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Siemens BTSE BS240 PDF
Siemens BTSE BS240 PDF
The system complies with the standard EN 60950 / IEC 60950. All equipment connected to the system must
comply with the applicable safety standards.
Hazardous voltages are present at the AC power supply lines in this electrical equipment. Some components may
also have high operating temperatures.
Failure to observe and follow all installation and safety instructions can result in serious personal injury
or property damage.
Therefore, only trained and qualified personnel may install and maintain the system.
Caution:
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with EN 301489. Its class of conformity is defined in table
A30808-X3247-X910-*-7618, which is shipped with each product. This class also corresponds to the limits for a
Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is
operated in a commercial environment.
This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accor-
dance with the relevant standards referenced in the manual “Guide to Documentation”, may cause harmful inter-
ference to radio communications.
For system installations it is strictly required to choose all installation sites according to national and local require-
ments concerning construction rules and static load capacities of buildings and roofs.
For all sites, in particular in residential areas it is mandatory to observe all respectively applicable electromagnetic
field / force (EMF) limits. Otherwise harmful personal interference is possible.
Trademarks:
All designations used in this document can be trademarks, the use of which by third parties for their own purposes
could violate the rights of their owners.
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Base Station System BS-240/241
Details:
Chapter/Section Reason for Update
Revised Chapter
Issue History
Issue Date of issue Reason for Update
Number
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Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.1 Main Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.2 Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2 Hardware Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.1 Board Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.1.1 AC/DC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.1.2 Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2 Power Amplifier Output Level (typical values) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.3 Rack Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3 Description of Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.1 Core (COBA and COSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.1.1 Core Basis (COBA2P8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.1.2 Core Satellite (COSA6P16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.2 Carrier Unit (CU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.3 EDGE Carrier Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.4 GMSK Carrier Units (GCU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.5 Duplexer Amplifier Multi Coupler (DUAMCO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.6 DI(=2) Amplifier Multi Coupler (DIAMCO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3.7 Filter Combiner (FICOM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3.8 Tower Mounted Amplifier (TMA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3.9 High Power Duplexer Unit (HPDU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.10 DC Panel (DCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.11 Alarm Collection Terminal (ACT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.12 AC/DC Converter (AC/DC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3.12.1 DC and Battery Controller (DCBCTRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.13 Overvoltage Protection and Tracer (OVPT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.14 Abis Connection Module (ABISCON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.15 Abis Link Equipment (LE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.16 Cover Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.17 Backup Battery (BATTERY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.18 Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.19 Heat Exchanger (HEX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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4.3.1 Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
4.4 FCC Issues (for US Market only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6 Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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Illustrations
Fig. 2.1 BS-240 Indoor Cabinet and BS-241 Outdoor Cabinet (Base Racks) . . 14
Fig. 2.2 Functional Blocks of the BS-240/241. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Fig. 2.3 Redundant COREs and their Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fig. 2.4 BS-240 Base Rack and 2 Extension Racks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Fig. 2.5 BS-241 Base Rack and 2 Extension Racks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Fig. 2.6 Possible Configuration of Service1 Rack and Service2 Rack . . . . . . . . 22
Fig. 2.7 BS-240/241 fully Equipped with 24 Carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Fig. 3.1 Backplane Slot Configuration of Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Fig. 3.2 COBA2P8 Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Fig. 3.3 Structure of ACLK Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Fig. 3.4 COSA6P16 Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Fig. 3.5 Carrier Unit Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Fig. 3.6 PATRX Block Diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Fig. 3.7 Principal Data Flow on SIPRO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Fig. 3.8 EPATRX and ESIPRO Function Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Fig. 3.9 Data Flow in ESIPRO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Fig. 3.10 Alarm Collection Terminal (ACTM and ACTP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Fig. 3.11 Example of Battery Backup Systems Connected to the AC/DC . . . . . . 43
Fig. 4.1 Overview of Combining Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Fig. 4.2 DUAMCO 2:2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Fig. 4.3 DUAMCO 4:2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Fig. 4.4 DUAMCO 8:2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Fig. 4.5 FICOM 8:1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Fig. 4.6 DIAMCO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fig. 4.7 HPDU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Fig. 4.8 Configuration with HPDU, DUBIAS and TMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fig. 4.9 Multi-cell (3,3,2): with 3 DUAMCO 4:2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Fig. 4.10 Multi-cell (3,3,2): with 2 DUAMCO 4:2 and 1 DUAMCO 2:2 . . . . . . . . . 58
Fig. 4.11 Single-cell (8,0,0): with FICOM and DIAMCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Fig. 4.12 Single-cell (8,0,0): with 2 DUAMCO 4:2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Fig. 4.13 Multi-cell (2,2,2): with 3 DUAMCO 2:2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Fig. 4.14 Single-cell (11...16,0,0): FICOMs, DIAMCOs and HPDUs in 2 Racks. . 60
Fig. 4.15 Capacity Downlink Improvements for TX Diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Fig. 4.16 BTS Rack Cabling for Transmitter Diversity Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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Tables
Tab. 1.1 Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tab. 1.2 Frequency Bands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Tab. 2.1 Power Amplifier Output Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Tab. 3.1 Units and Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Tab. 3.2 GMSK/8PSK Linear Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Tab. 4.1 Insertion loss of DUAMCOs, FICOMs, HPDU and TMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Tab. 4.2 Parameters of DUAMCO - DIAMCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Tab. 4.3 Parameters of 900 MHz Tower Mounted Amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Tab. 4.4 Parameters of 1800 MHz Tower Mounted Amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Tab. 4.5 Parameters of 900/1800 MHz Tower Mounted Amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Tab. 4.6 Maximum RF Power Output Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Tab. 4.7 Maximum RF Power Output Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
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1 Introduction
The architecture of BS-240/241 provides maximum flexibility to develop higher capacity
BTSs with reduced volume and an expanded number of 24 TRXs in 3 Racks with a
modularity of 8 TRXs per Rack. Any operation for rack extension or TRX substitution
doesn’t involve service interruption.The provision of a full spectrum of combining equip-
ment allows high power and minimized number of antennas. High receiver sensitivity is
also guaranted.
The modular architecture and the flexible internal structure, enables the BS-240/241 to
provide new GSM features such as EDGE; this platform ensures that network evolution
is as smooth as possible.
The use of the latest technology reduces power consumption and improves reliability;
the reliability is also increased by the redundancy of all core modules. Easy integration
is possible in the already installed sites, for the backward compatibility with existing
SIEMENS SBS systems. High Site efficiency is assured for composite transmit power
with minimal footprint requirements.
Homogenous service throughout the network is assured by common BTS SW running
on all the platforms.
The BS-240/241 primarily consists of:
• Carrier oriented boards called carrier unit (CU),
• Core boards (COSA, COBA) and
• Combining equipment
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Redundancy:
– SW Support of Core Redundancy
– SW Support of BCCH Redundancy
– AC/DC n+1 redundancy. (n+1) AC/DC Converters work in load sharing, but n AC/DC
are able to supply the whole BS-240/241 including Service Racks/Shelters
Abis interface:
– Enhanced Full-Rate TCH
– Full-Rate and Half-Rate TCH
– AMR TCH
– Submultiplexing 4 x 16 kbit/s onto one 64 kbit/s timeslot for handling Full-Rate TCH
on Um interface
– Handling of 4x(2x8) kbit/s onto one 64 kbit/s timeslot for half-rate TCH on Um inter-
face
– Drop and insert feature on 2 Mbit/s (E1) and 1.5 Mbit/s (T1) links is available on a
16 kbit/s and a 64 kbit/s basis
– Star, loop and multidrop chain connections
– Cross connect function
– Change of PCM line configuration from star to multidrop or loop and vice versa is
possible without any interruption of service
– Multiple Abis LAPD links; load sharing and LAPD fault recovery
– External clock synchronisation
– Over-Voltage Protection with OVPT
Abis link media:
– Wire
– Fiber optic
– Micro-Wave
Fault procedures:
– Automatic Recovery procedure of faulty objects in BTS
– Online RF Loopback
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2 Hardware Architecture
The BS-240/241 is designed to achieve commonality of boards to serve both GSM 850,
GSM 900 with its different deviates (GSM 1800, GSM 1900) and standards selected for
mobile communication systems. Moreover, the architecture of BS-240/241 provides
maximum flexibility to develop large and small BTSs which have similar costs per TRX.
Fig. 2.1 shows the Base Rack Cabinets.
Fig. 2.1 BS-240 Indoor Cabinet and BS-241 Outdoor Cabinet (Base Racks)
The BTS functional blocks of the BS-240/241 are shown in Fig. 2.2
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Cell 0
Base Rack CC-Links
4xTX Abis
TMA 2 PCM O
V
Ext. Sync.
DUAMCO CU 0 COBA P
RX
2 PCM T
TMA Sync.
RXDIV
Cell 1 O
4 PCM V
P
4xTX
TMA T
Abis
FICOM
H CU 7
RX COSA
DUBIAS P
D to next ext. rack
U
RXDIV
ACTC
*
DIAMCO ACTM
TMA FAN
Cell 1
RXCA0 DCP
RXCA1
4xTX
Extension Rack
RX CU 0
RXDIV
FICOM
4xTX
RX CU 7
RX *
RXDIV
ACTC ACTP
Cascading
DIAMCO
RXDIV FAN
DCP
*
DCB- DCB- ACTC ACTP
CTRL CTRL FAN
CAN BUS
BATTERY BATTERY
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The architecture of BS-240/241 provides maximum flexibility to develop large and small
BTSs.
The BS-240/241 mainly consists of:
– carrier oriented boards called carrier unit (CU),
– core boards (COSA, COBA) and
– combining equipment
Up to 8 PCM lines can be connected to the core boards. In order to provide cost effective
solutions, the core boards are scalable (COBA, COSA). In addition, also the BTS itself
is scalable. It is possible to connect up to 2 Extension Racks to a Base Rack.
The main communication between the modules is provided by means of bi-directional
serial link communications between the carrier units (CU) and the core boards. The
serial link also provides an effective means to realize baseband frequency hopping.
Despite the fact that synchronization information is also transported via the serial links,
no differential length constraints apply for the lines of the serial link.
All alarms, beside the alarms that are generated in the core and in the CU boards, are
transported via the CAN bus. Alarms of the CU boards are transmitted via CC-Link. Core
boards use their interface bus.
The carrier unit(s) provide all analog and digital signal processing including a RF power
stage necessary to process a single carrier (e.g., GSM 8 TCHs). The carrier unit(s) inter-
face with the combining equipment on the one side and with the core modules on the
other. The core boards provide functions common to all carriers within the BS-240/241
(e.g., clock generation, O&M processing,...) as well as LAPD processing for the different
carriers.
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2.1.1 AC/DC
Up to 6 AC/DC converters can be equipped in the service1 Rack which provide N+1
redundancy. AC/DC converters work in load sharing, but n AC/DC are able to supply the
whole BS-240/241.
2.1.2 Core
The Core can consist of up to 2 (without redundancy) or up to 4 (with redundancy)
boards, which have a common backplane. The block diagram depicts the 2n CORE
redundancy and the embedding of the active and the passive CORE into the BTS, and
the interrelation of both COREs.
CU CU CU
SELIC SELIC SELIC
Both COREs (COBA0/COSA0 and COBA1/COSA1) have link interfaces to the ABIS
lines, but only one (the active CORE) can be connected.
On the backplane of the BTS, one connector provides a link of the LMT to the current
active CORE. In the case of a CORE switch over, the switch logic switches that
connector to the new active CORE. The same holds for the CAN bus (alarm bus), i.e.,
both COREs have the same CAN bus address where at any time at most one CORE is
an active CAN bus node.
Both the active and the passive CORE have links to the carrier units (CU); in reverse,
each CU is linked with both COREs. The traffic data are transmitted transparently
through the active CORE. Signal processing takes place only within the CUs.
The endpoints of each link are built up by SELIC ASICs (note: one SELIC contains
double functionality), where on the CU, one SELIC serves two COREs. In the case of a
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switch over, the SELICs on the active CORE are disabled by the switch logic and the
SELICs on the passive one are enabled. The SELICs on the CORE have to know
whether they are on the active or on the passive CORE. For this reason the SELICs
need a active/passive pin, which is served by the redundancy switch logic. When a
switch over occurs, the switch logic sets the active/passive pin of the former active
SELICs to "passive" and that of the former passive SELICs to "active".
The SELICs on the CUs have to recognize automatically which link comes from the
active CORE and which link from the passive one, i.e. it has to recognise a CORE switch
over by itself.
The RD interface (redundancy interface) is realized as a 2 Mbit/s HDLC link which
provides a communication interface between the two main processors (mP).
The switch logic is a flip-flop distributed over the two COREs. It manages the HW part
of a switch over and enables the COREs to know about their states as active/passive.
The CLK of the active CORE is connected with the one on the passive CORE. It allows
the passive CLK to be synchronized to the active one.
NOTE: the redundancy is implemented in a cold-standby mode, i.e., all calls will get lost
if a CORE switch over occurs.
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ACOM ACOM ACOM ACOM ACOM ACOM ACOM ACOM ACOM ACOM ACOM ACOM
0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3
CU CU CU CU CU CU CU CU CU CU CU CU
MUCO 1
MUCO 0
MUCO 1
MUCO 0
MUCO 1
MUCO 0
2 3 6 7 2 3 6 7 2 3 6 7
CU CU CU CU CU CU CU CU CU CU CU CU
0 1 4 5 0 1 4 5 0 1 4 5
1
1
0
0
COSA
COBA
COSA
COBA
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CU CU CU CU CU CU CU CU CU CU CU CU
0 1 4 5 0 1 4 5 0 1 4 5
1
1
0
0
COSA
COBA
COSA
COBA
CU CU CU CU CU CU CU CU CU CU CU CU
MUCO 1
MUCO 0
MUCO 1
MUCO 0
MUCO 1
MUCO 0
2 3 6 7 2 3 6 7 2 3 6 7
ACOM ACOM ACOM ACOM ACOM ACOM ACOM ACOM ACOM ACOM ACOM ACOM
0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3
Fig. 2.7 shows the max possible configurations. The Base Rack and the Extension
Racks can be located physically in any position.
The Service Rack (see Fig. 2.6 for possible configuration) satisfies various applications
depending on number of CU units configured and/or number and kind of Network termi-
nation equipment provided and the Battery Backup time required.
All AC/DC frames are housed in the same Service Rack thus there are two basic kinds
of the Service Rack, one being connected to the AC mains (Service1 Rack) and one
being connected to DC only (Service2 Rack).
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SIEMENS SIEMENS
DC-PANEL DC-PANEL
ACT-C ACT-C
D LE 0
C AC/ AC/ AC/ AC/ AC/ AC/
B DC DC DC DC DC DC LE 1
C
T 00 01 02 03 04 05 LE 2
R
L LE 3
LE 4
AC + DC Distribution
LE 5
FAN 2 FAN 3
On the digital side there is an extension of the CC links (connection between Core Back-
plane and the CU’s not housed in the Base Rack) and the CAN Bus. The CAN Bus
connection cannot be shown in the right way because it strongly depends on the number
of Extension and Service Racks present.
On the RF side there is an extension in the RX path only for omni and specific sector
cell (e.g., 5/5/5) configurations and diversity reception with more than 8 TRX. Thus a
maximum of 2 RF cables (cascading) are connected between two Racks. There is no
TX combining over Rack borders thus the TRXs of different Racks is combined on air
only. Some configurations are not possible with 2 Racks only e.g., 5/5/5 with FICOM
because of the number of available ACOM slots.
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Service2 Rack
Service1 Rack
Base Rack
Extension Rack
Extension Rack
For the BS-241 outdoor cabinet only one type of the Shelter exists to be used for all
outdoor Base Shelter, Extension Shelters, Service1 and Service2 Shelters.
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3 Description of Modules
Name Freq. Remarks
Var.
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Cover Parts: Cover Parts have to be no the air flow inside the Frame or Shelter is
CP:ACOM inserted if the respective not affected
CP:CU active module is not
CP:AC/DC needed in a configuration
CP:DIAMCO
CP:COBA, COSA
CP:ACT
CP:HEX
Battery Backup Battery systems no up to 4 Battery systems can be equipped
(only in the Service1 or Service2 Rack-
Shelters)
Fan Central Fan unit no for forced convection cooling
Heater: no Heater can be equipped in all typer of
HEX Single Heater Shelters
Frame Compact Rack no Base, Extension, Service1 and Service2
Shelter Shelter of the Cabinet no Base, Extension, Service1 and Service2
with HEX
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CU CU
OVPT
CABLES
Backplane Plugs
8 16 8 16 other
SELIC SELIC SELIC SELIC interfaces
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HW inside the Rack is disturbed (no loss of data on other boards) or a board is
destroyed.
A COBA-board can only be pulled out, if before the COSA-board is pulled out
i
After plug-in of a Core-board, this board is in the reset-state and all bus-drivers of
external busses are in tristate. These drivers shall be enabled not before initialization of
the devices, which serve the external busses.
SESA SMC2 CU
SELIC CU
OASI SMC1 BCC CU
SMC4 SELIC
RDL ACLK CU
TPC SMC3 CU
SELIC CU
LMT/OTP SMC2
SELIC CU
LAPD TSA-SCC1 SIU CU
SELIC-BUS
Abis1
Abis2
SAT-Interface
SRAM FLASH
16MB CAN I/O
3 X 8MB BISON
BISON-BUS
The ACLK generates the system specific timing signals which are distributed by SELICs
to the CUs. Fig. 3.3 shows the structure of the ACLK function.
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reference reference
clock input clock phase/ D
divider OCVCXO master clock
frequency
TOP master 32, 768 MHz
tracking clock detector A
oscillator divider
processor BCC interface
controlled
master sync input
from redundant ACLK
16,384 MHz
2 8,192 MHz SYNC
4 4,096 MHz
LTG system
8 2,048 MHz
S Driver clocks
loadable 16
Y 8 kHz Stage
timing 4096
generator N
C 60 ms master sync
1966080
master counter master counts
BCC Interface master sync to redundant ACLK
The tracking oscillator TOP synchronizes the oven controlled VCXO to the selected
frequency reference source. The TOP is realized as a phase/frequency locked loop. The
regulation parameters (P and I constant) are variable by SW. Also, the regulating algo-
rithm is implemented by SW. The output clock of the oscillator is called the master clock.
The cut-off frequency of the TOP depends directly on the pulling gradient of the used
OCVCXO. Since the ACLK has to synchronize to jittered lines the scattering of the
cut-off frequency is very critical. The cut-off frequency has to choose very low to elimi-
nate lowest frequency wander and is therefore near the range of the temperature’s
cut-off frequency. To guarantee less deviation of the required cut-off frequency also with
components from different manufactures (2nd and 3rd source), the OCVCXO is cali-
brated on the COBA in the factory. The pulling gradient is measured against an atomic
clock and the calibration values is stored on COBA in a serial EEPROM. With Uncali-
brated ACLKs must not be installed in the field. This can be achieved by the software
which should check whether the ACLK is calibrated or not.
In case of redundancy switch-overs no warm up and only a short synchronization phase
(because of effects at the switch-over) of the redundant ACLK is necessary.
The loadable timing generation hardware LTG is implemented in a FPGA device, which
can be loaded by the BCC with the current hardware function. In this stage, all neces-
sary system clocks and the master sync pulse are generated. Also, the master counter
is realized. The count value of the master counter is fed via a serial interface to the
SELIC. In active redundancy mode, the master sync pulse is forwarded to the standby
ACLK. In standby redundancy mode, the generator is synchronized with the master
sync pulse coming from the active ACLK function. So both redundant ACLKs generate
their clocks in aligned. If necessary, a very fast redundancy switch-over is possible.
The FPGA is configured after a power-on reset from the BCC. Until the configuration has
finished, no output clocks are available, i.e., a communication via Abis or CUs is not
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possible. The communication path from the LMT to the BCC is not affected, i.e., a
SW-download via the LMT is possible.
PCMport1
OVPT
&
PCMport2 FALC54 for PCM30/24
SELIC
PCMport3
OVPT SELIC
& BISON
PCMport4 FALC54 for PCM30/24 SELIC
PCMport5
OVPT SELIC to
CUs
& RCLK1-6 SELIC
PCMport6 FALC54 for PCM30/24 CLKX1-6
SELIC
Route SELIC
DC/DC SAT-Interface Clock
Converter (32bit data) Preselector SELIC
Interfaces
to COBA
Working Route
BISON Clocks Real-Time BUS (Hopping)
Clocks BUS Non-Real-Time BUS (O&M)
The key-element of the PCM-interfaces is the FALC (Framing and Line Interface
Component for PCM30 and PCM24). It has the following tasks:
– analogue receive and transmit circuitry for PCM30 and PCM24
– data- and clock-recovery
– frame alignment/synthesis
– line-supervision
– timing-adaptation to BISON
Data arriving from the Abis-Interface via a PCM-port can be switched non-blocking and
bitwise (8 kbit/s and n x 8 kbit/s data-rate possible) with the BISON to another PCM-Port
or via a SELIC to a CU.
The Route-Clocks of one FALC can be switched with the Route-Clock multiplexer to the
COBA for synchronization purposes. The COSA6P16 gets its working-clocks from the
COBA.
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The COSA6P16 is switched with relays to the PCM-lines. In case of failures, the
PCM-port 1(3)(5) and 2(4)(6) can be connected with each other via appropriate relays.
There is a power-on device on the COSA6P16, which generates a reset at power-on
(board-reset). Via a line, the COSA6P16 can be reset from the COBA (board-reset).
Additionally, single devices on the COSA6P16 can be reset from the COBA via the
SAT-interface.
Rx inputs
PATRX SIPRO CC-Link
Tx output
PSU -48V DC
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RXFEM
Rx input to SIPRO for
(diversity) downconversion
to baseband
RXFED
RXLO
LCLK from SIPRO
LTL
TXLO
RF Control
from SIPRO
Tx output
PWSTG MODUP GMSK modulated
signal from SIPRO
PWRDET TXBB
from SIPRO
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frames and sent to TRAU. Signalling data (e.g., FACCH) are processed by layer 3 of
BTS software
– receives the TRAU frames or signalling data. The TRAU frames are unformatted and
sent to the coder. After encoding, data are ciphered. Now, baseband hopping takes
place. Training sequence is inserted to the data received via the hopping bus. These
bursts are sent to the GMSK modulator. This stream is converted into an analogue
baseband signal leaving the SIPRO
– parallel to the data stream the PLLs for synthesizer hopping are programmed.
Therefore, both for uplink and downlink, a data stream to the PLLs is generated.
Uplink
diversity 2 2
A Digital Down-
Equalization Deciphering Decoding
TRAU Frame
Conversion Formatting
D
Hopping PLL
Central Signalling
Downlink
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(1,1,1) 0
(0,1,1) 1
(0,1,0) 2
(0,0,0) 3
(0,0,1) 4
(1,0,1) 5
(1,0,0) 6
(1,1,0) 7
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ECU is supported by the module LTL, which provides an RF loop between downlink and
uplink path.
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– 8 bit µC (80C505C) for initialization, supervision and controlling the functions of the
ACT.
– PID-EEPROM to store board data.
The physical function of the ACT is to interface the alarm and command signals between
the CAN-BUS and the alarm and command connectors. The ACT is designed to be used
only one time for the Rack. So the ACT is an element without redundancy, but the BTSE
is not out of service in case of a faulty ACT.
Different ACT, are available depending on the applications in the Base Rack/Shelter
(ACTM) or in the Service and Extension Rack/Shelter (ACTP) as shown in Fig. 3.10.
7 Alarms
Temp.Sens
48 Site Inputs
6 Fan
ACDC
8 Site Outputs
7 Alarms
7 Alarms
7 Alarms
1 Door
Temp.Sens
1 Door
1 Door
Temp.Sens
Temp.Sens
6 Fan
6 Fan
6 Fan
Controller + Interface
CAN-Bus Node Master
Controller + Interface
Controller + Interface
Controller + Interface
CAN-Bus Node
Controller + Interface
Battery
CAN-Bus Node
ACOM
CAN-Bus Node
ACOM
CAN-Bus Node
ACOM
Alarms
CORE
Controller
DCDC
DCDC
DCDC
DCDC
ACDC
ACTP ACTM ACTP ACTP
CAN-Bus
ACDC
ACDC
Controller
Battery
The Service Rack/Shelter with two AC/DC Frames is intended to be used to supply
BS240/241 with more than 8 carriers.
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The ABISCONV module can be installed only as alternative to the Over Voltage Protec-
tion and Tracer module (OVPT).
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Battery System 0
Battery 0 Battery 1 Battery 2
u u u u u u ax. 5
L 0 A)
l l l l l l
e e e e e e
Battery System 2
Battery 0 Battery 1 Battery 2
R d d d d d d DC li
ne (m
Battery 0 Battery 1 Battery 2
u u u u u u ax. 5
L 0 A)
l l l l l l
e e e e e e
3.18 Fan
The fan unit is responsible for creating a sufficient airflow in order to cool the inner elec-
tronics using all the effects of forced convection cooling. The cooling concept is based
upon a cascaded principle of six Fan Units: two fans are responsible for each Frame.
The fans used are able to overcome the pressure drop caused by the system resistance
taking into account additional losses caused by adequate filters or Heat Exchangers
used in order to establish an airflow that limits the ∆T (Temperature difference between
critical hotspots inside the Rack and the ambient temperature) caused by the specific
power dissipation of that hotspot.
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In order to keep both the acoustic noise and the power consumption of all fans at the
lowest level possible, the fan speeds are (independently of each other) temperature
controlled via integrated sensors (NTC) that monitor the critical hotspots in order to keep
them in an acceptable range.
Furthermore, each fan delivers a fan good/fan bad signal that is processed by the COBA
board (routed via ACTC board in case of a Base Rack/Shelter or the ACTC board and
CAN Bus in case of an Extension-/Service Rack/Shelter).
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The receive path consists of a LNA (Low Noise Amplifier) and a power splitter. The LNA
takes care of a low system noise figure and consists of two branches. In case of
malfunction of one amplifier, the RX gain of the DUAMCO decreases by about 6 dB. The
power splitter distributes the received band to the CUs (Carrier Units). A splitting factor
of 4 (or 8 in case of DUAMCO 8:2) is implemented in order to feed 4 (8) CUs.
The DUAMCO amplifier has two different operation modes which can be selected by
e.g. DIP switches. In the following, Mode 1 is called AMCO mode and the second mode
is called MUCO mode. In the AMCO mode where no TMA (Tower mounted Amplifier) is
used, the DUAMCO gain is around 19 dB. In case a TMA is used, the DUAMCO is
configured in the MUCO mode. In the MUCO mode, the gain is reduced to about 0 dB.
The exact gain of the DUAMCO to compensate the cable losses can be adjusted for this
mode with a e.g., DIP switch. This adjustment is only done once during the installation
of the BTSE by the service personal. The selected mode can be read by O&M SW via
CAN bus interface.
The transmit path consists of isolators, a hybrid coupler with load (for some modules)
and an ASU (Antenna Supervision Unit). The isolators have to protect the PAs (Power
Amplifiers) inside the CUs from each other in order to assure the required intermodula-
tion suppression. Two different hybrid couplers (2:1, 4:1) combine up to 4 carriers to one
antenna. The corresponding not transmitted power is terminated in a load including
cooler. The ASU is responsible for detecting certain reflection factors at the antenna
connector and is connected to the O&M interface.
The O&M interface of the DUAMCO transmits error messages to the BTS core via a
slow O&M bus (CAN bus).
The DUAMCOs x:y are named depending on the number x of transmit connectors fed
by the CUs and the number y of antenna connectors. The following figures show the
different DUAMCOs implemented by a set of equal sub-modules.
The DUAMCOs are implemented for seven different frequency bands: GSM 850,
P-GSM 900, GSM 1800 (DUAMCO 2:2 , DUAMCO 4:2 and DUAMCO 8:2); E-GSM 900,
R-GSM 900, GSM-RE 900, GSM 1900 ( DUAMCO 2:2 and DUAMCO 4:2). The division
of the GSM 900 band (39 MHz) in two interleaved sub-bands (25 MHz each, P-GSM and
GSM-RE) results from the required filter volume for the whole band.(see Tab. 1.2)
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Antenna 0 Antenna 1
Rx Tx Rx Tx
DC/DC
Control
LNA LNA
CAN
bus
DC interf.
from RXCA
RXCA to Rx to Rx from
Tx Tx
Fig. 4.2 DUAMCO 2:2
Antenna 0 Antenna 1
Rx Tx Rx Tx
LNA Control
LNA
CAN bus
DC interf.
RXCA from RXCA
from
to Rx Tx to/from core to Rx Tx
Fig. 4.3 DUAMCO 4:2
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Antenna 0 Antenna 1
Module 0 Module 1
BIAS BIAS
TEE TEE
ASU ASU
Rx Tx Rx Tx
LNA Control
LNA
CAN bus
DC interf.
RXCA RXCA from
from
to Rx Tx to/from core to Rx Tx
Fig. 4.4 DUAMCO 8:2
FICOM Modularity
The FICOM functions are carried out by two different types of modules. These are:
– Base module 2:1
– Expansion module 2:1
Each type of module is able to combine 2 carriers. But only the base module has an
output for the completely combined signal (antenna output with 7/16 connector). Addi-
tional there is a test output at every base module. Also, the reporting of the antenna
VSWR status is only done by a base module. The different modules are connected
together by a special RF connection cable.
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Therefore, the number of base modules is equal to the number of cells the FICOM has
to support. The number of expansion modules per cell depends on the total number of
carriers per cell (2,4,6 or 8).
A FICOM Expansion module 1:1 doesn't exist any more. In case an odd number of
carriers is recommended in one cell, only one half of the expansion module 2:1 is used.
For this application, one TX port remains open.
The FICOMs are implemented for two different frequency bands: GSM-R 900 and GSM
1800.
Antenna
VS WR
supervision
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modulated onto a IF carrier at 7.86 MHz: This interface is identical to the interface
between DUAMCO and TMA.
The DIAMCO RX amplifier has two different operation modes, depending on the exist-
ence of TMAs. The first mode is called AMCO mode, the second one is called MUCO
mode. In the AMCO mode where no TMA is used, the DIAMCO gain is around 19 dB.
In case a TMA is used, the DIAMCO is configured in the MUCO mode. In the MUCO
mode, the gain is reduced to about 0 dB. The exact gain of the DIAMCO to compensate
the cable losses can be adjusted for the MUCO mode with a DIP switch. This adjustment
is only done once during the installation of the BTSE by the service personnel. The
selected mode can be read by O&M SW via CAN bus interface.
Due to the fact that TMA status information is available for the DIAMCO processor, the
DIAMCO itself has to switch the RX mode according to the TMA status. Each TMA can
be switched on or off by a separate switch. This cannot be configured via O&M SW!
For Rack Extension the first DIAMCO works in the AMCO mode and the following
DIAMCO sub-modules in the MUCO mode.
The O&M interface of the DIAMCO transmits error messages to the BTS core only via
the CAN bus.
The DIAMCOs are implemented for two different frequency bands: E-GSM 900 and
GSM 1800.
Antenna 0 Antenna 1
BIAS
Module 0 Module 1 BIAS
TEE TEE
Rx Rx
CAN bus
DC interf.
RXCA RXCA
to Rx to Rx
to/from core
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TX-Filter RX-Filter
HPDU
0 1 2 7 012 7 0 12 7
TX RX RX
Fig. 4.7 HPDU
BIAS-T (DUBIAS)
If the TMA is to be used together with a HPDU, a BIAS-T (DUBIAS) for powering and
signalling of the TMA is required.
The DUBIASs are implemented for two different frequency bands: R-GSM 900 and
GSM 1800 .
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TX/RX
Antenna RX
Antenna
TMA TMA
DUBIAS
HPDU
FICOM DIAMCO
Diplexer
The Diplexer gives the possibility to use one Antenna Feeder Cable for both GSM 850,
GSM 900 and GSM 1800, GSM 1900 frequencies. One Diplexer is needed to combine
the 2 different frequencies at the BTSs side and the other one to separate the frequen-
cies near the antennas. The diplexer offers the possibility to reduce the number of
Antenna Feeder Cables in all cases where GSM 900 and GSM 1800, GSM 1900 or
GSM 850 and GSM 1900 Feeder Cables have to be installed in parallel. This is e.g., the
case where an existing GSM 900 network will be extended by a GSM 1800 or GSM 1900
network to implement a Dual Band Network.
4.1.1 Typical Combiner Losses (TX path) and Output Power Level
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DUAMCOs operating with the minimum guaranteed input power from CU:
i GSM 850, GSM 900: n x 50 W; GSM 1800, GSM 1900: n x 35 W
The typical value for the insertion loss of FICOMs is better than 3 dB with an uncritical
i carrier configuration (carrier spacing > 1 MHz).
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AMCO characteristics
Gain (ANT-RX) 20 dB +/-1.5 dB 22 dB +/-1.5 dB
Gain (ANT-RXCA) 18.5 dB +/-1.5 dB 19.5 dB +/-1.5 dB
Gain ripple +/-1 dB +/-1 dB)
MUCO characteristics
Gain (ANT-RX) 2 dB +/-1 dB 3 dB +/-1 dB
Gain (ANT-RXCA) 0.5 dB +/-1 dB 0.5dB +/-1 dB
Gain ripple +/-0.8 dB +/-0.8 dB
Attenuator characteristics
Attenuator range 0+6 dB +/-0.5 dB 0+6dB +/-0.5 dB
Step size 1 dB +/-0.3 dB 1 dB +/-0.3 dB
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The TMAs are implemented for four different frequency bands: P-GSM 900, GSM-RE
900 (RE: Railway Extension; DUAMCO 2:2 and DUAMCO 4:2), GSM 1800 and GSM
1900 (DUAMCO 2:2 and DUAMCO 4:2). The division of the GSM 900 band (39 MHz) in
two interleaved sub-bands (25 MHz each, P-GSM and GSM-RE) results from the
required filter volume for the whole band.(see Tab. 1.2)
RX TX RX TX RX TX RX TX RX TX RX TX
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RX TX RX TX RX TX RX TX RX TX RX TX
Fig. 4.10 Multi-cell (3,3,2): with 2 DUAMCO 4:2 and 1 DUAMCO 2:2
RX RX
TX
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CELL 0
RX TX RX TX RX TX RX TX
RX TX RX TX RX TX RX TX RX TX RX TX
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HPDU
TX - Filter RX - Filter
RX RX
TX
RACK 0
HPDU
RX RX
TX
RACK 1
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The principle of On Air Combining will also be used, if TX combining beyond the Rack
borders is required. For e.g. to combine 24 carriers, belonging to the same cell, 3
FICOMs will be used, each combines 8 carriers to one antenna. Combining of the
signals from the 3 antennas takes place 'On Air'.
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4.3.1Functionality
The fully equipped BTS site with combined CU pairs to apply transmission diversity
keeps up with later capacity requirements and helps operate the BTS sites in temporarily
adjustable modes of operation. The Transmission Diversity mode provides the BTS sites
with double power and half capacity, and it performs using a CU pair of master and slave.
Later, in case additional BTS sites get installed, the BTS sites of combined CU pairs can
switch over to normal capacity and normal power mode and release their slave CUs from
no longer needed pair-halves to make them the single CU of an additional BTS site.
Fixed TX Time Shift
The method adds a distinct timing offset to the GSM bursts of one of the two CUs. The
method introduces an assigned GSM timer to control the CU timing for offset shift
purposes, and the GSM timer processes an offset control input. The GSM timer oper-
ates at a stable 52MHz clock signal, and the generated GSM burst signal can be delayed
by an appointed amount of 52MHz clocks. The operator is able to adjust the delay value,
which is proportionate to a step size of 0.25 symbols between minus 5 and plus 5
symbols.
The CUs transmit the two signals, and the mobile station resolves them by using the
built-in equalizer. The equalizer performs pulse response computation for each trans-
mitted burst, and handles the two signals according to multi-path propagation. In
contrast to the vector addition of the two transmitted signals, the equalizer performs the
signal addition using the bit energy value.
Parallel CU Operation
A parallel operation of two CUs required for the parallel transmission of de-correlated
signals is feasible and compatible with baseband hopping. The CU processes data simi-
larly to baseband hopping. With difference to baseband hopping, not a single CU but a
pair of CUs is defined to transmit data. The CU pair operates at the same carrier
frequency. Both CUs of the pair are assigned to the same cell antenna sector, and the
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CUs use separate antennas. A distance preferably higher than ten lambdas separates
the antennas when combining on-air transmissions.
The following example illustrates CU co-location in an extended circular cell that
provides an increased cell capacity by using several different carrier frequency bands
(e.g. GSM 850, GSM 900; GSM 1800, GSM 1900). CU pairs consisting of master and
slave CU, apply transmission diversity time delay operation. One pair of CUs transmits
on one frequency band, and the other pair of CUs transmits on another frequency band.
For example, the BTS installation uses one rack for three sectors, and antenna 0 and
antenna 1 are configured to serve the same cell sector 0. A Duplexer Amplifier
Multi-Coupler Combiner (DUAMCO 4:2) enables the master CUs of the pairs to use the
same primary antenna 0, and the slave CUs to use the same secondary antenna 1. The
CUs 0 to 3 are connected to these antennas via antenna combiner in a way that the even
CUs 0 and 2 are connected to the antenna 0, and the odd CUs 1 and 3 are connected
to the antenna 1. Then there are the CU pairs with one even and one odd number. CU
0 and CU 1 compose one CU pair, and the CU 2 and the CU 3 compose a next CU pair,
respectively. Each CU pair is suitable for transmission diversity time delay operation.
Both CUs of such a pair use the same carrier frequency, and both CUs of the same pair
transmit simultaneously. The even CU of a pair acts as a master, while the odd CU
serves as a slave. The slave CU does not read the transmitted data from its master CU,
but receives data from the system simultaneously to the master CU. The slave CU
performs the timing offset shift in order to delay the transmission signal.
The transmission diversity time delay feature raises an additional inaccuracy caused by
the actual timing deviation of the two transmitting CUs, due to the different length of the
feeding cables and the antenna positions. The transmission diversity time delay opera-
tion can be disabled for certain burst types that are timing-sensitive, e.g., the synchro-
nization channel (SCH) for Location Services (LCS). The transmission of the slave CU
is disabled when such a burst type is going to be transmitted. The operator is allowed to
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exclude time slots or logical channels from applying the transmission diversity time
delay.
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6 Abbreviations
AC Alternate Current
AC Authentication Centre
ACLK Advanced Clock
ACOM Antenna Combiner
ACP AC Panel
ACTC Alarm Collection Terminal Connection
module
ACTM Alarm Collection Terminal for Master Rack
ACTP Alarm Collection Terminal for Slave Rack
AMCO Amplifier Multi Coupler
AMR Adaptive Multi Rate Codec
ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASU Antenna Supervision Unit
BCC Base Core Controller
BISON Bit Switch for Optimized Network Architec-
ture
BTSE Base Transceiver Station Equipment
CC-Link Core Carrier Unit Link
COBA Core Basis
COSA Core Satellite
CU Carrier Unit
DC Direct Current
DIAMCO Diversity Amplifier Multi Coupler
DL Downlink
DUAMCO Duplex Amplifier Multi Coupler
ECU Edge Carrier Unit
EDGE Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
EFR Enhanced Full-Rate
FICOM Filter Combiner
FPGA Field-Programmable Gate Array
FR Full-Rate
GPRS General Packed Radio System
GSMK Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying
HDLC High Level Data Link Control
HPDU High Power Duplexer Unit
HR Half-Rate
HSCSD High Speed Circuit Switched Data
HW Hardware
LE Link Equipment
LMT Local Maintenance Terminal
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