Alarm Handling

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Clock Reference Abnormal Alarm
 Possible Causes:
 Faulty clock module.
 Abnormal clock of the transmission link.
 Abnormal upper level clock reference.

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BBU CPRI Interface Error
• Possible Causes:
• The optical module on the CPRI port of the BBU is faulty or not installed securely, or
the cable connection on the CPRI optical module is not ready.
• The CPRI interface board in the BBU is faulty.
• The lower-level RF unit is not powered on.
• The optical module or connector of the lower-level RF unit is improperly installed or
the optical module is faulty.
• The lower-level RF unit is faulty.
• The optical link between the BBU and the lower-level RF unit is faulty.

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Board Communication Alarm
• On the DDPU:
• Possible Causes
• The corresponding RF module is not installed.
• The communication interface board in the RF front module is faulty.
• On the DEMU:
• Possible Causes
• The DEMU is faulty, not inserted securely, or configured in different
slot.

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DUP Unit Hardware Fault

 Possible Causes
 Faulty DUP Unit hardware.

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Board Type Mismatch
 Appeared on the DDPU board
 The BTS detects that the configured board type is inconsistent
with the actual board type.

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Diversity Receive Channel alarm
 Possible Causes
 The RF cable connected to the main receive port on the DTRU is
loose or damaged.
 The DTRU is damaged.
 The cable between the cabinet top and antenna is loose or
damaged
 The DDPU is damaged.

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CDU Band Mismatch ARFCN Alarm

 Appear on the DDPU

 Possible Causes
 The CDU frequency band does not match with the TRX
frequency.

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GSM Cell out of Service
• Possible Causes
• Manual blocking: The cell or BCCH TRX is manually blocked.
• Other OM operations: manual reset of the BTS or cell and automatic BTS
reset because of dynamic data configuration (for example, modify Main
BCCH frequency).
• BTS power failure: There is no power supply to the BTS.
• The board which contain the BCCH is faulty
• Level 2 VSWR on the BCCH path for the Cell.
• Software of the board is older than others.

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Level 1 VSWR Alarm&Level 2 VSWR Alarm

 Possible Causes
 The connections of the antenna feeder transmit channel are faulty.
 The DUP Unit hardware is faulty.

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Load Power Off Alarm
 Possible Causes
 When the DC power supply fails, or the temperature inside the
cabinet is too high, the MCU or the PMU of the BTS power off
the some of the less important devices.

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PSU Comm. Alarm
 Possible Causes
 The communications between the PSU and the PMU in the power
system fails.
 The PMU detects that the configured power module is out of
position.
 The corresponding PSU is faulty.

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PSU Illegal Alarm
 Possible Causes
 The configuration data does not contain PSU data while a PSU is
physically inserted.

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PSU shutdown alarm
 Possible Causes
 No AC input.
 The PSU is faulty

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Radio link prompt alarm
 Possible Causes
 Sub link 0:Abnormal channel activation alarm
 Sub link 1:Abnormal channel release alarm
 Sub link 2:No traffic alarm
 Sub link 3:Power level imbalance between uplink and downlink
alarm

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LAPD Alarm
 Appear on BTS 3012
 The transmission between the BSC and the BTS is faulty.
 The main control board or the RF unit is faulty

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Radio Signaling Link Disconnected
 Appear on BTS 3900
 Possible Causes
 The transmission between the BSC and the BTS is faulty.
 The main control board or the RF unit is faulty.

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RF Unit Maintenance Link Failure
 Possible Causes
 The CPRI link between the current-level RF unit and the BBU or
upper-level RF unit is broken.
 The RF unit is not powered on or running improperly.
 The RF unit hardware is faulty.

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RF Unit RX Channel Fault
 Possible Causes
 The RF connections at the diversity RX port of the TRX are loose
or broken.
 The TRX is damaged.

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RF Unit VSWR Threshold Crossed
 The installation of jumpers does not comply with the planning.
 The feeder connector on the antenna port is loose or waterlogged.
 The feeder connected to the antenna port of the RF unit is bent,
deformed, or damaged.
 The VSWR detection circuit of the RF unit is faulty.

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TRX Baseband FH Abnormal Alarm
 Possible Causes
 Faulty TRX in the FH group.
 The BBH is not configured correctly.

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TRX Close HPA Alarm
 Possible Causes
 The internal temperature of the BTS basic cabinet reaches 52°C.
 The temperature detection circuit is faulty.
 There is VSWR alarms on which of the TRX is connected.

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TRX communication alarm
 Possible Causes
 The TRX is uninstalled, manually reset or powered down.
 The TRX is damaged.
 The DTMU is damaged.

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TRX Hardware Critical Alarm
 Appear on BTS 3012
 Possible Causes
 The hardware of the TRX running abnormal.
 The hardware of the TRX is faulty.

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TRX Manually Blocked
 Possible Causes
 A TRX is manually administrative blocked

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GSM Cell Manually Blocked
 Possible Causes
 A GSM cell is manually blocked.

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E1/T1 Local Alarm
 Appear on BTS 3012
 Possible Causes
 Incorrect settings of the DIP switch of the BTS
 Transmission link failure over the Abis interface
 Transmission link failure between the BTS and the BSC
 Faulty TMU

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E1/T1 Alarm Indication Signal
 Appear on BTS 3900
 Possible Causes
 Incorrect settings of the DIP switch of the BTS
 Transmission link failure over the Abis interface
 Transmission link failure between the BTS and the BSC
 Faulty TMU

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E1/T1 Loopback

 Possible Causes
 The user sets the local or remote loopback on the E1/T1 link.
 The E1/T1 physical loopback is performed.

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E1/T1 remote Alarm
 Possible Causes
 The transmission link is not available.
 The settings for the DIP switches of the BTS are not correct.
 The hardware is faulty.

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Cell PS Service Faulty
 Cell is down
 Site is down
 Cell is not configured on the PCU

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Monitoring Device Maintenance Link Failure

 Appear on BTS 3900

 Appear on the FMU or the EMU
 Possible causes
 The monitoring devise is connected on the wrong position
(cabinet/subrack/slot)
 The cable connection from the BBU to the monitoring device is faulty
 The monitoring device is faulty
 The BBU is faulty

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E1/T1 Alarm Indication Signal
 Appeared on the Electrical interface boards
 Possible causes:
 E1 is down

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E1/T1 Excessive Bit Error Rate
 Appear on the electrical interface boards
 Possible causes:
 Bit error rate on the E1

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SDH/SONET Tributary Alarm Indication Signal

 Appear on the Optical interface boards

 Possible causes:
 E1 is down

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SDH/SONET Tributary Excessive Slip Frames

 Appear on the Optical interface boards

 Possible causes:
 Bit error rate on the E1

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Board unavailable
 Possible causes:
 Faulty hardware
 Board manually reset
 Board manually switchover

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 M3UA destination Entity Route Unavailable

Possible causes:

One signaling link entity is down, due to links down from TE or the
switch is isolated from core side

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OMU hardware fault
Possible causes:

Faulty Ethernet cable on one or more ports on the OMU

Faulty Ethernet Port

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Board Hardware Fault
 Appear on the BSC
 Possible causes:
 The clock component is faulty.
 The chip self-test is faulty.
 The flash component is faulty.
 The power component is faulty.
 The backplane is faulty.

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