PUEDE ANULAR LA PROTECCIN DE SEGURIDAD DEL INSTRUMENTO. BENUTZUNG WIRD DAS GERT AUF ANDERE WEISE VERWENDET ALS VOM HERSTELLER BESCHRIEBEN, KANN DIE GERTESICHERHEIT BEEINTRCHTIGT WERDEN. UTILISATION TOUTE UTILISATION DE CET INSTRUMENT QUI NEST PAS EXPLICITEMENT PRVUE PAR LE FABRICANT PEUT ENDOMMAGER LE DISPOSITIF DE PROTECTION DE LINSTRUMENT. IMPIEGO QUALORA QUESTO STRUMENTO VENISSE UTILIZZATO IN MODO DIVERSO DA COME SPECIFICATO DAL PRODUTTORE LA PROZIONE DI SICUREZZA POTREBBE VENIRNE COMPROMESSA. v SafetyPrecautions SERVICE SERVICING INSTRUCTIONS ARE FOR USE BY SERVICE - TRAINED PERSONNEL ONLY. TO AVOID DANGEROUS ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT PERFORM ANY SERVICING UNLESS QUALIFIED TO DO SO. SERVICIO LAS INSTRUCCIONES DE SERVICIO SON PARA USO EXCLUSIVO DEL PERSONAL DE SERVICIO CAPACITADO. PARA EVITAR EL PELIGRO DE DESCARGAS ELCTRICAS, NO REALICE NINGN SERVICIO A MENOS QUE EST CAPACITADO PARA HACERIO. WARTUNG ANWEISUNGEN FR DIE WARTUNG DES GERTES GELTEN NUR FR GESCHULTES FACHPERSONAL. ZUR VERMEIDUNG GEFHRLICHE, ELEKTRISCHE SCHOCKS, SIND WARTUNGSARBEITEN AUSSCHLIELICH VON QUALIFIZIERTEM SERVICEPERSONAL DURCHZUFHREN. ENTRENTIEN LEMPLOI DES INSTRUCTIONS DENTRETIEN DOIT TRE RSERV AU PERSONNEL FORM AUX OPRATIONS DENTRETIEN. POUR PRVENIR UN CHOC LECTRIQUE DANGEREUX, NE PAS EFFECTUER DENTRETIEN SI LON NA PAS T QUALIFI POUR CE FAIRE. ASSISTENZA TECNICA LE ISTRUZIONI RELATIVE ALLASSISTENZA SONO PREVISTE ESCLUSIVAMENTE PER IL PERSONALE OPPORTUNAMENTE ADDESTRATO. PER EVITARE PERICOLOSE SCOSSE ELETTRICHE NON EFFETTUARRE ALCUNA RIPARAZIONE A MENO CHE QUALIFICATI A FARLA. vi FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) About This Manual Thismanualcoverstheoperating&maintenanceinstructionsforthefollowingmodels:
Changes to this Manual FiberDAS Wehavemadeeveryefforttoensurethismanualisaccurate.Ifyoudiscoveranyerrors,orifyouhavesuggestions forimprovingthismanual,pleasesendyourcommentstoourSolon,Ohiofactory.Thismanualmaybeperiodically updated.Wheninquiringaboutupdatestothismanualrefertothepartnumber:920FiberDAS;andrevision:P3. Chapter Layout Introduction DescribesthefundamentalsoftheBirdFiberDASandprovidesalistofcommonlyused abbreviationsandacronyms. System Description DescribestheMajorcomponentsthatmakeupaBirdFiberDASsystem. Installation Guidelines ProvidesFCCrequirementsandsafetyconsiderationswheninstallingaBirdFiberDAS. Commissioning ListsthepreparationsandequipmentrequiredtosuccessfullyinstallandcommissiontheBird FiberDAS. RF Commissioning Chaptercontainsusefuladviceonhowtodesignawellworkingsystemaswellas examplesforfinetuninglinkabudgetandcontrollingnoiseinaBirdFiberDAS. Model Identification ProvidesabreakdownoftheBirdpartnumbersfortheFiberDASsystems.Atableof partnumbersusedforRemoteUnitsisalsoprovided. vii Table of Contents SafetySymbols................................................................................ ii WarningStatements........................................................................... iii CautionStatements............................................................................iv SafetyStatements..............................................................................v ChangestothisManual........................................................................vii ChapterLayout...............................................................................vii Chapter 1 Introduction . 1 RFonfiber .................................................................................... 1 Definitions .................................................................................... 2 Chapter 2 System Description. 4 Gateways..................................................................................... 4 CentralGateway(CGW) ...................................................................... 4 BaseStationGateway(BGW) ................................................................. 4 RemoteGateway(RGW) ..................................................................... 6 Headend ..................................................................................... 6 DCSNetworkSwitch........................................................................ 6 MasterFrameUnit(MFU).................................................................... 7 BaseStationInterfaceUnit(BIU)............................................................... 8 InterconnectUnit(ICU) ..................................................................... 1 3 FiberOpticInterface(FOI)unit............................................................... 15 PSUtherackpowersupply ................................................................. 20 RemoteUnit(RU)............................................................................. 21 DDR ..................................................................................... 2 2 DDS ..................................................................................... 26 DDH..................................................................................... 28 DDU..................................................................................... 3 1 RemoteUnitFrequencySummary ............................................................ 32 DMURemoteheadend ................................................................... 33 Repeaters ................................................................................... 34 DMR400SeriesRackMountRepeater......................................................... 34 DLR600SeriesLowPowerRepeater .......................................................... 36 DMR600SeriesMediumPowerRepeater...................................................... 3 7 DHR800SeriesHighPowerRepeater.......................................................... 38 BirdRepeaterFrequencySummary ........................................................... 39 Chapter 3 Installation guidelines . 40 HealthandSafety ............................................................................. 40 CableRouting/AntennaSelection ................................................................ 41 AntennaInstallation ........................................................................ 41 SafetyandCareforFibers...................................................................... 41 ToolsandMaterialRequirements................................................................ 42 FiberOptics ............................................................................... 42 Tools .................................................................................... 4 2 MiscellaneousMaterial..................................................................... 42 InstallingHeadendEquipment .................................................................. 43 BGW..................................................................................... 43 EthernetSwitch ........................................................................... 4 3 MasterUnit ............................................................................... 44 viii FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) PowerSupplyUnit......................................................................... 45 BIU ...................................................................................... 47 ICU ...................................................................................... 4 8 FOI...................................................................................... 48 RFU ..................................................................................... 49 PoweringUptheHeadEnd..................................................................... 49 InstallingRemoteUnits........................................................................ 50 SingleRemoteUnitWallMounting ........................................................... 50 DoubleRemoteUnitWallMounting .......................................................... 51 RemoteUnitPoleMounting................................................................. 51 SolarShield............................................................................... 52 Cabling................................................................................... 52 RemoteUnitVerification .................................................................... 55 InstallingtheDHRRepeater .................................................................... 56 SingleRepeaterWallMounting .............................................................. 56 DoubleRepeaterWallMounting ............................................................. 57 RepeaterPoleMounting.................................................................... 57 SolarShield............................................................................... 58 Cabling................................................................................... 58 Chapter 4 DAS Software Configuration . 62 EthernetConnection .......................................................................... 6 2 BGWConfiguration............................................................................ 63 BGWNaming.............................................................................. 6 3 EXTEthernet .............................................................................. 63 VPNSettings.............................................................................. 64 TimeZone................................................................................ 64 NTPServers............................................................................... 65 EmailServer .............................................................................. 6 6 BIUConfiguration ............................................................................. 67 BIURF1Status............................................................................. 67 BIURF1Settings........................................................................... 69 BIUHardwareTestPoints ................................................................... 7 0 BIUAlarmList............................................................................. 70 BIUChangeHistory......................................................................... 71 BIUAlarmconfigurationRF1 ................................................................. 71 BIUAdvancedNetworkSetup ................................................................ 72 BIUAdvancedMenus....................................................................... 72 BIUApplicationHandling .................................................................... 73 BIUResettoFactoryDefault ................................................................. 7 3 FOIConfiguration ............................................................................. 74 FOIOptoStatus............................................................................ 75 FOIOptoandAttenuatorSettings............................................................. 77 FOIFiberNetworkSubunits.................................................................. 79 FOINetworkSetup ......................................................................... 80 FOIResettoFactoryDefault................................................................. 81 FOR ........................................................................................ 81 RFStrip1XXXMHzStatus................................................................... 82 RFStrip1XXXMHzConfiguration............................................................. 83 FOROptoStatus ........................................................................... 85 FOROptoGainandAttenuationSettings....................................................... 87 FORFiberNetworkSettings.................................................................. 88 ix TableofContents FORApplicationHandling ................................................................... 89 SlaveFOR................................................................................. 8 9 NamingComponents.......................................................................... 90 MovingRemotestoDifferentFOIPort............................................................ 92 ReplacingMasterUnitCards .................................................................... 92 MovingMasterUnitCards...................................................................... 92 Chapter 5 Commissioning . 94 Preparations................................................................................. 94 Necessarytools............................................................................ 94 Software ................................................................................. 94 SystemCommissioning ........................................................................ 95 Prerequisites............................................................................. 95 CommissioningProcess..................................................................... 95 BirdVPNAccess .............................................................................. 98 VPNSettings.............................................................................. 9 8 WirelessModemSetup....................................................................... 102 ModemDHCP ............................................................................ 1 02 ModemVPNTunnels...................................................................... 102 ModemPortForwarding................................................................... 102 BGWConfiguration........................................................................ 102 RollingBackModemConfiguration .......................................................... 105 SetuplocalNetworkUDPPortsforCGWAccess ................................................... 106 LocalConnectiontoRemoteUnit ............................................................... 1 06 LocalConnectiontoRemoteUnitwithTwoFOR's .............................................. 1 07 ConnectiontoBGWfromRemoteUnit .......................................................... 108 Chapter 6 RF Commissioning . 109 Settinguptheuplink ......................................................................... 109 NoiseloadonRadioBaseStation............................................................ 110 Practicalapproach........................................................................ 112 Chapter 7 Model Identification . 115 SystemModelNumbers....................................................................... 1 15 RemoteEndUnitPartNumbers................................................................ 116 PublicSafetyDDRModuleNumbers ......................................................... 116 CellularDDRModuleNumbers .............................................................. 116 x Chapter 1 Introduction TheBirdfiberdistributedantennasystem(FiberDAS)wasdevelopedfromthestartwithfiberopticcableasthe distributionmedium.Thisallowsforexcellentradioperformanceandbestinclasssystemnoisefigureoflessthan 3dB,fromtheremoteunitantennaporttothebasestationinterfaceport. TheBirdFiberDASsystemisaflexibleandscalablesolution,meaningthesystemcanbetailoredforalmostany requirement.Thisflexibilityprovidestheusertheabilitytoadjustmanyofthesystemsparameterstofittheir specificneeds. Thismanualcontainsdesign,installation,andcommissioningguidelines,aswellassystemmaintenancepractices.It alsocontainsinformationregardinggeneralpracticeswithinintheindustryaswell. Fiber-DAS calculator Inadditiontothismanual,theFiberDAScalculatorisanindispensabletool,thisExcel spreadsheetincludesthefollowingfeatures,providinginsighttohowwellthesystemwillperform:
SystemNoiseFigurecalculator Intermodulationperformancecalculator Uplink/DownlinkBalance Dynamicheadroom RF on fiber Afiberdistributedantennasystem(FiberDAS)isanefficientmethodoftransmittingradiosignalsoverlarge distances.OurFiberDAScanprovideasmuchas30kmoffiberbetweentheheadendandtheremoteunit, providingthattheradioaccesstechnologyusedintheRadioAccessNetwork(RAN)doesnotsuffertimingissuesand thatthefiberlossiswithinthespecification. TheFiberDASusesaninfraredlightsource,modulatedwiththecombinedradiosignalsthatneedtobe propagated.Thefiberchannelsystemisultrawideband,rangingfrom88MHzupto2600MHz,thuscoveringmost typesofradiocommunicationsystemsincludingasFMbroadcast,VHFcommunicationradios,LTE,TETRA,GSM, CDMA,WCDMAandmanyotherradioaccesstechnologies. MostlandmobileradioandcellularsystemsuseFrequencyDivisionDuplex(FDD)whichmeans:
Twoseparatefibers,onefortheuplink(signalsfromtheterminaltowardsthebasestation)andoneforthe downlink(signalsfromtheradiobasestationtowardstheterminal) Orasinglefiberandthesignalsmustbemultiplexedusingdifferentwavelengths. BirdsFiberDASuseswavelengthdivisionmultiplexing(WDM)asthestandardconfigurationfeaturingthe following:. Singlemodefiber Angledconnectors Upto15dBopticalloss Note: SeparateUL/DLfiberscanbeusedifitisnecessaryordesired. Thedynamicofthefiberisgoodenoughtotoleratemulticarrier,multibandandmultioperatorsolutions,butthey sharetheavailabledynamicsandifthereisalargenumberofcarriersthefiberattenuationneedstobeconsidered. Becausethemodulationisanalogthesystemrequiresthefiberstobeofsinglemodetype.Allconnectorsusedin BirdsFiberDASequipmentareSCAPCtypewitha7angle.Itisimportantthatallconnectors(i.e.patches) betweentheMasterUnit(MU)andtheRemoteUnits(RU)beangled,otherwisereflectionscouldresultcausing problemswiththequalityofthesignalsthroughthesystem. 1 Introduction Definitions Thefollowingabbreviations,industrystandardlingoandacronymsareusedinthisdocument. BGW BIU BTS DAS DL Downlink Fiber FiberDAS FOI FOR GSM iDEN LTE MFU ICU QMA RBS RGW RU SCAPC Singlemode fiber SMA Switch BasestationGateway,see"BaseStationGateway(BGW)"onpage4 Basestationinterface.AlsoknownastheDIU.ItistheelectricalinterfacebetweentheMaster FrameUnit(MFU)andtheoperatorradiobasestationoranothersourcefortheradiosignals, suchasaoffairrepeater.See"BaseStationInterfaceUnit(BIU)"onpage8 SeeRBS. Adistributedantennasystem.Severalantennasconnectedtogetherinacoaxialnetworksothat severalantennascanbefedasignalfromacentrallocation. SeeDownlink Thesignalsthataretransmittedfromabasestationtowardsaterminal(phone). Inthisdocumentitreferstothetelecommunicationfibersusedtotransmitmodulatedlightas pulsesoranalogvariationsonaglassfiber.TheBirdFiberDASsystemshouldusesinglemode fiberalways. Ageneralnamefordistributionsystemsusingradiofrequencyonfiber(RFonFiber)technology. DASmeansDistributedAntennaSystemwhichreferstothepracticeofbuildingspreading netswithcoaxialcables,splittersandantennastocoverlargerstructures. Fiberopticinterface.See"FiberOpticInterface(FOI)unit"onpage15 Fiberopticremoteinterface,partoftheRemoteUnitconnectingtothefiber. GlobalSystemforMobileCommunications IntegratedDigitalEnhancedNetwork LongTermEvolution MasterFrameUnit.Thisisarackthatcontainsallthemodulesthatbuildsuptotheheadendin thesystem.ThisiswheretheradiobasestationsinterfacetotheFiberDASsystem.Thisisalso wherethedownlinksignalsfromthebasestationsareconvertedintolaserlightandsentoverthe fiberopticstotheRemoteUnit(RU)andtheuplinksignalsfromtheRUareconvertedtoradio frequencysignalsandtransmittedtotheradiobasestation(RBS,BTS). InterconnectUnit,RF splitter/combiner unit,see"InterconnectUnit(ICU)"onpage13 Quickconnect/disconnecttypeofRFConnector.ReplacementforSMARFConnectors.SeeSMA RadioBaseStation.Theinfrastructureunitnormallyconnectedtotheantennasintheradio accessnetwork(RAN)andsometimescalledjustBaseStationorBaseTransceiverStation(BTS). Remote Gateway Unit,see"RemoteGateway(RGW)"onpage6 RemoteUnit.Thisistheunitclosesttotheantennathatconvertsthedownlinksignalfromthe fibertoradiofrequenciesanddistributesitovertheantennasystem.Inthereverse,theuplink radiofrequenciesareconvertedtomodulatedlaserlightandtransmittedbacktotheMFU. ThetypeofconnectorusedforallBirdopticalequipment.Itisrecommendedthatallconnectors betweentheMFUandtheRUareofthistype.SCAPcanalsobeacceptedinpatchpanels.All connectorsMUSTBEANGLEDtoavoidsignalreflectionsthataredetrimentaltothesignalquality. Fibersneedtobeofsinglemodetype. Afiberwherethelightataspecifiedrangeofwavelengthsonlyhaveasinglepaththrough.Thisis requiredforanaloguemodulatedsystemssuchastheBirdFiberDASsystem SubminiatureversionA.ATypeofRFConnector. Anetworkswitchisacomputernetworkingdevicethatconnectsdevicestogetheronacomputer network. 2 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) TETRA UL UMTS Uplink SCPC SCUPC RF WCDMA WCDMA TerrestrialTrunkedRadio.TETRAusesTimeDivisionMultipleAccess(TDMA)withfouruser channelsononeradiocarrierand25kHzspacingbetweencarriers. SeeUplink UniversalMobileTelecommunicationsSystemisasystemwherebroadbandsignalingand packeteddataareused.Thestandardsarehandledinthe3GPPgroupandthemostcommon typeofmodulationisWCDMA. Thesignalsthataretransmittedfromtheterminal(phone)towardsthebasestation. AtypeoffiberopticconnectorwhichisnotangledandshouldnotbeusedwithBirdFiberDAS Ultrapolishedfiberopticconnector.NotrecommendedwithBirdFiberDAS RadioFrequencies,denominatestherangeoftransversalelectromagneticwaveswitha frequencyfrom3kHzto300GHz.Theupperendofthespectrumisoftenreferredtoas microwavefrequencies. WidebandCodeDivisionMultipleAccessisatechnologyemployedbybasestation manufacturerswhomakeUMTSbasestations.Thistechnologyiscommonlyusedin3Gnetworks andthemainmodulationemployedinEurope. 3 Chapter 2 System Description TheFiberDASsystemtypicallyconsistsofthreemainsegments:
Gateway TheGatewayactsasafirewallensuringinternaltrafficonthesystemremainsinternalandatthesame timeallowingawebinterfaceformonitoringandsupervision.ThegatewayalsohandlesSNMPtraps. Headend TheHeadendservesastheinterfacewiththeoperatorsbasestation,housingtheunitsrequiredto transmitandreceivecommunicationsbetweentheoperatorsbasestationandtheremoteunitsoftheFiberDAS system. Remote Units theremoteunitsarelocatednearthedistributedantennasandhousetheequipmentnecessary totransmitandreceivecommunicationsbetweentheantennaandtheheadend. Figure 1 Fiber-DAS System Central Gateway Gateway
(BGW/RGW) Head End Ethernet Switch Master Master Master Frame Frame Frame Unit Unit Unit Remote Remote Unit Remote Unit Unit Gateways ThegatewaysofferedincludetheCentralGateway(CGW),BaseStationGateway(BGW)andRemoteGateway
(RGW). ForremotesupervisionofaFiberDASagateway(RGWorBGW)isinstalled.BGWsandRGWsaretypicallylocated withtheheadendequipment,theRGWisasmallercompactembeddedsolutionwhiletheBGWisafullfeatured Linuxserverthatcanbesetupinmanydifferentways. CGWsareusedformonitoringmultipleFiberDASsystems,communicatingwiththeBGWsandRGWs. Central Gateway (CGW) TheCGWisusedtoprovideasingleremoteaccesspointandtocompilealarmsfrommultipleBGW/RGWnetworks. TheunitisaselfpoweredLinuxbasedserver. Base Station Gateway (BGW) TheBGWassignsIPaddressestoallthemodulesintheFiberDASsystem,includingtheHeadendandRemoteUnits aswellastheircomponents. TheBGWisaselfpoweredLinuxbasedserver. FeaturesoftheBGW:
Webinterfaceconfiguration Automaticdetectionofmodules AutomaticdetectionofRemoteUnits Capableofhandlinglargesystems Functionsforstatistics 4 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) NorthboundcommunicationtoCGW Includesfirewalltoprotectlocalnet PortaltoyourMasterUnit UserprovidedcertificatebasedsecurityviaHTTPS Figure 2 Base Station Gateway TheBGWhastwoEthernetportsINTandEXT. TheINTportisconnectedtotheinternalnetworkintheheadendsMasterUnittoprovidethelocal networkforallthemodulesandtheRemoteUnits.Italsoprovides,viathebuiltinswitchintheMaster Unit,awayoflocallyconfiguringthenetwork.Itprovidesthewebinterfaceforallthesettingsofthe systemaswellasmanyotherfunctions. TheEXTportisanorthboundEthernetportthatallowstheBGWtoconnecttotheInternet,oraWAN/
MANtypeoflargernetwork.Thismeansthatthesystemcanbemonitoredandmanagedremotely. TheBGWistheunitresponsibleforalarmhandlingandremoteforwardofalarmseitherbySMTPmailforwardingor bySNMPtraps.AMIBfileforyourSNMPsystemisavailablefromBirduponrequestaswellasdocumentation regardingSNMP. IftheBGWisreplacedtheRemoteUnitsmaynotshowupimmediately.Thisisduetotheleasetimeontheaddress theyhave.Eventuallytheywillrequestanewaddressandwhenthisisdonetheywillshowup. TheBGWcanalsolaunchVPNtunnelstoaremotesupervisioncenter,theCGW.TheCGWmakesitpossibleto managemultiplesystemsfromasinglelocation.TheCGWcanhandlealargenumberofsuchtunnels,providinga centralpointforsupervisingalltheinstallationsandcollectingalarmsandstatisticsfromallthesystemsaswellas centralizedalarmmanagement.TheBGWcansupportasecondVPNtunneltotheBirdmanagementcenter providingsupervisionandmanagementassistance,ifneeded. Table 1 BGW Specifications Parameter Inputpowervoltage Inputpowerfrequency Operatingtemperature Powerrating,Typical Height Width Depth Weight Value 100240VAC 50/60Hz 10to30C(50to100F)
<100W 1U 19(48.26cm) 14.2(36cm
<11lbs.(5kg) 5 SystemDescription Remote Gateway (RGW) TheRGWisasmallunitsimilartotheBGWbutintendedforsmallsystemswherethereareonlyafewremotesor wherethereisnoheadend.TheRGWhasaformfactorthatallowsittobemountedinsidearepeatercasing. TheRGWcanbeusedtorunupto4RemoteUnitsfromasingleRepeateronasingleFiber.TheRGWhasthe capabilitytoconnectnorthboundtoaCGW,justliketheBGW,anditcanalsoforwardalarmsthroughaVPNtunnel toaCGW. ThememorycapacityandfeaturesarereducedcomparedtotheBGWbutforasmallsystemwithasinglefiberthis isanoption. InremotelocationswithoutEthernet,theRGWcanbeequippedwithamodemtoallowremoteaccesstothe system.Typicallya3GmodemisusedallowingaVPNtunnelfromtheRGWtoaCGW,enablingsupervision, monitoringandcontrolofthesystem. Headend Theheadendconsistsofa19inchrackwithmodulesthatareselecteddependingonthesystemdesign.Generallyall headendUnitscontain:
Networkswitchconnectscommunicationpathsbetweenthemodules InterconnectUnit(ICU)RFsplitter/combiner(rackmountunitormoduleintheMFU) MasterFrameUnit(MFU),maycontainsomeorallofthefollowing:
Powersupply BaseStationInterfaceUnit(BIU) FiberOpticInterfacecard(FOI) Repeater ICU ADHCPserverbuiltintotheRGWandBGWwillassignIPaddressestoalltheheadendsubunitsintherackandthe RemoteUnitswhentheyareconnectedtothesystem.Theconfigurationisautomaticandcreatesaprotectedsub netforthesystem. DCS - Network Switch ThenetworkswitchisanACpowered,24portswitchwithSpanningTreeProtocol(STP).Thenetworkswitch providesanEthernetlinkbetweentheMFUandtheBGW.EachcardslotintheMFUhasadedicatedEthernetport, eachportisconnectedtothenetworkswitchandthenetworkswitchisconnectedtotheBGW. ADCpoweredoptionisalsoavailable. Actualnetworkswitchmaybe differentfromtheimage. 6 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Master Frame Unit (MFU) TheMasterFrameUnit(MFU)housesthePowerSupplies,BaseStationInterfaceUnits(BIU),InterconnectionUnits
(ICU),andFiberOpticInterface(FOI)cards.Figure3showsanMFUequippedwith3BIUs,6FOIsandonePower Supply. Figure 3 Master Frame Unit Functional description OneMFUsupportsseveralmodules,orcombinationofmoduletypes.Themodulescanbeplacedanywhereinthe frame.Thereare16singleslotcardpositionsineachMFU,howevermodulewidthsvary(seeeachmodules specifications)sothenumberofmodulethatwillfitinanMFUdependsonthemoduletype.OneMFUcanhouseup to4powersupplies,8ICUs,8wideBIUs,16slimBIUs,16FOIs,orcombinationofmodules.SeeTable2. EachMFUrequiresatleastonepowersupply,althoughthepowersupplydoesnotneedtobehousedwithinthe MFU.QuiteoftenasystemhasmorethanonepowersupplyandtheyareusuallyplacedtogetherinoneMFUfor easyaccess.EachMFUhastwopowerinputconnectors,oneprimaryandoneredundant.Aredundantpowersupply connectedtoanMFUensurescontinuedoperationifoneofthepowersuppliesshouldfail. TheMFUcontainstwoventilationfanscirculatingambientairthroughtheunitshousedintheframe.Thesearehigh qualityfanswithahighmeantimebetweenfailure(MTBF). EachModuleintheMFUareassignedanIPaddressesviaDHCPleases,modulesinherittheMACaddressfromthe backplane,thisensuresthatanewmoduleinsertedintherackreceivesthesameIPaddressastheoneitis replacing,withouttheneedofmanualconfiguration. Table 2 MFU Specifications Parameter Value Powerconnector Ethernetconnector Weight(withoutmodules) Temperaturerange,Operational Width Height Depth Maximumnumberofeachtypeofmodulessupported 4 8,16 8,16 8 PSU BIU(DBI3xx,DBI3xxC(compact)) FOI(DOI401,DOI30x) ICU Molex,10Pin RJ45 5.5lbs(2.5kg) 0to45C(32to113F) 19(48.3cm) 3U,5.25(13.34cm) 11.8(30cm) 7 SystemDescription Base Station Interface Unit (BIU) TheBaseStationInterfaceUnit(BIU)istheinterfacebetweentheoperatorsbasestationandtheFiberDASsystem. TheprimarypurposeoftheBIUistoadjustuplinkanddownlinksignallevels.TheBIUispoweredfromtheMFU backplaneandcommunicatesviaEthernetwiththeBGW. Figure 4 BIU Signal Flow Master Frame Unit Fiber-Optic Cables to Remote Units
(Antenna) FOI FOI FOI FOI Fiber-Optic Interface Units ICU BIU Interconnect Unit Base Station Interface Base Station TheBIUhasuplinkanddownlinkRFconnectorsonthefrontpanelandisavailableintwovariants,onecontaining duplexfiltersoronewithseparateuplink/downlinkpaths,dependingontheneedsfortheconnectiontothebase station.InmostcasestheduplexedversionwithacombinedDL/ULportsisused. Inadditiontoduplexingoptions,thereisasingleslotandadualversionoftheBIU:
TheDBI3xx(wideversion)includesanexternalalarmconnector(DB9)andrequirestwoMFUslots. TheDBI3xxC(compactversion)doesnothaveanexternalalarmconnector(DB9),andusesonlyoneMFU slot. Figure 5 Base Station Interface Unit (BIU) DBI3xxC
DL/UL BTS 1 DL OUT 1 TP UL 1 UL IN 1 DL/UL BTS 2 DL OUT 2 TP UL 2 ALM ON UL IN 2 BIU DBI3xx
DL/UL BTS 1 DL OUT 1 TP UL 1 UL IN 1 DL/UL BTS 2 DL OUT 2 TP UL 2 EXTERNAL ALARM ALM ON UL IN 2 BIU Functional description TheBIUhasfourSMAports(femaletype)toconnecttheRBS/BTS. DuplexedversionshavecombinedDL/ULconnectorsusedtoconnecttotheRBS,andthereareULtest(TP) connectorsthatcanbeusedtomonitorthesignaloutfromtheBIU. Nonduplexed(simplex)versionshavethetestconnectorsreplacedbyULconnectorsandthenormally combinedUL/DLconnectorsarereplacedbyDLonlyconnectors. 8 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) TheBIUhasfourQMAports(femaletype)thatarenormallyusedtoconnectittoanICU. Therearetwouplink(input)portsandtwodownlink(output,TX)ports. Thesearetwoseparatepaths,theisolationbetweenDL1andDL2portsandtheisolationbetweentheUL 1andUL2portsis>50dB. TherearetwoseparateRFpathsintheBIU.TheBIUisconfiguredforthespecificfrequencybanditwillserve.The twopathsintheBIUcannothavedifferentfrequencies;aGSM900BIUwillhavetwoGSM900pathsandcannotbe combinedwithan1800path.SeparatefrequenciesrequiretheuseofanadditionalBIU. RFpatchcablesareusedtopatchtheDLandULpaths(QMA)totheICU. TheDBI3xx(dualslot)BIUhasanalarmoutputport(DB9femaleconnector)ontheBIUwhichcanbeusedto connectexternalalarms. Table 3 Alarm Port Pinout Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Signal (A) Signal (B) RS485+
Alarmout1 Ground Notconnected Notconnected RS485+
Alarmout2 G Notconnected RS485+
Alarmout1 Ground Alarmin2 Alarmin4 RS485+
Alarmout2 Alarmin3 Alarmin1 TheBIUistechnologyneutralandthedownlinkpathcontainssettableattenuatorsthatcanbeusedtoadjustthe signalstrengthtoproperlevelsbeforefeedingthemintotheICU.Intheuplinkthereisanamplifierfollowedbya settableattenuatorusedtoadjustthesignalandthenoiselevelintothebasestationuplink. CAUTION OverdrivingtheRFsourceinputintotheBIUwillcausepermanentequipmentfailureand willvoidthewarranty.Theinstallermustensurethatinputlevelsarenotexceeded. PlanformaximumpoweroutoftheRFsourceandattenuateaccordinglywithexternal attenuatorsifneeded. AllRFconnectionsaremadeonthefrontoftheBIU.ThemaximumrecommendedinputpowertotheBIUis30dBm. Ahighpoweralarmisactivatedat>30dBmandalowpoweralarmat<10dBminputpower. Inputpowerabovetherecommendedlevelcancausepermanentunitfailure.Forhighpowerbasestations,an attenuatorshouldbeusedtoensurethattheinputpowertotheBIUcanneverexceedspecifications. Thereisa0dBminputversionoftheBIUavailableonrequest. BIU Type LowLevel HighLevel Minimum DL Input Maximum DL Input 7dBm
+20dBm CAUTION
+7dBm
+33dBm TheULfromtheFOIcardiscapableofdamagingtheULportontheBIU. MaximuminputtotheBIUULshouldbenohigherthan+13dBm. UsecaretoproperlysetFOIlevelspriortoenablingRF. 9 SystemDescription TheschematicinFigure6showsoneofthechannelsintheBIU.Thesignaldetectorforthedownlinklevelalarmsis showninthetoprightcorner. TheUL1andUL2uplinktestportsare3dBlowerthanthesignalonthecorrespondingDL/ULBTSport. Figure 6 Schematic of One BIU RF Path
Table4listsstandardcellularBIUs.Otherconfigurationsareavailableuponrequestaswellasunitswithoutinternal duplexfiltering. Table 4 Standard Variants of the BIU
Configuration UL MHz DL MHz RF Input 2xVHF 2xTETRA390MHz 2xUHF 2x700MHZABCband 2x700UpperC 2x700PublicSafety 2xSMR800 2x850MHz 2x800 2xGSMR900 2x900MHz 2x1800MHz 2x1900MHz 2xUMTS2100MHz 2xAWS2100MHz 2xLTE2600 136174 380385 450470 698716 777756 799805 806824 824849 832862 876880 880915 17101785 18501915 19201980 17101755 25002570 136174 390395 450470 728746 746756 769775 851869 869894 791821 921925 925960 18051880 19301995 21102170 21102155 26202690 Duplex Duplex Duplex Duplex Duplex Duplex Duplex Duplex Simplex Duplex Duplex Duplex Duplex Duplex Duplex Duplex Severaloptionsexistsfor5MHzstandardbandsforTETRA High Level P/N Low Level P/N DBI312 DBI301 DBI313 DBI307 DBI304 DBI314 DBI303 DBI308 DBI305 DBI310 DBI309 DBI318 DBI319 DBI320 DBI321 DBI326 DBI412 DBI401 DBI413 DBI407 DBI404 DBI414 DBI403 DBI408 DBI405 DBI409 DBI408 DBI419 DBI420 DBI421 DBI426 10 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Table 5 RF and Electrical Performance of the BIU Parameter Value Unit Downlinkattenuation UplinkGainformodules<1000MHz UplinkGainformodules>1000MHz IM3performance Maxinputnondestructive Highinputalarmthresholdlevel Lowinputalarmthresholdlevel Inputreturnloss ImpedanceforallRFports Isolationbetweenports Powerconsumption Temperaturerange Settable Settable Settable 10303 10to203 10to103
>55
>36 33 10
>20 50
>60
<15 045 dB dB dB dB dBm dBm dBm dB dB W C Table 6 BIU Mechanical Specifications Parameter Value BasestationRFports Testportsuplink(ifpresent) InterconnectingRFportstoICU Alarmconnector(optional) ModuleWidth DBI3xx DBI3xxC(compact) SMA,Female SMA,Female QMA,Female DB9,Female 2Slots 1slot BIU Indicator Operation TherearetwoLEDslocatedontheBIUfrontpanel.OneisthepowerLED(green),theotheristhealarmLED(red). BothLEDsindicateanumberofstatesbydifferentflashingsequences,seeTable7. InanerrorstatethewebinterfaceshouldbeusedtochecktheactualconditionoftheBIUbuttheLEDscangivea quickindicationonthestateoftheunit.TheLEDsarealsousefulforlocatingthephysicalunitifseveralBIUsare installedinthesamerack. Table 7 Indicator Behavior State ON LED ALM LED Note Booting Bootingstandalonemode BootingreadofMACaddressfailed Starting Operation Operation Operation Operation 2Hz 2Hz 2Hz 0,1Hz90%
0,5Hz10%
0,5Hz10%
0,5Hz10%
0,5Hz10%
Off 2Hz On 0,1Hz90%
Off 1Hz10%
2Hz25%
On Normalboot Notattachedtorack Error Kernelstartup Normaloperation Minoralarmstate Majoralarmstate Criticalalarmstate 11 Figure 7 BIU Interfaces
DL/UL BTS 1 DL OUT 1 TP UL 1 UL IN 1 DL/UL BTS 2 DL OUT 2 TP UL 2 EXTERNAL ALARM ALM ON UL IN 2 BIU SystemDescription
DL/UL BTS 1 DL OUT 1 TP UL 1 UL IN 1 DL/UL BTS 2 DL OUT 2 TP UL 2 ALM ON UL IN 2 BIU Item DL/ULBTS1/2 TPUL1/2 DLOUT1/2 ULIN1/2 EXTERNALALARMS ON/ALMLED Description Connectionfromtheradiobasestation(RBS). TestportfortheuplinkoftheDL/ULBTSport6dB.Thesignalwillbe3dBm belowtheDL/ULBTSport.PortisnotvalidonthesimplexBIU. SimplexdownlinkfeedtotheFOI. SimplexuplinkfromtheFOI.TheBIUwillattenuateand/oramplifythesignal andthenroutetotheDL/ULBTSport. Usedforexternalalarmmonitoring(DBI3xx,twoslotversiononly). TheLEDsindicatevariousstates,seeTable7. 12 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Interconnect Unit (ICU) Interconnectunits(ICU)areusedtocouplesignalsbetweentheBIUsandtheFOIs. ThefunctionalpurposeoftheICUis:
DownlinkSplitthesignalfromtheBIUandroutethebalancedsignals(minusinsertionloss)totheFOIs. UplinkCombinethesignalsfromtheFOIsandroutethesumofthesignals(minusinsertionloss)tothe BIU. TheRFportsontheICUareQMA. Figure 8 Interconnect Unit Signal Flow Master Frame Unit Fiber-Optic Cables to Remote Units
(Antenna) FOI FOI FOI FOI Fiber-Optic Interface Units ICU BIU Interconnect Unit Base Station Interface Base Station MFU ICU TheMFUICUsareavailableinseveraldifferentconfigurationstosupportavarietyofsystemconfigurations. TheseunitsareinsertedintotheMFUandprovidesignalroutingtoandfromtheBIUsandFOIs. Figure 9 MFU ICU 13 SystemDescription Rack-mount ICU (DIU301, DIU302) TheRackmountICUisa1Uunitthatcontainsfourfieldscontainingsplitters/combiners.Eachfieldiscapableof splittingoneinputintoeightoutputsorcombiningeightinputsintooneoutput. Figure 10 Rack-mount ICU
Eachofthe4fieldshasaCOMMONportandports18. Whenusedasacombiner,thesignalstocombineareconnectedtoinputports18,thesumofthesignals
(minusinsertionloss)willbeoutputontheCOMMONport. Whenusedasasplitter,thecombinedsignalisinputontheCOMMONportandoutputonports18,with theoutputportshavingbalancedsignals(minusinsertionloss). Table 8 Rack-mount ICU Specifications Parameter Insertionloss(nominal)DIU301 Insertionloss(nominal)DIU302 BandwidthDIU301 BandwidthDIU302 OperatingTemperature Impedance IM3performance Returnlossperformance Maximumcommonportpower Isolationbetweenportsinsamestrip Isolationbetweenportsindifferentstrips Value 37dB 21dB 882700MHz 882700MHz 25to+55C(13to+131F) 50Ohm
>50dB
>20dB 20dBm
>15dB
>50dB QMA cable kit AQMAcablekit(BirdpartnumberDCC320)isavailableforusewiththeICU.Thekitcontains32QMAtoQMAcables
(seeTable9)thatcanbeusedtopatchbetweentheBIUtotheICU,BIUtotheFOIorICUtoFOI. Table 9 QMA Cable Kit Length 250mm(9.8) 350mm(13.8) 500mm(19.7) Quantity 13 13 6 14 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Fiber Optic Interface (FOI) unit TheFOIconvertstheRFsignalsinthedownlinktofiberopticallaseroutputthatistransmittedonthefibertothe remoteunit.ItalsoreceivesthelaserlighttransmittedbytheRemoteUnitandconvertsitbacktoRFsignalsthatare thenroutedtotheICUand/orBIU. Figure 11 FOI Signal Flow Master Frame Unit Fiber-Optic Cables to Remote Units
(Antenna) FOI FOI FOI FOI Fiber-Optic Interface Units ICU BIU Interconnect Unit Base Station Interface Base Station TheFOIispoweredfromtheMFUbackplaneandcommunicatesviaEthernetwiththeBGW. Figure 12 Fiber Optic Interface (FOI) Unit Avoidlookingintoconnectedfibersandreceptacles. WARNING ThelaserusedinthissystemisaClass3blaserthatproducesinvisibleinfraredcoherentlight.Notsafetoview withopticalinstruments.Alwaysputtheprotectioncapsonunusedfibersandreceptacles. ThisinterfaceisdesignedtoworkwithSCAPCconnectors(8angledphysicalconnector)andsinglemodefibers only.AllconnectorsbetweenthemasterunitandtheremoteunitmustbeAPC,otherwiseproblemswithreflections willarise,whichcouldcausesevereproblemsinthesystem. TheEthernetcommunicationbetweentheHeadendandtheRemoteUnitstakesplaceontwosubcarriersintheFOI wheretheEthernetsignalsaresuperimposedontheRFsignals. AsshowninTable10,BirdofferstwostylesofFOIcards.The"DOI300SeriesFOI"onpage16andthe"DOI401SeriesFOI"
onpage19. Table 10 FOI Variants Parameter Fiber Ports Wavelength DOI301 DOI302(WDM) DOI308x DOI401 15 2 1 1 4 1310nm 1310nm variouswavelengthsavailable 1550nm SystemDescription DOI300 Series FOI TheDOI300seriessupportsasinglefiberopticlink.ThefiberopticinterfacecaneitherbeaWDM(DOI302)whichis mostcommonlyusedoranoptionalduplexfeedwithseparateULandDLfibers(DOI301).BirdalsooffersaWDM option(DOI380x).TheWDMutilizestheduplexfeedstylecardbutthewavelengthforthedownlinkaredefinedby the"x"intheDOI380xpartnumber.NotethattheRemoteUnitwillneedtobeorderedwiththecorrectWDM uplinkwavelength.RefertothechartfortheWDMwavelengthsoffered. DOI300 Series Serving Multiple Remotes TheDOI300SeriesFOIcanserveupto4RemoteUnitsonasinglefiberrunwhenusinganopticalsplitterinthefirst RemoteUnit.WhenutilizingtheDOI302WDMmoduleeachRemoteUnitintheseriesmusthavedifferentoptical wavelengthsintheuplinkpathtoavoidinterference. Whenutilizingopticalsplitters,theopticallossofthesplittermustbeaccountedforintheopticallinkbudget.The DOI300seriesFOIhasamaximumlinkbudgetof15dBo. Figure13showstheallowedFOItoFOR/Remoteconfigurations.BirdoffersvarioussplitteroptionsfortheFOR/
Remotetohelpaccountforopticallosses.Thestandardopticalsplitterwillhavebalancedoutputsforeachpath. ConsultwithBirdengineeringforspecialapplications. Figure 13 FOI to Remote Unit Configurations Point-to-Point Point-to-Multipoint Daisy-Chained Remotes TM DeltaNode Wireless Technology OPTO IN/OUT UL OUT 1 TP UL RES UL OUT 2 DL IN 1 TP DL ALM ON DL IN 2 FOI TM DeltaNode Wireless Technology OPTO IN/OUT UL OUT 1 TP UL RES UL OUT 2 DL IN 1 TP DL ALM ON DL IN 2 FOI TM DeltaNode Wireless Technology OPTO IN/OUT UL OUT 1 TP UL RES UL OUT 2 DL IN 1 TP DL ALM ON DL IN 2 FOI TM DeltaNode Wireless Technology OPTO IN/OUT UL OUT 1 TP UL RES UL OUT 2 DL IN 1 TP DL ALM ON DL IN 2 FOI Hybrid Split Functional description TheFOIhasanominalgainof35dBandthelasertransmittershouldseeamaximumcompositeinputpowerof 0dBm.Thismeansthatfor0dBattenuationinthedownlinkamaximuminputof35dBmcompositepoweris recommended(whenattenuatorsaresetto0dBm).Ifthedownlinkattenuatorissettoahighervaluethemaximum recommendedinputisadjustedaccordingly. Theoutputpowerofthelaseriscalibratedto3000W.Thiscanbeusedtocheckthelossoverfiberintheremote becausetheremotereportsthereceivedopticallevels.Thelossmaybedifferentintheuplinkcomparedtothe downlinkbecauseofdifferentwavelengthsonthelaser. TheFOIcontainsseveraladjustableattenuatorswhichareusedtocompensateforlossbeforetheFOI(e.g.inthe ICU)andforlossonthefiberintheuplink.TherearetwosetsofRFportsontheFOIthatcanbeusedtoconnect signalsfromtwodifferentstripsintherackmountICU,ortwodifferentMFUICUs. Figure14isablockdiagramshowingthedownlinkpathintheFOIandhowthetestportisconnected.Therearetwo attenuatorsthatcanbesetinthedownlinkpath.Thisallowsforbalancingtheinputsignalsfromtwodifferentsignal sourcessothattheycansharethedynamicsofthelaserproperly. 16 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Figure 14 FOI Downlink Block Diagram Attenuator 1 Downlink 1 STEP ATT Attenuator 2 Downlink 1 STEP ATT DETECTOR DL IN 1 TP DL DL IN 2 STEP ATT Attenuator 1 Downlink 2 STEP ATT Attenuator 2 Downlink 2 MONITOR ETHERNET MODEM TX-LVL LASER DRIVER DETECTOR OPTO OUT TheRFdrivelevelsaremeasuredandaccessibleinthewebinterface. TPDLisatestpointmeasurementportforthedownlinkpath.TheRFlevelatTPDLwillbethesameastheinputto theDLportsminustheGUIattenuatorsettings. TPDL=DLIN1"minusAtt.1Downlink1"minusAtt.2Downlink1". TPDL=DLIN2"minusAtt.1Downlink2"minusAtt.2Downlink2". Example:InputintoDLis25dBmwiththeGUIsettingforAtt.1Downlink1"of10andaGUIsettingforAtt2 Downlink1"of0.Thetestpointmeasurementwillbe:25dB(input)minus10dB(attenuator#1)minus0dB
(attenuator#2)=35dBm. Figure15isablockdiagramshowingtheuplinkpathintheFOIandhowthetestportisconnected.Therearetwo commonattenuators,andtwouplinkattenuatorsthatcanbesetintheuplinkpath. Figure 15 FOI Uplink Block Diagram CURRENT SENSOR RX-LVL ETHERNET MODEM OPTO IN PHOTO DETECTOR STEP ATT STEP ATT Attenuator Common 1 Attenuator Common 2 Attenuator Uplink 1 STEP ATT STEP ATT Attenuator Uplink 2 DETECTOR RX POWER 1 UL OUT 1 TP UL UL OUT 2 DETECTOR RX POWER 2 TheULtestportontheFOIistappedbeforetheindividualuplinkpathattenuators.TheoutputlevelofTPULwillbe:
TP/UL[dB]=Att.Uplink1"setting20dB TP/UL[dB]=Att.Uplink2"setting20dB Example:IftheFOIGUIsettingforAtt.Uplink1"is0,thetestportuplinkpath1signalswillbe20dBlowerthanthe uplinksignalontheULOut1"port. Example:IftheFOIGUIsettingforAtt.Uplink2"is20,thetestportuplinkpath2signalswillbeequaltotheuplink signalsonULOut2"port. 17 SystemDescription Figure 16 DOI301/302 Interfaces
OPTO IN/OUT UL OUT 1 TP UL RES UL OUT 2
OPTO IN OPTO OUT UL OUT 1 TP UL RES UL OUT 2 DL IN 1 DL IN 1 TP DL ON ALM DL IN 2 FOI DOI302 With WDM TP DL ON ALM DL IN 2 FOI DOI301 Without WDM Description SCAPCconnectionfortheopticalfiber. DOI302modulewithbuiltinWDMhasasingleconnector(combinedRX/TX). DOI301modulewithoutWDMhastwoconnectors,oneforTXandoneforRX. Item OPTOIN/OUT ULOUT1/2 Uplinkports(QMA)totheICU. DLIN1/2 TPUL/DL Downlinkports(QMA)totheICU. Testports(QMA)usedtocheckthesignallevelsornoiseinthesystem. ThetwoLEDsontheunitprovideFOIstatusasshowninTable11. Table 11 FOI LED Indicators State ON LED ALARM LED Note Booting Bootingstandalonemode BootingreadofMACaddressfailed Starting Operation Operation Operation Operation Table 12 DOI302 Specifications 2Hz 2Hz 2Hz 0,1Hz90%
0,5Hz10%
0,5Hz10%
0,5Hz10%
0,5Hz10%
Off 2Hz On 0,1Hz90%
Off 1Hz10%
2Hz25%
On Parameter MaximumfiberlossfromMUtoRU,Optical, Opticaloutputpower,Calibrated MaximumnumberofRUsupportedonsinglefiber InputRFpowerrecommended,Composite Powerconsumption OperationalTemperaturerange ModuleWidth Opticalconnectortype RFconnectortype Normalboot Notattachedtorack Error Kernelstartup Normaloperation Minoralarmstate Majoralarmstate Criticalalarmstate Value 15dBo 3000W 4 50to35dBm
<15W 0to45C(32to133F) 1cardslot SCAPC QMAFemale 18 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) DOI401Series FOI TheDOI401fourportFOIisverysimilartoDOI302expectthatithasfourWDMopticalportsinsteadofone.This allowstheusertoinstalldedicatedfiberstoeachRemoteUnitwithouthavingtobalanceopticalsplitterlinkbudgets foreachremoteinagroup.Thebalancedsplitterlossisaccountedforinthe7dBolinkbudgetoftheDOI401.Unlike theDOI302,theDOI401doesnotrequiretheULopticalsignalstobeondifferentwavelengths. Figure 17 DOI401 Interfaces
OPTO IN/OUT 1 OPTO IN/OUT 2 OPTO IN/OUT 3 OPTO IN/OUT 4 UL OUT 1 TP UL RES UL OUT 2 DL IN 1 TP DL ON ALM DL IN 2 FOI Item Description OPTOIN/OUT SCAPCconnectionsfortheopticalfiber. ULOUT1/2 UplinkportstotheICU/BIU. DLIN1/2 TPUL/DL DownlinkportstotheICU/BIU. Testportsusedtocheckthesignallevelsornoiseinthesystem. Table 13 DOI401 Specifications Parameter MaximumfiberlossfromMUtoRU,Optical, Opticaloutputpower,Calibrated MaximumnumberofRUsupportedonsinglefiber InputRFpowerrecommended,Composite Powerconsumption OperationalTemperaturerange ModuleWidth Opticalconnectortype RFconnectortype Value 7dBo 3000W 1 50to35dBm
<20W 0to45C(32to133F) 2cardslot SCAPC QMAFemale 19 SystemDescription PSU the rack power supply ThePowerSupplyUnitprovidesDCpowertotheMasterUnitbackplane.Theunitisshippedas240VACor115VAC unitsdependingonthecountry.A48VDCinputisofferedasanoption. Figure 18 PSU ACPowerSupply DCPowerSupply Functional description TheACpowersupplycanhandleupto16cardsoronechassisfullofcards.TheDCpowersupplyiscapableof handling11cardsoronefullchassisthatincludestheDCpowersupply. Allconnectorsareonthefrontsideofthepowersupply.Figure18showsthePSUequippedwithEuropeanpower inlet. ThePSUoutputsaretwo10pinMolexconnectors,theseareconnectedtothechassistosupplypower.One connectorshouldalwaysbeconnectedtothechassisholdingthePSU(fordrivingthefans). Onechassiscanholdupto4powersupplies.TwoPSUsmaybeconnectedtoachassistoprovideredundancy. Table 14 PSU Specifications Parameter Inputpowervoltage,Mains Inputpowerfrequency,Mains Operatingtemperature Powerrating Width Value 86264VAC 50/60Hz 0to45C(32to113F) 240W 4cardslots 20 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Remote Unit (RU) Remoteunitsareavailableinawiderangeoffrequencies,gainandoutputpowertocatertosupportavarietyof requirements.Remoteunitsarealsocapableofsupportingmorethanonefrequencybandinasingleunit. Chassis types Remoteunits(RUs)areavailableintwochassis,asinglecompactchassisfor12bandsandadualchassisforupto4 bands(Figure19).Therearemultipleconfigurationsthatallowforvariouspowerlevelofamplifierstobeplacedinto thechassis.Table15showshowthechassismaybeconfigured:
Table 15 Chassis Types Chassis type Low Medium High Singlechassis Dualchassis 12 34 12 34 1 2 Itispossibletohavecombinationsoftheabove.Forexampleitispossibletobuildadualchassiswith2medium powerbandsand1highpowerbandinthesameremote.Eachsideofadualchassisisvirtuallyidenticaltoasingle chassisremoteunit.Thisensuresunparalleledflexibilitywhenbuildingmultipleoperator/multiplebandsolutions. Adualchassismayhave12fiberopticalremoteunits(FOR).Thisallowsforredundantfiberfeeds,multipleinput andmultipleoutput(MIMO)applications,anddedicatedamplifiers. Figure 19 Remote Unit Chassis Types Single Chassis Remote Unit Dual Chassis Remote Unit AllRemoteUnitshaveanexcellentnoisefigure,contributingtoanoverallnoisefigureforthewholesystemfrom remotetoheadendintothebasestationof<3dBfortheRFlink. BothchassiscomplywithIP65protectionforuseinanyenvironment.Thedurablecoatingassistsinconvection cooling.NofansareusedfortheRemoteUnits. Note: TheheatgeneratedbytheRemoteUnitswhenpoweredupisusedtopreventwateringressinto units.Remoteunitsmustremainpoweredonwhenmountedoutdoors. Bothwallorpolemountingkitsareavailableforchassismounting. Table16containsalistofthemostcommonremoteunitsthatareusedwiththeBirdFiberDASsystem.Variantsare availableuponrequest. Table 16 Remote Comparison Table Product code Pout (ETSI) Pout (FCC) Bands DDR(mediumpower).See"DDR"onpage22. DDS(Highpowerquadband).See"DDS"onpage26. DDH(highpower).See"DDH"onpage28. DDU(highpower).See"DDU"onpage31. 2630 3243 36 41 43 46 14 14 12 12 Actualpowerdeterminedbyfrequencybandandspectrumdemands. 21 DDR SystemDescription ETSI standard BirdsDistributedRadioheadisahighperformingwidebandradioheadequippedwithalinearpoweramplifier supportingallmodulations.Thelightweight,convectioncooledIP65chassissecurestheperformanceinalmostany environment. Table 17 General Specifications NoiseFigure,Typical Delayexcludingopticalfiber PowerSupply Standard Optional 3dB
<0.5s OperatingTemperature Casing 85to264VAC 32to100VDC 25to55C(32to113F) IP65 Table 18 Specifications DDR100 (Single Band) & DDR200 (Dual band) PowerConsumption,max,DDR100(200) Dimensions,WxDxH Weight 90(180)W 11.8x5.1x27.6in. 30x13x70cm
<26.4lbs(12kg) Table 19 Specifications DDR300(Triple Band) & DDR400(Quad Band) PowerConsumption,max,DDR300(400) Dimensions,WxDxH Weight 270(360)W 11.8x8.7x27.6in. 30x22x70cm
<52.9lbs(24kg) Cellular Products Table 20 Available Products, ETSL System UL Frequency MHz DL Frequency MHz Pout (DL) dBm/c, 1 Carrier Pout (DL) dBm/c, 2 Carriers Standard TETRA,PublicSafety TETRA,Commercial TETRA,Commercial CDMA450 GSMR EGSM900 GSM1800 UMTS 380385 410415 415420 452.5457.5 876880 880915 17101785 19201980 390395 420425 425430 462.5467.5 921925 925960 18051880 21102170 26 26 26 33 26 26 28 30 23 23 23 28 23 23 25 25 ETSI ETSI ETSI FCC ETSI ETSI ETSI 3GPP 22 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) FCC/IC standard BirdsDistributedRadioheadisahighperformingwidebandradioheadequippedwithalinearpoweramplifier supportingallmodulations.Thelightweight,convectioncooledIP65chassissecurestheperformanceinalmostany environment. Table 21 General Specifications NoiseFigure,Typical Delayexcludingopticalfiber PowerSupply Standard Optional OperatingTemperature Casing 3dB
<0.5s 85264VAC 32to100VDC 25to55C(32to113F) IP65 Table 22 Specifications DDR100 (Single Band) & DDR200 (Dual band) PowerConsumption,max,DDR100(200) 90(180)W 11.8x5.1x27.6in. 30x13x70cm
<26.4lbs(12kg) Table 23 Specifications DDR300 (Triple Band) & DDR400 (Quad Band) Dimensions,WxDxH Weight PowerConsumption,max,DDR300(400) Dimensions,WxDxH Weight 270(360)W 11.8x8.7x27.6in. 30x22x70cm
<52.9lbs(24kg) Cellular Products Table 24 Available Products, FCC/IC System UL Frequency MHz DL Frequency MHz LTELB LTEUB iDEN Cellular PCS1900 AWS IMTE 698716 746776 806824 824849 18501915 17101780 25002570 728746 776806 851869 869894 19301995 21102180 26202690 Standard Pout, DL, dBm (Composite) 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 FCC/IC FCC/IC FCC/IC FCC/IC FCC/IC FCC/IC FCC/IC Subbandsavailable Class B Industrial Booster ThisequipmentisaClassBIndustrialBoosterandisrestrictedtoinstallationas anInbuildingDistributedAntennaSystem(DAS). FCC RF Exposure ThisequipmentcomplieswiththeFCCRFradiationexposurelimitssetforthforan uncontrolledenvironment.Thisequipmentshouldbeinstalledandoperatedwiththefollowingminimumdistances betweentheradiatorandyourbody:
LTE700MHz(DDR700) iDEN800MHz(DDR850) PCS1900MHz(DDR1900) AWS12100MHz(DDR2100) AWS32155MHz(DDRAWS3) 204.7cm 173.0cm 142.9cm 134.9cm 97.7cm Ifsystemwilloperateonmultiplebands,theseparationdistancerequiredshallbeequalto,orgreaterthan,the bandwiththelargestseparationdistance. 23 IC RF Exposure EquipmentoperatingintheCellularbandshouldbeinstalledandoperatedwiththefollowing minimumdistanceofbetweentheradiatorandyourbody:
SystemDescription LTE700MHz(DDR700) iDEN800MHz(DDR850) PCS1900MHz(DDR1900) AWS12100MHz(DDR2100) AWS32155MHz(DDRAWS3) IMTE2600MHz(DDR2600) 269.0cm 269.7cm 197.3cm 171.4cm 138.6cm 166.1cm Ifsystemwilloperateonmultiplebands,theseparationdistancerequiredshallbeequalto,orgreaterthan,the bandwiththelargestseparationdistance. TheManufacturer'sratedoutputpowerofthisequipmentisforsinglecarrieroperation.Forsituationswhen multiplecarriersignalsarepresent,theratingwouldhavetobereducedby3.5dB,especiallywheretheoutput signalisreradiatedandcancauseinterferencetoadjacentbandusers.Thispowerreductionistobebymeansof inputpowerorgainreductionandnotbyanattenuatorattheoutputofthedevice. IC RF exposition FL'quipementfonctionnantdanslabandecellulairedoittreinstalletutilisavecla distanceminimalesuivanteentreleradiateuretvotrecorps:
LTE700MHz(DDR700) iDEN800MHz(DDR850) PCS1900MHz(DDR1900) AWS12100MHz(DDR2100) AWS32155MHz(DDRAWS3) IMTE2600MHz(DDR2600) 269.0cm 269.7cm 197.3cm 171.4cm 138.6cm 166.1cm Silesystmefonctionnesurplusieursbandes,ladistancedesparationrequiseestgaleousuprieurelabande aveclaplusgrandedistancedesparation. Nominaledepuissancedesortiedufabricantdecetquipementestpourunfonctionnementuneseuleporteuse. Pourdessituationsolessignauxporteursmultiplessontprsents,lacotedevraittrerduitede3,5dB,en particulierlorsquelesignaldesortieestrerayonneetpeutprovoquerdesinterfrencesaveclesutilisateursde bandesadjacentes.Cetterductiondepuissanceesteffectueaumoyend'unepuissanced'entreoularduction degain,etnonparunattnuateurlasortiedudispositif. Public Safety Products Table 25 Available Products, FCC/IC System UL Frequency MHz DL Frequency MHz Pout, DL, dBm
(Composite) VHF UHF 700 800 138174 450512 793805 806824 138174 450512 763775 851869 33 33 33 33 Nominal Bandwidth MHz Nominal Passband Gain dB Input/ Output Impedance Ohms Standard 24(FCC);36(IC) 62 12 18 70 70 70 70 50 50 50 50 FCC/IC FCC/IC FCC/IC FCC/IC 2MHzwithrequiredexternalduplexers 3MHztor1.5MHzwithrequiredexternalduplexers Class B Industrial Booster ThisequipmentisaClassBIndustrialBoosterandisrestrictedtoinstallationas anInbuildingDistributedAntennaSystem(DAS). FCC RF Exposure ThisequipmentcomplieswiththeFCCRFradiationexposurelimitssetforthforan uncontrolledenvironment.Thisequipmentshouldbeinstalledandoperatedwiththefollowingminimumdistances betweentheradiatorandyourbody. VHFpublicsafetyband UHFpublicsafetyband 700MHzpublicsafetyband 800MHzpublicsafetyband 69.1cmThisdistancemustbemaintainedwhena10.5dBiantennaisused. 20.0cm 36.2cmThisdistancemustbemaintainedwhena5.5dBiantennaisused. 20.0cm 24 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Ifsystemwilloperateonmultiplebands,theseparationdistancerequiredshallbeequalto,orgreaterthan,the bandwiththelargestseparationdistance. IC RF Exposure Equipmentoperatinginthepublicsafetybandshouldbeinstalledandoperatedwiththe followingminimumdistanceofbetweentheradiatorandyourbody:
VHFpublicsafetyband(DDRV) UHFpublicsafetyband(DDRU) 700MHzpublicsafetyband(DDRF) 800MHzpublicsafetyband(DDRS) 261.5cmThisdistancemustbemaintainedwhena10.5dBiantennaisused. 224.0cm 187.0cmThisdistancemustbemaintainedwhena5.5dBiantennaisused. 181.0cm Ifsystemwilloperateonmultiplebands,theseparationdistancerequiredshallbeequalto,orgreaterthan,the bandwiththelargestseparationdistance. TheManufacturer'sratedoutputpowerofthisequipmentisforsinglecarrieroperation.Forsituationswhen multiplecarriersignalsarepresent,theratingwouldhavetobereducedby3.5dB,especiallywheretheoutput signalisreradiatedandcancauseinterferencetoadjacentbandusers.Thispowerreductionistobebymeansof inputpowerorgainreductionandnotbyanattenuatorattheoutputofthedevice. IC RF exposition L'quipementfonctionnantdanslabandedescuritpubliquedoittreinstalletutilis avecladistanceminimalesuivanteentreleradiateuretvotrecorps:
VHFbandedescuritpublique(DDRV) UHFbandedescuritpublique(DDRU) 700MHzbandedescuritpublique(DDRF) 800MHzbandedescuritpublique(DDRS) Silesystmefonctionnesurplusieursbandes,ladistancedesparationrequiseestgaleousuprieurelabande aveclaplusgrandedistancedesparation. Nominaledepuissancedesortiedufabricantdecetquipementestpourunfonctionnementuneseuleporteuse. Pourdessituationsolessignauxporteursmultiplessontprsents,lacotedevraittrerduitede3,5dB,en particulierlorsquelesignaldesortieestrerayonneetpeutprovoquerdesinterfrencesaveclesutilisateursde bandesadjacentes.Cetterductiondepuissanceesteffectueaumoyend'unepuissanced'entreoularduction degain,etnonparunattnuateurlasortiedudispositif. 261.5cmSadistancedoittremaintenuelorsqu'uneantennede10,5dBiestutilise. 224.0cm 187.0cmSadistancedoittremaintenuelorsqu'uneantennede10,5dBiestutilise. 181.0cm 25 SystemDescription DDS Bird'sDDSseriesdistributedhighpowerradioheadisahighperformingwidebandradioheadequippedwithaPre Distortionpoweramplifierthatsupportsallmodulations.Thelightweight,convectioncooledIP65chassissecures theperformanceinalmostanyenvironment. FCC/IC Standard Table 26 General Specifications NoiseFigure,Typical Delayexcludingopticalfiber InstantaneousBandWidth,Max PowerSupply Standard Optional OperatingTemperature Casing 3dB
<0.5s 15MHz 85264VAC 32to100VDC 25to55C(32to113F) IP65 Table 27 Specifications DDS100 (Single Band) & DDS200 (Dual band) PowerConsumption,max,DDS100(200) Dimensions,WxDxH Weight 90(180)W 11.8x5.1x27.6in. 30x13x70cm
<26.4lbs(12kg) Table 28 Specifications DDS300 (Triple Band) & DDS400(Quad Band) PowerConsumption,max,DDS300(400) Dimensions,WxDxH Weight 270(360)W 11.8x8.7x27.6in. 30x22x70cm
<52.9lbs(24kg) Cellular Products Table 29 Available Products, FCC/IC System UL Frequency MHz DL Frequency MHz Downlink Power RMS Standard LTELB LTEUB 850 PCS1900 AWS 698716 746776 824849 18501915 17101755 728746 776806 869894 19301995 21102155 41 41 41 41 41 Subbandsavailable FCC/IC FCC/IC FCC/IC FCC/IC FCC/IC Class B Industrial Booster ThisequipmentisaClassBIndustrialBoosterandisrestrictedtoinstallationas anInbuildingDistributedAntennaSystem(DAS). FCC RF Exposure ThisequipmentcomplieswiththeFCCRFradiationexposurelimitssetforthforan uncontrolledenvironment.Thisequipmentshouldbeinstalledandoperatedwiththefollowingminimumdistances betweentheradiatorandyourbody:
LTE700MHz 850MHz PCS1900MHz AWS2100MHz 349cm 323cm 246cm 246cm Ifsystemwilloperateonmultiplebands,theseparationdistancerequiredshallbeequalto,orgreaterthan,the bandwiththelargestseparationdistance. 26 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) IC RF Exposure EquipmentoperatingintheCellularbandshouldbeinstalledandoperatedwiththefollowing minimumdistanceofbetweentheradiatorandyourbody:
LTE700MHz 850MHz PCS1900MHz AWS2100MHz 501cm 475cm 362cm 351cm Ifsystemwilloperateonmultiplebands,theseparationdistancerequiredshallbeequalto,orgreaterthan,the bandwiththelargestseparationdistance. TheManufacturer'sratedoutputpowerofthisequipmentisforsinglecarrieroperation.Forsituationswhen multiplecarriersignalsarepresent,theratingwouldhavetobereducedby3.5dB,especiallywheretheoutput signalisreradiatedandcancauseinterferencetoadjacentbandusers.Thispowerreductionistobebymeansof inputpowerorgainreductionandnotbyanattenuatorattheoutputofthedevice. IC RF exposition FL'quipementfonctionnantdanslabandecellulairedoittreinstalletutilisavecla distanceminimalesuivanteentreleradiateuretvotrecorps:
LTE700MHz 850MHz PCS1900MHz AWS2100MHz 501cm 475cm 362cm 351cm Silesystmefonctionnesurplusieursbandes,ladistancedesparationrequiseestgaleousuprieurelabande aveclaplusgrandedistancedesparation. Nominaledepuissancedesortiedufabricantdecetquipementestpourunfonctionnementuneseuleporteuse. Pourdessituationsolessignauxporteursmultiplessontprsents,lacotedevraittrerduitede3,5dB,en particulierlorsquelesignaldesortieestrerayonneetpeutprovoquerdesinterfrencesaveclesutilisateursde bandesadjacentes.Cetterductiondepuissanceesteffectueaumoyend'unepuissanced'entreoularduction degain,etnonparunattnuateurlasortiedudispositif. 27 SystemDescription DDH Bird'sDistributedHighpowerradioheadisahighperformingwidebandradioheadequippedwithafeedforward multicarrierpoweramplifierthatsupportsallmodulations.Thelightweight,convectioncooledIP65chassissecures theperformanceinalmostanyenvironment. ETSI standard Table 30 General Specifications NoiseFigure,Typical Delayexcludingopticalfiber PowerSupply Standard Optional OperatingTemperature Casing Table 31 Specifications DDH100 (Single Band) PowerConsumption,max,DDH100 Dimensions,WxDxH Weight Table 32 Specifications DDH200 (Dual Band) PowerConsumption,max,DDS200 Dimensions,WxDxH Weight Cellular Products Table 33 Available Products, ETSI SYSTEM 2 3dB
<0.5s 85264VAC 32to100VDC 25to55C(32to113F) IP65 210W 11.8x5.1x27.6in. 30x13x70cm
<30.8lbs(14kg) 420W 11.8x8.7x27.6in. 30x22x70cm
<61.7lbs(28kg) Number of carriers 4 8 Composite Power Power per carrier Composite Power Power per carrier Composite Power Power per carrier TETRA CDMA450 GSMR DD800 EGSM900 GSM1800 UMTS 2600 32 32 37 37 40 40 43 43 29 29 34 34 34 37 40 40 33 33 40 33 40 40 43 43 27 27 34 27 34 34 37 37 40 40 43 43 31 31 34 34 28 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) FCC standards Table 34 General Specifications NoiseFigure,Typical Delayexcludingopticalfiber InstantaneousBandWidth,Max PowerSupply Standard Optional OperatingTemperature Casing Table 35 Specifications DDH100 (Single Band) PowerConsumption,max,DDH100 Dimensions,WxDxH Weight Table 36 Specifications DDH200 (Dual Band) PowerConsumption,max,DDS200 Dimensions,WxDxH Weight Cellular Products Table 37 Available Products, FCC/IC 3dB
<0.5s 15MHz 85264VAC 32to100VDC 25to55C(32to113F) IP65 210W 11.8x5.1x27.6in. 30x13x70cm
<30.8lbs(14kg) 420W 11.8x8.7x27.6in. 30x22x70cm
<61.7lbs(28kg) System UL Frequency MHz DL Frequency MHz Pout, DL, dBm (RMS) Standard LTELB LTEUB iDEN Cellular PCS1900 AWS 2600LTE 698716 746776 806824 824849 18501915 17101780 26202690 728746 776806 851869 869894 19301995 21102180 25002570 43 43 40 43 43 43 43 Subbandsavailable FCC/IC FCC/IC FCC/IC FCC/IC FCC/IC FCC/IC FCC/IC Note: Allspecificationssubjecttochangewithoutnotice. Class B Industrial Booster ThisequipmentisaClassBIndustrialBoosterandisrestrictedtoinstallationas anInbuildingDistributedAntennaSystem(DAS). Note: RFexposuredistancesarecalculatedusinga17dBiantenna FCC RF Exposure ThisequipmentcomplieswiththeFCCRFradiationexposurelimitssetforthforan uncontrolledenvironment.Thisequipmentshouldbeinstalledandoperatedwiththefollowingminimumdistances betweentheradiatorandyourbody:
2600LTE(DDH2600) AWS3(DDHAWS3) 309cm 309cm Ifsystemwilloperateonmultiplebands,theseparationdistancerequiredshallbeequalto,orgreaterthan,the bandwiththelargestseparationdistance. 29 SystemDescription IC RF Exposure EquipmentoperatingintheCellularbandshouldbeinstalledandoperatedwiththefollowing minimumdistanceofbetweentheradiatorandyourbody:
2600LTE(DDH2600) AWS3(DDHAWS3) 410.1cm 438.4cm Ifsystemwilloperateonmultiplebands,theseparationdistancerequiredshallbeequalto,orgreaterthan,the bandwiththelargestseparationdistance. TheManufacturer'sratedoutputpowerofthisequipmentisforsinglecarrieroperation.Forsituationswhen multiplecarriersignalsarepresent,theratingwouldhavetobereducedby3.5dB,especiallywheretheoutput signalisreradiatedandcancauseinterferencetoadjacentbandusers.Thispowerreductionistobebymeansof inputpowerorgainreductionandnotbyanattenuatorattheoutputofthedevice. IC RF exposition FL'quipementfonctionnantdanslabandecellulairedoittreinstalletutilisavecla distanceminimalesuivanteentreleradiateuretvotrecorps:
2600LTE(DDH2600) AWS3(DDHAWS3) 410.1cm 438.4cm Silesystmefonctionnesurplusieursbandes,ladistancedesparationrequiseestgaleousuprieurelabande aveclaplusgrandedistancedesparation. Nominaledepuissancedesortiedufabricantdecetquipementestpourunfonctionnementuneseuleporteuse. Pourdessituationsolessignauxporteursmultiplessontprsents,lacotedevraittrerduitede3,5dB,en particulierlorsquelesignaldesortieestrerayonneetpeutprovoquerdesinterfrencesaveclesutilisateursde bandesadjacentes.Cetterductiondepuissanceesteffectueaumoyend'unepuissanced'entreoularduction degain,etnonparunattnuateurlasortiedudispositif. 30 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) DDU Bird'sDistributedHighpowerradioheadisahighperformingwidebandradioheadequippedwithafeedforward multicarrierpoweramplifierthatsupportsallmodulations.Thelightweight,convectioncooledIP65chassissecures theperformanceinalmostanyenvironment. FCC standards Table 38 General Specifications NoiseFigure,Typical Delayexcludingopticalfiber InstantaneousBandWidth,Max PowerSupply Standard Optional OperatingTemperature Casing Table 39 Specifications DDU100 (Single Band) PowerConsumption,max,typical Dimensions,WxDxH Weight Table 40 Specifications DDU200 (Dual Band) PowerConsumption,max,typical Dimensions,WxDxH Weight Cellular Products Table 41 Available Products, FCC/IC 3dB
<0.5s 15MHz 85264VAC 32to100VDC 25to55C(32to113F) IP65 225W 11.8x5.1x27.6in. 30x13x70cm 31lbs(14kg) 450W 11.8x8.7x27.6in. 30x22x70cm 62lbs(28kg) System UL Frequency MHz DL Frequency MHz Pout, DL, dBm (RMS) Standard LTELB LTEUB LTEFB Cellular PCS1900 AWS 698716 777787 690716/777787 824849 18501915 17101780 46 46 46 46 46 46 Note: Allspecificationssubjecttochangewithoutnotice. 728746 746756 728756 869894 19301995 21102180 FCC/IC FCC/IC FCC/IC FCC/IC FCC/IC FCC/IC Class B Industrial Booster ThisequipmentisaClassBIndustrialBoosterandisrestrictedtoinstallationas anInbuildingDistributedAntennaSystem(DAS). 31 SystemDescription Remote Unit Frequency Summary Table 42 ETSI Bands Band 3GPP Band UL Frequency DL Frequency DDR Max Composite DDH Max Composite TETRA,PublicSafety TETRA,Commercial TETRA,Commercial CDMA450 DD800 EGSM900 GSM1800 UMTS LTE2600 Table 43 FCC/IC Bands Band31 Band20 Band8 Band3 Band1 Band7 380385 410415 415420 452.5457.5 832862 880915 17101785 19201980 25002570 390395 420425 425430 462.5467.5 791821 925960 18051880 21102170 26202690 26 26 26 33 26 26 28 30 30 33 33 40 40 40 40 40 43 43 Band 3GPP Band UL Frequency DL Frequency DDR Max Composite DDS Max Composite
(15MHz) DDH Max Composite DDU Max Composite VHF UHF 700Lower 700Upper Band12 Band13&14 700Combined Band12,13&14 700PublicSafety 800iDEN 850Cellular 1900PCS AWS 2600LTE Band27 Band5 Band25 Band4 Band7 136174 450470 698716 776806 698716 776806 769775 806824 824849 18501915 17101755 25002570 136174 450470 728746 746756 728756 799805 851869 869894 19301995 21102155 26202690 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 N/A N/A N/A N/A 41 41 41 41 41 N/A N/A N/A 43 43 43 N/A 40 43 43 43 43 N/A N/A 46 46 46 N/A 46 46 46 N/A 32 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) DMU Remote head end Bird'sDMU100seriesisacompactheadendthatcanfunctionasalowpowerrepeaterorBTSinterface.Theunitcan directlysupportupto4remotesorcanfiberfeedaHeadendMasterUnit.Remoteaccessisprovidedbyeitherthe BirdRGWorviaEthernetconnection.Theunitisaruggedconvectioncooled,IP65chassisdesignedforoutdoor locations. ItispossibletobuildtheDMUtosupportmorethanoneband,however,thetypesofbandsandthenecessary duplexersforaconfigurationmustbeverifiedtoensurecompatibilitywiththeRGW. Figure 20 DMU Remote Head End InFigure21,theDMUisusedtopickupthesignalataremotelocationandthenitistransmittedonthefiberto fourdifferentlocationsthatneedcoverage.TheRUcanbeconnectedtocoaxialspreadingnetworksifneeded. Figure 21 DMU Feeding Remote Units
InFigure22,theDMUisfeedingaHeadendMasterUnitwhichinturnfeedstheRemoteUnits(RU).Thisisafar moreflexiblesolutionandwouldbepreferredwhenpossible.
Figure 22 DMU Feeding BMU D M U Fiber-Optic Cable Head end R U R U R U R U TheDMUisequippedwithalowpoweruplinkamplifier.Theunitshouldbeusedinalocationthathasadequate signalsothatpowerlevelofamobilephonewillsuffice. 33 SystemDescription Repeaters BirdTechnologiesoffersawidevarietyofrepeaterstoboostoffairsignals.Therepeatedsignalscanfeedpassive DASorcanbeusedasaninputintotheactiveDAS. DMR 400 Series Rack Mount Repeater TheDMR400isdesignedtofitintheHeadendMasterFramealongwiththeBIUandFOIcards.Thesystemwas originallydesignedtobeusedinmovingcoverageareassuchasshipsandtrainsthatrequireactivecontroloverthe downlinkgain(linksymmetry)tocompensateforwidevariationsintheoffairsignals,butthesystemcaneasilybe implementedintraditionalfixedlocationssuchasofficesandhospitals. Figure 23 DMR 400 Rack Mount Repeater AlthoughtheDMRrepeatersarerackmountedwiththeactiveDAScomponents,theDMRrepeatercanfunctionas astandaloneunittoprovidecoveragetoapassiveDAS. TheDMRrepeaterfamilyofferslinksymmetrysettings.Thisfunctionisusedtoautomaticallyadjusttheuplinkgain basedonthedownlinksignal.Wheninstalledinmovingcoverageareassuchastrains,thefeaturepreventsthe repeaterfromdesensitizingthedonorsitebyautomaticallycontrollinguplinklevels. TheDMRrepeateralsooffersselfoscillationprotection.Thisfunctionisusedtodetectproblemswithisolation betweenthedonorandserviceantenna.Therepeaterwillinterveneandlowerthegaintoalevelequaltothe isolationminusthestabilitymargin.ThesettingsareseparateforULandDL. On/Off Stabilitymargin:Valuesettingofhowmuchlowerthegainshouldbethanthecalculatedisolation.Rangeof 0.0to20.0dBm. Recoverytime:TimethatshouldpassbeforetherepeaterresetthegaintothevaluespecifiedlevelinRF Config(setgain).Rangeof30to86,400seconds. Recoverymargin:SetvalueofgainlevelabovethegainspecifiedinRFConfig(setgain)thatisusedwhen therepeaterrecoversaftertheRecoveryTime.Rangeof0.0to20.0dBm. TheDMR400offersvariablebandwidthsupto35Mhz,dependingontheconfiguration. RemoteaccesscanbeprovidedviaanEthernetconnectionorthroughtheBirdRemoteGateway.SNMPisa standardontheunits.Noproprietarysoftwareisrequired.Operationalparametersaresetviaawebbrowser. 34 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Table 44 DMR400 Specifications Gain NoiseFigureTypical Delay Dimensions Weight(module) OperatingTemperature 5080dBmin1dBsteps
<5dB
<6s 2cardslots 0.7kg(1.5lbs) 25to55C(13to131F) Table 45 Available Products, Cellular, FCC DMR407 DMR408 DMR419 DMR420 Band Uplink Downlink iDEN Cellular PCS1900 AWS 806824 824849 18501915 17101755 851869 869894 19301995 21102155 Standard Pout, DL & UL 28dBm 28dBm 28dBm 28dBm FCC FCC FCC FCC Table 46 Available Products, Cellular, ETSI DMR401 DMR402 DMR403 DMR404 DMR406 DMR409 DMR418 DMR421 Band Uplink Downlink TETRA,PublicSafety 380385 410415 TETRA,Commercial TETRA,Commercial 415420 453457.5 CDMA450 876880 GSMR 880915 EGSM900 GSM1800 17101785 19201980 UMTS2100 390395 420425 425430 463467.5 921960 925960 18051880 21102170 Pout, DL & UL 20dBm 20dBm 20dBm 25dBm 25dBm 19dBm 21dBm 23(DL)/20(UL) Standard ETSI ETSI ETSI FCC ETSI ETSI ETSI 3GPP 35 SystemDescription DLR 600 Series Low Power Repeater TheDLR600lowpowerrepeaterisdesignedforenvironmentswherelowsignallevelsarerequired.Althoughsmall, theunitstilloffersBirdsfeaturerichfunctionssuchasselfoscillationprotection,fastAGC,linksymmetry functionality,SNMPandremoteaccessviaEthernetortheBirdRemoteGateway. Figure 24 DLR 600 Low Power Repeater Table 47 DLR600 Specifications Gain NoiseFigure Delay PowerSupply Standard optional Dimension(WxDxH) Weight OperatingTemp(DC) OperatingTemp(AC) Casing Bandwidth Connectors 4070dBmin1dBsteps
<5dB
<6s 100to240VAC 12to28VDC 30x5x21cm(11.8x2x8.3inches)
<1.4Kg(3.1lbs) 25to55C(13to131F) 0to+40C(+32to+104F) IP42 015MHz SMAorNtype Table 48 Available Products, Cellular, FCC DLR607 DLR608 DLR619 DLR620 Band Uplink Downlink iDEN Cellular PCS1900 AWS 806824 824849 18501915 17101755 851869 869894 19301995 21102155 Pout, DL & UL 16dBm 16dBm 16dBm 16dBm FCC FCC FCC FCC Standard Table 49 Available Products, Cellular, ETSI DLR609 DLR618 DLR621 Band Uplink Downlink EGSM900 GSM1800 UMTS2100 880915 17101785 19201980 925960 18051880 21102170 Pout, DL & UL 13dBm 23dBm 15dBm Standard ETSI ETSI 3GPP 36 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) DMR600 Series Medium Power Repeater TheDMR600isamediumpowerrepeaterwithbandselectivecapabilities.Althoughsmall,theunitstilloffers Bird'sfeaturerichfunctionssuchasselfoscillationprotection,fastAGC,linksymmetryfunctionality,SNMPand remoteaccessviaEthernetortheBirdRemoteGateway Figure 25 DMR 600 Low Power Repeater Table 50 DMR600 Specifications Gain NoiseFigure Delay PowerSupply Standard optional Dimension(WxDxH) Weight OperatingTemp(DC) OperatingTemp(AC) Casing Bandwidth Connectors 5080dBmin1dBsteps
<5dB
<6s 100to240VAC 12to30VDC 30x5x21cm(11.8x2x8.3inches)
<1.4Kg(3.1lbs) 25to55C(13to131F) 0to+40C(+32to+104F) IP42 35MHz SMAorNtype Table 51 Available Products, Cellular, FCC DMR607 DMR608 DMR619 DMR620 Band Uplink Downlink iDEN Cellular PCS1900 AWS 806824 824849 18501915 17101755 851869 869894 19301995 21102155 Pout, DL & UL 16dBm 16dBm 16dBm 16dBm FCC FCC FCC FCC Standard Table 52 Available Products, Cellular, ETSI Band Uplink Downlink CDM450 GSMR EGSM900 GSM1800 UMTS2100 453457.5 876880 880915 17101785 19201980 463467.5 921925 925960 18051880 21102170 Pout, DL & UL 25dBm 19dBm 19dBm 29dBm 23(DL)/20(UL) Standard FCC ETSI ETSI ETSI 3GPP DMR604 DMR606 DMR609 DMR618 DMR621 37 SystemDescription DHR 800 Series High Power Repeater TheDHR800offersahighpowersolutioninalightweight,convectioncooledIP65chassis.TheunitoffersBird's featurerichfunctionssuchasselfoscillationprotection,fastAGC,linksymmetryfunctionality,SNMPandremote accessviaEthernetortheBirdRemoteGatewayallinaruggedIP65chassis. Figure 26 DHR 800 Series High Power Repeater TheDHRrepeaterfamilyofferslinksymmetrysettings.Thisfunctionisusedtoautomaticallyadjusttheuplinkgain basedonthedownlinksignal.Wheninstalledinmovingcoverageareassuchastrains,thefeaturepreventsthe repeaterfromdesensitizingthedonorsitebyautomaticallycontrollinguplinklevels. TheDHRrepeateralsooffersselfoscillationprotection.Thisfunctionisusedtodetectproblemswithisolation betweenthedonorandserviceantenna.Therepeaterwillinterveneandlowerthegaintoalevelequaltothe isolationminusthestabilitymargin.ThesettingsareseparateforULandDL. On/Off Stabilitymargin:Valuesettingofhowmuchlowerthegainshouldbethanthecalculatedisolation.Rangeof 0.0to20.0dBm. Recoverytime:TimethatshouldpassbeforetherepeaterresetthegaintothevaluespecifiedlevelinRF Config(setgain).Rangeof30to86,400seconds. Recoverymargin:SetvalueofgainlevelabovethegainspecifiedinRFConfig(setgain)thatisusedwhen therepeaterrecoversaftertheRecoveryTime.Rangeof0.0to20.0dBm. Table 53 DHR800 Specifications Gain NoiseFigure Delay PowerSupply PowerConsumption Dimension(WxDxH) Weight OperatingTemp Casing Bandwidth Connectors 5088dBmin1dBsteps
<5dB
<6s 85to264VAC
<130W 30x13x70cm(11.8x5.1x27.6inches)
<12kg(26.4lbs) 25to55C(13to131F) IP65 35MHz NtypeorDIN7/16 38 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Table 54 Available Products, Cellular, FCC DHR807 DHR808 DHR819 DHR820 Band Uplink Downlink iDEN Cellular PCS1900 AWS 806824 824849 18501915 17101755 851869 869894 19301995 21102155 Pout, DL & UL 33(DL)/25(UL) 33(DL)/25(UL) 33(DL)/25(UL) 33(DL)/25(UL) FCC FCC FCC FCC Standard Table 55 Available Products, Cellular, ETSI DHR801 DHR802 DHR803 DHR804 DHR806 DHR809 DHR818 DHR821 Band Uplink Downlink TETRA,PublicSafety 380385 410415 TETRA,Commercial TETRA,Commercial 415420 453457.5 CDMA450 876880 GSMR 880915 EGSM900 GSM1800 17101785 19201980 UMTS2100 390395 420425 425430 463467.5 921960 925960 18051880 21102170 Pout, DL & UL 26(DL)/20(UL) 26(DL)/20(UL) 26(DL)/20(UL) 33(DL)/25(UL) 26(DL)/19(UL) 26(DL)/19(UL) 28(DL)/21(UL) 30(DL)/21(UL) Standard ETSI ETSI ETSI FCC ETSI ETSI ETSI 3GPP Bird Repeater Frequency Summary Table 56 ETSI Bands DL Frequency UL Frequency TETRAPublicSafety TETRA,Commercial TETRA,Commercial CDMA450 GSMR EGSM900 GSM1800 UMTS Table 57 FCC Bands 390395 420425 425430 463467.5 921925 925960 18051880 21102170 380385 410415 415420 453457.5 876880 880915 17101785 19201980 DL Frequency UL Frequency PublicSafety800 Cellular850 PCS1900 AWS 851869 869894 19301995 21102155 806824 824849 18501915 17101755 DMR 400 DMR 400 DLR 600 DMR 600 DMR 600 DLR 600 DHR 800 DHR 800 39 Chapter 3 Installation guidelines WARNING ThisisNOTaconsumerdevice. ItisdesignedforinstallationbyFCCLICENSEESandQUALIFIEDINSTALLERS.YouMUSThaveanFCCLICENSEor expressconsentofanFCClicenseetooperatethisdevice.YouMUSTregisterClassBsignalboosters(asdefinedin 47CFR90.219)onlineatwww.fcc.gov/signalboosters/registration.Unauthorizedusemayresultin significantforfeiturepenalties,includingpenaltiesinexcessof$100,000foreachcontinuingviolation. ForCMRS817824MHzApplicationsandAmericanCellularApplications:
WARNING ThisisNOTaconsumerdevice. ItisdesignedforinstallationbyFCCLICENSEESandQUALIFIEDINSTALLERS.YouMUSThaveanFCCLICENSEor expressconsentofanFCClicenseetooperatethisdevice.Unauthorizedusemayresultinsignificantforfeiture penalties,includingpenaltiesinexcessof$100,000foreachcontinuingviolation. Thisdevicecomplieswithpart15oftheFCCrules.Operationissubjecttothefollowingtwoconditions:(1)This devicemaynotcauseharmfulinterferenceand(2)thisdevicemustacceptanyinterferencereceived,including interferencethatmaycauseundesiredoperation. ForinstallationssubjecttoIndustryCanadacertification:
WARNING ThisisNOTaconsumerdevice. ItisdesignedforinstallationbyaninstallerapprovedbyanISEDlicensee. YouMUSThaveanISEDLICENCEortheexpressconsentofanISEDlicenseetooperatethisdevice. Health and Safety BirdDASsystemisanadvancedsystemandshouldbehandledbyskilledstaff.Birdishappytooffertrainingof installationserviceprovidersinthecasethisisnecessary. Readallavailabledocumentationandwarningsbeforehandlingtheequipment.Equipmentfailuresduetoimproper handlingarenormallynotcoveredbytheproductwarranty. Respectallwarningsignsontheequipmentandinthedocumentation.Makesuretoonlyoperatetheequipmenton frequenciesallowedtouse.Donotmodifytheequipment. Avoidlookingintoconnectedfibersandreceptacles. WARNING ThelaserusedinthissystemisaClass3blaserthatproducesinvisibleinfraredcoherentlight.Notsafetoview withopticalinstruments.Alwaysputtheprotectioncapsonunusedfibersandreceptacles. TheequipmentcontainsaClass3BlaserandtheequipmentisClass1.DoneverlookintotheLaserbeamdirectlyor indirectly,itisstronginvisiblelightandmaycauseseriousdamagetohumaneyes. Alwaysuseprotectivecapsonfiberandconnectorendswhenfiberisremovedfromsocket.Alwayscleansocketand connectorafterafiberhasbeenremovedbeforeitisreconnected. Makesuretokeeppasswordsandotheroperationalinformationawayfromunauthorizedpersonnel. 40 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Cable Routing/Antenna Selection Ensureallcables,e.g.powercable,fiberopticcable,Antennacablesareroutedandsecuredinaccordancewith local/nationalrequirementswhileavoidingdamagetothecables. AntennasandcoaxcablesareselectedaspartoftheDASsystemdesignandmayvarywithlocation,frequency,and powerlevelrequirements. Useonlyauthorizedandapprovedantennas,cablesand/orcouplingdevices.Theuseofunapprovedantennas, cablesorcouplingdevicescouldcausedamageandmaybeofviolationofFCCregulations. EachindividualantennausedwiththeDASmustbeinstalledtoprovidetheseparationdistanceasspecifiedinthe RFexposurerequirements(refertospecificRemoteUnitRFExposurelimitsinthesystemdescriptionsection). Unauthorizedantennas,cables,and/orcouplingdevicesmaycausenonconformitywithnationalorinternational regulations,couldcausedamage,ornonconformingERP/EIRP. CAUTION Antenna Installation TheBirdFiberDASsystemsdonotincluderemoteorheadendantenna.Theremoteendantennamustbeselected duringsystemdesign,theantennamanufacturersdatawillberequiredwhencalculatinglinkbudgets. Antennainstallationinstructionsareprovidedbytheantennamanufacturer. ExternaldonorantennasthataremostcommonlyusedincombinationwithDDRorDDHRemoteUnitfamilyfor outdoorenvironmentare17dBigainantennas. Safety and Care for Fibers Avoidlookingintoconnectedfibersandreceptacles. WARNING ThelaserusedinthissystemisaClass3blaserthatproducesinvisibleinfraredcoherentlight.Notsafetoview withopticalinstruments.Alwaysputtheprotectioncapsonunusedfibersandreceptacles. Everytimeafiberisdisconnectedandreconnectedcareshouldbetakentoavoidgettingdustontheconnectoror inthereceptacle.Cleanwithadryfibercleaningtoolbeforereconnectingthefiberatalltimes.Asinglespeckof dustcanseverelyimpactthetransmission.Donottouchthefiberendswithyourfingers.Thatwillleavegreaseon theconnectorsandmaycausesevereproblems. 41 Installationguidelines Tools and Material Requirements Fiber Optics Allfiberopticcables,includingpatchcords,mustbeSINGLEMODE.Multimodefiberisnotsupported. BirdequipmentisdesignedtobeusedwithonlySC/APCfiberconnectors.Allconnectionpointsinthefibermust eitherbefusionsplicedorequippedwithAPCconnectors.UPCconnectorsanywhereinthefiberpathwillcause degradationintheperformanceoftheequipment.APCconnectorscanbeidentifiedbytheirgreenjacket. Totalopticallossmustbe<15dBo. Opticalreturnloss60dBorgreater. Fiberpanelinserts/couplingsmustbeAPC. Tools FiberOpticcleanerforSC/APCconnectors T8Torxbitforcardcagemodules Appropriatebitforrackscrews SpectrumanalyzerwithRFpowermeter AppropriatejumpercablestoconnectspectrumanalyzertoBirdequipment OTDR Opticalpowermeter Opticalvisualfaultfinder Fibersplicer SMAtorquewrenchcalibrateto0.9Nm ESDStrap(ElectrostaticDischarge):TheBIU,FOIandPowerSuppliescontainhighlysensitivecomponents thatcanbedestroyedbystatic. NEVERopencards,BGW,CGW,repeatersorremotes!
Miscellaneous Material ACpowercord(s)ifusingtheDPU301powersupply[ACtoDCpowersupply]
18AWGpowerwireifusingtheDPU302powersupply[DCtoDCpowersupply]
FerritebeadfilterfortheDCsupplycabletotheDPU302.Theferritebeadfiltermustbeinstalledcloseto theDPU302.Followmanufacturerrecommendationsforproperinstallationoftheferritebeadfilter. 42 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Installing Headend Equipment Allequipmentmustbeproperlygrounded.Groundpeginthemainconnectorforbothheadendgear(MasterUnit) andremotegear(RemoteUnits)mustbeconnectedtoPhase,NeutralandGroundinaproperwaybeforepoweris connected. Thechassisoftheremoteandtherackofthemasterunitshouldbegroundedtoapotentialbarorsafetygrounding barwhenoperated.Allelectricalinstallationsshouldbedonebyacertifiedelectricianonly. BGW TheBGWisdesignedtobeinstalledina19"rack. TheBGWistypicallymountednearthetopoftherack. ConnectpowertoanavailableNEMA515Rreceptacle. UsinginstallerprovidedEthernetcable,connecttheExtporttotheappropriatebackhaulconnection. ThebackhaulconnectioncanbeDSL,offairmodem,LAN,WAN.SeeBGWsetupinstructions. Figure 27 BGW Installation, Ethernet Connections Back-haul Connection
(LAN, WAN, ETC) Connect to Head end Ethernet Switch, Port 25 Ethernet Switch TheEthernetswitch,ETH,isdesignedtobeinstalledina19"rack. PlacementistypicallybetweentheBGWandtheMasterFrameUnit.Placementconsiderationshould includeproperroutingofEthernetcablesandtheinstallationofadditionalcablesaftertheinitial installationiscomplete.MountingmaywithEthernetportstothefrontorrearoftherack. ConnectpowertoanavailableNEMA515Rreceptacle. UsinginstallerprovidedEthernetcable,connectport25oftheEthernetswitchtotheINTportonthe BGW. Figure 28 Ethernet Switch 43 Installationguidelines Master Unit TheMasterUnitisdesignedtobeinstalledina19"rack. Beforeinstalling,considercableroutingforallcardstobeinstalledintheMasterUnit.Theinstallermay wanttoconsiderhorizontalcablemanagerstobemountedaboveandbelowtheMasterUnittoaidinthe installationandongoingmaintenanceofthesystem. EachcardintheMasterUnitwillrequireanEthernetconnectiontotheBGWinordertobeprogrammed andmonitored.InstallcontractorprovidedEthernetcablebetweentheappropriateEthernetportandthe Ethernetswitch. Note: TheportnumberontheMasterUnitisinreverseorderonthebackoftheMasterUnit. Figure 29 Ethernet Port Numbering, Front and Rear Views 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 3 OnlytheactiveportontheMasterUnitrequiresanEthernetconnection. 12 14 10 13 15 16 11 4 6 7 8 9 5 2 1 Example:TheBIUwillconsumetwoslotsintheMasterUnit.Ifinstalledinslots#1and#2,only slot#1willmakephysicalconnectiontothebackplane.InstallanEthernetcableonthebackof theMasterUnitinport#1toprovidetheBIUwithBGWconnectivity. AllopenslotsontheMasterUnitrequireablankcoverplatetoallowforproperaircirculation.Blank platesmustbeorderedseparately. Table 58 Available Blank Cover Plates Part Number Slots Covered DB101 DB102 DB103 DB104 1Slot 2Slots 3Slots 4Slots 44 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Power Supply Unit BirdTechnologiesofferstwodifferentpowersuppliesfortheMasterUnit:AC(DPU301)andDC(DPU302).The powersupplycanbelocatedinaMasterUnitotherthantheoneitispowering.Eachpowersupplyisshippedwith oneMolexpowersupplyjumper.Ifredundantpowersuppliesarerequiredadditionalpowersupplyjumper(s)will needtobeordered. ThepowersupplyusesfourslotsontheMasterUnit. PriortoinstallingthePSUintheMasterUnitchassistheredsliderailsmustbecarefullyremovedfromthe slotsthatthePSUwilloccupy. Figure 30 Slide Rail Removal PSU DPU-301 TheACDPU301powersupplyhasastandardC13receptacle. TheACDPU301hasaninputrangefrom86264VACwith50or60Hz. DuetositespecificneedsonlengthandvaryingstandardsofACplugtypes,theACpowercorddoesnot shipwiththeequipment.TheinstallationcontractormustprovidetheACpowercord. TheDPU301cansupportasingle,fullyloadedMasterFrameUnitwithupto16cards(BIU,FOI,ICU).Thecards maybeallofonetypeoramixtureoftypes. Figure 31 Power Supply Units DPU-301 DPU-302 45 Installationguidelines PSU DPU-302 TheDPU302usesaHANfourprongHeavyDutyPowerConnector. TheDCtoDCDPU302powersupplyhasininputratingof36VDCto72VDC. TheDPU302requirestheinstallertoprovide18AWGwirefortheHAN3Aplugkit(HartingP/N1020003 0002)thatisprovidedwiththepowersupply.SeeTable59forconnectorpinout. TheDCpowersupplycansupportasingleMasterFrameUnitwithupto12cards(BIU,FOI,ICU).Thecardsmaybe allofonetypeoramixtureofcards. Table 59 DPU-302 Connector Pinout Pin#1 Pin#2 Pin#3 Pin#4 Han 3A Pinout
(+)Positive Notconnected
()Negative Earth/Ground Primary Power Configuration ConnecttheoutputofthepowersupplytotheinputoftheMasterUnit. UseP101ontheMasterUnitasthemainpowersupplyfeed.SeeFigure32. Note: NotethatalthoughtherearetwooutputconnectionsonthefrontofthePSU,thePSUcanonly poweroneMasterFrameatatime. Figure 32 Primary Power Configuration Primary Power for One Master Unit Backup Power Configuration Itisnotrequiredtouseabackup/redundantpowersupply,butiftheprimaryPSUfailsabackupPSUwillallowthe unittocontinueoperatingwithoutcausinganoutage. Thesystemdesignermayelecttohaveasingle,redundantPSUactasabackuptotwodifferentMasterUnits simultaneouslywiththeunderstandingthatifthemainPSUforeachMasterUnitfailsduringthesametimeperiod thatthebackup/redundantPSUcan'tsupportbothMasterUnits. UseP102ontheMasterUnitforabackup/redundantpowersupply.SeeFigure33onpage46. Figure 33 Backup Power Configuration Backup Power for Two Master Units 46 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) BIU OverdrivingtheRFsourceinputintotheBIUwillcausepermanentequipmentfailureandwillvoidthewarranty. Theinstallermustensurethatinputlevelsarenotexceeded.PlanformaximumpoweroutoftheRFsourceand attenuateaccordinglywithexternalattenuatorsifneeded. CAUTION TheBIUservesastheRFinterfacebetweentheRFsourceandtheICU/FOI.EachBIUispresettoafrequencyband andisnotfieldtunable. TheBIUhastwosetsofRFsourceconnections.Theunitscanaccepttwoindependentfeeds(withinthesameband). ThefeedscanbefromseparatesourcesorAandBpathsinaMIMOconfiguration. DuetothehighlevelofRFcomingintoBIU,useonlyqualityRFcables. BIU Type LowLevel HighLevel Minimum DL Input Maximum DL Input 7dBm
+20dBm
+7dBm
+33dBm Figure 34 BIU Connections RF Source ICU or FOI InstalltheBIUintheMasterUnit.TheBIUusestwoslotsintheMasterUnit. CAUTION WhenmatingRFconnectors,ensurethattheyareproperlyalignedandnotcrossthreaded. TightenSMAconnectorsto8in.lbs(0.9Nm). DoovertorqueRFconnectors,thiscouldresultindamagetotheUnit. DonotundertorqueRFconnectors,thiscouldresultinpoorsignaltransmission. Note: TheUL1andUL2uplinktestportsare3dBlowerthanthesignalonthecorrespondingDL/UL BTSport. ConnectSMAtotheRFsource.Tightento8inpounds(0.9Nm)withacalibratedtorquewrench. ConnectQMAtotheICU/FOI. ExcesstensiononthecableorconnectorsmaycausePIMissues. Cablesmustbesecuredintherackwithoutapplyingtensiontotheconnectors. CAUTION 47 Installationguidelines ICU TheICUisdesignedtobeinstalledina19"rack. TheICUistypicallyinstalleddirectlyaboveorbelowtheMasterUnitchassis.Considerpostinstallation changesandtestingwhenselectingaslottoinstalltheICU. Figure 35 ICU TheICUhasQMAconnectors.QMAcablekitBirdpartnumberDCC320isavailableforusewiththeICU.Thekit contains32QMAtoQMAcables(seeTable60)thatcanbeusedtopatchbetweentheBIUtotheICU,BIUtothe FOIorICUtoFOI. Table 60 QMA Cable Kit Length 250mm(9.8) 350mm(13.8) 500mm(19.7) Quantity 13 13 6 TheICUisconfiguredwithtwoidenticalpathsuplinkanddownlink.Thetypicalconfiguration[DIU301(88MHzto 2700MHz)]isfour1:8splitters/combiners(twoforULandtwoforDL).NotethatthetheoreticallossforeachDIU301 is35dBm. FOI TheFOIismountedintheMasterUnitchassis.TheFOIusesoneslotintheMasterUnit. TheRFconnectionsareQMA. ThefiberconnectionsareSC/APC. TheFOIcanbeorderedwithanoptionalDCC330jumperkit.ThekitcontainstwoSC/APCjumpersthatare5meters
(16.4feet)inlength. Figure 36 FOI Connections Uplink Downlink OPTO IN/OUT for Remote Units 48 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) RFU Theintegratedrepeaterunit,RFU,DMR400ismountedintheMasterUnitchassis.TheDMR400usestwoslotsinthe MasterUnit. Figure 37 RFU Connections RF Source Uplink/
Downlink Powering Up the Head End Rebroadcast 1. ApplypowertotheBGWbypressingthepowerbuttonontheleftsideoftheunit. TheBGWrequiresapproximately5minutestocompletelybootup.DuringtheBGWbootprocess,themodules intheMasterUnitwillflashRedandGreen. 2. ApplypowertotheEthernetSwitchandtheMasterUnit. 3. VerifyBGWbootcycleiscomplete, Note: TheBGWwillhavegreenLED'slitevenwhenpoweredoff.ThisispartoftheLANwakeupfea ture.WhentheBGWisrunningtherewillbethreeLED'slitandtheharddriveiconshowingactivity. 4. SeeTable61fortheLEDalarmcodesforthemodulesintheMasterUnit. AftertheBGWbootprocessiscomplete,allmodulesintheMasterUnitshouldhavesomeLEDindication.Ifnot, seeTable62. Table 61 Master Unit Module LED Indicators Status Normal IncomingAlarm Warning Error Critical LED Indication Greenslowflash SolidRedLimitedto5seconds RedLEDflashes1Hz1/8dutycycle RedLEDflashes2Hzdutycycle RedLEDremainssolid Table 62 Master Unit Troubleshooting Malfunction If no modules have LED indications Corrective Action CheckPowercabletoPSU. CheckpowersourceforMasterUnit. CheckconnectionfromPSUtoChassis. Verifythemoduleisproperlyseatedinto thechassis. If a module does not have LED ON Indicator Moveamoduletoanotherslotonthe MasterUnitchassis. Replacemodule. 49 Installing Remote Units Theremoteunitsarefactoryconfiguredandshouldnotbeopenedinthefield. Installationguidelines TheRemoteUnitsareheavy,usecareandalwaysproperlysupportunitsduringinstallation.Ifallowedtofall RemoteUnitscancauseinjuryordeath. WARNING EnsurethesurfacesbeingusedtomountRemoteUnitscansafelysupportthefullweightoftheremote. CAUTION Theremotesmustbemountedinaverticalposition.TherearetworecommendedmethodsforRemoteUnit installation,wallmountingorpolemounting.Regardlessofthemountingstyleselected,theremotesmustbe mountedsothatairflowovertheexternalheatsinkisnotobstructed. Single Remote Unit Wall Mounting Theremotesareshippedwithstandardwallmountingbrackets.Thesebracketscanbeusedindoorsandoutdoors. Mountthebracket(p/nDMB301)withouttheremoteattached. Note: Alwayschecklocalbuildingcodesforpropermountingtechniques!
Oncethebracketisproperlymounted,theremoteeasilyslidesintothemount.SeeFigure38. Note: Figure 38 Remote Wall Mount Tighten bolts
(4 places) After Remote is Attached Oncetheremoteisattachedtothewallmount,theremotemustbeproperlysecuredtothemountby tighteningboltsateachmountingpoint. 50 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Double Remote Unit Wall Mounting BirdTechnologiesoffersabracketthatallowstwowallmountrackstobemountedbacktoback.Thisreducesthe amountofwallspacerequiredwhentworemotesarelocatedtogether.Thebracketisstainlesssteelandcanbe usedindoorsoroutdoors. Figure 39 Double Wall Mounting Bracket Standard Wall Mount Brackets Mount to Wall Double Wall Mount Bracket Remote Unit Pole Mounting BirdTechnologiesalsooffersapolemountingoption.Thepolemountbracketsaredesignedtobeusedwiththe DoubleRemoteWallMountbracket. Figure 40 Remote Unit Pole Mounting Option 51 Installationguidelines Solar Shield Directexposuretosunlightcancausetemperaturesoftheremotetoexceedthe55C(131F)rating.Asimple solutionofferedbyBirdistoattachanoptionalsolarshieldtotheaffectedremotes.Thesolarshields(p/n DMA301)aresoldseparately. Figure 41 Remote Unit Solar Shield Cabling TherearemanyoptionsfortheBirdremoteswhichcanaffectthenumberofconnectionsonthebottomofeach remote.Thestandardconnectionsare:
Ethernetport RFPort(N,miniDINor7/16DIN,SimplexorDuplex)Numberofportsvaries Power(AC) Externalalarmport Grounding FiberOptic Figure 42 Remote Unit Cabling Connectors Ethernet Port Fiber-Optic Port RF Port Chassis Breather Port External Alarms Connector Input Power Connector 52 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Ethernet Port TheRJ45Ethernetportislocatedonthebottompaneloftheremoteunit.ConnectionoftheEthernetportisnot requiredfornormaloperationoftheDAS.TheportoffersconvenientaccesstothesystemGUIduringinstallation, commissioningandtroubleshootingoftheDAS.EnsuretheprovidedIP67ratedprotectivecapisreplacedwhenthe Ethernetportisnotinuse. IftheEthernetconnectionistobelongtermorpermanent,ensurethattheappropriateEthernetpatchcableis utilizedtopreventtheingressofmoisterintotheport. TheEthernetportwillallowsfortwotypesofconnections. 1. RemoteunitisnotconnectedtotheFOIintheMasterUnit AccesswillbelimitedtotheRemoteUnit.UsermaychangesettingontheRemoteUnit. StaticIPaddressforlocalaccessishttps://169.254.48.1 Username:"extended"
Password:"admin"
2. RemoteUnitisactivelyconnectedtotheFOIintheMasterUnit FullaccesstoallGUIfeatureswillbeallowed AccesswillrequiretheMasterUnitIPaddress:https://172.22.0.1 Username:"extended"
Password:"admin"
Fiber Optic Connection ThefiberconnectiononthebottomoftheremotehasanIP67ratedprotectivecap.Theprotectivecapmustremain inplaceuntilthefiberistobeinserted.Thiswillhelppreventforeignparticlesfromdegradingperformanceofthe fiber. ThefiberconnectionhasakeyedslotSC/APCconnection.Caremustbetakentoensurethefiberisinstalled correctly.Itispossibletoforcetheconnectionsothatthefiberisinstalledata180degreerotationcausing performanceissues. Note: TheSC/APCkeyisatthetopandbottomontheconnectionontheremote. Figure 43 Remote Fiber-Optic Connector Keyed Connector ItishighlyrecommendedthatonlytheSCRJfibercablesbeusedwiththeremotes.NotonlydoestheSCRJcable preventtheingressofmoistureanddustintotothefiberportbutthecablealsoinsuresthefibersarecorrectly alignedintheconnector.SCRJfibercablesareorderedseparatelyfromBirdTechnologies. Figure 44 SCRJ Connector 53 Installationguidelines AC Power Input TheBirdremoteonlycomeswithanACinputoption.Thevoltagerangewillsupport120VACor240VAC,50or60Hz. TheremoteshipswithaweatherproofC13connectorandweatherproofstrainreliefhousing.Theunitdoesnot shipwithapowercordonlythepowerconnector.Theinstallationcontractorwillneedtoprovideapowercableof atleast14AWG,3conductorcable. Figure 45 Weatherproof AC Input Connector Ground Live Neutral Electricalinstallationshouldonlybeperformedbyalicensedelectrician. WARNING External Alarm Connection TheexternalalarmportontheBirdremoterequiresanIP67Dsubconnector(notsuppliedbyBird). Table 63 Alarm Definitions Alarm Input Level 1 (Pin 9) 2 (Pin 4) 3 (Pin 8) 4 (Pin 3) Error Critical Warning Error Alarm Text Batteryvoltagelow LossofmainACpower Externalalarm3 Externalalarm4 Figure 46 External Alarm Connector 54 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Table 64 External Alarm Connector Pinout Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Function AlarmrelayoutputNC AlarmrelayoutputNO Alarminput4 Alarminput2 Alarminputground AlarmrelayoutputNC AlarmrelayoutputNO Alarminput3 Alarminput1 Grounding Theremotesarefurnishedwithagroundlugtobeusedifchassisgroundingisrequiredtomeetlocalcodeor installationrequirements.Theexternalgroundinglugmustbeusedwhentheremoteisinstalledinapplications whereitissusceptibletolighteningstrikes. IftheremoteismountedinareaswithhighEMFsuchasnearhighamperagetransformers,turbinesorbroadcast antennas,properlygroundingthechassiswillprovidereducethelikelihoodinterference. Figure 47 Remote Ground Connection Remote Unit Verification Oncetheremotehasbeenproperlyinstalledandallconnectionsmadetheunitmaybepoweredup.Theunitis automaticallypowereduponcepowerisappliedtotheACplugonthebottomoftheunit. Thetypicalpowercycleoftheremoteisapproximately90seconds.TheredandgreenLEDonthebottomofthe remotewillflashduringthebootcycle. Oncethebootcycleiscomplete,asolidredLEDindicatesthereisnofiberconnectionorcommunicationto theDASheadend. 55 Installing the DHR Repeater Therepeatersunitsarefactoryconfiguredandshouldnotbeopenedinthefield. Installationguidelines TheRepeatersareheavy,usecareandalwaysproperlysupportunitsduringinstallation.Ifallowedtofalla WARNING Repeatercancauseinjuryordeath. EnsurethesurfacesbeingusedtomounttheRepeatercansafelysupportthefullweightoftheRepeater. CAUTION Theremotesmustbemountedinaverticalposition.TherearetworecommendedmethodsforRemoteUnit installation,wallmountingorpolemounting.Regardlessofthemountingstyleselected,theremotesmustbe mountedsothatairflowovertheexternalheatsinkisnotobstructed. Single Repeater Wall Mounting Therepeatersareshippedwithstandardwallmountingbrackets.Thesebracketscanbeusedindoorsandoutdoors. Mountthebracketwithouttherepeaterattached. Note: Alwayschecklocalbuildingcodesforpropermountingtechniques. Oncethebracketisproperlymounted,therepeatereasilyslidesintothemount.SeeFigure48. Figure 48 Repeater Wall Mount Tighten Bolts
(4 places) after Repeater is Attached Oncetherepeaterisattachedtothewallmount,therepeatermustbeproperlysecuredtothemountby tighteningboltsateachmountingpoint. 56 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Double Repeater Wall Mounting BirdTechnologiesoffersabracketthatallowstwowallmountrackstobemountedbacktoback.Thisreducesthe amountofwallspacerequiredwhentworepeatersarelocatedtogether.Thebracketisstainlesssteelandcanbe usedindoorsoroutdoors. Figure 49 Double Wall Mounting Bracket Standard Wall Mount Brackets Mount to Wall Double Wall Mount Bracket Repeater Pole Mounting BirdTechnologiesalsooffersapolemountingoption.Thepolemountbracketsaredesignedtobeusedwiththe DoubleWallMountbracket. Figure 50 Repeater Pole Mounting Option 57 Installationguidelines Solar Shield Directexposuretosunlightcancausetemperaturesoftherepeatertoexceedthe55C(131F)rating.Asimple solutionofferedbyBirdistoattachanoptionalsolarshieldtotheaffectedrepeaters.Thesolarshieldsaresold separately. Figure 51 Remote Unit Solar Shield Cabling TherearemanyoptionsfortheBirdrepeaterswhichcanaffectthenumberofconnectionsonthebottomofeach repeater.Thestandardconnectionsare:
Ethernetport RFPorts(NTypestandard) InputPower Externalalarmport Grounding FiberOptic(optional) Figure 52 Repeater Cabling Connectors Donor Antenna Connector Fiber-Optic Ports (Optional) Ethernet Port Service Antenna Connector Chassis Ground Input Power Connector External Alarms Connector LED Indicators Chassis Breather Port 58 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Ethernet Port TheRJ45Ethernetportislocatedonthebottompaneloftherepeaterunit.ConnectionoftheEthernetportisnot requiredfornormaloperationoftherepeater.TheportoffersconvenientaccesstothesystemGUIduring installation,commissioningandtroubleshooting.EnsuretheprovidedIP67ratedprotectivecapisreplacedwhen theEthernetportisnotinuse. IftheEthernetconnectionistobelongtermorpermanent,ensurethattheappropriateEthernetpatchcableis utilizedtopreventtheingressofmoisterintotheport. Fiber Optic Connection Ifthefiberopticoptionisordered,thefiberconnectiononthebottomoftherepeaterhasanIP67ratedprotective cap.Theprotectivecapmustremaininplaceuntilthefiberistobeinserted.Thiswillhelppreventforeignparticles fromdegradingperformanceofthefiber. ThefiberconnectionhasakeyedslotSC/APCconnection.Caremustbetakentoensurethefiberisinstalled correctly.Itispossibletoforcetheconnectionsothatthefiberisinstalledata180degreerotationcausing performanceissues. Note: TheSC/APCkeyisatthetopandbottomontheconnectionontherepeater. Figure 53 Remote Fiber-Optic Connector Keyed Connector ItishighlyrecommendedthatonlytheSCRJfibercablesbeusedwiththerepeaters.NotonlydoestheSCRJcable preventtheingressofmoistureanddustintotothefiberportbutthecablealsoinsuresthefibersarecorrectly alignedintheconnector.SCRJfibercablesareorderedseparatelyfromBirdTechnologies. Figure 54 SCRJ Connector 59 Installationguidelines AC Power Input TheBirdrepeateronlycomeswithanACinputoption.Thevoltagerangewillsupport120VACor240VAC,50or60 Hz.TheremoteshipswithaweatherproofC13connectorandweatherproofstrainreliefhousing.Theunitdoesnot shipwithapowercordonlythepowerconnector.Theinstallationcontractorwillneedtoprovideapowercableof atleast14AWG,3conductorcable. Figure 55 Weatherproof AC Input Connector Ground Live Neutral Electricalinstallationshouldonlybeperformedbyalicensedelectrician. WARNING External Alarm Connection TheexternalalarmportontherepeaterrequiresanIP67Dsubconnector(notsuppliedbyBird). Table 65 Alarm Definitions Alarm Input Level 1 (Pin 9) 2 (Pin 4) 3 (Pin 8) 4 (Pin 3) Error Critical Warning Error Alarm Text Batteryvoltagelow LossofmainACpower Externalalarm3 Externalalarm4 Figure 56 External Alarm Connector 60 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Table 66 External Alarm Connector Pinout Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Function AlarmrelayoutputNC AlarmrelayoutputNO Alarminput4 Alarminput2 Alarminputground AlarmrelayoutputNC AlarmrelayoutputNO Alarminput3 Alarminput1 Grounding Therepeatersarefurnishedwithagroundlugtobeusedifchassisgroundingisrequiredtomeetlocalcodeor installationrequirements. Figure 57 Remote Ground Connection 61 Chapter 4 DAS Software Configuration ThissectionisfocusedontheGUIinterfaceandinitialsoftwaresettingoftheDAS.Nospecialsoftwareisrequireto accesstheBirdDAS.AccessisprovidedviamostwebbrowserssuchasMozillaFirefoxorGoogleChrome. TheBGWshouldbepoweredupandallowedabout5minutestofullybootpriortoapplyingpowertotheMaster Unit.TheBGWwillassignIPaddressestotheMasterUnitcomponents.IftheMasterUnitispowereduppriortothe BGWthenitcouldtakeupto30minutesfortheMasterUnitcomponentstogetassignedanIPaddress.MasterUnit cardswillshowaquickflashofthegreenLEDwhenanIPaddresshasbeenassigned. SpecialNote:Thefollowingisbasedonversion3.5software. Ethernet Connection 1. ConnectalaptoptoanyopenportontheHeadendEthernetswitch. 2. EnsurethelaptopnetworksettingshaveDHCPenabledandtheObtainanIPaddressautomaticallyradio buttonchecked. Figure 58 Windows TCP/IP Settings 3. UsinganInternetbrowsergotohttps://172.22.0.1toaccesstheBGW.Asuccessfulentrywillshowaccesstothe 4. loginpage. LogintotheBGW. Username:"extended"
Password:"admin"
Figure 59 BGW Login page 62 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) BGW Configuration BGW Naming 1. 2. 3. 4. SelectConfigurationintoprightcorner.SeeFigure60. SelectExternalComminleftmenu. SelectBGWNametabintopmenu. Entersitename:
a. Youmayuseanycombinationofalphanumericcharactersandthespecialcharacterofdash"".Donot useanyotherspecialcharactersorspace. 0through9 athroughz AthroughZ Limitof56characters b. UseasitenamethatisdescriptiveenoughtodistinguishtheBGWfromothersites.Genericnamesmay delaytroubleshootingefforts. 5. ClickSubmit. Note: Afterthenewhostnameisentered,theunitmustberestarted.Thisistheonlychangethat requiresarestart.SelectthephysicalrestartbuttonontheleftsideoftheBGW. Figure 60 BGW Site Name 3 1 2 EXT Ethernet 5 4 InorderfortheBGWtobeabletocommunicateoutward,theExtEthernetconnectionhastobeprogrammed. ConsultwithyourInternetserviceproviderorITdepartmentfortheIPaddress,NetmaskandGatewayIPaddress settings. Figure 61 BGW External Communications 63 DASSoftwareConfiguration VPN Settings Onoccasions,theBGWwillbesetupbehindafirewall.TobeabletoaccesstheBGWfromexternallocationsthe PrimaryBGWsettingswillneedtobeconfiguredtoallowaccess.ConsultwithyourITdepartmentforthese parameters. BirdTechnologiesoffersmonitoringservices.Whentheseservicesarecontracted,entertheBirdparametersinthe SecondaryBGWsettingssothatsystemalarmsarecorrectlyforwardedtotheBirdNOC. Figure 62 BGW VPN Settings Time Zone SelectConfiguration.SeeFigure63. ToensurethatalarmsarecorrectlylabeledwiththelocaltimethetimezonefortheBGWwillneedtobeset. 1. 2. ClickTimeserv/zone. 3. 4. 5. ClickSubmit. SelecttheTimeandTimezoneTab. Selectthelocaltimezonefromthedropdownmenu. Figure 63 BGW Time Zone Settings 1 3 2 5 4 64 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) NTP Servers NTPserversprovideaccurateclocksfortheBGW.Utilizingmultiplesourcespreventsclockissuesasaresultofone serverbecomingcorruptordroppingoutofcontact.TheBGWiscompatiblewithNTPversion4servers.TheNTP settingsintheimagebelowarethedefaultforRedhatservers. SelecttheNTPServersTab. EntertheNTPServerinformation.TheFQDNsettingsarereservedfordeploymentsutilizingtheCGW. SelectConfiguration. 1. 2. ClickTimeserv/zone. 3. 4. 5. ClickSubmit. IfnoInternetaccessisavailable,theBGWwillcreateitsownclocktogivethesubnodesofthesystemavalidNTP service. Figure 64 NTP Server Settings 1 3 2 5 4 65 DASSoftwareConfiguration Email Server TheBGWiscapableofemailingalarmsdirectlytoselectemailaddresses.Accessthesetupfunctionvia Configuration,AlarmReceiversandServerProp. ConsultwithyourITdepartmentforconfigurationsettings. SelectConfiguration. 1. 2. ClickAlarmReceivers. 3. 4. 5. ClickSaveandApply. SelecttheServerProp.Tab. EntertheEmailServerinformation.ConsultwithyourITdepartmentforconfigurationsettings. Figure 65 Email Server Settings 3 1 2 5 4 66 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) BIU Configuration TheinitialscreenfortheBIUprovidesbasicinformationsuchasname,serialnumber,partnumberandactive alarms.TheLocateme!buttoncausesanLEDtoflashontheunitsothatthemodulecanbeidentifiedinthechassis. Intheleftmenu,noticetheRF1andRF2.TheBIUhastwoRFpathsorstripsthatarecorrelatedtothetwoRFinputs ontheBIUcard.EachRFpathhasindependentsettingsthatcanbeaccessedviatheappropriateselection. Figure 66 BIU Welcome Screen BIU RF1 Status ThispageshowsthecurrentstatusandconfigurationoftheBIU. Figure 67 BIU RF1 Status 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 14 2 4 6 8 10 12 15 67 DASSoftwareConfiguration Item Description 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DownlinkRMSvalueleavingtheBIUcardtotheICU/FOI.Goodfor measuringGSMandUMTSlevels. DownlinklogdetectorsignalleavingtheBIUcardtotheICU/FOI. PeakdownlinkRFvalueexitingtheBIUcardontheselectpath. 0=RFissettoOff(attenuationissettomaximum). 1=RFissettoOn. Note:ThisisonlyinreferencetooneofthetwoBIURFpaths/strips. TemperatureoftheBIUcard. ThismeasurementistheactuallossofthedownlinkRFsignalintheBIU takingintoaccountraworinherentlossofthecardplustheadjustable attenuator. ThismeasurementistheactualgainorlossontheuplinkRFsignalintheBIU takingintoaccountraworinherentgainofthecardplustheuplink adjustableattenuator. AdjustabledownlinkattenuatorsettingfortheselectedRFpath. Note:Ifthedownlinkpathisturnedoff(see#4)theattenuatorvalueis automaticallysettomaximumattenuation.WhenRFisturnedon,the settingoftheadjustableattenuatorwillbeshown. AdjustableuplinkattenuatorsettingfortheselectedRFpath. Note:Ifthedownlinkpathisturnedoff(see#4)theattenuatorvalueis automaticallysettomaximumattenuation.WhenRFisturnedon,the settingoftheadjustableattenuatorwillbeshown. CalculateddownlinkRMSvalueenteringtheBIUcardfromtheBTS. Note:ThisisthedownlinkintotheBIUcardandnotanuplinkvalue. CalculateddownlinkvalueenteringtheBIUcardfromtheBTS. Note:ThisisthedownlinkintotheBIUcardandnotanuplinkvalue. PeakdownlinkRFvalueenteringtheBIUcardontheselectpath. Note:ThisisthedownlinkintotheBIUcardandnotanuplinkvalue. 0=DownlinkalarmissettoOff. 1=UplinkalarmissettoOn. BandwidthoftheBIUcard PressingReloadwillrefreshthepage 68 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) BIU RF1 Settings ThispagewillallowtheusertochangetheattenuatorvaluesintheBIUforthepathselected. Figure 68 BIU RF1 Settings 1 2 3 Item Description 1 2 3 Attenuatorsettingforthedownlinkpath.Enteravaluefrom14to44
(rangevariesdependingoffrequencyband). Note:ClickSubmitafterenteringvalue. Attenuator/Gainsettingfortheuplinkpath. Enteravaluefrom17to12(rangevariesdependingoffrequencyband). NotethattheBIUhasrawgainintheuplinkpathoncertainBIUtypes(gain canbedeterminedbypositivevalueinthesettingrange. Aselectionof12indicatesfullgainof12dBintheBIU. Aselectionof9willdecreasetheBIUuplinkoutputby3dB. Aselectionof0willdecreasetheBIUuplinkoutputby12dB. Aselectionof17willdecreasetheBIUuplinkoutputby29dB. Note:ClickSubmitafterenteringvalue. ThisselectionturnstheuplinkpathOnorOff(maximumattenuation setting). 69 DASSoftwareConfiguration BIU Hardware Test Points Thispageshowsvarioustestpointmeasurementsusedforstatusandtroubleshootingpurposes. Figure 69 BIU Hardware Test Points BIU Alarm List Thispageshowallcurrentandpastalarms. Greenindicatesthatthealarmhascleared. Yellowindicatesawarningalarm. Redindicatesaserviceaffectingalarm. Figure 70 BIU Alarm List 70 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) BIU Change History Thispageshowsahistoryofallsettingchanges. Figure 71 BIU Change History BIU Alarm configuration RF1 ThispageallowsforcertainalarmthresholdsoftheBIUtobechanged. Figure 72 BIU Alarm configuration 1 2 3 4 5 6 Item Description 1 2 3 4 5 6 SetthevalueindBmthattheBIUdownlinkoutputhastoexceedinorderto createanalarm SetthevalueinsecondsfortheamountoftimethattheBIUdownlink outputhastobeabovethethresholdlevelinordertocreateanalarm. EnablesordisablesBIUthreshold/highpoweralarm. SetthevalueindBmthattheBIUdownlinkoutputhastodropbelowin ordertocreateanalarm. EnablesordisablesBIUsupervision/lowlevelalarm. ClickSubmitafterenteringvalue(s). 71 DASSoftwareConfiguration BIU Advanced Network Setup Thispageallowsformanualoverrideofnetworksettings. DefaultconfigurationsshouldbeusedwithDHCPsettoYes. Note: ChangingDHCPtoNocancauselossofcommunicationstotheBIUandshouldonlybeusedin veryspecificsituations. Figure 73 BIU Network Setup BIU Advanced Menus ThesemenusprovideinformationonlystatusandsettingsoftheBIUthataretypicallyusedbythemanufacturer. BIU>Advanced>HWconfig BIU>Advanced>ADvaluesRF1 BIU>Advanced>ADvaluesRF2 BIU>Advanced>ADCraw BIU>Advanced>Softwarestatus BIU>Advanced>Processstatus BIU>Advanced>Systemstatus 72 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) BIU Application Handling Theapplicationhandlingpageallowsforstoppingsoftwarefunctionsandrebootingsoftwareprograms. AlarmHandler:SelectingReboot(circularicon)willclearallthealarmsinthehistoryforthecardselected.Thisis helpfulafterturningasystemupandwantingtoclearalarmlogcreatedduringtheinstallationandturnup. Note: OnlytheRebootcommandshouldbeusedbythetechnician.Allotherfunctionsshouldonlybe usedundersupervisionofBirdengineeringastheymaycausedatacorruptionifnotinitiatedproperly. TheradiobuttonwillstopaprocessandcanhavenegativeaffectsonthefunctionoftheDAS. Figure 74 BIU Application Handling BIU Reset to Factory Default ToresettheBIUtofactorydefault,carefullypresstheResetbutton[locatedbelowtheULIn1QMAconnector]for 10seconds.ThisishelpfulwhenacardfailstoappearintheConfigurationmenu. Figure 75 BIU Reset Reset 73 DASSoftwareConfiguration FOI Configuration TheinitialscreenfortheFOIprovidesbasicinformationsuchasname,serialnumber,partnumberandactive alarms.TheLocateme!buttoncausesanLEDtoflashontheunitsothatthemodulecanbeidentifiedinthechassis. Figure 76 FOI Welcome Screen Figure 77 FOI Welcome Screen SW Version 3.9, DOI401 74 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) FOI Opto Status ThispagewillshowthecurrentstatusandconfigurationoftheFOI. Figure 78 FOI Opto Status 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Item Description 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Fiberopticreceivedopticalpowerfromtheremoteunit.Seeitem1inFigure79formeasurementlocation. RFdownlinkpowertotheremote.Seeitem2inFigure80forlocationontheFOIcircuitry.NotethatwithnoRF powerintotheBIUtheFORwillstillshowsignalinthedownlink.Thisisthesubcarrierthatistypically10dBbelow theanticipatedRFlevel. RFpath1inputpowerfromtheremote.Seeitem3inFigure79forlocationontheFOIcircuitry. RFpath2inputpowerformtheremote.Seeitem4inFigure79forlocationontheFOIcircuitry. TemperatureoftheFOIcard Downlinkpath1attenuator#1setting.Seeitem6inFigure80forlocationontheFOIcircuitry.Valuemaybe slightlydifferentthanthevalueinSettingsduetochangesintemperaturecompensation. Downlinkpath1attenuator#2setting.Seeitem7inFigure80forlocationontheFOIcircuitry.Valuemaybe slightlydifferentthanthevalueinSettingsduetochangesintemperaturecompensation. Downlinkpath2attenuator#1setting.Seeitem8inFigure80forlocationontheFOIcircuitry.Valuemaybe slightlydifferentthanthevalueinSettingsduetochangesintemperaturecompensation. Downlinkpath2attenuator#2setting.Seeitem9inFigure80forlocationontheFOIcircuitry.Valuemaybe slightlydifferentthanthevalueinSettingsduetochangesintemperaturecompensation. Uplinkcommonpathattenuator#1setting.Seeitem10inFigure79forlocationontheFOIcircuitry.Valuemay beslightlydifferentthanthevalueinSettingsduetochangesintemperaturecompensation. Uplinkcommonpathattenuator#2setting.Seeitem11inFigure79forlocationontheFOIcircuitry.Valuemay beslightlydifferentthanthevalueinSettingsduetochangesintemperaturecompensation. Uplinkpath#1attenuatorsetting.Seeitem12inFigure79forlocationontheFOIcircuitry.Valuemaybeslightly differentthanthevalueinSettingsduetochangesintemperaturecompensation. Uplinkpath#2attenuatorsetting.Seeitem13inFigure79forlocationontheFOIcircuitry.Valuemaybeslightly differentthanthevalueinSettingsduetochangesintemperaturecompensation. Calculateduplinkopticalinputfromtheremoteunit.Seeitem14inFigure79forlocationontheFOIcircuitry. Calculateddownlinkopticaloutput.Seeitem9inFigure80forlocationontheFOIcircuitry. PressingReloadwillrefreshthepage 75 Figure 79 FOI Uplink Measurement Locations CURRENT SENSOR RX-LVL PHOTO DETECTOR 1 OPTO IN ETHERNET MODEM STEP ATT STEP ATT Attenuator Common 1 Attenuator Common 2 14 10 11 13 DASSoftwareConfiguration 12 3 DETECTOR RX POWER 1 Attenuator Uplink 1 STEP ATT STEP ATT Attenuator Uplink 2 UL OUT 1 TP UL UL OUT 2 DETECTOR RX POWER 2 4 Figure 80 FOI Downlink Measurement Locations 6 7 Attenuator 1 Downlink 1 STEP ATT Attenuator 2 Downlink 1 STEP ATT 2 DETECTOR DL IN 1 TP DL DL IN 2 STEP ATT Attenuator 1 Downlink 2 STEP ATT Attenuator 2 Downlink 2 8 9 MONITOR TX-LVL LASER DRIVER DETECTOR ETHERNET MODEM OPTO OUT 15 76 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Figure 81 FOI Opto Status DOI401 FOI Opto and Attenuator Settings ThispagewillallowchangestobemadetotheFOIvalues Figure 82 FOI Opto and Attenuator Settings 1 3 5 7 9 2 4 6 8 10 Item 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Description Downlinkpath1attenuator#1.Seeitem1inFigure83formeasurementlocation. Downlinkpath1attenuator#2.Seeitem2inFigure83forlocationontheFOIcircuitry. Downlinkpath2attenuator#1.Seeitem3inFigure83forlocationontheFOIcircuitry. Downlinkpath2attenuator#2.Seeitem4inFigure83forlocationontheFOIcircuitry. Uplinkcommonpathattenuator#1.Seeitem5inFigure84forlocationontheFOIcircuitry. Uplinkcommonpathattenuator#2.Seeitem6inFigure84forlocationontheFOIcircuitry. Uplinkpath1attenuator.Seeitem7inFigure84forlocationontheFOIcircuitry. 77 DASSoftwareConfiguration Description Uplinkpath2attenuator.Seeitem8inFigure84forlocationontheFOIcircuitry. RFONYessettheULvaluesasselectedabove.RFNoturnsofflaser. Note: SettingtoNowilldisconnectconnectivitytotheremote(s) SubcarrierTXPowerisusedforthecommunicationsandcontrolsignalingoftheDAS. Defaultsettingis10dBmforsingleportFOIcardsand0dBmforthe4portFOIcard. Thevaluemayneedtobechangedinsituationswherefiberlossisnearthemaximum andcommunicationsissuesarise.UnnecessarilyincreasingthesubcarrierTXpower mayaffectRFperformanceoftheDAS. Item 8 9 10 Figure 83 Downlink Opto and Attenuator Settings DL IN 1 TP DL DL IN 2 1 3 Attenuator 1 Downlink 1 STEP ATT STEP ATT Attenuator 1 Downlink 2 2 4 Attenuator 2 Downlink 1 STEP ATT STEP ATT Attenuator 2 Downlink 2 DETECTOR MONITOR ETHERNET MODEM TX-LVL LASER DRIVER DETECTOR OPTO OUT Figure 84 Uplink Opto and Attenuator Settings CURRENT SENSOR RX-LVL 5 6 7 DETECTOR RX POWER 1 OPTO IN PHOTO DETECTOR ETHERNET MODEM STEP ATT STEP ATT Attenuator Common 1 Attenuator Common 2 Attenuator Uplink 1 STEP ATT STEP ATT Attenuator Uplink 2 UL OUT 1 TP UL UL OUT 2 8 DETECTOR RX POWER 2 78 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Figure 85 DOI401 FOI Opto and Attenuator Settings FOI Fiber Network Subunits ThispageprovidesavisualindicationonthefiberlinkstatusforeachconnectiontotheFOI. Figure 86 FOI Fiber Network Subunits Item 1 2 3 5 4 Description 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SelectingtheremotelinkwilldirectthebrowsertotheRemoteUnitpage. NetworkIPaddressoftheFOIcard. OpticalwavelengthofthetransmitlaserintheFOIcard. SubcarrieropticallossbetweentheFOIandFORinthedownlinkpath. SubcarrieropticallossbetweentheFORandFOIintheuplinkpath. SubcarrierpowertothemodeminthedownlinkpathoftheFORRange shouldbe30to60.Ifthelevelistoohighortoolowcommunicationand othersystemproblemsmayoccur. SubcarrierpowertothemodemintheuplinkpathoftheFOIRangeshould be30to60.Ifthelevelistoohighortoolowcommunicationandother systemproblemsmayoccur. MACaddressoftheFOIcard 79 Figure 87 DOI401 FOI Fiber Network Subunits DASSoftwareConfiguration FOI Network Setup Thispageallowsformanualoverrideofnetworksettings.DefaultconfigurationsshouldbeusedwithDHCPsetto Yes. Note: ChangingDHCPtoNocancauselossofcommunicationstotheBIUandshouldonlybeusedin veryspecificsituations.DonotenterIPconfigurationdatainotherassociatedsettings. Figure 88 FOI Network Settings 80 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) FOI Reset to Factory Default ToresettheFOItofactorydefault,carefullypresstheResetbutton(seeFigure89)for10seconds.Thisishelpful whenacardfailstoappearintheConfigurationmenu. Figure 89 FOI Reset Button Reset FOR TheinitialscreenfortheFORprovidesbasicinformationsuchasname,serialnumber,partnumberandactive alarms.TheLocateme!buttoncausesanLEDtoflashonthechassissothattheunitcanbeidentifiedinthefield. Note: IfthefiberisjustnowconnectedtotheFOIcard,itcouldtakeupto30minutesfortheFOIto assignanIPaddresstotheFOR.Seesectionfor"MovingRemotestoDifferentFOIPort"onpage92for detailsonhowtoquickentheIPassignment. Figure 90 FOR Welcome Screen 81 Figure 91 FOR Welcome Screen DASSoftwareConfiguration RF Strip 1 XXX MHz Status Figure 92 FOR RF 1 Status 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 Item 1 2 3 4 5 6 Description DownlinkfrequencybandfortheRFpath/stripselected RFlinksettingforthedownlinkpath:OnorOff. SettingofthedownlinkALCthreshold. DownlinklowpoweralarmturnedOnorOff. GainsettingfortheRFpathunderreview. Maximumallowedgainwillalwaysbethesameasthesetgainexceptin specialbuilds. 82 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Item Description Theamountofactualgainusedbythesystem.Mightnotachievemaxgain settingifALCisinoperation.Ifthesetgainis56asitisabove,RFisturned onandtheactualgaininline7islessthan56thenthesystemisbeing overdrivenandALCiskickingin.Reducegain.Suggeststartingwiththe valuedisplayedinline7sincethisisthemostgainthatisbeingused. Outputpoweroftheamplifierforthepathunderreview. UplinkfrequencybandfortheRFpath/stripselected RFlinksettingfortheuplinkpath:OnorOff. Statusofuplinktesttonesignal.Testtoneautomaticallyturnsoffafter60 minutes. Uplinktesttonefrequencysetting. Uplinktesttonelevel.Notadjustable.Accountsforlossesininternal duplexers,ifany. UplinkALCthresholdsetting. Gainsettingintheuplinkpath. Maximumallowedgainsetbythesystem. Actualgainbeingusedintheuplinkpath.Thefiguremightnotmatchgain settingifALCisinoperation. UplinkoutputtotheFOI. Note: IftheuplinkpathissettoOffareadingof<is returned. Periodicenablesaconstantupdateofthestatusscreen. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 RF Strip 1 XXX MHz Configuration Figure 93 FOR RF 1 Configuration 1 3 5 7 9 2 4 6 8 10 11 Description DownlinkgainsettingforRFpathunderreview. DownlinkALCsettingforRFpathunderreview.Thefactorydefaultissetat theratedpoweroftheremoteunit(i.e.DDHissetto43dB).Thelevelcould besetlowerforspecificsituations.Notethatthefactorylevelissetatthe antennaport.Ifremoteisshuttingdownduetobeingoverdrivenitis suggestedtoreducetheALClevelbyoneortwodBtoreducethenumberof alarms. TurnsdownlinkRFonoroff. Item 1 2 3 83 DASSoftwareConfiguration Item Description 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Turnsdownlinklowpoweralarmonoroff. UplinkgainsettingforRFpathunderreview. UplinkALCsettingforRFpathunderreview.Thisisthethresholdatwhich thesystemwillstartreducingfurthergaintopreventincreasesinuplinkRF totheFOI.After10dBdecreaseingainanuplinkalarmwillbetriggered Note: Shouldbeleftafactorydefault.OnlychangeifFOR uplinkgainischanged.IfgainisincreasedonFORuplink thenthesamevalueshouldbedecreasedontheALC. Example:ChangingtheULFORgainfrom12to17wouldrequireALCtobe changedfrom13to18. HardwareALCoffsetmeasuredintenthsofadB.Defaultsettingof60
(6dBm)shouldbeusedformostapplications.Shouldthesoftwarenotbe abletoreduceuplinkgainfastenoughaftertheALCthresholdhasbeen exceed,hardwareattenuationwillbeaddedtoprotecttheuplinkpath.In theexampleabove,thehardwareattenuationwilltriggerat7dBm(13dBm ALCthresholdminus6dBmHWALCoffset=7dBm) TurnsuplinkRFonoroff. Setsuplinktesttonefrequency.Mustbewithinuplinkfrequencylimitsof theRFmodule. Turnsonuplinktesttone.Testtonetimesoutafter60minutes. RetrievescurrentFORsettingsfromsystem. RF Strip 1 XXX MHz Configuration Software Version 3.9 Softwarerelease3.9introducessettableReturnLossmeasurementsandcontroloveralarms.Thedefaultinterval settingis0indicatingthereturnlossalarmfeatureisturnedoff.Returnlossalarmsareoftendisabledwhenthere isapassiveantennanetworkinstalledbeyondtheremote. Figure 94 FOR RF 1 Configuration, Software Version 3.9 84 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) FOR Opto Status Figure 95 FOR Opto Status 1 3 5 7 2 4 6 8 Item Description 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 OpticalpowerreceivedfromtheFOI.Seeitem1inFigure96for measurementlocation. UplinksignalbeingfedintotheFORuplinklasercircuit.Seeitem2in Figure97formeasurementlocation. LasercurrentfortheRemoteUnitFOR.Shouldbelessthan50mA. TemperatureoftheRemoteUnitFORboard. TotalgainoftheFORinthedownlink.NotethatRFOut1and2arewide band(FMto2600MHz)thatfeedbandspecificRFamplifiersinthefollowing VGAstage. TotalgainoftheFORintheuplinkpath.NotethatRFIn1andIn2arewide band(FMto2600MHz)thataresignalsfromtheuplinkfrequencyspecific amplifiers. CalculateddownlinksignalbeingreceivedfromtheFOI.Seeitem1in Figure96formeasurementlocation.Takesintoconsiderationoptical wavelengthandtemperaturecompensation. CalculateduplinksignalbeingtransmittedtotheFOI(FORinputfromVGA+
FORuplinkgain/attenuation).Seeitem3inFigure97formeasurement location. Figure 96 FOR Downlink Schematic CURRENT SENSOR RX-LVL PHOTO DETECTOR 1 OPTO IN ETHERNET MODEM STEP ATT STEP ATT RF OUT 2 RF OUT 1 85 DASSoftwareConfiguration Figure 97 FOR Uplink Schematic RF IN 1 RF IN 2 STEP ATT 2 LOG DETECTOR TX POW 3 LASER DIODE OPTO OUT MONITOR DIODE ETHERNET MODEM TX-LVL LASER DRIVER TX-CURR
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-5 V TO PHOTO DIODE 86 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) FOR Opto Gain and Attenuation Settings Figure 98 FOR Opto Gain Settings 1 2 Item Description FORgaininthedownlinkpath.Rangeistypicallyfrom20to+20.FORdownlinkpathhasinherent/rawgainof
+20dB(FMto2600MHz). Asettingof+20indicatesnoattenuationsoFORwillhave+20dBgain(+20dBgainminus0dB attenuation). Asettingof+10willhave10ofattenuationsothisstagewillhave10dBmofgain(+20dBgainminus 10dBofattenuation). Asettingof0willhave20dBofattenuationsothisstagewillhaveunitygain(+20dBgainminus 20dBofattenuation). Asettingof10willhave30dBofattenuationsothisstagewillhave10dBofloss(+20dBgainminus 30dBofattenuation). Asettingof20willhave40dBofattenuationsothisstagewillhave20dBofloss(+20dBgainminus 40dBofattenuation). FORgainintheuplinkpath.Rangeistypicallyfrom0to+20dBm(FMto2600MHz). Asettingof+20willhavefullgainof+20dBm. Asettingof+10willhave+10dBgain. Asettingof0willhavenogain. Factorydefaultshouldbeusedunlesshighlossinfiber.NotethatchangesinGainuplinkwill requirechangesintheFORULALClevel. 1 2 87 DASSoftwareConfiguration FOR Fiber Network Settings Thispageallowsformanualoverrideofnetworksettings.DefaultconfigurationsshouldbeusedwithDHCPsetto Yes. Note: ChangingDHCPtoNocancauselossofcommunicationstotheBIUandshouldonlybeusedin veryspecificsituations.DonotenterIPconfigurationdatainotherassociatedsettings. Figure 99 FOR Network Settings 1 2 ITem 1 2 Description SubcarrierTxPowerisusedforthecommunicationsandcontrolsignalingof theDAS.Defaultsettingis10.Thevaluemayneedtobechangedin situationswherefiberlossisnearthemaximumandcommunicationsissues arise.UnnecessarilyincreasingthesubcarrierTXpowermayaffectRF performanceoftheDAS. DefaultseeingofYesshouldbeusedexceptforspecialapplications. Figure 100 More FOR Network Settings 88 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) FOR Application Handling Theapplicationhandlingpageallowsforsoftwareresetandrebootingfunctions. Note: OnlytheRebootcommandshouldbeusedbythetechnician.Allotherfunctionsshouldonlybe usedundersupervisionofBirdengineeringastheymaycausedatacorruptionifnotinitiatedproperly. Figure 101 FOR Application Handling Slave FOR ASlaveFORiswhenaremotehasasecondFORinstalled.TheSlaveFORismostlikelytobeusedwhentheremoteis configuredforMIMOorhasmultipleamplifiersinthesamebandorhasredundantfiber. SettingsfortheSlaveFORisthesameasthemainFORexcept,CalcipforETH0issettoNo. Figure 102 Slave FOR Network Settings 89 DASSoftwareConfiguration Naming Components PropernamingofindividualcomponentsintheDASiscriticaltotroubleshooting.Arecommendationistostartall componentnameswiththeirfunctionsuchas"BIU","FOI"or"FOR".Forexample:"BIU850Sector1". Youmayuseanycombinationofalphanumericcharactersandthespecialcharacterofdash"".Donotuseany otherspecialcharactersorspace. 0through9 athroughz AthroughZ Componentnamesarelimitedto56characters. 1. SelectthecomponenttobenamedfromtheConfigurationmenu. Figure 103 Component Selection 2. UsetheLocateMebuttontoverifywhichcardsisbeingaccessed. Figure 104 Locate Me Button 3. GotoAdvanced>NetwSetup 4. 5. EnterthenewcardnameintheHostNamefield.SeeFigure105. Selectsubmit. 90 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Figure 105 Unit Naming 6. GotoAdvanced>Applrestart. 7. 8. SelecttheRebooticonatthebottomofthemenu.SeeFigure106. Select"YESRestartProcess"
Note: Afterrebooting,itcantakeupto5minutesbeforetheunitshowsupintheGUI. Figure 106 Naming Reboot 9. Afteralltheunitshavebeenrenamed,gototheConfigurationmenuandselectthecorrectcardtype. 10. Highlightallthecardsintherightcolumnthathadnamechangesandthenselect<<.SelectSubmit ThiswillremovetheoldnamesfromtheDASConfiguration. 11. Highlightallthecardsintheleftcolumnwiththenewnamesandthenselect>>.SelectSubmit. ThiswillmovethenewcardnamesintotheDASconfiguration. Table 67 Submit Newly Named Units 12. SelectNetworkViews>Alltoconfirmthatallcardsarenowpartoftheconfiguration. 91 DASSoftwareConfiguration Moving Remotes to Different FOI Port AllDAScomponentsareassignedIPaddressesbytheBGW.TheFORintheRemoteistheassignedanIPaddressasa subunitoftheFOItowhichitisconnected.WhentheRemoteismovedtoadifferentFOIoneofseveralactionsmust takeplace:
1. TheleaseontheRemoteIPaddressmustbegiventimetoexpire.Thiscouldtakeupto30minutes.Oncethe currentIPleaseexpires,thenewFOIwillthenassignthecorrectIPaddresstotheRemote. 2. ManuallypowercycletheRemote.Duringtherebootprocess,theRemotewillreleasetheoldIPaddressand havethecorrectIPaddressassignedbythenewFOI. 3. CommunicationstotheremotecanonlyoccurwhentheremotehasthecorrectIPaddress.Beforemovingthe fiber,accesstheFORviatheGUI.Intheadvancedsettings,reboottheFOR.Assoonasthereboothasbeen initiated,quicklymovetheheadendfibertothenewFOIport.WhentheRemotefinishestherebooting process,thenewFOIwillassignthecorrectIPaddress. Replacing Master Unit Cards AllDAScomponentsareassignedIPaddressesbytheBGW.Whenacardisreplaced,thecardmustbeassigneda newIPaddressbytheBGW.Onrareoccasions,theBGWmayhavenotbeabletoassignanIPaddresstothenew card.ThisiseasilycorrectedbyremovingthecardfromtheMasterUnitchassis(withESDstrapattached)andthen reinstallthecard.TheBGWwillthenassignthecorrectIPaddress. Moving Master Unit Cards Occasionally,cardsneedtobemovedtodifferentslotsintheMasterUnit. AlwaysuseanESDstrapwheninstallationandremovingcards.Failuretocomplymayresult inpermanentdisablingdamagetothemodule. CAUTION 1. Movethecardtothenewslot. 2. 3. Waitforthecardtocompletethebootprocess.Ifthecardremainsinthebootprocess(GreenLEDremainson EnsurethereisanEthernetconnectionforthenewcardlocationonthebackplaneoftheMasterUnit. forapproximately2secondsandthenoffforonesecond)thentheIPaddressmaynothavebeenassigned. CheckEthernetconnection. LogintotheGUItoconfirmsoftwareconnectivity.Onoccasionsthecardwillnotshowupafterbeingmoved. 4. a. GototheConfigurationmenuandremovethecard(movefromrighttoleft)andthenSubmit.See Figure107onpage93. Selectthecardfromtheleftmenuandthenadditbacktothesystemontherightandthensubmit. b. c. GototheHomemenu.LogoutoftheBGWandthenlogbackin. d. GotoNetworkViewsandlogintothecardtoverifyGUIconnection. 92 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Figure 107 Manage System Modules 93 Chapter 5 Preparations Commissioning Theminimumofpreparationsnecessaryaretohavethesystemdocumentationwhichshouldincludethefollowing itemsatleast:
Thesystemlayoutandblockschematic AconnectiondiagramfortheheadendMasterUnit Thetypeofconnectorsandtappersusedtointerfacetothebasestationports ThenumberofcarriersforeachoftheBIUthatthebasestationsconnectsvia Maximumoutputpowerforeachservicefromthebasestations Fiberlossesshouldbedocumentedbeforehandsothatyoucancomparewhatthesystemactually measures Sectorizationinformation,whichsectorsshouldgotowhichremotes DAScalculatorsheetsshowingtheexpectedsettingsforeachoftheRFchainsinuplinkanddownlink. InformationaboutEthernetconnectionifthesystemshouldbemonitoredbyremote.Howtoconnectitto theInternetforremoteviewingunlessyouareusingamodem. Necessary tools Thetoolsnecessarytocommissionthesystemincludes:
Onelaptopforchangingthesystemsettings,checkinganyalarmsandstatus.Onlysoftwareneededisa webbrowser.OperatingsystemcanbeWindows,LinuxorMacasyouprefer. Spectrumanalyzertomeasuretheuplink.Thesystemreliesontesttonemeasurementsintheuplinkand thereforeitisimportanttohaveequipmenttomeasurethem. SMAtooltobeabletoconnectordisconnectBTScablesfromtheBIU. QMAadaptersoyoucanmeasuresignalsdirectlyontheheadendunitssuchastheFOI,BIU,ICUandso on. Software Noparticularsoftwareisnecessaryexceptamoderngraphicalbasedwebbrowser. 94 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) System Commissioning Pre-requisites EstablishEthernetconnectionbetweentheBGWandallcards Powerupallequipment EnsureIPaddresseshavebeenassigned Cardswillbrieflyflashgreen.SolidgreenindicateswaitingforIPassignment VerifyremoteunitfibersareconnectedtocorrectFOIports SetnamesforallcomponentsandaddcomponentstothesystemSeeNamingComponentssection ConnectBTStotheBIUensuringproperattenuationfortheBIUcardbeingused Commissioning Process 1. Oncethefiberisconnectedandverified,turnFOIRFpoweron. Connectonlyonefiberportatatimeandcompletenamingofremote.Otherwise,asecondpersonwillbe neededattheremotestoidentifytheremotewhenLocateMeisenabled.Thiscanbeeliminatedwithgood projectmanagementandlabelingduringtheinstallationprocess. Figure 108 FOI RF On FOI RF Control 2. Enabletheappropriateopticalportsonthe4portFOI Onlyenabletheopticalportsthatarebeingused.Otherwise,thesystemwillalarmwithlowopticallevelson theunusedports. 95 Figure 109 Enable FOI Optical Ports Commissioning Enable FOI Optical Ports 3. GotoFOIstatusandnoteRXOptopowerUL. Thelasertransmitsat5000uW.Thedifferencebetweenthe5000uWtransmitlevelandthereceivelevelisthe lossonthefiber. Figure 110 RX Optical Power RX Optical Power a. Startingwithsoftwarerelease3.9,thereisanoptiontohavetheGUIcalculatethefiberloss. Figure 111 Calculated Optical Loss, Software version 3.9 DL and UL Optical Loss 96 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Uplink 1. Setallvaluesatdefault(factorsettingmayvaryduetoindividualtestingbeforeshipping)forallbands a. BIU:10dB b. c. d. Amp:+35forlowlossfiber,+45forhighlossfiber FOI:6,6,6 FOR:+12 Startwithadjustingthehighfrequencyband. TurnRFonattheBIU.EnsurethatonlytheRFstripsbeingusedhaveRFturnedon. 2. 3. 4. GototheFORandturntheULtesttoneon.Notethelevelbeingtransmittedandthefrequency.Thelevelisset atthefactorytocompensateforlossesbetweentheRUoutputportandtheamplifier.Levelswillvaryunitby unit. 5. ConnectspectrumanalyzertotheBIUBTSportandtunetotheULtesttonefrequency. 6. Measurethetesttonelevel.InitialgoalshouldbetosettheULtesttoneattheBIUBTSporttothesamelevel asbeingtransmittedattheRU(zerodBsystemgain). a. b. c. Toreducegain,itisrecommendedtoadjusttheattenuatorsintheBIUULpath.Thiswillfurther reduceULnoise. Toincreasegain,itisrecommendedtoadjustthegainintheRUULpath. Note: DonotdrivetheFORULlaserwithmorethan0dBmRFinput.RecommendedFORULinputlevel isapproximately5dBm. TheBIUULinputwillbepermanentlydamagedwithsignalsstrongerthan+13dBm. 7. RecordULtesttonelevelreceivedinthespectrumanalyzer.AfterallremoteunitsonthesectorhaveULlevels set,theremoteswillneedtobebalancedagainsteachother(allarehittingtheBTSULatthesamelevel). Levelsshouldbewithinabout1dBofeachother. Downlink 1. Setallvaluesatdefault(factorsettingmayvaryduetoindividualtestingbeforeshipping) a. BIU:15dB FOI:3,3 b. c. FOR:+10 d. Amp:Tobesetbasedonactualinput 2. 3. Suggestion:SetFORDLALCleveltoonedBlessthanampratingifunitalarmsonDL. a. A43dBamplifierwouldhaveanALClevelsetto+42. SetBIUDLleveltocompensateforICUinterconnectionloss.Donotexceed+10dBoutputoftheBIUintheDL path(willcauseIM). Suggestsettingatmaximumof+5dBoutputoftheBUI. a. b. Notethereis13dBofinherentlossintheBIU.With0dBsettingsintheBIUDLattenuatorsa30dB inputsignalwillhaveanoutputof+17dB(30dBinputminus13dBinherentloss=17dB).Adjust attenuatorssothatBIUisapproximately+5dBasastart. c. VariationsintheBTSinputlevelsforloadingmustbetakingintoconsideration.Fullloadandnoload powerlevelsdiffergreatly.DonotallowtheBTStooverdrivetheBIU. 4. AdjustFOIattenuatorlevelsintheDLpathsothattheRFinputintotheDLlaserisapproximately5dB. a. Notethatthe0dBmaxintothelaserisacompositelevelforallbands.Bysettingeachbandat5dB thentotalcompositeshouldnotexceed0dB. TakeintoconsiderationthateachBIUhastwoRFstrips/paths.Thesemustbetakenintoconsideration whensettingtheFOIlevels. CalculatefullloadconditionsforallbandsbeingfedintotheFOI.Incorrectlysettingthelevelswill impactthesystemduringtimesofmostusage. b. c. 5. Setthedesiredgainintheremote. 97 Commissioning 6. ApplyRFsignaltotheBIUBTSport. 7. CheckRemoteUnitFORstatus"SetGain","Gain"and"OutputPower". 8. Adjust"SetGain"sothatdesiredoutputpowerisachieved. d. If"Gain"levelislowerthan"SetGain"levelinthestatusscreenthenthesystemisbeingoverdriven andALCislimitingthegainofthesystem.Reducegainsettingtotheleveldisplayedin"SetGain". Submitchangeandthereviewstatusscreen."SetGain"and"Gain"levelsshouldnowbeidentical. Bird VPN Access EstablishingsecureVPNaccessforBird/DeltaNodewillallowforremotemonitoringandadvancedtechnical support.TheBGWisdesignedtocommunicatedirectlywiththeBird/DeltaNodeNOCviacloudaccess. VPN Settings 1. ConnectlaptoptoanopenportontheDASswitch.DonotconnecttotheConsoleport. 2. LogintotheBGWat172.22.0.1. LoginName:extend Password:admin 3. ClickConfiguration,seeFigure112. 4. ClickExternalComm. Figure 112 Certificate Entry 4 3 5 6 5. ClickCertificateHandling. 6. ClickBrowsenexttouploadCertificateforSecondaryCGW. OnlymakesettingchangestotheSecondaryCGW.ThePrimaryCGWisreservedforcustomerCGWaccess. 98 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Selectthecheckboxnexttothe10##.crtfile.SeeFigure113. 7. 8. Click"Insert"
Figure 113 Certificate Selection 7 8 9. Select"Browse"fortheFilenameforcertificatekey.SeeFigure114. Figure 114 Key Entry 9 10. Selectthecheckboxnexttothe"10##.key"file.SeeFigure115. 11. Select"Insert"
Figure 115 Key Selection 10 11 99 Commissioning 12. SelectExt.EthernetTab 13. SelectthecheckboxforUseeth0forInternet(WAN). ThisensuresexternalEthernetconnectionsareallowed. Figure 116 External Ethernet 12 13 14. SelectDNSForwarderstab. 15. SelectradiobuttonforDynamic,assignedbyeth0. Note: TheBirdmaintainedCGWisnotabletohostnamecheckaDNS2IPaddressof8.8.2.2,4.2.2.4or 4.2.25.PleasechangetosomethinglikeGoogle's8.8.4.4or8.8.8.8 Figure 117 DNS Forwarders 14 15 16. SelectVPNSettingstabtoverifythattheVPNsettingsarecorrectlyset. 17. SelectcheckboxLogVPNConnections 18. Typenemo3.deltanode.comintotheSecondaryCGWsettingforFQONorIPaddress. 19. SelectcheckboxActivateaVPNservicetunnel.Thisselectionisonlyonavailableonoldersoftwareversions. Figure 118 VPN Settings 16 17 18 19 nemo3.deltanode.com 100 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) 20. ClickonStatus/Statistics. 21. SelecttheCommunicationControltab. 22. SelectthecheckboxnexttoVPNRestart. 23. ClickRestart. Figure 119 VPN Restart 20 21 22 23 24. Afterabout10minutes,theBGWshouldstartcommunicatingwiththeBird/DeltaNodeCGW. 25. ClickonStatus/Statistics 26. SelecttheEthernetStatustab. Both"eth0"and"eth1"shouldshowconnectivity.Figure120showsgoodcommunicationsin"eth0"between theBGWanda3Gmodem."eth1"showsgoodcommunicationsbetweenthe3GmodemandtheBird/
DeltaNodeCGW. Figure 120 Ethernet Status 101 Commissioning Wireless Modem Setup Duetovarianceswithdifferentwirelessmodemmanufacturers,settingsmayvaryfrommodemtomodem.A generalunderstandingofnetworksettingsisrequired.Belowareafewtypicalsettingsthatwillneedtobe configured. Modem DHCP DHCPwillneedtobeenabledsothatthewirelessmodemcanassignanIPaddresstotheBGW.Besuretoenterthe stopandendIPaddressasseenintheimage. Figure 121 Modem DHCP Configuration Modem VPN Tunnels TheBGWcommunicatesbacktotheCGWviaaVPNtunnel.ThewirelessmodemmustenableVPNpassthrough. Figure 122 Modem VPN Settings Modem Port Forwarding SetupthemodemsothatitforwardsTCPport443. BGW Configuration 1. ConnectIPmodemtotheExternalWANportontheBGW. 2. ClickConfiguration.SeeFigure123. 3. ClickExternalComm. 4. Select3GModemtab. 5. SelecttheUse3GModemcheckbox. 102 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Figure 123 BGW Configuration - 3G Modem Setup 4 2 3 5 6. 7. SelecttheVPNSettingstab. SelecttheActivateaVPNservicetunnelcheckbox,ifnotalreadyselected. Note: OldersoftwareversionsoftheBGWdonotofferVPNservicetunnels.ContactBirdtoordera replacementBGW. Figure 124 BGW Configuration - VPN Setting 6 8. 9. SelecttheDNSForwarderstab.SeeFigure125onpage104. Selecteither:
"Dynamic,assignedbyeth0"or
"Staticaddresses".Enter8.8.8.8intheForwardingto(DNS1). 7 103 Figure 125 BGW Configuration - DNS Forwarders Setting 8 Commissioning 9 11 13 10. SelecttheExt.Ethernettab 11. Select"Useeth0forinternet"and"StaticIPaddress"checkboxes. 12. RecordtheexistingIPsettingincaserollingbacktooriginalsettingsisrequired. 13. EntertheIPaddressesinformation:
IPAddress:192.168.0.10 Netmask:255.255.255.0 GatewayIPAddress:192.168.0.1 Figure 126 BGW Configuration - External Ethernet Setting 10 14. Afterallthesettinghavebeenconfigured,powercyclethewirelessmodem. 15. Clickon"Status/Statistics."SeeFigure127onpage105. 16. Selectthe"EthernetStatus"tab. Verifiythat"etho"hasbeenassignedavalidIPaddress. 104 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Figure 127 BGW Configuration - Ethernet Status 16 15 Rolling Back Modem Configuration Iftheexternalmodemisnolongerrequiredtheconfigurationcanquicklyberolledback. 1. ClickonConfiguration.SeeFigure128. 2. ClickonExternalComm. 3. 4. SelecttheExtEthernettab. EnteroriginalIPaddressesthatusedpriortoinstallingthemodem. Figure 128 Rollback Modem IP Addresses 2 3 1 5. 6. SelecttheDNSForwarderstab.SeeFigure129onpage105. Selectthe"No"radiobutton. Figure 129 Stop DNS Forwarding 5 4 6 105 Commissioning Setup local Network UDP Ports for CGW Access InorderfortheBird/DeltaNodeCGWtobeabletomakecontactwiththeBGWensurethatthecustomerIT departmenthasOpenVPNwithUPDports1194to1199.ThisallowsBird/DeltaNodestaticIPaddresstoaccessthe BGW. Local Connection to Remote Unit Atechniciancandirectlyconnectalaptoptotheremoteunit.Thisisusefulwhenthetechnicianisattheremote unittroubleshooting.Thedirectconnectionisalsoveryusefulwhenthereisnofiberconnectivitytotheremote unitandtheinstallerneedstotestandprogramtheremoteunitduringtheinstallationprocess. Note: Bydirectlyloggingintheremoteunitandprogrammingthenameoftheremotethereisless chanceofconfusionwhenalltheremotesareconnectingtotheMasterUnit. 1. SetlaptoptoastaticIPaddress;somethingalongthelinesof IPaddress169.254.48.11 SubnetMask255.255.0.0 Gateway169.254.0.1 2. ConnectRJ45EthernetcabletothelaptopandtheEthernetportontheremote. Figure 130 Remote Unit Ethernet Port Ethernet Port 3. Useanywebbrowsertoconnecttotheremoteunitstartingwithhttp://169.254.48.1. TheremoteunithasadefaultIPaddressof169.254.48.1to.10.Iftheloginmenudoesnotappeartrythenext sequentialIPaddress(http://169.254.48.2).ContinuetryingthenextIPaddressuntiltheloginmenuappears. Figure 131 Remote Unit Login Screen 4. Whentheloginmenuappearstypeinthedefaultcredentials:
Username:extended Password:admin TheGUImenuswillbethesameaswhenconnectingtotheremotethroughtheBGW. 5. 106 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Local Connection to Remote Unit with Two FOR's Someremoteunitsarebuiltwith2FORboards.Thiswouldoccurinapplicationswhereonechassiscontains:MIMO paths,multipleamplifiersofthesameband,amplifiersfedfromdifferentFOIcardsorotherspecialapplications.The 2FORboardssharetheoneEthernetconnectorontheremoteunit.AstandardEthernetcablewillonlyaccessFOR
[0].AcustomcableisrequiredtoaccessFOR[1]board. TobuildacabletoaccessbothFORunitsyouwillneedthefollowingitems. Wirecutters Wirestrippers Electricaltape TwoEthernetcableswithRJ45Connectors Build a Custom Cable 1. CutbothEthernetcablesinhalf. Threesectionswillbeneeded. Stripbacktheinsulationoneachwireabout0.5inch/13mm. 2. 3. TwistthecolorpairstogetherasshowninFigure132onpage108. 4. Useelectricaltapetocovertheconnectionssobarewiredonottouch. Unusedcablestrandscanbecut. Securethesplicewithelectricaltapesothatstressdoesnotpullthewirepairsapart. 5. 6. Clearlymarkeachconnectortodistinguishwhichconnectorisattachedtotheremoteandwhichconnector plugsintothelaptopforFOR[0]andFOR[1]. 107 Figure 132 Custom Cable for Connecting to two FOR systems Commissioning Top:
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12345 76 8 Connection to BGW from Remote Unit ThetechnicianhastheabilitytoconnecttotheBGWfromtheremoteunit.Thiseasestroubleshootingand programmingbynothavingtoreturntotheBGWlocationfordirectaccess. 1. 2. ConnectRJ45EthernetcabletotheEthernetportontheremote. EnablethelaptopDHCPsettings. TheFOIwilldetectthatadevicehasconnectedtotheFORandwillassignanIPaddresstothe thelaptopintherangeof172.22.108.4962. Note: Itmaytakeupto15minutesfortheFOItoassignanIPaddresstothelaptop. 3. UsinganInternetbrowserconnectto172.22.0.1 4. Whentheloginmenuappearstypeinthedefaultcredentials:
Username:"extended"
Password:"admin". 108 Chapter 6 RF Commissioning Inordertomaketheprocessmoreclearforthispartofthemanualwewillconsidersettingupafictitioussystem, butbasedonastandardapproachatdoingFiberDAS.Thesystemthatweareconsideringwillhavetwofrequency bands,letsassumeGSM900MHzandUMTS2100MHz.Theexamplewillhave2sectorswithtworemotesineach sector.Ofcourseyoursystemmaylookdifferent,bemoreorlesscomplexbutinordertomakeitclearhowthe systemissetupthisshouldprovideyouwithastartingpoint. Setting up the uplink SettinguptheuplinkmeanstoadjustthesystemforanoptimalworkingpointfromtheantennaportoftheRemote UnittotheactualinputontheRadioBaseStation.Thiscanbedoneindifferentwaysdependingonhowthesystem isdesigned.Wewillherediscussastandardsetupstartingwithasmallblockschematicshowinghowthesystemis connected. Figure 133 System Interconnect Diagram
Themainparameterthatwewillbediscussingisthenetgainofthesystem.Thismeansthetotalchangeinsignal fromtheRemoteUnitantennaporttothereceiverportonthebasestation.Therearedifferentwaysofsettingthis systemupbutwewilllookata0dBnetgainsystemwhichisagoodstartingpointformostsystems. ThesystemgaincanbecalculatedasthegainintheRemoteUnitLossonfiber+FOIgainICUloss+BIUgain couplerloss.Basicallythistakesformofalinkbudgetandhereisanexample:
Table 68 Example Link Budget Unit/Component Gain/Loss (dB) Accumulated Gain/Loss (dB) RemoteUnit(RU) FiberOpticCable FOI ICU BIU Coupler 40
-10 20
-35 0
-15 40 30 50 15 15 0 BasicallythismeansthatwhateverisinputattheantennawillalsobeseenatthesamelevelfortheRadioBase Stationreceiver.Thisisnotabadstartingpointbutdoesnottakeintoaccountthenoiseloadonthebasestation whichwillincreasesomewhatwiththissetup. 109 RFCommissioning Noise load on Radio Base Station Thesystemwillinevitablyaddsomenoisetothereceiver.Whenproperlysetupthenoisefigureinasystemlikethis willbebetterthan3dB.However,ifthegainisimproperlysetup(i.e.notenoughgainintheremote,toomuchgain intheheadend)itispossibletocreateaverybadnoisefigure.InordertoavoidthistheFiberDASCalculatorshould beusedtocalculatethenoisefigureofthesystemintheuplink. IfyouhavenotfamiliarizedyourselfwiththeFiberDASCalculator,dosobeforemovingoninthismanual.The figuresintheFiberDAScalculatorrelatetothesettingsofallstepsinthechain.Byusingthecalculator,youcan determinethepropersettingsonceyouknowthefiberlossbetweentheRemoteUnitandtheheadend. LetusassumeyourhavearrivedataNoiseFigure(NF)of3dBforthischain.Howeveryoursystemmaycontain moreremotes,perhapsconnectedlikethesysteminFigure134. Figure 134 Multiple RU Connection Diagram
Nowthenoiseloadcanbecalculatedbyaddingthenoisecontributionfromeachstepofthechain.Belowisan exampleofnoisefiguresfromeachoftheremotes:
Table 69 Noise Load Chain RU1 RU2 RU3 RU4 Sum of Noise Load BaseStation FiberDASNoiseLoad TotalNoiseintoBTS Desensitization NF 2.8 3.2 3.8 2.6 4.0 8.0 9.5
-5.5 Gain 0.0 1.0
-2.0
-1.0 Noise Load 2.8 4.2 1.8 1.6 8.7 AddyourfigurestothesheetintheFiberDAScalculatoranditwillcalculateitforyou. 110 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Whatweseehereisthatifwesetthesystemupinthisfashionwewilldesensitizethebasestationwithabout5,5 dB.ThiscanbeokayifthebasestationcoverageisonlythroughtheFiberDASsystembutifthebasestationisalso beingusedforoutdoorcoverageitisnotgood.Weneedtochangethenetgaintoreflectthis.Ingeneralweshould lowerthegainsothatwedesensitizetheBTSonlyabout3dB.Thisvalueisagoodcompromiseandsimilartoadding asecondantennatothesamereceiverport(whichiskindofwhatwearedoingwiththeFiberDAS). Herearethenewvalues:
Table 70 Adjusted Noise Load Chain RU1 RU2 RU3 RU4 Sum of Noise Load BaseStation FiberDASNoiseLoad TotalNoiseintoBTS Desensitization NF 2.8 3.2 3.8 2.6 4.0 4.1 7.1
-3.1 Gain
-5.5
-5.5
-5.5
-5.5 Noise Load
-2.2
-1.8
-1.2
-2.4 4.1 Asyoucanseeweshouldsetthesystemupwithanetgainofabout5dB.Goingbacktothesettingswehadbefore whichwas:
Table 71 Example Link Budget Unit/Component Gain/Loss (dB) Accumulated Gain/Loss (dB) RemoteUnit(RU) FiberOpticCable FOI ICU BIU Coupler 40
-10 20
-35 0
-15 40 30 50 15 15 0 WeonlyneedtochangetheBIUsettingusingtheattenuatorsintheBIUtolowerthegainwith5dB.Thiswill accomplishwhatweneedtodoandtheuplinkshouldthenbecommissioned. 111 RFCommissioning Practical approach Nowthatweknowwhatweshouldhavewecaneasilysetthesystemup.Youneedaspectrumanalyzertodothis anditiseasiesttoconnectitintotheBIUport.Rememberthatwhenyoumeasurehere,thesignalshouldalsogo throughtheBTScouplerbeforeitreachesthebasestationreceiverport.Thereforeyoushouldexpecttoreada valuethatis Yourexpectedgain+thelossinyourcoupler Ifyouwantanetgainof5dBandyouhavea15dBcoupler,youshouldreadanetgainof+10ontheBIUport.This isnowwhatwearegoingtouseinthefollowingexample.
Turn on the RF ConnecttotheBIUandturnontheRF.Settheattenuatorinthemediumrangefortheuplinkthatyouare measuring.Thisallowsyoulatertoadjustitupanddownasnecessarytogetthecorrectgainfortheuplinkchain. Settingthemto10dBisagoodidea.DLsupervisioncanbeleftasisfornowandalsoDLattenuationwhichwewill setuplater. ConnecttotheFOIcardandselectOptoandRFRFConfigandsetitupaccordingtoyourFiberDAScalculator settings.DonotforgettoturnRFon. 112 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) Nextstepistoconnecttotheremoteunitandsetitupfortestmeasurementintheuplink. InthisscreenyoushouldalsoturnRFon,setthegaintoabout35dBasastartingpointandthenturnontheuplink testtone.Notethefrequencyofthetesttone,thisisthefrequencyyoushouldbemeasuringonyourspectrum analyzer. 113 Turnonthespectrumanalyzer,makesureitisconnectedtotherightportontherightBIUandthenfindthe frequency.Areasonablespanis1MHzandthereceiverbandwidthcanbesetto30kHzorsimilar.Usethemarkerto measurethepeakofthesignal.Thengotothenextscreenontheremoteunit,theRFStatusscreen. RFCommissioning WhatwearelookingforhereistheTesttoneLevel.Notethisdownaswell,nexttothefrequencyofthetesttone younotedearlier. Donotforgettoturnoffthetesttonewhenyouaredonewithyouruplink.Bettercheckoneextratime.Theywill otherwiseinterferewiththenormaloperationofthesystembycausingnoisetothebasestation. CAUTION TurnOffTestTone Thencheckyourspectrumanalyzer.Assumingyourtesttonelevelis62,6dBmasinthisexampleyourspectrum analyzermayshow58,2dBm.CalculatingthenetgainbetweentheRUandtheBIUwillthenyield58,262,5=4,3 dB.SubtractthecouplerbetweentheBIUandtheradiobasestationwhichinthisexamplewas15dBandweget 19,3dBasournetgain. Wewanted10dBsowehave9,3dBtoolowgain.Weshouldthenincreasethegainandthebestplacetodothis wouldbeintheremoteunitbysettingthegainat35+9,3=44,3whichwewillroundto44dB. Thatuplinkisnowfinishedandwewillrepeatthesettingsforallofouruplink,oneatatime. 114 Chapter 7 System Model Numbers Model Identification F O R 3 B a n d 1 C W D M O p t i c a l S p l i t 3 W BU C S CWDM (option):
WUxxxx - combine multiple uplink ber interfaces onto one ber - each x denotes a wavelength (absence of xxxx implies all UL wavelengths) WDxxxx - split to multiple downlink ber interfaces from one ber - each x denotes a wavelength (absence of xxxx implies all DL wavelengths) Optical Split (option):
Sx - split the ber at entry - to daisy chain other remotes - x is dB split (3dB equal split if absent) P r o d u c t F a m i l y S u b
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f a m i l y N u m b e r o f B a n d s F r e q u e n c y l D u p e x e d F r e q u e n c y l D u p e x e d F r e q u e n c y l D u p e x e d F r e q u e n c y l D u p e x e d V o l t a g e C o n n e c t o r s W D M D D R 4 G 0 C 0 G 0 C 0 A D W l W a v e e n g h F O R 1 t B F O R 1 B a n d 1 F O R 1 B a n d 2 1 2 l W a v e e n g h F O R 2 t C W a v e e n g l t h F O R 3 H F O R 2 B a n d 1 3 Family:
DDU - 46 dBm Full Band DDH - 43 dBm Full Band DDS - 41 dBm Single Carrier DDR - 33 dBm Full Band DDL - 23 dBm Full Band DDX - Mixed Power Levels Number of Bands:
1 2 3 4 Voltage:
A - Universal AC
(86-264 AC/DC) D - 48 VDC Connectors:
N - N-type Connectors D - 7/16 DIN M - Mini DIN WDM:
W - Duplexed (UL and DL on the same ber) Wavelength of Uplink:
(FOR2 and FOR3 are optional to support multiple ber links) A - 1270 B - 1290 C - 1310 (default C if omitted) D - 1330 E - 1350 F - 1370 G - 1390 H - 1410 I - 1430 J - 1450 K - 1470 L - 1490 M - 1510 N - 1530 O - 1550 P - 1570 FOR Bands:
(if omitted than all bands on one FOR) Bands for that ber link (in order as appear in model #) i.e. C123 would be standard FOI driving bands 1, 2, and 3 1 2 3 4 Frequency:
R - FM Radio V - VHF (136-174) T - Tetra (380-400) M - Gov (406-420) B - Tetra (410-415/420-425) O - Tetra (415-420/425-430) X - CDMA450 (453-457.5/463-467.5) U - UHF (450-470) Q - 500MHz T-Band (470-512) L - Lower 700 H - Higher 700 G - 700 Full Band F - PS 700 (793-805) FirstNet & NB S - 800 SMR J - DD 800 C - Cell 850 N - 900 PS Y - GSMR Z - EGSM900 D - DCS (1800) P - PCS I - UMTS (1900/2100) A - AWS (1700/2100) K - AWS & AWS3 E - IMT-E (2600) Duplexed or DDX Pwr Lvl:
0 - Non-duplexed 1 - Duplexed For DDX use:
For DDX Pwr Lvl 0 - 9:
0 - Non-duplexed (DDU) 1 - Duplexed (DDU) 2 - Non-duplexed (DDL) 3 - Duplexed (DDL) 4 - Non-Duplexed (DDH) 5 - Duplexed (DDH) 6 - Non-duplexed (DDS) 7 - Duplexed (DDS) 8 - Non-duplexed (DDR) 9 - Duplexed (DDR) Examples:
DDR4-GC0-PA1-AD 4band,33dBmpoweroutputperband,Fullband700combinedwithCell850non duplexed,PCScombinedwithAWSduplexed,ACpowered,7/16DIN,1310nmuplink DDR4-GC0-PA1-AD-B12-C34-WUBCS 4band,33dBmpoweroutputperband,Fullband700combined withCell850nonduplexed,PCScombinedwithAWSduplexed,ACpowered,7/16DIN,Bands1and2(700and850) 1290nmuplink,Bands2and3(PCS&AWS)1310nmuplink,CWDM,fibersplit(3dB)fordaisychainedremotes 115 ModelIdentification Remote End Unit Part Numbers Note: Theremoteendunitsarecompletelyintegratedatthefactory,thereisnofieldassemblyother thanmountingandcableconnection.Modulesshouldnotbealteredoncedeployed. Public Safety DDR Module Numbers Part Number Frequency Band IC Certification Number MODDDRV MODDDRU MODDDRQ MODDDRF MODDDRS VHF136174MHz UHF450470MHz TBand470512MHz 700MhzPS 800MHzPS 110141ADDR1V 110141ADDR1U 110141ADDR1Q 110141ADDR1F 110141ADDR1S Cellular DDR Module Numbers Part Number Frequency Band IC Certification Number MODDDRG MODDDRC MODDDRP MODDDRA MODDDRE 700cellfullband 850cellband 1900PCS 2100AWS 2600 110141ADDR700FB 110141ADDR850 110141ADDR1900 110141ADDR2100 110141ADDR2600 116 FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS) 117
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app s | Non Technical Contact | |||||
1 | Firm Name |
Deltanode Solutions AB
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1 | Name |
D******** K********
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1 | Physical Address |
Hammarby Fabriksvag 61
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1 |
Stockholm, SE-120 30
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1 |
Sweden
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1 | Telephone Number |
46 70********
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1 | Fax Number |
46 8 ********
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1 |
d******@deltanode.com
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app s | Confidentiality (long or short term) | |||||
1 | Does this application include a request for confidentiality for any portion(s) of the data contained in this application pursuant to 47 CFR § 0.459 of the Commission Rules?: | Yes | ||||
1 | Long-Term Confidentiality Does this application include a request for confidentiality for any portion(s) of the data contained in this application pursuant to 47 CFR § 0.459 of the Commission Rules?: | No | ||||
if no date is supplied, the release date will be set to 45 calendar days past the date of grant. | ||||||
app s | Cognitive Radio & Software Defined Radio, Class, etc | |||||
1 | Is this application for software defined/cognitive radio authorization? | No | ||||
1 | Equipment Class | B2I - Part 20 Industrial Booster (CMRS) | ||||
1 | Description of product as it is marketed: (NOTE: This text will appear below the equipment class on the grant) | Distributed Antenna System | ||||
1 | Related OET KnowledgeDataBase Inquiry: Is there a KDB inquiry associated with this application? | No | ||||
1 | Modular Equipment Type | Does not apply | ||||
1 | Purpose / Application is for | Original Equipment | ||||
1 | Composite Equipment: Is the equipment in this application a composite device subject to an additional equipment authorization? | No | ||||
1 | Related Equipment: Is the equipment in this application part of a system that operates with, or is marketed with, another device that requires an equipment authorization? | No | ||||
1 | Grant Comments | Booster. Power output listed is conducted. Users and installers must be provided with appropriate antenna installation instructions and transmitter operating conditions, including antenna co-location requirements of §1.1307(b) (3) for satisfying RF exposure compliance. RF exposure compliance may need to be addressed at the time of licensing, as required by the responsible FCC Bureau(s), including antenna co-location requirements of §1.1307(b) (3) of the rules. | ||||
1 | Is there an equipment authorization waiver associated with this application? | No | ||||
1 | If there is an equipment authorization waiver associated with this application, has the associated waiver been approved and all information uploaded? | No | ||||
app s | Test Firm Name and Contact Information | |||||
1 | Firm Name |
Intertek Semko AB
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1 | Name |
P****** I******
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1 | Telephone Number |
46-8-********
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1 | Fax Number |
/********
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1 |
p******@intertek.com
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Equipment Specifications | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Line | Rule Parts | Grant Notes | Lower Frequency | Upper Frequency | Power Output | Tolerance | Emission Designator | Microprocessor Number | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | 1 | 27 | 2110 | 2180 | 2.208 | Amp | GXW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 27 | 2110 | 2180 | 2.208 | Amp | G7W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | 3 | 27 | 2110 | 2180 | 1.698 | Amp | F9W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | 4 | 27 | 2110 | 2180 | 1.698 | Amp | G7D |
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