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Modular Cell

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Present Platform - Architecture

MSC
ATM MSC SII
Cell
DS-1
5ESS
Switch
DS-1 Minicell

X.25

CSN

ECP
Complex SII Cell control

Packet pipe

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FLEXENTTM Platform - Architecture

MSC
ATM MSC SII
DS1
Cell

5ESS Switch
DS1 Minicell

X.25 APC DS1

(RCS) Microcell
DS1
Ethernet

CSN EIN
Modular Cell
Access
Manager
SII Cell control
Microcell/Modular Cell control
Packet pipe

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Hardware Required
 APC
 EIN Card (to connect AP to Ring)
 I-OMP or OMP-FX
• I-OMP is only an interim solution until the OMP-FX is available
 Flexent Power Cabinet
 Flexent Modular Cell

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cdmaOne Modular Cell
 CDMA-only Cell Product
 Modular growth up to 11 cdmaOne carriers
 Reduced footprint (3 carriers in one cabinet)
 3-sector available 1st release
• Omni and 6-sector configurations are feasible, but not available first
release
 Each carrier/ sector supports up to 40 channel elements (20
CE cards)
 Minimal number of antennas
• As few as 2 antennas per sector, up to 11 carriers
 Radio Control (RCS) from AP
 Wideband CDMA-ready

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FLEXENTTM cdmaOne Modular Cell

 24V DC power
• External power cabinet
• External battery backup
 RF power (at J4):
• 16 W per carrier
• Enhanced forward link overload control algorithm supports short bursts of
higher power
• Lower/higher power configurations are possible, by changing the number of
amplifiers (not available first release)
 Channel pooling across sectors within a carrier

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FLEXENTTM cdmaOne Modular Cell

Modular Cell - Customer Benefits

 Allows large multi-carrier configurations (2-11 carriers)
 Minimizes number of antennas (as few as 2 per sector)
 Interoperable with existing Autoplex products
 Reduced footprint (3 carriers in one cabinet)
 Graceful migration to 3G 5MHz services

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FLEXENTTM cdmaOne Modular Cell Detailed
Characteristics, Outdoor Cabinet

Physical, Environmental and Power Characteristics

Dimensions 1800mm high x 900mm wide x 910mm deep
(72” high x 35” wide x 36” deep)
Total Weight 1 Carrier: 986 Lbs. 
2 Carrier: 1086 Lbs. 
3 Carrier: 1187 Lbs. 
Transport Weight Shippable in units under 275 Kg (600 Lbs.)
Environmental Enclosure designed for indoor or outdoor use.
Compliant with Bellcore GR-487-CORE, NEBS
and UL50
Temperature -40o C to +46o C (extended range to 52oC)
Cabinet Access Rear Access Required
All access panels equipped with hasps
Power Source 24V DC Input. Optional external battery
backup.

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FLEXENTTM cdmaOne Modular Cell Detailed
Characteristics, Indoor Cabinet

Physical, Environmental and Power Characteristics

Dimensions 1800mm high x 900mm wide x 700mm deep
(72” high x 35” wide x 28” deep)
Total Weight 1 Carrier: 807 Lbs. 
2 Carrier: 907 Lbs. 
3 Carrier: 1007 Lbs. 
Transport Weight Shippable in units under 275 Kg (600 Lbs.)
Environmental Enclosure designed for indoor or outdoor use.
Compliant with Bellcore GR-63-CORE, NEBS
and UL50
Temperature +5o C to +40o C
Cabinet Access Fully Front Access
Cabinet can be flush against the wall.
Power Source 24V DC Input. Optional external battery
backup.

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cdmaOne Modular Cell: diagram of major parts
CCU-20 Channel Card (up to 6 per carrier)
C
CRC Controller (1 per carrier) Filters T T1 P
R D
CBR CDMA Radio (1 per sector) M A

3G Space for future Wideband

Fans
Overlay
CTRM Test Module (like CRTU)
T1 T1 Punchdown block Amplifiers
PDA Power Distribution
OM Oscillator Module
TFU Timing Frequency Unit Crystal Fans
CCU-20’s
PCU Power Converter Unit OM C C C
R R R
C C C
Rubidium Digital
OM 3G
(future) P P P T T Shelf
C C C F F
CBR’s U U U U U

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Preliminary List of Commonly Required Spares
 CCU-20  PCU
 CBR  CTRM
 CRC  FIM (Facilities Interface)
 ULA
 UIP (ULA Interface Panel)
 Combiners
• Low power
 GPS Antenna
• High power  GPS Splitter
 Splitters
• Low power
• High power
 Filters
 Fans
 Timing
• TFU
• OM (Rubidium and/or Crystal)
• Smart switch

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Modular Cell Growth Cabinet
 Same frame as primary cabinet
 Houses 9 sector-carriers, or 3 carriers in a 3-sector
configuration
 Four cabinets total supported

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Modular Cell Configuration Rules

 3-sector configurations
• Primary Cabinet and First Growth Cabinet: 4-6 carriers
• Primary Cabinet and 2 Growth Cabinets: 7-9 carriers
• Primary Cabinet and 3 Growth Cabinets: 10-11 carriers
 6-sector configurations (future)
• Primary Cabinet and First Growth Cabinet: 1-3 carriers
• Primary Cabinet and 3 Growth Cabinets: 4-6 carriers
 Omni configurations (future)
• Primary Cabinet: 1-9 carriers

Note: One and two-sector configurations are available with the first release, by
taking a 3-sector cell, and only populating the sectors needed.

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FLEXENTTM cdmaOne Modular Cell - Cabinet Structure

 3 Digital Shelves
• 1 per carrier in three sector configuration
• Each Digital Shelf contains:
– Controller and Facility Interface
– 1-6 CCUs (20 CEs each)
– 3 Baseband Radios
• (4th Digital Shelf for Wideband Overlay)
 Multi-Carrier Ultra Linear Amplifiers:
• 5 MHz-wide amplifiers
• Optimized around 3 contiguous carriers
 Duplex or Triplex Filters
• Facilitates antenna consolidation
 Redundant Timing Units Available if desired
 Up to 2 T1’s per carrier

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FLEXENTTM CDMA Modular Cell Antenna Configuration

(Per Sector)
Duplex Filters available:
15 MHz PCS (A, B, or C)
1 F1, F2, F3
2 F4, F5, F6
3 F7, F8, F9 Rx f1-f11 Rx f1-f11
4 F10, F11
Tx f1-f3 Tx f4-f6
5 MHz PCS (D, E, or F)
Tx f7-f9 Tx f10-f11
1 F1, F2, F3
3 Triplex filters
required to stay at
2 antennas per 3 moreTriplex
sector at carrier #7 filters required to
stay at 2 antennas
per sector at carrier
#10
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Modular Cell Options
 Timing redundancy
 Convenience lights
 High temperature option
• Includes solar shield
 Filters
• Duplex, Triplex, which frequency
 CTRM (CRTU)
 # of CCUs
 Indoor vs. outdoor
• Indoor has a hatch plate
• Outdoor has a swing door, with a heat exchanger

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FLEXENTTM cdmaOne Modular Cell

Planned Downtime Improvements:

 Flash memory system allows download of generic upgrades while cell is
live
 1 carrier system would need 5 minutes to reboot after new generic is
loaded
 Easily Growable with Minimal Outages:
 Grow carrier with cell out of service less than 4 hours

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FLEXENT™ Modular Cell Future
 ANSI-95 as well as cdma2000 1X & 3X C
T T1 P
 Wideband CDMA Ready Components Filters
R D
M A
• Multicarrier Linear Amplifier
• Common Filters for IS-95, 1X and 3X
Fans
• Common Antenna Set

 Wideband CDMA radio upgrade

• 3G Services via Wideband radio circuit packs Amplifiers
• No additional cabinet footprint required

F1 F2 F3 F1 F2 F3 Fans
GUARD GUARD GUARD GUARD
C C
R R
Wideband Carrier C C
3G
1.25 MHz. 1.25 MHz.

5 MHz.
1.25 MHz.

5 MHz.
1.25 MHz.
(future) P
C
P
C
P T T
CF F
U U UUU
Forward Link Reverse Link

Maximum Investment Protection for 3G Service Deployment

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CDMA Modular Cell as a Growth Cell to Series II
 Co-location is targeted for CDMA 16.0
 Two colocation features:
• Software co-location (required)
• Hardware co-location (optional)
 Software co-location allows the 2 cells to seem as one to the
mobile. Cells still appear as 2 to the MSC.
 Hardware co-location allows hardware sharing
• RF Antennas
• GPS Antenna
• Power
 Advantages to growth with Modular Cell
• Supports maximum number of carriers for high volume areas
• Compact footprint
• Graceful migration to 3G 5MHz services, no additional cabinet

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Availability
 GA PCS Modular Cell: 1Q2000 (ECP 14.0, SU 7)
• CDMA Features through CDMA 6.0
• Voice privacy / SME
• Packet Pipe 16 and Packet Pipe Optimization
• EFLOCA (Enhanced Forward Link Overload Control Algorithm) - short term
bursts of higher power
 Modular Cell feature parity FOA 6/00 (ECP 15.1)
 Growth Frame w/ 4-6 carrier: targeted for 15.1 (FOA April /
May 2000)
 Software co-location targeted for 16.0
 Hardware co-location TBD

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FLEXENTTM cdmaOne Modular Cell Configurations

•The AP provides the radio control for the cell (same function as
RCC in PCS Minicell)
•One RCS software instance per Modular Cell (independent of #
of sectors / cell)
•One AP Pair can support 16 RCS (16 Modular Cells)
•Number of Modular Cell carriers supported depends on the
maximum BHCA, number of soft handoffs per call

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AP Engineering Guidelines
 Assuming 3 soft handoffs per call, AP Pair capacity is 65K BHCA.
At 5 handoffs per call, capacity is 42K BHCA.
 Modular Cell maximum BHCA is 2K per 3-sector carrier
 Example calculations:

Configuration Total BHCA

16 3-sector, 2-carrier cells 16 cells X 2K BHCA X 2 carriers
= 64 BHCA
11 3-sector, 3-carrier cells 11 cells X 2K BHCA X 3 carriers
= 66 BHCA
16 3-sector, 1-carrier cells 16 cells X 2K BHCA
= 32 BHCA

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AP Engineering Rules
 Two important rules to remember
• Cannot have more than 16 Modular Cells (16 RCS instances) per AP Pair
• Must be careful not to exceed maximum BHCA for the AP Pair
 Release 14.1 Features that APC can support:
• 4 AP Pairs per AP Frame
• 3 AP Frames per MSC
• This means a maximum of 16 X 4 X 3 or 192 Modular Cells per MSC

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