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W-CDMA HSDPA Base Station Troubleshooting Guide
W-CDMA HSDPA Base Station Troubleshooting Guide
h Options 35/44/65
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Troubleshooting Hints
Use BTS Over-the-Air (OTA) tests to spotThese two tables provide guidance from the first indication of a fault, a poor Key Performance
check a transmitters coverage and signal
Indicator (KPI), to the BTS or Spectrum Master test, and finally, to the field replaceable unit.
quality. Use the Direct Connect tests to check
OTA
Rx
Excess
transmitter power and when the OTA test
Key Performance Pilot ACLR
Freq
Noise
MultiEVM
PCDE
EVM
Ec
&
Noise
Scram
results are ambiguous.
Power
Error
Floor
or
path
Indicators vs. Test
SEM
OTA Start
Find location with
high pilot dominance,
low multipath
x
x
UL Interference
xx
xx
Start
Direct Connect
Transmitter
Test
DL Interference
Freq Ref
Ch
Cards
x
MCPA
Filter
Antenna
xx
xx
xx
xx
x
Noise Floor
Frequency Error
Antenna
Down Tilt
xx
x
Ec
xx
xx
x
x = probable, xx = most probable
Start
Direct Connect
Transmitter
Test
Run PC-based
Throughput Test
Done
Multipath
Fix frequency
reference
Good
Throughput?
UL Interference
Pilot Power
EVM
Passes?
Call Drop
Run Signal
Quality Tests
PCDE
Passes?
Code Shortage
Freq.
Error
Passes?
Codes
Ec/Io
Found
good
spot?
Floor
Troubleshoot
backhaul
Guidelines:
Scrambling Codes: 3 or fewer codes, within
Consequences:
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W-CDMA/HSDPA Base Station Troubleshooting Guide utilizing Anritsus Handheld BTS Master, Cell Master, or Spectrum Master with Options 35/44/65
Single Sector Coverage Checks
Cell Size
Out-of-Channel Emissions
Multipath
Frequency Error
Noise Floor
than:
Rx Noise Floor
SEM checks closer to the signal than ACLR does. Peak Code Domain Error is a measure of the
factor of 256.
limit.
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