Skywave hybrid cable system

installation guide

For NSN system

2013/11/15

Skywave Network Pte. Ltd.

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 Skywave Hybrid Cable Solution

1   General ........................................................................................................................................................... 5  

1.1   Hybrid cable and Assembly ....................................................................................................................... 5  

2   Product Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 6  
2.1   Main Cable ................................................................................................................................................ 6  

2.2   Aluminum Shield and Red color out Jacket............................................................................................... 7  

2.3   Main Cable Connector (Water blocking) .................................................................................................. 7  

2.4   DC Power Cable ....................................................................................................................................... 8  

2.5   FO connector and IP sheild ...................................................................................................................... 8  

3   Cable Transportation .................................................................................................................................. 9  

3.1   Attention for Transportation ..................................................................................................................... 9  

3.2   Package Lable ........................................................................................................................................... 9  

3.3   Test Report .............................................................................................................................................. 10  

4   Tools ............................................................................................................................................................. 11  
4.1   Tools ........................................................................................................................................................ 11  

4.2   Cutting Piler ............................................................................................................................................ 11  

4.3   Connector opening tools ......................................................................................................................... 11  

4.4   Outer Jacket Cutter ................................................................................................................................. 12  

4.5   Locking Piler ........................................................................................................................................... 12  

4.6   Sider Cutting Piler .................................................................................................................................. 12  

4.7   Needle Nose Piler .................................................................................................................................... 12  

4.8   Wire Cutter .............................................................................................................................................. 13  

4.9   Ruller ....................................................................................................................................................... 13  

4.10   Tape ......................................................................................................................................................... 13  

4.11   Scissors .................................................................................................................................................... 13  

5   Unpackage the Box ................................................................................................................................... 14  
5.1   Delivery the Product Box to the site, prepare all the tools which will be used. ..................................... 14  

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 5.2   Check the Label to confirm the product is correct. ................................................................................. 14  

5.3   Open the box ............................................................................................................................................ 15  

5.4   Check the test report ............................................................................................................................... 15  

5.5   Move the inside package ......................................................................................................................... 16  

5.6   Leave the tail and 2meters(red) cable ..................................................................................................... 16  

5.7   Open the tail and Connector plastic package bag .................................................................................. 17  

5.8   Roll the tail, prepare for hanging the cable ............................................................................................ 17  

5.9   Rape the cable and prepare for hanging ................................................................................................. 17  

6   Engineer Preparing ................................................................................................................................... 19  

6.1   Engineer should have tower climbing license. ........................................................................................ 19  

6.2   All the necessary tools for cable hanging up. ......................................................................................... 19  

6.3   Prepare the Cale Clamp and Grounding Kits. ........................................................................................ 19  

Notes: Be very careful NOT OVER BENDING THE CABLE ........................................................................... 20  

7   Site Preparing ............................................................................................................................................. 21  
7.1   NSN Fiber/Power cable cabinet in site ................................................................................................... 21  
8   Procedure for Installation ........................................................................................................................ 22  

8.1   Checking the identification of Cable End: .............................................................................................. 22  

8.2   Cable hanging preparation: .................................................................................................................... 22  

8.3   Cable hanging： ..................................................................................................................................... 22  

8.4   Install the cable on the tower with Clamp： ........................................................................................... 22  

8.5   Install the DC wire Terminal .................................................................................................................. 22  

8.6   Installing the FO connector : .................................................................................................................. 23  

8.7   Pulling the cable end to BBU .................................................................................................................. 23  

8.8   Open BBU protecting cover .................................................................................................................... 23  

8.9   Stripping the packing material of Dn portion ......................................................................................... 23  

8.10   Install the DC wire terminal : ................................................................................................................. 23  

8.11   Install the FO connector to the BBU: ..................................................................................................... 23  

8.12   Checking the installation and clean the site. ........................................................................................... 24  

8.13   Prepare for Testing. ................................................................................................................................ 24  

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 9   On site handling the over length cable ................................................................................................ 25  
9.1   Prepare for Opening the connector ........................................................................................................ 25  

9.2   Put a mark on the cutting position .......................................................................................................... 25  

9.3   Open the Connector ................................................................................................................................ 26  

9.4   Open the inside sheilding： .................................................................................................................... 26  

9.5   Cut the aluminum and outer-Jacket cover .............................................................................................. 27  

9.6   Clean the cable to the cutting position .................................................................................................... 27  

9.7   Cut 6 cm out jacket for re-install the inside sheilding ............................................................................ 28  

9.8   Re-assembly the connector ...................................................................................................................... 29  

9.9   Cut the over length DC power cable ....................................................................................................... 29  

10   Grounding kits Installation ................................................................................................................... 30  
10.1   Cut the out Jacket .................................................................................................................................... 30  

10.2   Using the knife to cut the outer Jacket 6cm............................................................................................. 30  

10.3   Fixing the Grounding kits： ................................................................................................................... 31  

10.4   Water proofing and insulation ................................................................................................................ 31  

11   Cable Clamp Installation ....................................................................................................................... 32  

11.1   Checking the Cable clamp ....................................................................................................................... 32  

11.2   Fixing the Clamp on the tower ................................................................................................................ 32  

12   Appendix: Abbreviation ......................................................................................................................... 34  

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 1 General

1.1 Hybrid cable and Assembly

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 2 Product Introduction

2.1 Main Cable

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 2.2 Aluminum Shield and Red color out Jacket

2.3 Main Cable Connector (Water blocking)

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 2.4 DC Power Cable

2.5 FO connector and IP sheild

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 3 Cable Transportation

3.1 Attention for Transportation

During the transportation, Dump, Toss to the product are

forbidden.

3.2 Package Lable

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 3.3 Test Report

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 4 Tools
4.1 Tools

4.2 Cutting Piler

4.3 Connector opening tools

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 4.4 Outer Jacket Cutter

4.5 Locking Piler

4.6 Sider Cutting Piler

4.7 Needle Nose Piler

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 4.8 Wire Cutter

4.9 Ruller

4.10 Tape

4.11 Scissors

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 5 Unpackage the Box
5.1 Delivery the Product Box to the site, prepare all the tools

which will be used.

5.2 Check the Label to confirm the product is correct.

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 5.3 Open the box

5.4 Check the test report

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 5.5 Move the inside package

5.6 Leave the tail and 2meters(red) cable

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 5.7 Open the tail and Connector plastic package bag

5.8 Roll the tail, prepare for hanging the cable

5.9 Rape the cable and prepare for hanging

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Skywave Network Pte. Ltd.
Telephone: (65) 67376651 E-Mail: Website:
400 Orchard Road #16-07, Orchard Towers,
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 6 Engineer Preparing

6.1 Engineer should have tower climbing license.

6.2 All the necessary tools for cable hanging up.

6.3 Prepare the Cale Clamp and Grounding Kits.

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 Notes: Be very careful NOT OVER BENDING THE CABLE

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 7 Site Preparing

7.1 NSN Fiber/Power cable cabinet in site

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 8 Procedure for Installation

8.1 Checking the identification of Cable End:

According to identification of cable end, top end will be marked (UP),
bottom end will be marked (DN).

8.2 Cable hanging preparation:

Engineer climbs to the top of tower, taking with pulley and rope, install the
pulley at the proper position on the tower, one end of rope is passed through
the groove of pulley to the bottom of tower, the length of rope shall be more
than two times length of pulley to the bottom, this is easy for the engineer fixes
one end of rope on the cable, and pull the other end of rope at the bottom of
tower. Engineer takes the end of rope fixing on the outer end of cable, the
fixing portion on the main cable shall be more than 2 meter, the fixing portion
on the branch area is strictly prohibited, because this will damage to the
properties of FO.

8.3 Cable hanging：

During the pulling of cable to the top of tower, cable kink and
torsion ,scratch the surface of cable, bump on the end of FO are strictly
prohibited .

8.4 Install the cable on the tower with Clamp：

Pull the cable to the proper position for installation , used with
7/8”feeder cable clamp fixing on the tower .(1 1/4” clamp if cable is 1
1/4”)

8.5 Install the DC wire Terminal

The DC cable shall be protected with NSN plastic tube ,strip off DC
cable insulation with approximate 10mm, Red cable is install to
“＋”terminal ,black cable is install to “－”terminal .

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 8.6 Installing the FO connector :
The lid of RRU optical fiber junction box shall be opened with proper
tool ,open the cap of LC connector of FO ,put the connector into optical
Modular ,the pushing force shall be proper and do not damage the end
of ferrule ,an corrugated optical protecting tube shall be put on the
connector ,checking everything is correct , the lid shall be recovered on
the junction box .

8.7 Pulling the cable end to BBU

Pull the bottom end of cable to the BBU termina

8.8 Open BBU protecting cover

The lid of BBU optical fiber junction box shall be opened with proper
tool

8.9 Stripping the packing material of Dn portion

Take off the down end packing material of branch part ,and inspect
thecable if any damage or not

8.10 Install the DC wire terminal :

The down end of DC cable shall be protected with NSN plastic
tube ,strip off DC cable insulation with*approximate 10mm, Red cable is
install to “＋”terminal ,black cable is install to “－”terminal .

8.11 Install the FO connector to the BBU:

The lid of BBU optical fiber junction box shall be opened with proper
tool ,open the cap of LC connector of FO ,put the connector into optical
Modular ,the pushing force shall be proper and do not damage the end
of ferrule .an corrugated optical protecting tube shall be put on the
connector ,checking everything is correct , the lid shall be recovered on
the junction box .

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 8.12 Checking the installation and clean the site.

8.13 Prepare for Testing.

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 9 On site handling the over length cable

9.1 Prepare for Opening the connector

9.2 Put a mark on the cutting position

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 9.3 Open the Connector

9.4 Open the inside sheilding：

tor

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 9.5 Cut the aluminum and outer-Jacket cover

9.6 Clean the cable to the cutting position

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 9.7 Cut 6 cm out jacket for re-install the inside sheilding

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 9.8 Re-assembly the connector

9.9 Cut the over length DC power cable

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 10 Grounding kits Installation

10.1 Cut the out Jacket

Determine the position to be fixed for grounding kit, using pipe cutting knife ,to make a
circle cut , be careful not to damage the aluminum armor。The cutting length is 6 cm.

10.2 Using the knife to cut the outer Jacket 6cm

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 10.3 Fixing the Grounding kits：

10.4 Water proofing and insulation

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 11 Cable Clamp Installation

11.1 Checking the Cable clamp

11.2 Fixing the Clamp on the tower

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Skywave Network Pte. Ltd.
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 12 Appendix: Abbreviation
BBU : Base Band Unit

DB: Distribution Box

DC: Direct Current

FO: Fiber Optic

PSU: Power Supply Unit

RAN : Radio Access Unit

SM : single Mode

MM: Mono Mode

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2013.11.10

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