ERA Product Update

Vodafone NZ

February 2022

Chris Lown
IBC Sales Manager
 ERA Overview
CAP H

CAP M
Access Points

CAP L
UAP

Cat6A Fiber or Cat6A Fiber

WIN CAN
Distribution
Equipment

TEN

CWDM – up to 18 colors

Donor Cards Transport Cards Wi-Fi Card Service Card

Modules

CPRI Digital Donor Card RF Donor Optical Transport Copper Transport Auxiliary Unit System User Interface
(CDD) Card (RFD) Card (OPT) Card (CAT) Transport Card (AUT) Card (SUI)
 ERA 5G Readiness
Supported
5G NR (256QAM) (all bands) ✔
Mixed 4G/5G In Band ✔
5G DSS Support ✔
5G TDD Support ✔
5G @ 3.5GHz ✔
IoT support ✔
O-RAN Support ✔ (roadmapped)

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ERA® Access Points - All Power Level

UAP CAP L CAP M CAP H

# of bands 4, SISO 4, SISO 4, SISO 4, SISO
Output Power, per band +18 dBm +21dBm +30dBm +43dBm
Dimensions (cm) 32 x 32 x 10.5 21.5 x 64.3 x 58.3 16 x 51.4 x 45.3 22 x 82.4 x 17.6
M2 cabinet
Weight (kg) 3.2 <11 20 <29
Antenna Embedded External, 2 ant. ports External, 1 ant. port External, 1 ant. port

IP Rating IP20 IP67 IP66 IP67

Fiber/Copper CAT6A Fiber or CAT6A Fiber Fiber

Cooling Active Active/Passive Passive Active

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New Access Points
 Band n78 - Access Points
Notes:
1 - Initial variants
18/21/23T/26
18/21
9/18/21/26
7-8/9/18/21
35LT/35HT
2 - Initial variants
35LT/35HT
3 - New CAP H2
Planned for Q3 2023
Apr2022 Apr2022 Nov2021 Q3 2022 Apr2022

UAP 2 CAP L 2 CAP 35/35/35/35 CAP M2 CAP H353

# of bands 4, MIMO 2x2 4, MIMO 2x2 1, MIMO 4x4 4, MIMO 2x2 1, MIMO 2x2
Any band Band specific1 Band specific2
combination
Output Power, per 24dBm 23dBm 24dBm 34dBm 41-43dBm
band 30 dBm eirp

Dimensions (cm) 34.5 x 34.5 x 8.5 45 x 35 x 11.5 37.5 x 37.5 x 15 45 x 35 x 21.5 82.4 x 17.6 x 22
Weight (kg) <6 20 17 19 <25
Antenna Embedded External, 2/4 ports External, 4 ports External, 2/4 ports External, 2 ports
IP Rating IP20 (fans) IP68 (Passive) IP67 (passive) IP68 (passive) IP67 (fans)
Fiber/Copper Fiber or CAT6A Fiber or CAT6A Fiber Fiber Fiber
(PoE++) (PoE++)

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UAP 2
• Modular System – Add up to four individual
RF Modules MIMO2x2
• Two RF Modules capable of supporting up to
200MHz MIMO2x2
• Total Bandwidth of 640MHz with 2 optical
links, until OPT2 release
• 800MHz Bandwidth with OPT2
• Support CAT 6A* or Fiber
• Up to +24dBm per path
• Internal antenna
• Ambient: +5°C to + 40 °C
• IP 20
• Active Cooling
• Size: 34.5 x 34.5 x 8.5 cm

* copper variants connect to CAT2

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CAP L 2
• Modular System – Up to four individual RF
Modules MIMO2x2
• Total Bandwidth of 640MHz with 2 optical links,
until OPT2 release (800MHz)
• Support CAT 6A* or Fiber
• 21dBm per RF Module <3GHz
23dBm per RF Module >3GHz
• Ambient: -33°C to + 50 °C CAP L 2 9/18/21/26 CAP L 2 35LT/35HT
• IP 68
• Passive Cooling
RM18 Base RM21
RM35L RM35H
• Size: 45 x 35 x 11.5 cm Band
Base
Band
Card Card
• 2 Antenna Ports <3GHz (BBC) RM26 (BBC)
RM9
4 Antenna Ports >3GHz
Combiner

* copper variants connect to CAT2 only

 CAP M 2
• Modular System – Up to four individual RF
Modules MIMO2x2
• Total Bandwidth of 640MHz with 2 optical links,
until OPT2 release (800MHz)
• Fiber fed
• Up to 34dBm per RF Module
• Support CAT 6A* or Fiber
• Ambient: -33°C to + 50 °C
CAP M 2 9/18/21/26 CAP M 2 35LT/35HT
• IP 68
• Passive Cooling
• Size: 45 x 35 x 21.5 cm RM18 Base RM21
RM35L Base RM35H
Band Band
• 2 Antenna Ports <3GHz Card Card
4 Antenna Ports >3GHz RM9 (BBC) RM26 (BBC)

Quadplexer

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CAP H 35T
CAP H 35LT/35LT CAP H 35HT/35HT
• Support two RF Modules capable of
supporting up to 200MHz
• Total Bandwidth of 400MHz
• +43 dBm composite power PA35H
• +41 dBm composite power PA35L
• Two RF Antenna Ports (2x2 MIMO)
PA35L PA35H
• Ambient: -33°C to + 50 °C
• IP 67 PA35L PA35H

• Active Cooling
• Same form factor as 3G/4G Units

3570-3800 MHz
CAP H 2 (future) 3410-3640 MHz
• Based on new MIMO modular architecture
3500 Band
• Full band 78 Support

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 UAP 2/CAP L2 Modularity (2/2)
Radio Module types
640 MHz (2x 10G Fiber/Copper)
Radio Module Type Total Bandwidth Number of Positions Bands 800 MHz (1x25G)

A Up to 2x2 100 MHz Up to 4 ≤ 2.6 GHz (FDD)

B Up to 2x2 200 MHz Up to 2 ≥ 2.7 GHz (TDD) Baseband Board

Supported bandwidth/Access Point

Bandwidth Interface Timeline RF Modules

640 MHz 2x10G Apr2022

800 MHz 1x25G (SFP28) Dec2022
Internal Antenna or Combiner

Utilized Bandwidth Examples Building Blocks

700 – 2x45MHz 8 & 9 – 2x40MHz 1800 – 2x60MHz 290MHz Total

1800 – 2x60MHz 2100 – 2x60MHz 2300 – 2x100MHz 2600 – 2x60MHz 560MHz Total

3500 – 4x200MHz 800MHz Total

1800 – 2x60MHz 3500 – 2x300MHz 720MHz Total

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 3.5GHz Spectrum Considerations (example)
3400MHz 3500MHz 3600MHz 3700MHz 3800MHz

Sydney 3400 -3475 3475 -3575 3575-3655 3655 -3700

Melbourne 3400 -3475 3475 -3575 3575 -3655 3655-3700

Brisbane 3400 -3475 3475 -3542.5 3542.5 -3645 3645 -3700

Adelaide 3400 -3475 3475 -3547 3547 -3650 3650 -3700

Perth 3400 -3472.5 3472.5 -3542.5 3542.5 -3605 3605 -3700

Canberra 3400 -3475 3475 -3542.5 3542.5 -3645 3645 -3700

OVERLAP
Optus RFM 35LT 3410 – 3640 MHz
RFM 35HT 3570 – 3800 MHz
Telstra
Currently two variants of ERA UAP/CAP module are required to cover n78 band:
RFM 35LT 3410 – 3640 MHz Low band
TPG
RFM 35HT 3570 – 3800 MHz High band

NBN*

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Headend Cards
Donor Card Optical Card Copper Card

RFD

Existing Band OPT CAT

(600 – 2700 MHz)

OPT2 CAT2
Apr2022
Dec2022
RFD HB
New Band Nov2021

(3.5GHz)

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 PRELIMINARY

RF Donor High Band

• Supports 1700MHz-3800MHz
• 100MHz per port
• Same form factor works with current
ERA Headend

Nov2021

O-RAN Digital Donor

• Support 5G NR and LTE
• Up to 4T4R per port
• Support ORAN 7.2x interface
• Support TDD and FDD
• Support 600MHz – 4200MHz Spectrum
(All available ERA remotes) Q1 2023

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 PRELIMINARY

Copper Card CAT2

• Same form factor works with current ERA
Headend
• Provides power and 10Gbps data over
CAT6A PoE++ cable to Access Points
copper-fed
Apr2022
• Required in combination with ERA
UAP2/CAP L2 copper-fed
Not compatible with ERA UAP/CAP L
copper-fed

Optical Card OPT2

• Provides a 25Gpbs fiber connection between
CAN/TEN and Access Points fiber-fed
• SFP28 Used
• No CWDM Option yet
• Not compatible with CAP L, CAP M and CAP Dec2022
H access points (UAP2/CAP L2 fiber-fed
only)

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 Transport Card to Access Points - Compatibility Matrix
UAP UAP2 copper-fed UAP2 fiber-fed CAP M, CAP H
CAP L copper-fed CAP L fiber-fed CAP L2 copper-fed CAP L2 fiber-fed
CAP M2
OPT ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
1x10GBASE-SR/LR, 2xClass 2
2x10GBASE-SR/LR, 2xClass 2

OPT 2 ✘ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘
1x25GBase-SR/LR, 2xClass 2

CAT ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘

CAT 2 ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘
2x10GBASE-T, 2xPOE

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 EMEA/APAC - ERA Roadmap
H2-2021
H2-2020 H1-2022
H1-2021 H2-2022
H2-2021 H1-2023
H1-2022 H2-2023
H2-2022 H1-2024
H1-2023
Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2
SW SW
V3.0 V4.10

SW SW
V4.60 V4.70

SW SW
V5.x V6.x

ERA SW V3.0 5GNR ERA SW V4.10 ERA SW V4.60 ERA SW V4.70 ERA SW V5.X ERA SW V6.X
November 9th April 30th August 30th December 30th Q1/23 Q3/23
HW Support HW Support HW Support
HW Support HW Support HW Support
• CAP 35/35/35/35 • CAP L 2 18/21/23T/26 • CAP M 2 35LT/35HT
• UAP 2/CAP L 2 7-8/18/21/26 • ORAN card –IoT integration • CAP H 2
• RFD HB • UAP 2 7-8/9/18/21 • CAP H 35LT/35LT
• OPT 2 • UAP 2/CAP H high ALC mode
• WCS DC • CAP H 7/23T/26 (100MHz) • CAP H 85L/9L/18/21
CAP H 23T de-pop Software Features • UAP2 IP50
Software Features • UAP 2 18/21 (IP20) • UAP 2 field upgradability
Software Features
• CDD Noise peak fix • UAP 2/CAP L 2 9/18/21/26 • CDD TDD
• UL Muting
• Dual-link support (BW < • UAP 2/CAP L 2 35LT/35HT
480MHz) • WCS-subrack managing
• CAP H 35HT/35HT multiple e-POI subracks
• Up to 100MHz IBW for 5G
NR • CAT 2
• Vulnerability fixes • ePOI HB
• Dual link support (OPT & CAT2)
Software Features
• 5GNR Measurement Recevier
• Dynamic Spectrum Sharing – DSS
• PIM for CAP H variants
17 Released Committed
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This roadmap is CommScope proprietary and confidential information shared under NDA. Do not distribute to any person. Roadmap scope and schedule are subject to change at any time, without notice, at the sole discretion of CommScope
Existing Configuration
CAP 1 CAP 2

CAP 1 CAP 2

LTE/3G/2G CAP 1 CAP 2

signal source Access Nodes

Transport Extension
Node (TEN) x3

Transport Extension CAP 1 CAP 2

Node (TEN)
x2
Central Area Node

Access Nodes

Main Equipment Room Comms Room

Building 1 Building 2
 Upgrade Path to NR 3500
CAP 1 CAP 2
CAP 1 CAP 2

CWDM

CWDM
5G CAP
MIMO
5G CAP
LTE/3G/2G
signal source Access Nodes MIMO

Transport Extension CWDM

Node (TEN) x3 CWDM

CWDM
Transport Extension CAP 1 CAP 2
Central Area Node
Node (TEN)
CWDM x2
CWDM
5G signal source CWDM
(<4GHz)
5G CAP
Main Equipment Room Comms Room MIMO
Building 1 Building 2
Access Nodes

End-to-end fronthaul infrastructure is untouched

 CWDM Multiplexing Solution

SMF LC Multiple wavelengths

SMF LC
CWDM SFP+ CWDM MUX/DEMUX on same fiber strand CWDM SFP+
CWDM MUX/DEMUX

CWDM SFP+ CWDM MUX & DEMUX

• 18 CWDM SFP+ (1270-1610) • Passive

• SFP+, 10GBase-LR (SM) =320MHz IBW • Rack Mountable

• Placed in OPT Card (WIN, CAN, TEN) • 2, 4, 8, 18 wavelengths

• Placed in CAP (Fiber version)

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 Optical connection with CWDM
Link 1 Link 2
CWDM SFP+
7803247 7803291
- 1 fiber required CWDM SFP+ CWDM SFP+
1270 1310
- 1 MUX module TX RX TX RX

- 1 DEMUX module
- 4 different SFP+ modules COM 1271 1291 1311 1331 AUX
MUX 4:1
- 2 Era links 7818451

1
7818452

Application DEMUX 1:4

COM 1271 1291 1311 1331 AUX

- CAN-TEN
- TEN-CAPs RX TX RX TX
1290 1330
CWDM SFP+ CWDM SFP+
7803249 7803293

Link 1 Link 2

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 Optical connection with CWDM
Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 Link 4
CWDM SFP+
7803247 7803291 7803295 7803900
- 1 fiber required CWDM SFP+ CWDM SFP+ CWDM SFP+ CWDM SFP+
1270 1310 1350 1390
- 1 MUX module TX RX TX RX TX RX TX RX

- 1 DEMUX module
- 8 different SFP+ modules COM 1271 1291 1311 1331 1351 1371 1391 1411 AUX
MUX 8:1
- 4 Era links 7818455

1
7818457

Application DEMUX 1:8

COM 1271 1291 1311 1331 1351 1371 1391 1411 AUX

- CAN-TEN
- TEN-CAPs RX TX RX TX RX TX RX TX
1290 1330 1370 1410
CWDM SFP+ CWDM SFP+ CWDM SFP+ CWDM SFP+
7803249 7803293 7803298 7803902

Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 Link 4

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 Thank you

Chris Lown
IBC Sales Manager
Chris.Lown@commscope.com

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