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ZXSDR R8129 Product Description

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Overview ............................................................................................................ 4
1.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 4
1.2 Network Architecture............................................................................................ 4
1.3 Benefits................................................................................................................ 5
1.4 Application Scenarios .......................................................................................... 6

2 Product Architecture ......................................................................................... 7

2.1 Physical Structure ................................................................................................ 7
2.2 Hardware Structure .............................................................................................. 7
2.3 Software Architecture ........................................................................................... 8
2.4 Functionality......................................................................................................... 9

3 Technical Specifications ................................................................................... 9

3.1 Physical Indices ................................................................................................... 9
3.2 Performance Indices .......................................................................................... 10
3.2.1 RF indices .......................................................................................................... 10
3.2.2 Capacity ............................................................................................................. 12
3.2.3 Receiver Sensitivity............................................................................................ 13
3.2.4 WiFi indices ....................................................................................................... 13
3.3 Power Indices .................................................................................................... 14
3.3.1 Power Supply..................................................................................................... 14
3.3.2 Power Consumption........................................................................................... 14
3.4 Interface Indices ................................................................................................ 14
3.5 Working Environment Indices............................................................................. 16
3.6 Electromagnetic Compatibility Indices ................................................................ 17
3.7 Reliability Indices ............................................................................................... 17

4 Configuration Instructions.............................................................................. 17

5 Abbreviation .................................................................................................... 19

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FIGURES

Figure 1-1 QCell Architecture.............................................................................................. 5

Figure 1-2 Typical Application Scenarios ............................................................................ 6
Figure 2-1 R8129 3D Appearance ...................................................................................... 7
Figure 2-2 R8129 Hardware Structure ................................................................................ 7
Figure 2-3 R8129 Software Architecture ............................................................................. 8
Figure 3-1 R8129 External interface ..................................................................................15
Figure 3-2 R8129 Indicator Light ........................................................................................15

TABLES

Table 3-1 Physical Indices .................................................................................................. 9

Table 3-2 RF indices ..........................................................................................................10
Table 3-3 Capacity .............................................................................................................12
Table 3-4 Receiver Sensitivity ............................................................................................13
Table 3-5 WiFi indices .......................................................................................................13
Table 3-6 R8129 Power Supply .........................................................................................14
Table 3-7 R8129 Power Consumption ...............................................................................14
Table 3-8 External Interfaces .............................................................................................15
Table 3-9 Indicator Description ..........................................................................................16
Table 3-10 Environment Indices.........................................................................................16
Table 3-11 Electromagnetic Compatibility Indices ..............................................................17
Table 3-12 R8129 Reliability Characteristics ......................................................................17
Table 4-1 Typical Configuration Mode ...............................................................................17

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1 Overview

1.1 Introduction

With the rapid development of mobile communication technology, subscribers today are
not only satisfied with the basic voice service. They demand more and more data
services. The Big Data era has arrived. Researches show that 90% of the data traffic
occurs indoors, but the traditional indoor distribution system based on passive
components and feeders are suffering from a lot of bottlenecks in providing high-quality
data services.

The traditional indoor distribution system is mostly based on the coaxial cable distribution
system, which has the following problems:

 Networks of different standards share the same distribution system. As a result, the
output power cannot be matched due to the band difference.

 Many passive devices cannot be monitored end to end, which brings great
difficulties and costs to operation and maintenance.

 There are lots of troubles in feeders and antennas installation, such as entering
property buildings, long construction period and high costs. Lots of pipe resources
are difficult to enter the rooms.

Thus, with the new demands for communication network construction, the active
distribution system solution QCell has opened a new prospect, which solves the
problems described above in a certain range.

1.2 Network Architecture

There are three basic components for the active distribution system QCell solution: BBU
(Baseband Unit), pBridge (Pico RRU Bridge Unit) and pRRU (Pico Remote Radio Unit).
The system architecture and function modules are shown in the figure below:

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Figure 1-1 QCell Architecture

100m
pRRU
pBridge
pRRU
Existing
2G/3G
pRRU
BTS
pBridge
pRRU

pRRU
pBridge
pRRU
BBU MAU
pRRU
pBridge
pRRU

Feeder/Jumper Optical Fiber CAT5e PoE

 BBU is the same as the BBU used in macro sites. It processes modulation and
demodulation of the baseband signals, provides CPRI fiber connections to pBridge.

 pBridge implements the CPRI optic and electric conversion, I/Q data combination,
and distribution. It also provides PoE and SyncE functions for pRRUs.

 pRRU implements digital baseband signal and RF conversion, filters and amplifies
RF signals.

 MAU converts other vendors’ 2G/3G RF signal to I/Q data, and distributes it to
pRRU by pBridge.

ZTE ZXSDR R8129 is Pico remote radio unit (pRRU) of QCell solution. The document is
designed to give an overview of the characteristics of R8129, its key benefits, the
architecture, functionality and services, as well as the system capabilities.

1.3 Benefits

 Easy Deployment

 With compact design, built-in antenna, and using Ethernet cable PoE for power
supply, R8129 can be deployed flexibly and quickly.

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 It is managed by the same unified EMS as macro station; every node is visible
and manageable.

 High Performance

 It supports multi-band and multi-mode with MIMO technology simultaneously.

 It supports flexible ways of cells combining or splitting to optimize the indoor

continuous coverage or enhance the cell capacity.

 Synergy

The abundant synergy technologies can mitigate cell interference, improve

cell-edge user service quality, increase cell throughput and guarantees the service
continuity between macro cell and small cell.

1.4 Application Scenarios

pRRU (R8129), pBridge (PB1120A) and BBU together constitute an active distributed
system indoors. The typical application scenarios are shown below.

Figure 1-2 Typical Application Scenarios

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2 Product Architecture

2.1 Physical Structure

The physical appearance of R8129 is shown in the following figure.

Figure 2-1 R8129 3D Appearance

2.2 Hardware Structure

R8129 hardware module function is shown below:

Figure 2-2 R8129 Hardware Structure

Power monitor
clock
supply

Cat5e PoE

Ethernet Interface
RFS
PHY process
2G/3G/4G
TR

Cat5e WLAN
WIFI module

WIFI

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2.3 Software Architecture

The software architecture of R8129 can be divided into two layers: SDR Unified Platform
Software and Application Software. The architecture is shown in the following figure:

Figure 2-3 R8129 Software Architecture

OAM Application
Software

OSS SDR Unified

Platform
Linux BSP Software

Hardware
Hardware
System

The Operating and Maintenance (OAM) sub-system is the application layer. Its main
functions are software downloading, configuration, management, system maintenance
and measurement.

The Operation Support Sub-system (OSS) is the supporting layer in this entire
framework. It is a hardware independent layer that provides basic functions such as
scheduling, timer, and memory management, communication, sequencing control,
monitoring, alarming and logging.

The Board Support Package (BSP) provides device driver & initialization and supports
basic functions like alarming and monitoring. It also provides the related interfaces and
services to the Operating System.

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2.4 Functionality

R8129 is the remote radio unit of active distributed system. It transfers (sending or
receiving) 3G/4G signals with pBridge via the one RJ45 interface. Its functions are as
follows:

 Supports multi-band and multi-mode combination

 Supports 2T2R and 5/10/15/20MHz LTE bandwidth.

 Supports PoE and 2.5Gbps data transmission by CAT5e Ethernet cable

3 Technical Specifications

3.1 Physical Indices

Table 3-1 Physical Indices

Item Index

Size 230 mm (Diameter) * 60.5 mm (Depth)

Weight 2.5 kg

Color White

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3.2 Performance Indices

3.2.1 RF indices

Table 3-2 RF indices

Type Band Mode Frequency (MHz) IBW Output

(MHz) Power
(mW)

R8129 900M LTE RX:880~915MHz 40 2*200

F901821T58 TX:925~960 MHz

1.8G LTE RX:1710~1785MHz 40 2*200

TX:1805~1880MHz

2.1G LTE+UMTS RX:1920~1980MHz 40 2*200

TX:2110~2170MHz

5G LAA RX/TX: 40 2*200

5150~5925 MHz

R8129 900M LTE RX:880~915MHz 40 2*200

F90182126 TX:925~960 MHz

1.8G LTE RX:1710~1785MHz 40 2*200

TX:1805~1880MHz

2.1G LTE+UMTS RX:1920~1980MHz 40 2*200

TX:2110~2170MHz

2.6G LTE RX: 2500~2570 MHz 40 2*200

TX: 2620~2690MHz

R8129 900M LTE RX:880~915MHz 40 2*200

F901821T23 TX:925~960 MHz

1.8G LTE RX:1710~1785MHz 40 2*200

TX:1805~1880MHz

2.1G LTE+UMTS RX:1920~1980MHz 40 2*200

TX:2110~2170MHz

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2.3G TDD LTE RX/TX: 40 2*200

2300~2400 MHz

R8129 1.8G LTE RX:1710~1785MHz 40 2*200

M182126T58 TX:1805~1880MHz

2.1G LTE+UMTS RX:1920~1980MHz 40 2*200

TX:2110~2170MHz

2.6G LTE RX: 2500~2570 MHz 40 2*200

TX: 2620~2690MHz

5G LAA RX/TX: 40 2*200

5150~5925 MHz

R8129 850M LTE RX:824~849MHz 40 2*200

F851821W TX:869~894MHz

1.8G LTE RX:1710~1785MHz 40 2*200

TX:1805~1880MHz

2.1G LTE+UMTS RX:1920~1980MHz 40 2*200

TX:2110~2170MHz

2.4G WiFi RX/TX: 40+80 2*100

+5G 2400~2483 MHz
5150~5925 MHz

R8129 900M LTE RX:880~915MHz 40 2*200

F1821T58W TX:925~960 MHz

1.8G LTE RX:1710~1785MHz 40 2*200

TX:1805~1880MHz

2.1G LTE+UMTS RX:1920~1980MHz 40 2*200

TX:2110~2170MHz

2.4G WiFi RX/TX: 40+80 2*100

+5G 2400~2483 MHz
5150~5925 MHz

R8129 1.8G LTE RX:1710~1785MHz 40 2*200

M182126W TX:1805~1880MHz

2.1G LTE+UMTS RX:1920~1980MHz 40 2*200

TX:2110~2170MHz

2.6G LTE RX: 2500~2570 MHz 40 2*200

TX: 2620~2690MHz

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2.4G WiFi RX/TX: 40+80 2*100

+5G 2400~2483 MHz
5150~5925 MHz

Note: the above multi-band and multi-mode combination is simultaneous.

3.2.2 Capacity

Table 3-3 Capacity

Type Capacity

R8129 LTE 900M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M)2T2R cell + LTE 1800M

F901821T58 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell+UMTS 2100M 4*1T1R cell+ LTE
2100M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell +LAA5800M
1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell

R8129 LTE 900M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M)2T2R cell + LTE 1800M

F90182126 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell+UMTS 2100M 4*1T1R cell+ LTE
2100M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell +LTE2600M
1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell

R8129 LTE 900M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M)2T2R cell + LTE 1800M

F901821T23 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell+UMTS 2100M 4*1T1R cell+ LTE
2100M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell +LTE TDD 2300M
1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell

R8129 LTE 900M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M)2T2R cell + LTE 1800M

F1821T58W 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell+UMTS 2100M 4*1T1R cell+ LTE
2100M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell + WiFi

R8129 LTE 850M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M)2T2R cell + LTE 1800M

F851821W 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell+UMTS 2100M 4*1T1R cell+ LTE
2100M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell + WiFi

R8129 LTE 1800M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell+UMTS 2100M 4*1T1R

M182126T5 cell+ LTE 2100M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell +LTE2600M
8 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell+LAA5800M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M)
2T2R cell

R8129 LTE 1800M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell+UMTS 2100M 4*1T1R

M182126W cell+ LTE 2100M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell +LTE2600M
1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell+Wifi

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3.2.3 Receiver Sensitivity

The receiver sensitivity of R8129 is shown as following table.

Table 3-4 Receiver Sensitivity

Mode Single Antenna(dBm) Dual Antennas(dBm)

UMTS -116.5 -119

LTE -98.0 -100.8

3.2.4 WiFi indices

Table 3-5 WiFi indices

Item Performance

2.4G + 5G dual band

Frequency band 2.4G band: [2400~2483]MHz
5G band: [5150~5925]MHz

Standard IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac

Output Power 2*100 mW (2*2 MIMO) for each band

2.4G band: 40MHz

IBW
5G band: 80MHz

2.4G band: -91dBm

Receiver Sensitivity
5G band: -87dBm

2.4G band: 300Mbps

Maximum Throughput 5G band: 867Mbps
Two bands overall throughput: 1Gbps
Maximum number of
128 for each band
associated users

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3.3 Power Indices

3.3.1 Power Supply

Table 3-6 R8129 Power Supply

Item Index

power supply PoE: -48V (-37V~ -60 V DC)

3.3.2 Power Consumption

Table 3-7 R8129 Power Consumption

Power Consumption R8129

Peak (W) 65

3.4 Interface Indices

R8129 has one RJ45 Ethernet socket (POE). The RJ45s are at the bottom of the
equipment.

The R8129 (IA) with built-in antenna has no extra SMA interface. The R8129 (EA) has
extra SMA interface on the side of equipment, which is connects to external directional
antenna.

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Figure 3-1 R8129 External interface

Table 3-8 External Interfaces

Item Quantity Type Remark

POE: CPRI interface connects to pBridge, supports

ETH 1 RJ45
PoE and 2.5Gbps bandwidth.

External directional antenna interface, only available

External ANT 2 SMA
for type R8129 (EA)

There are RUN and ALM indicator lights on the top center of R8129.

Figure 3-2 R8129 Indicator Light

The details of the indicator lights are described in the following table.

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Table 3-9 Indicator Description

Indicator Function Color Implication

RUN Operating Green  Off: The device is not powered on.

indicator  On and Slow flashing (1 s on, 1 s off):
The device is in startup state.
 Normal flashing (0.3 s on, 0.3 s off):
The device completes the startup procedure
and could be operating properly.
ALM Alarm Red  Off: There is no alarm.
indicator  On: The device is faulty.
 Flashing once: There are connection errors, for
example, a high interface bit error rate.
 Flashing twice: There are man-machine
operation errors, for example, the device type
or parameters are different from those
configured in the network management system.
 Flashing three times: There are other errors, for
example, over temperature.

Note: All the indicators will be off, after the pRRU is powered up 15 minutes.

3.5 Working Environment Indices

Table 3-10 Environment Indices

Item Index
Temperature -10°C ~ +50°C

Relative Humidity 5% to 95%

Waterproof/Dustproof IP30

Packing indoor

Storage Temperature: -40°C ~ +70°C

Relative Humidity: 5% ~ 98%

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3.6 Electromagnetic Compatibility Indices

Table 3-11 Electromagnetic Compatibility Indices

Item Characteristics

contact discharge: +/-6KV

Electro-Static discharge
air discharge: +/-8KV

Surge Protection line-ground: +/-1.5KV/12ohm

3.7 Reliability Indices

Table 3-12 R8129 Reliability Characteristics

Item Index

MTBF ≥300,000 hours

MTTR 0.5 hour

Availability index ≥99.999833%

Down duration ≤0.876 min/year

4 Configuration Instructions
ZXSDR R8129 product introduction described in this document is suitable for UMTS,
LTE network.

Table 4-1 Typical Configuration Mode

pRRU Type Mode Carrier

R8129 UMTS+LTE FDD+LAA LTE 900M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M)2T2R cell + LTE

F901821T58 multi mode 1800M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell+UMTS
2100M 4*1T1R cell+ LTE 2100M
1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell +LAA5800M
1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell

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R8129 UMTS+LTE FDD multi LTE 900M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M)2T2R cell + LTE

F90182126 mode 1800M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell+UMTS
2100M 4*1T1R cell+ LTE 2100M
1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell +LTE2600M
1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell

R8129 UMTS+LTE FDD+LTE LTE 900M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M)2T2R cell + LTE

F901821T23 TDD multi mode 1800M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell+UMTS
2100M 4*1T1R cell+ LTE 2100M
1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell +LTE TDD
2300M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell

R8129 UMTS+LTE FDD+WiFi LTE 900M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M)2T2R cell + LTE

F1821T58W multi mode 1800M 1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell+UMTS
2100M 4*1T1R cell+ LTE 2100M
1*(5M/10M/15M/20M) 2T2R cell + WiFi

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5 Abbreviation
Abbreviation Full Name
BBU Base Band processing Unit
BSP Board Support Package
CPRI Common Public Radio Interface
LTE Long Term Evolution

MAU Multi-Access Unit

MIMO Multi Input Multi Output

MTBF Mean Time Between Failures

MTTR Mean Time To Recovery

OAM Operating And Maintenance

OSS Operation Support Sub-system
pBridge Pico RRU Bridge Unit
PoE Power over Ethernet
pRRU Pico Remote Radio Unit
SyncE Synchronous Ethernet
LAA License Assisted Access

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