Objectives

By the end of this chapter the student will be able to :-

State the functional areas of the Horizon II

macro cabinet.
Describe the functions and operation of
the Horizon II macro Digital modules.
Describe the cabinet RF Components.

Basic Block Diagram of Cabinet

Antenna

RF interface to Antenna
( Transmit - Combining and filtering)
(Receive Amplification and filtering)

Three Main Functional areas:

1.

Digital Cards

2.

Radios (CTU2)

3.

RF equipment

E1 Link

CTU2

CTU2

CTU2

CTU2

CTU2

Digital Cage == Controls the cabinet

Alarms
Power Supplies

CTU2

The Horizon II macro BTS hardware supports the following functionality:

Support of 6x double density CTU2
Single or Double carrier per Radio.

Horizon II Site Controller (HIISC)

Integrated NIU
Integrated FMUX
E1 support
Enhanced E1 Redundancy
Increased Capacity/removable flash media
Increased RSL functionality

Expansion of Horizon II macro cabinets to support 24 carriers

per BTS site.
Horizon II Expansion Multiplexer (XMUX)
Site Input/Output (I/O) Panel
Interoperability with current M-Cell and HORIZON macro
products

HORIZON II macro Cabinet Front View

Alarm
Board

Site
Controller
(HIISC)

Circuit
Breaker
Card
(CBC)

Power
Supply
Units
(PSU)

Cooling
Fans

CTU2

SURF2

HORIZON II macro Cabinet Top View

Site I/O
Panel

Power
Supply

Link
Interface
Board

EAS Alarm,
PIX 0 & 1

Tx Blocks

Cabinet Power Supply

Maximum 4x PSU per cabinet One for Redundancy
Depends on the number of Radios fitted.
The Cabinet can support the three types of power supply
+27V (negative earth)
-48V (positive earth)
Nominal 120/240V AC

Horizon II macro cabinet power supply requirements

Nominal
Voltage

Voltage supply
range

+27 V dc
+19.5 to +30 V
(negative earth)
dc
-48 v dc
(Positive earth)
120/240 V ac
(50 to 60 Hz)

Current supply
maximum
204A (at
nominal
voltage)

-39 to 72 V dc 99A (at nominal

voltage)
88 to 270 V

45A (at nominal

voltage)

-48v Power Supply Units

Power Supply Units

All three unit types support the same PSU
Alarms:
O/P over/under voltage.
I/P under voltage.
Over temperature.
Internal Fan failure.

Circuit Breaker Card (CBC)

6x CCB for CTU2

2x Push Button HIISC
2x Push Button SURF2
1x Tx RF Blocks
1x FAN trays

H11SC
Front Panel
States LEDs
GREEN (normal
operation) RED
(Fault).

Reset Buttons
CPU is a Soft
Reset (Reset
Controllers
Main
Processors.
Software
remains in
RAM).
FULL is a
Hard reset.
Removes
software from
memory.

Status
LEDs

Reset
Buttons
NIU
Ethernet
Port

Compact
Flash Slot

TTY
MMI

CAL
Port

Synch/NIU
TTY PORT

Compact
Flash Card slot
contains
32Mb of
memory.
TTY MMI
connection for 9
pin D type
connector.
CAL PORT
Calibrates the
Sync Block. The
8K Reference is
used in GCLK
calibration.
The NIU
Ethernet and
SYNC/NIU TTY
Port are for
factory use only.

HIISC Functional Diagram

Site Controller Card

NIU Block
Control via NIU
Port 0, TS 0

NIU
Control
Processor

NIU Port 0
& Port 1
2

Line
Interface
Module

Line
Interface
Unit &
Framers

TSI
(SMURF)
8

2
8

Control Interface
Internal 2048 kbps
TDM interface with
32 timeslots.
External E1 or T1
interface.
Internal E1 or T1
interface.

Frequency
Reference

24?

Radio(s)

Site
Control
Processor

Horizon II macro HSCII Block diagram

E1 Inputs
x 6 Current
x 8 Future

Uplink RSL
Insertion
16Kbs only

SMuRF
Sync, Mux, uBCU,
Replacement, FPGA
LAPD
Encode/Decode
Layer 2 processing

CTU2
dual carrier unit
single/dual carrier
operation
single frequency band

BTP function of the BTS

runs site software and
call processing functions

Second H2SC
configured for
redundancy

Three on board
XMUX functions
FMUX equivalent

Field Programmable Gate Array

(FPGA)
similar function as the ASIC
64Kb switch
incapable of sub-rate switching

Cabinet Expansion
The Cabinet can be expanded up to 3x
Horizon II macro Cabinets
Can be expanded with Horizonmacro and
Mcell6 cabinet combinations.
Expansion Kit 1x XMUX card
1x Input/Output (I/O) card
1x 2m Fibre Optic cable

Cabinet Components Inter connections

CTUII radio(s)
H-II Radio

Horizon II
Cabinet

H-II Expansion
Cabinet

TDM

HIISC
NBSC

Alarm

XMUX

Site IO

XMUX

Site IO
Horizonmacro
Cabinet
FMUX
FMUX

Alarm

Holdup Unit (AC Supply only)

Cabinet Temperature Control

Operating range -5 C to +45 C
Three Internal FAN units speed
controlled
3x Cabinet Temperature Sensors
1x (70 C) for cabinet alarm
2x (85 C) to shutdown the cabinet, reset at 55 C.

Horizon II Site Controller (HIISC)

Performs functions of: MCUF, NIU, FMUX
and BPSM in Horizonmacro cabinet.
Cabinet supports 2x HIISC cards
Master/Slave ( redundancy)
Compact Flash card (32 Mbyte memory)

 XMUX
Location

XMUX
in slot 0

XMUX Functional Diagram

Input/Output (I/O) card

Connects up to 3x extra cabinets

Fibre optic connections

GPS connector (not supported)

Site Expansion Board

SITE I/O PANEL

CONFIGURATION

GPS
connection

Fibre
connections
IN/OUT

Expansion configurations
E1

Horizon II
macro (6xCTU2)

X
M
U
X

Horizon II
macro (6xCTU2)

Two Horizon II macros expanded.

E1
Horizon II
macro (6xCTU2)

X
M
U
X

Horizon II
macro (6xCTU2)

Horizon II macro, expanded to a Horizon II macro and a Horizonmacro.

F
M
U
X

Horizonmacro
(6 x CTU)

Expansion configuration (cont)

E1

Horizon II
macro (6xCTU2)

X
M
U
X

F
M
U
X

Horizonmacro
(6 x CTU)

F
M
U
X

F
M
U
X

Horizonmacro
(6 x CTU)

F
M
U
X

Horizonmacro
(6 x CTU)

Horizonmacro controlling a Horizon II macro and another Horizonmacro.

E1

Horizon II
macro (6xCTU2)

X
M
U
X

F
M
U
X

M-Cell 6
(6 x TCU)

F
M
U
X

M-Cell 6 controlling a Horizon II macro and a Horizonmacro.

Cabinet Alarm Module

Collects All internal Cabinet Alarms
Controls the PIX connection (customer
external alarms)
Process Antenna VSWR alarms
Note: NOT backwards compatible to the
Horizonmacro cabinet

Alarm Board

Mains

Door 1

Only 4x active Displays

LVD

Fan 0
Fan 1 & 2

ALL LEDs are

GREEN when the
equipment is OK

RED when
equipment is
faulty

Compact Transceiver Unit

(CTU2)
CTU2

Compact Transceiver Unit ( CTU2)

Single Density Mode High Power 63W (48dbm) 900MHz
50W (47dbm) 1800MHz
Normal Power 20W (43dbm) 900MHz
16W (42dbm) 1800MHz

Double Density Mode Normal Power 20W (43dbm) 900MHz

16W (42dbm) 1800MHZ

CTU2 backwards compatibility

Compact Transceiver Unit 2 (CTU2)
Backwards compatible with Horizonmacro Cabinet (with
minor limitations).

Requires the correct software ( GSR6 HII)

Can NOT support the CCB controller function
O/P power reduced when in Double Density Mode
BBH not supported

CTU2 Receiver Sensitivity Performance

EGSM900
-110.5 dBm, static channel
-107.5 dBm, faded channel
DCS1800
-111.5 dBm, static channel
-108.5 dBm, faded channel

Compact Transceiver Unit 2 (CTU2)

TRANSMIT
RF OUT

TTY
INTERFACE

Radio
Status
LED

Tx
Status A
LED

TEST
INTERFACE

VCAT
INTERFACE

Tx
Status B
LED

CTU2 to SURF2 interconnection

Second SURF2 not supported

(4 branch diversity)

Basic Block Diagram TX (PA only)

Fwd Power Detect A

PA Branch 1
Branch A VVA

Rev Power Detect

PA Mode Switches

PA Pad Switches

PA Temp.

Phase Adjust

2nd Temp.

Branch B VVA
PA Branch 2

Fwd Power Detect B

RF Equipment
RF Equipment

Sectorized Universal Receiver Front end (SURF2)

SURF2 Functional diagram

3x Ant ports with 2x Branches each

Expansion

VSWR Monitoring
Antenna
To SURF

VSWR
Monitor

Rx Filter
Tx Filter

The Antenna VSWR monitoring

function is used to detect faults in
antennas or antenna path
connections.
Tx

CTU2
Signal

Tx Block
Alarm
Board

Cabinet TX Blocks
Transmitter RF Blocks
New RF Blocks:
DUP - Duplexer
HCU - Hybrid Combiner Unit
DHU - Dual Hybrid Combiner Unit
Connecting Panels
Blanking Plate
Feedthrough plate

Transmitter Blocks

Blanking Plate
Used to control the Air flow within the cabinet

Feedthrough Plate

Duplexer- DUP
Connects a single CTU2 to
a single Tx/Rx Antenna.
Typical 1db loss.

DUP Block diagram

Hybrid Combiner Unit - HCU

HCU
Used to connect 2x
CTU2 via a Hybrid
Typical 3-4db loss

HCU- Block diagram

Typical 3-4db loss

Dual Hybrid Combiner Unit - DHU

Typical 6 db loss

Dual Hybrid Combiner Unit - DHU

6dbs typical
loss

Software and Database Requirements

New Cabinet Type - horizonmacro2 (24)

- horizonmacro2_ext (25)
Equipping the DRI Density is required
Single or Double
(called the associated DRI)

Setting CTU2 to High Power (max_tx_bts= -1)

Equipping a DRI Single Density

New line within
the command

MMI Command : equip <site number> DRI

Enter the 1st and 2nd DRI id: 0 0
Enter the density of this DRI: SINGLE
Enter the cabinet identifier: 0
Enter the type of connection to the BTP: master
Enter the port to which the TCU is connected: 0
Enter the 1st and 2nd RTF id:
Enter the GSM cell ID where the DRI appears: 1 2 3 9 9 4 21
Enter antenna select number for this cell: 1
Does this DRI use tuneable combining: no
Enter diversity flag for this DRI: 1
Enter the fm cell type: 4

Equipping a DRI Double Density

Associated DRI Number
MMI Command: equip <site number> DRI
Enter the 1st and 2nd DRI id: 0 0
Enter the density of this DRI: DOUBLE
Enter the 2nd DRI id of the associated DRI: 1
Enter the cabinet identifier: 0
Enter the type of connection to the BTP: master
Enter the port to which the TCU is connected: 0
Enter the 1st and 2nd RTF id:
Enter the GSM cell ID where the DRI appears: 1 2 3 9 9 4 64
Enter antenna select number for this cell: 1
Enter diversity flag for this DRI: 1
Enter the fm cell type: 4

CTU2 High Power parameter

DRI equipped in SINGLE Density Mode only
Parameter max_tx_bts = -1 (per cell basis)
Parameter tx_power_cap =1 (DCS1800 only)
RF power

EGSM900
63W (48dbm)

DCS1800
50W (47dbm)