ZXSDR BS8800 GU360 Product Description
ZXSDR BS8800 GU360 Product Description
ZXSDR BS8800 GU360 Product Description
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 3 3.1 3.2 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 5 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 6 7 7.1 7.2 7.3 8 Overview................................................................................................................... 1 Highlight Features ................................................................................................... 3 Smooth Evolution ...................................................................................................... 3 Easy Installation ........................................................................................................ 3 Evolution to IP RAN................................................................................................... 3 Smooth Expansion .................................................................................................... 3 Green Power ............................................................................................................. 4 Rich Interfaces .......................................................................................................... 4 Flexible Dual-mode Networking................................................................................. 4 Functionality ............................................................................................................ 5 Basic Function........................................................................................................... 5 Service Functions ...................................................................................................... 6 System Architecture ................................................................................................ 8 Product Physical Structure ........................................................................................ 8 Hardware Architecture............................................................................................... 9 Software Architecture .............................................................................................. 13 Technical Specifications ....................................................................................... 15 Physical Indices....................................................................................................... 15 Capacity .................................................................................................................. 15 Performance............................................................................................................ 15 Power ...................................................................................................................... 16 Transmission ........................................................................................................... 17 Working Environment .............................................................................................. 17 Environmental Classes............................................................................................ 18 Reliability ................................................................................................................. 18 Operation and Maintenance .................................................................................. 19 Configuration Instructions .................................................................................... 22 GSM Single Mode Configuration ............................................................................. 22 UMTS Single Mode Configuration ........................................................................... 22 GSM/UMTS Dual-Mode Configuration..................................................................... 23 Acronyms and Abbreviations ............................................................................... 24
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FIGURES
Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9 Conventional GSM/EDGE/UMTS Network System ..................................................... 1 ZTE SDR BTS Composed GSM/UMTS Network ......................................................... 2 Cabinet of ZXSDR BS8800 ......................................................................................... 8 Appearance of ZXSDR BS8800 .................................................................................. 9 ZXSDR BS8800 Hardware Structure........................................................................... 9 Baseband Unit of ZXSDR BS8800 ............................................................................ 10 Radio Unit of ZXSDR BS8800 ................................................................................... 13 ZXSDR BS8800 Software Structure .......................................................................... 14 NetNumen M31 Management System....................................................................... 19
TABLES
Table 1 Table 2 Table 3 Table 4 Table 5 Table 6 Module List of Baseband Unit.................................................................................... 10 TRX Output Power of BS8800................................................................................... 16 BS8800 Configuration on GSM Mode........................................................................ 22 BS8800 Configuration on UMTS Mode...................................................................... 23 BS8800 Configuration on G/U Dual-Mode (Same Spectrum) .................................... 23 BS8800 Configuration on G/U Dual-Mode (Different Spectrum) ................................ 23
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Overview
In general, GSM/EDGE/UMTS system consists of Core Network (CN), Radio Network Subsystem (GERAN/UTRAN) and Mobile Station/User Equipment (MS/UE). GERAN/UTRAN includes 2 network elements, base station and BSC/RNC. The conventional 2G/3G BTS connects to BSC/RNC or MS/UE via Abis/Iub or Um/Uu interface respectively. Figure 1 shows a conventional GSM/EDGE/UMTS network system.
MGW
MSCS PSTN
BTS
UMTS
Node B
Figure 1
In the Fig 1, GPRS/EDGE and UTRAN are 2 separated radio networks. When ZTE 2G/3G dual-mode base station BS8800 is introduced, the 2G/3G radio networks will be converged into one and this will decrease the network construction cost greatly. The GSM/UMTS integrated network is shown in following Fig 2.
BS8800 flexible configured into GSM and UMTS system with only software control. Software Defined Radio for both G/U systems
MGW
MSCS PSTN
BS8800
Figure 2
The purpose of this document is to describe the Software Defined Radio (SDR) base station ZXSDR BS8800, which is based on the ZTE unified MicroTCA platform and adopting MCPA technology radio part, to be the new type of ZTE mobile BTS. This revolutionary BTS platform supports all kinds of wireless access technology including GSM, UMTS, CDMA2000, and WiMAX. It also will support the LTE with new control plane baseband processing board adding in the future as the most cost effective solution. The type of ZXSDR BS8800 for GSM/UMTS dual mode is ZXSDR BS8800 GU360. Next descriptions are giving a general overview to the ZXSDR BS8800 GU360.
Highlight Features
ZXSDR BS8800 GU360 (hereafter BS8800) is one of multi-carrier, multi-mode indoor macro base station in ZXSDR BTS series. By applying advanced MicroTCA platform and SDR technology, BS8800 can directly support GPRS/ EDGE/ Enhanced EDGE/ UMTS/ HSPA and HSPA+ simultaneously. Its main advantage is that can be configured to a GERAN BTS, or a UTRAN Node B, or a G/W dual-mode BTS by software reconfiguration only and no required to add any hardware. It develops a new solution for GSM/UMTS integrated network and network evolution. It decreases the mobile network construction and operation cost. BS8800 can be applied in dense urban, urban, suburban, rural area, highway or indoor environment and can fully meet operators requirements in different stages and scenarios. It has the following characteristics:
2.1
Smooth Evolution
BS8800 software and hardware support full-feature EDGE and UMTS/HSPA and satisfy operators future needs for data service. In the future evolution to EDGE+ and HSPA+, only software upgrade is needed. The MicroTCA architecture supports maximal 10Gbps data throughput and 20MHz radio frequency. It enables BS8800 to be also capable for LTE application.
2.2
Easy Installation
BS8800 has small dimension: 1200mm * 600mm * 450mm (H*W*D). Front wiring design enables against wall installation and conveniently maintenance.
2.3
Evolution to IP RAN
BS8800 is developed based on the ZTE unified MicroTCA platform. GE/FE interfaces are provided. Smooth evolution and upgrade to IP RAN can be conveniently achieved.
2.4
Smooth Expansion
Each BS8800 Radio Unit (RU) has the capability to support 6 GSM carriers or 4 UMTS carriers (max. 6 RUs can be installed for a full configuration). If GSM and UMTS are
configured at the same time, each radio unit supports 4 GSM carriers plus 1 UMTS carrier as an example.
2.5
Green Power
Doherty, DPD and MCPA technologies are applied in ZTE power amplifier development for the improved PA efficiency. With S666 GSM or S222 UMTS configuration, BS8800 power consumption is less than 900W only half of conventional macro base station.
2.6
Rich Interfaces
BS8800 provides E1/T1, E3/T3, STM-1 and GE interfaces for Abis/Iub connection and supports various transmission networking such as SDH network, IP networking or splitting transmission. Between BS8800 RF units and baseband the 12 pair of 1.25G CPRI interfaces provided.
2.7
BS8800 supports 6 RU modules. By adding 3 RU-1800, GSM900+GSM1800 can be supported and the capacity is GSM900 S666 plus GSM1800 S666 in one cabinet. Network upgrade from GSM900 to GSM900+UMTS2100
In network evolution, based on the existing GSM900 network, UMTS2100 network can be constructed by adding 3 RU60-2100 modules and corresponding baseband resource. This is the most economic 2G to 3G evolution step in which main control module, transmission module and power are shared. Network upgrade from GSM900/1800 to GSM900/1800+UMTS900/1800
In BS8800, RU is designed to support UMTS, GSM with different software configuration. So in the network evolution, GSM900 can first evolve to support GSM900+UMTS900, and later complete UMTS900 with only software reconfiguration. The GSM1800 system has the same feature to support dual-mode in 1800 spectrum.
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3.1
Functionality
Basic Function
BS8800 accomplishes the following basic functions with Um/Uu, Abis/Iub and O&M interfaces. With Um/Uu interface, BS8800 accomplishes UE access and radio link transmission including RF processing, channel coding and decoding, channel multiplexing and de-multiplexing, measuring and reporting, power control, transmit diversity, receiving diversity, calibration and synchronization. With Abis/Iub interface, BS8800 connects with BSC/RNC and accomplishes the following functions including cell management, reporting BTS measurement information, broadcasting system Information, implementing access control from BSC/RNC, mobility management, radio resource management and controlling, FP processing and ATM transmission management. With operating and maintenance interface, BS8800 provides system management functions including configuration management, alarm management, status checking and system monitoring.
Besides, BS8800 also provides some other functions as follows: Supporting GSM Phase I/GSM Phase II/GSM Phase II plus standards Supporting UMTS R99, R4, R5, R6, R7 Supporting GSM/UMTS 900, EGSM 900, GSM 850, GSM/UMTS 1800 and GSM 1900, UMTS 2100. Supporting mixed installation of boards with different frequencies in the same cabinet Supporting CS1~CS4 of GPRS, MCS1~MCS9 of EDGE. Supporting dynamically changing channel coding according to monitoring and measurement results Supporting space diversity, frequency diversity, time diversity, polarization diversity and maximum ratio combination diversity The receiving part adopts Viterbi algorithm for demodulation. Channel decoding capability and system receiving sensitivity is improved. Supporting frequency hopping Supporting discontinuous DTX sending and decreasing transmitting power, lowering the total interference in the air
Supporting TA (Time Advance) calculation Supporting out-of-sight coverage; theoretically coverage radius of a single cell can reach up to 120 Km Supporting common BCCH; different carriers can be used for different services and they share the same BCCH
3.2
Service Functions
BS8800 supports the following services currently: GSM/EDGE: FR: Full Rate voice service EFR: Enhanced Full Rate voice service HR: Half Rate voice service AMR: Adaptive Multi Rate voice service F9.6: 9.6Kbit/s Full-rate data service GPRS/EDGE
Location service Support Cell ID, Cell ID+RTT and AGPS location services
R99 service CS domain service: 8 Kinds of AMR voice service, CS 64Kbps PS domain service: UL/DL 64Kbps, UL/DL 128Kbps, UL/DL 384Kbps Concurrent service: CS domain (AMR 12.2Kbps, CS 64Kbps) + PS domain(64Kbps, 128Kbps, 384Kbps)
HSDPA Service: Data rate 14.4Mbps Supporting 15 codes Supporting HSDPA and R99 on different carriers Supporting intra-frequency, inter-frequency handover and handover between HSDPA and R99
MBMS Service Supporting broadcast and multicast functions, multicast supports PtP and PtM Supporting mobility management Supporting streaming, background MBMS services
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4.1
System Architecture
Product Physical Structure
BS8800 adopts standard 19 inches rack structure. The volume is 1200mm * 600mm * 450mm (H*W*D). BS8800 rack includes Radio Unit plug-in shelf, Power Distribution shelf, FAN shelf, Baseband Unit shelf, and Ventilation shelf. The full configuration is shown in following figure.
Figure 3
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4.2
Hardware Architecture
BS8800 consists of two main parts: baseband unit and radio unit as shown in following figure.
Baseband Unit
BB
(UBPG/BPC)
Antenna
CPRI FS
RU60
E1 S A CC
Figure 5
4.2.1
Baseband Unit
Baseband unit in BS8800 is responsible for processing the baseband signals.
PM SA CC
FS
UBPG/BPC FAM
Figure 6
The Baseband unit consists of control & clock board, fabric switch board, baseband processing board, site alarm board, power module, and fan module.
Table 1 Module List of Baseband Unit
Description Control & Clock Module Fabric Switch Module Universal Baseband Processing board for GSM Base band Processing type C for UMTS Site Alarm Module Power Module FAN Module
4.2.1.1
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Generating and delivering the clock signal demanded by each part Providing GPS receiver interface and managing the GPS receiver Providing a real-time clock for system operation and maintenance; the real-time clock can be calibrated The board power interface (-48V, -48V ground, protection ground, digital ground) has reverse connection protection function Reading various hardware management marks in the system, including the rack number, backplane type number, slot number, board function type, board version, and board function configuration mark Supporting primary/slave switchover and resetting Supporting primary/slave hot backup Provide 16 E1/T1 processing and 3 GE physical interfaces (1 pair for Iub)
4.2.1.2
UBPG Board
UBPG is the GSM baseband processing board. It processes the physical layer protocol and frame protocol specified by 3GPP. Downlink data coding/multiplexing, rate matching, channel mapping and channel coding Uplink signal receiving, equilibrium, demodulation and channel decoding Radio link synchronization, transmission frame processing Measuring parameters required in power control and handover Diversified transmission and receiving Communicating with CS via Ethernet interface Providing uplink/downlink IQ Reading all the hardware management identifiers, including the backplane type number, slot number, board function type, board version, board function configuration identifier, and the CPU serial number Resetting upon power failure of a single board
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4.2.1.3
BPC Board
BPC is the UMTS baseband processing board. It processes the physical layer protocol and frame protocol specified by 3GPP. Downlink data coding/multiplexing, rate matching, channel mapping, spreading and scrambling, power adjusting, and channel compositing. Uplink signal RAKE receiving and channel decoding Radio link synchronization and Frame processing Measuring parameters required in power control and handover Softer handover and transceiver diversity. Communicating with the CS via the Ethernet interface Providing uplink/downlink I/Q Reading all the hardware management identifiers, including the backplane type number, slot number, board function type, board version, board function configuration identifier, and the CPU serial number Resetting upon power failure of a single board
4.2.1.4
In large site type, two FS boards can be configured at load sharing working mode.
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4.2.1.5
4.2.2
Radio Unit
The radio unit named RU60 is shown as:
Figure 7
RU60 is the RF module in BS8800 and process the conversion between baseband signals and RF signals. RU60 can be configured as GSM only, UMTS only or mixed mode module. RU60 is designed to support 6 GSM channels or 4 UMTS carriers and 20M bandwidth. When RU60 is used as GSM module, it can support 6 carriers and 60W power can be provided if GMSK is used. In case of 8PSK modulation in EDGE, the maximum output power is 40W. If RU60 is used as UMTS mode, it can support 4 carriers with 60W output power. RU60 module consists of MCPA module, transceiver module, and duplex filter LNA. There are one TX/RX port and one RX port for connecting antenna.
4.3
Software Architecture
The software system of BS8800 can be divided into operating support layer and application layer.
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GSM Function
UMTS Function
LMT NOP
SCS
OAM
DBS
BRS
BRACS
OSS
Sche. Timer Moni. CPP Excep Mem BBX File DBG
OMC-B VOS
Figure 8
The operating support layer provides the functions of OSS, OAM, DBS, BRS, BRACS, and SCS to serve to different BTS mode. OAM (Operating And Maintenance) is to provide the configuration, alarm and performance measurement function. DBS (Data Base Sub-system) is the database system. BRS (Barrier Sub-system) is for protocol stack processing. BRACS (Barrier Access Control Sub-system) is to control the access to bear layer. SCS (System Control Sub-system) is to control the power supplying and active/standby switching.
OSS (Operation Support Sub-system) is the support layer in this entire framework, which is a hardware irrespective platform for running software and provides basic functions like scheduling, timer, memory management, communication, sequencing control, monitoring, alarming and logging. BSP (Board Support Package) supports the information routing to the GSM, UMTS and public parts in the application layer. VxWorks is the operation platform communication to the hardware components.
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5.1
5.1.1
Technical Specifications
Physical Indices
Mechanical Dimension
External rack dimension (excluding the rack base): 1200mm * 600mm * 450mm (Height Width Depth).
5.1.2
Weight
When fully configured, the single rack weight is less than 150Kg.
5.1.3
Color
The color of the rack is dark blue.
5.2
Capacity
Single configuration: Maximum 36 GSM TRX or 12 UMTS CS with 640 CE processing capability.
Multi-mode configuration: GSM 24TRX + UMTS 1C6S or GSM 12TRX + UMTS 2C6S
5.3
5.3.1
Performance
Operation Frequency Band
Operation radio frequency spectra of the ZXSDR BS8800 are listed as below: GSM and UMTS 850 system EGSM/GSM and UMTS 900 system GSM and UMTS 1800 system
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5.3.2
Receiver Sensitivity
The static receive sensitivity of the BS8800 system is: GSM -112 dBm
5.3.3
5.4
5.4.1
Power
Power Requirements
BS8800 adopts a fully decentralized power supply, compatible with -48VDC power (57VDC~-40VDC). The rack case should have perfect grounding performance with the grounding resistance < 5 Ohm.
5.4.2
Power Consumption
GSM S6/6/6 typical power consumption: 875W S6/6/6 peak power consumption: 1400W S12/12/12 typical power consumption: 1390W
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UMTS S111 typical configuration power consumption: 640W S2/2/2/2/2/2 full configuration power consumption: 2100W
5.5
Transmission
BS8800 basic configuration provides: 8 pairs of 75 ohm/120 Ohm E1 interfaces for Iub/Abis 1 GE to Iub/Abis (2 physical GE included, 1 optical + 1 electrical interfaces, only 1 can be chosen to Iub/Abis) 1 GE for maintenance or cascade networking 16 E1/T1, 1*STM-1, 4*E3/T3 are for the optional 6 pairs of external alarm inputs and 2 pairs of bi-direction external alarm inputs/outputs. It can be extended to 16 pairs of external alarm inputs.
5.6
5.6.1
Working Environment
Working environment
Temperature: -15C~45C. Relative humidity: 5%~95%.
5.6.2
Storage environment
It should be packed and stored indoors. Temperature: -45C~70C. Relative humidity: 10%~90%, free of condensation.
5.6.3
Transportation environment
Under condition of 2K4P/2B2/2C3/2S3/2M3, the duration of transportation can not exceed 30 days.
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5.6.4
5.7
5.7.1
Environmental Classes
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
Anti-static protection Capable of protecting against the contact discharge of 6000V, Air discharge of 8000V.
5.8
Reliability
In ZXSDR BS8800, the algorithm of system reliability is based on the national military GJB/Z299B Electronic Equipment Reliability Estimation Manual and US military handbook MIL-HDBK-217F Electronic Equipment Reliability Estimation. MTBF: 100000 hours MTTR: 0.5 hours Availability index: 99.9998% Down duration: 1.362 mins/year
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NMS/OSS
Itf-N Interface
NOP
Alarm
Conf.
Perfor mance
Version
Topology
Security
GSM BSS
UMTS UTRAN
TDSCDMA
Figure 9
The BSS/UTRAN provides a transparent channel to implement operation and maintenance information interaction between NetNumen M31 and the radio network. Management of the BSC/RNC and the BTS/Node B adopt unified client interface for unified security management and operation log. NetNumen M31 also supports CORBA/SNMP Itf-N interface to be integrated with third-part NMS. BS8800 operation and maintenance system has the following functions: Version Management
With this function, users can view versions of the software and hardware running at the foreground. The hardware version includes the BOOT version number and its generation time; the software version includes the software version number, download time and its current running state. The background provides a software downloading system for software upgrade at the foreground. Before downloading, warehousing processing is required, that is, copying the version file to the server and registering to the server.
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Software versions existing in the base station can be activated directly by the software or through software test. Alarm Management
The alarm management system monitors the running states of the base stations; displays dynamically the rack structure of the foreground module; collects abnormal information of the boards, links, database and server in real time. These functions make it convenient for operation and maintenance personnel to analyze, make judgment, and implement maintenance and repair. Information collected by the alarm management system includes notification, alarm and alarm recovery. The alarm management system synchronizes alarms, reports historical alarms and current alarms, and sets and queries alarm shielding. Configuration Management
Configuration management implements equipment configuration and radio configuration. Log Management
NetNumen M31 system provides the log management function. Any operation performed by an operator is recorded automatically in some modes by the system. Thus, the operation maintenance personnel can query historical operation records in some special cases (such as abnormal system operations). Log records are saved in the NM database server. Security Management
Security management includes two elements: user and user group. Security management is implemented through user management and user group management. The user element includes the user name and password, as well as which user groups the user belongs to. The user group element includes the user group name and authority information (indicating authorities the user group has). Performance Management
Performance management is to measure, report and make statistics of the performances of base stations. Diagnosis and Test
Diagnosis and test is an important task. Through it, the maintenance personnel can check whether system hardware is working normally, so that they can trace and remove the faults in time to guarantee a normal operation of the system. Base station diagnosis and test cover the following items: Running information reporting Board link testing
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Supplementary Functions
The operation and maintenance system also provides many supplementary functions to facilitate base station maintenance, including signaling tracing, channel viewing, abnormal record reporting and viewing.
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Configuration Instructions
BS8800 can be equipped with 6 RU modules, 6 RU modules are corresponding to 6 sectors. Each of that can be configured as GSM or UMTS or GSM/UMTS together by software. By choosing different frequencies and software configuration, BS8800 can support various GSM/UMTS configurations: GSM can expand from S111 to S12/12/12, maximum 36TRX is supported. UMTS can expand from S111 to S444 without any hardware addition; maximum local 12CS can be supported. When GSM/UMTS in a same-spectrum, single RU60 can support 1 UMTS carrier plus 4 GSM carriers. Support different spectrum configuration such as UMTS2100 + UMTS900, GSM900 + GSM1800, UMTS2100 + UMTS/GSM900, etc.
7.1
Number of RU 3 3 6
Number of UBPG 1 2 3
Number of Rack 1 1 1
7.2
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Table 4
Number of RU 3 3 3 6 6
Number of BPC 1 2 3 4 4
Number of Rack 1 1 1 1 1
7.3
One RU60 supports 4 GSM TRX + 1 UMTS carrier or 2 GSM TRX + 2 UMTS carriers simultaneously.
Table 5 BS8800 Configuration on G/U Dual-Mode (Same Spectrum)
Number of RU 3 3 6
Number of UBPG 1 1 2
Number of BPC 1 2 3
Number of Rack 1 1 1
In this situation, different RU60 are used to support corresponding spectrum.When using co-feeder solution, combiners are needed to support multi-spectrum.
Table 6 BS8800 Configuration on G/U Dual-Mode (Different Spectrum)
Number of UBPG 1
Number of BPC 1
Number of Rack 1
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Abbreviations EDGE eEDGE EFR FAM FP FR FS GE GERAN GPS GSM HR HSPA+ I/Q LMT LTE MicroTCA MIMO MS/UE MTBF MTTR NBAP NM NMS NOP OAM OPEX OSS PM PS PtM
Full Characteristics Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution Enhanced EDGE Enhanced Full Rate FAn Module Frame Protocol Full Rate Fabric Switch module Gigabit Ethernet GSM Edge Radio Access Network Global Positioning System Global System for Mobile communications Half Rate High Speed Packet Access Plus In-phase / Quadrature Local Maintenance Terminal Long Term Evolution Micro Telecommunications Computing Architecture Multi Input Multi Output Mobile Station/User Equipment Mean Time Between Failures Mean Time To Recovery Node B Application Part NetNumen Network Management System Network Optimization & Planning Operating And Maintenance OPeration EXpenditure Operation Support Sub-system Power Module Packet Switch Point to Multi-point
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Abbreviations PtP R4 R5 R6 R7 R99 RCS RF RNC RRU RTT SA SCS SDH SDR SNMP TA TNS UBPG UL USB UTRAN VxWorks WCDMA WiMAX
Full Characteristics Point to Point UMTS Release 4 UMTS Release 5 UMTS Release 6 UMTS Release 7 UMTS Release 99 Radio Control Sub-system Radio Frequency Radio Network Controller Remote Radio Unit Round Trip Time Site Alarm module System Control Sub-system Synchronous Digital Hierarchy Software Defined Radio Simple Network Management Protocol Time Advance Transport Network Sub-system Universal Base band Processing for GSM Up Link Universal Serial Bus UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network Winder River provided OS Wideband Code Division Multiple Access Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
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