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BTS3912E Product Description 01 (20161102)
BTS3912E Product Description 01 (20161102)
BTS3912E Product Description 01 (20161102)
Product Description
Issue 01
Date 2016-11-02
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Contents
1 Introduction....................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Positioning......................................................................................................................................................................1
1.2 Benefits...........................................................................................................................................................................1
2 Architecture....................................................................................................................................3
2.1 Logical Structure and Functions.....................................................................................................................................3
2.2 Appearance, Ports, and Indicators..................................................................................................................................4
5 Technical Specifications............................................................................................................15
5.1 Frequency Band............................................................................................................................................................15
5.2 RF Specifications..........................................................................................................................................................16
5.3 Capacity Specifications................................................................................................................................................16
5.4 Signaling Specifications...............................................................................................................................................17
5.5 Output Power and Power Consumption.......................................................................................................................17
5.6 Transmission Port Specifications.................................................................................................................................17
5.7 Equipment Specifications.............................................................................................................................................18
5.8 Environment Specifications..........................................................................................................................................18
5.9 Standards Compliance..................................................................................................................................................20
1 Introduction
1.1 Positioning
1.2 Benefits
1.1 Positioning
The rapid development in the field of mobile communications technology promotes a sharp
growth in the number of mobile users, which increasingly poses high requirements for the
network quality of operators. Besides improving network coverage, operators need various
technologies to expand network capacity to cope with the rapidly increasing traffic volume in
the mobile broadband era.
In most densely populated urban areas, coverage holes and insufficient network capacity
significantly affect user experience. Operators are eager to find a low-cost, easy-to-deploy
network solution that can easily blend with the environment and is able to compensate for the
sharp growth in users and deliver critical improvements to network capabilities. Customer-
oriented and innovative, Huawei unveils the industry-leading BTS3912E, which is an LTE-
only micro base station.
The BTS3912E provides a pole site solution and is mainly mounted onto a pole, for example,
a lamp pole or utility pole. With a cylindrical appearance, the BTS3912E is compact in size,
lightweight, enables plug-and-play deployment, and offers self-configuration features, making
it an excellent choice for operators. The BTS3912E does not require shelter or equipment
room facilities, thereby simplifying site acquisition and network deployment.
1.2 Benefits
Compact Structure and Fast Network Deployment
Compact and lightweight, the highly integrated BTS3912E is designed with a cylindrical
structure and easy to install and maintain, reducing operators' capital expenditure (CAPEX).
The BTS3912E can be installed on a wall or pole without the need for an equipment room,
making it an effective product for operators. The BTS3912E has few requirements for site
acquisition and enables flexible and fast network deployment. Therefore, the costs in site
leasing are reduced.
2 Architecture
Clock unit: provides clock synchronization. The clock synchronization modes supported
by the BTS3912E are Global Positioning System (GPS), IEEE 1588v2, and
synchronization Ethernet.
Baseband processing unit: processes uplink and downlink baseband data.
RF unit: performs modulation, demodulation, and data processing for baseband and RF
signals.
Antenna processing unit: serves as an antenna for services and the sniffer module.
The BTS3912E uses a modular structure. It provides ports (at the top and bottom, and on the
maintenance cavity) and indicators (on the maintenance cavity).
Figure 1.3 shows the ports and indicators on the BTS3912E.
The O&M system manages, monitors, and maintains the BTS3912E software, hardware, and
configuration information. The BTS3912E supports two O&M modes.
4.1 O&M System and Modes
4.2 O&M Functions
Configuration Management
Configuration management includes data configuration, query, export, backup, and
restoration, as well as configuration synchronization with the U2000.
Device data, transmission data, and service data are configured independently based on
managed objects (MOs).
Fault Management
Fault management involves fault detection, fault isolation, self-healing, alarm reporting, and
alarm correlation. The O&M system manages faults in the hardware, environment, software,
transmission, cell, and services.
Fault isolation prevents faults from affecting the operational continuity of the
BTS3912E. Self-healing minimizes the impact of faults on services by lowering
performance or reestablishing cells.
Alarm correlation enables the BTS3912E to report only the root fault and the ultimate
impact on services. Alarm correlation helps engineers quickly pinpoint the root fault,
analyze severity, and take measures to rectify the root fault instead of rectifying the
associated faults.
Performance Management
Performance management involves periodic performance measurement on the BTS3912E and
the collection, storage, and reporting of the measurement results.
Tracing Management
Tracing management facilitates routine maintenance, commissioning, and troubleshooting by
tracing internal messages as well as messages related to interfaces, signaling links, and UEs.
Security Management
Security management implements user authentication and access control. It includes user
account management, rights management, login management, identity authentication, and
operation authentication.
Security management also involves Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)-based security control on the
transmission channels between the BTS3912E and the U2000.
Security management provides the following network- and user-specific security functions:
Encryption: encrypts important user information.
Authentication: manages and authenticates user accounts.
Access control: controls user operations.
Security protocol: supports SSL.
Software Management
Software management involves the following functions:
Software version management: Software versions of the BTS3912E can be queried,
backed up, and restored.
Software version upgrade: BTS3912Es can be remotely upgraded in batches. With the
one-click remote upgrade wizard provided by the U2000, you can:
Perform health checks before and after upgrades.
Back up, download, and activate the software.
Check the upgrade status and results.
The BTS3912E supports automatic configuration updates during upgrades. To
complete an upgrade, simply follow the instructions on the upgrade wizard. It also
allows you to rapidly roll back the software version by running one command,
reducing the impact of upgrade failures.
Patch management involves patch query, download, loading, activation, deactivation,
rollback, confirmation, and removal for the BTS3912E.
Deployment Management
Deployment management covers BTS3912E self-discovery, Wi-Fi deployment, remote
deployment, and radio parameter self-planning. These functions reduce the manual workload
of network deployment and increase deployment efficiency.
BTS3912E self-discovery: Operators do not need to manually set the IP addresses for the
BTS3912E and U2000 during network deployment.
Wi-Fi deployment: Software and data are automatically downloaded from a maintenance
terminal to the Wi-Fi module of the BTS3912E. This approach allows for faster
deployment than downloading software and data from the U2000, especially when the
transmission bandwidth between the BTS3912E and the U2000 is insufficient.
Remote deployment: During remote deployment, software commissioning is performed
at the OMC rather than onsite. You can perform acceptance tests at the OMC.
Radio parameter self-planning: Radio parameters can be automatically planned for
BTS3912Es onsite, reducing the workload involved with manual parameter planning and
configurations.
Device Management
Device management involves data configuration, device status management, fault detection,
and troubleshooting for all devices on the BTS3912E. On the device panel, you can view
device status and perform simple operations such as device query and reset.
Inventory Management
Inventory management involves the collection and reporting of inventory information about
the BTS3912E. With inventory management, you can manage network equipment assets at
the OMC.
5 Technical Specifications
5.2 RF Specifications
Table 1.2 describes the TX/RX channel and receive sensitivity of a BTS3912E.
The receive sensitivity in LTE mode is measured under the conditions recommended in annex A in 3GPP
TS 36.104:
The channel bandwidth is 5 MHz.
The reference measurement channel is FRC A1-3 in annex A.1 (QPSK, R = 1/3, 25 RBs);
The BTS3912Es support only internal antennas. Table 5-3 lists the internal antenna
specifications.
Busy hour call attempts (BHCA) indicate the number of calls processed during the busiest hour. The
BHCA represents the signaling processing capability of a system because calls require signaling
transmission.
2 x 10 170 260
In the Maximum Output Power (W) column, A x B indicates that the BTS3912E is configured
with A transmit channels and the maximum output power of each transmit channel is B W.
The preceding output power and consumption excludes the external PoE power supply.
The BTS3912E supports external PoE power supply over its FE/GE electrical ports, with a maximum
output power of 30 W.
The GPON optical module connected to the FE/GE optical port has a maximum heat consumption of 2
W.
Item Specifications
when they work in the highest 10C temperature range.
Item Specifications
UL60950-1
UL60950-22
Environmental ETSI EN300019-1-1
standards ETSI EN300019-1-2
ETSI EN300019-1-4
ETSI EN300019-2-4
IEC 68-2-1
IEC 68-2-2
IEC 60068-2-2
C
CAPEX capital expenditure
CME configuration management express
E
eNodeB E-UTRAN NodeB
EIRP effective isotropic radiated power
EMC electromagnetic compatibility
EPC evolved packet core
E-UTRAN Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
F
FE fast Ethernet
G
GE gigabit Ethernet
GPS Global Positioning System
H
HPBW half-power beamwidth
I
IP Internet protocol
K
KPI key performance indicator
L
LMT local maintenance terminal
LTE Long Term Evolution
M
MAC media access control
MIMO multiple input multiple output
MLB mobility load balancing
MO managed object
O
O&M operation and maintenance
OMC operation and maintenance center
P
PA power amplifier
PCI physical cell identifier
PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol
P&E Power and Ethernet
R
RB resource block
RF radio frequency
RRC radio resource control
S
SCTP Stream Control Transmission Protocol
SON self-organizing network
SSL Secure Sockets Layer
T
TA tracking area
U
UE user equipment
USB Universal Serial Bus
V
VSWR voltage standing wave ratio
W
WAPI WLAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure
WEP wired equivalent privacy
X
XDoS XML Denial-of-service
xDSL x digital subscriber line
xPON x passive optical network