SMART RTWP

PIM Investigation Report

- Cattleya -
2017-03-29
Windhel Hernandez
Jemimah Punzalan
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Site Details

Site 202 Cattleya

Lat/Long: 14.66752, 121.03396
Located at 127 Mindanao Ave. cor. Congressional Ave.
Quezon City
Reported High RTWP

Objective:
Perform PIM Testing at all sectors.
Rectify PIM problem and perform post-PIM Test.

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Sector 1 MAIN PIM Performance Site 202
Test Jumper Cable with Antenna

Before After

• Fixed Tone ( Peak -97.8 dBm) • Fixed Tone ( Peak -114.4dBm)

• Typical Fixed Tone PIM Value (around -105 dBm) • Typical Fixed Tone is Good (around -120 dBm)
• Recommended for cleaning of ports for more • Cleaned ports and terminated properly.
improvement
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Sector 1 DIV PIM Performance Site 202
Test Jumper Cable with Antenna

Before After
• Fixed Tone ( Peak -94.1 dBm) • Fixed Tone ( Peak -97.4 dBm)
• Typical Fixed Tone is high (around -95 dBm) • Typical Fixed Tone is Good (around -100dBm)
• Recommended for cleaning of ports for more • Cleaned ports and terminated properly. Test jumper
improvement cable only and replaced antenna with a dummy load
PIM and peak PIM at -110 dBm.
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Sector 2 MAIN PIM Performance Site 202
Test Jumper Cable with Antenna

• Fixed Tone ( Peak -107.5 dBm)

• Typical Fixed Tone is Good (around -120dBm)
• No rectification needed.

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Sector 2 DIV PIM Performance Site 202
Test Jumper Cable with Antenna

• Fixed Tone ( Peak -109.4 dBm)

• Typical Fixed Tone is Good (around -120 dBm)
• No rectification needed.

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Sector 3 MAIN PIM Performance Site 202
Test Jumper Cable with Antenna

Before After

• Fixed Tone ( Peak -93.4 dBm) • Fixed Tone ( Peak -109.7 dBm)
• Typical Fixed Tone is high (around -95 dBm) • Typical Fixed Tone is Good (around -115 dBm)
• Recommended for cleaning of ports • Cleaned ports and properly terminated cables and
antenna
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Sector 3 DIV PIM Performance Site 202
Test Jumper Cable with Antenna

Before After

• Fixed Tone ( Peak -96.1 dBm) • Fixed Tone ( Peak -110.6 dBm)
• Typical Fixed Tone PIM values (around -100 dBm) • Typical Fixed Tone is Good (around -120 dBm)
• Recommended for cleaning of ports. • Cleaned ports and properly terminated cables and
antenna
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SUMMARY
• Performed PIM testing in all sectors.
• PIM level in Sector 2 was good, so rectification was needed.
• PIM level in Sector 1 and Sector 3 was not so high, but improved PIM value was achieved when
ports were cleaned and properly terminated.
• No external source of PIM.

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 PIM MEASUREMENTS
Test PIM Measurements
Sector 1 2 3
Band U900 U900 U900
Freq DL UL 902.4Mhz DL UL 902.4Mhz DL UL 902.4Mhz
Date / Time 03-29-2017 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM 03-29-2017 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM 03-29-2017 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Passed MAIN Failed DIV Passed MAIN Failed Passed Failed MAIN
-97.8 dBm -94.1 dBm -107.5 dBm -93.4 dBm
DIV DIV
-109.4 dBm -96.1 dBm
Static Test
If Test failed, run the RTF RTF RTF

No other passive component except for the No other passive component except for the No other passive component except for the
jumper cable and antenna. jumper cable and antenna. jumper cable and antenna.
Remarks
Action Taken on Cleaned ports and terminated properly. For Cleaned ports and terminated properly.
DIV, replaced antenna with dummy load.
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MAIN: -114.4 dBm MAIN: -109.7 dBm
DIV: -97.4 dBm. When antenna replaced by DIV: -110.6 dBm
dummy load, the peak PIM became -110 NO RECTIFICATION REQUIRED.
Results dBm.
Monitor impact of PIM improvement to the Monitor impact of PIM improvement to the
network. network.
Recommendation
Test antenna alone.

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 FINAL RESULTS
FINAL RESULTS
Sector 1 2 3
Band U900 U900 U900
Analysis Performed PIM Testing in Sector 1. Performed PIM Testing in Sector 2. Performed PIM Testing in Sector 1.
PIM value was not so high for both Sector 2 has good PIM performance. PIM value was not so high for both
ports. Improved PIM value when ports. Improved PIM value when
cleaned connectors and properly cleaned connectors and properly
terminated ports. For DIV, there was terminated ports.
only a little improvement on PIM after
cleaning, so we tested the jumper
cable only by replacing antenna with
a dummy load. Found that peak PIM
was -110 dBm without antenna.

Status/ Monitor network performance after No rectification done in this sector. Monitor network performance after
Recommendation improvement on PIM. improvement on PIM.

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