ZTE UMTS NodeB

Hardware Installation
For Subcontractors
For: ENTEL 3G Project

Ing.Rodrigo Rosa
After‐Sales Department
ZTE Bolivia S.R.L
CONTENTS
‡ Introduction to ZTE ZXSDR BS8700/8900
‡ Engineering preparation
‡ BBU Installation
‡ Installation of BC8910 outdoor cabinet
‡ Indoor BBU Installation
‡ Module Installation
‡ Cable installation
‡ Checking Installation
‡ RRU installation
‡ RRU Mounting
‡ Cable Installation
‡ Antenna Installation

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Introduction to ZTE ZXSDR BS8700/8900
The Software Defined Radio Base Stations (SDR) adopt innovative distributed
structure, unified MicroTCA platform, and multi-carrier technologies to
significantly boost system integration and efficiency, as well as network
convergence and evolution capabilities. ZXSDR series base stations support
multi-mode, multi-band wireless operation through software configuration.
Allows powerful evolution to LTE.

It consists of two parts: BBU and RRU/RSU, which can be used either indoors
or outdoors. Such distributed base station architecture allows flexible site
selection, zero footprint, extended coverage, and baseband pool in
high-traffic scenarios.

ZXSDR BS8700/BS8900 allows dual mode GSM+

UMTS service deployment

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Concepts About Distributed Base Station

„ It is baseband data that is tranmitted between BBU and RRU. Both

intermediate frequency and radio frequency are processed in RRU.
„ BBU and RRU transmits data through optical fiber, significantly
simplifying project construction.
„ Concept of baseband pool. Node B capacity increases.

数字中频 功放
Iub I ub 基带带 收发信单元
（ 对外中频接口 和
接口 接口板 主控和
时时
理单元
为模为信号）
TRX … 低噪放 ……

射频拉频单元( RRU)
室内单元( BBU)

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Equipment Structure and Topology

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Typical Application

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Base Band Unit - ZXSDR B8200
Performance Index
19 inch „ Processing Capability:
‹ UMTS: 30CS ( 6CS *5 BPCs)
2U 88.4mm  ‹ GSM: 60TRX
„ Base Band Processing Capability:
‹ Uplink/ Downlink: 960CE
482.6mm 
„ Data Processing Capability:
‹ Downlink: 216Mbps
Based on Unified MicroTCA Platform ‹ Uplink: 75Mbps

Uplink：192CE Physical Index
BPC Processing Downlink：192CE
Capability Downlink：43.2Mbps „ Volume:88.4×482.6×197mm（H×W×D）
Uplink：15Mbps „ Weight: 8.75kg (full configuration)
„ Typical Power Consumption :
Interface Index UMTS: 80W(1BPC), 115W(2BPC)
„ Abis/Iub Interface: GSM: 60W(12TRX), 75W(24TRX)
‹ 2*STM-1；16*E1/T1；1*FE/GE „ Power Supply: -48V DC
Electric/Optical(8 VLAN)
„ Temperature Range: -20℃～ 55℃
„ To RRU: 12*1.25Gbps CPRI optical interface
„ Humidity Range: 5%～95%

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Remote Radio Unit - ZXSDR R8860
Performance Index
„ Carrier Configuration:
‹ Support maximal: 6TRX or 4CS
‹ Support maximal: 4G1U
„ Output Power：80W

370mm
„ Receive Sensitivity: -113dBm[GSM]
-126.5dBm@sigle antenna[UMTS]
-129.2dBm@dual antenna[UMTS]
19

„ Frequency:
7m
m

850MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz, 1900MHz

320mm

ZXSDR R8860 （1T2R）

Physical Index
„ Volume: 370×320×197mm （H×W×D）
• Support GSM and UMTS. „ Weight: 20Kg

„ TPC: UMTS:1C: 155W/2C: 185W/3C: 210W/4C: 230W

Interface Index
GSM: 200W(900M) /210W(1800M)
„ 2*1.25G CPRI Optical interface
GU: 4G1U 215 W
„ Power Supply: -48V DC

„ Temperature Range:-40℃～+55℃

„ Protection Class: IP65

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Engineering Preparations
„ Environment

z All civil works of the equipment room should have been completed.
Including: concrete bases, equipment rooms, painting jobs, cabling
ladders, engineering holes and troughs, commercial AC input, lighting
systems, etc.
z The walls indoors should be dry enough; coated with fire-retardant
white lusterless paint or other fire-retardant materials.
z Indoor environment temperature: -25℃ ~ 55℃; Recommended
constant temperature: -10℃ ~ 50℃.
z Relative humidity: 5% ~ 100%; recommended constant temperature:
5% ~ 95%.
z Illumination of equipment room should include three complete sets of
illuminating systems: daily illumination, standby illumination and
emergency illumination.Avoid the direct exposure to sunlight.
z Outdoor environment temperature: -40℃ ~ 55℃.
z Relative humidity: 10% ~ 100%.
z Safe lightning protection measures should be adopted
z Grounding system should meet relevant requirement.

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 Flat steel Vertical grounding body

Transformer
Tower Equipment grounding net
grounding net grounding net

Grounding Network Structure

According to the principle of equalized voltage and electric potential, the working
ground, protection ground and lightning protection ground should be
interconnected to form a joint ground network
Grounding resistance should be less than 10Ω.
For areas where the thunderstorm days are less than 20 annually, the grounding
resistance can be less than 10Ω or comply with the engineering design
documents

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z When Engineering holes pass through outer wall, prevent water and
animals from getting into the room.
z Moisture prevention measures should be adopted for troughs.
z Fissures of cover plates for all the embedded tubes, ground troughs
and holes should be tightly sealed, and the sealing materials should
not be hard to deform or crack
z No water supply pipes, drainage pipes and fire control pipes are
allowed inside the equipment room.

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z Special requirements for equipment rooms

„ The door height>= 2 m, passage>= 1m, ceiling height>= 3 m.

„ Distance from face of cabinet to other equipment >= 80cm.
„ Recommended distance between 2 rows of equipments>= 1 meter.
„ Room floor should sustain at least 450kg/m2. When supply includes
big storage battery, floor should sustain at least 800kg/m2.
„ Height deviation for every 1m2 of the floor <=2mm.
„ Environment free from high temperature, condensed dust, mephitis,
explosive articles and low atmospheric pressure.
„ Check location of the feeder window. If no feeder window, select a
proper place in, avoid opening it in the bearing strut or the down-lead
of the lightning arrester.

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z Power
„ 1. AC power supply
– Three-phase power supply: 380V±10%, 50Hz±5%.
– Single-phase or double-phase power supply: 220V±10%,
50Hz±5%.
„ 2. DC power supply
– Nominal voltage: -48V, allowing -57V~-40V
– DC power supply should have protection and indication for over-
current and over-voltage.
„ 3. UPS Requirements
– Input Voltage (V): 220V±10%.
– Input Frequency (Hz): 50Hz±5%.
– Output Voltage (V): 220V±3%~220V±5%.
– Output Frequency (Hz): 50Hz~60Hz.
– Output Wave: Sine wave
– Working: Online
– Dynamic Reaction Time: Shorter than 2ms

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z Transmission:
„ Transmitting equipment is installed properly and works normally
„ DDF or router is fixed and connected with the transmitting
equipment.
„ If the transmission medium is microwave, parameters of the IP
addresses carefully planned.
z Antenna and feeders
„ Antenna, feeder cable and tower of the BTS system and the
equipment should be well grounded; grounding resistance should be
less than 10Ω.
„ Antenna can be installed on the roof with or without enclosure, or on
a tower or a pole. Before the formal installation of the antenna.
supports and poles should be well fixed and the tower, pole, cabling
rack should be checked.
„ Height and strength of the tower conform to the specifications.
„ Grounding copper bar around the tower properly installed.
„ Platform of the tower properly installed.

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„ Rooftop Poles for fixing BTS antenna should be vertical to the
horizontal plane and the error should not exceed 1°.
„ Pole should be installed near the edge of the building top to the
extent possible.
„ Poles directly fixed on the rooftop must use cement pier, instead of
directly punching on the building roof.
„ Cabling rack must not shake.
„ Indoor cabling rack should be grounded one time every 5m
„ Transport access should be clear of obstacles
„ Temporary storing environment
„ Should have excellent packaging, waterproof and shock-resistant
conditions; free of fire, theft, high temperature, rodents, corrosion,
electromagnetic interference. And consider lightning protection and
poison protection measures.
„ Intensity of the electric field<=300mV/m
„ Intensity of the magnetic field<=11Gs.

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Installation
Elements

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BBU Installation
„ Elements to be installed

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„ SDR Classification.

Depending on installation conditions, ZTE’s UMTS SDR can be

classified in 2 types:

z ZXSDR B8700: For Indoor use, to be mounted on 19” standard

rack or bracket, or wall mount cabinet
z ZXSDR B8900: For Outdoor use, includes 8910 outdoor
cabinet

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Installation of B8900 using outdoor cabinet

„ There are four combinations of the ZXSDR BS8900:

z Combination 1: BC8910+RC8911 (Monolitic NodeB)

z Combination 2: BC8910+PC8910+RC8910 (Monolitic Node B)
z Combination 3: BC8910+RC8910 (Monolitic NodeB)
z Combination 4: BC8910+PC8910 (Distributed NodeB)

The RC8910, RC8911, and PC8910 cabinets need to be

installed on the ground level.
Cabinets may have no base upon delivery, then base must be
installed separatedly.
BC8910 cabinet requires access from the front and back of the
cabinet.

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„ Installation Flow Start

Preparation

Installing a cabinet

Installing the modules in a cabinet

Installing cables

Waterproof treatment

End

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„ Space Requirement

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„ Ground Installation
1. Determine installation position. Draw two straight lines parallel to the
datum line. Determine position of the installation holes for the cabinet on
the two lines. Following figure shows the installation position

2. Drill holes for expanssion bolts, φ10mm or ½” (depending on the supply),

90 mm depth

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3. Put the expansion bolt and the expansion tube into the hole vertically, hit
the expansion bolt with a rubber hammer till the expansion tube is
completed driven into the ground.

4. Open the front door, and remove the bolts of the wooden pallet.
5. Demount the rear door panel, and remove the bolts of the wooden pallet.

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6. Move out the wooden pallet.
7. Fix base to expanssion bolts using nuts and level it.
If necessary, level the base using metal washers.
8. Alt.A If necessary, open the front door and rear
doors, and fix the cabinet on the base by using
the supplied bolts and nuts.

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8. Alt.B Put the PC8910 cabinet in
position, and fix the cabinet on the
ground through an expansion bolt
suite. Mounting force should be up
to 45 N•m.

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9. Remove the rack lifting ring at the
top of the PC8910 cabinet.

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10. Align wiring holes on both cabinets, open the
front door, and fasten the two M8 inner
hexagon screws in the backplane of the
frontage of the cabinet.
11. Demount the rear door panel of the cabinet,
and fasten the two M8 inner hexagon screws
in the backplane of the back of the cabinet
by using the method of Step 6.
„ Fix the cabinet roof on top of BC8910
cabinet

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„ The ZXSDR BS8900 is an outdoor device. After cabinet and
cables are installed, waterproofing and sealing treatment to the
cabling holes and the spacing between cabinets must be
applied.

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 „ BC8910 Cabinet Layout

Climate conditioner
(Fan/Heater)

Cooling/Heating
Control Panel Available expansion
space (4U)

AC breakers
ILP

ZXSDR BS8200
GU360 Base Band
Unit
DC breakers

ZXDU58 B121
Rectifier Modules Power solution

Rectifier Control Module

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Installation of Indoor BBU
„ BS8700 Supports several indoor installation methods. On a bracket, on a
simplified bracket, on the wall or in an exisiting closed rack. For ENTEL
project an standard 19” self-standing bracket is required. The location of
the 19" bracket should be not less than 400 mm away from the equipment
in front; Not less than 400 mm away from the equipments in back; Not less
than 100 mm away from the walls at both sides. Distance from the front to
other equipment should be not less than 800 mm.

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„ It is required a minimum of 5U (1U=1.75 inch =44.45mm) of
installation space available. 1U space on the top: reserved . 2U
space in the middle: for ZXSDR B8200.1U space below the
ZXSDR B8200 the wiring trough. The 1U at the bottom:
cable wiring.
„ It is recommended to install B8200 one meter above the floor.

7 Bottom rung 2
6 Flat washer (M12) 8
5 Hex bolt (M12 × 25) 8
4 Flat washer (M10) 4
3 Hex bolt (M10 × 20) 4
2 Support 2
1 Top rung 2
No. Name Quantity Remarks

The installation is shown in the figure.

Note:
Make sure both left and right sides are vertical.
The bolts must be fully tightened.

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„ Installation Flow

Start

Installation preparation

Install cabinet

Install modules inside the cabinet

Install cables

End

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„ Check and determine if current
19” location satisfies the
installation requirements.
„ Inset the floating nut into the
mounting holes in the vacant 5U
slot in the mounting bracket
according to the location of the
ZXSDR B8200 equipment and the
wiring trough
„ Carefully insert the wire trough
into the 1U space corresponding
to the floating nut,and fasten the
screw
„ Install the B8200 equipment
above the wire trough. Check the
stability of B8200. It should not
shake with hand shaking.

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 Warning
„ Be carefull with ventillation and air flow when installing ZXSDR
B8200 indoor, or the purity of air can not comply requirements,
causing fan air intake jam and raising temperature in ZXSDR
B8200, causing overtemperature alarm, and damaging the BBU.
„ Radiating heat requirements: A minimum of 40mm ventilation
space should be reserved both the left/right sides of the ZXSDR
BS8700 cabinet. The air inlet is at the right side and the air outlet
is at the left side. No heat source should be located to the right
side of the ZXSDR B8200 cabinet. If there is, ZXSDR B8200
should be installed in other place.

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Module Installation

•Control and clock module CC is installed in slot 1 and slot 2. it supports one or
two CC
•Fabric switch module FS is installed in slot 3 and slot 4. it supports one or two
FS. When uses one FS, slot 4 can be used to configure TAM, BPC, or UBPG.
•Site alarm extender board SE is installed in slot 5. It can have one SE or no SE.
If no SE, slot 5 can be used to configure BPC or UBPG.
•Tower amplifier module TAM can be installed in slot 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8. Usually,
TAM is installed in slot 8 first, and then 4. If no TAM , slot 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 can
be used to configure BPC or UBPG.
•Baseband processing board BPC/UBPG can be installed in slots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
•Site alarm module SA is installed in slot 13.
•Power module PM is installed in slot 14 and 15. It supports one or two PM.

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Cable Installation
„ Cabling Flow „ Cable List
z Power cable
z Grounding cable
z Ethernet cable
z Optical fiber
z GPS jumper cable
z BITS cable
z Data cable

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„ Cabling Principles

z If the equipment room is equipped with racks and antistatic floorboards,

use downward cabling mode. If upward cabling mode is used, need to
install a cabling rack/cabling ladder at the upper part of the cabinet and
route the cables in the cabling rack.
z Cabling position should be designed in advance. The cables should be
arranged orderly, and their skin should not be damaged.
z External cables include power cables, tail fibers, trunk cables, and other
signal cables. Cables in the cabling rack should be categorized and
bundled, should not be crossed each other. Cables should be fixed by
cable ties. Bundling interval should be 20 cm.
z Bending position of each cable should be even and smooth. The
minimum bending radius = 60 mm.
z Cables should be bundled orderly and straightly. Cable ties should be
distributed at regular intervals, and tightened moderately.

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z Cables in a cabling trough may not be bundled. Cables in a cabling
trough should be straight, not cross each other, and not overflow the
trough. Cables should be bundled at the entrance and exit of the cabling
trough and at the turning positions.
z Trunk cables routed from the cabinet to the cable terminal rack should
not be strained. Redundant cables should not be cut. In a cabling trough
or in a movable floor, cables leading to different cabinets should be
bundled separately from eachother. Cables should be straight and
ordered, not cross each other. Their skin should not be damaged. If
necessary, reserve additional length for the cables.
z Cable should be affixed with corresponding labels. Every label should be
affixed 2 cm away from one end of the cable. Label indicates the
destinations of both ends: cabinet number plus slot number plus socket
number.
z The cables should be routed to facilitate maintenance and future
expansion capacity.

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„ Data Cable Description (for
indoor installations)
• End A is SCSI50 plug
• End B1 is grounding end
• End B2 is DB44 plug
(connected to E1/T1)
• End B3 is RS232/RS485
connector for monitoring
ZXDU58 B121 power
supply equipment
• End B4 is dry contact
connector

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„ Cable Conection (BBU)

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„ Incomming cables to PC8910 cabinet

AC Power

DC Power

Optical
Fiber

Optical
Fiber, UTP,
E1
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„ Arrange DC and AC cables at PC8910 cabinet to keep them sepparated

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„ Power cable connection at BC8910 cabinet

Battery
Temperature
Sensors (move
to PC8910
cabinet)

DC Power cables
Smoke AC Power
(black to +, blue to -) Sensor cable cable

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Power cables Color code Standards
DC Cable Color code for -48V: DC Cable Color code for Batteries:
Function Label Color
Function Label Color
Negative -, -48V Blue
Negative NEG, - Black
Positive/ Neutral/ +, N, - Black
Working Ground 48VRTN, Positive/ Neutral/ POS, + Red
GND Working Ground

Protective Ground PE, PGND Yellow/ Green

AC Cable Color code (IEC):

Color
Function Label
New Old
Protective Ground PE, PGND green-yellow green-yellow
Neutral N blue blue
Line, single phase L brown brown or black
Line, 3-phase L1 brown brown or black
Line, 3-phase L2 black brown or black
Line, 3-phase L3 grey brown or black

For single phase installations using 3 core cable, use brown for phase,
blue for neutral and black for ground

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Checking Installation

„ Cabinet installation location complies with the engineering design.

„ Cabinet is installed in a stable and secure manner.
„ Cabinet vertical deviation ≤2mm
„ Cabinet surface is clean and tidy, with no paint loss. If paint is loss,
cabinet must be repainted with adequate paint for outdoor use, in
the same color as cabinet.
„ All screws are tightly screwed. The flat washers or spring washers
are in place.
„ All cables are laid flat and smooth.
„ Cable bending is smooth.
„ Each cable is marked correctly and clearly.
„ Cable connectors are in good contact with the interfaces.
„ All metal connectors of the power cable and grounding cable must
be secured with plain/spring washers at the binding post.

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„ Cables are strapped in a clean and tidy way. Strap ties are evenly
distributed, neither tight nor loose. Surplus part of the straps/cables
should be cut.

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„ Engineering wastes are cleaned.
z Any engineering waste materials like unused electric cables, cutoff
cable pieces, etc are disposed off. There should be no cable clips or
sundries left at the installation site.
z Any waste materials should be put in a dust cover, closed tightly and
disposed off.

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RRU Installation
•Hoist RRU and OLP/LPU to Tower

If it is required to hoist RRU and/or OLP/LPU to the tower or a building

terrace:

ƒNatural conditions for hoisting operation are satisfied, such as no fog

and high visibility. The hoisting operation is prohibited in windy, snowy,
or rainy days.
ƒTools for hoisting operation are available, such as the rope (with a
bearing capacity of 100 kg) and the crown block; the crown block is
firmly installed in appropriate position on the tower.
ƒOpen the package to check whether the cabinet is
in good condition.
ƒHoist the cabinet to the tower after the inspection:
1. Take out the cabinet, make its fixing board
upwards, and lay it on the floor
2. Bind the fixing board with rope. Make sure that the
rope is bound on the two fixing boards, and the
binding is firm

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3. Two persons stand at the foot of the tower.
One pulls the rope slowly, the other one
releases the rope slowly and prevents the
cabinet from touching the tower

WARNING

•RRU handle can not be used for binding

the hoisting rope.
•It is strictly prohibited to use steel wire rope
as the hoisting rope.
•During hoisting procedure, irrelevant
person is prohibited to stand surrounding
the tower, especially under the RRU/OLP.

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• Fix RRU to Antenna Support

1. Install pole anchor clamp

components.

i. Fix anchor clamps onto the

pole, and align the anchor
clamp holes and screw the
bolts a bit;
ii. Adjust the space between the
clips based on the screw's
position of supporting panel,
and fix the RRU supporting
panel on the clips at the front
bracket with M8 bolts and
tighten it properly;
iii. Screw down M10 bolts tightly.

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2. Mount the R8860 cabinet on the supporting panel and fasten the cabinet
with four M6X20 hexagon socket cap screws

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• Fix Outdoor Lightning Protection Unit to Antenna Support

1. Install OLP supporting pannel on the back of the

bracket system for RRU.
2. Mount the OLP/LPU cabinet on the supporting
panel and fasten the cabinet with four M6X20
hexagon socket cap screws.

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OLP will lay back-to-back with RRU

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 RRU Support Plate Antenna Support

RRU OLP

Bracket OLP Support Plate

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• Location of OLP and RRU (RRU&OLP on Same Pole as Antenna)

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• Location of OLP and RRU (RRU&OLP Behind the Antenna)

H2≤1/2*H

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• Location of OLP and RRU (RRU on working platform)

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Cable Installation
„ Cabling Flow „ Cable List
z Power cable
z Grounding cable
z Optical fiber
z Environment Monitoring Cable
(connects to lightning protection
unit)
z Antenna Jumper
z AISG Antenna control cable

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Power Cable
Optical Fiber between RRU and BBU

Environment Monitoring Cable

Antenna
RRU

Antenna Jumper AISG Antenna control cable

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Description of R8840 Interfaces
1. LC1 - Interface between BBUB and R8840
2. LC2 - RRU cascade interface
3. AISG - AISG interface
4. Monitor - Monitoring cable interface
5. PWR - Power cable interface
6. ANT2 - RF interface (diversity)
7. ANTI - RF interface (main set)
8. RXout - Frequency point extension interface
9. RXin - Frequency point extension interface
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„ Cable Conection (RRU)

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 „ Cable Connection – OLP Cabling

Monitoring
Grounding cable
cable

DC Input DC Output
(from rectifier) (to RRU)

DC Output
(for RRU
Expanssion)

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„ Cable Connection - Monitoring Cable at OLP

Pin Color Code Description

15/16 White and blue/blue Dry contact 4 -/+ (external alarms)
17/18 White and orange/orange Dry contact 3 -/+ (external alarms)
19/20 White and green/green Dry contact 2 -/+ (external alarms)
21/22 White and brown/brown Dry contact 1 -/+ (external alarms)
23/24 Red and blue/blue RS485 receive (OLP monitoring C)
25/26 Red and orange/orange RS485 transmit (OLP monitoring NC)

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 „ Cable Connection – Cable Order
z DC Power Cables and Optical
Fibers are ordered from left to right
in the clamp.

„ Cable Grounding
z DC cables requires to be grounded
using grounding kits at top of the
tower and before it reaches the
horizontal plane

Sector 1 Sector 2 Sector 3

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Antenna Installation
Parameters
„ Height
The installation height of antenna on the tower is
determined by network planning design.
„ Azimuth
The azimuth/bearing of the antenna is determined by
network planning design.
„ Down tilt
The downtilt angle of the antenna is determined by
network planning design. Usually the mechanical
down tilt angle is 0°~10°adjustement made by
Fastener B. Aditional downtilt is provided trough
electric down tilt mechanism from 0° to 8°
„ Direction
Antenna direction depends on the antenna azimuth. If
two antennas in same sector, must share the same
azimuth.

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Installation
•The antenna installation position must be in accordance
with project design.

•The antenna should be hoisted according to same

safety standards as RRU

•The antenna installation position needs to take

care for lightning protection

1. Lighting rod 3. Antenna

2. 45~30°Lightning protection area 4. Grounding cable

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•The antenna installation position must keep vertical and horizontal separation
from other antennas

d ≥ 0.45 m between UMTS d ≥ 1.3 m between UMTS and

and GSM850/1900 or D-AMPS GSM850/1900 or D-AMPS antennas.

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•Other considerations regarding distances when installing antennas
Back to back antennas Confronted antennas

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•Adjust supports along the antenna body according to antenna support size
and prepare the jumpers. Consider that if the site requires up-tilt, the antennas
must be installed reversed.
•Connect the jumper connector to the antenna port, and tighten it properly.
Apply waterproof treatment before mounting the antenna.

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•Fix the antena to the poles, and adjust mechanical down-tilt to meet engineering
design. Default is 0.
•NOTE: Leave space for the electric down-tilt adjustment mechanism below the
antenna.

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•Adjust Electric donwtilt according to engineering design. Default is 0

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Waterproof Treatment for Connectors
z Seal the jumper connector and antenna port for waterproof treatment. 1
layer of vinyl electrical tape -3 layers of waterproof nylon adhesive tape
(mastic tape)– 3 layers of PVC insulating tape.
„ Wrap the waterproof adhesive tapes to lower side of connectors. Keep
wrapping direction same as the one that the jumper is tightened.
„ While wrapping, extend the adhesive tapes to double their length. Note that
every wrapping layer must be overlapped the previous layer by half the width
of the tape Wrapping must be extended up to 50 mm (2 inches) away from
jumper connector position.
„ Grip the tape with the hands to make the tape tightly adhered and prevent air
bubbles
„ Wrap PVC tapes on top of the waterproof adhesive tape. During the process,
make sure the upper layer overlaps the lower layer by half the width of the
tape.

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Connect AISG Control Cable

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