A Handbook on

TRANSMISSION
ACCEPTANCE TESTING
PROCEDURES & LIMITS

A Compilation
From

Technical & Development Circle, Jabalpur

(ISO 9001:200)

FOREWORD T&D Circle has brought out this compilation entitled Transmission Acceptance Testing Procedures. The main objective of this compilation is to present the users a ready reference to test the transmission systems being inducted into BSNL network. An effort has also been made wherever possible, to enrich them with the experience gained by the Technical & Development Circle in acceptance testing of various transmission projects over a period of time. It is hoped that this compilation which is designed to fulfill the need of the Engineers engaged in installation, testing and maintenance in BSNL will find it informative and will benefit themselves, in accomplishing the objective of quality installation of the network. We are conscious of the fact that in recent years, new developments have revolutionized the Telecom sector. BSNL has adapted to these new technologies and T&D Circle officers have made an untiring effort to accomplish it. The present compilation starts with traditional OFC laying, then moves to OFC Systems upto DWDM, then to GSM (mainly transmission part) systems, then to CDMA systems. It, then covers MLLN in its Chapter 5 and the Microwave System in Chapter 7. I must acknowledge with profound gratitude the excellent work done by T&D Circle Officers, especially Shri V.K. Patne, SDE A/T Pune who have put in their untiring efforts in compiling the actual tests conducted, the test results and have brought out the compilation in the present form.

(Jainendra Kumar) Chief General Manager T&D Circle, Jabalpur

INDEX
Chapter 1: OFC
1-1 1-1.1 1-1.2 1-1.3 1-1.4 1-1.5 1-1.6 1-1.7 1-2 1-2.1 1-2.2 1-2.3 1-2.4 1-2.5 1-3 1-3.1 1-3.2 1-3.3 1-3.4 1-3.5 1-3.6 1-3.7 1-3.8 1-3.9 1-3.10 1-3.11 1-4 1-4.1 1-4.2 1-4.3 1-5 1-5.1 1-5.2 1-5.3 1-5.4 1-5.5 Depth A/T RID Check Depth A/T Procedure Specifications Type of protection Depth Relaxation General Information HDD Cable A/T General List of meters Source loss Splice loss General OF Systems A/T List of meters ANT-20 E OFC General SDH abbreviations A/T of infrastructure Limits of OFC Systems STM-1 system A/T STM-1 local A/T FIBCOM STM-1 Through A/T General Stability- Important terms STM-4 General Local A/T of Tejas Through A/T STM-16 General Local A/T of ITI/ FIBCOM Local & Through A/T of REG Through A/T Jitter & Stability Parameter Jitter & Stability Parameter 01 03 03 03 04 04 05 05 06 07 07 07 08 08 09 15 15 17 19 20 21 22 23 23 26 31 32 35 35 37 39 42 42 43 47 48 51

1-5.6 1-5.7 1-5.8 1-5.9 2-1 2-1.1 2-1.2 2-1.3 2-1.4 2-1.5 2-1.6 2-1.7 2-2 2-2.1 2-2.2 2-2.3 2-2.4 2-2.5 2-2.6 2-2.7

Siemens STM-16 General Before starting A/T Local A/T (Siemens) Through A/T General Abbreviations & capacity Functions of Modules ITU-T Band Allocations Optical Windows List of meters Specification ITU-T Grid A/T of DWDM Local A/T OLA A/T Through A/T NMS ONT-30 OSNR print out OSNR Signal Trace

Chapter 2. DWDM

53 54 54 56 58 62 62 63 63 63 64 64 65 66 66 69 70 72 73 74 75 76 78 78 78 85 86 87 88 89 93 96 99 100 101 101 101 101 101 102 104 106 106

Chapter 3. GSM
3-1 3-1.1 3-1.2 3-1.3 3-1.4 3-1.5 3-1.6 3-1.7 3-1.8 3-1.9 3-1.10 3-1.11 3-2 3-2.1 3-2.2 3-2.3 3-2.4 3-2.5 3-2.6 3-3 3-3.1 BTS A/T GSM abbreviations General Configuration chart of Lucent BTS Configuration chart of Alcatel BTS List of Meters GSM Network Frequency Lucent BTS A/T Alcatel BTS A/T Meters for Power & VSWR GSM frequency band & Agilent Site master OMC-R GSM Coverage A/T General Accessories for coverage A/T Levels & colors Types of Manual calls Proceed for coverage Sample of link budget calculations Tower A/T SACFA & type of tower

3-3.2 3-3.3 3-3.4 3-3.5 3-3.6 3-3.7 3-4 3-4.1 3-4.2 3-4.3 3-4.4 3-4.5 3-4.6

Height, verticality, Platform Painting, Lightening, spike Antenna Protection, Pressurization, Earth, Aviation Concreting, Foundation certificate, RTT 40 Meter GBT New procedure for tower A/T 15 GHz System for BTS General List of meters Software version Pre- A/T Acceptance testing Sample survey report

107 108 109 110 110 111 112 112 112 112 112 113 114 116 117 117 117 118 118 118 119 120 124

Chapter 4. CDMA
4-1 4-1.1 4-1.2 4-2 4-2.1 4-2.2 4-2.3 4-2.4 4-2.5 General LG CDMA List of meters BTS A/T Before starting A/T Equipment A/T Coverage A/T Abbreviations Sample of coverage results

Chapter 5. MLLN
5-1 5-1.1 5-1.2 5-1.3 5-1.4 5-1.5 5-2 5-2.1 5-2.2 5-2.3 General Abbreviations Types of V-MUX & DXC Modules abbreviations Acceptance Testing Types of NTU V- MUX & DXC Infrastructure A/T Acceptance Testing ROT test

125 127 127 127 128 128 130 130 130 130 130 135 136 136 137 137 138

Chapter 6. POI
6-1 6-1.1 6-1.2 6-1.3 6-2 General List of Meters Various vendors Before A/T Transmission A/T

6-2.1 6-2.2 6-2.3 6-2.4 6-2.5 6-2.6 6-2.7 6-2.8

Transceiver parameters 2.048 Mb Interface Return loss measurement O/P pulse characteristics Jitter test BER test Combined Jitter POI on Copper cable

138 139 140 143 145 147 148 149 152 153 153 154 154 154 159 160 161 173 173 176 181 183 185 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 191 191 192 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201

Chapter 7. MICROWAVE
7-1 7-1.1 7-1.2 7-1.3 7-1.4 7-1.5 7-1.6 7-1.7 7-2 7-2.1 7-2.2 7-2.3 7-2.4 7-3 7-3.1 7-3.2 7-3.3 7-3.4 7-3.5 7-3.6 7-4 7-4.1 7-4.2 7-4.3 7-4.4 7-4.5 General System and No.s of channels Designation & frequency ranges System & frequency bands Frequency & system O/P List of meters Before A/T Sample survey report Microwave system A/T Local A/T VSWR, Return loss Some general test HOP/ Through test Microwave constituent Antenna, W/G Pressurization Link budget, Waveguides Fresnel Zone, Fading, X-PIC Rain Attenuation, diversity Hot Standby, Hitless switching, Free Space loss. Way side, DADE, ATPC 2 GHz/ 8 Mb system Specifications Before starting Local A/T HOP/ Through A/T System components

Chapter 8. Miscellaneous
8-1 8-2 8-3 8-4 8-5 Jitter limits Stability test limits M/W system Specifications Frequency bands and uses Watt to dBm conversion

8-6 8-7 8-8 8-9 8-10 8-11 8-12 8-13 8-14 8-15 8-16

PPM- Hz Conversion Watt to dBm conversion formula Maximum countable No.s, Designation, Where we are? Satellite Bands V-SAT & HV NET( In brief) Current carrying capacity Power cable gauge SMPS & cable rating Voltage Drop formula ITU-T recommendations

202 202 203 204 205 205 206 206 206 206 207

Appendix
9-1 References 210