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UBBP
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3.2.3.6.5UBBP

3.2.3.6.5UBBP
Theuniversalbasebandprocessingunit(UBBP)canbeconfiguredinaBBU3900or
BBU3910.

Specifications

ThefollowingtableliststypesofUBBP.

Table1TypesofUBBP
Board Applicable Mode

UBBPd1 GSM
UMTS
UBBPd2 GUbasebandconcurrency

UBBPd3 GSM
UMTS
LTEFDD
GUbasebandconcurrency
GLbasebandconcurrency

UBBPd4 GSM
UMTS
LTEFDD
LTETDD
GUbasebandconcurrency
GLbasebandconcurrency

UBBPd5 GSM
UMTS
LTEFDD
GUbasebandconcurrency
GLbasebandconcurrency

UBBPd6 GSM
UMTS
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LTEFDD
LTETDD
GUbasebandconcurrency
GLbasebandconcurrency
ULbasebandconcurrency
GULbasebandconcurrency

UBBPd9 LTETDD

SpecificationsofUBBPboardsworkinginGSMmode

ThefollowingtableliststhenumberofcarrierssupportedbyUBBPboardsworkingin
GSMmode.

Table2Carrierspecifications
Board Number of 2R Carriers Number of 4R Carriers

UBBPd1,UBBPd2,UBBPd3, 24 12
orUBBPd4

UBBPd5 36 18

UBBPd6 48 24

SpecificationsofUBBPboardsworkinginUMTSmode

Table3andTable4listthebasebandspecificationsandsignalingspecificationsofUBBP
boardsworkinginUMTSmode,respectively.

Table3Basebandspecifications
Board Number of Uplink CE Downlink Number of Number of Number of
Cells CE HSDPA HSDPA HSUPA
Codes UEs UEs

UBBPd1 6 384 512 6x15 288 288

UBBPd2 6 512 768 6x15 384 384

UBBPd3 6 384 512 6x15 288 288

UBBPd4 6 512 768 6x15 384 384

UBBPd5 6 768 768 6x15 512 512

UBBPd6 12 1024 1024 12x15 768 768

Table4Signalingspecifications
Board Signaling Specifications (CNBAP/s)

UBBPd1,UBBPd2,UBBPd3,UBBPd4,or 200
UBBPd5

UBBPd6 300

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NOTE:
ForcombinedsignalingspecificationsoftheWBBP,seesection"SignalingSpecifications"in3900Series
BaseStationTechnicalDescription.

SpecificationsofUBBPboardsworkinginLTEFDDmode

Table5,Table6,Table7,andTable8listthespecificationsofcells,themaximumnumber
ofUEsinRRCconnectedmode,andmaximumuplinkanddownlinkthroughput,and
signalingspecificationssupportedbyUBBPboardsworkinginLTEFDDmode,
respectively.

Table5Specificationsofcells
Board Number of Cells Cell Bandwidth Antenna
Configuration

UBBPd3 3 1.4MHz,3MHz,5 3x20MHz1T1R

MHz,10MHz,15 3x20MHz1T2R
MHz,or20MHz 3x20MHz2T2R

UBBPd4 3 1.4MHz,3MHz,5 3x20MHz1T1R

MHz,10MHz,15 3x20MHz1T2R
MHz,or20MHz 3x20MHz2T2R
3x20MHz2T4R
3x20MHz4T4R

UBBPd5 6 1.4MHz,3MHz,5 6x20MHz1T1R

MHz,10MHz,15 6x20MHz1T2R
MHz,or20MHz 6x20MHz2T2R
ss

UBBPd6 6 1.4MHz,3MHz,5 6x20MHz1T1R

MHz,10MHz,15 6x20MHz1T2R
MHz,or20MHz 6x20MHz2T2R
6x20MHz2T4R
6x20MHz4T4R

Table6MaximumnumberofUEsinRRCconnectedmode
Board Cell Bandwidth Maximum Number of Maximum Number of
UEs in RRC Synchronized UEs
Connected Mode

UBBPd3orUBBPd4 1.4MHz 504 504

3MHz 1080 1080

5MHz 1800 1800

10MHz,15MHz,or 3600 3600

20MHz

UBBPd5orUBBPd6 1.4MHz 1008 1008

3MHz 2160 2160

5MHz,10MHz,15 3600 3600

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5MHz,10MHz,15 3600 3600

MHz,or20MHz

Table7Maximumthroughput
Board Maximum Throughput

UBBPd3 Downlink:450Mbit/s
Uplink:225Mbit/s

UBBPd4 Downlink:600Mbit/s
Uplink:225Mbit/s

UBBPd5 Downlink:600Mbit/s
Uplink:300Mbit/s

UBBPd6 Downlink:900Mbit/s
Uplink:450Mbit/s

Table8Signalingspecifications
Board Signaling Specifications (BHCA)

UBBPd3orUBBPd4 90000

UBBPd5orUBBPd6 180000

Themaximumnumberofdataradiobearers(DRBs)supportedbyaUBBPisthreetimes
themaximumnumberofUEsinRRCconnectedmode.
SpecificationsofUBBPboardsworkinginLTETDDmode

Table9,Table10,Table11,andTable12listthespecificationsofcells,themaximum
numberofUEsinRRCconnectedmode,andmaximumuplinkanddownlinkthroughput,
andsignalingspecificationssupportedbyUBBPboardsworkinginLTETDDmode,
respectively.

Table9Specificationsofcells
Board Number of Cells Cell Bandwidth Antenna
Configuration

UBBPd4 3 5MHz,10MHz,15 3x20MHz2T2R

MHz,or20MHz 3x20MHz4T4R

UBBPd6 6 5MHz,10MHz,15 6x20MHz2T2R

MHz,or20MHz 6x20MHz4T4R

UBBPd9 3 10MHzor20MHz 3x20MHz8T8R

Table10MaximumnumberofUEsinRRCconnectedmode
Board Cell Bandwidth Maximum number of UEs in
RRC connected mode

UBBPd4,UBBPd6,or 5MHz 1800

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UBBPd9
10MHz 3600

15MHz

20MHz

Table11Maximumthroughput
Board Maximum Throughput

UBBPd4 Downlink:600Mbit/s
Uplink:225Mbit/s

UBBPd6 Downlink:900Mbit/s
Uplink:450Mbit/s

UBBPd9 Downlink:900Mbit/s
Uplink:450Mbit/s

Table12Signalingspecifications
Board Signaling Specifications (CAPS)

UBBPd4 100

UBBPd6orUBBPd9 200

NOTE:
ThesignalingspecificationsforTDDscenariosarethemaximumonesfortypicalscenariosofnormalcells.

Themaximumnumberofdataradiobearers(DRBs)supportedbyaUBBPisthreetimes
themaximumnumberofUEsinRRCconnectedmode.

NOTE:
ForsignalingspecificationsoftheeNodeB,seesection"SignalingSpecifications"in3900SeriesBase
StationTechnicalDescription.Forthemaximumnumberofdataradiobearers(DRBs),themaximum
numberofUEsinRRCconnectedmodesupportedbyasinglecell,themaximumnumberofUEsinRRC
connectedmodesupportedbytheeNodeB,andthemaximumuplinkanddownlinkthroughputofasingle
cellorUE,seesection"BasebandSpecifications"in3900SeriesBaseStationTechnicalDescription.

Panel

ThefollowingfigureshowstheUBBPd1panel.TheUBBPd1toUBBPd9boardshave
silkscreensUBBPd1toUBBPd9indicatingtheirboardtypesonthelowerleftside,
respectively.ThefollowingfigureusestheUBBPd1asanexample.
Figure1UBBPd1panel

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Function

TheUBBPperformsthefollowingfunctions:

ProvidesCPRIportsforcommunicationwithRFmodules.
Processesuplinkanddownlinkbasebandsignals.
Supportsthemultiplexofbasebandresourcesamongdifferentmodes,thereby
implementingmultimodeconcurrency.

WorkingPrinciple

ThefollowingfigureshowstheworkingprincipleoftheUBBP.
Figure2WorkingprinciplesofaUBBP

Port

ThefollowingtabledescribesthesixCPRIportsandoneHEIportonaUBBP.

Table13PortsonaUBBP
Silkscreen Connector Quantity of CPRI Description
Ports

CPRI0toCPRI5 SFPfemaleconnector 6 Theyarethedata

transmissionports
connectingtheBBUto
RFmodules,and
supporttheinputand
outputofopticaland
electricaltransmission
signals.

HEI QSFPconnector 1 Reserved

ThefollowingtableliststhespecificationsofCPRIportsontheUBBP.

Table14SpecificationsofCPRIportsontheUBBP
Board Quantity of CPRI CPRI Port Rate Topology Type
Ports (Gbit/s)

UBBPd 6 1.25,2.5,4.9,6.144,or Star,chain,andring

9.8 topologies
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ThefollowingtableliststhemappingbetweentheCPRIportrateandthenumberof
carrierssupportedbyaUBBPworkinginGSMmode.

Table15MappingbetweentheCPRIportrateandthenumberofcarriers
CPRI Port Rate (Gbit/s) Number of 1T2R Carriers Number of 2T2R or 1T4R
Carriers

1.25 24 12

2.5 48 24

4.9 48 24

9.8 48 24

CPRIportswithdifferentratesontheUBBPworkinginUMTSmodesupportdifferent
numbersofcells,aslistedinthefollowingtable.

Table16MappingbetweentheCPRIportrateandthenumberofcellsinaUMTS
scenario
CPRI Port Rate (Gbit/s) Number of 1T2R Cells Number of 2T2R Cells

1.25 4 4*a

2.5 8 8*a

4.9 16 16*a

6.144 24 24*a

9.8 32 32*a

a:*intheprecedingtableindicatesthatthenumberof2T2RcellsishalvediftwoTXantennas
enabledwiththevirtualantennamapping(VAM)functionareseparatelyconnectedtotwoRF
modulescarriedondifferentCPRIlinks.

CPRIportswithdifferentratesontheUBBPworkinginLTEFDDmodesupportdifferent
numbersofcells,aslistedinthefollowingtable.

Table17MappingbetweentheCPRIportrateandthenumberofcellsinanLTE
FDDscenario
CPRI Port Rate (Gbit/s) Number of 4x4 MIMO Cells Number of 2x2 MIMO Cells

1.25 4x4MIMOcellsarenot 4(cellbandwidth3

recommendedbecausethe MHz)
transmissionbandwidthofthe 2(cellbandwidth5
CPRIportsislimited. MHz)
1(cellbandwidth
10MHz)

2.5 1(cellbandwidth10MHz) 4(cellbandwidth5

MHz)
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2(cellbandwidth
10MHz)
1(cellbandwidth=
15MHzor20MHz)

4.9 2(cellbandwidth 4(cellbandwidth

10MHz) 10MHz)
1(cellbandwidth= 2(cellbandwidth=
15MHzor20MHz) 15MHzor20MHz)

6.144 2(cellbandwidth 4(cellbandwidth

10MHz) 10MHz)
1(cellbandwidth= 2(cellbandwidth=
15MHzor20MHz) 15MHzor20MHz)

9.8 4(cellbandwidth 4(cellbandwidth

10MHz) 10MHz)
2(cellbandwidth= 4(cellbandwidth=
15MHzor20MHz) 15MHzor20MHz)

CPRIportswithdifferentratesontheUBBPworkinginLTETDDmodesupportdifferent
numbersofcells,aslistedinthefollowingtable.

Table18MappingbetweentheCPRIportrateandthenumberofcellsinanLTE
TDDscenario
CPRI Port CPRI Number of 8T8R Number of 4T4R Number of 2T2R
Rate (Gbit/s) Compressiona Cells Cells Cells

2.5 Notinuse None 2(cell 4(cell

bandwidth bandwidth
=5MHz) =5MHz)
1(cell 2(cell
bandwidth bandwidth
=10 =10
MHz) MHz)
None 1(cell
(cell bandwidth
bandwidth =15MHz
=15MHz or20
or20 MHz)
MHz)

Inuse None None None

(cell (cell
bandwidth bandwidth
=5MHz) =5MHz)
1(cell 3(cell
bandwidth bandwidth
=10 =10
MHz) MHz)
1(cell 2(cell

bandwidth bandwidth
=15MHz =15MHz
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=15MHz =15MHz
or20 or20
MHz) MHz)

4.9 Notinuse None 4(cell 8(cell

(cell bandwidth bandwidth
bandwidth =5MHz) =5MHz)
=5MHz) 2(cell 4(cell
1(cell bandwidth bandwidth
bandwidth =10 =10
=10 MHz) MHz)
MHz) 1(cell 2(cell
None bandwidth bandwidth
(cell =15MHz =15MHz
bandwidth or20 or20
=15MHz MHz) MHz)
or20
MHz)

Inuse None None None

(cell (cell (cell
bandwidth bandwidth bandwidth
=5MHz) =5MHz) =5MHz)
1(cell 3(cell 6(cell
bandwidth bandwidth bandwidth
=10 =10 =10
MHz) MHz) MHz)
1(cell 2(cell 4(cell
bandwidth bandwidth bandwidth
=or15 =15MHz =15MHz
MHz20 or20 or20
MHz) MHz) MHz)

9.8 Notinuse None 8(cell 16(cell

(cell bandwidth bandwidth
bandwidth =5MHz) =5MHz)
=5MHz) 4(cell 8(cell
2(cell bandwidth bandwidth
bandwidth =10 =10
=10 MHz) MHz)
MHz) 2(cell 4(cell
1(cell bandwidth bandwidth
bandwidth =15MHz =15MHz
=15MHz or20 or20
or20 MHz) MHz)
MHz)

Inuse None None None

(cell (cell (cell
bandwidth bandwidth bandwidth
=5MHz =5MHz =5MHz
or15 or15 or15
MHz) MHz) MHz)
3(cell 6(cell 12(cell
bandwidth bandwidth bandwidth
=10 =10 =10
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=10 =10 =10
MHz) MHz) MHz)
2(cell 4(cell 8(cell
bandwidth bandwidth bandwidth
=20 =20 =20
MHz) MHz) MHz)

Indicator

ThefollowingtabledescribesthethreestatusindicatorsontheUBBPpanel.

Table19IndicatorsontheUBBPpanel
Silkscreen Color Status Description

RUN Green Steadyon Thereispowersupply,butthe

boardisfaulty.

Steadyoff Thereisnopowersupply,orthe
boardisfaulty.

Blinking(onfor1sandofffor Theboardisrunningproperly.
1s)

Blinking(onfor0.125sandoff Softwareisbeingloadedtothe
for0.125s) board.

ALM Red Steadyon Analarmisgeneratedonthe

board.

Steadyoff Theboardisrunningproperly.

Blinking(onfor1sandofffor Analarmisgenerated,andyou
1s) needtolocatethefaultbefore
determiningwhethertoreplace
theboard.

ACT Green Steadyon Theboardservesasanactive

board.

Steadyoff Theboarddoesnot
serveasanactive
board.
Theboardhasnotbeen
activated.
Theboardisnot
providinganyservices.

Besidesthethreeprecedingstatusindicators,theUBBPprovidessixindicatorsindicating
thestatusofSFPlinksandoneindicatorindicatingthestatusofQSFPlink.Thesix
indicatorsandtheoneindicatorareaboveSFPportsandQSFPports,respectively,as
describedinthefollowingtable.

Table20IndicatorsfortheSFPportsontheLBBPpanel
Silkscreen Color Status Description

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CPRIx Redorgreen Steadygreen TheCPRIlinkisfunctioningproperly.

Steadyred Anopticalmodulefailstotransmitor
receivesignalsduetooneofthefollowing
causes:
Theopticalmoduleisfaulty.
Thefiberopticcableisbroken.

Blinkingred(onfor TheRFmoduleconnectedtotheCPRIlink
0.125sandofffor hasahardwarefault.
0.125s)

Blinkingred(onfor TheCPRIlinkisoutoflockduetooneof
1sandofffor1s) thefollowingcauses:
Thereisnomutuallockbetween
dualmodereferenceclocks.
TheCPRIportratedoesnot
matchtherateoftheoptical
module.

Steadyoff Theopticalmodulecannotbe
detected.
TheCPRIelectricalcableisnot
connected.

Table21IndicatorsfortheQSFPportontheLBBPpanel
Silkscreen Description

HEI Connectedtootherbasebandprocessing
boardsatosharebasebandresources.

a:AUBBPworkinginUMTSmoderatherthananyothermodecaninterconnectwith
otherbasebandprocessingboards.

Parenttopic:BBUBoards

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