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EasyRET Solution
EasyRET Antenna Enhancing Reliability and Efficiency
The booming of the mobile broadband (MBB) promotes operators

Figure 1 Traditional RET

Figure 2 EasyRET

to deploy a multi-band multi-RAT coexisting network, and

therefore fast deployment and high quality of MBB networks
become operators' common appeals. Facing this challenge,
Huawei antennas adopt the innovative "EasyRET" solution, against
low-reliable and low-efficient traditional RET solution (see figure 1
and figure 2).

Low Reliability and Efficiency of the Traditional RET System

Huawei's statistical data from Europe shows that 90% of

Figure 3 Connectors of traditional RET system

RET system faults are caused by external RET component

problems, including problems introduced in RCU installation and

RCU connector

configuration, AISG cable faults, and RET component missing

AISG connector

events. Therefore, traditional RET solution has low reliability and

efficiency, which result in higher maintenance costs.

More connectors, lower reliability

AISG cable

Figure 4 Rusty AISG ports

RCUs are difficult to be installed due to complex connectors, which

may lead to quality risks. For example, connectors of AISG cables
may be exposed to air or water, resulting in connector rusts. In this
case, communications between RET systems and base stations will be
interrupted (see figure 3 and figure 4).

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Limited RCU space, difficult installation

Figure 5 Difficult arrangement of connectors

Each band of antennas matches one RCU, for example, a tripleband antenna needs three RCUs. As a result, the space reserved for
connectors at the bottom of antennas is limited. RCUs and cables
are difficult to be installed, especially when engineers perform
operations with gloves on the tower (see figure 5 and figure 6).
Figure 6 Difficult installation with limited space

Manual RET configuration, low efficiency

RCU

Many manual operations, including scanning RCUs, adding the RET,

uploading configuration data, and calibrating electrical downtilt, are

Daisy-chain AISG

required to configure traditional RET components. Misoperations

are prone to happen, bringing low installation efficiency.

Overview of Huawei Innovative EasyRET Solution

Easy installation

Figure 7 Only one cable installed on EasyRET

RET components are embedded in antennas, and therefore RCUs

and daisy-chain cables are not required. A triple-band antenna
only needs one AISG cable (see figure 7).

Easy configuration
Configuration data has been uploaded and electrical downtilt has
been calibrated before EasyRET antenna delivery. Electrical downtilt
can be set directly after the EasyRET system has been installed onsite.

Easy maintenance
Various color: Different antenna ports are identified by various colors and shapes according to the AISG standard (see figure 9).
Flexible RET sharing: Antennas can be controlled independently by two equipment vendors or different operators through two groups of
AISG interfaces (see figure 8).
Figure 8 Antenna with two group of AISG ports

Figure 9 Various color

Integrated RCU S/N:

HWMxxx...r

HWMxxx.bL
bL yL

yyR

HWMxxx.yL
Vendor 1/
operator1

Vendor 2/
operator2

HWMxxx...yyR
r - Red
b - Blue y - Yellow
L - Left array
R - Right array

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EasyRET Solution Enhancing Reliability and Efficiency

RCU installation optimization
Embedded RET components reduce connectors to enhance the reliability.
Antenna installation time is reduced by about 45 minutes at each site because RCUs and AISG cables are not required.

Configuration optimization
RET system configuration is simplified to several steps.
Antenna configuration time is reduced by 20 minutes at each site because no RCU configuration data needs to be uploaded and no
downtilt is to be calibrated.

Maintenance optimization
The EasyRET solution supports easy antenna sharing with RET system operations.
The EasyRET solution reduces antenna system complexity, failure rates, and site visit times, greatly improving reliability.

Full Series EasyRET Antenna Portfolio Toward to LTE

Single-band antenna

Dual-band antenna

690-960 MHz

790-862/880-960 MHz

790-960 MHz

790-960/1710-2180 MHz

1710-2200 MHz

1710-2170/2490-2690 MHz

1710-2690 MHz

2 x 1710-2200 MHz
2 x 1710-2690 MHz

Triple-band antenna

Quad-band antenna

790-960/2 x 1710-2180 MHz

790-960/1710-2690/1710-2170/

790-960/2 x 1710-2690 MHz

1710-2690/1710-2170/2490-2690 MHz
790-862/880-960/1710-2690 MHz

2490-2690 MHz
698-960/1710-2690/1710-2690/
1710-2690 MHz
790-862/880-960/1710-2690/
1710-2690 MHz

Penta-band antenna
698-960/4 x 1710-2690 MHz
790-862/880-960/1710-2170/
2490-2690/1710-2690 MHz

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