Huawei WCDMA NodeB Introduction

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 Introduction

A series of WCDMA NodeBs is offered by Huawei accor

ding to the 3GPP R99/R4 FDD protocols.
Huawei can offer various customized solutions of the W
CDMA radio access network according to the different re
quirements and actual conditions of operators, to achiev
e the seamless coverage of cities, suburbs, countryside,
highways and hot spots.

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 Huawei UTRAN Solution

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 Huawei WCDMA NodeB

System Architecture

System Characteristics

Services and Functions

Reliability

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 System Architecture

Physical Architecture

Functional Architecture

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 Cabinet Appearance

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 Cabinet Appearance

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 Cabinet Configuration

BTS3812

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 Cabinet Configuration

BTS3806

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 Cabinet Configuration

BTS3802C

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 Cabinet Configuration
Abbreviation Full name

NAOI NodeB ATM Optical Interface unit

NDCS NodeB DC Switch box

NDDL NodeB Dual Duplexer & Low-noise amplifier module

NDLP NodeB Down Link Processing Unit

NDTI NodeB Digital Trunk Interface unit

NFAN NodeB FAN box

NIFP NodeB Interface Processing Unit

NLPA NodeB Linear Power Amplifier module

NMON NodeB MONitor unit

NMPT NodeB Main Processing & Timing unit

NTRX NodeB Transceiver module

NTTA NodeB Tower Top Amplifier module

NULP NodeB Uplink Processing unit

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 System Architecture

Physical Architecture

Functional Architecture

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 Functional Modules

Uu interface

UE Baseband
RF subsystem
Antenna & feeder subsystem
subsystem
RNC

Control subsystem
Iub
UE Transmission interface
O&M
subsystem
subsystem

BTS3812

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 Transmission subsystem

Interfacing with the RNC, and exchanging information

between the BTS3812 NodeB and the RNC

Supporting multiple transmission interfaces such as the

E1/T1 interface and the ATM optical interface of STM-1

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 Baseband subsystem
Channel coding/decoding
Testing function: FER, SNR, Interference
Soft and softer handover, macro diversity
Decomposition and combination of transport channel and the
CCTrCH
Rate adaptation.
Mutual mapping of transport channels and physical channels.
Spreading/de-spreading, modulation/demodulation.
Radio channel synchronization.
Inner loop power control.

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 RF subsystem

The signal up/down frequency conversion, amplification and

filtering as well as the combining & dividing of small signals.
The processing of the intermediate frequency analog signal
s between the baseband subsystem and the RF subsystem.
The processing of the RF signals between the antenna and
feeder subsystem and the RF subsystem.

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 Control subsystem

The processing of NBAP signaling and

the resource management
Provisioning of various benchmark clocks
for other subsystems and modules

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 Antenna and feeder subsystem

The antenna and feeder subsystem comprises the

antenna, the feeder, the lightning conductor, the tower
top amplifier, etc. It completes the input and output of
the NodeB signals, transmits the radio frequency
signals via the air/radio interface. The uplink is 1920 ~
1980 MHz and the downlink is 2110 ~ 2170 MHz.

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 System Characteristics

Wide Coverage

Large Capacity

Flexible Configuration & Easy Expansion

Powerful O&M Function

Flexible Networking

Series of NodeB for Seamless Coverage

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 Wide Coverage

Maximum access radius: 180 km.

Maximum transmit power of a single cell: 25 W

Diversity of 2 and 4 antennas

Tower-top amplifier

STTD, TSTD
Cell breathing

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 Large Capacity
Single BTS3812 cabinet supports 1536 equivalent voice c
hannels of 12.2 Kbit/s.

Single cabinet can support a maximum of 12 cells

Each sector can support up to 4 carriers, meeting the requ

irements of high traffic areas.

Base-band subsystem adopts the resource pool operation

al mode

Transmit diversity & four-antenna receiver diversity

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 Flexible Configuration & Easy Expansion

Various types of configurations: 3*1, 3*2, 3*4,

6*1, 6*2

Smooth expansion of the configurations: from

1*1 till 3*4 or 6*2

RF module: plug-and-play

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 Powerful O&M Function

Maintenance terminal: Provides the MML command and

graphical interface, and the centralized maintenance
platform

Maintenance operation modes: Intranet, Local, Remote

Function: System status monitoring, Data configuration,

Alarm handling, Security management, Equipment
operation, Site monitoring

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 Flexible Networking

Transmission port: E1/T1, STM-1, Hybrid

Network topologies: Chain, Star, Tree

IMA and UNI

Synchronizition: RNC clock, GPS clocks and other

external clock

Supporting the construction of the RNS system into

an Intranet

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 Flexible Networking

RNC
RNC

NodeB NodeB NodeB

NodeB

NodeB NodeB

NodeB NodeB
RNC

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 Series of NodeB for Seamless Coverage

BTS3812

BTS3806

BTS3806A

BTS3802C

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 Applications of series of NodeBs

Maximum
NodeB number of Capacity Application Indoor/Outdoor
cells

Densely populated areas, such as

BTS3812 12 Large Indoor
cities
Small and middle-sized cities and
BTS3806 6 Medium towns with low equipment room Indoor
requirements
Areas hard to set up an equipment
BTS3806A 6 Medium Outdoor
room

BTS3802C 2 Small Indoor, highways, railways and so on Indoor and outdoor

RRU3802C 2 Small Cities, highways, railways and so on Indoor and outdoor

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 Services and Functions

Services
Supported Channels
Radio Network Functions

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 CS Domain Service
AMR voice service, including 12.2 Kbit/s, 10.2 Kbit/s, 7.9
5 Kbit/s, 7.4 Kbit/s, 6.7 Kbit/s, 5.9 Kbit/s, 5.15 Kbit/s and
4.75 Kbit/s. The uplink and downlink AMR voice rates mi
ght be asymmetrical.
Transparent data service of 64 Kbit/s, 56 Kbit/s, 32 Kbit/
s and 28.8 Kbit/s. The uplink and downlink data rates mi
ght be asymmetrical.
Non-transparent data service of 57.6 Kbit/s, 28.8 Kbit/s
and 14.4 Kbit/s. The uplink and downlink data rates mig
ht be asymmetrical.

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 PS Domain Service

web browsing, data downloading, E-mail, video on dema

nd and audio on demand.
typical rates, such as 16 Kbit/s, 32 Kbit/s, 64 Kbit/s, 128
Kbit/s, 144 Kbit/s and 384 Kbit/s. It supports transmissio
n with Transmission Time Interval (TTI) of 10 ms, 20 ms,
40 ms and 80 ms. The uplink and downlink data rates mi
ght be asymmetrical.

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 Combined Service

AMR voice service + PS domain service

AMR voice service + CS domain non-transparent data service
AMR voice service + CS domain transparent data service
CS domain transparent data service + PS domain service
CS domain non-transparent data service + PS domain service
AMR voice service + data service 1 + data service 2

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 Location Services

Huawei NodeBS support the location service based on Ce

ll_ID, OTDOA and A-GPS.

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 Services and Functions

Services
Supported Channels
Radio Network Functions

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 Supported Channels

Logical Channels: BCCH, PCCH, CCCH, DCCH, DTCH,

CTCH

Transport Channels: DCH, BCH, FACH, PCH, RACH

Physical Channels: Uplink DPDCH, DPCCH, PRACH;

Downlink DPCH, SCH, CPICH, P-CCPCH, S-CCPCH,
PICH, AICH

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 Services and Functions

Services

Supported Channels
Radio Network Functions

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 Radio Network Functions

Power Control: Open loop power control, Inner lo

op power control, Outer loop power control,

Handover: Soft handover, Softer handover, Hard

handover

Measurement: SIR and SIRerror measurement,

Carrier transmit power estimation, Transmit code

domain power estimation, BER, BLER, RSSI, RT
T etc

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 Radio Network Functions

Transmit Diversity: STTD, TSTD and the closed

loop transmit diversity of Mode 1 and Mode 2

Receive Diversity: Time diversity, Frequency

diversity, Space diversity, Polarization diversity

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 Reliability

Reliability Design of the System

Reliability Design of the Hardware
Reliability Design of the Software

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 System Reliability

Redundancy The baseband boards (the NULPs and the NDL

Ps) adopt the resource pool architecture. The two Iub interfac
e boards work in load-sharing mode.
Backup function Two NIFPs support the backup function.
E1/T1 bypass function under chain networking
Fault monitoring and handling

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 Hardware Reliability

Prevention of wrong board insertion

Speed shift and redundancy design for fan box

Reliability design for NLPA

Reliability design for power supply

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 Software Reliability

Regular check of critical resource

Task monitoring

Data check
Save of operation log information

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