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Zinwave 3000 DAS support for MIMO services

The next generation of high data-rate services such as WiMAX and LTE provide various MIMO options. Where base-stations (BTS) are deployed to provide in-building coverage these options can be used to increase the overall capacity or coverage of the system. Typically BTS signals are distributed inside buildings via a Distributed Antenna System (DAS) which has multiple antenna locations to provide multiple copies of each signal. In the case of MIMO each antenna location will require 2 or more independent signals from the same BTS. The figure below shows a comparison between the 3000 DAS architecture required to support a traditional single signal (SISO) BTS and a dual-transceiver (MIMO) BTS: ZANT Antenna Secondary Hub SISO BTS
TX RX

Remote Unit

Primary Hub

ZANT Antenna MIMO BTS Remote Unit (1) Secondary Hub (1)
TX1 RX1

Primary Hub ZANT Antenna Remote Unit (2)

TX2 RX2

Secondary Hub (2)

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In the diagram only a single antenna location is shown but the architecture can be extended to multiple secondary hubs (up to 8 per primary hub) and multiple remote units (up to 8 per secondary hub). The MIMO architecture shown can support up to 32 antenna locations per primary hub and up to 4 independent MIMO signals (although only 2 signals are shown). If more MIMO signals are required or more than 32 antenna locations per primary hub are required then an alternative architecture can be deployed as shown in the figure below: ZANT Antenna MIMO BTS

Remote Unit (1)

Primary Hub (1) Secondary Hub (1)

TX1 RX1 TX2 RX2

ZANT Antenna Remote Unit (2)

Primary Hub (2)

Secondary Hub (2) The following considerations should be taken into account when implementing a MIMO architecture with the 3000 DAS: The separation between the dual-port antennas at the same location needs to be sufficient to provide both MIMO diversity (using guidelines provided by the BTS manufacturer) and TX-RX isolation. Each ZANT antenna provides at least 40dB of isolation between the TX and RX ports of the same remote unit and the separation must provide the same or better isolation between TX and RX ports of remote units 1 and 2. The difference between the two path distances between the BTS and the two ZANT antennas at any given location must be within the guidelines provided by the BTS manufacturer. This can be typically ensured by connecting the primary hub(s) to the secondary hubs and the secondary hubs to the remote units by multi-core fibres with the same length patch cords. Ideally the ZANT antennas should also be connected directly to the remote units using their integrated flying leads.
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