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ZXSDR BS8700

System Description

Version 4.00.30

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Revision History

Revision No. Revision Date Revision Reason


R1.0 20100430 First edition

Serial Number: SJ-20100426162420-002


Contents

About This Manual............................................. I


Product Description...........................................1
Overview....................................................................... 1
Overall Appearance......................................................... 1
BS8700 Position in Network ............................................. 2
Equipment Compositions ................................................. 3
Product Functionality....................................................... 3
Product Features ............................................................ 5
Networking Application.................................................... 6
Brief Introduction to Networking Application................... 6
Networking with RRU .................................................. 6
Networking with BSC .................................................. 8
Obtained International Certifications ................................10
Equipment Indices .........................................................10
Dimensions and Weight ..............................................10
Power Consumption ...................................................10
Grounding Requirements ............................................11
Temperature and Humidity Requirements......................11
Power Requirements ..................................................12
Reliability Indices ......................................................12
Capacity and Technical Indices in GSM System ..............12
Capacity and Technical Indices in UMTS System .............13
Capacity and Technical Indices in Dual-Mode
System ............................................................13
Standards Compliance....................................................13
Observed General Standards .......................................13
Observed EMC Standards............................................15
Observed Environment Standards ................................16
Declaration of RoHS Compliance ......................................18
System Description ......................................... 21
System Structure ..........................................................21

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Hardware System Structure ........................................21


Software System Structure .........................................23
Working Principles .........................................................25
Control Data Flow ......................................................25
Service Data Flow......................................................25
Clock System ............................................................26
Inner Communication Network ....................................26
Master/Slave Design ..................................................27
Hardware Configuration..................................................27
Configuration Principles ..............................................27
Maximum Capacity Configured in GSM System .............27
Maximum Capacity Configured in UMTS System .............28
Typical Configurations in Dual Mode System ..................28
System Software Configuration........................................28
System Interfaces .........................................................29
Brief Introduction to System Interface ..........................29
External Interface Location .........................................30
Abis Interface ...........................................................33
E1/T1 Interface .........................................................34
GE/FE Interface.........................................................34
Baseband-RF interface ...............................................35
GPS Interface ...........................................................36
Cascading Ethernet Interface ......................................36
LMT Interface............................................................36
Operation and Maintenance Interface ...........................36
Software Description ......................................................37
Software Introduction ................................................37
Related NMS Software................................................38
LMT Software ...................................................38
NetNumen M31 Software.................................38
Service Board Software of BS8700 ...............................40
Figures ............................................................ 41
Tables ............................................................. 43
Glossary .......................................................... 45

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About This Manual

Purpose BS8700 is an indoor GSM/UMTS dual-mode baseband pool inde-


pendently developed by ZTE. It can compose a BTS/NodeB in com-
bination with various ZTE RRU models. It performs the functions of
a GSM single mode, UMTS single mode, or GSM/UMTS dual mode
base station. Additionally, it implements radio transmission in its
coverage area, controls radio channels, and communicates with
BSC/RNC. BS8700 mainly implements channel processing.
This manual involves the product description and system descrip-
tion of BS8700, aiming to help users familiarize themselves with
the working principles of this product.
What Is in This This manual has the following chapters:
Manual

Chapter Summary

Chapter Describes BS8700 composition, networking


1, Product application, equipment indices, and observed
Description standards.

Chapter Describes BS8700 system structure, working


2, System principles, hardware configurations, system
Description interfaces, and software.

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Chapter 1

Product Description

Table of Contents
Overview........................................................................... 1
Overall Appearance............................................................. 1
BS8700 Position in Network ................................................. 2
Equipment Compositions ..................................................... 3
Product Functionality .......................................................... 3
Product Features ................................................................ 5
Networking Application........................................................ 6
Obtained International Certifications ....................................10
Equipment Indices .............................................................10
Standards Compliance........................................................13
Declaration of RoHS Compliance ..........................................18

Overview
ZXSDR BS8700 consists of BBU (B8200) and RRU (R8860). 8200
is an indoor GSM/UMTS dual-mode BBU product. R8860 is an out-
door GSM/UMTS dual-mode remote radio unit. B8200 and R8600
work in cooperation to implement BTS/Node B functions.
BS8700 supports GSM (850 MHz/900 MHz/1800 MHz/1900 MHz)
and UMTS (850 MHz/900 MHz/1800 MHz/1900 MHz). It can also
independently serve as a GSM or UMTS macro base station.

Overall Appearance
Figure 1 shows the appearance of BS8700.

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FIGURE 1 OVERALL APPEARANCE

B8200 is a standard 192U cabinet.


R8860 is a outdoor unit, connecting with B8200 through fibers.

BS8700 Position in Network


UMTS/GSM EDGE network is as shown in Figure 2. In UMTS and
GSM EDGE radio access networks, BTS or Node B can be divided
into BBU and RRU. B8200 serves as the BBU and R8860 serves as
the RRU.

FIGURE 2 UMTS/GSM EDGE NETWORK STRUCTURE

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Equipment Compositions
B8200 B8200 is composed of shelved plugged with boards/modules, as
shown in Figure 3.

FIGURE 3 BS8700 COMPOSITIONS

The boards/modules include:


Control and clock module (CC)
Network switching module (FS)
Power module (PM)
Site alarm module (SA)
Fan module (FA)
Baseband Processing Board Type C (BPC)
Universal Baseband Processing Board for GSM (UBPG)
Environment monitoring expanded module (SE)
R8860 R8860 is an integrated cabinet accommodating dual-mode trans-
ceiver board, PM unit, duplex filtering module, interface switching
board, interface protection board, and power module.

Product Functionality
Basic functions BS8700 works with RRU, performing the following functions on
Um/Uu, Abis/Iub, and O&M:
Implementing MS/UE access and radio link transmission on
Um/Uu interface, including:
Up/Down frequency conversion and modulation/demodula-
tion
Channel coding/decoding
Channel multiplexing/demultiplexing
Measurement and report
Power control

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Transmission diversity
Reception diversity
Calibration
Synchronization
BS8700 connects with BSC/RNC through Abis/Iub interface,
performing the following functions:
Cell management
Reporting BTS/Node B measurement information
Broadcasting system information
Performing the access control, mobility management, radio
resource management, and control commands delivered by
RNC
Dealing with FP
On O&M interface, BS8700 provides the system management
functions, including:
Configuration management
Fault management
State detection
System monitoring
In addition, BS8700 provides the following functions:
Supporting GSM Phase I/GSM Phase II/GSM Phase II+ stan-
dards
Supporting the WCDMA R99/R4/R5/R6/R7 standards
Supporting GPRS CS1~CS4 and EDGE MCS1~MCS9, and sup-
porting dynamic channel coding based on monitoring and mea-
surement results
Supporting FHS
Supporting discontinuous transmission
Supporting Time Advance (TA) value calculation
Supporting common BCCH
Service Functions BS8700 supports the following services
GSM & EDGE:
FR: Full rate voice service
EFR: Enhanced full rate voice service
HR: Half rate voice service
AMR: Adaptive multi-rate voice service
F9.6: 9.6 Kbps full-rate data service
GPRS/EDGE
Positioning service
Positioning service of Cell ID
Positioning service of Cell ID + RTT

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AGPS positioning service


R99 services
QPSK supported by uplink and downlink with the maximum
speed of 384 kbps
CS domain: AMR voice service (supporting eight rate
types) and CS 64 kbps service
PS domain: UL/DL 64 kbps, UL/DL 128 kbps, and UL/DL
384 kbps service
Hybrid services: CS domain (AMR 12.2kbps/CS 64kbps)
+ PS domain (UL/DL 64kbps, UL/DL 128 kbps, and UL/DL
384kbps)
HSDPA services:
16 QAM supported by downlink with the maximum speed
of 14.4 Mbps
64 QAM supported by downlink with the maximum speed
of 21.6 Mbps
Supporting 15 code channels at most
Supporting HSDPA and R99 services on different carriers
Supporting co-frequency handover, hetero-frequency
handvoer, and handover between HSDPA and R99
Supporting combined services
Supporting the streaming service
HSUPA services:
QPSK supported by uplink with the maximum speed of
(Category 5 HSUPA device) 2 Mbps
QPSK supported by uplink with the maximum speed of
(Category 6 HSUPA device) 5.74 Mbps
MBMS services:
Supporting the broadcasting and multicasting services, and
the multicasting function supports the P2P (Point-to-Point)
mode and P2Mp (Point-to-Multi-Point) mode.
Supports mobility management
Supporting stream and background MBMS service

Product Features
It provides ATM/IP dual-mode protocol stack, and supports Hy-
brid IP and All IP networking.
It supports WCDMA/GSM dual-mode configuration.
Under WCDMA single-mode configuration, it supports
192CE/6CS and provides a 30CS baseband processing
capacity at maximum.

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Under GSM single-mode configuration, it provides a base-


band processing capability of 60 carrier frequencies.
It supports smooth upgrade towards EDGE/HSPA+/LTE.
It supports HSPA. The downlink supports 64QAM and the
maximum rate is 21.098 Mbps (MAC layer). The uplink sup-
ports QPSK and the maximum rate (Category 6 terminal)(MAC
layer).
It supports MBMS and 4x256kbps / 8x128kbps / 16x64kbps
access modes.
It enriches Iub/Abis interface types by providing multiple inter-
faces such as E1/T1, FE, and GE to meet different networking
requirements under various transmission conditions.
It provides 12 pairs of 1.25 G baseband-RF interfaces.
It supports WCDMA R99, R4, R5, R6, and R7 versions, and
supports R8 after evolution.
It supports GSM Phase I/Phase II/Phase II + versions.

Networking Application
Brief Introduction to Networking
Application
BS8700 can form the network with BSC or with RRU.
ZXSDR B8200 GU360 can form the network with BSC in the fol-
lowing modes:
Star networking
Chain networking
ZXSDR B8200 GU360 can form the network with RRU in the fol-
lowing modes:
Star networking
Chain networking
Ring networking

Networking with RRU


The networking with RRU can be:
Star networking
Chain networking
Ring networking

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Star networking In this networking mode, optical fibers are used for the transmis-
sion. Figure 4 shows the networking diagram. B8200 can form a
star network with at most 12 RRUs.

FIGURE 4 STAR NETWORKING

Chain networking In this networking mode, RRU connects with BBU or cascaded
RRUs through fiber interfaces. Figure 5 shows the networking di-
agram. A maximum of four RRUs can be cascaded in the chain
networking of B8200. The chain networking mode is suitable for
zonal sparsely-populated areas. This mode can save a large num-
ber of transmission equipment.

FIGURE 5 CHAIN NETWORKING

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Ring networking Figure 6 shows the ring networking mode. In the ring networking,
a RRU is connected with a BBU or other RRUs through fiber inter-
faces.

FIGURE 6 RING NETWORKING

Networking with BSC


The networking of BS8700 through Abis interface can be:
Star networking
Chain networking
Star networking BS8700 can form a star network with BSC on Abis interface, as
shown in Figure 7.

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FIGURE 7 STAR NETWORKING AT ABIS INTERFACE

Chain networking BS8700 can form a chain network with lower-level BTSs via E1/T1
pm Abis interface. It supports at most five levels of the cascading,
as shown in Figure 8.

FIGURE 8 CHAIN NETWORKING AT ABIS INTERFACE

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Obtained International
Certifications
BS8700 has obtained the following international certifications:
CE certification
UL certification
FCC certification

Equipment Indices
Dimensions and Weight
The dimensions of B8200: 88.4 mm (H) 482.6 mm (W) 197
mm (D)
The weight of B8200: 8.75 kg
The dimensions of R8860: 500 mm (H) 320 mm (W) 172
mm (D)
The weight of R8860: 22.5 kg

Power Consumption
Table 1 shows the power consumption of a typically configured
BS8700.

TABLE 1 POWER CONSUMPTION IN TYPICAL CONFIGURATION

Power Consump-
Radio Mode Configuration tion (800 W/900
MHz)

B8200 6CS/1 BPC 80 W

B8200 12CS/2 BPC 115 W

B8200 18CS/3 BPC 145 W

UMTS single mode B8200 24CS/4 BPC 180 W

UMTS 1C/TOC 20W 155 W

UMTS 2C/TOC 40W 185 W

UMTS 3C/TOC 60W 210 W

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Power Consump-
Radio Mode Configuration tion (800 W/900
MHz)

UMTS 4C/TOC 80W 230 W

B8200 12TRX/1 UBPG 60 W

B8200 24TRX/2 UBPG 75 W

B8200 36TRX/3 UBPG 90 W

B8200 48TRX/4 UBPG 105 W

B8200 60TRX/5 UBPG 120 W

GSM single mode GSM/S1 330 W

GSM/S2 250 W

GSM/S3 220 W

GSM/S4 210 W

GSM/S5 205 W

GSM/S6 200 W

6CS+12TRX/1BPC+1
95 W
UBPG

12CS+24TRX/2BPC+
145 W
2UBPG

GSM/UMTS dual mode GSM S1 + 1 UMTS CS 300 W

GSM S2 + 1 UMTS CS 245 W

GSM S3 + 1 UMTS CS 235 W

GSM S4 + 1 UMTS CS 215 W

Grounding Requirements
The grounding resistance should be equal to or less than 5 . In
the areas where annual lightning days are less than 20 days, the
grounding resistance can be less than 10 .

Temperature and Humidity


Requirements
Table 2 shows the temperature and humidity requirements for nor-
mal operation of BS8700.

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TABLE 2 TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY REQUIREMENTS

Item Index

Environment B8200 -20 ~ +55


temperature
R8860 -40 ~ +55

Environment B8200 5% ~ 95%


humidity
R8860 5% ~ 100%

Power Requirements
Power requirements for normal operation of B8200: 48 V DC,
allowed voltage range: -57 V DC 40 V DC.
Power requirements for normal operation of R8860: 48 V DC,
allowed voltage range: -57 V DC -37 V DC.

Reliability Indices
MTBF: B8200233,000 hours, R8860380,000 hours
MTTR: 0.5 hour
Availability ratio: B820099.999785%, R886099.999868%
Service interruption time: B82001.128 minutes/year,
R8860: 0.692 minute/year

Capacity and Technical Indices in


GSM System
In GSM system, the capacity and technical indices of BS8700 are
as shown in Table 3.

TABLE 3 CAPACITY AND TECHNICAL INDICES IN GSM SYSTEM

Item Index

Maximum number of carriers 60


supported

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Capacity and Technical Indices in


UMTS System
In UMTS system, the capacity and technical indices of BS8700 are
as shown in Table 4.

TABLE 4 CAPACITY AND TECHNICAL INDICES IN UMTS SYSTEM

Item Index

Maximum number of supported 30 CS


carrier sectors

Maximum number of supported 960


pure voice channels

Maximum processing capacity 951


(Erl)

Maximum number of channels in 123


one cell

Capacity and Technical Indices in


Dual-Mode System
In dual-mode system of UMTS and GSM, the capacity and technical
indices of BS8700 are as shown in Table 5.

TABLE 5 CAPACITY AND TECHNICAL INDICES IN DUAL-MODE SYSTEM

Item Index

Capacity in GSM and UMTS GSM 36 carriers + UMTS 12CS


dual-mode

Standards Compliance
Observed General Standards
The observed general standards of BS8700 are as shown in Table
6.

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TABLE 6 OBSERVED GENERAL STANDARDS

Standard Name

3GPP 3GPP Release6 March. 2006 series standards

RoHS signaling 2002_95_EC DIRECTIVE 2002/95/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND


OF THE COUNCIL of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the
use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic
equipment

WEEE signaling 2002_96_EC DIRECTIVE 2002/96/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND


OF THE COUNCIL of 27 January 2003 on waste electrical and
electronic equipment (WEEE)

ETSI EN 301 489-01 V1.5.1 Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters
(ERM); ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for
radio equipment and services; Part 1: Common technical
requirements

ETSI EN 301 489-23 V1.2.1 Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters
(ERM); ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for
radio equipment and services; Part 23: Specific conditions
for IMT-2000 CDMA Direct Spread (UTRA) Base Station (BS)
radio repeater and ancillary equipment

ETSI EN 301 489-26 V2.2.1 Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters
(ERM); ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for
radio equipment and services; Part26: Specific conditions
for IMT-2000 CDMA Multi-carrier Base Stations and ancillary
equipment

EN60950-1 Safety of information technology equipment

EN50385: (2002-08) Product standard to demonstrate the compliance of radio


base statios and fixed terminal stations for wireless
telecommunication systems with the baseic restrictions or the
reference levels related to human exposure to radio frequency
electromagnetic fields (110MHz-40GHz)-General public

ETSI EN 301 908-01 V1.1.1 Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters
(ERM); Base Stations (BS) and User Equipment (UE) for
IMT-2000 Third Generation cellular networks; Part 1:
Harmonized EN for IMT-2000 introduction and common
requirements of article 3.2 of the R&TTE Directive

ETSI EN 301 908-04 V1.1.1 Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters
(ERM); Base Stations (BS) and User Equipment (UE) for
IMT-2000 Third Generation cellular networks; Part 4:
Harmonized EN for IMT-2000 CDMA Multi-Carrier (cdma2000)
UE covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of the
R&TTE Directive

EN 50385 Product standard to demonstrate the compliance of radio


base statios and fixed terminal stations for wireless
telecommunication systems with the baseic restrictions or the
reference levels related to human exposure to radio frequency
electromagnetic fields 110MHz-40GHz-General public

ITU-T G.707/Y.1322 Network node interface for the synchronous digital hierarchy
(SDH)

ITU-T G.703 Physical/electrical characteristics of hierarchical digital


interfaces

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Standard Name

ITU-T G.704 Synchronous frame structures used at 1544 6312 2048 8448
and 44 736 kbit/s hierarchical levels

T1.102-1993 Digital Hierarchy - Electrical Interfaces

T1.403-1999 Network and Customer Installation Interfaces - DS1 - Electrical


Interface

ITU-T I.432.2 155 520 kbit/s and 622 080 kbit/s operation

ITU-T I.432.3 B-ISDN user-network interface Physical layer specification:


1544 kbit/s and 2048 kbits operation

ITU-T G.957 Optical interfaces for equipments and systems relating to the
synchronous digital hierarchy

T1.105-1995 Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) - Basic Description


including Multiplex Structure, Rates and Formats

ANSI INCITS 352 Information Technology Fibre Channel Physical Interfaces


(FC-PI)

IEC 60721 Classification of environmental parameters and their severities


of electric and electronic products

ISO 3744 Acoustics - Determination of sound power levels of noise


sources using sound pressure - Engineering method in an
essentially free field over a reflecting plane

ETS 300 753 Equipment Engineering (EE) Acousstic Noise Emitted by


Telecommunications Equipment

EN 50385 Product standard to demonstrate the compliance of radio


base statios and fixed terminal stations for wireless
telecommunication systems with the baseic restrictions or the
reference levels related to human exposure to radio frequency
electromagnetic fields 110MHz-40GHz-General public

AISG:V 1.1,V2.1 Control interface for antenna line devices

PIGMG Micro Telecommunication Computing Architecture Base


Specification RC1.0 2006

Observed EMC Standards


The observed EMC standards of BS8700 are as shown in Table 7.

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TABLE 7 OBSERVED EMC STANDARDS

Standard Name

ETSI EN 301 Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio


489-01 spectrum Matters (ERM); ElectroMagnetic
Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio
equipment and services; Part 1: Common
technical requirements

ETSI EN 301 Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio


489-23 spectrum Matters (ERM); ElectroMagnetic
Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio
equipment and services; Part 23: Specific
conditions for IMT-2000 CDMA Direct Spread
(UTRA) Base Station (BS) radio repeater and
ancillary equipment

ETSI EN 301 Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio


489-26 spectrum Matters (ERM); ElectroMagnetic
Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio
equipment and services; Part26: Specific
conditions for IMT-2000 CDMA Multi-carrier Base
Stations and ancillary equipment

Observed Environment Standards


Abstract The environment standards observed by BS8700 involves:
Operation environment
Storage environment
Whole-equipment noise
Operation The waterproof and dustproof level of B8200 is IP20. The water-
Environment proof and dustproof level of R8860 is IP65.
The requirements for normal operation in an environment with
weather protection and without temperature control are as shown
in Table 8. BS8700 is against humid, heat, mold, salt, smog, and
corrosion. When operating in such environment, the product does
not bear any damaged marks and rusty spots on the surface.

TABLE 8 OPERATION ENVIRONMENT

Working Environment Weather Protection without


Temperature Control (Indoor)

Weather Temperature changing /min 0.5


and Envi- ratio
ronment
Condition Low air pressure kPa 70

High air pressure kPa 106

Solar radiation W/m2 700

Heat radiation W/m2 600

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Working Environment Weather Protection without


Temperature Control (Indoor)

Surrounding air flow M/s 5


speed

Ice and frost condition -- Yes

Precipitation condition -- No
(rain, snow, hail)

Ice and frost condition -- Yes

Water except the rains -- Water dripping

Biological environmental condition 3B2

Chemical active substance condition 3C2 (3C1)

Biological Plants -- Mold and epiphyte


and
chemical SO2 mg/m3 0.3
condition
cm3/m3 0.11

Animals -- Rodent animals and other harmful animals


(except the termites)

Salty smog -- Yes

Mechanical active substance conditions (S) 3S3

Mechani- Sand mg/m3 300


cal active
substance Dust (floating) mg/m3 0.4
conditions
Dust (sediment) mg/m2.h 15

Mechani- Earthquake resistance Earth- 8


cal envi- quake in-
ronmental tensity
condition

The standards that the environmental conditions shown in Table 8


comply with are:
Section "Class 3.3: Not temperature-controlled locations" in
ETSI EN 300 019-1-3 "Environmental Engineering (EE); Envi-
ronmental conditions and environmental tests for telecommu-
nications equipment; Part 1-3: Classification of environmental
conditions; Stationary use at weatherprotected locations"
Storage BS8700 can operate normally after being stored with the package
environment for 180 days in the condition as shown in Table 9.

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TABLE 9 STORAGE ENVIRONMENT

Application Environment Condition Storage (with


Weather Protection
and with Package)

Weather and Low temperature -45


Environment
Condition High temperature 70

B8200 relative 10% 90%


humidity

R8860 relative 5% 98%


humidity

Temperature /min 1
changing ratio

Low air pressure kPa 70

High air pressure kPa 106

Solar radiation W/m2 1120

Ice and frost condition Yes

The standards that the environmental conditions shown in Table 9


comply with are:
Section 4.2 "Class 1.2: Weatherprotected, not temperature-
controlled storage locations" in ETSI EN 300 019-1-1 "Environ-
mental Engineering (EE); Environmental conditions and envi-
ronmental tests for telecommunications equipment; Part 1-1:
Classification of environmental conditions; Storage"
Whole-Equipment In case of full power output and environmental temperature of
Noise 43C 2C, the noise level, Lwad, of the whole equipment does
not exceed 6.8 Bels (equal to 68 db).
The observed standards are:
ETS 300 753 "Equipment Engineering (EE)Acousstic Noise
Emitted by Telecommunications Equipment"

Declaration of RoHS
Compliance
To minimize the environmental impact and take more responsibil-
ity to the earth we live, this document shall serve as formal dec-
laration that BS8700 manufactured by ZTE CORPORATION are in
compliance with the SJ/T11364-2006 - RoHS (Restriction of Haz-
ardous Substances) with respect to the following substances.
This declaration is issued based on our current level of knowledge.
Since conditions of use are outside our control, ZTE CORPORATION

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makes no warranties, express or implied, and assumes no liability


in connection with the use of this information.

TABLE 10 DECLARATION OF ROHS COMPLIANCE FOR BS8700 MANUFACTURED BY ZTE


CORPORATION

Parts Hazardous Substance

PB HG Cd Cr6+ PBB PBDE

(Cd) (Cr6+) (PBB) (PBDE)

Compo-
nents

Cables and
accessories

Boards

User
manuals

Packing
materials

: Indicating that the percentage that this hazardous substance occupies in all substances of
this part does not exceed the value prescribed in SJ/T11363-2006 standards.

: Indicating that the percentage that this hazardous substance occupies in all substances of
this part exceeds the value prescribed in SJ/T11363-2006 standards.

Note:
This table indicates that the products of the above models manufactured by ZTE
CORPORATION may include these substances but the information will update with the
development of the technologies.
ZTE CORPORATION reserves the right of final interpretation for the part definitions.
The following label indicates the environmental life expectation operation of the product of this
model. Some replaceable parts may bear labels indicating different life expectation operations
(such as, the battery unit module). This environmental life expectation operation is only
applicable when the product operates under the conditions prescribed in the product manual.

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System Description

Table of Contents
System Structure ..............................................................21
Working Principles .............................................................25
Hardware Configuration......................................................27
System Software Configuration ...........................................28
System Interfaces .............................................................29
Software Description..........................................................37

System Structure
Hardware System Structure
The modules of BS8700 include: CC, Fabric Switch module (FS),
Baseband Processing board type C (BPC), Universal Baseband Pro-
cessing board for GSM (UBPG), Power Module (PM), Site Alarm
module (SA), Surrounding Monitoring Expansion module (SE, and
Remote Radio Unit (RRU). The relationship between the modules
is shown in Figure 9.

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FIGURE 9 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MODULES

CC Functions Providing the system clock


Providing the function of Abis/Iub interface
Providing the function of Ethernet switching, providing the sig-
naling stream and media stream switching platform
Managing the shelf.
FS Functions Switching the baseband IQ data
Providing the interface between BBU and RRU
UBPG Functions Modulating the baseband and the DL can deal with the services
of at most twelve carriers
Demodulating the baseband and the UL can deal with the ser-
vices of at most twelve carriers
Supporting the baseband frequency hopping
Supporting the static and dynamic power control
BPC Functions Coding/Multiplexing the DL service data, matching the rate,
mapping the channels, scrambling the spread spectrum,
weighting the power, and synthesizing the channels
Implementing the RAKE reception of the uplink service data,
coding the channels, and sending the data to Iub interface for
processing
Synchronizing the radio link and dealing with the transmission
frames
Power control
Dealing with the soft handover
Measurement

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SA Functions Providing the alarm monitoring and rotate speed controlling of


up to nine fans
Responsible for the signal monitoring and the interface light-
ning protection of the home shelf
Providing six input dry contact interfaces and two input/output
dry contact interfaces.
Providing eight E1/T1 interfaces
SE Functions Responsible for the signal monitoring and the interface light-
ning protection of the home shelf
Providing extended full-duplex RS232 channel and RS485
channel for external monitoring device
Providing six input dry contact interfaces and two input/output
dry contact interfaces.
Providing eight E1/T1 interfaces
PM Functions Providing the capacity of 16 channels + 12 V load power sup-
plies
Providing the capacity of 16 channels + 3.3 V management
power supply
Providing EMMC management function
Performing input overvoltage and undervoltage measurement
and protection
Performing output over-current protection and managing the
load power supply
RRU Functions With Um/Uu interface, R8860 accomplishes terminal access
and RF link transmission, including: RF signal processing,
channel coding and decoding, channel multiplexing and
de-multiplexing, measurement and reporting, power control,
transmission diversity, receiving diversity, calibration, and
synchronization.
R8860 connects with B8200 through the optical interface,
which performs such functions as IQ data transmission,
measurement information reporting, radio frequency function
configuration, and clock synchronization.

Software System Structure


Vertically, BS8700 software system consists of support software
layer and service software layer, as shown in Figure 10.

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FIGURE 10 SOFTWARE SYSTEM STRUCTURE

The operation and application supporting platform provides the


functions of OSS, OAM, DBS, BRS, BRACS, and SCS. These func-
tions serve for BS under different system.
OSS provides the software operation support platform which
is independent of hardware, such as re-scheduling, timer,
memory management, inter-board communication for differ-
ent software subsystems, system platform monitoring, alarm
monitoring, logs, and debugging printing.
OAM provides integrated NM functions such as configuration,
alarm, and performance measurement.
DBS performs data management.
BRS provides the function of protocol stack.
BRACS controls the access to bearer layer.
SCS provides the function of power-on order control, mas-
ter/slave changeover, and IPMI control.
With the operation and application support platform, different ser-
vice software can be added to support different radio system.

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Working Principles
Control Data Flow
The control data flow in BS8700 is as shown in Figure 11. Abis/Iub
interface control plane data accesses the system via Abis/Iub in-
terface and terminates at CC.

FIGURE 11 CONTROL DATA FLOW

Abis/Iub interface can be E1/T1 interface is on SA/SE board.


E1/T1/GE/FE. GE/FE interface is on CC board.

Service Data Flow


The service data flow in BS8700 is as shown in Figure 12. On the
downlink, the data from BSC/RNC is forwarded from CC board to
UBPG/BPC . After being processed, the data is sent to RRU via FS.
Vice verse on the uplink.

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FIGURE 12 SERVICE DATA FLOW

Abis/Iub interface can be E1/T1 interface is on SA/SE board.


E1/T1/GE/FE. GE/FE interface is on CC board.

Clock System
In BS8700, the CC board generates and distributes the clock. The
clock source falls into the following types:
Embedded GPS receiver
External GPS/Galileo/BeiDou receiver
BITS-2MHz clock
BITS-2Mbps clock (introduced through the 8th E1/T1 on SA
board)
E1/T1 line clock
IEEE1588 clock (IP clock reference source)
CC distributes two groups of clocks, 61.44 MHz clock and FR (10
ms)/FN clock, simultaneously and distributes to the boards via the
backplane, to meet the requirements of GSM/UMTS respectively.

Inner Communication Network


The BS8700 system contains two switching networks.
IP signaling stream and media flow switching network: Its
switching plane is the Ethernet switching module on the CC
board.
IQ data switching network: Its switching plane is the IQ switch-
ing module on the FS board.
The communication between boards uses the IP signaling flow and
media flow switching network.

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Master/Slave Design
To ensure the stability of the BS8700 system, the main control
board, CC board, is designed in the M/S structure.

Hardware Configuration
Configuration Principles
Table 11 shows the configuration principles of BS8700 boards.

TABLE 11 BOARD CONFIGURATION PRINCIPLES

Board Quantity Configuration Principles

CC 1~2 One is mandatory. When two boards are


configured, they must be in M/S mode.

PM 1~2 One is mandatory. When two boards are


configured, they must be load sharing or M/S
mode.

SA 1 Mandatory

FA 1 Mandatory

BPC 1~5 In UMTS system, one BPC board supports


192CE/6CS and the total number of
BPC+UBPG+SE should be 5

UBPG 1~5 In GSM system, one UBPG board supports


12TRX and the total number of BPC+UBPG+SE
should be 5

FS 1~2 One is mandatory. Each FS board supports at


most six optical interfaces.

SE 0~1 Optical. Configure it when number of E1/T1 or


dry contact interfaces needs to be expanded.

Maximum Capacity Configured in


GSM System
The maximum capacity configurations of BS8700 in GSM system
is as shown in Table 12. In this case, the system supports at most
60TRX.

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TABLE 12 MAXIMUM CAPACITY CONFIGURED IN GSM SYSTEM

Boa- CC UBPG FS SA (Man- PM FA


rd datory) (Mandatory)

Qua- 2 5 1 1 2 1
ntity

Maximum Capacity Configured in


UMTS System
The maximum capacity configurations of BS8700 in UMTS system
is as shown in Table 13. In this case, the system supports at most
12CS (6S*2C, transmitting without diversity).

TABLE 13 MAXIMUM CAPACITY CONFIGURED IN UMTS SYSTEM

Boa- CC BPC FS SA (Man- PM FA


rd datory) (Mandatory)

Qua- 2 5 1 1 2 1
ntity

Typical Configurations in Dual Mode


System
The typical configurations of the BS8700 in the dual mode system
are as shown in Table 14. In this case, the system supports at
most UMTS 6CS (2S*2C, transmission diversity)+GSM 36TRX.

TABLE 14 MAXIMUM CAPACITY CONFIGURED IN DUAL MODE SYSTEM

Bo- CC BPC UB- FS SA (Man- PM FA (Man-


ard PG datory) datory)

Qu- 2 2 3 1 1 2 1
an-
tity

System Software
Configuration
BS8700 system software is configured in a package.

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System Interfaces
Brief Introduction to System Interface
Table 15 describes the main interfaces of the BS8700 system.

TABLE 15 INTERFACE DESCRIPTIONS

Function Physical Location Description


Interface

Iub/Abis E1/T1 SA/SE SA supports


interface eight channels
of E1s/T1. SE
supports eight
channels of
E1/T1.

Ethernet optical CC The Ethernet


interface optical interface
and electrical
Ethernet CC interface
electrical provided by
interface CC board
cannot be used
simultaneously.

Clock source GPS antenna CC CC provides


feeder interface only one
(RF interface) interface. It
cannot be used
BITS-2MHz CC by GPS and
interface BITS-2MHz
clock reference
simultaneously.

BITS-2Mbps SA Introduced
through the 8th
E1/T1

Local Ethernet CC CC provides one


operation and electrical LMT interface
maintenance interface

Remote Carried by
operation and Abis/Iub
maintenance interface

Power supply Power supply PM


interface

Baseband-RF Optical FS Each FS


interface interface supports a
maximum of
six optical
interfaces.

Antenna feeder RF interface RRU Each RRU sup-


interface ports on receiv-
ing diversity

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Function Physical Location Description


Interface
RF interface
and one receiv-
ing/transmit-
ting main RF
interface.

External Interface Location


External Interface Figure 13 shows the locations of B8200 external interfaces.
Location

FIGURE 13 B8200 EXTERNAL INTERFACES

1. Baseband-RF optical interface 6. Iub/Abis GE optical interface


2. Power supply interface 7. Iub/Abis GE/FE electrical interface
3. Dry contact input and output inter- 8. Debugging network interface
face/E1/T1 interface/serial com- 9. Dry contact input and output inter-
munication interface face/E1/T1 interface/serial com-
4. External receiver interface munication interface
5. GPS antenna feeder inter-
face/BITS clock interface

R8860 external interfaces are located at the cabinet bottom, as


shown in Figure 14.

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FIGURE 14 R8860 EXTERNAL INTERFACES

1. BBU-RRU interface/RRU cascading 7. Transmitting/receiving main RF


interface cable interface
2. BBU-RRU interface/RRU cascading 8. Frequency point extensible inter-
interface face
3. AISG device interface 9. Frequency point extensible inter-
4. External equipment interface face
5. Power supply interface 10. Grounding
6. Receiving diversity RF cable inter-
face

External Interface Table 16 describes BS8700 external interfaces.


Description
TABLE 16 BS8700 EXTERNAL INTERFACE DESCRIPTION

Equip- Inter- Description Board/U-


ment face nit
B8200 Name
Base- Optical interface connecting FS
band-RF BS8700 and RRU
optical
interface

Power External -48 V power input PM


supply
interface

Dry con- including E1/T1, RS232, RS485, SA/SE


tact in- and dry contact interface
put and
output
interfac-
e/E1/T1
inter-
face/se-
rial com-
munica-
tion in-
terface

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Equip- Inter- Description Board/U-


ment face nit
Name
External Connected to external receiver CC
receiver
interface

GPS an- Externally connected to GPS CC


tenna antenna or BITS clock
feeder
interfa-
ce/BITS
clock in-
terface

Iub/Abis GE optical interface connecting CC


optical RNC/BSC
interface

Iub/Abis GE electrical interface connecting CC


electrical RNC/BSC
interface

Debug- Used for BS debugging or local CC


ging net- operation and maintenance
work in-
terface

R8860 BBU-RRU Connected with BBU or cascaded RRU


inter- RRU
face/RRU
cascad-
ing inter-
face

BBU-RRU Connected with BBU or cascaded


inter- RRU
face/RRU
cascad-
ing inter-
face

AISG de- Connected with AISG device


vice in-
terface

External Connected with monitoring device


equip- and LMT
ment in-
terface

Power External -48 V power input


supply
interface

Receiv- Connected to receiving antenna


ing diver-
sity RF
cable in-
terface

Trans- Connected to transceiving


mit- antenna
ting/re-
ceiving
main RF

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Equip- Inter- Description Board/U-


ment face nit
cable
Name in-
terface

Fre- Connected to RRU, frequency


quency point extensible output interface,
point ex- outputting main receiving signals
tensible
interface
(OUT)

Fre- Connected to RRU, frequency


quency point extensible input interface,
point ex- inputting diversity receiving
tensible signals
interface
(IN)

Ground- Overall equipment grounding


ing

Abis Interface
Abis interface is the interface between BTS and BSC.
Interface This interface supports all services provided to users, and supports
Functions signaling transmitting and connection function. It especially sup-
ports radio resource management including BTS radio equipment
control and allocation.
Interface Abis interface supports the following physical interfaces:
Implementation
Gigabit Ethernet (GE) optical interface
The transmission media is optical fiber. The interface self-
adapts various rates of 10 Mbps/100 Mbps/1000 Mbps.
GE electrical interface
The transmission media is Ethernet fiber. The interface self-
adapts various rates of 10 Mbps/100 Mbps/1000 Mbps.
FE electrical interface
The transmission media is Ethernet fiber. The interface self-
adapts various rates of 10 Mbps/100 Mbps.
E1/T1 interface
Maximum bandwidth of E1: 2.048 M; maximum bandwidth of
T1: 1.544 M.
The Abis interface supports all-IP transmission.
Protocol Hierarchy Figure 15 shows the protocols used in all-IP transsmion at Abis
interface. The protocol stack is different if the bottom link is E1/T1
or Ethernet.

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FIGURE 15 ABIS INTERFACE PROTOCOL STACK-ALL IP

E1/T1 Interface
Interface Location SA board (SCSI50 socket); SE board SCSI50 socket
Interface Quantity Eight channels+eight channels (SA and SE support eight channels
resepectively)
Transmission Rate E1 transmission rate: 2048 kbit/s
T1 transmission rate: 1544 kbit/s
Observed Observed standards of E1: ITU-T G.703, ITU-T G.804
Standards
Observed standards of T1: AF-PHY-0016.0000 ANSI/ITU
G.703/G.704, 100 characteristics impedance

GE/FE Interface
Interface Type Optical interface or electrical interface
Interface Location On the ETH0 and ETH1 interfaces on CC board
Interface Quantity One optical/electrical interface (on ETH0 interface, electrical and
optical are excluded from each other, so only one optical interface
or one electrical interface is used) and one independent electrical
interface (on ETH1 interface).
Electrical The electrical interface supports 10/100/1000 Mbps self-adapta-
Interface tion. The maximum transmission distance is 100 m (category-5
or super category-5 twisted pairs).
Optical Interface The optical interface contains the optical modules supporting
1000BASE-LX and 1000BASE-SX. The technical indices are as
shown in Table 17.

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TABLE 17 TECHNICAL INDICES OF OPTICAL MODULE

Property Description

1000BA- Interface type LC


SE-LX
Interface rate 1000 Mbps

Selected cable and 9/125m single-mode optical


maximum transmission fiber and the transmission
distance distance is 10 km.

Observed standard IEEE 802.3z

Central wavelength 1310 nm

Transmission optical 9.5 dBm


power

Extinction ratio 8.2 dB

Maximum reception -20 dBm


sensitivity

1000BA- Interface type LC


SE-SX
Interface rate 1000 Mbps

Selected cable and 62.5/125m multi-mode


maximum transmission optical fiber and the
distance transmission distance is
275 m.
50/125m multi-mode
optical fiber and the
transmission distance is
550 m.

Observed standard IEEE 802.3z

Central wavelength 850 nm

Transmission optical -9.5 dBm


power

Extinction ratio 9 dB

Maximum reception -17 dBm


sensitivity

Baseband-RF interface
Interface Type Optical interface
Interface Location Optical interface on UBPI board
Interface Quantity Three on each baseband board. When the FS works in ac-
tive/standby mode, a maximum of eight baseband boards can be
configured. Otherwise, a maximum of nine can be configured.
Transmission Rate 2.5 Gbps

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GPS Interface
Interface Type RF interface, SMA (F)
Interface Location On REF interface on CC board
Interface Quantity One
Reception 1575.42 MHz
Frequency

Cascading Ethernet Interface

Interface Type Ethernet electrical interface


Interface Location On the ETH1 interface on CC board
Electrical The electrical interface supports 10/100/1000 Mbps self-adapta-
Interface tion. The maximum transmission distance is 100 m (category-5
or super category-5 twisted pairs).

LMT Interface
Interface Type Electrical interface
Interface Location On the ETH1 interface on CC board
Observed The interface complies with IEEE802.3-2002 standards.
Standards
Transmission Rate The electrical interface supports 10/100/1000 Mbps self-adapta-
and Distance tion. The maximum transmission distance is 100 m (category-5
or super category-5 twisted pairs).

Operation and Maintenance Interface


The operation and maintenance interface (remote) of the BS8700
is a logical interface. The operation and maintenance information
is connected to BSC through Abis interface and then connected to
NE management system (NMS) system through BSC, as shown in
Figure 16.

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FIGURE 16 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE INTERFACE

If the Abis interface is based on all-IP transmission, the operation


and maintenance information is delivered in IP in IP mode. Figure
17 shows the protocol stack.

FIGURE 17 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE INTERFACE-ALL IP

Software Description
Software Introduction
The BS8700 software consists of two parts: foreground software
and background software. The foreground software refers to the

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software that runs on the boards and the background software


refers to the NM software.
Foreground The foreground software exists in the form of the packet, which
Software can be downloaded to the main control board through the NM soft-
ware. The main control board distributes the foreground software
to other boards and then the software starts to run.
Background The background software includes OMC and LMT. The OMC per-
Software forms the remote operation and maintenance on the system, while
the LMT performs the local operation and maintenance on the sys-
tem.
NetNumen M31 is the registered trade mark of the OMC soft-
ware. NetNumen M31 can perform the management, operation,
and maintenance on all models of GSM/WCDMA BSs, including
BS8700.

Related NMS Software

LMT Software
LMT Software Local maintenance terminal (LMT) is the NM tool to perform the
operation and maintenance on a single BTS.
The LMT software includes the following functional modules:
Configuration management
Fault management
Performance management
Diagnostic test
Other assistant functions
Application On-site commissioning and debugging by engineering person-
Scenarios nel
Routine site maintenance

NetNumen M31 Software


Overview NetNumen M31 radio access network integrated NMS (NetNu-
men M31 or integrated NM in short) is the system between the
lower-level NM and upper-layer operation supporting system. Net-
Numen M31 enables the users to manage the network by consid-
ering the global network at the same time. It supports centralized
management of all professional networks provided by the oper-
ators. Through the interface to all professional NMs, NetNumen
M31 can manage the professional networks in the manner of cen-
tralized network topo, centralized alarm, and centralized perfor-
mance, changed from the former scattered management mode.
Meanwhile, NetNumen M31 provides a uniform interface for the
upper-layer application system.

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NetNumen M31 adopts the technology totally facing the objects.


Its design is based on the advanced J2EE platform. NetNumen 31
realizes the integrated access of all NE devices that are manufac-
tured by ZTE Corporation. It supports centralized alarm manage-
ment and centralized performance management on NE, and fulfills
the function of cross-NE performance data analysis.
Compared with NE-level NM, the advantages of the radio network
centralized NM are:
It focuses on the fault management, performance statistics and
configuration management in the whole network
It provides a broader management scope with the capability of
managing both devices of ZTE and third-party devices
Features NetNumen M31 has a Client/Server architecture. The ap-
plication server connects to the radio network subsystem and
meets various application requirements. The client only pro-
vides an interface for the operator to input operation instruc-
tions and view the result.
The server can run on the Unix or Windows operating system.
It supports the application of Oracle database, meeting the
performance requirement during the operation of the system.
The system software has a modularized structure, providing
a good scalability for the system. The software modules
can be distributed on different computers according to the
actual requirement to improve the processing capacity of the
system. The system supports distributed deployment, which
brings convenience in constructing a management network on
a large-scale site.
The overall structure of the system is designed in compliance
with the framework of Telecommunication Management Net-
work (TMN) specified by ITU-T.
The system supports the centralized maintenance and man-
agement of various radio network subsystems, including
WCDMA, TD-SCDMA and GSM radio networks. Accordingly,
the NEs that can be maintained and managed by the system
include: RNC and Node B in WCDMA networks, RNC and Node
B in TD-SCDMA networks, as well as BSC and BTS in GSM
networks. It supports the access of up to 40 equivalent NEs.
Designed according to TMN specifications of ITU-T and related
specifications of 3GPP, the system provides more value-added
applications besides the basic management functions. All the
functions are organized around the core of managed objects.
And various supplementary management tools are provided for
assistance.
The system provides both GUI and command line interface. It
supports MML commands.
The system provides network topological graphs for monitor-
ing the running status of the whole network in an intuitive way.
The network topological graphs can be organized on different
levels, such as global topological graph, and local topological
graph. The system can not only show the alarms in the whole
network in a centralized way, but also indicate the alarms on
the topological graph and corresponding rack map in real time.
It prompts the alarms at different severity levels through dif-
ferent sounds and colors. The system also supports the cen-

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tralized management of performance data in the whole net-


work for convenient query, statistics and report output of the
performance data.

Service Board Software of BS8700


The service board software of BS8700 refers to the software that
runs on boards to implement the BTS/Node B protocol function of
GSM/UMTS.

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Figures

Figure 1 Overall Appearance ................................................ 2


Figure 2 UMTS/GSM EDGE Network Structure......................... 2
Figure 3 BS8700 Compositions ............................................. 3
Figure 4 Star Networking ..................................................... 7
Figure 5 Chain Networking................................................... 7
Figure 6 Ring Networking .................................................... 8
Figure 7 Star Networking at Abis Interface ............................. 9
Figure 8 Chain Networking at Abis Interface ........................... 9
Figure 9 Relationship Between Modules ................................22
Figure 10 Software System Structure ...................................24
Figure 11 Control Data Flow ................................................25
Figure 12 Service Data Flow................................................26
Figure 13 B8200 External Interfaces ....................................30
Figure 14 R8860 External Interfaces ....................................31
Figure 15 Abis Interface Protocol Stack-All IP ........................34
Figure 16 Operation and Maintenance Interface .....................37
Figure 17 Operation and Maintenance Interface-All IP.............37

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Tables

Table 1 Power Consumption in Typical Configuration ...............10


Table 2 Temperature and Humidity Requirements...................12
Table 3 Capacity and Technical Indices in GSM System ...........12
Table 4 Capacity and Technical Indices in UMTS System ..........13
Table 5 Capacity and Technical Indices in Dual-Mode System ...13
Table 6 Observed General Standards ....................................14
Table 7 Observed EMC Standards.........................................16
Table 8 Operation Environment............................................16
Table 9 Storage environment...............................................18
Table 10 Declaration of ROHS Compliance for BS8700
Manufactured by ZTE CORPORATION....................19
Table 11 Board Configuration Principles ................................27
Table 12 Maximum Capacity Configured in GSM System..........28
Table 13 Maximum Capacity Configured in UMTS System ........28
Table 14 Maximum Capacity Configured in Dual Mode System...28
Table 15 Interface Descriptions............................................29
Table 16 BS8700 External Interface Description .....................31
Table 17 Technical Indices of Optical Module..........................35

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