Alarm Handling

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Clock Reference Abnormal

Alarm
Possible Causes:

Faulty clock module.

Abnormal clock of the transmission link.

Abnormal upper level clock reference.

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BBU CPRI Interface Error

Possible Causes:

The optical module on the CPRI port of the BBU is faulty or not
installed securely, or the cable connection on the CPRI optical
module is not ready.

The CPRI interface board in the BBU is faulty.

The lower-level RF unit is not powered on.

The optical module or connector of the lower-level RF unit is

improperly installed or the optical module is faulty.

The lower-level RF unit is faulty.

The optical link between the BBU and the lower-level RF unit is
faulty.

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Board Communication Alarm

On the DDPU:

Possible Causes

The corresponding RF module is not installed.

The communication interface board in the RF front

module is faulty.

On the DEMU:

Possible Causes

The DEMU is faulty, not inserted securely, or configured in

different slot.

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DUP Unit Hardware Fault

Possible Causes

Faulty DUP Unit hardware.

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Board Type Mismatch

Appeared on the DDPU board

The BTS detects that the configured board type is

inconsistent with the actual board type.

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Diversity Receive Channel

alarm
Possible Causes

The RF cable connected to the main receive port on

the DTRU is loose or damaged.

The DTRU is damaged.

The cable between the cabinet top and antenna is

loose or damaged

The DDPU is damaged.

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CDU Band Mismatch ARFCN

Alarm

Appear on the DDPU

Possible Causes

The CDU frequency band does not match with the

TRX frequency.

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GSM Cell out of Service

Possible Causes

Manual blocking: The cell or BCCH TRX is manually blocked.

Other OM operations: manual reset of the BTS or cell and

automatic BTS reset because of dynamic data configuration
(for example, modify Main BCCH frequency).

BTS power failure: There is no power supply to the BTS.

The board which contain the BCCH is faulty

Level 2 VSWR on the BCCH path for the Cell.

Software of the board is older than others.

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Level 1 VSWR Alarm&Level 2 VSWR Alarm

Possible Causes

The connections of the antenna feeder transmit

channel are faulty.

The DUP Unit hardware is faulty.

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Load Power Off Alarm

Possible Causes

When the DC power supply fails, or the temperature

inside the cabinet is too high, the MCU or the PMU of
the BTS power off the some of the less important
devices.

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PSU Comm. Alarm

Possible Causes

The communications between the PSU and the PMU

in the power system fails.

The PMU detects that the configured power module

is out of position.

The corresponding PSU is faulty.

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PSU Illegal Alarm

Possible Causes

The configuration data does not contain PSU data

while a PSU is physically inserted.

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PSU shutdown alarm

Possible Causes

No AC input.

The PSU is faulty

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Radio link prompt alarm

Possible Causes

Sub link 0:Abnormal channel activation alarm

Sub link 1:Abnormal channel release alarm

Sub link 2:No traffic alarm

Sub link 3:Power level imbalance between uplink and

downlink alarm

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LAPD Alarm

Appear on BTS 3012

The transmission between the BSC and the BTS is

faulty.

The main control board or the RF unit is faulty

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Radio Signaling Link

Disconnected
Appear on BTS 3900

Possible Causes

The transmission between the BSC and the BTS is

faulty.

The main control board or the RF unit is faulty.

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RF Unit Maintenance Link

Failure
Possible Causes

The CPRI link between the current-level RF unit and

the BBU or upper-level RF unit is broken.

The RF unit is not powered on or running improperly.

The RF unit hardware is faulty.

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RF Unit RX Channel Fault

Possible Causes

The RF connections at the diversity RX port of the

TRX are loose or broken.

The TRX is damaged.

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RF Unit VSWR Threshold

Crossed
The installation of jumpers does not comply with the

planning.

The feeder connector on the antenna port is loose or

waterlogged.

The feeder connected to the antenna port of the RF

unit is bent, deformed, or damaged.

The VSWR detection circuit of the RF unit is faulty.

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TRX Baseband FH Abnormal Alarm

Possible Causes

Faulty TRX in the FH group.

The BBH is not configured correctly.

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TRX Close HPA Alarm

Possible Causes

The internal temperature of the BTS basic cabinet

reaches 52C.

The temperature detection circuit is faulty.

There is VSWR alarms on which of the TRX is

connected.

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TRX communication alarm

Possible Causes

The TRX is uninstalled, manually reset or powered

down.

The TRX is damaged.

The DTMU is damaged.

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TRX Hardware Critical Alarm

Appear on BTS 3012

Possible Causes

The hardware of the TRX running abnormal.

The hardware of the TRX is faulty.

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TRX Manually Blocked

Possible Causes

A TRX is manually administrative blocked

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GSM Cell Manually Blocked

Possible Causes

A GSM cell is manually blocked.

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E1/T1 Local Alarm

Appear on BTS 3012

Possible Causes

Incorrect settings of the DIP switch of the BTS

Transmission link failure over the Abis interface

Transmission link failure between the BTS and the

BSC

Faulty TMU

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E1/T1 Alarm Indication Signal

Appear on BTS 3900

Possible Causes

Incorrect settings of the DIP switch of the BTS

Transmission link failure over the Abis interface

Transmission link failure between the BTS and the

BSC

Faulty TMU

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E1/T1 Loopback

Possible Causes

The user sets the local or remote loopback on the

E1/T1 link.

The E1/T1 physical loopback is performed.

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E1/T1 remote Alarm

Possible Causes

The transmission link is not available.

The settings for the DIP switches of the BTS are not
correct.

The hardware is faulty.

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Cell PS Service Faulty

Cell is down

Site is down

Cell is not configured on the PCU

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Monitoring Device Maintenance Link

Failure

Appear on BTS 3900

Appear on the FMU or the EMU

Possible causes

The monitoring devise is connected on the wrong position

(cabinet/subrack/slot)

The cable connection from the BBU to the monitoring

device is faulty

The monitoring device is faulty

The BBU is faulty

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E1/T1 Alarm Indication Signal

Appeared on the Electrical interface boards

Possible causes:

E1 is down

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E1/T1 Excessive Bit Error

Rate
Appear on the electrical interface boards

Possible causes:

Bit error rate on the E1

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SDH/SONET Tributary Alarm Indication

Signal

Appear on the Optical interface boards

Possible causes:

E1 is down

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SDH/SONET Tributary Excessive Slip

Frames

Appear on the Optical interface boards

Possible causes:

Bit error rate on the E1

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Board unavailable

Possible causes:

Faulty hardware

Board manually reset

Board manually switchover

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M3UA destination Entity Route

Unavailable
Possible causes:
One signaling link entity is down, due to links down from
TE or the switch is isolated from core side

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OMU hardware fault

Possible causes:
Faulty Ethernet cable on one or more ports on the OMU
Faulty Ethernet Port

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Board Hardware Fault

Appear on the BSC

Possible causes:

The clock component is faulty.

The chip self-test is faulty.

The flash component is faulty.

The power component is faulty.

The backplane is faulty.

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