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TABLE OF CONTENTS
2 Product Architecture........................................................................................ 11
2.1 Physical Structure ............................................................................................... 11
2.2 Hardware Architecture ........................................................................................ 12
2.2.1 Site Support Cabinet BC8910A........................................................................... 12
2.2.2 Outdoor Radio Cabinet RC8910A ....................................................................... 24
2.2.3 Outdoor Radio Cabinet RC8911A ....................................................................... 29
2.2.4 Battery Cabinet PC8910A ................................................................................... 29
2.3 Software Architecture ......................................................................................... 30
2.4 Functionality ....................................................................................................... 31
2.4.1 Basic Functions .................................................................................................. 31
2.4.2 Service Functions ............................................................................................... 32
4 Configurations.................................................................................................. 41
4.1 Baseband Unit Configuration .............................................................................. 41
4.2 Radio Unit Configuration ..................................................................................... 42
4.3 GSM Single Mode Configuration......................................................................... 42
4.3.1 RSU82 configuration........................................................................................... 42
4.3.2 RSU60E Configuration ....................................................................................... 43
4.4 UMTS Single Mode Configuration....................................................................... 43
5 Abbreviation ..................................................................................................... 47
FIGURES
TABLES
1 Product Overview
1.1 Introduction
With the multi-mode era coming, ZTE, who is dedicated to providing comprehensive
network solutions and delivering the future-oriented quality network for the operators,
developed the ground breaking SDR unified platform with the essential feature to support
multi-mode and multi-band radio access.
Based on this innovative SDR platform, ZTE promotes a series of base stations to satisfy
different scenario requirements, including Indoor Macro, Outdoor Macro, Distributed,
Outdoor Micro, and Mini BTS.
These SDR-based serial base stations aim to design a unified network which can bring
seamless experience to operators. In GSM, UMTS or mixed mode, it enables operators
to save CAPEX and OPEX significantly because they only need to deploy a Uni-Radio
Access Network, compared to the independent GSM and UMTS networks.
ZXSDR BS8900A is one outdoor macro BTS, providing an all in one solution for power
supply, battery, and transmission integration. It offers GSM/UMTS dual-mode networking
capability and provides a future-proof solution for smooth evolution to Enhanced EDGE,
HSPA+ and LTE. BS8900As appearance is shown in Figure 1-1. In the following
chapters, a general description will be given to ZXSDR BS8900A (hereafter referred as
BS8900A).
1.2 Benefits
Four basic cabinets of BS8900A can be combined flexibly to cater for different scenarios.
Auxiliary equipments, including transmission, battery and power supply, are integrated
into the cabinet to provide a full functional outdoor base station solution. Front wiring
design enables installation against wall and convenient maintenance. Least footprint
requirement relieves the operator from bothering by the site acquisition problem.
ZXSDR BS8900A can accommodate several kinds of multi-carrier RSUs, including 1T2R,
2T4R RF modules. The 2T4R Radio Unit (RSU82) has the capability to support 2*6 GSM
TRXs or 2*3 UMTS carriers. Expansion is achieved through software configuration.
l Smooth Evolution
ZXSDR BS8900A software and hardware support full-feature EDGE and UMTS/HSPA
and satisfy operators future needs for data services. With software upgrade it is easy to
realize the evolution to EDGE+ and HSPA+. Even in the LTE phase, through minimal
change, ZXSDR BS8900A can support LTE functionality.
The PA efficiency achieves up to 50% with ZTE patent Doherty + DPD + D-PT
technology. Power consumption can be greatly decreased together with several
energy-saving features.
l IP RAN
ZXSDR BS8900A fully supports IP RAN and provides GE/FE or IPoverE1 for Abis/Iub
interfaces.
BS8900A provides E1/T1, and GE/FE interfaces for Abis/Iub connection and supports
various transmission networking schemes such as SDH network, IP networking and
splitting transmission.
Outdoor Macro BTS BS8900A adopts hermetic rack. It is water proof, dust proof, EMC
compatible to suit the outdoor application scenarios. BS8900A provides IP55 protection
capability, -4055C working temperature, and C class lightning protection. BS8900A
can provide a fast deployment, low cost and equipment room free solution in tough
environments.
BS8900A develops a new solution for GSM/UMTS integrated network and network
evolution. BS8900A can be applied in dense urban, urban, suburban, rural area, highway
or outdoor environment. Furthermore it can fully meet operators requirements in different
stages and scenarios. BS8900A can be some combination of 4 basic cabinets and be a
flexible and customized solution for outdoor application scenario. With IP55 protection
capability and -4055C working temperature, BS8900A can be used in tough
environments. Figure 1-2 shows the application scenario of BS8900A.
2 Product Architecture
Outdoor baseband cabinet is also called site support cabinet, including power distribution
shelf, fan shelf, baseband unit shelf, ventilation shelf, and additional space reserved for
transmission or other equipments. Outdoor RF cabinets are used for containing radio unit,
maximum supporting 6 RSUs. Battery cabinet supports maximum 2150AH battery.
BS8900A complete style is shown in the following figure, consisting of one BC8910A,
one RC8910A and one PC8910A. BS8900A single rack supports up to 60 GSM TRXs or
30 UMTS CSs.
BC8910A
PC8910A
RC8910A
BS8900A consists of two main parts: baseband unit and radio unit as shown in the
following figure.
Antenna
Baseband Unit
Baseband
Processing
CPRI
FS RSU
E1 SA/
STM-1 SE CC
Radio Unit
GE/FE
Control Signaling
Clock
Data
There are mainly five parts in BC8910A: baseband unit, power supply system, power
distribution module, heat exchanging system and reserved space for transmission or
other equipments. Together with the fan and ventilation vessel, the heat exchanger
located in the cabinet door makes the heat exchanging system. BC8910A hardware
architecture is shown in the following figure.
AC/DC
Power System
Cable Chute
Lightning Protection
Reserved space (f or
transmission, etc.)
Heater
In the case of DC power supply, AC/DC power system (5U) should be replaced by DC
power distribution with 2U in height.
B8200
SA
CC
The Baseband unit consists of control & clock board, fabric switch board, baseband
processing board, site alarm board (optional), site alarm extension board (optional),
Tower mounted Amplifier control Module (optional), power module, and fan module.
PM Power Module
CC is control & clock board, used for control and management of baseband unit,
providing Ethernet and system clock. The CC panel is illustrated in the following figure.
l Ethernet switching function, implementing data switching for service and control
flow within the system
l Monitoring, controlling and maintaining of the base station system, providing LMT
interface
l Providing a real-time clock for system operation and maintenance. The real-time
clock can be calibrated.
l Board power interface (-48V, -48V ground, protection ground, digital ground) with
reverse connection protection function
l Reading various hardware management identifiers in the system, including the rack
number, backplane type number, slot number, board function type, board version,
and board function configuration mark
There are 4 types of baseband processing board in order to meet different application
requirements:
1. UBPG
UBPG is the GSM baseband processing board. It processes the physical layer protocol
and frame protocol specified by 3GPP. UBPG panel is illustrated in the following figure.
l 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.
2. UBPG2
UBPG2 is another type of GSM baseband processing board. It provides the same
functionalities as UBPG, and has 3 CPRI interface used for RRU remote connection. The
figure below shows the UBPG2 panel.
TX0 RX0 TX2 RX2 3 pairs of optical interface that connects with RRU.
3. BPC
BPC is the UMTS baseband processing board. It processes the physical layer protocol
and frame protocol specified by 3GPP. BPC panel is illustrated in the following figure.
l Achieving uplink baseband signal processing, including uplink data RAKE receiving,
demodulator, transmitting the data to lub interface for processing.
l 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
FS is fabric switch board which provides baseband optical interface between BBU and
RRU and processes the IQ signal. FS panel is illustrated in the following figure.
l Receive the signal from the rear board in the downlink and retrieve the data and
timing.
l I/Q mapping in the downlink and multiplex I/Q signal to the optical signals.
- 8 E1/T1 interfaces,
1 RS485,
1RS232 interface,
6+2 dry contacts (6 input interfaces, 2 bidirectional interfaces)
l Being responsible for the signal monitoring and interface lightning protection of its
shelf.
SE is site alarm extension board, and shares the bottom-right slot with Baseband
processing board. It is used to extend the port number if SA cannot fulfill the
requirements. The SE panel is illustrated in the following figure.
- 8 E1/T1 interfaces,
1 RS485,
1RS232 interface,
6+2 dry contacts (6 input interfaces, 2 bidirectional interfaces)
TAM is used for tower mounted amplifier control when TMA is needed. Panel of TAM is
shown as following figure.
Description of the Interfaces on the TAM panel is shown in the table below.
l Working status detection of tower amplifier and reporting alarm signals to CC board
l Providing power on and off for tower amplifier with +28V, +12V or +13V power
supply
l EMMC management;
FAM is fan array module which panel is illustrated in the following figure.
The power system of BC8910A contains 430A AC/DC rectifiers. It is 5U in height. Its
configuration depends on the load and the backup battery capacity.
RC8910A consists of 6 RF modules and fan control system. Its physical appearance is
shown in the following figure.
Power
Distribution
Module
RFAN
Radio Module
RSU
Radio unit mainly processes the conversion between baseband signals and RF signals.
In BS8900A, there are three kinds of radio unit, respectively: RSU40, RSU60E, and
RSU82. RSU40 is a UMTS only radio frequency module, which works in UMTS only on
2100MHz/AWS. RSU60E is a multi-carrier radio frequency module, which can work in
GSM only, UMTS only or G/U dual mode via software configuration on
850/900/1800/1900MHz. RSU82 is a multi-carrier radio frequency module, which can
work in GSM only, UMTS only or G/U dual mode via software configuration and support 2
sectors on 900/1800/2100MHz or 1 sector with 2*2 MIMO in HSPA+ mode. The following
will show the details.
2.2.2.1 RSU40
2.2.2.2 RSU60E
RSU60E maximum supports 6 TRXs in GSM mode. In case of GMSK modulation, 80W
TOC output power can be provided. If 8PSK is used, the TOC output power is 50W.
If RSU60E is used as UMTS mode, it maximum supports 4 carriers with 80W TOC output
power.
In dual modes, RSU60E maximum supports 4 GSM TRXs and 1 UMTS carrier or 2 GSM
TRXs and 2 UMTS carriers.
RSU60E module consists of MCPA module, transceiver module, and duplex filter LNA.
There are one TX/RX port and one RX port for connecting antennas.
The appearance of RSU40 is nearly the same as that of RSU60E, except the label, as
shown in the following figure.
The interfaces of RSU40 are the same as those of RSU60E, as described in the following
table.
Interface to transmit/receive
2 ANT1(TX/RX) 50 DIN type connector
main diversity RF cable
Frequency extension
3 RXin SMA connector
interface
Frequency extension
4 RXout SMA connector
interface
Debugging network
7 DBG RJ45 socket
interface
External equipment
8 MON DB15 socket
interface
2.2.2.3 RSU82
In GSM mode, RSU82 supports maximum 2*4 TRXs with TOC output power 2*80W on
900MHz/1800MHz, or 2*6 TRXs with TOC output power 2*60W on 900MHz/1800MHz. In
case of GMSK modulation, the TOC output power reaches up to 2*80W, which falls back
to 2*50W if 8PSK is adopted.
In UMTS mode, it maximum supports 2*20MHz with TOC output power 2*80W on 900M
or 2*60W on 2100M.
In dual modes, RSU82 maximum supports 2*(4 TRXs + 1 carrier) or 2*(2 TRXs + 2
carriers).
RSU82 module consists of MCPA module, transceiver module, and duplex filter LNA.
There are two TX/RX port and two RX port for connecting antennas.
Interface to
3 ANT3(TR/RX) transmit/receive main 50 DIN type connector
diversity RF cable
Interface to receive
4 ANT4(RX) 50 DIN type connector
diversity RF cable
Debugging network
7 DBG RJ45 socket
interface
External equipment
8 MON DB15 socket
interface
All the above RF modules can be inserted into BS8900A for different applications. The
following table gives a brief summary of all the RF modules.
2100M
RSU40 1T2R U 60W
AWS
850M G/U
1800M G
1900M G/U
900M G/U
2*80W
RSU82 2T4R 1800M G
2100M U 2*60W
Power
Distribution
Module
Battery RFAN
Radio Module
PC8910A is an outdoor battery cabinet, and it works with BC8910A and RC8910A. The
following figure shows the structure of PC8910A and it contains 8 batteries, with the
capacity of 2150AH.
Battery
The software system of BS8900A can be divided into operating support layer and
application layer.
OSS
VxWorks
Hardware
The operating support layer provides the functions of OSS, while OAM, DBS, BRS,
BRACS, and SCS serve different BTS modes.
l BRACS (Bearer Access Control Sub-system) is to control the access to bear layer.
OSS (Operation Support Sub-system) is the support layer in this entire framework, which
is a hardware platform for running software and provides basic functions like scheduling,
timer, memory management, communication, sequencing control, monitoring, alarming
and logging.
Board Support Package (BSP) is the software closely connected with the board
hardware and supports Real Time Operation Support Sub-system (RT OSS) to work on
the board.
2.4 Functionality
Being compliant with 3GPP standards, including GSM Phase I/Phase II Phase II plus, as
well as UMTS R99/R4/R5/R6/R7/R8/R9, ZXSDR BS8900A supports G/U 900, G/U 850,
G 1800 and G/U 1900, UMTS 2100, even mixed installation of boards with different
frequencies in the same cabinet.
With Um/Uu, Abis/Iub and O&M interfaces, ZXSDR BS8900A accomplishes the following
basic functions
l With Um/Uu interface, the base station 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.
l with Abis/Iub interface, the base station connects with BSC/RNC and accomplishes
the following functions including cell management, reporting BS measurement
information, broadcasting system Information, implementing access control from
BSC/RNC, mobility management, radio resource management and controlling, FP
processing and ATM transmission management.
l With operating and maintenance interface, the base station provides system
management functions including configuration management, alarm management,
status checking and system monitoring.
l UMTS R99 service, HSPA (DL 14.4Mbps/UL 5.76Mbps/), HSPA+ (DL 43.2Mbps/UL
11.5Mbps)
l MBMS service, including broadcast and multicast functions (PtP & PtM)
l Supports BSS local switch, and the voice data frame will switch in BSS and will not
go to core network
3 Technical Specifications
Appearance
Dimension(H*W
*D) 800*600*600 800*600*600 800*600*600 800*600*600
( mm*mm*mm)
93Kg
127Kg
Weight of full (RSU40/RSU
(RSU40,RSU6
configuration 94Kg 60E) 47Kg
0E)
without battery 99Kg
139Kg (RSU82)
(RSU82)
277Kg
Weight of full (RSU40/RSU
configuration N/A N/A 60E) 415Kg
with battery 283 Kg
(RSU82)
Note: 1. BS8900A has totally 4 basic cabinets. 2. The basic cabinets can be flexibly
combined together according to the actual application scenarios.
Standard
Item Complete Style Compact Style
Style
Appearance
Dimension(H*W*D)
1600*(1200+100)*600 1600*600*600 1600*600*600
( mm*mm*mm)
200Kg
Weight of full 280Kg (RSU40, (RSU40, 195Kg (RSU40,
configuration RSU60E) RSU60E) RSU60E)
without battery 290Kg (RSU82) 210Kg 200Kg (RSU82)
(RSU82)
Note: Minimally 100mm interval between two cabinets standing on the ground is
reserved for wiring or maintenance in complete style.
Item Indices
GSM: 850M/900M/1800M/1900M
Frequency Band
UMTS: 850M/900M/1800/1900/2100M/AWS
Item Indices
RSU60E 80W
2*80W (900/1800MHz)
RSU82
2*60W (2100MHz)
Item Indices
RSU82 is based on MCPA technology. It supports maximum 2*6 TRXs for GSM.
RSU60E is based on MCPA technology. It supports maximum 6 TRXs for GSM. In
baseband unit, one UBPG/UBPG2 board supports 12 GSM TRXs.
Table 3-8 BS8900A GSM Configuration Power Consumption List (Unit: W, -48V DC,
13W/TRX)
Table 3-9 BS8900A UMTS Configuration Power Consumption (Unit: W, -48V DC,
20W/Carrier)
Table 3-10 BS8900A G/U Dual-mode Configuration Power Consumption (Unit: W, -48V
DC, 20W/TRX, 20W/Carrier)
S444(G)+S111(U)
16 pairs(8pairs
E1/T1 DB44 ITU G.703/G.704
optional)
1 10M/100M/1000M
10/100/1000BASE-T
electrical
RJ45 IEEE 802.3
Auto-Negotiation.
compatible
Ethernet Auto-MDI/MDIX
Abis/Iub
(either or) 1000BASE-LX IEEE
1 1000M optical SFP 802.3 compatible
Or 1 100M optical (LC) 100BASE-FX IEEE
802.3 compatible
Cascading, 1 10M/100M/1000M
10/100/1000BASE-T
Debugging or electrical
Ethernet RJ45 IEEE 802.3
Local Auto-Negotiation.
compatible
Maintenance Auto-MDI/MDIX
SFP
Baseband/Radio CPRI 12 pairs CPRI 2.0
(LC)
Item Indices
Item Indices
In ZXSDR BS8900A, 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.
Item Indices
4 Configurations
B8200 is the baseband unit of BS8900A, B8200 is composed of these boards: CC,
baseband processing boards, FS, SA/SE, TAM, PM and FAM. Configuration principles of
these boards are described in the following table:
12 GSM TRXs/board.
UBPG
Maximum 5 boards can be configured.
Baseband
Processing
6 UMTS CSs/board, with 192CEs UL/192CEs DL
Board
BPC simultaneously. 15Mbps UL and 60Mbps DL simultaneously.
Maximum 5 boards can be configured.
BS8900A radio unit cabinet can be equipped with 6 RF modules, 6 RF 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, BS8900A can support various GSM/UMTS configurations:
RSU82 is based on MCPA technology. It supports maximum 2*6 TRXs for GSM. In
baseband unit, one UBPG/UBPG2 board supports 12 GSM TRXs.
Number of
Site Type Number of RSU Number of Rack
UBPG/UBPG2
S6/6/6 2 2 1
S12/12/12 3 3 1
Number of
Site Type Number of RSU Number of Rack
UBPG/UBPG2
S4/4/4 3 1 1
S6/6/6 3 2 1
S12/12/12 6 3 1
One RSU82 supports maximum 2*3 carriers in UMTS single mode when ensuring 20W
per carrier. For baseband unit, one BPC can support UMTS 6CSs.
S2/2/2 2 1 1
S3/3/3 2 2 1
S4/4/4 3 2 1
S2/2/2/2/2/2 3 2 1
RSU40 maximum output power is 60W in UMTS 2100M.One RSU40 supports 3 carriers
when it ensures the 20W output power for each carrier. For baseband part, one BPC can
support 6 CSs.
S1/1/1 3 1 1
S2/2/2 3 1 1
S3/3/3 3 2 1
S4/4/4 6 2 1
S2/2/2/2/2/2 6 2 1
RSU60E maximum output power is 80W in UMTS 850/900M. One RSU60E supports 4
carriers when it ensures the 20W output power for each carrier. For baseband part, one
BPC can support 6CSs.
S1/1/1 3 1 1
S2/2/2 3 1 1
S3/3/3 3 2 1
S4/4/4 3 2 1
S2/2/2/2/2/2 6 2 1
There are two scenarios for GSM/UMTS dual-mode networking: GSM/UMTS dual mode
network in same spectrum; GSM/UMTS dual mode network with different spectrum
If one RSU60E is configured in this scenario, the configuration is shown in the following
table. One RSU60E supports 4 GSM TRXs + 1 UMTS carrier or 2 GSM TRXs + 2 UMTS
carriers simultaneously.
G:S222+U:S222 3 1 1 1
If the working frequency lies in 900MHz, RSU82 is adopted, with configuration shown in
the following table. One RSU82 supports 2*(4 GSM TRXs + 1 UMTS carrier) or 2*(2
GSM TRXs + 2 UMTS carriers) simultaneously.
G:S444+U:S444 3 1 2 1
If RSU40 and RSU60E are configured simultaneously in this scenario, RSU40 is used for
UMTS2100MHz, and RSU60E is used for GSM850/900/1800/1900MHz.
Wideband combiner is needed in the mode of community feeder line and community
antenna.
3
RSU60E-850/90
G:S666(850/900/1800/1
0/1800/1900M + 2 2 1
900M) +U:S333(2100M)
3
RSU40-2100M
5 Abbreviation
Abbreviations Full Characteristics
rd
3GPP 3 Generation Partnership Project
64QAM 64 grade Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
BB Base Band
CE Channel Element
CN Core Network
CS Circuit Switch
CS Carrier Sector
DL Down Link
FE Fast Ethernet
FP Frame Protocol
FR Full Rate
FS Fabric Switch
GE Gigabit Ethernet
GERAN GSM Edge Radio Access Network
HR Half Rate
HSPA+ HSPA Evolution
PM Power Module
PS Packet Switch
RF Radio Frequency
SA Site Alarm
TA Time Advance
UL Up Link
USB Universal Serial Bus