ION Series
TM
PRODUCT
SPECIFICATION
The Andrew Intelligent Optical Network
(ION) Series is the industry-leading
optical distribution system that covers
the full range of power levels, sending
signals loss-free at distances ranging
from 100 m to 20 km.
ION-B Series provides optimized multi-
band, multi-operator, cost effective
solutions.
* ION-B Series, formerly Britecell®
TIL-AU1
ION-B Series* Interconnect Link for Cellular850, GSM900,
GSM1800, and UMTS Band Applications
T he ION-B Series system is a Radio-
over-Fiber solution able to meet any
signal distribution need, from the
simplest to the most demanding
applications.
The TIL-AU1interconnect link is a multi
module kit allowing to connect a
remote subrack up to 20 km far away
from the main ION-B Series master
unit.
Thanks to the interconnect link kit the
ION-B system can be expanded with
a remote subrack, housing up to 8
master optical TRXs (TFLN), up to 20
km far away guaranteeing no perfor-
mance degradation due to the fiber
optic connection between the two
subracks.
A built-in FSK modem allows to extend
the RS485 bus available at master
side to the remote side subrack thus
enabling a full monitoring of the
remote equipment
The TIL-AU1 is available in two different
versions:
• the WDM kit enabling the connection
between the master and slave subrack
using one fiber optic
• the kit enabling hte connection
between the master and slave subrack
using two fiber optics
Each interconnect link kit consists of the
following modules:
• TDTX transmitter module and TMRX
receiver module hosted in the ION-B
master subrack (referred as master
side)
• TDTX transmitter module and TSRX
reciever module hosted in the ION-B
remote subrack (referred as slave
side)
The TIL-AU1 key features are:
• Virtual 0 dB link loss guaranteed by
a wide AGC range
• Direct connection to up to 8 TFLNs
• Built-in modem for alarm remotization
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SPECIFICATIONS
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TIL-AU1 Interconnect Link - Product Specifications

Electrical Supervision and Control

Frequency range, MHz LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Green . . . . . . . . . . . Power supply ON

Cell850 Uplink . . . . . . . . . . .
Downlink . . . . . . . . .
GSM900 Uplink . . . . . . . . . . .
Downlink . . . . . . . . .
GSM1800 Uplink . . . . . . . . . . .
Downlink . . . . . . . . .
UMTS2100 Uplink . . . . . . . . . . .
Downlink . . . . . . . . .
Max allowed RF input level, dBm
Master side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Slave side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -5
824 to 849 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . Major/Critical alarm
869 to 894
890 to 915 Communication alarms* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FSK modem
935 to 960
1710 to 1785 General alarms* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overtemperature
1805 to 1880 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Internal power supply
1920 to 1980 Optical alarms* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wavelenght
2110 to 2170 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Input out of range
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Output out of range
RF alarms* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RF failure

Gain, dB
System Performances with Interconnect Link
Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Downlink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Values below are intended to outline the variations on system per-
formances when applying the TIL-AU1 interconnect link. Data are
In-band link flatness, dB
estimated at any antenna port of the remote unit connected to the
Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ±1.2
slave subrack.
Downlink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ±0.7
Gain
Impedance, ohms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not affected
Return loss, dB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >13 Downlink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not affected

Noise figure, dB Downlink input power back-off, dB

Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <33
Downlink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <53
Input ICP3, dBm
Uplink
two fiber version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >17
WDM version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >15
Downlink
Cell850 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >30
GSM900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >30
GSM1800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >30
UMTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >27
Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Vdc
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (proprietary backplane)
Power consumption, watts
Master side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Slave side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Cell850 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
GSM900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
GSM1800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
UMTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Downlink output ICP3
Cell850 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 dB lower
GSM900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 dB lower
GSM1800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 dB lower
UMTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not affected
Downlink wideband noise increase, dB** . . . . . . . . 10
Uplink input ICP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not affected
Uplink noise figure increase, dB**
8 remote units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <2.5
32 remote units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <1
Blocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not affected

Optical Interface

Wavelenght, nm
two fiber version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1310±10
WDM version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1310±20
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1550±20

Source typical output power, dBm

two fiber version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +6 (Laser, Class 1)
WDM version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +5 (Laser, Class 1)

Optical receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PIN photodiode

Max allowed input power, dBm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +8

Allowed optical loss under AGC operation, dB . . . 10

Allowed back reflection, dB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <-36

Fiber optic type, mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5/125 single mode

* Available through the local maintenance terminal (LMT) application or through the optional supervision unit
** Due to the remote units connected to the slave subrack
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TIL-AU1 Interconnect Link - Product Specifications

Mechanical Slave side TDTX-500 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMA-female

Two fiber version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port)
TSRX-346/8 . . . . . . . 17 x SMA-female
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port)
Master side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 7TE x 4HE
TMRX-200 . . . . . . . . 7TE x 4HE Cable kit
Slave side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 7TE x 4HE Master side Number of cables . . . 1
TSRX-246/8 . . . . . . . 21TE x 4HE Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86
Connectors . . . . . . . . SMA-male
Weight, kg (lb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (11) Length, mm . . . . . . . 90

Optical ports Number of cables . . . 1

Master side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SC-APC Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86
TMRX-200 . . . . . . . . 1 x SC-APC Connectors . . . . . . . . SMB-female
Slave side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SC-APC Length, mm . . . . . . . 90
TSRX-246/8 . . . . . . . 1 x SC-APC Number of cables . . . 1
Type of cables . . . . . optical jumper
RF ports
Connectors . . . . . . . . SC-APC
Master side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMA-female
Length, mm . . . . . . . 300
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port)
TMRX-200 . . . . . . . . 3 x SMA-female Slave side Number of cables . . . 17
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port) Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86
Slave side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMA-female Connectors . . . . . . . . SMA-male
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port) Length, mm . . . . . . . 1x90, 2x250, 12x280, 2x330
TSRX-246/8 . . . . . . . 17 x SMA-female
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port) Number of cables . . . 1
Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86
Cable kit Connectors . . . . . . . . SMB-female
Master side Number of cables . . . 1 Length, mm . . . . . . . 90
Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86
Connectors . . . . . . . . SMA-male Number of cables . . . 1
Length, mm . . . . . . . 90 Type of cables . . . . . optical jumper
Connectors . . . . . . . . SC-APC
Number of cables . . . 1 Length, mm . . . . . . . 300
Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86
Connectors . . . . . . . . SMB-female
Length, mm . . . . . . . 90
Packaging Info
Slave side Number of cables . . . 17
Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86 Height, depth, width, mm (in) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39x35x41
Connectors . . . . . . . . SMA-male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1.5x1.4x1.6)
Length, mm . . . . . . . 1x90, 2x250, 12x280, 2x330
Weigth, kg (lb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 (17.16)
Number of cables . . . 1
Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86
Connectors . . . . . . . . SMB-female
Length, mm . . . . . . . 90 Environmental

Temperature range
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +5 °C to +40 °C
Mechanical Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -20 °C to +65 °C
WDM version
MTBF @ 25°C, hours
Dimensions TDTX-300, TDTX-500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.000
Master side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 7TE x 4HE TMRX-200, TMRX-500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.804.000
TMRX-500 . . . . . . . . 7TE x 4HE TSRX-246/8, TSRX-346/8 . . . . . . . . . . 826.000
Slavee side TDTX-500 . . . . . . . . . 7TE x 4HE
TSRX-346/8 . . . . . . . 21TE x 4HE

Weight, kg (lb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (11) Compliance and Safety

Optical ports Type approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CE

Master side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SC-APC
Environmental indoor use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ETS300 019-1-3 Class 3.1
TMRX-500 . . . . . . . . 2 x SC-APC
Slave side TDTX-500 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SC-APC Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EN60950
TSRX-346/8 . . . . . . . 2 x SC-APC
Laser safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EN60825
RF ports
Master side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMA-female
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port)
TMRX-500 . . . . . . . . 3 x SMA-female
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port)
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TIL-AU1 Interconnect Link - Ordering Information

Code Description Frequency bands

TIL-AU1-HL ION-B interconnect link kit, two fiber version, multi band Cell850/GSM900/GSM1800/UMTS

TIL-AU1-HLW ION-B interconnect link kit, WDM bversion, multi band Cell850/GSM900/GSM1800/UMTS

TSRX-346/8 TSRX-246/8

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