Introduction to

Nokia Base Stations

BSS S10.5 ED

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 Introduction to Nokia Base Stations

Following this module you will get an overview on following Nokia

Base Stations:

• Talk Family
• MetroSite
• InSite
• UltraSite

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 Nokia GSM Base Station for Mobile
Multimedia Coverage

• Wide and flexible coverage area

• High voice and data capacity
Coverage

Nokia UltraSite GSM

BTS
Flexi
Flexi CityTalk
CityTalk Chaining
Talk
Talk IntraTalk
IntraTalk options
Prime
Prime
Site
Site
MetroSite BTS

InSite
InSite
BTS
BTS
Capacity

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 Difference between Omni Cell and Sectors
Tri-Sector Base Station Omni Sector Base Station

Sector 1 Sector 2

Antenna
Antenna

Sector 3

• one BS • one BS
• mostly three antennas • one antenna
• three segments (telecom cells) • one segments (telecom cells)
• three BCCH carrier frequencies • one BCCH carrier frequency

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 Nokia Talk Family BTS
GSM/DCS Product Family...
includes wide range of cabinet options

NOKIA Intratalk
NOKIA Intratalk
GSM 900/GSM 1800
GSM 900/GSM 1800
BTS6 TRX
BTS6 TRX
NOKIA Citytalk NOKIA Extratalk
NOKIA Citytalk NOKIA Extratalk
GSM 900/GSM 1800 BBU/LTE
GSM 900/GSM 1800 BBU/LTE
BTS 6 TRX
BTS 6 TRX
NOKIA Flexitalk NOKIA Flexitalk
NOKIA Flexitalk NOKIA Flexitalk
GSM 900/GSM 1800 GSM 900/GSM 1800
GSM 900/GSM 1800 GSM 900/GSM 1800
BTS2 TRX BTS 2 TRX
BTS2 TRX BTS 2 TRX

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 Nokia Intratalk GSM 900/1800 BTS
• Flexible configurations
- Omnidirectional 6 TRX
- Tri-sector 3*2 TRX (one cabinet)
- Tri-sector 3*4 TRX (two cabinets)
- Tri sector 3*1+1 TRX (with floating redundant transceiver)

• AC or DC power supply

• Integrated radio links

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 Nokia Intratalk Base Station Structure
EXTENSION CABINET BASIC CABINET

PSU1

PRI1
TRU1

BCF1
or
CSU
STM

BCF2
TRU2
1 2

PRI2
CCFE1

AFx4 TRX7 TRX8 PSU5 AFx1 TRX1 TRX2 PSU2

HwAd6 HwAd7 HwAd1 HwAd2

CCFA3 CCFE4 CCFA1 CCFE2

AFx5 TRX9 TRX10 PSU6 AFx2 TRX3 TRX4 PSU3

HwAd9 HwAd10 HwAd3 HwAd4

CCFA4 CCFE5 CCFA2 CCFE3

AFx6 TRX11 TRX12 PSU7 AFx3 TRX5 TRX6 PSU4

HwAd11 HwAd12 HwAd5 HwAd6

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 Nokia Citytalk GSM 900/1800 BTS
Ease of installation through lightweight aluminium cabinet

• Flexible configurations
• Omnidirectional 6 TRX
• Tri-sector 3*2 TRX (one cabinet)
• Tri-sector 3*4 TRX (two cabinets)
• Tri sector 3*1+ 1 TRX
(with floating redundant transceiver)

• Integrated radio links

• AC / DC power supply
• Close-circuit internal air flow

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 Nokia Extratalk GSM 900/1800/1900

• Battery back-up (BBU)

- AC input, DC output
- Typical back-up time 1 hour
(tri-sector 3*1 TRX)
- Redundant rectifier
• Space for Line Terminal Equipment (LTE)
- 19“, 6 U height subrack
• Applications
- Intratalk BTS
- Citytalk BTS
- Flexitalk BTS (as a transmission node)

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 Nokia Citytalk Base Station Structure
Citytalk Basic Cabinet Citytalk Extension Cabinet

RRI1
SHELF1
BCF1

TRU1
TRU2
STM
AFE1 AFE4
TRX1 TRX2 TRX7 TRX8 PSU5

RRI2
PSU1

SHELF2
or
AFE2 TRX3 TRX4 PSU2 CSU_ TRX9 TRX10 PSU6
AFE5

CCF_C1 CCF_C2

SHELF3
AFE3 TRX5 TRX6 PSU3 PSU4 HCU1 TRX11TRX12 PSU7 HCU2
AFE6

3835

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 NOKIA Flexitalk GSM 900/1800 BTS
• Erase of installation through compact size
- Wall mountain indoors
- Shopping malls
- Rooftops
- Special sites such as tunnels
• Efficient size/capacity
- 1-2 TRX omni
• AC/DC power supply
• Twisted pair / coaxial 2 Mbit/s links
- Support for Nokia microwave radio

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 Nokia MetroSite Building Blocks
Nokia MetroSite Nokia MetroHub Nokia MetroSite
Base Station Transmission Node Battery Backup

Nokia MetroHopper Nokia FlexiHopper

Radio Microwave Radio

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 Nokia MetroSite Base Station
Mechanical characteristics
• Size: 870 x 310 x 215 mm (H x W x D)
• Volume: 49 l
• Weight:
• 1 TRX BTS 22 kg
• 2 TRX BTS 26 kg
• 3 TRX BTS 31 kg
• 4 TRX BTS 40 kg
• Heaviest single unit 8 kg (chassis)
• Vertical and horizontal mounting possible
• Wall and pole mounting
• For indoor and outdoor installations

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 Nokia MetroSite Base Station Structure

Power • Clear and well-defined

Supply architecture
Unit
• Modular mechanics:
Interface • Cabinet mechanics and 8 plug-in
Unit units
• Minimised internal cabling
• Two-level environmental
protection:
• BTS is shielded against water,
Transceiver snow
Transmission Units and solid foreign objects by cover
Unit
• EMC-shielded and weather-proof
Fan Unit plug-in units

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 Nokia InSite Base Station
General Characteristics
• 1-TRX capacity for all GSM frequency bands
• Optimised output power for indoor use
• Integrated antenna
• Built-in transmission interfaces
• Battery backup time 30 min
• Automatic Picocell Planning
• Channel Finder
• Silent Operation
Nokia InSite Base Station

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 InSite Connectors & Interfaces

LMP connector

2 * HDSL IR port
DC connector E1 Clock connector

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 Nokia UltraSite GSM Base Station Types

Outdoor Indoor Midi Indoor

• Up to 12 TRXs or
• Up to 12 TRXs • Up to 6 TRXs
6 TRXs and 3 WCDMA
• 1840 x 770 x 750 mm • 1170 x 600 x 570 mm
carriers
(H x W x D)
• 1700 x 600 x 570 mm

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 UltraSite Cabinet Types
KEY:

1 Transceiver Unit
8 8 8 2 2-way Receiver Multicoupler Unit
3 4 5 3 Transceiver Baseband Unit
4 Base Operation and Interface Unit
5 Transmission Unit
6 Wideband Combiner Unit
7 Dual Duplex Unit
8 DC/DC Power Supply Unit
9 6-way Receiver Multicoupler Unit
10 Remote Tune Combiner
2 11 AC/DC Power Supply Unit
1 6

1 6
2 6
1

1 11 11
2 3 4 5
1 7

1
9
1 10
2
1 1
1 1 7
2
1 1
1 1 7
2
1

1 7

99440361

UltraSite Indoor/Outdoor BTS UltraSite Midi Indoor BTS

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 Nokia UltraSite Solution
• Provides high traffic capacity in the city and wide coverage
in rural areas.

Solution to capacity:
UltraSite BTS provides 12 TRXs per cabinet and 108 TRXs in
9 cabinets per site.
Dual band GSM900/GSM1800
Nokia Soft Capacity Features

Solution to coverage:
UltraSite BTS provides high output power and high receive sensitivity
44.5 dBm (28.2 W) with bypass combiner
Offers an extremely wide cell range

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 Nokia UltraSite Functionality
• HSCSD
• GPRS
• EDGE
• WCDMA

Nokia UltraSite supports HSCSD, GPRS and EDGE right from

the beginning.
Nokia UltraSite will allow integration of WCDMA.
Nokia UltraSite has integrated transmission capacity for all
foreseeable needs.

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 Nokia UltraSite
Combines GSM, EDGE and WCDMA

• Data speed support up to 2Mbit/s

• Single cabinet can house simultaneously
- either 12GSM/EDGE transceivers or
- 6 GSM/EDGE and 3 WCDMA
carriers
• Operates on GSM 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
and WCDMA 2 GHz frequencies
GSM
• For fast and cost-efficient EDGE and part
WCDMA rollout
WCDMA
part
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 Possible Combination
6 GSM/EDGE TRXs
Up to 6 GSM or
EDGE TRXs

6 WCDMA Carriers IBBU

This flexibility is available in both Indoor and Outdoor cabinets

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 UltraSite/Talk BTS Comparison
Parameters/Features UltraSite EDGE BTS Talk Family BTS
Number of TRX per cabinet 12 6
Airconditioning No Yes
Masthead Amplifier Gain (GSM 1800) 33 dB 12 dB
Static RX Sensitivity, single branch (GSM 1800) –111.0 dBm (with MHA) –106.0 dBm (with MHA)
Static RX Sensitivity, single branch (GSM 1800) 3 dB improvement with 2-way Diversity -109 dBm with 2-way Diversity
Static RX Sensitivity, single branch (GSM 1800) 6 dB improvement with 4-way Diversity N/A
Max RF Output Power at BTS Ant. Connector 44.5 dBm (GSM 1800, By-pass) 41.0 dBm (GSM 1800, By-pass)
Max RF Output Power at BTS Ant. Connector 41.0 dBm (GSM 1800, 2-way WBC) 38.0 dBm (GSM 1800, 2-way WBC)
Max RF Output Power at BTS Ant. Connector 37.5 dBm (GSM 1800, 4-way WBC) 36.5 dBm (GSM 1800, 4-way WBC)
Max RF Output Power at BTS Ant. Connector 42 dBm (GSM 1800, RTC) 40.0 dBm (GSM 1800, RTC)
BTS Traffic Capacity per Cabinet Twice of the Talk Family with 12 TRX Half of the UltraSite with 6 TRX
Auto Detection of Installed Units Yes No
Transmission Media E1/T1 Wireline, MWR Link, & Fibre Optic E1/T1 Wireline & MWR Link
Multi-purpose Platform for GSM/EDGE/WCDMA Yes No
High Voice and Data Capacity Yes No
Chaining and Expansion Yes No
Space Requirements for 12 TRX Cabinet Almost half required of the Talk Family More space for 12 TRX Cabinets
Weight and Dimensions Light Weight and More Compact Heavy Weight

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