Huawei WCDMA NodeB Introduction

ISSUE 1.0

Wireless Curriculum Development Section

Introduction
A

series of WCDMA NodeBs is offered by Huawei

according to the 3GPP R99/R4 FDD protocols.

Huawei

can offer various customized solutions of the

WCDMA radio access network according to the different

requirements and actual conditions of operators, to
achieve the seamless coverage of cities, suburbs,
countryside, highways and hot spots.

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Huawei WCDMA NodeB

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System Architecture

Physical

Architecture

Functional

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Architecture

Cabinet Appearance

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Cabinet Appearance

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Cabinet Configuration
BTS3812

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Cabinet Configuration
BTS3806

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Cabinet Configuration
BTS3802C

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Cabinet Configuration
Abbreviation

Full name

NAOI

NodeB ATM Optical Interface unit

NDCS

NodeB DC Switch box

NDDL

NodeB Dual Duplexer & Low-noise amplifier module

NDLP

NodeB Down Link Processing Unit

NDTI

NodeB Digital Trunk Interface unit

NFAN

NodeB FAN box

NIFP

NodeB Interface Processing Unit

NLPA

NodeB Linear Power Amplifier module

NMON

NodeB MONitor unit

NMPT

NodeB Main Processing & Timing unit

NTRX

NodeB Transceiver module

NTTA

NodeB Tower Top Amplifier module

NULP

NodeB Uplink Processing unit

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System Architecture

Physical

Architecture

Functional

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Architecture

Functional Modules
Uu interface

UE
Antenna & feeder
subsystem

O&M
subsystem

BTS3812

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Baseband
subsystem
RNC

Control subsystem

UE

RF subsystem

Transmission
subsystem

Iub
interface

Transmission subsystem
Interfacing

with the RNC, and exchanging information

between the BTS3812 NodeB and the RNC

Supporting

multiple transmission interfaces such as the

E1/T1 interface and the ATM optical interface of STM-1

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Baseband subsystem
Channel
Testing
Soft

coding/decoding

function: FER, SNR, Interference

and softer handover, macro diversity

Decomposition

and combination of transport channel and the

CCTrCH
Rate

adaptation.

Mutual

mapping of transport channels and physical channels.

Spreading/de-spreading,
Radio
Inner

channel synchronization.

loop power control.

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modulation/demodulation.

RF subsystem
The

signal up/down frequency conversion, amplification and

filtering as well as the combining & dividing of small signals.

The

processing of the intermediate frequency analog

signals between the baseband subsystem and the RF

subsystem.
The

processing of the RF signals between the antenna and

feeder subsystem and the RF subsystem.

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Control subsystem

The

processing of NBAP signaling and

the resource management

Provisioning

of various benchmark clocks

for other subsystems and modules

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Antenna and feeder subsystem

The

antenna and feeder subsystem comprises the

antenna, the feeder, the lightning conductor, the tower

top amplifier, etc. It completes the input and output of
the NodeB signals, transmits the radio frequency
signals via the air/radio interface. The uplink is 1920 ~
1980 MHz and the downlink is 2110 ~ 2170 MHz.

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System Characteristics

Wide Coverage

Large Capacity

Flexible Configuration & Easy Expansion

Powerful O&M Function

Flexible Networking

Series of NodeB for Seamless Coverage

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Wide Coverage
Maximum

access radius: 180 km.

Maximum

transmit power of a single cell: 25 W

Diversity

of 2 and 4 antennas

Tower-top
STTD,
Cell

amplifier

TSTD

breathing

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Large Capacity
Single

BTS3812 cabinet supports 1536 equivalent voice

channels of 12.2 Kbit/s.

Single
Each

cabinet can support a maximum of 12 cells

sector can support up to 4 carriers, meeting the

requirements of high traffic areas.

Base-band

subsystem

adopts

the

resource

operational mode
Transmit

diversity & four-antenna receiver diversity

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pool

Flexible Configuration & Easy Expansion

Various

types of configurations: 3*1, 3*2, 3*4,

6*1, 6*2
Smooth

expansion of the configurations: from

1*1 till 3*4 or 6*2

RF

module: Blind Match

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Powerful O&M Function

Maintenance

terminal: Provides the MML command and

graphical interface, and the centralized maintenance

platform
Maintenance
Function:

operation modes: Intranet, Local, Remote

System status monitoring, Data configuration,

Alarm handling, Security management, Equipment

operation, Site monitoring

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Flexible Networking
Transmission
Network
IMA

port: E1/T1, STM-1, Hybrid

topologies: Chain, Star, Tree

and UNI

Synchronizition:

RNC clock, GPS clocks and other

external clock
Supporting

an Intranet

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the construction of the RNS system into

Flexible Networking
RNC

RNC
NodeB

NodeB

NodeB
NodeB
NodeB

RNC

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NodeB

NodeB

NodeB

Series of NodeB for Seamless Coverage

BTS3812
BTS3806
BTS3806A
BTS3802C
RRU3802C

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Applications of series of NodeBs

Maximum
number of
cells

NodeB

BTS3812

12

Capacity

Application

Indoor/Outdoor

Large

Densely populated areas, such as

cities

Indoor
Indoor

BTS3806

Medium

Small and middle-sized cities and

towns with low equipment room
requirements

BTS3806A

Medium

Areas hard to set up an equipment

room

Outdoor

BTS3802C

Small

Indoor, highways, railways and so on

Indoor and outdoor

RRU3802C

Small

Cities, highways, railways and so on

Indoor and outdoor

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Services and Functions

Services
Supported
Radio

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Channels

Network Functions

CS Domain Service
AMR

voice service, including 12.2 Kbit/s, 10.2 Kbit/s,

7.95 Kbit/s, 7.4 Kbit/s, 6.7 Kbit/s, 5.9 Kbit/s, 5.15 Kbit/s
and 4.75 Kbit/s. The uplink and downlink AMR voice
rates might be asymmetrical.
Transparent

data service of 64 Kbit/s, 56 Kbit/s, 32

Kbit/s and 28.8 Kbit/s. The uplink and downlink data

rates might be asymmetrical.
Non-transparent

data service of 57.6 Kbit/s, 28.8 Kbit/s

and 14.4 Kbit/s. The uplink and downlink data rates

might be asymmetrical.

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PS Domain Service
web

browsing, data downloading, E-mail, video on

demand and audio on demand.

typical

rates, such as 16 Kbit/s, 32 Kbit/s, 64 Kbit/s, 128

Kbit/s,

144

Kbit/s

and

384

Kbit/s.

It

supports

transmission with Transmission Time Interval (TTI) of 10

ms, 20 ms, 40 ms and 80 ms. The uplink and downlink
data rates might be asymmetrical.

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Combined Service
AMR

voice service + PS domain service

AMR

voice service + CS domain non-transparent data service

AMR

voice service + CS domain transparent data service

CS

domain transparent data service + PS domain service

CS

domain non-transparent data service + PS domain service

AMR

voice service + data service 1 + data service 2

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Location Services

Huawei NodeBS support the location service based on

Cell_ID, OTDOA and A-GPS.

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Services and Functions

Services
Supported
Radio

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Channels

Network Functions

Supported Channels
Logical

Channels: BCCH, PCCH, CCCH, DCCH, DTCH,

CTCH
Transport
Physical

Channels: DCH, BCH, FACH, PCH, RACH

Channels: Uplink DPDCH, DPCCH, PRACH;

Downlink DPCH, SCH, CPICH, P-CCPCH, S-CCPCH,

PICH, AICH

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Services and Functions

Services
Supported
Radio

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Channels

Network Functions

Radio Network Functions

Power

Control: Open loop power control, Inner

loop power control, Outer loop power control,

Handover:

Soft handover, Softer handover, Hard

handover
Measurement:

SIR and SIRerror measurement,

Carrier transmit power estimation, Transmit code

domain power estimation, BER, BLER, RSSI,
RTT etc

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Radio Network Functions

Transmit

Diversity: STTD, TSTD and the closed

loop transmit diversity of Mode 1 and Mode 2

Receive

Diversity: Time diversity, Frequency

diversity, Space diversity, Polarization diversity

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Reliability

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Reliability

Design of the System

Reliability

Design of the Hardware

Reliability

Design of the Software

System Reliability

Redundancy

The baseband boards (the NULPs and the

NDLPs) adopt the resource pool architecture. The two Iub

interface boards work in load-sharing mode.
Backup
E1/T1
Fault

function Two NIFPs support the backup function.

bypass function under chain networking

monitoring and handling

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Hardware Reliability
Prevention
Speed

of wrong board insertion

shift and redundancy design for fan box

Reliability

design for NLPA

Reliability

design for power supply

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Software Reliability
Regular

check of critical resource

Task

monitoring

Data

check

Save

of operation log information

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