User Manual
iSiteC BTS3601C CDMA Base Station
BTS Maintenance
Chapter 3 Routine Maintenance Instructions
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Chapter 3 Routine Maintenance Instructions
3.1 Overview
BTS3601C Routine Maintenance Instructions describes in details the contents and
methods of BTS3601C routine maintenance operations. It serves as a reference in
determining the routine maintenance schedule of a particular site.
3.1.1 Purposes of Routine Maintenance
Normal system operation of BTS3601C in different running environment depends on
effective routine maintenance.
BTS3601C routine maintenance is intended to detect
and solve problems in due time to prevent trouble.
3.1.2 Classification of Routine Maintenance Operations
I. Classification by implementing methods
Conventional maintenance
This method is applied on regular basis to observe the operation of the system, test an d
analyze equipment performance.
Unconventional maintenance
The unconventional method is to test whether the system performance has degraded
by artificially creating some faults.
For example, maintenance engineers may artificially
create some faults and test if the alarm system reports alarm correctly.
II. Classification by period length
Unscheduled maintenance
This includes the maintenance operations performed at equipment fault or network
adjustment.
For example, maintenance tasks performed due to by user complaint,
damage of equipment and line fault. Solving of problems left over by daily maintenance
operations is also regarded as unscheduled maintenance operation.
Daily maintenance
It refers to the maintenance tasks conducted each day. BTS3601C daily maintenance
helps maintenance engineers keep track of the operating conditions of the equipment
