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ZXSDR BS8700 Product Description
ZXSDR BS8700 Product Description
V4.1 2011-01-15
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Overview 1
2 Product Highlights..................................................................................................................... 3
3 Functionality............................................................................................................................... 4
3.1 Basic Functions........................................................................................................................ 4
3.2 Service Functions..................................................................................................................... 5
4 System Architecture.................................................................................................................. 7
4.1 Product Physical Structure....................................................................................................... 7
4.2 Hardware Architecture............................................................................................................. 8
4.3 Software Architecture............................................................................................................. 22
4.4 External Interface.................................................................................................................. 23
5 Technical Indices..................................................................................................................... 25
7 Configuration Principles.......................................................................................................... 30
7.1 Baseband Unit Configuration Principles.................................................................................30
7.2 Radio Unit Configuration Principles........................................................................................ 30
7.3 GSM Single Mode Configuration Principles...........................................................................31
7.4 UMTS Single Mode Configuration Principles.........................................................................31
7.5 GSM/UMTS Dual Mode Configuration Principles...................................................................32
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FIGURES
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ZXSDR BS8700 Product Description
In chain and loop networking mode, 4 RRU can be maximally cascaded and the maximal
distance is 100 Km; The maximal distance between BBU and first RRU can reach 40 Km.
Usually it’s kindly suggested no more than 10 Km....................................................................2
CC Panel 10
UBPG Panel................................................................................................................................. 11
BPC Panel 11
FS Panel. 12
SA Panel 13
SE Panel 14
NIS Panel. 14
PM Panel 15
FAM Panel 16
TABLES
1 Overview
In general, GSM/EDGE/UMTS system consists of Core Network (CN), Radio Network
(GERAN/UTRAN) and Mobile Station/User Equipment (MS/UE). GERAN/UTRAN
includes 2 network elements, base station and BSC/RNC. The conventional 2G/3G BS
connects to BSC/RNC via Abis/Iub interface. Figure 1 shows a conventional
GSM/EDGE/UMTS network system.
BS BSC
3G UTRAN Only
Node B
HLR
RNC
UMTS UE
RNC
IP Network
Node B
SGSN GGSN
In Figure 1, GPRS/EDGE and UTRAN are two separated radio networks. When ZTE
2G/3G dual-mode base station is introduced, the 2G/3G radio networks will be
converged into one and this will decrease the network construction cost greatly. The
GSM/UMTS integrated network is shown in the following Figure 2.
SDR BS
HLR
BSC/RNC
BSC/RNC
UMTS UE
IP Network
SDR BS
SGSN GGSN
ZXSDR BS8700 can be divided into different types of distributed BS through connecting
with different RRUs, according to different networking modes and coverage scenarios.
• B8200+R8860/R8860E: Dual mode macro distributed base station, mainly used for outdoor
and indoor GSM/UMTS dual mode coverage.
• B8200+ R8840/R8880/R8890: UMTS mode macro distributed base station, mainly used for
outdoor and indoor UMTS mode coverage.
B8200 provides Iub/Abis interfaces with several types of physical interface such as
E1/T1, STM-1, FE and GE to connect with RNC/BSC and CPRI interfaces to connect
with RRUs. B8200 supports IP transmission and hybrid transport. B8200 provides at
most 12 pairs of CPRI optical interfaces to RRUs.
B8200 and RRU can support star, chain and mixed networking. In star networking, 12
optical interfaces can connect to 12 RRUs. In chain networking, RRU can cascade up to
4 levels.
The networking diagram including B8200, RNC/BSC and RRU is shown in Figure 3.
FE/GE
In chain and loop networking mode, 4 RRU can be maximally cascaded and the maximal
distance is 100 Km; The maximal distance between BBU and first RRU can reach 40
Km. Usually it’s kindly suggested no more than 10 Km.
In the following chapter, a general description will be given to GSM/UMTS dual mode
Base Station – ZXSDR BS8700.
2 Product Highlights
ZXSDR BS8700 (hereafter BS8700) is the multi-carrier, dual-mode distributed base
station of ZXSDR BS series. By adopting advanced MicroTCA platform and SDR
technology, BS8700 can support GPRS/EDGE/E-EDGE and UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+
simultaneously. In the future evolution to LTE, only change baseband processing board
and software upgrade. Its main advantage is the flexibility which brings the possibility to
support GSM and UMTS on a single base station.
Compared with traditional base station, ZXSDR BS8700 has following highlight features:
• Series RRUs, suitable for multi indoor and outdoor coverage scenarios.
Series RRUs with high output power, including R8840, R8860/R8860E, R8880 and
R8890.
3 Functionality
• On Um/Uu interface, BS8700 supports 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.
• Via Abis/Iub interface, BS8700 connects with BSC/RNC and supports the following functions
including cell management, BS measurement information report, system Information
broadcast, access control implementation from BSC/RNC, mobility management, radio
resource management and control, FP process and ATM transmission management.
• BS8700 supports GSM channel spacing at least 200KHz, and supports UTMS working on
bandwidth at least 3.8MHz and WCDMA/LTE 20MHz.
• Supports reduced TTI, fast ACK/NACK reporting, MS receive diversity, downlink dual carriers
and EGPRS2-A of E-EDGE.
• Supports space diversity, frequency diversity, time diversity, polarization diversity and
maximum ratio combination diversity.
• The receiving part adopts Viterbi algorithm for coding to improve Channel decoding capability
and system receiving sensitivity.
• Supports DTX sending and decreasing transmitting power, lowering the total interference in
the air.
• Supports common BCCH; different carriers can be used for different services and they share
the same BCCH.
• GSM/GPRS/EDGE/E-EDGE:
− GPRS/EDGE/E-EDGE
• Location service:
• R99 service:
• HSDPA Service:
− Support 15 codes
• HSUPA Service:
• MBMS Service:
− Support broadcast and multicast functions, multicast supports PtP and PtM
• HSPA+ Service:
4 System Architecture
BB
(UBPG
/BPC) CPRI
RRU
FS
E1 Radio Unit
SA/
STM-1 SE/
NIS CC
RF Unit
GE/FE
Control Signaling
Clock
Data
The BBU of ZXSDR BS8700 can be configured in GSM/UMTS single mode and G/U
dual-mode. It supports up to 30 CS in UMTS single mode, providing 1920 CE base-band
processing capability DL/UL separately, up to 60 TRX in GSM single mode.
• R8840 – 2 receiving paths and 1 transmitting path (1T2R). Each one can support 1
sector in UMTS on 2100MHz/AWS. Its output power achieves 60W (TOC). It is
mainly used for outdoor macro coverage and also used for indoor coverage signal
source. R8840 can support 3 carriers when it ensures 20W output power for each
carrier.
• R8860/R8860E – 2 receiving paths and 1 transmitting path (1T2R). Each one can
support 1 sector in GSM/UMTS on 850/900/1800/1900MHz. Its output power
achieves 80W (TOC). It is mainly used for outdoor macro coverage and also used
for indoor coverage signal source. R8860/R8860E can support 4 carriers when it
ensures the 20W output power for each carrier.
• R8880 – 2 receiving paths and 2 transmitting paths. Each one can support 2*2
MIMO in HSPA+ mode on 2100MHz. Its output power achieves up to 2*60W (TOC).
It is mainly used for outdoor macro coverage and also used for indoor coverage
signal source. R8880 can be configured as UMTS mode. R8880 can support 3
carriers when it ensures the 2*20W output power for each carrier.
• R8890 – 6 receiving paths and 3 transmitting paths (3T6R). Each one can support 3
sectors in UMTS mode on 2100MHz. Its output power achieves up to 3*60W (TOC).
It is mainly used for outdoor macro coverage and also used for indoor coverage
signal source. R8890 can support 3 carriers 3 sectors when it ensures 20W output
power for each CS.
FSS UBPG/BPC
PM
FAM
SA
CC
The Baseband unit consists of control & clock board, fabric switch board, baseband
processing board, site alarm board (optional), site alarm extension board, network
Interface of STM-1 board (optional), power module, and fan module.
CC is control and clock board, used for control and management of baseband unit,
providing Ethernet and system clock. The CC panel is illustrated in Figure 7.
Figure 7 CC Panel
• Ethernet switching function, implementing data switching for service and control flow within
the system
• Monitoring, controlling and maintaining of the base station system, providing LMT interface
• Managing software versions of boards and programmable components, and supporting local
and remote software upgrade
• Synchronizing with various external reference clocks, including the Abis/Iub interface
recovery clock, the GPS clock and the clock provided by BITS; The CS can select one
according to the actual configuration.
• Providing a real-time clock for system operation and maintenance; the real-time clock can be
calibrated
• The board power interface (-48V, -48V ground, protection ground, digital ground) has reverse
connection protection function
• Reading various hardware management marks in the system, including the rack number,
backplane type number, slot number, board function type, board version, and board function
configuration mark
• Supporting Control & Clock boards load sharing or primary/slave switchover. The load
sharing and primary/slave switchover mode can be set by software configuration.
UBPG is the GSM baseband processing board. It processes the physical layer protocol
and frame protocol specified by 3GPP. UBPG panel is illustrated in Figure 8.
• Achieving rate adaptation, channel coding, interleaving, encryption, generate TDMA shock
burst, GMSK/8PSK modulation, IQ baseband digital signals output.
• 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.
BPC is the UMTS baseband processing board. It processes the physical layer protocol
and frame protocol specified by 3GPP. BPC panel is illustrated in Figure 9.
• Achieving uplink baseband signal processing, including uplink data RAKE receiving,
demodulator, transmitting the data to lub interface for processing.
• 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 provide baseband optical interface between BBU and
RRU and process the IQ signal, and provide CPRI interfaces to connect with RRUs. FS
panel is illustrated in Figure 10.
Figure 10 FS Panel.
• Receive the signal from the rear board in the downlink and retrieve the data and timing.
• I/Q mapping in the downlink and multiplex I/Q signal to the optical signals.
Figure 11 SA Panel
Figure 12 SE Panel
SE shares the bottom-right slot with UBPG/BPC and has the following functions:
It is used to extend the port number if SA can not fulfill the requirements.
NIS is STM-1 network interface board, and NIS panel is illustrated in Figure 13.
Figure 14 PM Panel
• EMMC management;
Radio unit main process the conversion between baseband signals and RF signals.
In the BS8700, radio unit has four kinds, respectively are: R8840, R8860/R8860E,
R8880 and R8890. R8840 is the UMTS only radio frequency module, which works in
UMTS on 2100MHz. R8860/R8860E is the multi-carrier radio frequency module, which
can work in GSM only, UMTS only or G/U dual mode via software configuration. R8880
is the UMTS only radio frequency module, and each module supports 2*2 MIMO in
UMTS mode on 2100MHz. R8890 is UMTS only radio frequency module, which support
3 sectors on 2100MHz. The following will show the details.
4.2.2.1 R8840
The external interfaces of R8840 system are integrated at the bottom of the equipment,
as shown in Figure 17. The interface description is shown in the following table.
4.2.2.2 R8860/R8860E
R8860/R8860E module consists of MCPA module, transceiver module, and duplex filter
LNA. There are one TX/RX port and one RX port for connecting antenna.
R8860/R8860E employs compact cabinet design, as shown in Figure 18. Dimension of
R8860/R8860E is 370×320×197 mm (H×W×D).
4.2.2.3 R8880
R8880 employs compact cabinet design, as shown in the following figure. R8880 is 420
×340×140 mm (H×W×D) and 20Kg in weight.
R8880 external interface locates at the bottom of the cabinet, as shown in the following
figure. The interface description is shown in the following table.
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8
4.2.2.4 R8890
For the available time of R8890, please refer to <ZTE GSM&UMTS Roadmap>.
R8890 employs compact cabinet design, as shown in the following figure. R8890 is 385
×452×155mm (H×W×D) and 28Kg in weight.
R8890 external interfaces locate at the bottom of the cabinet, as shown in the following
figure. The interface description is shown in the following table.
The operating support layer provides the functions of OAM, DBS, BRS, BRACS, and
SCS to serve different base station mode.
BSP (Board Support Package) supports the information routing to the GSM, UMTS, LTE
and common parts in the application layer.
Interface Standard
Interface Item Index
Type
ITU G.957
STM-1 2 (optional) SFP (LC)
ITU G.707
E1/T1 16 (8pairs optional) DB44 ITU G.703/G.704
1 (10M/100M/1000M
electrical) 10/100/1000BASE-T IEEE
Abis/Iub RJ45
Auto-Negotiation 802.3 compatible
Auto-MDI/MDIX
Ethernet
1000BASE-LX IEEE 802.3
1 (1000M optical) or compatible
SFP (LC)
1 (100M optical) 100BASE-FX IEEE 802.3
compatible
GPS Antenna Interface
Clock GPS 1 SMA
NMEA 0183 V3.0
5 Technical Indices
Table 14 ZXSDR BS8700 Technical Indices
Network
NMS/OSS Management
Layer
Itf-N Interface
Adaptation Layer
• Version Management
With this function, administrator can view versions of the all software and hardware
running at the foreground. The hardware version includes the BOOT version number
and its generation time. The software version includes the software version number,
download time and its current running state.
Software versions existing in the base stations can be activated with or without software
tests.
• Alarm Management
The alarm management system monitors running states of the base stations,
dynamically displays the rack structure of the foreground module and collects abnormal
information of the boards, links, database and server in real time. These functions make
it convenient to analyze, address the problems, maintenance and repair.
Information collected by the alarm management system includes notification, alarm and
alarm recovery.
The alarm management system synchronizes alarms, reports historical alarms and
current alarms, and sets and queries alarm shielding.
• Configuration Management
• Log Management
NetNumen M31 system provides the log management function. Any operation performed
by operator will be recorded automatically. Thus, the operation maintenance
administrator can query historical operation records. Log records are saved in the NM
database server.
In the BS8700, it has memory on CC board in order to preserve database, the storage
time is 90 days.
• Security Management
• Performance Management
Diagnosis and test are important components of EMS. The network administrator can
check whether system hardware is working properly by diagnosis and test. They are also
able to trace and fix the faults on time to secure the safe operation of the system.
− Information reporting
The operation and maintenance system also provides other supplementary functions to
facilitate base station maintenance, which include but not limited signaling tracing,
channel viewing, abnormal record reporting and viewing.
In ZXSDR BS8700, the time of impact on service because of the hardware’s broken-
down is under control. ZXSDR BS8700 has auto restart mechanism which supports
Radio Unit auto restart, main control board auto restart, Baseband processing unit auto
restart, the whole base station auto restart.
The Radio Unit auto restart time is one minute. The main control board which is CC
board auto restart time is 3 minutes. The Baseband processing unit that includes UBPG
and BPC board auto restart time is one minute. The whole base station auto restart time
is 4 minutes.
7 Configuration Principles
FS: Fabric Switch board, there are 6 pairs CPRI interface in each FS board, 2 FS boards
can be configured in B8200 maximally.
SA: Site Alarm board, support 8 dry contacts and 8 pairs of E1/T1, 1 SA board for each
B8200 is mandatory configuration.
SE: Site Alarm Extension board, support 8 dry contacts and 8 pairs of E1/T1, 1 SE board
can be configured if the requirements of dry contacts or E1/T1 exceed the SA capacity.
NIS: Network Interface of STM-1 board, configured when Abis/Iub adopts STM-1
interface.
PM: Power Module, 1 PM board for default configuration, if needed, 1+1 is available
option.
FAM: Fan array Module, 1 FAM board for each B8200 is mandatory configuration.
CC: Control and Clock board, 1 CC board for default configuration, if needed, 1+1
backup or load sharing is an available option. One Control and Clock board supports 01
FE/GE electrical interfaces and 01 FE/GE optical interfaces toward BSC (Abis) and
RNC(Iub).
• In UMTS single mode, R8840 and R8860/R8860E can support 1 to 4 carriers, R8880 can
support 1 to 4 carriers in both 2 sectors, R8890 can support 1 to 3 carriers in 3 sectors;
• If GSM/UMTS are in the dual mode, single R8860/R8860E can support 1 UMTS Carriers + 4
GSM TRX or 2 UMTS Carriers + 2 GSM TRX at maximum;
R8840’s maximum output power is 60W, supporting 3 carriers when it ensures the 20W
output power for each carrier.
R8880’s maximum output power is 2*60W, supporting 3 carriers when it ensures the
20W output power for each carrier.
S3/3/3 3 1 2
S2/2/2/2/2/2 6 1 2
BB Base Band
CE Channel Element
CN Core Network
CS Carrier Sector
DL Down Link
FE Fast Ethernet
FP Frame Protocol
FR Full Rate
FS Fabric Switch
GE Gigabit Ethernet
HR Half Rate
PM Power Module
PS Packet Switch
RF Radio Frequency
SA Site Alarm
TA Time Advance
UL Up Link
SA Site Alarm
TA Time Advance
UL Up Link