Radio Commissioning 4MotionTM

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Objectives
Upon completion of this module students should know the following:
Understand the Basic Radio Parameters Configure Basic Radio Parameters Understand Basic connectivity Parameters Configure Basic connectivity Parameters

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Base station Configuration

Defining the radio link Air protocol parameters change frame structure

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Base station
Creating a new BS

Right click BS in navigation panel Set BS ID LSB These are the BS ID last 3 octet Set Operator ID These are the BS ID first 3 octet

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Basic Radio Configuration General

Name used for easier identification by the USER
Optional Descriptive parameter String up to 32 characters

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Basic Radio Configuration General

BS Identification used for identification of the BS over R1
Must be unique Operator ID Read Only Set at BS creation BS ID Read Only Set at BS creation
BSIDs 100.100.100.10.11.1/2/3

BSIDs 100.100.100. 10.12.1/2/3

BSID 100.100.100.10.10.1

BSID 100.100.100.10.10.2

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Basic Radio Configuration General

Radio Parameters setting the physical characteristics
Bandwidth 5 MHz / 7 MHz / 10 MHz Center Frequency - The center of the frequency band in which the BS will transmit 3520 MHZ center frequency

10MHz Bandwidth 3500 MHZ 3550 MHZ Frequency 3515 MHZ 3525 MHZ
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Basic Radio Configuration General

Idle Mode
Free operational resources Battery save MS unavailable Enabling / Disabling Idle Mode Paging Group ID - Unique value Range 0 - 65535

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Idle Mode
CPE does not transmit or receive user data CPE is completely deregistered Frees up valuable resources Power save Idle mode saves more power than sleep mode
Active Idle

Eliminating handover traffic from inactive MSs Only Basic mode in this version

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Idle Mode
Location Update

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The CPE continue to scan the network keep track of it's location Paging update to the network when it moves out of a predefined location When needs to receive data from the network it can be quickly located

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Idle Mode
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Paging Group

When downlink traffic arrives MS is paged by a collection of base stations MS is assigned a paging group by the BS before going into idle mode MS periodically wakes up to update its paging group

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Idle Mode
Paging Controller
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Paging Group

When in Idle mode Controls Idle MSs In this version = BS

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Idle Mode example

Different Paging Groups Relatively small Reduce overhead MS sends Location Update When in Idle Mode controlled by Paging controller
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Idle Mode Advanced Configuration

In the BS services

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Paging cycle The interval for paging the MS paging offset For calculating the start frame Traffic Idle period

No pending Downlink data Considered as idle

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Idle Mode Illustration

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5. Data for MS 3. Before you go Idle You are part of 333 1. No Data pending for MS 300ms

2. Bs is part of Paging Group 333 4. Sending periodic location update To group 333 7. Reconnect
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6. Wake UP 8. Data for MS

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Basic Radio Configuration Air Frame

Cell ID
Used for preamble selection Value 0 - 31 Represents a BTS/cell site in the deployment

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Cell ID =1

Cell ID =0

Cell ID =2

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Basic Radio Configuration Air Frame

Preamble Group
To allow using the 113 Preambles Used for preamble selection Value 1,2

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Index

IDCell

Segment

Series to modulate

Hex Value

Hex Value .

1 2

95 96 0

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Hex Value

97

Hex Value

113

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Basic Radio Configuration Air Frame

Segment Number
Used for preamble selection Value 0 - 2 Represents a Sector in the a cell site

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Segment =1

Segment =2

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Basic Radio Configuration Air Frame

Preamble index - Preamble used by the BS
Read only Dependent on:
cell ID Preamble group Segment number

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Basic Radio Configuration Air Frame

Total Uplink Duration
Has to be constant in a deployment Determines Uplink to Downlink ratio Values 4 - 7
Total UL Duration Uplink Downlink

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4 5 6 7

~ 25 % ~ 30 % ~ 40 % ~ 45 %
DL Frame

~ 75 % ~ 70 % ~ 60 % ~ 55 %
UL Frame

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Basic Radio Configuration Structure Zones

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The explanation of each parameter is out of the scope of this course For maximum Bandwidth configure the following:

Mark all available Map Major group boxes

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Reuse 3X1X3 configuration

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Reuse 3X1X3 Concept

Reuse - Total available bandwidth which is re-used within the radio network Name scheme R x N x S R = independent frequency
1/3 of Capacity

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resources available for allocation N = numbers of wideband carriers (5, 7 or 10MHz) S = Number of sectors in site

1/3 of

Same Frequency

Capacity

1/3 of

Capacity

3X1X3 scheme digitally divides one carrier (frequency slice) CPE has to Support

3x1x3 Deployment

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Reuse 3X1X3 Configuration

BS General

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All three sector (BS)

DIFFERENT Name DIFFERENT BS ID LSB

All three sector (BS)

SAME Center Frequency SAME Bandwidth

Same Frequency

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Reuse 3X1X3 Configuration

BS Air Frame Structure General

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All three sector (BS)

SAME Cell ID SAME Preamble Group

All three sector (BS)

DIFFERENT Segment
Number

1/3 of

Capacity

Segment Z

Segment Y

1/3 of

Same Frequency

Capacity

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Capacity

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Reuse 3X1X3 Configuration

BS Air Frame Structure Zones

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BS 1

For equal Bandwidth sectors

DIFFERENT Map Major

Group settings

BS 1 0,1 BS 2 2,3 BS 3 4,5

BS 2

0,1

BS 3

4,5

2,3

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Basic Radio Configuration Mobility

The system assumes mobility Mandatory to configure one trigger Set one trigger

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Own RSSI < -60 Scan request

Mobility is explained in the Mobility module

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Diversity
No Diversity

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Use of more then 1 antenna For overcoming

Signal fading Multipath Interferences

Fade area Not receivable

Increases coverage
Delayed Diversity

Same signal with time shift

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Fade Offset gained by diversity

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STC - Space Time Coding

Improve coverage in NLOS scenarios

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About 2.5 dB STC Encoding Symbol y Decoding 0101000101

Not impacting the Capacity

Symbol x

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MIMO - Multiple in Multiple Out

DOUBLES the Capacity Not Improving coverage Different Data streams over the air
11011 00000 MIMO Matrix B Decoding MIMO Matrix B Encoding

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0101000101

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MIMO limitations
Minimum 2 transmitting antennas for the Sector Minimum 2 MS receiving antennas Ms has to support MIMO Good radio link minimum RSSI and CINR Capacity is increased per sector not per MS

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MIMO and Diversity configuration

By Default

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Automatic diversity configuration

Based on the inserted parameters

Antenna type Number of antennas Sector association

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Connectivity Basic bearer

IP Address
The IP address that represents the BS Value 4 octet number No default

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Connectivity Basic bearer

IP Subnet Mask
The Subnet Mask that determines the BS Subnet Value 4 octet number No default

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Connectivity Basic bearer

Default gateway
The IP address of the next Router In a distributed solution can be the Bearer IP address

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Distributed Default Gateway

Centralized

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Connectivity Basic bearer

MTU Size
The Maximum Transmit Unit size For optimization Can use default 1500 Bytes

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Connectivity Basic Bearer

Vlan ID
The Bearer Vlan ID Read only Mismatch between the BSs and the ASNGW will end in network entry failure

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Connectivity Basic Authentication

Default Authenticator IP Address

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The ASNGW IP Bearer address

Please Note not the AAA IP address

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Connectivity Basic Authentication

Authentication Thresholds

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Alarm is sent if reached

Suspended EAP Process

Authentication Process that

failed

Active MSs

currently connected MSs

Maximum EAP Rounds

EAP retries

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Thank You

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