MCTR

MCTR/TRX
RX Diversity alarms
Multi Standard Mixed Mode
MO mapping Power Configuration
Synchronization
  MCTRs provides the power amplifying functionality
necessary to transmit bursts from one, or more TX
instances, and the RF reception functionality necessary
to receive bursts by one, or more, RX instances.

MCTR  MCTRs are used in DU Radio Node and it is similar to

(Multicarrier the sum of the functionality handled by the
RfBranchTX and RfBranchRX in the Baseband Radio
Trasceiver) Node.

 The number of MCTRs that must be configured

depends on the RBB used on the sector.
 MCTR Parameters

<rxmop:MO=RXOmctr-800-0&&-4;
RADIO X-CEIVER ADMINISTRATION
MAXPWR. Maximum power of MCTR
MANAGED OBJECT DATA This parameter indicates the maximum mean output
power of MCTR. This parameter is expressed in dBm.
MO MAXPWR MAXTRX PAO TXMPWR IPM MIXEDMODE TPO
RXOMCTR-800-0 45.0 1 OFF AUTO OFF OFF OFF

MINFREQ MAXFREQ Power (dBm) Power (W)

512 810

CCMD CCID CCTP EMTP EMDI EMRA

40 10
NONE 0 1 0 UNDEF UNDEF
42 15
MO MAXPWR MAXTRX PAO TXMPWR IPM MIXEDMODE TPO
RXOMCTR-800-1 45.0 2 OFF AUTO OFF OFF OFF
43 20

MINFREQ MAXFREQ
45 30
512 810
46 40
CCMD CCID CCTP EMTP EMDI EMRA
NONE 0 1 0 UNDEF UNDEF
48 60
END
49 80
<rxmop:MO=RXOmctr-800-0&&-4; MAXTRX. Max number of TRXs for MCTR
RADIO X-CEIVER ADMINISTRATION
MANAGED OBJECT DATA
This parameter indicates the maximum number of
TRXCs possible to connect to an MCTR.
MO MAXPWR MAXTRX PAO TXMPWR IPM MIXEDMODE TPO
RXOMCTR-800-0 45.0 1 OFF AUTO OFF OFF OFF

<rxmop:MO=RXOtrx-800-0&-2&&-4;
MINFREQ MAXFREQ
RADIO X-CEIVER ADMINISTRATION
512 810 MANAGED OBJECT DATA

MO CELL CHGR TEI SIG MCTRI DCP1 SC

CCMD CCID CCTP EMTP EMDI EMRA
RXOTRX-800-0 BK4038A ALL 0 CONC 0 178
NONE 0 1 0 UNDEF UNDEF

MO CELL CHGR TEI SIG MCTRI DCP1 SC

MO MAXPWR MAXTRX PAO TXMPWR IPM MIXEDMODE TPO
RXOTRX-800-2 BK4038B ALL 2 CONC 1 196
RXOMCTR-800-1 45.0 2 OFF AUTO OFF OFF OFF

MINFREQ MAXFREQ MO CELL CHGR TEI SIG MCTRI DCP1 SC

RXOTRX-800-3 BK4038B ALL 3 CONC 1 205
512 810

CCMD CCID CCTP EMTP EMDI EMRA

NONE 0 1 0 UNDEF UNDEF

END
<rxmop:MO=RXOmctr-800-0&&-4;
RADIO X-CEIVER ADMINISTRATION
TXMPWR. TX maximum power mode
MANAGED OBJECT DATA This parameter indicates how the maximum TX power
is configured.
MO MAXPWR MAXTRX PAO TXMPWR IPM MIXEDMODE TPO
RXOMCTR-800-0 45.0 1 OFF AUTO OFF OFF OFF AUTO Maximum TX power is set equally for all the
MINFREQ MAXFREQ TXs using MCTR. MANUAL Maximum TX power is
512 810 configured manually.
CCMD CCID CCTP EMTP EMDI EMRA
NONE 0 1 0 UNDEF UNDEF <rxmop:MO=RXOtx-800-0&-2&-3;
RADIO X-CEIVER ADMINISTRATION
MANAGED OBJECT DATA
MO MAXPWR MAXTRX PAO TXMPWR IPM MIXEDMODE TPO
RXOMCTR-800-1 45.0 2 OFF AUTO OFF OFF OFF MO CELL CHGR BAND ANT MPWR
RXOTX-800-0 BK4038A ALL GSM1900 ALPHAA 45

MINFREQ MAXFREQ MO CELL CHGR BAND ANT MPWR

512 810 RXOTX-800-2 BK4038B ALL GSM1900 ALPHAB 42

MO CELL CHGR BAND ANT MPWR

CCMD CCID CCTP EMTP EMDI EMRA RXOTX-800-3 BK4038B ALL GSM1900 BETAB 42
NONE 0 1 0 UNDEF UNDEF END

END
<rxmop:MO=RXOmctr-800-0&&-4;
RADIO X-CEIVER ADMINISTRATION
MIXEDMODE. Mixed mode
MANAGED OBJECT DATA This parameter indicates if mixed mode on the
MO MAXPWR MAXTRX PAO TXMPWR IPM MIXEDMODE TPO
MCTR is activated.
RXOMCTR-800-0 45.0 1 OFF AUTO OFF OFF OFF

MINFREQ MAXFREQ
512 810

CCMD CCID CCTP EMTP EMDI EMRA

NONE 0 1 0 UNDEF UNDEF

MO MAXPWR MAXTRX PAO TXMPWR IPM MIXEDMODE TPO

RXOMCTR-800-1 45.0 2 OFF AUTO OFF OFF OFF

MINFREQ MAXFREQ
512 810

CCMD CCID CCTP EMTP EMDI EMRA

NONE 0 1 0 UNDEF UNDEF

END
How many MCTRs should I configured?

# of
Radio Type CPRI RBB MCTRs
Radios
1 RUS01 / RUS02 1 RBB12_1A 1
2 RUS01 / RUS02 2 RBB22_1A 2
1 RRUS01 /RRUS11 1 RBB12_1A 1
1 AIR21 (Single/Mixed) 1 RBB12_1A 1
2 AIR21 (DMMA) 2 RBB24_1A 2
1 RRUS 2212 1 RBB22_1B 2
2 RRUS 2212 (RRUS 4424) 2 RBB44_2C 4
1 RRUS32 1 RBB44_1D 4
1 AIR32 1 RBB44_1D 4
1 RRUS 4415 1 RBB44_1D 4
How should I define them on BSC?

One MCTR Two MCTRs Four MCTRs

MSMM
Multistandard
Mixedmode
A FUNCTIONALITY THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO
SHARE RADIO UNIT ALL STANDARDS (RUS)
BETWEEN GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE
COMMUNICATIONS (GSM) AND WIDEBAND CODE
DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (WCDMA), OR GSM
AND LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE), IN ONE BTS
CABINET
What is needed for Mixedmode?

Synchronization source is
BSC is licensed for Mixedmode Mixedmode is ON on MCTR MO connected and configured
 • NO SYNC SOURCE
• GPS SYNC
Synchronization • NODEGROUP SYNC
• GRANDMASTER SYNC
No synchronization source

 Applies only for Singlemode configurations

GPS

Singlemode Mixedmode
 DUG can use its own GPS OVPs  DUG must be connected on the same OVP
used by the RBS sharing radios
<rxmop:MO=RXOtf-800; <rxmop:MO=RXOtf-800;
RADIO X-CEIVER ADMINISTRATION RADIO X-CEIVER ADMINISTRATION
MANAGED OBJECT DATA MANAGED OBJECT DATA

MO TFMODE SYNCSRC TFCOMPNEG TFCOMPPOS FSOFFSET TFAUTO MO TFMODE SYNCSRC TFCOMPNEG TFCOMPPOS FSOFFSET TFAUTO
RXOTF-800 SA DEFAULT OFF NO RXOTF-800 SA INTE 0 NO
END END
GPS installation

GPS OVPs GPS OVP to GPS Receiver GPS antenna

NGS (Node Group Synchronization)

<rxmop:MO=RXOtf-800;
 A Node Group is a group of RBS nodes that must RADIO X-CEIVER ADMINISTRATION
be radio-synchronized to each other. MANAGED OBJECT DATA

MO TFMODE SYNCSRC TFCOMPNEG TFCOMPPOS FSOFFSET TFAUTO

 The MO is created for each member of the Node RXOTF-800
END
SA DEFAULT 0 NO

Group. Each Node Group uses only one external

synchronization reference.
 The node that uses the external synchronization
reference is called the Synchronization Provider.
 The other nodes in the Node Group are called
Synchronization Receivers.
 Applies only for Mixedmode configurations
 Position Description
A -48 V DC power supply
B Optical Indicators
C Earth grounding point
D (Active) Optical cable 1
E (Active) Optical cable 2
F (Passive) RF connector 2
G (Passive) RF connector 1
Grandmaster Sync
Power
Configuration
 Cell Power

This command prints cell configuration power

data.
<rlcpp:cell=BK4038A&BK4038B&BK4038C;
CELL CONFIGURATION POWER DATA
 BSPWRB. This parameter indicates the BTS
CELL TYPE BSPWRB BSPWRT MSTXPWR SCTYPE output power, expressed in dBm, for BCCH
BK4038A INT 36 36 30 Radio Frequency (RF) channel numbers.
BK4038B INT 39 40 30
BK4038C INT 41 41 30
END  BSPWRT. This parameter indicates the BTS
output power, expressed in dBm, for non-
BCCH RF channel numbers.
 MCTR and TX Power

 MAXPWR. Maximum power of MCTR  MPWR. Maximum TX power

This parameter indicates the maximum mean output This parameter indicates the maximum TX power,
power of MCTR. This parameter is expressed in dBm. expressed in dBm.

<rxmop:MO=RXOmctr-800-0; <rxmop:MO=RXOtx-800-0;
RADIO X-CEIVER ADMINISTRATION RADIO X-CEIVER ADMINISTRATION
MANAGED OBJECT DATA MANAGED OBJECT DATA

MO MAXPWR MAXTRX PAO TXMPWR IPM MIXEDMODE MO CELL CHGR BAND ANT MPWR
TPO RXOTX-800-0 BK4038A ALL GSM1900 ALPHAA 49
RXOMCTR-800-0 49.0 1 OFF AUTO OFF OFF END
OFF

MINFREQ MAXFREQ
512 810

CCMD CCID CCTP EMTP EMDI EMRA

NONE 0 1 0 UNDEF UNDEF

END
 Max power per Max No. of Max Total
Product Name Product Number
Tx [W] Tx Power [W]

RUS 01 B2 KRC 118 66/1 60 1 60 W

Radio Power RUS 01 B2

RRUS 01 B2
KRC 118 66/2
KRC 118 74/1
80
60
1
1
80 W
60 W
Capacity Data AIR 21 B2A B4P KRC 118 023/1 30 2 60 W
AIR 32 B2A B66AP KRD 901 147/1 30 4 120 W
RRUS 32 B2 KRC 161 414/1 40 4 160 W
Radio 2212 B2 B25 KRC 161 688/1 80 2 160 W
Radio 4415 B2 B25 KRC 161 636/1 40 4 160 W
 Power Missmatch

Nominal Power missmatch Power hardware activation codes

 BSPWRB and BSPWRT on Cell Power  MAXPWR and MPWR on MCTR and TX
settings is higher than MAXPWR and MOs is higher than the Radio Power Capacity.
MPWR on MCTR and TX MOs.

MO RESULT ARFCN TXAD BSPWR C0F MISMATCH MO RESULT ARFCN TXAD BSPWR C0F MISMATCH
RXOTX-800-0 UNUSED NPWR RXOTX-800-0 UNUSED PWRHWAC
RXOTX-800-2 UNUSED NPWR RXOTX-800-2 UNUSED PWRHWAC
RXOTX-800-3 UNUSED NPWR RXOTX-800-3 UNUSED PWRHWAC
RXOTX-800-4 UNUSED NPWR RXOTX-800-4 UNUSED PWRHWAC

RXCDP:MO=RXOTG-800;
RX Diversity
alarms
RX Path Imbalance RX Diversity Lost Imbalance test
25/05/2020 01:48:59 p. m.
There is an imbalance in signal strength This fault is raised if the difference in TRXC-0:
between the receiver paths for one or signal strength between two antennas in   RX Path Imbalance:
RX imb. superv. values:
more TRXs. Depending on which RX the same antenna system exceeds the RX Supervision window configured time: 1440 min
path has the lowest signal strength, one Path Imbalance limits defined. Supervision window elapsed time: 1440 min
Average delta signal strength A-B: 2.8dB
or more of the related faults are also Number of samples A-B: 1283

raised. Fault Code: CF 2A:57  

25/05/2020 01:49:00 p. m.
TRXC-2:
Fault Code: CF 2A:33   RX Path Imbalance:
RX imb. superv. values:
Supervision window configured time: 1440 min
Supervision window elapsed time: 1440 min
Average delta signal strength A-B: 2.8dB
Number of samples A-B: 1111
 
25/05/2020 01:49:00 p. m.
RX Path Imbalance range: +6 dB TRXC-4:
  RX Path Imbalance:
RX imb. superv. values:
Supervision window configured time: 2880 min
Supervision window elapsed time: 2880 min
Average delta signal strength A-B: 8.3dB
Number of samples A-B: 12429
Troubleshooting approach

1. Confirm Loss and Delays parameters are correct on IDB.

1. Singlemode scenario. Loss and Delay values must be provided by Market
2. Mixedmode scenario. Loss and Delays values must match L1900 or U1900 Attenuation and
Delay parameters.
2. Ask SP to look for loose/damaged cables and connectors.
3. Confirm TMA configuration match devices installed on affected sectors.
4. Confirm with CIQ information that RBB used on IDB is correct
5. If the alarm triggers on a site with AIR antenna, there is s a high possibility that AIR is
faulty
6. If the DUG is using 2 RUS by sector, check that Rx cables are connected between radios.
7. Test swapping lines and hardware.