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ID No: 161692

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User’s Manual

for

Node C Prototype

Network Elements

with Interface Unit

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Page 1: ...ID No 161692 PRELIMINARY Page 1 User s Manual for Node C Prototype Network Elements with Interface Unit...

Page 2: ...the right to change all hard and software characteristics without notice Names of products mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks and or registered trademarks...

Page 3: ...3 2 3 Power Connection 22 3 2 4 Connection of the Antenna Cables 23 3 2 5 Connection of Cable Bridge 23 3 2 6 Connections for Optional Equipment 24 4 COMMISSIONING 25 4 1 GENERAL 25 4 2 SOFTWARE SETU...

Page 4: ...CM 79 5 3 4 Uplink Final Amplifier 80 5 3 5 Downlink Final Amplifier 80 5 3 6 Distribution Alarm Board 82 5 3 7 Power Supply 83 5 4 OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT 83 5 4 1 Modem with Battery Backup 83 5 4 1 1 Ini...

Page 5: ...igure 5 1 DC block diagram of a Node C 69 figure 5 2 Configuration of a Node C network element 70 figure 5 3 RF path of a Node C exemplary 71 figure 5 4 Configuration of external alarm clamps 74 figur...

Page 6: ...0 table 3 1 Mounting distance 14 table 3 2 Required length of thread bolts and cable bridge 17 table 3 3 Components of pole mounting kits 18 table 4 1 Assisted antenna tuning 62 table 5 1 Connections...

Page 7: ...2 C Bus Inter Integrated Circuit Bus Philips ICE Interference Cancellation Equipment ID No Identification Number IF Intermediate Frequency LE Logic Elements LMT Local Maintenance Terminal LVPECL Low V...

Page 8: ...ich may be associated to radiation from the antenna s connected to the unit 6 Make sure access is restricted to qualified personnel 7 Use this equipment only for the purpose specified by the manufactu...

Page 9: ...ate quality of the products a comprehensive quality assurance has been conducted at all fabrication stages Every component leaves the factory only after a thorough final acceptance test accompanied by...

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Page 11: ...rimary function is to increase the signal strength between multiple mobiles and a base station in areas where basic voice or high speed data transmission is not available It may be used for basic cove...

Page 12: ...allation 4 Install the Interface Unit see chapter 3 Installation 5 Connect cables between the Interface Unit and the Node C see chapter 3 2 Electrical Installation 6 Connect power and the antenna feed...

Page 13: ...y high temperature Ensure sufficient airflow for ventilation Above and below the units a minimum distance of 300 mm to ceiling floor etc has to be kept This distance must also be observed between two...

Page 14: ...0 mm only 2000 mm possible Maximum distance 140 mm 400 mm 1600 mm 1000 mm min 300 mm Maximum distance is referring to distance between the cabinet sides It is recommended to install the Node C above t...

Page 15: ...0 hexagon head screws four per unit by which the mounting brackets are fastened to the cabinet sides Mount the mounting brackets to the screws and fasten them using the M8 washers locking rings and he...

Page 16: ...o longer required exchange the outer brackets and fasten them to the cabinets as indicated below Remove and discard 1st step 2nd step Bracket 1 Bracket 1 Bracket 2 Bracket 2 Exchange Bracket 1 and Bra...

Page 17: ...units will be installed then cut the thread bolts see table 3 3 Components of pole mounting kits pos 5 to the required length according to the following table which also states the appropriate cable...

Page 18: ...refer to the numbering of the components in the following figures Positions 7 and 8 are only required for mounting two systems figure 3 6 Back to back pole mounting Dismount the mounting brackets from...

Page 19: ...unting brackets of the Node C units then adjust and mount the fasteners no 8 accordingly before fastening the mounting brackets of the Interface Units to the fasteners Hang the units into the respecti...

Page 20: ...ice are connected between mains and the unit 6 A connection of mains supply to a power socket requires the power socket to be nearby the unit 7 The unit might be supplied from IT mains The maximum nom...

Page 21: ...ng connections provided at the cabinets of both the Node C and Interface Unit according to the following illustrations Do not use the grounding connections to connect external devices figure 3 8 Groun...

Page 22: ...r the powersupply connection Each wire must observe the applicable national regulations regarding loop impedance voltage drop and methods of installation Make sure to connect the correct voltage to th...

Page 23: ...sier to install but have worse performance Highly directional antennas with good front back ratios 40 dB is typical are recommended because they improve isolation and cell site selectivity Tighten the...

Page 24: ...Unit 3 2 6 Connections for Optional Equipment The Interface Unit connector panel has ports for external equipment such as a modem operating in a different network and external alarms These connectors...

Page 25: ...ce box do not damage the warranty labels on the internal devices The warranty is void if the seals are broken To open the cabinet of the Interface Unit first remove the front cover plate by loosening...

Page 26: ...p a connection to the Node C 1 Install the USB to serial adapter in the computer The USB adapter is part of the delivery and is already connected to the RS232 connector of the distribution alarm board...

Page 27: ...elivers the message that a new USB device was found and asks for the driver Put the CD into the CD ROM drive of the PC and the system will ask how to search for the driver Select the automatic search...

Page 28: ...oc 4 2 3 3 Direct connection for Windows XP a Setting up the device for the direct connection 1 To start the Phone and Modem Options choose Start Control Panel Phone and Modem Options 2 Select the Mod...

Page 29: ...RELIMINARY Page 29 4 For a direct connection choose the Communication cable between two computers as device Click Next 5 Select your port usually COM1 for a direct connection continue with Next and in...

Page 30: ...121A1A_uc doc b Setting up a direct connection 1 Choose Start Control Panel Network Connections New Connection Wizard 2 The first page is the Welcome window Continue with Next 3 In the Network Connect...

Page 31: ...g ID No 161692 PRELIMINARY Page 31 4 In the Advanced Connection Options choose Connect directly to another computer Click Next 5 In the next window choose Guest Click Next 6 Next enter a name for the...

Page 32: ...2 is used this port is most likely COM1 If a USB port is used some other COM port number should be used In such a case take care that the USB driver is installed and connected before completing this s...

Page 33: ...tab ensure the correct device is selected Click Configure and in the Modem Configuration window choose 57600 for Maximum speed No other box should be checked Click OK 11 Select the Options tab and ma...

Page 34: ...Select the Security tab select Advanced custom settings and click Settings 13 Only allow Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol CHAP Microsoft CHAP MS CHAP and Microsoft CHAP Version 2 MS CHAP v2...

Page 35: ...ings button There are 3 PPP settings Make sure they are all OFF and click OK 16 In the Networking window highlight the Internet Protocol TCP IP component and click the Properties tab 17 Obtain an IP a...

Page 36: ...on are checked In the WINS tab make sure Enable LMHOSTS lookup is checked Click OK 19 For Internet Connection Firewall and Internet Connection Sharing settings select the Advanced tab Click OK to get...

Page 37: ...r name field Enter password in the Password field Select to Save this user name and password for Me only Click Connect While the connection is established the following window is displayed When the co...

Page 38: ...doc 4 2 3 4 Modem connection for Windows XP a Setting up the device for the modem connection 1 To start the Phone and Modem Options choose Start Control Panel Phone and Modem Options 6 Select the Mode...

Page 39: ...o 161692 PRELIMINARY Page 39 8 For a modem connection choose the Standard 19200 bps Modem as device Click Next 9 Select your port usually COM2 for a modem connection continue with Next and in the next...

Page 40: ...oc b Setting up a modem connection 10 To start choose Start Control Panel Network Connections New Connection Wizard 11 The first window is the Welcome window Continue with Next 12 In the Network Conne...

Page 41: ...ng ID No 161692 PRELIMINARY Page 41 13 In the Network Connection window choose Dial up connection Click Next 14 Select the Standard 19200 bps Modem as device Click Next 15 Next enter a name for the ne...

Page 42: ...he next window enter the phone number of the modem that is installed in the Node C Click Next 17 The next window is Connection Availability Choose My use only Click Next 18 In the window Completing th...

Page 43: ...General tab ensure the correct device is selected Click Configure and in the Modem Configuration window choose 19200 for Maximum speed No other box should be checked Click OK 21 Select the Options ta...

Page 44: ...Select the Security tab select Advanced custom settings and click Settings 23 Only allow Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol CHAP Microsoft CHAP MS CHAP and Microsoft CHAP Version 2 MS CHAP v2...

Page 45: ...ings button There are 3 PPP settings Make sure they are all OFF and click OK 26 In the Networking window highlight the Internet Protocol TCP IP component and click the Properties tab 27 Obtain an IP a...

Page 46: ...on are checked In the WINS tab make sure Enable LMHOSTS lookup is checked Click OK 29 For Internet Connection Firewall and Internet Connection Sharing settings select the Advanced tab Click OK to get...

Page 47: ...e field and the term password in the Password field as shown below Select to Save this user name and password for Me only Click Connect While the connection is established the following window is disp...

Page 48: ...doc 4 2 3 5 Direct connection for Windows 2000 a Setting up the device for the direct connection 1 To start the Phone and Modem Options click Start Settings Control Panel Phone and Modem Options 2 Cli...

Page 49: ...ing ID No 161692 PRELIMINARY Page 49 4 Select your port continue with Next and in the next window click Finish 5 Highlight the port associated with the direct connection of the RS232 or USB port Click...

Page 50: ...ort speed to 57600 Click the Advanced tab Click the Change Default Preferences tab 7 Set the Port speed to 57600 and the Flow control to None Click the Advanced tab Set Data bits to 8 Set Parity to No...

Page 51: ...n 1 Start the Network Connection Wizard Click Start Settings Network and Dial up Connections Make New Connection 2 The first window is the Welcome window as shown below Click Next 3 The next window is...

Page 52: ...wn list of known communication ports devices to choose from Choose a serial port If the RS232 is used this port is most likely COM1 If a USB port is used some other COM port number should be used Take...

Page 53: ...tion Wizard Enter Node C as the name for the connection Click Finish 8 The next window is the Connection window Enter username in the User Name field Enter password in the Password field Check Save Pa...

Page 54: ...or Node C Network Elements Page 54 PRELIMINARY M0121A1A_uc doc 10 Choose 57600 for Maximum speed All other boxes should not be checked Click OK 11 Click the Security tab Click Advanced custom settings...

Page 55: ...55 12 Make sure Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol CHAP Microsoft CHAP MS CHAP Microsoft CHAP Version 2 MS CHAP v2 are checked and all the rest of the boxes are NOT checked Click OK 13 Click...

Page 56: ...ng tab Click the Settings button There are 3 PPP settings Make sure they are all OFF Click OK on the PPP Setting window 15 Highlight the Internet Protocol TCP IP component Click the Properties tab Cli...

Page 57: ...57 16 In the General tab uncheck all boxes In the DNS tab make sure Append primary and Append parent and Register this connection are checked 17 Click the WINS tab Make sure Enable LMHOSTS lookup is c...

Page 58: ...work Elements Page 58 PRELIMINARY M0121A1A_uc doc 18 Click Do not use IPSEC Click OK Returning to the Options tab click OK and return back to the main window 19 Click the Sharing tab Make sure that Sh...

Page 59: ...the User Name field Enter password in the Password field Check Save Password Click Connect and the following connection windows will appear 2 When the connection is successful an icon will appear in...

Page 60: ...d Note that these fields are case sensitive 2 After the login the home page will appear From this page the entire Node C may be controlled The most important menus will be explained in the following c...

Page 61: ...istant The intent of these web pages is to help the user correctly orient the antenna by displaying the total received power in the selected 5MHz band and the power of the strongest pilots within the...

Page 62: ...tune based on Pilot RSCP measurements However if multiple pilots are present then using the DL Rx Power measurements alone may not work well and the user will have to rely on Pilot RSCP only 7 If mul...

Page 63: ...rays two pilots with two rays each one pilot with three rays and one pilot with one ray or four pilots with one ray each or fewest results if no additional pilots are found 6 Multiple rays of the sam...

Page 64: ...ilot power to total power depending on base station Downlink Power Downlink Gain Select Power mode or Gain mode and set the desired power or gain respectively Relative Uplink Gain Absolute Uplink Gain...

Page 65: ...rms is displayed in column Alarm Count to the right the cell will always show the highest level that is active 4 This row illustrates the colours by which the individual severity levels are represente...

Page 66: ...set at 57600 Make sure no flow control is checked b Click Start Settings Control Panel Phone and Modem Options Go to the Modem tab Highlight the used modem connection Click Properties In the General t...

Page 67: ...twork the HTTP request may be going out to that network instead of to the Node C This is likely if after entering the Node C address the Direction Connection icon does not light up with activity a Cli...

Page 68: ...User s Manual for Node C Network Elements Page 68 PRELIMINARY M0121A1A_uc doc For your notes...

Page 69: ...5 Functional Description ID No 161692 PRELIMINARY Page 69 5 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION 5 1 GENERAL The following figure shows the DC block diagram of the Node C figure 5 1 DC block diagram of a Node C...

Page 70: ...n of a Node C network element The Node C is designed to amplify signals between multiple mobiles and a base station in a CDMA system The unit consists of a filter and amplifier chain in the downlink a...

Page 71: ...als enter via the diversity UL IN duplexer and are combined in the DCM with the primary path In the downlink path a signal originating from the base station is separated from the uplink signal in the...

Page 72: ...isolation Antenna isolation is the RF loss measured between the donor antenna and the coverage antenna If the gain of the network element exceeds the path loss feedback in form of oscillation occurs...

Page 73: ...ures the level of the input signal by detecting the RF and converting the analogue level into a digital value The data are processed and evaluated by software An alarm will be released if the measured...

Page 74: ...be used to connect the external devices All external alarms are defaulted to high 5VDC without connection This setting may be changed on the external alarm page to active high or active low The severi...

Page 75: ...that the cross sectional area of the wires to be connected must be in the range from 0 14 1 5 mm2 figure 5 5 Summary alarm relay The following table indicates the three connector pin out Pin No Contac...

Page 76: ...ifier see chapter 5 3 5 Downlink Final Amplifier figure 5 6 Layout of a Node C 1943 and Interface Unit 5 3 1 Duplexer The duplexer is used to isolate the uplink from the downlink i e to separate the t...

Page 77: ...ode C is equipped with a diversity filter The duplexer is used for the primary uplink path and is shared with the downlink output figure 5 8 Duplexer UL IN with integrated diversity filter The diversi...

Page 78: ...able Bridge figure 5 9 RF DC distribution unit 1 To cable bridge connector from Interface Unit for connection of 12V GND 28 V 2 DL PA connector 3 LEDs for voltage indication left 28 V right 12V 4 28 V...

Page 79: ...ellation algorithms which eliminate the normal problems associated with isolation and has an integrated controller in the DL part for the entire Node C which maintains a web server for local and remot...

Page 80: ...ut power figure 5 11 Uplink final amplifier 5 3 5 Downlink Final Amplifier In the DL path an error correcting feed forward amplifier which has a high output power while maintaining superior intermodul...

Page 81: ...iption ID No 161692 PRELIMINARY Page 81 In the Node C x43 a 43 dBm 20 W average power final amplifier is used figure 5 13 Node C x43 DL final amplifier new type figure 5 14 Node C x43 DL final amplifi...

Page 82: ...with battery backup figure 5 15 Distribution alarm board Only these connectors are for general customer use All others are designated above for informative purposes and required only e g for an upgrad...

Page 83: ...QUIPMENT The actual configuration can be seen at the configuration list which is part of the delivery To be replaced by an electronic list that will be accessible via software 5 4 1 Modem with Battery...

Page 84: ...ends on the operator s network and the modem It may be necessary to adjust the init string in the field The following init string is factory set Modem Network Initstring not yet available t b d via No...

Page 85: ...tery backup function will be activated automatically figure 5 17 Battery backup module exemplary The battery charge module is plugged directly onto the distribution alarm board of the Interface Unit t...

Page 86: ...2 3 Specifications for Optional Equipment 5 4 2 PSU Redundancy The Node C Interface Unit may be equipped with two power supplies This guarantees full power redundancy The PSUs are interconnected by a...

Page 87: ...t can be replaced without tuning or complex soldering work Those units are all components of the Interface Unit Do not replace any components inside the Node C itself Note Defect parts should only be...

Page 88: ...ode C the FRU can be equipped with a 50 Ohm termination resistor In such a case use the termination resistor of the old FRU to terminate the respective connector of the replacement part Note After the...

Page 89: ...e disconnect all cables Then unscrew the four tallow drop screws M3x6 which fasten the mounting plate to the cabinet figure 6 2 Mounting plate of modem Take off the plate with the modem attached The m...

Page 90: ...attery charge module and battery disconnect the battery cable from the battery charge module see also figure 5 17 Battery backup The battery can now be unplugged easily Release the charger from the tw...

Page 91: ...7 Appendix ID No 161692 PRELIMINARY Page 91 7 APPENDIX 7 1 ILLUSTRATIONS 7 1 1 Cabinet Drawings figure 7 1 Cabinet of a Node C...

Page 92: ...User s Manual for Node C Network Elements Page 92 PRELIMINARY M0121A1A_uc doc figure 7 2 Cabinet of a Node C Interface Unit...

Page 93: ...7 Appendix ID No 161692 PRELIMINARY Page 93 7 1 2 Layout figure 7 3 Layout of the Node C 1937 exemplary...

Page 94: ...User s Manual for Node C Network Elements Page 94 PRELIMINARY M0121A1A_uc doc figure 7 4 Layout of the Node C 1943 exemplary...

Page 95: ...7 Appendix ID No 161692 PRELIMINARY Page 95 figure 7 5 Layout of the Interface Unit exemplary Position for optional modem...

Page 96: ...full output power 56 dBm 60 dBm Max input power without damage 10 dBm Min antenna isolation for max gain 73 dB minimum 83 dB minimum UL noise figure 3 5 dB Delay Option 1 Option 2 6 5 s 8 0 s Maximum...

Page 97: ...for max gain 73 dB minimum 83 dB minimum UL noise figure 3 5 dB Delay Option 1 Option 2 6 5 s 8 0 s Maximum gain 93 dB 103 dB Gain adjust range 43 dB to 93 dB 53 dB to 103 dB Return loss 15 dB Uplink...

Page 98: ...t 13 kg Cooling Natural convection in the door and in the back in standard configuration All data is subject to change without notice 7 2 3 Specifications for Optional Equipment Modem Service t b d Se...

Page 99: ...for assistance 1 To be replaced by an electronic door label that will be accessible via software 7 3 1 Interface Unit Interface Unit 159557 Battery Backup Kit 159548 Cabinet Combining Kit 161240 Charg...

Page 100: ...161463 Duplexer UL LNA 1850 1910 1930 1990MHz 161461 Fan Unit 1 159547 159547 Fin Amp 26 28V 47dB 1930 1990MHz 160254 Fin Amp 4W M 12V 33dB 824 849MHz 160417 Fin Amp 4W M 12V 33dB 1850 1910MHz 160416...

Page 101: ...72 Distribution Alarm Board 82 Diversity 77 79 Duplexer 76 E External Alarms 74 Naming 65 F Feed Forward Amplifier 80 Filters High Rejection Option 86 Standard Feature 72 Final Amplifier 80 G Groundi...

Page 102: ...mote Control 26 Remote Login 26 Replacement of Battery Backup 90 Modem 89 Power Supply 88 RF Path 71 RF DC Distribution Unit 78 RSSI 73 S SMS Alarmforwarding 73 Software Setup 26 66 Specifications Ele...

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