Antenna System (on Tower)

Quick Installation Guide

Issue: V3.0
Date: 2012-04-16
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HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES Co., Ltd.

Installation Tools

Some of the installation tools can be adjusted to fit to the site situation.

Flat-head screwdriver Phillips screwdriver Snap-off knife Open-end wrench Adjustable

(M4 / M6) (M4 / M6) (13 mm -- 32 mm) wrench

Cable cutter Diagonal pliers Pincer pliers Hacksaw File

Ladder Rope Brush Heat blower Feeder cutter

Measuring tape Steel tape Compass Inclinometer Fixed pulley

Insulation tape Waterproof tape Color ring tape VSWR tester

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Antenna System Installation Procedure

1. This guide describes the procedure for installing three directional antennas
(with main and diversity and using fixed-length jumpers) on a tower that is
40 m high. 40 m feeders are used for the installation.
2. Four installers are required for the installation. Two installers should be
qualified for climbing the tower.

Start

00:00－00:10
Assemble the antenna

00:10－00:25
Connect jumpers to the Install RCU/SBT(optional)
Antenna

00:25－00:55
Lift the antenna

00:55－01:45 00:55－01:45
Install the antenna Make feeder connectors

01:45－02:15
Lift the feeder

02:15－02:45
02:15－02:45
Connect feeders to
Fix feeder fasteners
jumpers of the antenna

02:45－05:25
Install and ground outdoor feeders

05:25－05:45
Install feeders into the equipment room

05:45－06:25
Install indoor feeders and jumpers

06:25－06:40
Check the antenna system

End

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Standard Model of Antenna System Installation

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1 Assemble the Antenna Installers: A\B\C\D (10 minutes)

1. The antenna described in this guide is a V4 platform antenna of Huawei. For

installation of other antennas, see the relative manuals.
2. The assembly of three antennas is complete on the ground.

a Assemble the support

Assemble the upper support Assemble the lower support

b Fix the support onto the antenna

CAUTION
1. Before installation，please note distinction between the upper and
lower bracket, be careful not to mistake.
2. Please be aware that each step in the installation Guide instruction
and requirements, to avoid the mistake.

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2 Connect Jumpers to the Antenna
Installers: A\B\C\D (15 minutes)

a Connect jumpers

1. Use six jumpers with fixed length.

2. (Optional) If no jumper with a fixed
length is available, cut a jumper into
proper lengths and fix DIN male
connectors to both ends of the
Optional jumpers.

b Stick color rings

Ensure that the color rings are

in the correct direction and
positions. Wrap the jumpers
with 2 or 3 layers of tape to
make the color rings. The
distance between neighboring
color rings is 10 mm to 15 mm.

c Seal the connectors

Wrap three layers of Wrap three layers of Fix cable ties Finished
waterproof tape insulation tape

1. When wrapping the tape, ensure that the upper layer covers more than 50% of the lower
layer. Wrap each layer around the jumpers tightly. Before wrapping the waterproof tape,
stretch the tape till the width of the tape becomes 1/2 of the original.
2. Wrap the metal connector using waterproof tape with extended lengths about 20 mm, and
wrap the waterproof tape using insulation tape with extended lengths about 10 mm.

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3 Lift the Antenna Installers: A\B\C\D (30 minutes)

1. Installers A and B climb onto the tower. Installer B fixes the fixed pulley onto the
support of the tower platform and puts the lifting rope through the fixed pulley.

2. Installer D uses plastic bags or tape to wrap the jumper connectors and then coils
the jumpers. Fasten the lifting rope to the upper support of the antenna and the
traction rope to the lower support.

3. Installer C pulls down the lifting rope, and installer D pulls the traction rope
outwards to prevent the antenna from hitting the tower.

4. Installers A and B hold the antenna and unfasten the ropes.

5. After three antennas are lifted onto the platform, do not remove the fixed pulley,
because the feeder needs to be lifted later.

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4 Install the Antenna Installers: A\B (50 minutes)

a Install the antenna on a pole

Ensure the
bracket is fully
collapsed at 0°.

Do not overtighten the screws of the upper and lower supports. But the screws can
not be too loose, or the antenna may slide.
b Make the waterproof curve of jumpers

Bind the jumpers at several positions on the

pole and tower platform.

c Adjust the azimuth of the antenna

The operation must be performed

by two personnel. The personnel
under the tower use the compass
at the position where is 10 m to
20 m away from the tower. The
personnel on the tower adjust the
antenna. After the azimuth
reaches the requirement, tighten
screws of the upper and lower
supports.

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4 Install the Antenna Installers: A\B (50 minutes)

d Adjust the downtilt angle of the antenna

Method 1: Using the scale on the upper support

Scale of bracket
(the actual scale
prevails)

Push the antenna forward and backward till the scale is adjusted properly.
After the downtilt angle reaches the requirement, tighten screws of the scale.

Method 2: Using the inclinometer

Before adjusting the downtilt angle, adjust the angle of the inclinometer to the desired
angle. Push or pull the antenna till the bead in the inclinometer is located in the middle
horizontally. After the downtilt angle reaches the requirement, tighten screws of the scale.

Method 3: Adjust the electrical downtilt angle (only for the MET antenna)

The RCU is
optional. For
Ruler
details about how
to install the RCU,
see the relevant
Before adjustment Adjust angle After adjustment
RCU Installation
Guide.
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5 Make Feeder Connectors Installers: C\D (50 minutes)

Measure and cut six feeders (40 m), unwind the feeders, make feeder
connectors, and stick color rings to the feeders on the ground.

a Cut feeders

Cut feeders according to the Rotate the feeder cutter till the inner and
length identifiers on the feeders. outer conductors are completely cut.

b Make feeder connectors / Stick color rings

1. Fix a DIN female connector

to one end of the feeder.
2. Stick color rings at one end
of the feeder. Ensure that
the first color ring is at the
position 200 mm away from
the feeder connector.
3. Stick color rings at the
other end of the feeder.
Ensure that the first color
ring is at the position 200
mm away from the feeder
end.

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6 Lift the Feeder Installers: A\B\C\D (30 minutes)

1. Installer D wraps the feeder connectors with plastic bags and tape, fasten the
lifting rope to the feeders at the position 0.4 m away from the feeder connectors
and fasten the traction rope at the position 4.4 m away from the feeder
connectors.
2. Installer C pulls down the lifting rope, and installer D pulls the traction rope
outwards to prevent the feeders from hitting the tower.
3. Installers A and B hold the feeders, unfasten the ropes, and fasten the feeders
onto the tower platform to prevent them from falling down to the ground.
4. After six feeders are lifted onto the tower one by one, installer B removes the
fixed pulley.

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7 Connect Feeders to Jumpers of the Antenna
Installers: A\B (30 minutes)

On the tower platform, connect the feeders and jumpers with the same color rings.
Seal the connectors.

Wrap three layers of Wrap three layers of Fix the Finished

waterproof tape insulation tape cable ties

8 Fix Feeder Fasteners Installers: C\D (30 minutes)

1. The installation spacing of the

clips for the feeder (7/8 inch) is
1.5 m to 2 m. The installation
spacing of the clips for the feeder
(larger than 7/8 inch) can be
extended.
2. If multiple rows of feeder
fasteners need to be fixed,
arrange the fasteners properly to
keep a neat appearance.

Do not tighten the bolts, so that

feeders can go through the bolts.

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9 Install and Ground Outdoor Feeders
Installers: A\B\C\D (160 minutes)

Feeders should be fixed from top to bottom. Sort out the feeders and fix them through
feeder fasteners. Install feeder grounding clips at the grounding point of the feeders
and then fix the feeders.

Stick color rings to

the feeders within
1 m from the
position where the
feeders leave the
tower.

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9 Install and Ground Outdoor Feeders
Installers: A\B\C\D (160 minutes)

a Strip the feeders

The stripped part of the feeder should have the same length as the metal jacket of
the grounding clip.

Metal jacket of the grounding

clip of the feeder

b Install grounding clips of the feeders

Install the metal Seal the joint points Bind the grounding Fix grounding cables to
jacket (three layers of cables the grounding bar
waterproof tape +
three layers of
insulation tape)

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10 Install Feeders into the Equipment Room
Installers: A\B\C\D (20 minutes)

Feeders should be led into the

equipment room by one person in the
equipment room and one person
outside to avoid damage to equipment.

a Lead the feeder b Make the waterproof curve

c Stick color rings d Seal the feeder window

Stick color rings to the feeders After putting all feeders through the
at the position 1 m away from feeder window, screw the fasteners
the feeder window. to seal the feeder window

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11 Install Indoor Feeders and Jumpers
Installers: A\B\C\D (40 minutes)

a Make indoor feeder connectors

1. Cut the redundant indoor feeders and ensure that the length of each indoor feeder is
about 1 m. Remove all the color rings.
2. Fix DIN female connectors to the feeders. Stick the same color rings as the original
ones at the position 200 mm away from the feeder connectors.

b Make indoor jumper connectors

1. After length of the jumpers to be

distributed is determined, cut six
jumpers and fix DIN male connectors to
both ends of the jumpers.
2. Stick color rings corresponding to the
sectors at one end of the jumper
(connected to the feeder) at the position
200 mm away from the jumper
connector.

c Connect feeders and jumpers d Bind the indoor jumpers

Connect the feeders to the jumpers with Route the jumpers along the indoor cable
the same color rings. rack and bind the jumpers with cable ties.

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12 Check the Antenna System Installers: A\B\C\D (15 minutes)

After the installation is complete, check the antenna system according to the following
table. Then, correct the items that do not meet the requirements.

Item Requirement

VSWR of the Use a VSWR tester to measure the VSWR at the indoor jumper. The
antenna system VSWR should be less than 1.5 or the value required by the project.

The antenna should be installed at the position as specified by the

design and securely fixed to the pole.
The error of the antenna azimuth should not be bigger than 5 o, and the
error of the tilt angle should not be bigger than 0.5 o.
Antenna
In the forward direction of the antenna, the antenna is not obstructed by
the tower body.
The antenna should be in the protection range of the lightning rod
(within the tilt angle of 45o under the lightning rod).
Feeders are distributed neatly without any cross. No bare conductor
inside the feeders is exposed.

Ensure that feeders and jumpers are in good conditions.

Each feeder is connected to the jumper with the same color rings.

Color rings are sticked to the correct positions.

Proper grounding measures are taken at three positions on the outdoor

feeders.
Feeder and jumper
Ensure that the connectors of feeders and jumpers are installed
securely and correctly.

Ensure that all outdoor connectors are sealed for waterproof purpose
and that the sequence of wrapping taps is correct.

Waterproof curves are made for jumpers at the antenna side and
outdoor feeders near the feeder window.

No unnecessary adhesive tape or cable tie is left on the feeders and

jumpers.

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Appendix 1 Stick Color Rings

1. By sticking color rings of different colors and different quantities to the feeders and
jumpers, you can distinguish sectors and RF paths.
2. Principle for color rings: Planning -> Sticking -> Route -> colligation and fixation ->
Checking.

a Positions for color rings

Positions for color rings:

1. 200 mm away from outdoor jumper
connectors
2. 200 mm away from outdoor feeder
connectors
3. Within 1 m from the position where
the feeder leaves the tower
4. 1 m away from the feeder window
before the feeder enters the
equipment room
5. 200 mm away from indoor feeder
connectors
6. 200 mm away from indoor jumper
connectors

b Stick color rings

Wrap the color ring tape in

the same direction and wrap
two to three layers for each
color ring. The distance
between neighboring color
rings is 10 mm to 15 mm. Finished

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Appendix 1 Stick Color Rings
c Configuration of color rings

Typical configuration

Sector Main Diversity

1 Red, two rings Red, one ring

2 Yellow, two rings Yellow, one ring

3 Blue, two rings Blue, one ring

Other configurations

If two antennas share the same site, the configuration of the second antenna
is as follows:

Sector Main (antenna 2) Diversity (antenna 2)

1 Red, four rings Red, three rings

2 Yellow, four rings Yellow, three rings

3 Blue, four rings Blue, three rings

If multiple antenna systems share the same site, the configuration of the
second antenna system is as follows:

Sector Main (antenna system 2) Diversity (antenna system 2)

1 One white ring + two red rings One white ring + one red ring

2 One white ring + two yellow rings One white ring + one yellow ring

3 One white ring + two blue rings One white ring + one blue ring

If an antenna system has six sectors, the color rings for sectors 4, 5, and 6 are
purple, orange, and green respectively.

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 Appendix 2 DIN / N Connector
a DIN Connector

DIN straight connector (male) DIN straight connector (female) DIN angle connectors (male)

b N Connector

N angle connector (male) N straight connector (male)

c Difference between connectors

Difference between male and female connectors
Thread: Central conductor:

Internal thread (male) External thread (female) Pin conductor Socket conductor
(male) (female)

Difference between DIN and N connectors

Size: N connector are smaller

than DIN connector.
DIN connector

N connector

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Appendix 3 Make the Jumper Connector

This appendix describes

the procedure for making
the DIN straight male
connectors of HuaXing to
jumpers. How to make
DIN straight male other connectors, see
connector relative manuals.

a Cut the jumper

b
Install the heat-shrinkable
tube and O-ring seal

Finished

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Appendix 3 Make the Jumper Connector
c Fix the rear and front sockets

d
Fasten the front and
rear sockets e shrink the heat-shrinkable tube

Keep the wrench unmoved

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Appendix 4 Make the Feeder Connector

DIN straight female connector

This appendix describes the procedure for making

the DIN straight female connectors of Andrew to
7/8" feeders. How to make other connectors, see
7/8" feeder relative manuals.

a Strip the feeder b Cut the feeder

b Cut the feeder

Rotate the feeder cutter till the inner and Cut the broken covering
outer conductors are completely cut. of the feeders.

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Appendix 4 Make the Feeder Connector
c Fix the O-ring seal d Fix the rear socket

e Stretch the conductor of the feeder

Insert the feeder into the feeder

cutter, rotate the cutter to stretch
the outer conductor. Use a hand to
draw the rear socket, ensure that
the rear socket does not come off
from the feeder.

f Fix the front socket g Fasten the front and rear sockets

Keep the wrench unmoved

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 Appendix 5 Install Accessories on RET Antenna

The following describes how to install the RCU of Huawei and the SBT of Huawei on
the V4 platform RET antenna.

RET antenna and accessories

AISG control cable

RET antenna (bottom) RCU SBT （0.5 m）

a Sticking the RCU SN Lable NOTE

1. Take the serial No. label
Example
out of packaging bag, stick
Packaging bag the label to the recording
form attached in this
document, then write down
the information.
2. Cut the recording form off
and provide it to the network
Serial No. label
management personnel.

b Install the RCU

CAUTION
1. Ensure that the
adjustment spindle
rotates smoothly
before installing the
RCU. For details, see
Twist off step 3.
protective Adjustment spindle 2. When inserting the
cover
RCU into the antenna,
keep the RCU parallel
with the antenna. For
details, see step 4.
Tighten the RCU
Re. Torque:
15 - 18 Nm
Particular (132 - 159
tighten the lbf.in.)
RCU

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Appendix 5 Install Accessories on RET Antenna
c Install the SBT

Tighten
the SBT
Re.
Particul
Torque:
ar
15 - 18
tighten
Nm(132
the SBT
- 159
lbf.in.)

d Install the AISG control cable

CAUTION
1.Connect the female connector
of Antenna Interface Standards
Group (AISG) cable to the male
connector of the RCU without
removing the protective lid from
Protective lid
the female connector of the
RCU. For details, see step 1.
AISG cable female 2. Connect the other connector
of the AISG cable to SBT or
TMA, etc.
Tighten the AISG cable

e Seal the connectors f Install jumpers

Wrap tapes method :

one layer Insulation tape + three layer waterproof Wrap tapes method :
tapes + three layer Insulation tapes one layer Insulation tape +
three layer waterproof tapes +
three layer Insulation tapes

Waterproof and seal all the RF DIN

connector shown in this figure.

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