Nokia Cellular Transmission

FlexiHopper

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 Complete transmission solution

Flexible, innovative and reliable way of

building coverage and capacity rapidly

Transmission fully integrated into the base

station

One platform - all frequencies

7, 8, 13, 15, 18, 23, 26, 38 GHz

One unit - all capacities

2x2 - 16x2 Mbit/s radio transmission

Introduces several revolutionary features

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 Flexible and innovative
• Flexbus - new revolutionary concept for
single cable interconnections
• indoor unit - outdoor unit
• indoor unit - indoor unit
• One indoor unit supports multiple outdoor
units
• Many different indoor unit types
• Transmission and cross-connect integrated
• Programmable transmission capacity
• Software download
• Automatic fading margin measurement
• SNMP management
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 Reliable
FlexiHopper provides several features
which ensure continuous service availability

• Protection methods:
• Hot standby (HSB)
• Space diversity
• Frequency diversity
• Loop protection
• Adaptive Level Control with Quality
measure (ALCQ)
• Forward Error Correction with
interleaving (Reed-Solomon
coding)
• Efficient modulation (p/4-DQPSK)
• High integration level
• High MTBF

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 Mechanical construction
Low profile or
compact square
antennas
Integrated and separate
Alignment unit One antenna HSB
Loose parts
avoided
Right/left offset

Radio unit
'Snap on' installation
4.0 - 6.7 kg / 21 x 23 x 12-23 cm One radio for all capacities
One platform for all frequencies
Easy change of polarisation
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 Indoor units
Main characteristics of the Indoor Unit concept include
• Many different Indoor Unit types FlexiHopper
• Nokia base station/MetroHub 7-38 GHz, 2-16x2M
transmission node integrated indoor units
• Modular 19-inch indoor unit
• Flexbus concept
• Single cable interconnections for easy site
configurations
• Multiple OUs supported with a single IU
• FlexiHopper and MetroHopper radios can
share the same indoor unit
• Indoor Unit interconnections via single
cable
• Transmission and add/drop capacity separated
•16x2Mbit/s transmission capacity by all IU types
• Common IU platform MetroSite/MetroHubMetroHopper
• All frequencies 58 GHz, 4x2M
• Same IUs for FlexiHopper & MetroHopper
radios
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Nokia base station integrated indoor units

RRIC for Talk family BTS

• Supports two FlexiHopper and/or MetroHopper
radios
• up to 4x2Mbit/s add/drop capacity to the
transmission unit (TRUx) of BTS
• 8 kbit/s cross-connection level via TRUx of the
BTS RRIC

FXC RRI for MetroSite BTS, UltraSite BTS and

MetroHub transmission node
• Supports two FlexiHopper and/or MetroHopper
radios
• up to 16x2Mbit/s add/drop capacity
• 8 kbit/s cross-connection level

FXC RRI

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 Nokia base station integrated indoor
units
• IFUE for MetroSite/UltraSite WCDMA BTS (C1.7)
• Supports three FlexiHopper and/or MetroHopper radios (up to
16 x E1)
• Integrated Radio Outdoor Unit power feed
• With IMA (Inverse Multiplexing for ATM)
• With unstructured CES (Circuit Emulation, featured in C2.0)
• Interconnects Nokia GSM/EDGE base stations
• 2M cross connections between Flexbus interfaces

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 MartisDXX FBU
• MartisDXX FBU for MartisDXX Midi, Basic,
Cluster and A111 nodes.
• three Flexbus interfaces for connectivity to Hopper
radios
• first two interfaces can be also used for a
protected hop (HSB)
• three Flexbus interfaces can be connected to any
of the sixteen logical 2 Mbps (G.704) ports inside
the FBU unit
• provides up to 16 x 2 Mbit/s capacity

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 19" indoor unit

• FIU 19 for 19” mechanics or Nokia Extratalk Site Support Cabinet

• Supports up to 4 FlexiHoppers and/or MetroHoppers (includes one protected
FlexiHopper)
• Modular structure (add/drop capacity upgrade etc.)
• up to 16x2Mbit/s add/drop capacity
• 2Mbit/s cross-connection

2/3 U

Plug-in-unit interface
modules
• 2M tributaries (75 and 120 )
• Flexbuses 3 and 4
• Auxiliary data channels
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 19" indoor unit

Modular structure enables easy configuration changes

2U

Expansion unit
for 16x2Mbit/s Protecting FIU19
add/drop for 1+1 FIU 19 configuration
& baseband branching

4x2M
16x2Madd/drop
add/dropcapacity
capacity - Protected FIU 19
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 Management with HopperManager
• Easy to use Windows based graphical user
interface

• Commissioning, maintenance, trouble-

shooting
• Capacity programming
• Software download
• Output power adjustment
• Graphical display for 2Mbit/s cross-connection
• etc.

• Features
• Integration wizard
• Automatic fading margin measurement
• Site documentation package
• etc.

• Use on site or remotely via Q1 bus

• Nokia NMS support
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 Flexbus & 2Mbit/s cross-connection
One of the 2M cross Three of the 2Mbit/s cross
connection field edges connection field edges are
provides up to 16x2 Mbit/s multiplexed to a serial signal
simultaneous Interfaces

2M Cross
Connection

16x2Mbit/s data in serial format

- to outdoor unit or to another indoor
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unit
 FlexiHopper benefits, chaining station

Traditional
Microwave
Radio

Nokia
FlexiHopper

Repeater bus

BTS or Mux
BTS or Mux

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 FlexiHopper benefits, branching station
• One Indoor Unit for three Outdoor
Units
• Transmission and
2Mbit/s cross- connect
RepeaterIntegrated
bus

nx2Mbit/s

nx2Mbit/s

Cross connect nx2Mbit/s

DDF
nx2Mbit/s
nx2Mbit/s Each blue line
can be up to 32
separate cables
BTS/MUX BTS
nx2Mbit/s
Use of separate
2M cables minimised

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 HSB protection, branching station

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• No 2Mbit/s cables between Indoor

Units
DDF is not • Flexbus is integrated in all units
needed giving one cable 2M traffic routing
• Reduced equipment and installation
costs
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 MetroHub Station
Fast expansion of capacity Nokia MetroHopper
• 10 radio (Flexbus) interfaces with 5
pcs of FXC RRI indoor unit
• E1/T1 interface cards
• 8kbit/s cross connection and
grooming
• Power supply and battery back up
• Installation outdoors or indoors

Nokia FlexiHopper

Nokia MetroHub

FXC RRI
nx2M add/drop capacity

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 HSB protection

• FIU19 provides
protection in two
options
• OU protection alone
• also 1-antenna
HSB
• Full 1+1 protection

OU protection with 1 IU Protecting FlexiHopper OU and FIU19

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 1-antenna HSB
• 1-antenna HSB for FlexiHoppers
• Two OUs connected to one antenna via a
directional 6 dB coupler
• Especially useful with larger antennas
• Eliminates the need to install expensive tower
support structures for two antennas
• Reduced site rent costs (only 1 antenna
installed)
• At 18, 23, 26 and 38 GHz, a short waveguide
is included in the coupler
• Integrated or separate antenna can be used

120cm antenna with 6dB coupler

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 Cost/time savings with FlexiHopper
• Flexbus - single cable interconnections
between IU and OU and between IUs - fast and
reliable
• Integrated cross-connect - no manual wiring,
connections done with graphical user interface
• One indoor unit supports multiple outdoor
units - revolutionary site configurations
• Gives additional savings:
• less work and cabling on site
Easier and faster installation
• less cables = less faults & mistakes
Improved reliability
• virtual cabling can be changed via NMS
Less site visits
increased profitability ! !

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 FlexiHopper Technical Information
Summary
One platform - all frequencies
• 7, 8, 13, 15, 18, 23, 26 and 38 GHz
• all as 1+0, 1+1 HSB, space/freq diversity, loop
protection

One unit - all capacities

• 2x2 - 16x2 Mbit/s radio transmission
• can be selected using the node manager

p/4-DQPSK modulation
• narrow spectrum, sw adjustable tx power
• system values 106-118 dB, depending on freq, up
to 60 km hops

Introduces several innovative features

• Automatic fading margin measurement
• FEC and interleaving
• ALCQ – auto level control with quality meas.
• Compact square antenna
• SNMP management
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 Nokia Microwave Products
Summary
Integrated indoor units = significant cost/space savings

Flexbus - revolutionary concept for single cable

interconnections
• Single cable interconnections between IU and OU and between
IUs
• Integrated cross-connect
• One indoor unit supports multiple outdoor units

Common network management for BSS/RAN and

transmission

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 Thank you !

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