ALU MMBTS

Current vs. Future Cell Site

Configuration

Current

Future
Entire BTS is on the
ground.
RF coax cables and
jumpers connect the
BTS on the ground to
the antennas on the
tower
Long RF cables up the
tower introduce loss
and decrease
potential RF coverage

BTS is split in two,

with digital BBU
components on the
ground, and Radio/ PA/
Filter RRH components
on the tower.
Digital fiber cables
connect the BTS BBU
on the ground to the
RRHs on the tower,
with short RF jumpers
to the antennas.
Long RF cables up the
tower introduce loss
and less RF coverage
Removing RF cables up
the tower eliminates loss
and improves RF
coverage

General MM-BTS Upgrade Guidelines

The following BTS platforms will be delivered for the Vision project:
1.
2.
.
.

MMBTS9928 (Factory built to replace legacies until 9927 is available)

MMBTS Retrofit Kits for 9218/9228 converting them to 9918/9928
All Modcell 4.0/4.0Bs will be upgraded in the field to a 9918/9928
ALU is investigating the possibility to upgrade the 4.0 growth cabinet at
Mod 1/2/3 + 4.0 Growth sites
. Due to cabinet space restrictions, Compact Modcells will be replaced with
the 9927
3. MMBTS 9927 (To replace all legacy Modcell 1/2/3s)
Legacy
Current
New

There four types of RRH units planned for

the deployment:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Pre-Commercial 1900 MHz dual tech RRH

800 MHz RRH
2.5 GHz RRH
New ALU 1900 MHz dual tech (65 MHz
IBW)

Name
Minicell
Modcell 1.0/2.0/3.0
Modcell 1.0/2.0/3.0 + 4.0
Growth *
Modcell 4.0 Compact
Modcell 4.0B Compact
2400 Pico
Modcell 4.0
Modcell 4.0B
Modcell 4.0B LP/8420LP

Name
N/A
N/A

MM-BTS

N/A
9216
9226
9222
9218
9228
9228 LP

9927

9928

BTS & RRH

Hardware

MM-BTS Elements Overview

1. New Multi-modal Base Transceiver Station (MMBTS)
o

New 9928 MMBTS (upgrade to exiting Modcells 4.0/4.0B)

a) 3G OCM-II (optical control for fiber link to RRHs, replaces existing MCR)
b) 3G CMU-E (1x Advanced voice channel card, replaces CMU III/IV/V)
c) 3G MC-EVM (Multi-carrier enhanced EVDO channel card, replaces SB-EVM)
d) 3G URC-III (voice/EVDO controller, replaces URC/URC-II)
e) 4G BBU and associated channel cards (supports 4G LTE in various bands)
f) 7705 cell site router. This is the link between the BTS and transport. From a design/development standpoint,
belongs to PJ6126. Its technically part of PJ4382 because if physically resides in the MMBTS.
g) 7210 FAN is all-transport and also belongs to PJ6126, but it also resides in the BTS.
h) Other misc. cabinet upgrades (power converters, MW power injectors, cables, etc)
New 9927 MMBTS. New All BBU BTS that shares all the same assets as the 9928 with the following exception.
) CDMA MT-BBU (integrates a-d from above into one BBU). For the 9928, these components reside in the
existing Mod 4.0/Mod 4.0B Digital Shelf

2. RRHs (connected to MMBTS via new fiber cable)

o
o
o

3G 800 MHz RRH

3G/4G 1900 MHz RRH (25MHz bandwidth)
3G/4G 1900 MHz RRH (65MHz bandwidth)

3. New antennas of various shapes and sizes to generally support the following:
o
o
o
o
o

800 MHz (3G/4G)

1900 MHz (including G-Block) (3G/4G)
1600 MHz (4G)
2500 MHz (4G)
New combiner to support multiple RRHs per sector as needed

Mod4.0/4.0B (9218/9228) to 9928

Cabinet Upgrade

Target Sites
o

RRHs per Sector

Existing 9218 and 9228 Macro

Advantages:
o

Leverages existing PCS cabinet and Digital Assets

Full feature digital shelf:

800 RRH 1.9 RRH 2.5 RRH 2.5 RRH

Controller redundancy, 12 modem slots, DC power redundancy

From

To
RF FILTERS

(2x50W) (4x40W) (4x20W) (4x20W)

ADD 7210
ADD 7705 SAR-8/F
ADD LTE BBU TDD

T-1 BACKHAUL
PRIMARY
PROTECTION
AMPLIFIERS

DIGITAL RADIOS

RECTIFIERS

THERMAL SYSTEM

ADD LTE BBU FDD

ADD LTE BBU FDD
ADD WiMAX
ADD DC-DC
Converter
ADD CDMA OCM-II
(800 and PCS)
REUSE and Add
Rectifers
ADD URC-III,
CMU-E and MCEVM

New 9928 BTS Hardware

CMU-E (13627.22)

New voice modem card supporting 1X-Advanced (and 1X) traffic

Up to 3.5X capacity increase per carrier, freeing up spectrum for DO and LTE
6SC per card supported in 2 branch receive / 3SC in 4 branch receive

MC-EVM (13500.24)

R36 feature supports dual core, expanding MC-EVM to four 2-branch receive carriers or two 4-branch receive carriers

OCM-II

Provided optical interface between modcell digital shelf and RRHs

Up to 6 per BTS supported in MCR/UCR radio slots
The OCM-II is an interface card that allows the OneBTS base station to connect to a Remote Radio Head using a standard Common Public Radio
Interface (CPRI) structure.
OCM-II is placed in the OneBTS digital shelf radio slot since the radio portion is now residing in the RRH and the radio slot provides all the
necessary interfaces to support the remote RF head.

URC-III (13850.5)

High capacity dual mode controller supporting 1X/1XA and DO on a single board
Up to 6C DO or 8C 1X or multiple DO/1X combinations
Ethernet backhaul only (interfaces to SAR)

LTE/Wimax BBU
7705 SAR-F/SAR-8 and 7210 (see following slides)

URC-III (44WW78)

RMT port
SFP for EBH port

Future T1/E1 port

(Under investigation)

Summary of RRH Specifications

800MHz

Temporary
1900 MHz
(25 MHz)

1900 MHz
(65 MHz)

New BTS Backhaul Hardware

7705 SAR-F (13627.22)

New voice modem card supporting 1X-Advanced (and 1X) traffic

Up to 3.5X capacity increase per carrier, freeing up spectrum for DO and LTE
6SC per card supported in 2 branch receive / 3SC in 4 branch receive

7705 SAR-8 (13500.24)

R36 feature supports dual core, expanding MC-EVM to four 2-branch receive
carriers or two 4-branch receive carriers

7210

Provided optical interface between modcell digital shelf and RRHs

Up to 6 per BTS supported in MCR/UCR radio slots

7705 Specifications (SAR-F & SAR-8)

7705 SAR-F

7705 SAR-8

2 Gb/s system capacity

12 Gb/s system capacity

Fixed configuration 1 RU

Redundant Control Switching Module

(CSM) Optional
8 slots 2 RU

2 ports of 10/100/1000 Ethernet (SFP)

6 ports of 10/100 Ethernet (RJ-45)
16 ports of T1/E1 ASAP

Power Feeds
-48/-60 V DC
+ 24 V DC

2 CSM Slots
6 I/O Slots

Power Feeds
-48/-60 V DC
+ 24 V DC

SAR-8 future proofs BTS as traffic requirements increase over time or BH design changes. SAR-8 is easily upgradeable by
adding additional Port cards via in service upgrades.
BTS SAR-F rip and replace with SAR-8 requires field visit/installation labor and is service affecting. Requires new cabling
harness for power and T-1s.
Even though failures are unlikely a SAR-F field failure will require a swap of the entire router. Should a SAR-8 encounter a
field failure it can be rectified by changing out the defective service port card or CSM.
Standardizing on SAR-8 reduces need for sparing two types of BTS routers.

New Licenses

800RRH BC10 RRH power licensing - first 20 Watts will be included.

Increments of 10Watts will require 800RRH license (FID 15599.0)

PCSRRH PCS RRH power licensing first 16 Watts will be included;

increments of 8W will require PCS RRH license (FID 15597.0)

4BRRCV Four Branch Receive enabled on a per bandclass per cell

basis by RCV (FID-15598.0)

EVMCE MCEVM Capacity Licensing up to 568 in blocks of 16 (FID

12905.3 / 13500.8)

CMUE new configuration licenses (CMUE) for all Enhanced CMU packs;
up to 1024 in blocks of 32 (FID 13627.0)

BTS Element Signal Flow and RF

Power

Some Limitations

CMU-E limited to 1 voice carrier with 4RxDiv (2 carriers with 2RxDiv)

MC-EVM limited to 2 EVDO carriers with 4RxDiv (4 carriers with
2RxDiv)

At least one CPRI link (fiber pair) is required per technology/RRH

Other CE and Access Cycle Duration limitations effectively limit MC-EVM to 2 carriers
1 for LTE at 1900
1 for CDMA at 1900 and 800
ALU has a CDMA software CPRI limitation of 12 sector/carriers (4 carriers) that would
not allow us to get the full carrier capacity out of both RRHs (note that a 4 br carrier
consumes 2 of these so CPRI limit is 5 BC1 carriers + 1 BC10 carrier). We have an R38
feature to eliminate this restriction, so this becomes a non-issue in the same release
when more than 4 carriers/RRH is supported (6 carriers supported with 65MHz RRH in
R38)

RRH Daisy Chaining (per ALU)

ALU PCS RRHs do not have SW capability to daisy chain. ALU considered this and could
plan for the future but felt that it was unnecessary initially given the above CPRI
limitation and the fact that the second CPRI port (see below) was more likely to be
used for LTE than for a second CDMA RRH.
The RRHs only have two CPRI ports. Since most sites are assumed to have BC10 and
LTE, ALU put a dual-band chain in place where the PCS RRH is at the end of the chain.
This way the 2nd CPRI on the PCS is available for the LTE BBU. ALU felt it was more
common to have 1C BC10 + 4-5 PCS carriers + LTE, than to have >5C PCS and no LTE.
In the rare cases where more CDMA capacity is needed, the second set of OCM-II cards
and PCS RRHs would be added.

9228 Digital Shelf Example

Configuration

BTS 9228/9218 upgraded to 9928

6C PCS 1XA + 1C BC10 1XA + 2C PCS DO

CMU-E supports a single 4 branch receive carrier or two 2-branch

receive carriers

MC-EVM supports two 4-branch receive carriers or four 2-branch

receive carriers

Sector3

Sector1
Sector2

TOTAL FRAME MOUNTING SPACE HEIGHT = 1825MM = 39U

RRH6
PCS

RRH9
PCS

MC-EVM (BC1)

CMU

CMU

CMU-E (BC1)

CMU-E (BC1)

RRH8
PCS

CMU-E (BC1)

RRH5
PCS

OCM-II

OCM-II

CTU-II

CTU-II

CMU-E (BC1)

CMU-E (BC1)

CMU-E (BC1)

CMU-E (BC10)

URC-III

URC-III

URC-III

URC-III

RRH2
BC10

RRH3
BC10

OCM-II

RRH7
PCS

OCM-II

RRH4
PCS

OCM-II

RRH1
BC10

OCM-II

CDMA
LTE

9927 BBU & PCS Dual Tech RRH CPRI

Connections

CDMA BBU
Future CDMA Controller or Modem
CDMA
Modem

MCEVM

CMU-E

2C DO

1C 1XA

1C 1XA

4 br Rx

4 br Rx

4 br Rx

CDMA
Modem

MCEVM

CMU-E

CMU-E

MDEE

1-2C*
DO

1C 1XA

1C 1X

2 br Rx

4 br Rx

MDEE

CMU-E
RRH1
BC10

RRH4
PCS

RRH2
BC10

RRH5
PCS

RRH3
BC10

RRH6
PCS

4 br Rx
CDMA Controller / Timing

PCS DO

PCS 1XA

BC10 1XA

CDMA Carriers: 7 = 3* Carriers + 3 Carriers + 1 Carrier

*4th DO carrier <10% 1XA mobile penetration; if 30% 1XA then 3 DO Carriers