16.

February 2008 Security Level:

NodeB Product
Introduction

GUL Base Station Design Dept, WN www.huawei.com

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Objectives
After completing this course, you are supposed to:
 Know NodeB types
 Know the main NodeB features
 Come away with a sense of NodeB application
 Pass the corresponding test

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Contents

 NodeB Products and Application

Scenarios

 Flexible Configuration and Networking

 Excellent NodeB Performance

 Advanced CNBAP Processing Capability

 Effective O&M

 Typical Solutions

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Base Stations of Various Types Required to Adapt to
Complex Radio Environments
Capacity
Requirement  Due to complex and variable radio
environments, base stations of various
types must be deployed together to
meet network construction
requirements.

Urban area
Indoor

Macro base stations

Suburban
area Rural area
Distributed base stations

Micro/small-cell base stations

Pico base stations Road Mountainous Coverage
area Requirement

Densely populated Suburban Rural area and

Indoor mountainous area
urban area area

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Development of Huawei Base Stations
2008: iPhone3
2009: iPhone3GS
Large-scale
Large-scale use in
establishment of
Vodafone, breaking
UMTS networks
through the
Use of the Global market with
capability of Tier-1
industry-leading carriers in Europe mass delivery, leading 2010: iPhone4
IP RAN Worldwide use competitiveness, and
Huawei’s first technology and support for multimode
commercial commercial use in evolution
UMTS network Italy offices
in United Arab
Emirates (UAE) Third-generation
base station Fourth-generation
Second-generation (distributed base base station
base station station) (BTS3900/DBS3900)
(BTS3812E) High capacity and
Comprised of BBUs
•Support for HSPA flexible deployment
First-generation and RRUs, adaptive
•Support for IP RAN to flexible
base station •Higher networking
(BTS3812) capacity/integration

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010+

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Huawei Base Station – Flexible and Ubiquitous
Base Station in the Future

Cloud BB resource pools

and inter-site coordination
Second- or BBU3900 • Enhanced multimode co- are used to improve user
Third- baseband BBU3910 experience and capacity of
Fourth-generation Base Station • Blade BBUs for easy base stations.
generation Macro solutions
Base
Station
RRU

Blade RRUs, one box used High-order MIMO

significantly improves
The AAS is used to
spectral efficiency as
improve site performance.
well as site capacity.

BTS3812E BTS3900
(UMTS)
• Multimode RRU modules
Different cabinets • Multi-band multi-RAT co-
and modules are Together with MBB solutions, small-
cabinet co-subrack co-board cell base stations are designed to
designed for
different modes. provide seamless coverage and Environment-friendly small-cell
solve capacity bottlenecks.
base stations are ubiquitous .

2003 2007 2012 2016 future

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Development of Mainstream RRU Modules on UMTS
Networks

RRU3801c RRU3806 RRU3826 RRU3826

(FPGA-based) (SD6211-based) (SD6212-based) (SD6217-based)

RRU3801c RRU3806 RRU3826 RRU3826

Specifications
(FPGA-based) (SD6211-based) (SD6212-based) (SD6217-based)
18 L
12 L 12 L
Volume/Weight 24 L/20 kg < 15 kg (without a
< 14 kg (without a housing) < 14 kg (without a housing)
housing)
Chip Capability Six carriers Eight carriers
Two carriers Four carriers
Number of UL evolution: 2U+1L 5 MHz UL evolution:
1C 1T1R LTE UL evolution: 1U+1L 5
Carriers, and UL 2U+1L 10 MHz 3U+2L
evolution MHz, 1U+1L 10 MHz
Evolution 1U+1L 20 MHz L2 support for 10 MHz+10 MHz

Tx IBW 10 MHz 25 MHz 30 MHz/40 MHz > 40 MHz

To meet the integrated and flexible markets, UMTS RRU modules are developed for small size, improved power, and high
bandwidth.
SDR has become the basic feature of RRU modules.
The UMTS RRU modules have achieved a 50% decrease in volume and 300% increase in density.

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Huawei Base Station Family
 These base stations and outdoor auxiliary equipment are developed to adapt to different scenarios and to meet operators' requirements for
network construction.

BTS3900 BTS3900A DBS3900

Indoor macro base station Outdoor distributed macro base station Distributed base station

Outdoor transmission Outdoor power

cabinet cabinet

BTS3900C BBU3900+RHUB+pRRU TMC BBC

Small-cell base station Distributed base station for indoor coverage Base station auxiliary equipment

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Module Introduction

RRU38 RRU3 RRU3 RRU380 RRU380 RRU380 RRU382 RRU382

RRU Type
24 826 804 1C 1E 8 8 9

Maximum
60 W 80 W 60 W 40 W 40 W 2 x 40 W 2 x 40 W 2 x 60 W
Output Power
BBU3900
RRU Number of
WRFU Supported 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 4
Carriers

Function Modules RRU Types and Specifications

Indoor cabinet Outdoor RF cabinet APM30 Transmission cabinet Storage battery cabinet

Auxiliary Equipment

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BBU3900 Specifications

• Baseband specifications:
– Maximum configuration: 6x4/3x8
– UL/DL: 1536 CEs/1536 CEs
• CPRI rate: 1.25 Gbit/s or 2.5 Gbit/s
• Max weight: 11 kg (7 kg for typical
configuration)
• Operating temperature: –20°C to +55°C
• IP rating: IP20
• Dimension: 86 mm x 442 mm x 310 mm
External power supply
• Power supply: –57 V DC to –38 V DC
Control subsystem
Signaling
Clock module O&M Power module
processing

demodula
decoding
Transmission adaptation

tion
protocol processing

FP protocol
processing

Interface
module

Power
control
Transmission
interface

Coding Modulation

Transmission subsystem Baseband subsystem

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WRFU Specifications

• Sensitivity
– -125.5 dBm
• Working bandwidth and number of carriers
– 25 MHz, one to four carriers
• Output power
– One carrier configured: 80 W per carrier
– Two carriers configured: 40 W per carrier
– Four carriers configured: 20 W per carrier
• Channel capability
– 1T2R
• Dimensions: 396 mm x 305 mm x 71 mm
Power
• Weight: 12 kg
TX signal
amplifier
• Power supply: –57 V DC to –38.4 V DC
processing unit
• Max power: 310 W
High-speed interface module

• Operating temperature: –20°C to +55°C

Duplexer

RX signal
processing unit
• IP rating: IP54
• Other specifications:
Antenna system
– Support for AISG 1.1/2.0
Extension
interface
Power
module – Support for adaptive rate 1.25 Gbit/s or 2.5 Gbit/s
over the CPRI interface

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WRFUa Specifications

• Sensitivity
– -125.5 dBm
• Working bandwidth and number of carriers
– 25 MHz, one to four carriers
• Output power
– One carrier configured: 80 W per carrier
– Two carriers configured: 40 W per carrier
– Four carriers configured: 20 W per carrier
• Channel capability
– 1T2R
• Dimensions: 396 mm x 305 mm x 71 mm
• Weight: 12 kg
• Power supply: –57 V DC to –38.4 V DC
• Max power: 375 W
• Operating temperature: –20°C to +55°C
• IP rating: IP54
• Other specifications:
– Support for AISG 1.1/2.0
– Support for adaptive rate 1.25 Gbit/s or 2.5 Gbit/s over the CPRI interface

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WRFUd
• Sensitivity
–126.1 dBm
• Working bandwidth and number of carriers
40 MHz, six carriers
• Output power
– One carrier configured: 2x40 W per carrier
– Two carriers configured: 2x30 W per carrier
– Six carriers configured: 20 W per carrier
• Channel capability
2T2R
• Dimensions: 9 U x 14 HP x 308.5 mm
• Weight: 12 kg
• Power supply: –38.4 V DC to –57 V DC
• Max power: 470 W
• Operating temperature: –40°C to +50°C
• IP rating: IP54
• Other specifications:
– Support for AISG 1.1/2.0
– Support for auto switching among 4.9 Gbit/s, 2.5
Gbit/s, and 1.25 Gbit/s over CPRI interfaces

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RRU3804 Specifications

• Sensitivity
– -125.5 dBm
• Working bandwidth and number of carriers
– 25 MHz, one to four carriers
• Output power
– One carrier configured: 60 W
– Two carriers configured: 30 W per carrier
– Three carriers configured: 20 W per carrier
– Four carriers configured: 15 W per carrier
• Channel capability
– 1T2R
Power
• Dimensions: 480 mm x 270 mm x 140 mm
amplifier
TX signal • Weight: 15 kg
processing unit
• Power supply: –60 V DC to –40 V DC
High-speed interface module

Duplexer

• Max power: 375 W

RX signal
processing unit
• Operating temperature: –40°C to +50°C
Antenna system
• IP rating: IP65
Extension Power • Other specifications:
interface module
– Support for AISG 1.1/2.0
– Support for CPRI2.0

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RRU3828 Specifications
• Sensitivity: -126.1 dBm
• Working bandwidth and number of carriers: 60 MHz, one to six carriers
• Channel capability: 2T2R
• Output power
1T2R mode
– 1 carrier @ PA1: 40 W
– 2 carrier @ PA1: 20 W (In the configuration of 60 MHz IBW and 100000000001
carrier configuration, each carrier experiences a power back-off of 1 dB. That is,
the power of each carrier is 15 W.)
– 3 carrier @ PA1: 13 W
– 4 carrier @ PA1: 10 W
– 1 carrier @ PA1 + 1 carrier @ PA2: 40 W
– 2 carrier @ PA1 + 2 carrier @ PA2: 20 W
– 3 carrier @ PA1 + 3 carrier @ PA2: 13 W
2T2R mode
• Dimensions: 400 mm x 240 mm x 160 mm – 1 carrier: 40 W + 40 W
• Weight: 15 kg – 2 carrier: 20 W + 20 W (60 MHz IBW, 100000000001 configuration, 1 dB power
• Power supply: –57 V DC to –36 V DC back-off , 2*15W/C)
• Max power: 310 W – 3 carrier: 13 W + 13 W
• Operating temperature: - 40°C to +50°C – 4 carrier: 10 W + 10 W
(1120 W/ m2) – MIMO+(1T2R)
• IP rating: IP65 – One carrier configured with MIMO and the other five carriers configured with
• Other specifications: 1T2R
– Support for AISG 1.1/2.0 – Two carriers configured with MIMO and the other four carriers configured with
– Support for adaptive rate 1.25 Gbit/s or 2.5 1T2R
Gbit/s over the CPRI interface – Three carriers configured with MIMO and two carriers configured with 1T2R

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RRU3829 Specifications
• Sensitivity: -126.1 dBm
• Working bandwidth and number of carriers: 60 MHz, one to six carriers
• Channel capability: 2T2R
• Output power
1T2R mode
– 1 carrier @ PA1: 60 W
– 2 carrier @ PA1: 30 W (In the configuration of 60 MHz IBW and 100000000001
carrier configuration, each carrier experiences a power back-off of 1 dB. That is,
the power of each carrier is 23 W.)
– 3 carrier @ PA1: 20 W
– 4 carrier @ PA1: 15 W
– 1 carrier @ PA1 + 1 carrier @ PA2: 60 W
– 2 carrier @ PA1 + 2 carrier @ PA2: 30 W
– 3 carrier @ PA1 + 3 carrier @ PA2: 20 W
• Dimensions: 485 mm x 300 mm x 170 mm 2T2R mode
• Weight: 22 kg – 1 carrier: 40 W + 40 W
• Power supply: –57 V DC to –36 V DC – 2 carrier: 30 W + 30 W (60 MHz IBW, 100000000001configuration, 1 dB power
• Max power: 460 W back-off, 2*23W/C)
• Operating temperature: - 40°C to +50°C – 3 carrier: 20 W + 20 W
(1120 W/ m2) – 4 carrier: 15 W + 15 W
• IP rating: IP65 – MIMO+(1T2R)
• Other specifications: – One carrier configured with MIMO and the other five carriers configured with 1T2R
– Support for AISG 1.1/2.0 – Two carriers configured with MIMO and the other four carriers configured with
– Support for adaptive rate 1.25 Gbit/s or 1T2R
2.5 Gbit/s over the CPRI interface – Three carriers configured with MIMO and two carriers configured with 1T2R

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RRU3824 Specifications

• Sensitivity
– -125.5 dBm
• Working bandwidth and number of carriers
– 25 MHz, one to four carriers
• Channel capability
– 1T2R
• Output power
– One carrier configured: 60 W
– Two carriers configured: 30 W per carrier
– Three carriers configured: 20 W per carrier
– Four carriers configured: 15 W per carrier
• Dimensions: 400 mm x 300 mm x 100 mm
• Weight: 14 kg
• Power supply: –57 V DC to –36 V DC
• Max power: 300 W
• Operating temperature: –40°C to +50°C (1120
Power

W/m2)
amplifier
TX signal
processing unit
High-speed interface module

• IP rating: IP65
Duplexer

RX signal
processing unit
• Other specifications:
Antenna system
– Support for AISG 1.1/2.0
Extension
interface
Power
module
– Support for adaptive rate 1.25 Gbit/s or 2.5
Gbit/s over the CPRI interface

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RRU3826 Specifications
• Sensitivity
– -125.5 dBm
• Working bandwidth and number of carriers
– 30 MHz (before optimization)/40 MHz (after
optimization), one to four carriers
• Channel capability
– 1T2R
• Output power
– One carrier configured: 80 W
– Two carriers configured: 40 W per carrier
– Three carriers configured: 26 W per carrier
– Four carriers configured: 20 W per carrier
• Dimensions: 400 mm x 300 mm x 100 mm
• Weight: 14 kg
• Power supply: –57 V DC to –36 V DC
• Max power: 300 W
Power
• Operating temperature: –40°C to +50°C (1120 W/m2)
•
amplifier
TX signal IP rating: IP65
processing unit

•
High-speed interface module

Other specifications:
Duplexer

RX signal
– Support for AISG 1.1/2.0
processing unit
– Support for adaptive rate 1.25 Gbit/s or 2.5 Gbit/s
Antenna system
over the CPRI interface
Extension Power
interface module

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RRU3838 Specifications
• Sensitivity: -126.1 dBm
• Working bandwidth and number of carriers: 60 MHz, one to six
carriers
• Channel capability: 2T2R
• Output power
1T2R mode
– 1 carrier @ PA1: 40 W
– 2 carrier @ PA1: 20 W
– 3 carrier @ PA1: 13 W
– 4 carrier @ PA1: 10 W
– 1 carrier @ PA1 + 1 carrier @ PA2: 40 W
– 2 carrier @ PA1 + 2 carrier @ PA2: 20 W
– 3 carrier @ PA1 + 3 carrier @ PA2: 13 W
• Dimensions: 400 mm x 300 mm x 100 mm
2T2R mode
• Weight: 14 kg
– 1 carrier: 40 W + 40 W
• Power supply: –57 V DC to –36 V DC
– 2 carrier: 20 W + 20 W
• Max power: 290 W
– 3 carrier: 13 W + 13 W
• Operating temperature: - 40°C to +50°C
– 4 carrier: 10 W + 10 W
(1120 W/ m2)
– MIMO+(1T2R)
• IP rating: IP65
– One carrier configured with MIMO and the other five carriers
• Other specifications:
– Support for AISG 1.1/2.0 configured with 1T2R
– Support for adaptive rate 1.25 Gbit/s or 2.5 – Two carriers configured with MIMO and the other four carriers
Gbit/s over the CPRI interface configured with 1T2R
– Three carriers configured with MIMO and two carriers
configured with 1T2R

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 RRU3839 Specifications
• Sensitivity: -126.1 dBm
• Working bandwidth and number of carriers: 60 MHz, one to six carriers
• Channel capability: 2T2R
• Output power
1T2R mode
– 1 carrier @ PA1: 60 W
– 2 carrier @ PA1: 30 W
– 3 carrier @ PA1: 20 W
– 4 carrier @ PA1: 15 W
– 1 carrier @ PA1 + 1 carrier @ PA2: 60 W
– 2 carrier @ PA1 + 2 carrier @ PA2: 30 W
• Dimensions: 400 mm x 300 mm x 100 mm – 3 carrier @ PA1 + 3 carrier @ PA2: 20 W
• Weight: 14 kg 2T2R mode
• Power supply: –57 V DC to –36 V DC – 1 carrier: 40 W + 40 W
• Max power: 370 W – 2 carrier: 30 W + 30 W
• Operating temperature: - 40°C to +50°C – 3 carrier: 20 W + 20 W
(1120 W/ m2) – 4 carrier: 15 W + 15 W
• IP rating: IP65 – MIMO+(1T2R)
• Other specifications: – One carrier configured with MIMO and the other five carriers configured with
– Support for AISG 1.1/2.0 1T2R
– Support for adaptive rate 1.25 Gbit/s or – Two carriers configured with MIMO and the other four carriers configured with
2.5 Gbit/s over the CPRI interface 1T2R
– Three carriers configured with MIMO and two carriers configured with 1T2R

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RRU3832 Specifications
• Sensitivity: -126.1 dBm
• Working bandwidth and number of carriers: 60 MHz, one to six
carriers
• Channel capability: 2T4R
• Output power
1T2R/1T4R mode
– 1 carrier @ PA1: 60 W
– 2 carrier @ PA1: 30 W
– 3 carrier @ PA1: 20 W
– 4 carrier @ PA1: 15 W
– 1 carrier @ PA1 + 1 carrier @ PA2: 60 W
– 2 carrier @ PA1 + 2 carrier @ PA2: 30 W
– 3 carrier @ PA1 + 3 carrier @ PA2: 20 W
2T2R/2T4R mode
• Dimensions: 400 mm x 300 mm x 100 mm
– 1 carrier: 40 W + 40 W
• Weight: 14 kg
– 2 carrier: 30 W + 30 W
• Power supply: –57 V DC to –36 V DC
– 3 carrier: 20 W + 20 W
• Max power: 370 W
– 4 carrier: 15 W + 15 W
• Operating temperature: - 40°C to +50°C
– MIMO+(1T2R)
(1120 W/ m2)
– One carrier configured with MIMO and the other five carriers
• IP rating: IP65
configured with 1T2R
• Other specifications:
– Two carriers configured with MIMO and the other four carriers
– Support for AISG 1.1/2.0
configured with 1T2R
– Support for adaptive rate 1.25 Gbit/s or
– Three carriers configured with MIMO and two carriers configured
2.5 Gbit/s over the CPRI interface
with 1T2R

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BTS3900 Specifications
• Frequency bands
– RX band: 1920 MHz to 1980 MHz
– TX band: 2110 MHz to 2170 MHz
• Capacity
– 24 cells; Maximum configuration: 6x4/3x8
– UL: 1536 CEs
– DL: 1536 CE s
• Output power
– 80 W per antenna
• Transmission ports
– Up to 32 E1/T1 ports, two FE electrical ports, and two FE
optical ports
• Clock synchronization
– Clock extracted from the Iub interface, GPS clock, BITS
clock, OCXO free-run clock, and IP clock
• Dimension
– 900 mm x 600 mm x 450 mm
• Input power
– –48 V DC (range: –57 V DC to –38.4 V DC)
– +24 V DC (range: +21.6 V DC to +29 V DC)
– 220 V AC single- or three-phase power cables are
required.
• Temperature
– -20℃ to +50℃

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BTS3900A Specifications
• Frequency bands
– RX band: 1920 MHz to 1980 MHz
– TX band: 2110 MHz to 2170 MHz
• Capacity
– 24 cells; Maximum configuration: 6x4/3x8
– UL: 6144 CEs
– DL: 6144 CE s
• Output power
– 80 W per antenna
• Transmission ports
– Up to 32 E1/T1 ports, two FE electrical ports, and two FE
optical ports
• Clock synchronization
– Clock extracted from the Iub interface, GPS clock, BITS clock,
OCXO free-run clock, and IP clock
• Dimension
– APM30
– Power cabinet
• Input power
– –48 V DC (range: –57 V DC to –38.4 V DC)
– +24 V DC (range: +21.6 V DC to +29 V DC)
– 220 V AC single- or three-phase power cables are required.
• Temperature
– -20℃ to +50℃

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DBS3900 Specifications
• Frequency bands
– RX band: 1920 MHz to 1980 MHz
RRU3804 RRU3804 RRU3804 – TX band: 2110 MHz to 2170 MHz
• Capacity
– 24 cells; Maximum configuration: 6x4/3x8
– UL: 6144 CEs
– DL: 6144 CE s
• Output power
– 80 W per antenna
• Transmission ports
– Up to 32 E1/T1 ports, two FE electrical ports, and two FE
optical ports
• Clock synchronization
O&M – Clock extracted from the Iub interface, GPS clock, BITS
module
RNC clock, OCXO free-run clock, and IP clock
• Dimension
optical cable
– BBU
power cable
– RRU
RNC
• Input power
– –48 V DC (range: –57 V DC to –38.4 V DC)
• Temperature
– -40℃ to +50℃

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BBU3910A
• Frequency bands
– RX band: 1920 MHz to 1980 MHz
– TX band: 2110 MHz to 2170 MHz
• Capacity
– 12 cells; Maximum configuration: 6x2/3x4
– UL: 1024 CEs
– DL: 1024 CE s
• Output power
– 60 W per antenna
• Transmission ports
– One electrical port (RJ45-type) and one optical port (SC or LC type)
• Clock synchronization
– GNSS clock, IEEE 1588v2 clock, Huawei IPCLK protocol-based clock,
Ethernet clock source, 1588v2+SYNCETH hybrid clock source
• Dimensions
– BBU
• Input power
–48 V DC (range: –57 V DC to –38.4 V DC)
• Temperature
– 40℃ to +50℃

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BTS3900C Specifications
• Frequency bands
– RX band: 1920 MHz to 1980 MHz
– TX band: 2110 MHz to 2170 MHz
• Capacity
– O1
– UL: 384 CEs
– DL: 384 CE s
• Output power
– 60 W per antenna
• Transmission ports
– Up to 8 E1/T1 ports, two FE electrical ports, and two FE optical ports
• Clock synchronization
– Clock extracted from the Iub interface, GPS clock, BITS clock, OCXO
free-run clock, and IP clock
• Dimensions
– BBU
– RRU
• Input power
– –48 V DC (range: –57 V DC to –38.4 V DC)
– 220 V AC single-phase power cable is required.
– 110 V dual-live wires are required.
• Temperature
– -40℃ to +50℃
• IP rating
– -IP55

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Contents

 NodeB Products and Application

Scenarios

 Flexible Configuration and

Networking

 Excellent NodeB Performance

 Advanced CNBAP Processing

Capability

 Effective O&M

 Typical Solutions

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Structure of Distributed Base Station
Feeder

TX/RX duple
RX channel 0
RX channel 1 TX channel Close to the antennas
Feeder loss reduced
Independent RF module
Power amplifier Separate installation
Receiver 0 Receiver 1 Separate capacity expansion
Transmitter

High-rate data
interface
RRU3801C
Optical fiber Standard CPRI port

High-rate data interface

Small size
Light weight
Main control
UL DL unit Standard structure
Independent baseband module baseband baseband
resource resource Easy installation
pool pool Monitoring
unit Separate installation
BBU3806
Separate capacity expansion
Transmission interfaced To the RNC
unit

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Characteristics of Distributed Base Station Structure

RF unit

RRU

Optical fiber
CPRI
+
Baseband unit
BBU

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CPRI Port

BBU or Host NodeB

I/Q digital signal RRU

TRX
Baseband processing unit Optical fiber Remote radio unit
CPRI

Enterprises who initiate CPRI standards More than 60 enterprises have joined the CPRI standard.

HUAWEI

CPRI …

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Typical Configurations of the Distributed Base Station

AC RRU DC RRU AC RRU

Power cable Cabinet for Power

and optical GSM cable and
fiber networks optical fiber
APM100
SPD BBU Power AFB
Lightning
cable and
BBU
protection box
optical fiber
BBU Transmission
Transmission
AC power cable
cable

Optical fiber AC power

AC power

 3X2 configuration (without RRU  3X2 configuration  3X2 configuration (without

power backup)  The APM is used for power backup)
 The cabinet for GSM networks is power backup.  The AFB is used.
used to house the BBU.

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Capacity Expansion for Distributed Base Stations

3x1
3 x 1 (redundancy)/3 x 2

3x2
3x4
BBUs can be interconnected. Logically, multiple BBUs compose a base station and share baseband
resources.
After sub-boards are added, one BBU can support 3 x 2 configuration and two BBUs can support 3 x 4
configuration.

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BBU Capacity Expansion
Capacity expansion can be achieved
through board addition or BBU stacking.
In BBU interconnection scenarios,
interconnected BBUs are logically
considered as a base station and share the
baseband resources in the baseband
resource pool.
The BBU features a small size and flexible
installation.
Capacity expansion is implemented
through cabling at the front of the cabinet
and therefore is not restricted by backplane
configurations.
Capacity expansion through BBU stacking
also facilitates load sharing and
redundancy.

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 BBU3900 Architecture

Height: 2 U
8 slots

FAN WBBP/ UTRP WMPT/ UEPU

UBBP UMPT
WMPT:
WCDMA Main Processing
& Transmission unit
UTRP:
Universal Transmission
UMPT:
Resource Processing Universal Main Processing &
Unit Transmission unit

WBBP:
WCDMA baseband processing
and interfacing board
UBBP:
Universal Baseband Processing
8 card slots, flexible replacement and easy evolution Unit
High integration and capacity, 2 U high, support for 24 cells, UL/DL 6144 CEs
The UMTS CPRI cable can be connected to only slot 2 or 3.

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 BBU3910 Architecture

Height: 2 U
8 slots

FAN UBBP UMPT UEPU

UMPT:
UTRP: Universal Main Processing &
Universal Transmission Transmission unit
Resource Processing
Unit

UBBP:
Universal Baseband Processing
Unit
8 card slots, flexible replacement and easy evolution
High integration and capacity, 2 U high, support for 24 cells, Max: UL/DL 6144 CEs
The UMTS CPRI cable can be connected to any slot.
The BBU3910 must be installed in the Ver.D cabinet and supports the boards as follows: UMPT, UBBP,
UTRPc, UTRPa, UBRIb, and USCU.
The BBU3910 can be connected to the BBU3900.

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WMPT/UMPT Specifications

F WBBP UTRP PWR F WBBP UTRP PWR

A WBBP UTRP A WBBP UTRP
WBBP WMPT PWR WBBP UMPT PWR
N N
WBBP WMPT WBBP UMPT

WMPT:
 Transport interface: 4 E1, 1 FE electrical interface, 1 FE optical interface
 Clock function: Providing primary reference clock signals for the entire NodeB
 Signaling processing for the whole NodeB
 O&M: Supporting O&M
 The maximum configuration of WMPT is 2 and the minimum configuration is 1.
 Support for cold backup and services are interrupted for about 2 minutes when one WMPT is
faulty.
UMPT:
 Transport interface: 4 E1/T1 in ATM or IP transmission,1 electrical FE/GE, 1 optical FE/GE
 The maximum configuration of UMPT is 2 and the minimum configuration is 1.
 Support for cold backup and services are interrupted for about 2 minutes when one UMPT is
faulty.

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WBBP/UBBPd Board Configuration

1. The WBBP board is a UMTS baseband processing unit and only works in UMTS mode. A
UBBPd board installed in a single-mode base station or a separate-MPT multimode base
station can only work in a single RAT mode while a UBBPd board installed in a co-MPT
multimode base station can work in multi-RAT concurrent mode. The working mode of the
UBBPd board can be configured using the CME or MML commands.
2. Configure the UBBPd board to support UMTS and the required capacity by running the ADD
NODEBBBRES command with Capacity set to UMTS_ONLY(UMTS only),
MULTIMODE_UL192CE_DL256CE(Multimode UL192CE/DL256CE),
ULTIMODE_UL256CE_DL384CE(Multimode UL256CE/DL384CE), or
MULTIMODE_UL512CE_DL768CE(Multimode UL512CE/DL768CE).

A UBBPd board with the NODEBBBRES MO not configured cannot provide UMTS services.
Whenever the UBBPd board is required to work in UMTS mode, the related command must be
executed to enable the UBBPd board to work in UMTS mode.

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WBBP Specifications
Before RAN16.0 version

F WBBP UTRP PWR

A WBBP UTRP
WBBP WMPT PWR
N
WBBP WMPT

Module Introduced Uplink R99 Downlink

Board Type Cell HSDPA Capacity Remarks
Version /HSUPA CE R99 CE

WBBPa RAN10.0 3 cells 128 256 45 HSDPA codes HSUPA Ph1, GA 6/30

WBBPb1 RAN10.0 3 cells 64 64 45 HSDPA codes HSUPA Ph2, GA 9/30

WBBPb2 RAN10.0 3 cells 128 128 45 HSDPA codes HSUPA Ph2, GA 9/30
WBBPb3 RAN10.0 6 cells 256 256 90 HSDPA codes HSUPA Ph2, GA 9/30
WBBPb4 RAN10.0 6 cells 384 384 90 HSDPA codes HSUPA Ph2, GA 9/30
HSUPA Ph2+ UL 16QAM
WBBPd1 RAN12.0 6 cells 192 192 90 HSDPA codes
E-DCH IC / FDE/Boosting
HSUPA Ph2+ UL 16QAM
WBBPd2 RAN12.0 6 cells 384 384 90 HSDPA codes
E-DCH IC / FDE/Boosting
HSUPA Ph2+ UL 16QAM
WBBPd3 RAN12.0 6 cells 256 256 90 HSDPA codes
E-DCH IC / FDE/Boosting
WBBPf1 RAN14.0 6 cells 192 256 90 HSDPA codes Turbo IC
WBBPf2 RAN14.0 6 cells 256 384 90 HSDPA codes Turbo IC
WBBPf3 RAN14.0 6 cells 384 512 90 HSDPA codes Turbo IC
WBBPf4 RAN14.0 6 cells 512 768 90 HSDPA codes Turbo IC

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UBBP Specifications
From RAN16.0 version
F UBBP UTRP PWR
A UBBP UTRP
UBBP WMPT PWR
N
UBBP WMPT

Uplink
Module Introduced Downlink
Board Type Cell R99 HSDPA Capacity Remarks
Version R99 CE
/HSUPA CE
Turbo IC Phase2
UBBPd1 RAN16.0 6 cells 384 512 90 HSDPA codes
CCPIC Phase3
Turbo IC Phase2
UBBPd2 RAN16.0 6 cells 512 768 90 HSDPA codes
CCPIC Phase3
Turbo IC Phase2
UBBPd3 RAN16.0 6 cells 384 512 90 HSDPA codes
CCPIC Phase3
Turbo IC Phase2
UBBPd4 RAN16.0 6 cells 512 768 90 HSDPA codes
CCPIC Phase3
Turbo IC Phase2
UBBPd5 RAN16.0 6 cells 768 768 90 HSDPA codes
CCPIC Phase3
Turbo IC Phase2
UBBPd6 RAN16.0 12 cells 1024 1024 180 HSDPA codes
CCPIC Phase3

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 WBBP UL/DL Peak and Average Throughput
Module Introduced DL Average DL Peak UL Average UL Peak
Board Type Cells
Version Throughput Throughput Throughput Throughput

WBBPa RAN10.0 3 cells 15 Mbit/s 3 x 14.4 = 43.2 Mbit/s 3 x 2 = 6 Mbit/s 3 x 2 = 6 Mbit/s

63 Mbit/s (3 64QAM users)
WBBPb1 RAN10.0 3 cells 3 x 6.7 = 20 Mbit/s 3 x 1.45 = 4 Mbit/s 5.76 Mbit/s (CE limited)
63 Mbit/s (3 64QAM users) 2 x 5.76 = 11.52 Mbit/s (CE
WBBPb2 RAN10.0 3 cells 3 x 6.7 = 20 Mbit/s 3 x 2 = 6 Mbit/s
limited)
63 Mbit/s (3 64QAM users, RAN11.0) 4 x 5.7 6 = 23 Mbit/s (decoder
WBBPb3 RAN10.0 6 cells 6 x 6.7 = 40 Mbit/s 6 x 2 = 12 Mbit/s
84 Mbit/s (4 64QAM users, RAN12.0) capability)
63 Mbit/s (3 64QAM users, RAN11.0) 4 x 5.7 6 = 23 Mbit/s (decoder
WBBPb4 RAN10.0 6 cells 6 x 6.7 = 40 Mbit/s 6 x 2 = 12 Mbit/s
84 Mbit/s (4 64QAM users, RAN12.0) capability)
84 Mbit/s (2 64QAM+MIMO users, 2 DC+64QAM
users, 3 MIMO users, 4 64QAM users, RAN12.0) 23 Mbit/s (2 16QAM users)
WBBPd1 RAN12.0 6 cells 6 x 7 = 42 Mbit/s 3 x 3 = 9 Mbit/s
126 Mbit/s (3 64QAM+MIMO users, 6 64QAM (SD6106 limited)
users, RAN13.0)
84 Mbit/s (2 64QAM+MIMO users, 2 DC+64QAM
users, 3 MIMO users, 4 64QAM users, RAN12.0) 46 Mbit/s (4 16QAM users)
WBBPd2 RAN12.0 6 cells 6 x 7 = 42 Mbit/s 6 x 3 = 18 Mbit/s
126 Mbit/s (3 64QAM+MIMO users, 6 64QAM (SD6106 limited)
users, RAN13.0)
84 Mbit/s (2 64QAM+MIMO users, 2 DC+64QAM
users, 3 MIMO users, 4 64QAM users, RAN12.0) 46 Mbit/s (4 16QAM users)
WBBPd3 RAN12.0 6 cells 6 x 7 = 42 Mbit/s 6 x 3 = 18 Mbit/s
126 Mbit/s (3 64QAM+MIMO users, 6 64QAM (SD6106 limited)
users, RAN13.0)
126 Mbit/s (3 64QAM+MIMO users, 6 64QAM 34 Mbit/s (3 16QAM users)
WBBPf1 RAN14.0 6 cells 6 x 7 = 42 Mbit/s 6 x 3 = 18 Mbit/s
users) (1 3C+64QAM+MIMO user, RAN15.0) (CE limited)
126 Mbit/s (3 64QAM+MIMO users, 6 64QAM 46 Mbit/s (4 16QAM users)
WBBPf2 RAN14.0 6 cells 6 x 7 = 42 Mbit/s 6 x 3 = 18 Mbit/s
users) (1 3C+64QAM+MIMO user, RAN15.0) (CE limited)
126 Mbit/s (3 64QAM+MIMO users, 6 64QAM
WBBPf3 RAN14.0 6 cells 6 x 7 = 42 Mbit/s 6 x 3 = 18 Mbit/s 69 Mbit/s (6 16QAM users)
users) (1 3C+64QAM+MIMO user, RAN15.0)
252 Mbit/s (6 64QAM+MIMO users, 3
WBBPf4 RAN14.0 6 cells 6 x 7 = 42 Mbit/s DC+64QAM+MIMO users) (2 3C+64QAM+MIMO 6 x 3 = 18 Mbit/s 69 Mbit/s (6 16QAM users)
users, RAN15.0)

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UBBP UL/DL Peak and Average Throughput
Module
DL Average DL Peak UL Average UL Peak
Board Type Introduced Cells
Throughput Throughput Throughput Throughput
Version
252 Mbit/s (6 64QAM+MIMO
6 x 7 = 42 users, 3 DC+64QAM+MIMO 6 x 3 = 18 69 Mbit/s (6
UBBPd1 RAN16.0 6 cells
Mbit/s users) (2 3C+64QAM+MIMO Mbit/s 16QAM users)
users, RAN16.0)
252 Mbit/s (6 64QAM+MIMO
6 x 7 = 42 users, 3 DC+64QAM+MIMO 6 x 3 = 18 69 Mbit/s (6
UBBPd2 RAN16.0 6 cells
Mbit/s users) (2 3C+64QAM+MIMO Mbit/s 16QAM users)
users, RAN16.0)
252 Mbit/s (6 64QAM+MIMO
6 x 7 = 42 users, 3 DC+64QAM+MIMO 6 x 3 = 18 69 Mbit/s (6
UBBPd3 RAN16.0 6 cells
Mbit/s users) (2 3C+64QAM+MIMO Mbit/s 16QAM users)
users, RAN16.0)
252 Mbit/s (6 64QAM+MIMO
6 x 7 = 42 users, 3 DC+64QAM+MIMO 6 x 3 = 18 69 Mbit/s (6
UBBPd4 RAN16.0 6 cells
Mbit/s users) (2 3C+64QAM+MIMO Mbit/s 16QAM users)
users, RAN16.0)
252 Mbit/s (6 64QAM+MIMO
6 x 7 = 42 users, 3 DC+64QAM+MIMO 6 x 3 = 18 69 Mbit/s (6
UBBPd5 RAN16.0 6 cells
Mbit/s users) (2 3C+64QAM+MIMO Mbit/s 16QAM users)
users, RAN16.0)
504 Mbit/s (12 64QAM+MIMO
12 x 7 = 84 users, 6 DC+64QAM+MIMO 12 x 3 = 36 138 Mbit/s (12
UBBPd6 RAN16.0 12 cells
Mbit/s users) (4 3C+64QAM+MIMO Mbit/s 16QAM users)
users, RAN16.0)

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UTRP Specifications
F WBBP UTRP PWR
A WBBP UTRP
WBBP WMPT PWR
N
WBBP WMPT

Card Supported Ports Version Maximum Configuration

4 E1/T1 (ATM or IP)

WMPT 1 electrical FE RAN10.0 2 slots
1 optical FE
4 E1/T1 (ATM or IP)
UMPTa1/UMPTb1 1 electrical FE/GE RAN14.0 2 slots
1 optical FE/GE
UTRP3 8 E1/T1 (ATM) RAN10.0
UTRP4 8 E1/T1 (IP) RAN10.0

UTRP6 1 uUnchannelized STM-1, optical, Support ATM RAN10.0

Maximum 6 slots for
UTRP2 2 optical FE/GE RAN11.0 TGW1000
Maximum 5 slots for NodeB
UTRP9 1 channelized POS RAN11.0

UTRPc 2 optical FE/GE + 4 electrical FE/GE RAN14.0

UTRPa 8 E1/T1 (ATM or IP) RAN16.0

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Connections of RF Units in Typical Configurations of
Macro Base Stations

Rx: f1,f2,f3,f4 Rx: f1,f2,f3,f4

Rx: Rx: f1 Rx: Rx: f1,f2 Tx: f3,f4 Tx: f1,f2
f1 Tx: f1 f1,f2 Tx: f1,f2

Duple Duple
Duple duple x x
x x Divid Divid
MAFU Divider Divider er er

PA PA
PA PA
MTRU TRX TRX
TRX TRX

One-carrier configuration Dual-carrier configuration Four-carrier configuration

Change from the dual-carrier configuration to
Change from the one-carrier configuration to the the four-carrier configuration
dual-carrier configuration
Extra RF units are required.
There are no changes in RF and antenna configurations. Connections between the antenna and RF units change.
The antenna configuration does not change.

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RRU Expansion Interconnect jumper connects
to the RX_IN/OUT port

f1/f2:Rxm/Tx f1/f2:Rxs
f3~f4:Rxs f3/f4:Rxm/Tx

f1:
f1/f2:
Rxm/Tx
Rxm/Tx
f1: f1/f2: f3/f4:
f1/f2:
Rxs Rxs Rxs
Rxs

1 Carrier 2 Carriers 4 Carriers

 One RRU supports two carriers and has a power output of 40 W. Therefore, each carrier has a
power output of 20 W, which facilitates capacity expansion.
 RRUs can be interconnected through ports. Therefore, two RRUs support four carriers.

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Support for Flexible RRU Networking
RNC RNC
Iur/STM-1

Iub/ATM E1
Iub/ATM E1 Hybrid
BBU
BBU Iub/ATM E1

CPRI/Optical BBU CPRI/Optical

Chain
Star CPRI/Optical
RRU
Ring RRU
CPRI/Optical
RRU
RRU RRU RRU
RRU
RRU RRU
RRU RRU

RRU

 With flexible networking, you can change the cell for each RRU through commands.
 The star, chain, ring, and hybrid topologies are supported. In the chain topology, a maximum of eight RRUs can be
cascaded.
 The CPRI ports provide electrical ports and optical ports, which use the same socket.
 CPRI ports accommodate Enhanced Small Form-Factor Pluggable (ESFP) connectors. This makes replacement and
maintenance on site very easy.
 Automatic negotiation between the CPRI rates 1.25 Gbit/s and 2.5 Gbit/s is supported.
 In non-cascading networking, the maximum distance between a BBU and an RRU is 40 km. In cascading networking,
the maximum distance between a BBU and an RRU is 100 km.

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Star Topology
RNC

E1/T1 E1/T1
NodeB NodeB
E1/T1

NodeB

The star topology features simple networking and easy maintenance and engineering and
is always deployed in densely populated urban areas. In the star topology, each base
station is connected to the RNC using the E1/T1 cable. Signals are transferred directly
between the base stations and the RNC, so the link is quite reliable. This topology is
simple in capacity expansion but requires a great number of transmission cables.

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Tree Topology

NodeB
E1/T1
NodeB

RNC
E1/T1
E1/T1
NodeB

E1/T1
NodeB

The tree topology features complex networking, high engineering complexity, and difficult
maintenance and mainly applies to large and sparsely populated areas. In the tree
topology, signals travel through many nodes, which lowers transmission reliability. The
fault upper-level base station may interrupt serviced carried by lower-level base stations.
The number of levels in a tree topology cannot exceed five.

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Chain Topology

RNC
NodeB NodeB NodeB

E1/T1 E1/T1 E1/T1

In the chain topology, signals travel through many nodes, which leads to low
reliability in transmission. It is applicable to the belt-shape and sparsely
populated areas, such as highways and railways. In these areas, the chain
topology can meet the requirements, saving lots of transmission equipment.
Similar to the tree topology, the cascade connection of the chain topology is
limited to five levels.

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ATM/IP Dual-Stack Solution

ATM RNC ATM/IP RNC

RNC:
Add IP interface card
Support ATM/IP Dual-stack

FE/GE

E1/T1/ STM-1/OC-3 E1/T1/ STM-1/OC-3

(ATM) (ATM)

ATM Network ATM network IP network

E1/T1 (ATM) E1/T1 (ATM)

Node B:
Add IP interface card FE
Support ATM/IP Dual-stack
FE Additional
Node B for
coverage
ATM Node B ATM/IP Node B IP Node B

 The ATM/IP dual-stack solution protects ROI for operators.

 This solution is applicable to operators who own ATM networks and establish
the Iub interface over the ATM network.

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ATM/IP Dual-Stack Solution

 ATM/IP dual-stack transmission for the NodeB has the following features:
 Hardware: The Iub interface boards of the NodeB provide ports to support ATM and IP transmission,
such as optical ports, Ethernet ports, and E1 ports.
 Protocol stack: The physical layer, data link layer, and transport layer support the ATM and IP protocol
stacks.
 At the physical layer, optical ports for ATM transmission, Ethernet ports for IP transmission, and
E1/T1 ports for ATM/IP dual-stack transmission are supported. One board can support ATM/IP dual-
stack transmission. Alternatively, two boards can jointly support ATM/IP dual-stack transmission,
with one supporting ATM and the other supporting IP transmission.
 At the data link layer, the physical ports available for different protocol stacks can be configured with
different physical links. For example, one an Iub interface board, the Ethernet port is configured with
an IP address and the E1 port is configured with an IMA link.
 At the transport layer, users can set up the SCTP link as the signaling link over the IP transmission-
supported Iub interface or set the SAAL link as the signaling link over the ATM transmission-
supported Iub interface. The NodeB can carry transport links over the ATM transmission-supported
AAL2 paths or IP transmission-supported IP paths. Meanwhile, the transport links for different
protocol stacks, such as SCTP links, SAAL link, AAL2 paths, and IP paths, can carry upper-layer
services.

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Hybrid Transport Solution

E1/T1 E1/T1
High QOS
network

•Node B
•RNC

FE FE

Low QOS
network

 Hybrid transport refers to that services of different requirements for quality are carried
on different transport paths. The speech service with high QoS requirements is carried
on the private network such as PDH and SDH. Data services with low QoS requirements
are carried on the data network such as Ethernet.
 Hybrid transport lowers the quality requirements for IP network, enabling wider
scenarios for IP transport.

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Clock Solution

 In a WCDMA system, clock synchronization must be implemented among NodeBs.

 NodeB clocks are mainly used for the air interface and the Iub interface. The air
interface clock has strict accuracy requirement because it has a strong impact on
handovers. The accuracy of the air interface clock is 0.05 ppm.
 Common clock synchronization solutions are as follows:
 By default, the NodeB synchronizes its clock with the clock source of the upper-level NE and
extracts clock signals from the Iub interface.
 The NodeB implements synchronization with the clock obtained from the Global Positioning
System (GPS).
 The NodeB uses external clocks to achieve synchronization, such as the building integrated
timing supply (BITS) clock and 2 MHz external clock on the transmission device.
 Without hardware configuration, the NodeB software can be upgraded to support the IP clock for
IP transmission.
 The NodeB can be configured with an internal stratum 3 clock source, which ensures the NodeB
works for at least 90 days when an external clock is lost.

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Clock over IP Clock Solution

 Huawei is leading in supporting clock over IP.

 In the all-IP network, the clock synchronization information can be transmitted to the
NodeB with the mode of transmitting the clock package in the IP network. The clock
server transmits the IP packet with the time stamp which is received by the NodeB or
the NodeB built-in clock client. After the clock IP packet is self-adapted and removed
from jitter, the clock synchronization information is obtained.

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Digital Combination and Dividing, Support for Cell
Split
Railway
 Under coverage of highways and railways, Railway
multiple RRUs work for the same cell.
This avoids frequent call drops caused by 20Km 20Km 20Km 20Km 20Km 20Km 20Km

handovers between cells. Antenna

 In indoor coverage scenarios, the digital Softer HO
combination and dividing technology Soft HO
Soft HO 4 km 4 km 4 km 4 km 4 km
prevents frequent handovers of moving RRU1 RRU2 RRU3 RRU4 RRU5 RRU6
UEs indoors. Few cells are required,
which makes network optimization and cell1 cell2
maintenance easy.
BBU

BBU

Compared with the analog technology, the digital combination and dividing technology has the following advantages:
 Flexible networking: Cell planning and system configurations can be flexibly changed through software commands.
 Low signal loss is achieved. The digital combination and division technology does not bring extra noise and signal
loss.
 The RRU supports automatic uplink gain control. This stabilizes the level of the digital IQ signals on the interface
between the BBU and the RRU, reduces inter-cell interference, and maximizes combination performance.

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System Reliability – Flexible RRU/BBU Networking

 Multiple BBU3806s can compose a baseband resource pool to implement baseband resource sharing.
 In hybrid networking, when one CPRI link is faulty, services are not interrupted. This improves system
reliability.
 If a unidirectional or bidirectional fault occurs in the ring topology, the remaining RRUs can keep working
properly.
 The ring topology supports automatic switchover, which improves system reliability and self-healing
capability. The switchover lasts 3s.
 Reset of the transmission module in the RRU is separately controlled to ensure the lower-level RRUs work
properly when the upper-level RRU resets due to non-power-off in a chain or tree topology. RRU This improves
system reliability. RRU

BBU
RRU BBU

RRU

Ela interface RRU

BBU BBU

RRU
RRU

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System Reliability – Warm Reset of RRUs

 In a chain topology, if an RRU resets, communication over the RRU will become
interrupted. As a result, the lower-level RRUs become out of service, thereby
affecting services of the whole system.
 The transmission module reset command is added to the NMS and RRU's main
control module to implement warm RRU reset. Reset of the transmission module in
the RRU is separately controlled to ensure the lower-level RRUs are not affected
when the upper-level RRU resets in a chain topology. This improves system
reliability.
Transport module reset command

Soft reset command Transport module reset

command from the NMC
Chain Main control
Global reset signal
Logical control
module module Cold reset command

RRU

Transport module
reset signal
RF power
amplification module
RRU

Transport module
RRU RRU1/Base station

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DBS3900 Site Solution

Solution1: APM30 Solution3: TMC

AC input, outdoor DC input, outdoor
24 Ah battery (optional), 2 U 2U Space for BBU
2 U space for BBU TMC 9U Space for user equipment
3 U space for user equipment
APM30

Solution2: APM30+BBC or
APM100 Solution4:
AC input, outdoor AC or DC input, indoor
50 Ah, 92Ah battery (optional)
2 U space for BBU
5 U space for user equipment

BBC APM100
Indoor centralized rack

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Contents

 NodeB Products and Application

Scenarios

 Flexible Configuration and Networking

 Excellent NodeB Performance

 Advanced CNBAP Processing Capability

 Effective O&M

 Typical Solutions

HUAWEI
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TECHNOLOGIESCO.,
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 Function Evolution of NodeB Baseband Processing Unit
Fourth-generation base station (BTS3900/DBS3900) support
for HSPA+
Second-generation
base station
(BTS3812E)
UBBPd
Support for Third-generation
base station WBBPf
(distributed base
station)
WBBP

WBBPb

WBBPa

year
2005 2007 2010 2012 2014
First-generation Globally mass Delivery on the First-generation First-generation multimode baseband
baseband delivery existing networks software baseband processing unit
processing unit Support for Support for FDE processing unit Support for Turbo IC Phase 2
Support for R99 HSUPA 2 ms TTI Support for Support for decoding Support for CCPIC Phase 3
Support for Support for demodulation IC IC Support for enhanced 4-way receive diversity
HSUPA 10 ms TTI HSPA+< Support for Support for DPCCH Support for combined UL and DL
Support for CCPIC Phase 2 softening Support for DL resource pool
CCPIC Phase 1 Support for IRC (a trial feature in RAN16.0)<

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UL Performance Enhancement Technology (1)

Higher
demodulation performance
High Receiver Sensitivity
Transport Control Baseband
Reference sensitivity (No diversity ) subsystem subsystem subsystem
3GPP Requirement -121 dBm

Huawei NodeB -125 dBm

RF subsystem Antenna & feeder
Some Vendors NodeB -123.5 dBm

Lower NodeB architecture

Noise added

4-way Receive Diversity

12.2Kbps 2-way Rx Diversity 4-way Rx Diversity

Rx Sensitivity -128dBm -131 dBm RF1

RF2
Coverage Area 100% 141% BB
RF3
Capacity 100% 132%
RF4

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UL Performance Enhancement Technology (2)
CCPIC/IC
 Huawei provides two interference cancellation (IC) methods: Control Channel Parallel Interference Cancellation (CCPIC) and E-DPDCH
PIC.
 For the service with a low rate and low activity, the control channel for each user brings about interference. CCPIC can improve the
system capability.
 In IC, decoding of the cancellation channel is added. This improves the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), reduces the bit error rate (BER), and
improves transmission reliability and uplink capacity.

FDE
 Fast Fourier transformation (FFT) is introduced in FDE to ensure signals are equalized in the frequency domain rather than the time
domain. FDE increases the peak rates of users in urban areas of multipath delay up to 20%.
 FDE provides significant gains for high-speed users. Currently, FDE can provide gains only in the 2-way receive diversity scenarios.

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DL Performance Enhancement Technology
Higher TOC output power
 Easier network capacity expansion, stronger coverage, and higher STTD/MIMO
capacity  0-2 dB gains and 26% coverage area increase
 Replacement of macro base stations for network construction when no  30% higher capacity
telecommunication room is available

Output Power of TOC (Top of Cabinet)

RRU 20 W / 40 W

High Output Power

High Power Efficiency

64QAM DC/DB, MC
 Throughput gains when Ior/Ioc is greater than 10 dB  Introduced in 3GPP Release 8 to improve the downlink peak rate by
 5% to 10% gains in macro networks and 15% to 20% gains in means of higher spectral bandwidths (DC-HSDPA provides a rate
micro networks twice of the rate SC-HSDPA provides.)

NO
DEB
Cel
l0 Cell
1

Joint scheduling on UEs

in the two downlink inter-
frequency co-coverage
cells

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 Effective Power Amplification Technology
 DPD+Doherty power amplification improves the power amplification efficiency to 33%.
 Reduction in power consumption helps cut down electricity bills for operators.
 Reduction in power consumption leads to lower operating temperature, which improves product
reliability.

33%
Efficiency

 Less RF modules needed

19%  Higher PA efficiency
9%  Lower operating temperature

FF DPD & DPD & Tech

Class AB DPA
 Higher stability

PA Technology Linearized PA DPD+AB DPD+Doherty

Maximum Power at TOC (Pnom) 20W 30W 40W

PA+DC Power Efficiency 9% 19% 33%

Case Temperature of PA (Condition: Air temperature 50°C, TOC 20W) 97.4°C 70.1°C 62.4°C

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Support for HSPA+
 HSPA+ is supported to improve spectral efficiency, addressing the data flood issues in MBB era.
 HSPA+ was introduced in 3GPP Release 7, that is, in RAN11.0.
 DL features mainly include: L2 enhancement, 64QAM, MIMO, EFACH/ERACH, CPC DTX, DC, and
MC.
 UL features mainly include: UL 16QAM, Boosting, and CPC DRX.
 Currently, 64QAM and DC+64QAM are preferred. As shown in the figure at the lower right corner, the
average DT mobility throughput in the VDF MIC test conducted in January, 2010 was about 11 Mbit/s.
 Other features are under the IODT test due to delayed configuration of commercial terminals.
Qualcomm claims that the produced chips do not support MIMO-related features.
HSPA+ feature dependency

VDF MIC test result in January, 2010

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IC Technologies (IC/CCPIC)
In 2007, the IC/CCPIC solutions were developed to effectively
In the UMTS network, self-interference in the uplink solve uplink interference issues.
severely affects uplink capacity. Interference cancelled by
CCPIC Phase 2

Interference
cancelled by
CCPIC Phase 3
al
gn
Si

UE A
Interference cancelled by
Other UE’s signal is interference to UE A. HSUPA UL IC/TurboIC

In RAN16.0, UBBPd supports CCPIC Phase 3. In RAN15.0, WBBPf supports Turbo IC and decoding IC.

Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3

DPCCH IC in 1 DPCCH IC in HS-DPCCH &
base-band the whole cell E-DPCCH IC in
board the whole cell
System. gain

+15%
20%

5~18%

Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3

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Resource Pool
Switching In the UMTS network,
unit hardware components
are added to expand
Load balancing SON technology
Dynamic network capacity to meet
among BBUs
planning customer service

Cost
Inter-BBU cell migration requirements. To
BBU BBU
maximum resource
utilization, the
BBU BBU resource pool is
introduced.

Load balancing CE POOL It is recommended

among boards Dynamic cell that resources be
reestablishment HSDPA
user resource pool
locally processed to
HSUPA user resource maximum resource
pool utilization.
Signaling resource pool

Cell 1
Cell 1
CPU core1 Cell 1

Sharing
CPU core1 Cell x
Load Intra-chip multi-cell

effect
CPU
CPU core1
ASIC core1
CPU core1
balancing sharing
CPU core n among Multi-core technology
hardware
units

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 Sharing the Main Control Board and
Baseband Processing Unit Future
Study Item

2014~
2013~2014
GSM UMTS LTE

2011~2012
Common Middleware
GSM UMTS LTE

General HW

GSM UMTS LTE Common Middleware

• Unified Common Card
• Hardware Capability sharing
Common OAM UBBP UMPT UTRP among RATs and
functionality in BBU
GSM UMTS LTE GBBP WBBP LBBP
• Unified Baseband Processing
UMPT across RATs
• BBU Hardware across the RATs
GBBP WBBP LBBP • BBU Evolution across the RATs
• Unified Control Card in same band "Zero touch"
GTMU UMPT(w) UMPT(L) Across RATs.
• Software architecture
optimization, unified Evolution to multi-mode base stations is a must to
• Individual control card and BBP maintenance experience accommodate to GSM/UMTS/LTE evolution. Softening
for 3 RATS
• Same UMPT hardware with
and capability sharing are expected for the future
networks.
different software loaded for
U&L
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Contents

 NodeB Products and Application

Scenarios

 Flexible Configuration and Networking

 Excellent NodeB Performance

 Advanced CNBAP Processing Capability

 Effective O&M

 Typical Solutions

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 MBB Service Change – Increasing Signaling
Requirements (1)
1 CNBAP Requirement of Top 1 sites for 2 Since the beginning of the
operator M1 (ISD = 300 m) year 2011, mobile phones
have been increasing
rapidly due to UMTS
Historical number allocation by
data Telus, Canada. This
results in an excessive
number of signaling
3 exchanges over the base
stations.
Since 2011, the advent
and sharp rise of mobile
terminals like iPhone leads
4
On the whole MBB network in Canada in March,
Historical to traffic congestion on
data
2012, there was no site with CNBAP capability hotspots due to insufficient
greater than 100/s and only 0.2% sites had their signaling capability.
CNBAP capability greater than 80/s but not
greater than 100/s. Customer requirements
4) In October,2012, MBB CDT analysis results showed that the traffic volume is high in hotspot areas, the air interface capacity is limited on are met through device
top NodeBs, and the ISD is generally 300 m. The CNBAP in the Singapore case is typical. The expected UMTS peak CNBAP requirement is capability improvement,
600 to 700 /s. network adjustment,
software optimization, and
BHCA requirement on the RNC: Signaling increase caused by smartphones exceeds the increase in the data plane. In next four years, the
hardware addition.
signaling to data increase rate over the M1 interface based on the SPUb and DPUe boards is 1:0.6.

The traffic model of MBB network is totally different from that of original voice services, which imposes incredible challenges on original networks.
Increasing intelligent terminals have resulted in signaling storms in 2011 and 2012, which imposes great pressure on base station performance.

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 MBB Service Change – Increasing Signaling
Requirements (2)
The eFACH and eRACH features
Mobile
eFACH/ are developed in 3GPP Release
phone to allow common channels to
Mobile eRACH
optimization carry low-traffic and frequent-
phone FD interaction services. This saves
Network CPC dedicated channel resources,
EFD reduces the access delay, and
Cell
provides significant power and
FACH/PCH energy gains.
In 3GPP Release 8, FD is
policy
introduced to effectively save
Frequent power for terminals, improve
battery endurance for terminals,
use of MBB
Continuous and save air interface resources
to some extent. The EFD feature
Increasing online helps reduce signaling
penetration applications consumption and save more
rate of Increasing power for terminals.
mobile APPs The support for the
mobile LDR/DRD
eFACH/eRACH/CPC feature
phones increases the user connections
on the UMTS network.

The eventual network signaling capability depends on the preceding factors.

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CNBAP Definition and Calculation

 Definition
Common NBAP (CNBAP) is signaling traffic unit of the NodeB over the Iub interface.
NBAP refers to the NodeB Application Part protocol defined in 3GPP protocols.
In detail, NBAP consists of CNBAP and dedicated NBAP (D-NBAP).
One CNBAP refers to one radio link (RL) setup.

Equivalent CNBAP

CNBAP D-NBAP
NBAP_RL_ADD_REQ
NBAP_RL_SETUP_REQ NBAP_RL_RECFG_PREP
NBAP_RL_RECFG_COMMIT

Equivalent CNBAP per unit time

= CNBAP per unit time + D-NBAP per unit time
= (NBAP_RL_SETUP_REQ + NBAP_RL_ADD_REQ + NBAP_RL_RECFG_PREP x 2)
Notes:
1. The CNBAP capability per second indicates the signaling traffic. In actual conditions, the measurement period is 1 hour or
longer, and the obtained equivalent CNBAP per unit time is the average CNBAP within the measurement period. In addition,
the peak-to-average ratio (PAR) is considered.
2. NBAP_RL_RECFG_PREP x 2 equals (NBAP_RL_RECFG_PREP+NBAP_RL_RECFG_COMMIT).

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CNBAP Capability Evaluation based on
Air Interface Capacity
CNBAP requirement per cell
Proportion of state transitions from 50 66 91 86 。。。 79
Key Factors

the CELL_FACH state to the Notes: A higher proportion leads to lower

CELL_DCH state for PS services 20% 30% 40% 50% 。。。 50% requirements for the CNBAP capability.
Average online duration
12s 8s 5s 5s 。。。 5s Notes: A longer duration leads to lower
of CELL_DCH users
Dual-antenna cell requirements for the CNBAP capability.
capacity(CELL_DCH 用户数 ) 110 120 130 130 。。。 120 Notes: A larger value leads to higher
requirements for the CNBAP capability.
Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 。。。
Application CCPIC: UL PreCPC: F-DPCH: UL DTX: E-RACH: Users without
improvers the improves the improves improves uplink continuous data transmission are
uplink air uplink capacity. downlink capacity. carried over E-RACH, which
interface DL PreCPC: capacity. reduces the number of users in
capacity. improves the EPD: applies to the CELL_DCH state.
downlink almost all
capacity. Android
EFD: applies to terminals.
BlackBerry
terminals.

 Method for calculating the CNBAP capability requirement

Maximum number of users in the CELL_DCH state in a cell x Average user online duration x Signaling consumption coefficient per call + Number of times the
link is added and removed during a soft handover within a period of time x Signaling consumption coefficient per link addition and removal

State transition from the idle state to the CELL_DCH state consumes different CNBAP capability from state transition from the CELL_PCH or CELL_FACH
state to the CELL_DCH state. Therefore, the calculation of (Maximum number of users in the CELL_DCH state in a cell x Average user online duration) is
based on the proportions of users who transit from the idle state to the CELL_DCH state and those who transit from the CELL_PCH or CELL_FACH state
to the CELL_DCH state.
Different air interface technologies and feature applications change UE's behaviors, which can be reflected by changes in the FACH/DCH proportion, online
duration, and the number of online users.
 For calculation of CNBAP capability requirement of the whole site based on the CNBAP capability requirement of a single cell, the inter-cell peak-to-
average ratio (PAR) coefficient is introduced. If more than 24 cells are established, the inter-cell PAR coefficient is 0.5; if less than 24 cells are established,
the inter-cell PAR coefficient is 0.7. For the top 13 sites on the existing network, there are 9 to 15 cells on each site. Therefore, the inter-cell PAR
coefficient is 0.7. On a site, if more than 1000 RL setups are initiated, the inter-cell PAR coefficient is 1.2; if more than 2000 RL setups are initiated, the
inter-cell PAR coefficient is 1.1. The CNBAP capabilities in 2015 are predicted48 ascells
follows:36 cells
1568.09 1176.07

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CNBAP Capability Evaluation Based on the
Number of UEs
UE Traffic Model
RRM-based RL
　 CS voice service setup PS call setup Soft handover
reconfiguration
Count/hour 0.54 11.00 26.00 11.00
CNBAP consumed per process 3.20 2.20 1.20 2.00
CNBAP/hour 1.72 24.20 31.20 22.00
Per-UE CNBAP/second 0.022

Take Hong Kong for example, the population density reaches 21 thousand/ km2 (high), the cell radius is 300 m, the service annual
growth rate is 0.9%, the PAR is 3, and the CNBAP PAR is 1.6 per second. In 2012, a single NodeB can serve up to 17,800 users (2.1 x
PI x 0.3^2 x 3 = 17800). UMTS services take up about 40% on the entire network.

Based on the estimation, the CNBAP/second required by a single NodeB is 167 in 2012 (17800 x 40% x 0.022/1.5 x 1.6 = 167).
In 2015, it is estimated that the number of UEs will increase by 100%. If the number of users increases by 0.9% every year, the
CNBAP/second required by a single NodeB is 612. In the event of RAN sharing, UMTS services take up about 80%, the
CNBAP/second required by a single NodeB is 1224 (612 x 2 =Year 1224).
of 2015 1224

Notes:
1.The inter-site distance is determined based on the inventory network and is decreasing continuously. In the case of 60,000 people in
typical scenarios, the cell radius must be smaller than 500 m (assume it is 300 m).

2.The traffic offloading by micro base stations is not considered in this slide.

3.0.022 in the table indicates that the traffic volume increases by 50%. Signaling requirements of 2012 in the table must be divided by
1.5. Based on air interface and feature application, it is estimated that the per-UE CNBAP/second doubles in 2015.

ConcCNBAP/secondn: The current UMPT which supports 1500 CNBAP/second satisfies requirements in 2015 in
terms of both reasonable limit prediction and number estimation of served UEs.

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Dimension

Calculation Table
for The Capacity of B

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Capacity Expansion Estimation
The CNBAP capacity is expanded on a per-NodeB basis.
The signaling load on the live network is estimated based on the 1 to 2 hour signaling load during busy hours, and subsequent risk
prediction is also based on busy-hour data.

1.Obtain the signaling burst data from the RNC traffic statistics on a per-hour basis.
Iub link setup count: VS.IUB.AttRLSetup
Iub link adding count: VS.IUB.AttRLAdd
Iub link reconfiguration count: VS.IUB.AttRLRecfg

2.Obtain the signaling burst data from the RNC traffic statistics on a per-hour basis.
Iub dedicated measurement report count: VS.DedicMeaRpt.MEAN

3.Calculate the signaling load on the NodeB.

Soft handover ratio \uc1\u8805 = 40%

Soft handover ratio \uc1\u8805 = 40%

4.Calculate the single-NodeB signaling processing capability, which varies with the NodeB version and site configuration.

5.Calculation

If the soft handover ratio is greater than 50%, it is good practice to expand the NodeB capacity. If the soft handover ratio is greater
than 60%, the NodeB capacity must be expanded. For details, see {\i Capacity Expansion Guide}.

Notes:
1. KPIs are modified in RAN14.0 and later versions. For details, see Capacity Expansion Guide.
2. The soft handover ratio is 0.3 on inventory networks. The calculation formula is as follows:

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CNBAP Capacity of the Current NodeB

RAN16 & before RAN16

UMPT+3xWBBPb/d+1*WBBPf 680 UMPT+1xUBBPd1~4 500

UMPT+6xWBBPb/d 700 UMPT+1xUBBPd5~6 600

UMPT+6xWBBPf 1500 UMPT+6xUBBPd1~4 1500

UMPT+5xUBBPd5~6 1500

Signalling Specification£¨20120810£©.xl

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 Contents

 NodeB Products and

Application Scenarios

 Flexible Configuration and

Networking

 Excellent NodeB Performance

 Effective O&M

 Typical Solutions

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Efficient Software Management
IPOA supports UBR and dynamic adjustment Configuration-based download, which decreases
of the download bandwidth unnecessary download to the maximum degree

Iub traffic Module 1

configuration

Module 2
O&M IPOA Traffic configuration
Service traffic 1) Automatically check Module 2 added
iManagerTM M2000

Module 3
Time NodeB configuration
RNC
2)Automatically get Module 2 file

Resumable data transfer, which improves Automatic download and activation in batches for
remote download reliability multiple NodeBs
Download iManagerTM M2000

RNC
NodeB

The download can be continued from the Select 500 NodeBs per time
breakpoint within 24 hours, avoiding 50 NodeBs per batch
repeated download.
Time

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RRU Networking Topology Scanning

N+3rd
floor
No. : 33
N+2nd Serial No. : AAA555
floor Position: 12th floor XXX

N+1st
floor

RRUs are sparsely distributed and manually N floor

configured in complex networking topology.

The configuration data is inconsistent with the ……

data in actual installation.

Heavy maintenance workload 3rd floor Normal

Does not support the plug-and-play function. Minor alarm

2nd floor Major alarm

Link disconnection

1st floor Unconfigured

Configuration
conflicts

RRU networking topology scanning:

 Supports automatic topology scanning to generate the current networking
topology.
 Automatically discovers topology changes, reducing manual operations.
 Supports the plug-and-play function, reducing maintenance and data
configuration workload.
 Supports real-time monitoring of the RRU running status

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Local Maintenance of RRUs 1 2 3

3
RRUs work in harsh environments, making local 2

maintenance difficult.
80% of RRU problems are RF channel, CPRI
1
channel, and hardware faults.
How to realize simple and effective maintenance?
 TST_ANT: If you press this button, the RRU3801C (1) Bottom (2) Cabling cavity
(3)
Maintenance
starts the main antenna channel test and checks cavity

whether the VSWR is normal. The TST_ANT

indicator shows the test result.
 TST_CPRI: If you press this button, the RRU3801C
starts the loopback test for CPRI interfaces. The
TST_CPRI indicator shows the test result.
 RST: Press this button to reset the hardware.

Use test buttons to solve 80% of RRU problems, which is simple and
effective.
Simple: Reduces skill requirements for local maintenance personnel
and does not require any external test equipment.
Effective: Provides enough information for local maintenance.

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Uplink frequency scanning and interference detection:

Various types of interferences exist in the actual

running environment of RRUs, so the uplink load
measurement counter does not return accurate
values. In this case, engineers must confirm
interference type and distribution, and then
eliminate the interference.

Uplink frequency scanning and interference detection:

 The interference detection function eliminates interferences by using specified
modules to generate the correct system load, reducing the possibility of RTWP
increase and ensure the power control convergence.
 The uplink frequency scanning results clearly display power distribution of uplink
signals of each frequency point in the specified frequency bands, facilitating
interference identification.

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CPRI Bandwidth Control by Real-Time Automatic Flow
Control

 8-level RRU, BWavg = 84.48/8 = 10.56 Mbit/s

 4-level RRU, BWavg = 84.48/4 = 21.12 Mbit/s

Supports real-time automatic detection of the RRU level and dynamic

bandwidth allocation to greatly improve the bandwidth utilization

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Intelligently Out of Service

Out-of-service NodeBs and cells cause

UE service interruption.
 Causes of out-of-service NodeBs:
 The operator resets the NodeB.
 The power supply is insufficient for the NodeB.
2G/3G
 Causes of out-of-service cells: 3G Coverage
Coverage
 The operator blocks the cells.
 The board works improperly.

Intelligently Out of Service:

 Before a NodeB becomes out of service, the system gradually reduces the transmit power of
a cell within five seconds, so that UEs under the cell are soft or hard handed over to a
neighboring cell or another network, avoiding service interruption.
 When the NodeB power supply is insufficient, disable RF signal transmission for secondary
cells, so that the remaining power supply is preferentially used for transmission on high-
priority cascaded NodeBs.

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BOOTP Function
BOOTP:
Like a diskless workstation, a NodeB automatically
establishes a maintenance channel between the NodeB
and the RNC to realize remote automatic deployment.

iManagerTM M2000

NodeB
RNC

NodeB

The BOOTP helps avoid startup failure caused by incorrect NodeB data
configurations and avoid on-site data modification, effectively reducing site visits. In
this way, the BOOTP improves the NodeB deployment efficiency and lowers costs.

NodeB

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Supporting the RET Antenna
Sector1 Sector2 Sector3
Remote control
Macro NodeB support RET

CCU CCU

RC

RC

RC
U

U
TMA Bias-T
BTS3812A BTS3812E
 
RNC
Distributed NodeB support RET
AISG-M
connection
CCU
Local control
BBU RRU   
CCU: Central Control Unit
RCU: Remote Control Unit

 The electrical downtilt of the RET antenna can be flexibly adjusted to minimize interference.
 The CCU is integrated in the NodeB, providing high reliability and facilitating maintenance.
 The RRU can be installed close to the antenna using multi-wire cables. No TMA or SMBT is required.
 Supports remote and local operation, facilitating management and reducing maintenance costs.

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RET Antenna Cascade Control

Sector 1 Sector 2 Sector 3

Antenna Antenna Antenna Dual Band Antenna

2G
RCU

RCU

RCU

RCU
RCU
SBT 3G SBT

RRU
RRU 2G BTS

 Supports cascade control of RET antennas on a UMTS system, reducing the number of
SBTs and the costs.
 Supports cascade control of RET antennas on the UMTS and GSM systems, reducing RET
equipment investment.

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 Contents

 NodeB Products and

Application Scenarios

 Flexible Configuration and

Networking

 Excellent NodeB Performance

 Effective O&M

 Typical Solutions

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Distributed Base Stations Support Fast Network
Deployment

 Easier site acquisition

Optical fibers
CPRI  Quick and simple installation
BBU3806
 Convenient transportation
RRU3801C Standard structure: 19-inch wide and 1U high  Saving 70% of the time
Dimensions: 480 mm x 340 mm x 135 mm
Weight: 20 kg
IP65-compliant Natural heat dissipation

Portable and easy to transport Flexible BBU installation Convenient and fast RRU installation
without trucks or cranes

Installed in the GSM Installed in the AFB Wall mounting Pole mounting
cabinet, power cabinet
or transmission cabinet

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Macro Base Station+RRU Indoor and Outdoor 3D Coverage

Indoor and outdoor

Large-capacity
3D coverage macro base
station

Optical fiber
cascading

Indoor macro base station Indoor

distributed
system

 Use macro base station+RRU to construct 3D network topology:

• The macro base station provides outdoor coverage.
• The RRU is installed independently to provide signals for indoor coverage in adjacent
buildings.
• Applicable to visitors of strong mobility in and out of the building and improves the service
quality by softer handovers.
• Meets the requirements of imbalanced traffic volume indoors and outdoors in densely
populated areas.

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Rooftop Site Deployment Solution
In typical urban scenarios, the building is about 40 m high and the rooftop
does not provide an equipment room for the base station.

RRU3801C  The RRU (small-sized and light weight) can be carried with bare
hands and installed by the engineer.
 The RRU is installed at the top of the tower (similar to installing the TMA).
There is no rooftop equipment room, TMA, RF feeder, and air conditioner.
Civil construction can meet the load-bearing requirements and civil
engineering reconstruction is not required.
 Long RF feeder cable results in obvious attenuation and makes
construction difficult. However, the RRU3801C can be installed in remote
position through optical fibers without causing signal transmission
attenuation. In addition, optical fibers are featured by low cost and
convenient construction.
 The BBU3806 (19-inch/1U) can be placed in the elevator room, corridor, or
basement, and therefore no dedicated equipment room is required.

BBU3806

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UMTS and GSM Co-Site Deployment Solution
The UMTS distributed system share the outdoor BTS cabinet and the antenna system
with the GSM system.

Outdoor equipment
RRU3803C 30W TOC
-48VDC

RNC

Pass Optical fibers

Share E1 transmission with GSM
through the Fractional ATM

BBU3806
Installed in the GSM cabinet Combiner
(Sharing antenna)

 In UMTS+GSM co-site scenarios, install the BBU in the BTS outdoor cabinet and do not make other adjustment.
 Use the Fractional ATM so that the UMTS system shares E1 transmission resources with the GSM system. In this way,
no additional transmission equipment is required.
 The UMTS and GSM system share the antenna system, which requires only partial reconstruction.

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 Highway Coverage Deployment Solution
In typical highway coverage scenarios, a single NodeB provides long-distance coverage.

Install the BBU3806 in the suburban equipment room. Cascade RRUs in chain topology at four levels and
mount the RRUs on lampposts in a distributed way. RRUs are 32 km away from each other at most. The sum of
distances between RRUs is 96 km, that is, a single NodeB provides coverage for the whole highway.
 The BBU and RRUs are cascaded in chain topology using optical fibers, providing complete coverage on the
highway.
 Use a single NodeB to provide remote coverage, saving equipment rooms required by site deployment along the
railway.
 The BBU supports cells up to 180 km away and the RRU output power is 40 W, which supports the distributed
coverage.

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Deployment Solution for High-Speed Railway Coverage

Railway
Railway

20 km 20 km 20 km 20 km 20 km 20 km 20 km

Antenna
Softer HO
Soft HO
Soft HO
RRU1 4 km RRU2 4 km RRU3 4 km RRU4 4 km RRU5 4 km RRU6

cell1 cell2

BBU

BBU

 Use a single NodeB to provide remote coverage, saving equipment rooms required by site deployment along
the railway.
 The BBU and RRUs are cascaded in chain topology using optical fibers, forming one logical base station and
sharing baseband resources.
 Supports large transmit power. The 40 W RRU covers opposite directions on the railway by using the power
splitter, ensuring 20 W output power.
 Supports digital signal combination for multiple cells. Multiple RRUs are configured in one cell, avoiding too
small soft handover areas.

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Indoor Coverage Solution: iDBS Digital Indoor Coverage
The iDBS UMTS indoor coverage solution
has the following advantages:
 Large capacity: digital connection on the entire network, small RF
loss, slight noise accumulation, and larger-capacity cells
 Good coverage: small-sized pRRUs supporting flexible deployment; pRRU

Each antenna covers 400 m{\super 2 }area on average (wider than

the traditional coverage area).
pRRU
 High precision: Coverage on each floor can be optimized separately
to suppress indoor and outdoor interferences and improve the
coverage performance. This solution supports independent service pRRU
monitoring, so that the layout and costs can be adjusted as
required, and operations can be performed at higher precision.
pRRU
 Low CAPEX: Network deployment for indoor coverage is similar to
LAN construction, mainly using optical fibers and Ethernet cables.
pRRU
The convenient construction helps reduce deployment costs.
 Low OPEX: You can configure the software to combine or split
cells. No hardware adjustment is required, avoiding the complex RHUB BBU
engineering operations. Centralized monitoring for all active
components, comprehensively reducing O&M costs.
iDBS indoor digital
coverage system

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RAN Sharing Solution

 RAN sharing indicates that two or more operators build the UMTS network
together, thus reducing the cost at the early stage and speeding up the
network deployment.
 Huawei RAN Sharing solution adopts independent carriers, that is, different
operators use their own carriers to broadcast the PLMN. All physical RAN
units, NodeBs, RNCs, sites and transmission devices are shared. A physical
RAN is divided into different logical RANMs, so that each operator can use
different frequencies in the same area served by the RAN. Each operator
independently deploys its own frequencies and MNC and has individually
assigned cells.

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RAN Sharing Solution

Operator A OSS Operator B OSS

Operator A Operator B
CN CN

lu
Itf-N interface
TM M2000
iManager
CME
RNC

Shared Master OSS Iub interface

Macro
Node B

RRU

Shared RAN

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RAN Sharing Solution

 NodeB: Because carriers are independent, cell-level resources are defined as

private resources of specific operators and other resources are defined as
common resources. Different operators can have different license files for the
NodeBs. Resource sharing is license controlled.
 License files can be categorized into operator-based groups, such as operator
group A and operator group B. Alternatively, license files can be categorized
into operator-based groups and sharing groups, such as operator group A,
operator group B, and operator A+B sharing group.
 Operators have independent Iub resources, so each operator can configure
dedicated resources which cannot be occupied by other operators under the
same adjacent node. Iub resources can be logically divided into different
resource groups which can share physical resources or use independent
resources.

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Summary

 We have learned:
 NodeB products
 Main features and advantages of the NodeB
 WCDMA NodeB application

 We must grasp:
 Huawei NodeB products
 Main features and advantages of the Huawei NodeB

 We must deepen our understanding and improve our skills in future

NodeB development and maintenance.

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