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    The document discusses tools and steps for aligning microwave antennas, including: - Riggers, multimeters, laptops and other tools needed for antenna alignment between two sites. - How to use a multimeter and laptop to pan antennas horizontally and vertically to maximize signal levels and align the main antenna beams. - Key concepts like antenna radiation patterns, side lobes, and ensuring at least a 15dB difference between main and side lobes during alignment. - Special considerations for mitigating multipath fading at extremely long links, such as adding a small uptilt to antennas.

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    The document discusses tools and steps for aligning microwave antennas, including: - Riggers, multimeters, laptops and other tools needed for antenna alignment between two sites. - How to use a multimeter and laptop to pan antennas horizontally and vertically to maximize signal levels and align the main antenna beams. - Key concepts like antenna radiation patterns, side lobes, and ensuring at least a 15dB difference between main and side lobes during alignment. - Special considerations for mitigating multipath fading at extremely long links, such as adding a small uptilt to antennas.

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    The document discusses tools and steps for aligning microwave antennas, including: - Riggers, multimeters, laptops and other tools needed for antenna alignment between two sites. - How to use a multimeter and laptop to pan antennas horizontally and vertically to maximize signal levels and align the main antenna beams. - Key concepts like antenna radiation patterns, side lobes, and ensuring at least a 15dB difference between main and side lobes during alignment. - Special considerations for mitigating multipath fading at extremely long links, such as adding a small uptilt to antennas.

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    MW Antenna Alignment

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    The document discusses tools and steps for aligning microwave antennas, including: - Riggers, multimeters, laptops and other tools needed for antenna alignment between two sites. - How to use a multimeter and laptop to pan antennas horizontally and vertically to maximize signal levels and align the main antenna beams. - Key concepts like antenna radiation patterns, side lobes, and ensuring at least a 15dB difference between main and side lobes during alignment. - Special considerations for mitigating multipath fading at extremely long links, such as adding a small uptilt to antennas.

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    Friday, March 17,

    2017

    Microwave
    Antenna
    Alignment
    www.huawei.com

    Wang Fuzhong
    Transmission Engineering
    Dept. TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    HUAWEI
    HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Tools and Resources for antenna Alignment
    Riggers for antenna alignment: 4person, 2 for each site

    Multimeter: 2pcs, one for each site


    Laptop: 1, for Radio configuration and RSL check
    Engineering Order Wire handset
    Spanner (Wrench)
    Binoscopic

    HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.


    Antenna Radial Profile

    >15dB

    Simplified
    to

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    Antenna Radial Pattern Envelope (RPE)
    Top or side View of the antenna (RPE)

    Main Beam

    1st Side Lobe

    The theoretic difference of


    the gains between main
    beam with 1st side lobe:
    15 to 20dB.
    During panning, If the difference between RSL with objective is less than
    15dB, it means the main beam already touched. Just do the fine-tuning.

    HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.


    Antenna Radiation Patterns Envelope (RPE)

    1st Side
    Lobe

    Main beam

    Boresight View

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    Antenna Radiation Patterns Envelope (RPE)

    Main beam

    Main beam Side


    View
    HPBW

    Boresight 1st Side


    Lobe
    View

    Main beam Top


    View

    FNBW: First Null BeamWidth

    HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.


    Antenna Alignment
    Pan the antenna by Multi-meter & LCT

    +3.45V
    Multi-Meter
    RSSI or AGC
    ODU Voltage

    RSSI/VAGC
    CABLE
    IF

    1st Side Azimuth


    Lobe
    Main beam

    IDU

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    Antenna panning (Horizontal)

    Top
    View

    Main beam Main beam

    1st Side Lobe

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    Antenna Panning (Vertical)

    Main beam Main beam Side


    View

    1st Side Lobe

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    Antenna Alignment (Horizontal)

    Misaligned Proper Aligned

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    Antenna Alignment
    Boresight View of Azimuth Tracking
    Signal Levels for Each Track
    Paths for Different Elevations

    Line A-A represents the azimuth tracking path of a properly aligned antenna.
    The main beam is at point 2, and the first side lobe at points 1 and 3.

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    Antenna Alignment (Up and Down)
    Up and Down Misaligned

    Reflecting Ground or Specular Plane

    Reflecting Ground or Specular Plane

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    Antenna Alignment (Up and Down)
    Aligned properly

    Reflecting Ground or Specular Plane

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    Special alignment to mitigate specular reflection
    multipath fading for extremely long haul
    Proper Aligned

    Reflecting Ground or Specular Plane

    A little up-tilt (0.35 to 0.5 degree, depending on the FNBW) of the


    antennas so as to mitigate major ground specular refelection which
    result in multi-path fading at long haul link which over water-body

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    Steps for MW Installation
    Check RFT (Ready for Telecom)
    Safety check
    Antenna and Outdoor works first under good weather condition
    IF cabling or Elliptical waveguide laying
    Indoor works (even in bad weather or night time)
    Labelling all the cables and links
    Grounding
    Premises Cleaning after the works
    Power Tapping
    etc.

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    Steps for antennas panning
    Pointing both side antennas to each other by azimuth

    Power on both sides radio

    Panning by multi-meters as well as Laptop with LCT

    Keep one antenna, i.e. Antenna #01 immobility (fixed temporary)

    Panning antenna #02 (coordinate antenna) at azimuth first(Horizental),


    achieve RSL(or RSSI) peak, then by up/down (or Vertically), achieve
    the peak RSL (or RSSI) also, fix it temporary

    Panning antenna #01 with the same way as above, then fix it

    Panning both sides antennas alternately till to achieve expected RSL

    HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.


    Thank You
    www.huawei.com

    HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

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