Node B Harddare

Orange QaD Meeting

Node B PLM
06/07/2012
Node B Hardware
Agenda

UMTS 900 | Configuration Roadmap & Deployment use cases

BBU | Capacity Features & Centralization

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UMTS 900
Growing Momentum
THE MOMENTUM IS HERE
• 42 Commercial UMTS 900 Networks
MARKET VIEW • 29 countries
• 53+ countries permit/considering UMTS 900 deployment (source: GSA, May 2012)

HUGE W-CDMA DUAL BAND 900/2100 – AND INCREASING!

USER
• 750+ UMTS900-HSPA devices launched
EQUIPMENT • 25% of the HSPA devices operate in the 900 Band
AVAILABILITY • 21% Increase in Number of UE since Q2 2011 (source: GSA, May 2012)

KEY BENEFITS
PROVEN • Better Indoor / Deep Indoor Penetration, applicable for rural and urban
GAINS IN • Better Coverage (900 vs 2100) => Key for rural coverage (less sites)
FIELD • Increased Throughput
• Increased Capacity in Urban sites where 2100 MHz is completed with U900

“MC” BASED 2G+3G 900 MHz ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS

• MCTRX67-09 rollout with UA7, gets a comprehensive feature set with UA8.
ALU OFFER • MCRRH is introduced in 2012 to the field
• MCTRDU in preparation for 2013, leveraging MCRRH software suite in
LightRario Cabinet

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 2G + 3G 900MHz Operation
Feature Roadmap

UA7 UA8
MCTRX
67-09
80499 - MC-TRX 900 (3G 116647 3G only MC-TRX w/o 2G
mode in 2G cabinet) dependency
2G release: B11 MR3 ed1.3 105590 2G/3G MSR mode
SCPA 117732 RAN sharing (STSRx+y)
121086 Remote MC-TRX 117823 UL/DL 2.2 MHz
configurable filter
117822 2.2 MHz UL filtering 134298 UL/DL 2.0 MHz TRDU2x60-09
configurable filter (*)

UA7 UA8 UA9

RRH 112880 RRH2x40-09 (1PA
134297 UL / DL 2.0 MHz
2x40-09 2G & 1PA3G) 117823 UL/DL 2.2 MHz
configurable filter (*)
configurable filter
RRH60-09 117822 2.2MHz UL filtering
103774 3G only support of
RRH2x40-09(*)

* Candidate
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 134298 2.0MHz Carrier Filtering
Feature Description:
• MC-TRX67-09 support of 2.0MHz Carrier
UMTS center freq. Spacing between 2G and 3G in 900MHz
band.
- WCDMA BTS reduced DL filter protects GSM terminal
equipment from WCDMA interferers (BTS)
- WCDMA BTS reduced UL filter protects the WCDMA BTS
from GSM interferers (terminal equipment)
- Supported customers have a minimum of 6MHz BW in
900MHz band, who aim to introduce WCDMA, maintain
GSM KPI and can initially accept reduced WCDMA
2.0 MHz 2.0 MHz performance e.g.
Example for 6MHz of Spectrum:
29 GSM frequencies - Throughput ~30% (Current status of simulations)
or - 5.8MHz spectrum shared between GSM 2/2/1 and
10 GSM + 3.8MHz WCDMA WCDMA 1C w/o 64QAM

• Feature Dependencies
•FEATURE VALUE
- Reduce filter operation negatively affects the achieved
• Allows the introduction of 3G 900MHz service where
EVM – Better than 12% at Max Tx targeted
existing 2G 900MHz service is deployed
• Reduces the 3G carrier bandwidth (3.8 MHz instead of - EVM +9% means 64QAM is not supported
5MHz) in order to maximize available bandwidth kept
for 2G
103774-3G only support of RRH2x40-09 (w/o 2G dependency )

RRH2x40-09 • Feature Description RRH2x40-09 3G

without dependency to 2G RAN
WCDMA WCDMA Power
carrier ToC - 3G WCDMA operation on RRH2x40-09 with no
configuration (W per carrier) dependency to 2G infrastructure (e.g. No OMC
2G or BSC)
STSR1 40/30/20
STSR1+1 40/30/20 - Requires dedicated 900MHz antenna and feeders.
3G - Upgradeable to 2G.
- 3G Mode
- Tx max output power 1C 40W
RRH - Support up to 2 WCDMA Carrier
2x40-09
3G
OMC
WMS
Abis
Iub SUM BSC
RNC d2U

•FEATURE VALUE
• Deploy UMTS 900 MHz with RRH2x40-09 without
dependency on existing 2G infrastructure
• No BSC, no OMC 2G needed
• Easy upgrade to 2G+3G configuration
U900 applications
4 Customer Use Cases

Rural / Developed Rural / Emerging

1 3G coverage 4 3G coverage
Western Europe APAC

80499 MC-TRX 900 (3G mode in 2G cabinet)

80499 MC-TRX 900 (3G mode in 2G cabinet) 112880 RRH2x40-09 (1PA 2G & 1PA3G)
2G release: B11 MR3 ed1.3 134298 2.0 MHz filtering (MCTRX)
117822 2.2 MHz filtering 134297 2.0 MHz filtering (RRH2x40-09)
Simple Upgrade of GSM sites 3G 900 even with limited (6MHz) Spectrum

Sub Urban / Urban Coverage & Performance

2 3G Indoor coverage + Capacity 3 2 Carriers – U900
Wester Europe Middle-East

116647 3G only MC-TRX w/o 2G dependency

80499 MC-TRX 900 (3G mode in 2G cabinet)
117732 U900 STSR1+1
2G release: B11 MR3 ed1.3
117822 2.2 MHz filtering
121086 Remote MC-TRX
117823 UL/DL 2.2 MHz Configurable filters
Allocating more 900 MHz Spectrum to 3G
Going U900-U2100 bi-band

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 U900 applications - Configurations

Rural / 1 9100 MBI AB / MBO2E 4 Rural /

Developed MCTRX 2G + MCTRX 3G RRH Emerging
2x40-09
RRH
2x40-09
RRH
2x40-09
TWIN 2G

900 (2G)

900 (2G)

Twin TRX
900 (2G)

Twin TRX

Twin TRX
MCTRX

MCTRX

MCTRX

900 (2G)

900 (2G)

900 (2G)
2G F1
SR +MCTRX3G SR

fan
fan

2G F1
900 (2G)

900 (2G)

900 (2G)
MCTRX

MCTRX

MCTRX

SUMX

SUMX
AND
AND
AND
SR

ANC
ANC
ANC
fan
Air
AND SR SR

ANC

900 (3G)
900 (3G)

900 (3G)
MCTRX
MCTRX

MCTRX
SUMX

900 (3G)
900 (3G)

900 (3G)
MCTRX
MCTRX

MCTRX
AND
AND
AND

SR
MC-TRX MC-TRX SR SR
67-09 67-09 fan
Twin MC-TRX fan
Battery

Air
900 (3G)
900 (3G)

900 (3G)
MCTRX
MCTRX

SUMx
MCTRX

Air
2G 3G TRX 67-09
SR Air d2U WCDMA

DCDsi tribution
fan d2U WCDMA
#1 #2 2G 3G
2U AC
/DC
2U AC
/
#1 #2
SUMx D2U Battery
Air Air
d2U WCDMA SUMx D2U d2U WCDMA
UA7 UA7 UA8 UA7
B11 MR3 ed1.3 B11 MR3 ed1.3 B11 MR3 ed1.3

Sub Urban / 2 RF900 Cabinet RRH

2x60-21
RRH
3 Coverage &
Urban + external BBU 2x60-21
RRH Performance
2x60-21
RRH
2x60-21
RRH
2G F1

900 (3G)
900 (3G)

900 (3G)
MCTRX
MCTRX

MCTRX
2x60-21
RRH
900 (2G)

F1
900 (2G)

900 (2G)

2G
MCTRX

MCTRX

MCTRX

SR
SR
2x60-21 fan

fan
AND 2x
900 (2G)

900 (2G)

900 (2G)
MCTRX

MCTRX

MCTRX

SUMX
AND

AND
AND
AND
SUMX

SR SR
AND
AND
AND

fan
SR
MC-TRX MC-TRX
MCTRX3G

900 (3G)
900 (3G)

900 (3G)
MCTRX
MCTRX
MC-TRX MC-TRX

MCTRX
67-09 67-09 Per sector
SUMX

900 (3G)
900 (3G)

900 (3G)

d4U WCDMA
MCTRX
MCTRX

MCTRX
AND
AND
AND

SR
SR 67-09 67-09 SR
3G 3G fan
2G 3G fan Air
Battery

900 (3G)
900 (3G)

900 (3G)

d4U WCDMA #1
MCTRX
MCTRX

#2
MCTRX

Air
#1 #2
DCDsi tribution

SR
2U AC
/
fan

SUMx D2U
2U AC
/DC
Battery D2U
Air
Air d2U WCDMA
UA8
UA7 UA8 UA7 UA8
B11 MR3 ed1.3

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 U900 – Orange application

Rural / 1 4 Rural /
Developed RRH Emerging
2x40-09
RRH
2x40-09
RRH What about African
2x40-09 affiliates?

900 (2G)

900 (2G)

Twin TRX
900 (2G)

Twin TRX

Twin TRX
MCTRX

MCTRX

MCTRX

900 (2G)

900 (2G)

900 (2G)
SR SR
2G F1 fan
fan

2G F1
900 (2G)

900 (2G)

900 (2G)
MCTRX

MCTRX

MCTRX

SUMX

SUMX
AND
AND
AND
SR

ANC
ANC
ANC
fan
Air
AND SR SR

ANC

900 (3G)
900 (3G)

900 (3G)
MCTRX
MCTRX

MCTRX
SUMX

900 (3G)
900 (3G)

900 (3G)
MCTRX
MCTRX

MCTRX
SUMx
AND
AND
AND

SR
MC-TRX MC-TRX SR d2U WCDMA SR
67-09 67-09 2U AC
/
fan
Twin MC-TRX fan
Battery

Air
900 (3G)
900 (3G)

900 (3G)
MCTRX
MCTRX

MCTRX

Air
2G 3G TRX 67-09
SR Air
Battery

DCDsi tribution
fan d2U WCDMA
#1 #2 2G 3G
2U AC
/DC
#1 #2
SUMx D2U Battery
Air Air

UA7
d2U WCDMA SUMx D2U d2U WCDMA
UA7 UA8
B11 MR3 ed1.3 UA7 B11 MR3 ed1.3
B11 MR3 ed1.3 For ex: 5H Backup

Sub Urban / 2 RRH

2x40-09
RRH
3 Coverage &
Urban RRH TRTRTR AirTRTRTR 2x40-09
RRH Performance
2x40-09
RRH DUDUDUDUDUDU 2x40-09
2x40-09
RRH 60 60 60 60 60 60
DCDistr

- - - - - -
60-09 21 21 21ICO21 21 21
ICO
Fan
Air

Or RRH
2x60-21 Any plan for 2 carrier
U900 in Orange?
TR TR TR TR TR TR
DUDUDUDUDUDU
60 60 60 60 60 60 d4U WCDMA d4U WCDMA
- - - - - -
DCDistribution

21 21 21 21 21 21
2U AC
/DC

Battery

eAMo

UA9 Plinth
UA8

9311 Macro or 9712 LR OD

9100 MBS Ev2 9711 LR ID

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Node B Hardware
Agenda

UMTS 900 | Configuration Roadmap & Deployment use cases

BBU | Capacity Features & Centralization

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133975 – Hosting of 2 Node B WCDMA in one d4U

• FEATURE VALUE:
NodeB B S2
- Increased signalling capacity with two eCCM-u for
highly loaded NodeBs.
U2100 – 4C U900 – 1C
• FEATURE DESCRIPTION:
S1 - The NodeB is split in 2 logical NodeB sharing the
S3
same d4u container. Flexible modem assignment
NodeB A
RRH2x-09 RRH2x-21
to the 2 controllers allows optimized user plane
RRH2x-09
RRH2x-09
capacity repartition between the 2 NodeBs.
- only 1 Iub termination is needed when used in
eCCM #1
eCEM #1
conjunction with feature 100791 ―BTS daisy
NodeB chaining through the NodeB‖
eCEM #2
eCEM #3
A

• DEPENDENCIES:
eCEM #4
eCEM #5
eCEM #6 NodeB - 2 eCCM-u GE MDA + 4 to 6 eCEM-u or xCEM-u
eCCM #2
B
- no xCCM-u
RRH2x-21
RRH2x-21

HIGH SIGNALLING CAPACITY SOLUTION FOR TRAFFIC HOT SPOTS

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125406 – extended monitoring of modem load (step2)

• FEATURE VALUE:
- improved monitoring of modem load allows to detect (and anticipate) capacity bottlenecks
- better evaluation of overload conditions on controller
• FEATURE DESCRIPTION
- additional counters for xCEM and eCEM load
- PQ3 load
- DSP load
- ASIC load
- counters on overload threshold crossing (see FSD 125409)

• DEPENDENCIES:
- xCCM(-u) and eCCM-u
- xCEM(-u) and eCEM(-u)

IMPROVED NODEB LOAD MONITORING

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125407 – Overload protection of Node B digital part
(step2)
• FEATURE VALUE:
- Further improvements on Node B stability in case of overload (2 thresholds).
- Improved emergency call handling by giving them priority compared to non-emergency
calls
• FEATURE DESCRIPTION
- iBTS supports two threshold levels for classifying overload conditions :
- at the first level, non-emergency call related RL Setups are rejected,
- at the second level all calls are rejected

- This provides a prioritization of calls when the Node B is in overload

- feature replaces/enhances the backpressure mechanism
• DEPENDENCIES:
- xCCM(-u) and eCCM-u only

FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN NODEB STABILITY UNDER LOAD

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125409 – dynamic overload management of CPU
resources on eCEM and xCEM
• FEATURE VALUE:
- additional actions in case of overload on CEM (PQ3 and DSP)
- the trigger for or already existing defence actions is aligned on overload threshold crossings

• FEATURE DESCRIPTION
- low threshold crossing:
- Suppress HSDPA CRC16 calculation (new)
- Suspend HSDPA ranking during 1s (existing)
- Suspend sending of CDM Measurements (existing)
- Some HSDPA Measurements counters not updated anymore and marked as invalid (existing)

- high threshold crossing

- Reduce the number of scheduled HSDPA UE per TTI (e.g. from 4 to 2)

• DEPENDENCIES:
- xCEM(-u) and eCEM(-u) only

FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN MODEM STABILITY

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5-6 Carriers configuration

RRH
2x40-09
RRH
RRH
Air 2x40-09
RRH
2x60-21
RRH TRTRTRTRTRTR
DUDUDUDUDUDU 2x40-09
2x60-21
RRH 60 60 60 60 60 60

DCDistr
2x60-21 - - - - - -
21 21 21ICO21 21 21
ICO
Fan
Air

Or RRH
2x60-21
900 (2G)

900 (2G)

900 (2G)
MCTRX

MCTRX

MCTRX

SR

1 .. 4 carriers d4U WCDMA

fan

(2100MHz)

DCDistribution
1 .. 2 carriers 2U AC
/DC
SUMX

AND

AND

AND

SR

BBU (900MHz)
Battery
d4U WCDMA
Battery

900 (3G)
900 (3G)

900 (3G)
MCTRX
MCTRX

MCTRX

DCDsi tribution

eAMo
SR
2U AC
/ Plinth
fan

9311 Macro or
2 U AC / DC
Battery

9100 MBS Ev2

9712 LR OD
9711 LR ID

 Increase the maximum number of supported cell within 1 BBU to 24 cells

(instead of 12 cells previously)
 Exemple: Multi-band configuration
• 4 carriers in 2100 MHz band + 1 carrier in 900 MHz band (future SW support for 2
carriers 900MHz if market required)
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BBU Hotelling
APAC Configuration AC Powered
RRH

AC/
DC

RRH60-21C,
Integrated
Antenna

 Improved BBU maintenance

(fewer BBU sites, easier to
access, OPEX saving)
d4U WCDMA

d2U WCDMA

 Lighter radio sites (RF only)

UA7 UA8 UA9

D2U 1C+3M: 12 cells / 6 AP 1C+3M: 12 cells / 6 AP 1C+3M: 18 cells / 6 AP

D4U NA 1C+5M: 12 cells / 6AP 1C+5M: 24 cells / 12 AP

Dark Fiber, or 2C+6M: 36 cells / 24 AP
Switched WDM 17
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RRH60-21 – Integrated Antenna

RRH60-21-IA • Feature Description

- Low visual impact solution for large volume
deployment of RF coverage in residential areas.
- Reduced space requirement
total volume (RRH + IA solar shield) = 38 litres

- Easy installation
- RRH (Same characteristics as RRH60-21C):
- Benefit of RRH60-21C Acceptance
- 60W RF Tx power
- 20MHz wide operational block, anywhere in band
3G
- 2 independently tuneable pairs of Rx paths
- 2-way RX diversity, supporting 2 RF blocks within the band

- Antenna :
- 2 antenna connector
- Able to operate the full 2100MHs band

•FEATURE VALUE - Beam width: Horizontal: 65° / Vertical: 16°

• Integrated Antenna allowing low visual impact - Fixed downtilt
• Lighter RF solution
- Gain: 12 dBi on axis
RRH60-21C
AC Power Option
Input voltage range: 150V~ 280V Environmental: IP65 protection(EN60529)
efficiency at > 80% load 88% Input Terminal: DY1F1203PNF
Output Voltage: -54V±2V MTBF: >100,000 hours
Output Power: 500W Cert’n: EN 60950-1, GB4943, & EN 60950-22
Hold up time: > 20mS CE: EN55022, Class B
Operation temperature: -40°C to +55°C Lightning Protection: +/- 6kV

Integrated Design Uses alternative rear for solar shield assembly

RRH

AC power
converter

Optional
Lightning
Prot’n Unit

-48V DC to AC power
(176VAC～264VAC)

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117821 - 2.2 MHz spacing 2G /3G on RRH60 and xTRM
117823 - 2.2 MHz spacing 2G /3G on McTrx and McRRH
OMC changeable filter
UMTS center freq.

GSM freq. GSM freq.

FEATURE DESCRIPTION

• digital filters for UL or UL/DL for normal or reduced bandwidth

activable remotely via WMS on a per cell basis
• no dedicated SW loads anymore (compared to 103772 in UA07)
2.2 MHz 2.2 MHz • 3 modes available
• normal BW in UL and DL
26 GSM 3 GSM
5 MHz • reduced BW UL only (DL normal bandwidth) for
frequencies frequencies
protection of WCDMA against interference from GSM
• reduced BW in UL and DL , adding protection against
example with 10MHz intereferenc in GSM by WCDMA DL
• same performances as 103772 (UA07):
• max Rx Sensitivity degradation 0.5dB w/o interferer
FUNCTIONS • max Rx Sensitivity degradation 1dB with 2G interferer
• reduce bandwidth of WCDMA carrier to 4.2 MHz
 allows carrier spacing of 2.2 MHz between
WCDMA central frequency and first GSM
frequency with protection against interference
 4 additional GSM frequencies can be supported

DEPENDENCIES KEY BENEFITS

 118721: RRH60-09, RRH60-09A, xTRM900 • reduced impact by UMTS 900 carrier on GSM 900 traffic
 118723: McTrx, McRRH • simplified tuning of Radio Planning Setting due to remote
reconfiguration of bandwidth w/o SW activation

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