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AirScale System Module Overview Click to add text
Property Value
Height 128 mm (5.0 in.) 3U
Depth 400 mm (15.7 in.)
Width 447 mm (17.6 in.)
Factory default cooling Weight Empty: 4.94 kg (10.9 lb)
fan air flow direction is With blinds: 6.7 kg (14.8 lb)
With all units: 23.58 kg (52 lb)
from front-to-back
cooling.
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AirScale Common ASIA plug in unit
Functions Dimensioning
• Switching and Routing – inc SRIO 2 ports • 1 ASIA for 1-3 ABIA
• Backhaul Interfaces • 2 ASIA for 4-6 ABIA
• Alarm Interface
• Power Connection : 20A -48VDC per ASIA
• GPS Sync Interface
Back haul
100/1000 Base-T
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Cell Type Max Cells / ABIA Total cells BBU
20 MHz, 4T4R 6 36
Interfaces
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Example Configuration LTE Radio configuration = 12 Sector 3Carrier
Physically
1 Airscale BBU, 1 logical eNodeB, 6 ABIA, 2 ASIA, 6 CDD
S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6
CDD 1 B30 B30 B30 B25 B25 B25
ABIA 3 B30 B30 B30 B25 B25 B25 ABIA 6 B30 B30 B30 B25 B25 B25
CDD 2 B66 B66 B66 B30 B30 B30
ABIA 2 B66 B66 B66 B30 B30 B30 ABIA 5 B66 B66 B66 B30 B30 B30
CDD 3 B25 B25 B25 B66 B66 B66
ABIA 1 B25 B25 B25 B66 B66 B66 ABIA 4 B25 B25 B25 B66 B66 B66
CDD 4 B30 B30 B30 B25 B25 B25
ASIA 1 ASIA 2
CDD 5 B66 B66 B66 B30 B30 B30
S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 S12
CDD 6 B25 B25 B25 B66 B66 B66
S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 S12
Dynamic resource sharing within BB pool
Example: dynamically shared RRC connections among 3 cells in BB pool
C1 Sector α
C1 Sector γ
De pe nding on t he t raffic de mand of individual se ct or, BB pool
C2 Sector α re source s are dynamically share d among ce lls. Example s:
C1 Sector β 1 ) Uniform t raffic de mand from all se ct ors:
C2 Sector γ
C2 Sector β 1)
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Airscale BBU – Capacity Limits
FL19
Adding 5G to Venues deployed with CDD
STADIUM USE
CASE
5G NR (mmW)
NOKIA
LTE 5G (mmW)
ARISCALE BBU* 5G (Sub6)
*BBU Logical View shown – actual configuration per AT&T Eng Rules
AirScale BBU re-use in evolution to 5G : LTE+5G
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AirScale System Module Indoor
ASIK & ABIL for 5G high capacity
S-RF1…2 2 SFP28 • Low Latency Fronthaul connection to Ethernet radios. Support for 10GE and 25GE protocols
• Details according to BCAI Ethernet Link layer specification
Q-RF1…2 2 QSFP28 • Low Latency Fronthaul connection to CPRI or Ethernet radios. ABIL interfaces QRF1…2 shall
support CPRI9.8Gbps rate (or CPRI10.1376Gbps / 24.33024Gbps with FW update) + 10GE and
25GE Ethernet protocols. Optical CPRI to RF up to 10km (HW capability). One QSFP connector
has four CPRI/Ethernet links.
• Details according to BCAI Ethernet Link layer specification
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Example Configuration
Shown is 6 Sectors, one DSS LTE Carrier B25 -
4G 5G
S4 S5 S6
ABIL 2 N25 N25 N25 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6
S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S1 S2 S3 CDD 1 B25 B25 B25 B25 B25 B25 CDD 2 N25 N25 N25 N25 N25 N25
ABIA 1 B25 B25 B25 B25 B25 B25 ABIL 1 N25 N25 N25
ASIA 1 ASIK 1
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*3 NR Dedicated or DSS carriers per ABIL
5G gNodeB mmWave Configuration
Up to 3Sectors per ½ Chassis
Sector #1 Sector #2 Sector #3
me mmWave mmWave
( AEWB ( AEWB ( AEWB
Or Or Or
AEWD/E ) AEWD/E ) AEWD/E ) 800MHz per ABIL = 1 ABIL per TRP
3ABILs per ASIK and ½ rack
ABIL 800MHz
ABIL 800MHz
ABIL 800MHz
ASIK Spare ½ Chassis – could be LTE or 5G
backhaul AMIA#1 backhaul
gNB#1
ALL 4G and 5G in 4 Racks 8 x LTE BBU’s 8 x LTE BBU’s 7 x LTE BBU’s 2 x 5G BBU’s
GPS & GND GPS & GND GPS & GND GPS & GND
Nokia Proposal Highlights
GPS & GND GPS & GND GPS & GND GPS & GND
12 mmWave TRPs RR 1 RR 2 RR 3 RR 4
e shown per rack for illustration purposes, site engineering to finalize final layout.
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