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Author: Chengmaolin(00176733)
Issue: 04
Date: 2015-05-05
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Change History:
Date Version Description Author
This issue is the first official
2012-08-10 1.0 Xingzengwu(193651)
release.
Revised the document based on
2013-07-10 2.0 Qinfuqiang (173346)
review comments.
Contents
7 Conclusion...................................................................................................................................... 25
8 Acronyms and Abbreviations ....................................................................................................... 26
1 Executive Summary
The booming of Mobile Broadband(MBB) promotes operators to deploy a multi-band multi-RAT network,
fast deployment and high quality of MBB network are operators’ common requirement. Facing the challenge
of MBB network deployment, Huawei antenna applies the innovative plug & play RET(remote electrical tilt)
solution which is called “EasyRET”, against low reliability and commission efficiency of traditional RET
solution. (see figure 1 and figure 2)
Before 2009, electrical tilt of antenna is normally adjusted on site manually. Because it is difficult to get
permit to visit site and hard to visit site for network optimization in bad weathers, which also cause increase
of labor. As a result, one solution which is called Remote Electrical Tilt has been developed to solve those
problems.
Traditional RET system is composed with MET antenna and outside RCU (remote control unit), and OSS
system is to support setting electrical downtilt in the network management center. It does not need to visit
site to adjust downtilt, so operation and cost is reduced. Because of those advantages, traditional RET
solution has been widely used in wireless network.
As extensive use of traditional RET antennas, installation and configuration failure problems happen
occasionally. Huawei’s statistical data from Europe shows that 90% failure of RET system due to external
RET components, including RCU installation and configuration problem, AISG cable connection problem
and RET components missing. Therefore, disadvantages of traditional RET solution such as reliability and
efficiency also result in higher maintenance cost.
To improve reliability and efficiency of RET system, Huawei antenna applies a plug & play RET solution
which is called “EasyRET”. EasyRET means RET system is easy to install, configure and maintain.
Figure 4-1 EasyRET solution embedded RCU and cascade AISG cable.
Figure 4-3 The schematic drawing of antennas using Color Coding scheme.
690-960/1710-2690MHz
690-960/1710-2690/1710-2690MHz
790-862/880-960/1710-2690/1710-2170/2490-2690MHz
The integrated RCU S/N of EasyRET antenna also adopts Color Coding scheme to make relationship between
each integrated RCU and each antenna bands clearly (see Figure4-4 ), and S/N can be easily identified in OSS
for site installation.
Figure 4-4 The relation between integrated RCU S/N and antenna ports
• For triple-band antennas or higher, when the old RET module is replaced with a new one, no need to
upload configuration data, the RET module will automatically read the configuration data from antenna
which has embedded EPROM with pre-stored configuration data inside.
Only on EasyRET2, a mechanical tilt indicator can be pulled out the antenna radome (see Figure 4-2).
Electrical tilt can be read on both sides of indicators, which adopt indicator protection design to avoid the
damage from environment.
EasyRET1.0 EasyRET2.0
Indicator
5 Benefits of EasyRET
Note:
When only 1 AISG interface (one primary) is controlling all the embedded RETs, then a daisy-chain
cable MUST NEVER be installed, otherwise the system would not work, see figure below for reference.
Note:
On unused AISG ports, the installer must verify that all the waterproof end-caps provided from the
factory default delivery, are properly fitted and tightened.
Note: The calculation of MTBF is based on the whole RET antenna system, including passive antenna part and
RET part. No consider environmental factor and human factor in the process of installation and configuration.
Figure 6-2 Two AISG Group in Huawei Quad Band EasyRET Antenna
If there is one operator controls the whole system, any AISG group has the same priority to control all the
internal RCUs, you may choose LEFT group or RIGHT group to connect. For co-antenna scenario with two
operators, the RCU controlled by each AISG group should follow “First configuration serve” principle. Take
quad-band antenna for example, before the implementation of the relevant bands allocated state in OSS,
operator X and Y in the network can see the four RCUs which are not configured.
Figure 6-3 4 RCUs “unconfigured ” in the OSS form operator X and operator Y
Then the RCU assign to the two operators (vender) as agreed by both party, after agreement, operator X and
operator Y can configure assigned RCUs independently through OSS by following configuration process.
For the RET configured by operator X, operator Y can’t control it, only when operator X release the
configured RET, then operator Y can find this RCU and make configuration for it by adding the RET.
Figure 6-4 When operator X configured the assigned RET, operator Y can only configure the unconfigured
RCU
Figure 6-5 When operator Y configured assigned RET, operator X and Y can only scan and control each
configured RET
Figure 6-6 When operator X release the configured RET, both operator X and Y can scan the unconfigured
RET
When REU connect to BTS and antenna, REU is equal to MAX three groups of AISG interface, and
configuration principle of RET system is the same as EasyRET antennas with two groups AISG interface
(see chapter 6.1). When multi-operator share the antenna, integrated RCUs controlled by each AISG group
should be distribute follow “First configuration serve” principle.
REU supports more RET antennas cascading, including EasyRET, traditional external RET antenna (see
Figure 6-9). But for the same multi-band EasyRET antenna with two groups of AISG interface, REU
cannot be used for both ASIG IN ports, and it is not available that REU connects one group AISG
interface and another group of AISG interface connects BTS in the same EasyRET antenna with two
groups of AISG interface.
EasyRET
RET
antenna
RET module
For the same multi-band EasyRET antenna with two groups of AISG interface, REU cannot be used for
both ASIG IN ports, and one of the ASIG IN port is connected with REU, another AISG IN port cannot
use another piece of REU either.
7 Conclusion
By integrates all RET components inside of antenna, Huawei EasyRET solution reduce installation
difficulties, improve configuration and commission efficiency and system reliability which can effectively
avoid high maintenance costs due to secondary site deployment and help operators reduce the network
optimization investment and maintenance cost.