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Impact Document
Release Delivery: EX3.1 MP1.0
Product Family: Base Stations
Product: Flexi EDGE Base Station
Release: EX3.1

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Table of Contents

1. Purpose......................................................................................................................................................... 3
2. Release delivery effect.................................................................................................................................. 3
3. Effects on end-users ..................................................................................................................................... 3
3.1 Degraded Performance............................................................................................................................................ 3
4. Effects on operator........................................................................................................................................ 3
4.1 Operation & Maintenance ........................................................................................................................................ 3
4.2 Commissioning......................................................................................................................................................... 4
4.3 Stability .................................................................................................................................................................... 4
4.4 Testing ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4
4.5 BTS Site Manager.................................................................................................................................................... 4
5. Other effects.................................................................................................................................................. 5
6. New / Changed functionality ......................................................................................................................... 6
7. Appendices / References.............................................................................................................................. 6

Contact:
Contact your local Nokia Siemens Networks support or GSM/EDGE BTS Technical
Support: [email protected]

Summary of changes:
24-03-2011 1-0 Approved Version

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1. PURPOSE

The Purpose of this document is to describe the Release Delivery effects on the
relevant parties and the new and changed functionalities that installing this Release
Delivery will bring to the customer’s network.

This document describes the new features and corrections delivered in EX3.1 MP1.0
BTS SW.

2. RELEASE DELIVERY EFFECT

This EX3.1 MP1.0 BTS software change delivery contains:

 17 corrections
 6 enhancement

EX3.1 MP1.0 can be background downloaded to the BCF prior to activation. Activation
of the BTS software will cause momentary loss of service in the serving cells as BCF
is reset. As well transmission pass through traffic is cut off as transmission SW is
upgraded to the transmission sub-module during the SW activation.

In a single RFM configuration, using a dedicated 64K O&M link, the software download
and activation times are typically:

Background software download: ~ 51 minutes

Software activation: ~ 7 minutes (no service during this time)

3. EFFECTS ON END-USERS

3.1 Degraded Performance

 EGPRS Downlink throughput degraded (23111ESPE07)

 Sometimes the site is not able to process calls (NA04846791, NA04854601 and
NA04850140)

4. EFFECTS ON OPERATOR

4.1 Operation & Maintenance

Operation and maintenance is improved with the following corrections:

 RX diversity does not work after re-commissioning at BTS manager
(80980ESPE02)
 BCCH reconfiguration does not work if TRX’s are split on two branches due to
frequency budget (69756ESPE02)
 Missing 7606-'ESMx System Module has lost connection to FXxx RF Module'
alarm (75595ESPE02)
 Timing Advance offset of 2-3 observed in KPI testing when compared to Flexi
EDGE (19810ESPE07)

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4.2 Commissioning

Commissioning is improved with the following correction:

 Cannot send SCF if BCF is locked at the BSC when the BTS power is turned on
(26799ESPE05)

4.3 Stability

Operational stability is improved with the following correction:

 Alarm 7606 “ESMx internal SRIO Link is Faulty” reported after BCF reset
(19553ESPE06)
 Unnecessary alarms are raised during runtime (20436ESPE06)
 No alarm when no RF power coming out from any of the branches and TRX
objects in WO state (18937ESPE06)
 Unexpected 7607 - RF module detected too high TX power alarm (49758ESPE01)

4.4 Testing

Testing is improved with the following corrections:

 Misleading TRX Test result with antenna optimised configuration (82582ESPE02)
 Test Pattern Transmission is shown as ONGOING on the BTS Manager, even
after completion and reports not cleared when deleted (6770ESPE04)

4.5 BTS Site Manager

BTS site Manager user experience is improved with the following corrections:
 Updates to CL are not taken into use from an MP release of a older EM if a later
main release is already installed (47041ESPE03)
 BTS Manager allows user to enter illegal characters into SCF (80488ESPE02)
 GCS Connection tool does not populate connection fields (67491ESPE04)
 BTS Alarm window not refreshing properly in 2G Flexi BTS Manager
(66343ESPE04)

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5. OTHER EFFECTS

The complete set of operating documents for Flexi Multiradio EDGE BTS are included in
Nokia Siemens Networks GSM/EDGE BSS, release RG10(BSS) and RG20(BSS),
operating documentation in NOLS:

 GSM/EDGE BSS, rel. RG10(BSS), Operating Documentation, issue 06

 GSM/EDGE BSS, rel. RG20(BSS), Operating Documentation, Issue 03

The updated documents that are included also to the release documentationof EX3.1
MP1.0 are marked here as (UPDATED):

Following documents are related to Flexi Multiradio EDGE BTS and EX3.1 MP1.0 SW and
can be found from NOLS:
1. Flexi Multiradio BTS GSM/EDGE Product Description
2. Flexi Multiradio BTS GSM/EDGE RF Module (FXxx) Description
3. Flexi Multiradio BTS GSM/EDGE System Module (ESMB/C) Description
4. Flexi Multiradio BTS GSM/EDGE Optional Items Description
5. Flexi Multiradio BTS GSM/EDGE Feature Descriptions (UPDATED)
6. Requirements for Installation and Operation for Flexi Multiradio BTS
GSM/EDGE
7. Creating Stack, Wall, and Pole Configurations for Flexi Multiradio BTS
GSM/EDGE
8. Installing Flexi Cabinet for Indoor (FCIA)
9. Creating FCIA Configurations for Flexi Multiradio BTS GSM/EDGE
10. Installing Flexi Cabinet for Outdoor (FCOA)
11. Creating FCOA Configurations for Flexi Multiradio BTS GSM/EDGE
12. Installing Flexi Multiradio BTS GSM/EDGE Optional Items
13. Creating Flexi Multiradio BTS GSM/EDGE Feederless Site Configurations
14. Flexi Multiradio BTS GSM/EDGE Stack, Wall, and Pole Quick reference Guide
15. Flexi Cabinet for Indoor (FCIA) Quick reference guide
16. Flexi Cabinet for Outdoor (FCOA) Quick Reference guide
17. Commissioning Flexi Multiradio BTS GSM/EDGE(UPDATED)
18. Flexi Multiradio BTS GSM/EDGE Commissioning Quick reference guide
19. Maintaining Flexi Cabinet for Indoor (FCIA)
20. Maintaining Flexi Cabinet for Outdoor (FCOA)
21. Maintaining Flexi Multiradio BTS GSM/EDGE Modules
22. Trouble Management of Flexi Multiradio BTS GSM/EDGE (UPDATED)
23. Testing Flexi Multiradio BTS GSM/EDGE
24. Changing Flexi Multiradio BTS GSM/EDGE Configurations
25. Software Compatibility of Flexi Multiradio BTS GSM/EDGE (UPDATED)
26. Flexi Multiradio BTS GSM/EDGE Environmental Product Declaration
27. Flexi Multiradio BTS GSM/EDGE Warnings and Cautions

Following documents are still to be made available in the near future:

1. Flexi Multiradio BTS GSM/EDGE Co-siting
2. Installing Flexi Multiradio BTS GSM/EDGE Modules in Legacy and 3rd party
Cabinets

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6. NEW / CHANGED FUNCTIONALITY

Major new features in EX3.1 MP1.0 are:

 GSM1800 RFM support
 PWE support (FIQA/FIYA in PDH mode only)
 FIQB/FIYB support
 Dynamic Power sharing
 Highlight support for the RF module in BTS Manager
 Rx-diversity sharing with other BTS
 GSM900J RFM support
 RET support
 Extended BCCH and Extended BCCH
 Hot insertion of RFM Module
 Longer than 200m optical cable between RF Module and System module
 RF Sharing with WCDMA (concurrent mode)

For details of supported features, please see the Feature Description document in SW
release binder.

7. APPENDICES / REFERENCES
None

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