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SPECIFICATION

TIL-EU1
ION-B Series* Interconnect Link for EGSM900, GSM1800,
and UMTS Band Applications

The Andrew Intelligent Optical Network T he ION-B Series system is a Radio- The TIL-EU1 is available in two different
over-Fiber solution able to meet any versions:
(ION) Series is the industry-leading
signal distribution need, from the • the WDM kit enabling the connection
optical distribution system that covers simplest to the most demanding between the master and slave subrack
applications. using one fiber optic
the full range of power levels, sending
• the kit enabling hte connection
signals loss-free at distances ranging The TIL-EU1interconnect link is a multi between the master and slave subrack
module kit allowing to connect a using two fiber optics
from 100 m to 20 km. remote subrack up to 20 km far away
from the main ION-B Series master Each interconnect link kit consists of the
ION-B Series provides optimized multi- unit. following modules:

band, multi-operator, cost effective • TDTX transmitter module and TMRX

Thanks to the interconnect link kit the receiver module hosted in the ION-B
solutions. ION-B system can be expanded with master subrack (referred as master
a remote subrack, housing up to 8 side)
master optical TRXs (TFLN), up to 20 • TDTX transmitter module and TSRX
km far away guaranteeing no perfor- reciever module hosted in the ION-B
mance degradation due to hte fiber remote subrack (referred as slave
optic connection between the two side)
subracks. The TIL-EU1 key features are:
A built-in FSK modem allows to extend • Virtual 0 dB link loss guaranteed by
the RS485 bus available at master a wide AGC range
side to the remote side subrack thus • Direct connection to up to 8 TFLNs
enabling a full monitoring of the
• Built-in modem for alarm remotization
remote equipment

* ION-B Series, formerly Britecell®

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Electrical Supervision and Control

Frequency range, MHz LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Green . . . . . . . . . . . Power supply ON

EGSM900 Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . 893 to 915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . Major/Critical alarm
Downlink . . . . . . . . . 925 to 960
GSM1800 Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . 1710 to 1785 Communication alarms* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FSK modem
Downlink . . . . . . . . . 1805 to 1880
UMTS2100 Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . 1920 to 1980 General alarms* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overtemperature
Downlink . . . . . . . . . 2110 to 2170 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Internal power supply

Max allowed RF input level, dBm Optical alarms* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wavelenght

Master side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Input out of range
Slave side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Output out of range

Gain, dB RF alarms* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RF failure

Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Downlink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
System Performances with Interconnect Link
In-band link flatness, dB
Values below are intended to outline the variations on system
Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ±1.2
performances when applying the TIL-EU1 interconnect link. Data are
Downlink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ±0.7
estimated at any antenna port of the remote unit connected to the
Impedance, ohms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 slave subrack.

Return loss, dB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >13 Gain

Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not affected
Noise figure, dB Downlink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not affected
Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <33
Downlink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <53 Downlink input power back-off, dB
EGSM900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Input ICP3, dBm GSM1800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Uplink UMTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
two fiber version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >17
WDM version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >15 Downlink output ICP3
Downlink EGSM900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 dB lower
EGSM900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >30 GSM1800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 dB lower
GSM1800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >30 UMTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not affected
UMTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >27
Downlink wideband noise increase, dB** . . . . . . . . 10
Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Vdc
Uplink input ICP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not affected
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (proprietary backplane)
Uplink noise figure increase, dB**
Power consumption, watts
8 remote units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <2.5
Master side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
32 remote units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <1
Slave side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Blocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not affected

Optical Interface

Wavelenght, nm
two fiber version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1310±10
WDM version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1310±20
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1550±20

Source typical output power, dBm

two fiber version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +6 (Laser, Class 1)
WDM version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +5 (Laser, Class 1)

Optical receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PIN photodiode

Max allowed input power, dBm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +8

Allowed optical loss under AGC operation, dB . . . 10

Allowed back reflection, dB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <-36

Fiber optic type, mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5/125 single mode

* Available through the local maintenance terminal (LMT) application or through the optional supervision unit
** Due to the remote units connected to the slave subrack
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Mechanical TMRX-500 . . . . . . . . 3 x SMA-female

Two fiber version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port)
Slavee side TDTX-500 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMA-female
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port)
Master side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 7TE x 4HE TSRX-347/8 . . . . . . . 17 x SMA-female
TMRX-200 . . . . . . . . 7TE x 4HE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port)
Slave side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 7TE x 4HE
TSRX-247/8 . . . . . . . 21TE x 4HE Cable kit
Master side Number of cables . . . 1
Weight, kg (lb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (11) Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86
Connectors . . . . . . . . SMA-male
Optical ports Length, mm . . . . . . . 90
Master side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SC-APC
TMRX-200 . . . . . . . . 1 x SC-APC Number of cables . . . 1
Slave side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SC-APC Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86
Connectors . . . . . . . . SMB-female
TSRX-247/8 . . . . . . . 1 x SC-APC
Length, mm . . . . . . . 90
RF ports
Number of cables . . . 1
Master side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMA-female
Type of cables . . . . . optical jumper
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port) Connectors . . . . . . . . SC-APC
TMRX-200 . . . . . . . . 3 x SMA-female Length, mm . . . . . . . 300
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port)
Slave side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMA-female Slave side Number of cables . . . 17
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port) Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86
TSRX-247/8 . . . . . . . 17 x SMA-female Connectors . . . . . . . . SMA-male
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port) Length, mm . . . . . . . 1x90, 2x250, 12x280, 2x330

Cable kit Number of cables . . . 1

Master side Number of cables . . . 1 Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86
Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86 Connectors . . . . . . . . SMB-female
Connectors . . . . . . . . SMA-male Length, mm . . . . . . . 90
Length, mm . . . . . . . 90
Number of cables . . . 1
Number of cables . . . 1 Type of cables . . . . . optical jumper
Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86 Connectors . . . . . . . . SC-APC
Connectors . . . . . . . . SMB-female Length, mm . . . . . . . 300
Length, mm . . . . . . . 90

Slave side Number of cables . . . 17

Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86 Packaging Info
Connectors . . . . . . . . SMA-male
Length, mm . . . . . . . 1x90, 2x250, 12x280, 2x330 Height, depth, width, mm (in) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39x35x41
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1.5x1.4x1.6)
Number of cables . . . 1
Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86 Weigth, kg (lb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 (17.16)
Connectors . . . . . . . . SMB-female
Length, mm . . . . . . . 90
Environmental

Mechanical Temperature range

WDM version Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +5 °C to +40 °C
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -20 °C to +65 °C
Dimensions
Master side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 7TE x 4HE MTBF @ 25°C, hours
TMRX-500 . . . . . . . . 7TE x 4HE TDTX-300, TDTX-500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.000
Slavee side TDTX-500 . . . . . . . . . 7TE x 4HE TMRX-200, TMRX-500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.804.000
TSRX-347/8 . . . . . . . 21TE x 4HE TSRX-247/8, TSRX-347/8 . . . . . . . . . . 826.000

Weight, kg (lb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (11)

Optical ports Compliance and Safety

Master side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SC-APC
Type approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CE
TMRX-500 . . . . . . . . 2 x SC-APC
Slavee side TDTX-500 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SC-APC Environmental indoor use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ETS300 019-1-3 Class 3.1
TSRX-347/8 . . . . . . . 2 x SC-APC
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EN60950
RF ports
Master side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMA-female Laser safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EN60825
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port)
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TIL-EU1 Interconnect Link - Ordering Information

Code Description Frequency bands

TIL-EU1-HL ION-B interconnect link kit, two fiber version, triple band EGSM900/GSM1800/UMTS

TIL-EU1-HLW ION-B interconnect link kit, WDM bversion, triple band EGSM900/GSM1800/UMTS

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