AirScale 5G gNB AMIA

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Installation & Commissioning Overview

GS COO - Global Delivery Readiness

Didier TANGUY
February 2020

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AMIA Hardware
Description
AirScale System Module - AMIA Configuration
for a 2G-3G-4G-5G Product

SRAN 5G

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Rear Side AMIA : Fan & Shunt
• Fans with changeable airflow direction (by rotating fans).
Default direction is front-to-back.

• DC-Bridge.

If DC Powering Then the DC-bridge from backplane And required

is

Power Option 1 • Is already connected by default • Only 1 DC Primary

(to feed all the subracks) Power connection

Power Option 2 • Must be removed • 2 independent DC

(to feed only by half subracks) Power connection

Power Option 3 • Is already connected by default • 1 DC Primary Power

(to feed all the subracks with connection +
redundancy) • 1 DC Secondary
Power connection
Power Option #1 Power Option #2 Power Option #3

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AirScale System Module Indoor (AMIA)
Front view Rear view

Nokia Product Code:

473098A

The AirScale Subrack (AMIA) main properties:

• IP20 ingress protected
Property Value
• Operating temperature range: from -5°C to +55°C
Height (3U) 128.5 mm (5.1 in) • Can be installed inside a 19-inch wide rack or cabinet
• Can be stacked on top of each other.
Depth 400 mm (15.7 in)

Width (19’’)
Empty (w/o blind covers)
Weight with dummy panels
with all units
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447 mm (17.6 in) The AirScale Subrack AMIA includes:
• Subrack frame
5.1 kg (11.2 lb)
• Backplane for high bandwidth interconnect between
6.8 kg (15 lb) • AirScale Common and
• AirScale Capacity plug-in units
23.9 kg (52.7 lb)
• Fans with changeable airflow direction (by rotating fans).
• Default direction is front-to-back.
Nokia Internal Use • Blind-units to prevent cooling airflow leakage
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AMIA Installation
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Installing AMIA

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Installing cable holders

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 gNB-DU in 5G18A:
AirScale System Module Indoor • Maximal configuration: 1x ASIK + 1 ABIL
ASIK, ABIL, AMIA gNB-DU in 5G19:
• Minimal configuration: 1x ASIK + 1 ABIL
ASIK & ABIL high capacity introduction • Maximal configuration: 1x ASIK + 3 ABIL

AirScale SM Indoor Description

consist of
1 AirScale Subrack • Common with 2G/3G/4G/5G
AMIA (473098A) • 8 Slots for plug-in units
• AMIA provides 3 slots per ASIK to host plug-in units.
= • The actual max of used ABIL slots depend on the system release ABIL
1…6 AirScale Capacity • L1 support
ABIL (474020A) • 8x8 100MHz MIMO depending on configurations
AMIA
+ • 2x QSFP+: 8x9.8 Gbps for CPRI fronthaul
1…2 AirScale Common • Local OAM, sync, transport and L2 support
ASIK (474021A) • 2x SFP+: for 10 GE Backhaul interface
• Sync IN and OUT, External Alarms and Controls, LMT
• DC 48 V input
Characteristics Description
Installation options 19 inch, pole and wall, outdoor cabinet

Dimensions 19” 3 U H 128 x W 447 x D 400 [mm] ASIK

Weight 10.1 kg minimum (1 ASIK + 1 ABIL + 1 AMIA)
23.5 kg maximum (2 ASIK + 6 ABIL + 1 AMIA)

Ingress protection IP20 Confidential

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Operational temperature range -5 °C to 55 °C
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ASIK 474021A:
AirScale Common Plug-in Unit version K

ASIK functions:
• L2 non-Real Time processing,
• L3 Transport interfacing (Ethernet)
• Local O&M
• Synchronization
• Power feed
RESET SIN SERVICE
DC EAC SOUT LMP SEI EIF-1 EIF-2

Port # of interfaces Connector Description Note

DC in 1 DC terminal 48V DC input To connect the DC power supply
EAC 1 HDMI External alarm & control, 6 alarms, 6 alarms/ctrls To connect the External Alarms
SIN 1 HDMI Synchronization input, GNSS interface To connect the External Synchronization (GPS, GNSS..)
SOUT 1 HDMI Synchronization output To connect the Distribution of Synchronisation
LMP 1 RJ45 Local management port, 1G Ethernet. Debug port used to connect a PC directly to the ASIK board and
access to BTS Rescue console (in factory mode), to 5G BTS Element
Manager (after Sw is installed) or to SSH console.
EIF 2 SFP28 Backhaul/Higher Layer Fronthaul interface. Interfaces:
Up to 25GE per port. • Cloud gNB : F1 fronthaul interface between RAC and RAU carrying
Support for Sync.E and IEEE1588. the F1 CP, UP and OAM flows
• Classical gNB : X2 , S1 backhaul and OAM interfaces
Rates: Supports 1 GE, 10 GE and 25 GE rates
• 5G18 : 1 GE, 10 GE
• 5G19 : 1 GE, 10 GE, 25 GE
SEI12 1
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ASIK 474021A:
AirScale Common Plug-in Unit version K

ASIK functions:
• L2 non-Real Time processing,
• L3 Transport interfacing (Ethernet)
• Local O&M
• Synchronization
• Power feed
RESET SIN SERVICE
DC EAC SOUT LMP SEI EIF-1 EIF-2

Topic # of interfaces Description Note

RESET 1 Plug-in unit RESET, with several Pressing this button results in a reset of the ASIK.
scenarios Thus the ASIK reboots into the same active software as before resetting the ASIK.
It causes a service outage.
• If pressed > 5 seconds, commissioning data is cleared but the security parameters are kept.
The BTS must be recommissioned
• If pressed < 5 seconds, commissioning data remain intact.
SERVICE 1 Service button, recovery reset Used to erase the commissioning data and to restore the ASIK to the default factory mode
(FDSW Factory Delivered Software).
This may be needed if the software is corrupted.
LEDs 7 Visual indication of status Refer to document 5GRAN Rel 5G19, Operating Documentation, Nokia Airscale System
Module Product description to get the LED status

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ABIL 474020A:
AirScale Capacity Plug-in Unit version L

ABIL
S-RFIF1 S-RFIF2 Q-RFIF1 Q-RFIF2
SFP+ / SFP+ / QSFP+ / QSFP+ / S-RF1 Q-RF1
SFP28 SFP28 QSFP28 QSFP28 S-RF2 Q-RF2

# of ABIL
Signal Connector Description
Interfaces
RF-n (QSFP) / 2 QSFP+/28 Low Latency Fronthaul connection to CPRI or Ethernet radios.
Q-RFIFn ABIL shall support CPRI10.1376Gbps and 24.33024Gbps rate + 10GE and 25GE Ethernet protocols.
Optical CPRI10.1 to RF up to 10km (HW capability).
One QSFP connector has four CPRI/Ethernet links.
Remark: Only QSFP+ (4x CPRI 9.8 Gbps per each port)
RF-n (SFP) / 2 SFP+/SFP28 Low Latency Fronthaul connection to Ethernet radios.
S-RFIFn Support for 10GE and 25GE protocols
Remark: eCPRI 10/25 GE per each port available in 5G19
LEDs 5 Visual indication of status

ABIL functions:
• L1 + L2 RT processing in gNB-DU
• RF interfaces to RU. Up to 2x 3rd generation radios
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AirScale 5G Modules

ASIK Common Board

ABIL Capacity Board

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Installing plug-in units in AMIA

Installing ASIK and ABIL in a minimum configuration

Open the extractors on both sides

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Installing Common and Capacity boards in a minimum configuration

Close the extractors on both sides

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Installing Common and Capacity boards in a minimum configuration

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Installing Common and Capacity boards in target configuration

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Remove the filler panels according to the expected config.
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Installing Common and Capacity boards in a maximum configuration

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Preparing optical interfaces ASIK / ABIL

SFP marked blue and QSFP marked green in the picture

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Power Supply,
Sync GPS & EAC Cabling
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Connecting the grounding cable

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Connecting the DC power cables in ASIA-ASIK
2. Lift the latch of the DC power cable input.
3. Insert stripped end of the DC power cable into the DC power cable input
4. Close the latch of the DC power input so that the DC power cable is firmly secured.

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Connecting synchronization, EAC, and LMP cables to ASIA/ASIK

RJ-45 (LMP interface)

HDMI Sync Out (SOUT interface)
HDMI Sync In (SIN interface) (GPS)
HDMI EAC (EAC interface)
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