NOKIA LTE BTS HW Introduction

Topics

• Airscale Hardware

• Baseband Capacity

• Commissioning, Integration & SW Upgrade

• Common Alarms

• Q&A
Topics

• Airscale Hardware

• Baseband Capacity

• Commissioning, Integration & SW Upgrade

• Common Alarms

• Q&A
AirScale Hardware

Airscale System Module

RF Module (Covered)
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AirScale System Module general specification

ABIA (Capacity PIU) AMIA (Subrack)

Capacity PIU1) (Capacity extension) Capacity PIU (Capacity extension)

Capacity PIU (Capacity extension) Capacity PIU (Capacity extension)

3U
Capacity PIU (Capacity extension) Capacity PIU (Capacity extension)

Common PIU (transport and control) Common PIU (transport and control)

1) PIU – Plug In Unit

ASIA (Common PIU)
Half subrack Half subrack Expandable
Subrack (AMIA) capacity:
2)
Half subrack Half subrack Full subrack

Plug-in unit codes AXYZ:

FDD FDD FDD FDD
• A: AirScale platform products or or TDD TDD
• X: unit type (B=capacity, S=core or common functions, M=subrack) TDD TDD FDD TDD
• Y: I for indoor TDD FDD
• Z: describes version, end-user visible change in functionality, new letter in alphabetical order
2)In FL/TL16A, full subrack configuration is seen as two logical eNBs, each composed of half
subrack. In Future releases, full subrack would be supported as one logical eNB
 LTE2262 AirScale Subrack AMIA
AMIA: AirScale Subrack

Overview
• AMIA is indoor (IP20) protected AMIA subrack

• AMIA is realizing:
- Housing

3U
- Fans
- Backplane inter connection for high-speed signals and
power1) between Plug in Units
eNB #1 eNB #2
1) backplane connection does not require on-site access to it prior or after installation
ASIA: AirScale Common plug in unit

Interfaces SIN
Common plug-in unit:
EIF5
• Centralized control processing
DC-IN EAC SOUT SEI1 SEI2 SRIO1 EIF1 EIF3
• Up to 2 units in one Subrack for
independent Base Stations or high
capacity configurations
• Integrated Ethernet transport
termination per subrack side
Connectivity to:
• Transport (EIF)
• External System Module Extension
• AirScale SM Subrack (SEI)
SRIO2 EIF2 EIF4 LMP • Flexi Multi Radio 10 SM (SRIO)
Port # Physical I/F Usage Port # Physical I/F Usage
EIF1…2 2 SFP+ 1/10GE optical or 1GE electrical transport LMP 1 RJ-45 Local management port, 1G Ethernet
EIF3…5 3 RJ45 1GE electrical transport LEDs 14 Visual indication of status
SEI 2 MiniSAS-HD Subrack extension, 2x 10GE RESET 2 Plug-in unit RESET, with several scenarios
SRIO 2 SFP+ Rapid IO connection for Flexi Multi Radio 10
DC-IN 1 DC terminal -48V DC Input
EAC 1 HDMI External alarm & control, 6 alarms, 6 alarms/ctrls
SIN 1 HDMI Synchronization input, GPS interface
SOUT 1 HDMI Synchronization output
 LTE2261 AirScale Capacity ABIA
ABIA: AirScale Capacity plug in unit

Interfaces

RF1 RF2 RF3 RF4 RF5 RF6

ABIA Capacity Plug in Unit (PIU):
• Cell specific baseband processing
• Up to 6 PIU in Subrack for flexible expansion of BTS baseband capacity
• RF Module connectivity
• 6 x OBSAI up to 6Gbps or 6x CPRI up to 9.8 Gbps
• Supported CPRI:
• CPRI-A for connecting fALU RF Module
• CPRI-N a.k.a. CPRI/L3 for connecting Nokia RF Modules
• RF1, RF2, RF3 interfaces support CPRI IQ compression 1)
1) If 3 CPRI ports are using IQ compression, then remaining 3 RF ports cannot be used.
CPRI compression allows reduction of data rate on RF Module - SM interface
LTE2492 Support Cpri IQ Compression Function on AirScale System Module
FRGU Flexi RFM 6-pipe 2100 360 W
FRGU Flexi RFM 6-pipe 2100 360 W
FRPD Flexi RFM 6-pipe 700 240 W
FRPD Flexi RFM 6-pipe 700 240 W
FRGY Flexi RRH 2-pipe 2100 120 W
FRGY Flexi RRH 2-pipe 2100 120 W
FHPD RRH 2-pipe 700 120 W
FHPD RRH 2-pipe 700 120 W
Site Solution
Topics

• Airscale Hardware

• Baseband Capacity

• Commissioning, Integration & SW Upgrade

• Common Alarms

• Q&A
Wideband Cell configurations supported in AirScale System Module

Capacity (with LTE2733 Baseband pooling activated)

• When Baseband Pooling is enabled:
• Up to 8 wideband cells is supported per BB pool (1/2 ABIA)
• The following wideband cell configurations are supported on AirScale SM within a Packed Cell Set (1/2 ABIA) using half ABIA baseband
capacity

Remarks:
• 2/2: 2x2 MIMO
• 4/4: 4x4, 4x2 or 2x4 MIMO
• 10 MHz cell can be replaced with 5MHz cell
• 20 MHz cell can be replaced with 15 MHz cell
• 1.4 MHz/3MHz cells are not supported with LTE2733 enabled 3)

3)LTE1130 Dynamic PUCCH allocation is a prerequisite for LTE2733 while LTE1130 does not support 1.4/3MHz. Extension coming with
LTE3643:Baseband pooling with 3 MHz and 1.4 MHz cells (beyond FL18)
AirScale System Module Capacity

Capacity (with LTE2733 Baseband pooling activated)

AirScale System Module Capacity

Capacity (with LTE2733 Baseband pooling deactivated)

Topics

• Airscale Hardware

• Baseband Capacity

• Commissioning, Integration & SW Upgrade

• Common Alarms

• Q&A
Commissioning

Commissioning, Integration and SW upgrade of an Airscale LTE BTS site is done using the BTS Site
Manager.

Once connected to the BTS, the Site Manager contains a wizard which leads the user through the
commissioning steps.
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Topics

• Airscale Hardware

• Baseband Capacity

• Commissioning, Integration & SW Upgrade

• Common Alarms

• Q&A
Common Alarms

• “Antenna Line Device failure”: problem in the connection between RF module and Antenna
(including RET, MHA, combiners…)
• “BTS Reference Clock Missing”: the eNodeB is not receiving the sync reference signal from the
reference clock
• “Failure in Optical Interface”: this could be due to a problem on the RP3 interface between RF and
SM (broken SFP, damaged fiber cable, or problem with the modules)
• “GTP-U Path Failure”: U-Plane down. Check connectivity with the S-GW
• “Incompatible SW detected”: after a SW upgrade such alarm means that SM and RF or Transport
module are on different SW levels (or after replacing a faulty module)
• “S1 Interface Setup failure”: MME not reachable.
• “System Module Failure” or “RF Module Failure”
• etc
Topics

• Airscale Hardware

• Baseband Capacity

• Commissioning, Integration & SW Upgrade

• Common Alarms

• Q&A
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