ZTE UMTS NodeB Hardware Installation V 2

ZTE UMTS NodeB
Hardware Installation
V.2.5 (Complete)
For: ENTEL UMTS Project
Installation Teams
Ing.Rodrigo Rosa
After‐Sales Department
ZTE Bolivia S.R.L
CONTENTS
p Introduction to ZTE ZXSDR
p Engineering preparation
p BBU Installation
p Installation of B8900 using outdoor cabinet
p Installation ofIndoor BBU
p Module Installation
p Cable installation
p Checking Installation
p RRU and OLP installation
p RRU Mounting
p Cable Installation
p Antenna Installation
© 2006, ZTE Corporation. All rights reserved.

Introduction to ZTE ZXSDR
The Software Defined Radio Base Stations (SDR) adopt innovative distributed
structure, unified MicroTCA platform, and multicarrier technologies to
significantly boost system integration and efficiency, as well as network
convergence and evolution capabilities. ZXSDR series base stations support
multimode, multiband wireless operation through software configuration.
Allows powerful evolution to LTE.
It consists of two parts: BBU and RRU/RSU, which can be used either indoors
or outdoors. Such distributed base station architecture allows flexible site
selection, zero footprint, extended coverage, and baseband pool in
hightraffic scenarios.
ZXSDR BS8700/BS8900 allows dual mode GSM+

UMTS service deployment

Concepts About Distributed Base Station
n It is baseband data that is tranmitted between BBU and RRU. Both

intermediate frequency and radio frequency are processed in RRU.
n BBU and RRU transmits data through optical fiber, significantly
simplifying project construction.
n Concept of baseband pool. Node B capacity increases.
I ub
数字中频功放
Iub 基带处收发信单元
TRX
主控和（对外中频接口和
接口接口板
时钟
理单元
为模拟信号）
… 低噪放 ……
射频拉远单元( RRU)
室内单元( BBU)

Equipment Structure and Topology

Typical Application

Base Band Unit ZXSDR B8200
Performance Index
19 inch n Processing Capability:
u UMTS: 30CS ( 6CS *5 BPCs)
2U 88.4mm u GSM: 60TRX
n Base Band Processing Capability:
u Uplink/ Downlink: 960CE
482.6mm
n Data Processing Capability:
u Downlink: 216Mbps
Based on Unified MicroTCA Platform u Uplink: 75Mbps
Uplink：192CE Physical Index

BPC Processing Downlink：192CE
Capability Downlink：43.2Mbps n Volume:88.4×482.6×197mm（H×W×D）
Uplink：15Mbps n Weight: 8.75kg (full configuration)
n Typical Power Consumption :
Interface Index UMTS: 80W(1BPC), 115W(2BPC)
n Abis/Iub Interface: GSM: 60W(12TRX), 75W(24TRX)
u 2*STM1；16*E1/T1；1*FE/GE n Power Supply: 48V DC
Electric/Optical(8 VLAN)
n Temperature Range: 20℃～ 55℃
n To RRU: 12*1.25Gbps CPRI optical interface
n Humidity Range: 5%～95%

Remote Radio Unit ZXSDR R8860
Performance Index
n Carrier Configuration:
u Support maximal: 6TRX or 4CS
u Support maximal: 4G1U
n Output Power：80W
370mm
n Receive Sensitivity: 113dBm[GSM]
126.5dBm@sigle antenna[UMTS]
129.2dBm@dual antenna[UMTS]
19
n Frequency:
7m
850MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz, 1900MHz

m
320mm
ZXSDR R8860 （1T2R）

Physical Index
n Volume: 370×320×197mm （H×W×D）
• Support GSM and UMTS. n Weight: 20Kg
n TPC: UMTS:1C: 155W/2C: 185W/3C: 210W/4C: 230W

Interface Index
GSM: 200W(900M) /210W(1800M)
n 2*1.25G CPRI Optical interface
GU: 4G1U 215 W
n Power Supply: 48V DC
n Temperature Range:40℃～+55℃
n Protection Class: IP65

Engineering Preparations
n Environment
l All civil works of the equipment room should have been completed.
Including: tower and monopoles, concrete bases, equipment rooms,
painting jobs, cabling ladders, engineering holes and troughs,
commercial AC input, lighting systems, etc.
l The walls indoors should be dry enough; coated with fireretardant
white lusterless paint or other fireretardant materials.
l Indoor environment temperature: 25℃ ~ 55℃; Recommended
constant temperature: 10℃ ~ 50℃.
l Relative humidity: 5% ~ 100%; recommended constant temperature:
5% ~ 95%.
l Illumination of equipment room should include three complete sets of
illuminating systems: daily illumination, standby illumination and
emergency illumination.Avoid the direct exposure to sunlight.
l Outdoor environment temperature: 40℃ ~ 55℃.
l Relative humidity: 10% ~ 100%.
l Safe lightning protection measures should be adopted
l Grounding system should meet relevant requirement.

Flat steel Vertical grounding body
Transformer
Tower Equipment grounding net
grounding net grounding net
Grounding Network Structure

According to the principle of equalized voltage and electric potential, the working
ground, protection ground and lightning protection ground should be
interconnected to form a joint ground network
Grounding resistance should be less than 10Ω.
For areas where the thunderstorm days are less than 20 annually, the grounding
resistance can be less than 10Ω or comply with the engineering design
documents

l When Engineering holes pass through outer wall, prevent water and
animals from getting into the room.
l Moisture prevention measures should be adopted for troughs.
l Fissures of cover plates for all the embedded tubes, ground troughs
and holes should be tightly sealed, and the sealing materials should
not be hard to deform or crack
l No water supply pipes, drainage pipes and fire control pipes are
allowed inside the equipment room.

l Special requirements for equipment rooms
n The door height≥2 m, passage ≥ 1m, ceiling height ≥3 m.

n Distance from face of cabinet to other equipment≥ 80cm.
n Recommended distance between 2 rows of equipments ≥ 1 meter.
n Room floor and rooftop surfacs should sustain at least 450kg/m2.
When supply includes big storage batteries, floor should sustain at
least 800kg/m2.
n Height deviation for every 1m2 of the floor ≤2mm.
n Environment free from high temperature, condensed dust, mephitis,
explosive articles and low atmospheric pressure.
n Check location of the feeder window. If no feeder window, select a
proper place in, avoid opening it in the bearing strut or the downlead
of the lightning arrester.

l Power
n 1. AC power supply
– Threephase power supply: 380V±10%, 50Hz±5%.
– Singlephase or doublephase power supply: 220V±10%,
50Hz±5%.
n 2. DC power supply
– Nominal voltage: 48V, allowing 57V~40V
– DC power supply should have protection and indication for over
current and overvoltage.
n 3. UPS Requirements
– Input Voltage (V): 220V±10%.
– Input Frequency (Hz): 50Hz±5%.
– Output Voltage (V): 220V±3%~220V±5%.
– Output Frequency (Hz): 50Hz~60Hz.
– Output Wave: Sine wave
– Working: Online
– Dynamic Reaction Time: Shorter than 2ms

l Transmission:
n Transmitting equipment is installed properly and works normally
n DDF or router is fixed and connected with the transmitting
equipment.
n If the transmission medium is microwave, parameters of the IP
addresses carefully planned.
l Antenna and feeders
n Antenna, feeder cable and tower of the BTS system and the
equipment should be well grounded; grounding resistance should be
less than 10Ω.
n Antenna can be installed on the roof with or without enclosure, or on
a tower or a pole. Before the formal installation of the antenna.
supports and poles should be well fixed and the tower, pole, cabling
rack should be checked.
n Height and strength of the tower conform to the specifications.
n Grounding copper bar around the tower properly installed.
n Platform of the tower properly installed.

n Rooftop Poles for fixing BTS antenna should be vertical to the
horizontal plane and the error should not exceed 1°.
n Pole should be installed near the edge of the building top to the
extent possible.
n Poles directly fixed on the rooftop must use cement pier, instead of
directly punching on the building roof.
n Cabling rack must not shake.
n Indoor cabling rack should be grounded one time every 5m
n Transport access should be clear of obstacles
n Temporary storing environment
n Should have excellent packaging, waterproof and shockresistant
conditions; free of fire, theft, high temperature, rodents, corrosion,
electromagnetic interference. And consider lightning protection and
poison protection measures.
n Intensity of the electric field≤300mV/m
n Intensity of the magnetic field ≤11Gs.

Installation
Elements

BBU Installation
n Elements to be installed

n SDR Classification.
Depending on installation conditions, ZTE’s UMTS SDR can be

classified in 2 types:
l ZXSDR B8700: For Indoor use, to be mounted on 19” standard

rack or bracket, or wall mount cabinet
l ZXSDR B8900: For Outdoor use, includes 8910 outdoor
cabinets

Installation of B8900 using outdoor cabinet
n There are four combinations of the ZXSDR BS8900:
l Combination 1: BC8910+RC8911 (Monolitic NodeB)

l Combination 2: BC8910+PC8910+RC8910 (Monolitic Node B)
l Combination 3: BC8910+RC8910 (Monolitic NodeB)
l Combination 4: BC8910+PC8910 (Distributed NodeB)
The RC8910, RC8911, and PC8910 cabinets need to be

installed on the ground level.
Cabinets may have no base upon delivery, then base must be
installed separatedly.
BC8910 cabinet requires access from the front and back of the
cabinet.

n Installation Flow Start
Preparation
Installing a cabinet
Installing the modules in a cabinet
Installing cables
Waterproof treatment
End

n Space Requirement

n Ground Installation
1. Determine installation position. Draw two straight lines parallel to the
datum line. Determine position of the installation holes for the cabinet on
the two lines. Following figure shows the installation position
2. Drill holes for expanssion bolts, φ10mm or ½” (depending on the supply),

90 mm depth

3. Put the expansion bolt and the expansion tube into the hole vertically, hit
the expansion bolt with a rubber hammer till the expansion tube is
completed driven into the ground.

4. If site is located in a roof top terrace without easy access using stairs or
elevator. Hoist the cabinet to site location. Two persons or more
persons waits at the top of the building. One at the bottom releases the
rope slowly and prevents the cabinet from touching the building, or
cables hanging in front of the building.
WARNING
•Attach carefully the equipment to hoisting hook using

the cabinet lifting rings. If necessary, install BC cabinet
lifting rings on PC cabinet for the hoisting procedure.
•Remove delicate equipment from BC cabinet before
the hoisitng
•It is strictly prohibited to connect the cabinet to hook
using steel wire rope
•Hoisting speed should be slow
•During hoisting procedure, irrelevant
person is prohibited to stand under the equipment
being hoisted
5. Open the front door, and remove the bolts of the wooden pallet.
6. Demount the rear door panel, and remove the bolts of the wooden pallet.

7. Move out the wooden pallet.
8. Alt.A If cabinet includes a sepparated base: Fix
base to expanssion bolts using nuts. If necessary,
level the base using metal levling washers. Open
the front door and rear doors, and fix the cabinet on
the base by using the supplied bolts and nuts.

9. Alt.B If cabinet includes a base
fixed to the bottom of the cabinet:
Put the PC8910 cabinet in position,
and fix the cabinet on the ground
through an expansion bolt suite. If
necessary, level the base using
metal leveling washers
.
NOTE:
In active seismic areas, mounting
force applied to nuts should be up
to 45 N•m. Otherwise mounting
force should be enough to ensure
the cabinet doesn’t shakes

10. If necessary, remove the rack lifting
rings at the top of the PC8910
cabinet and rubber caps of cabling
holes.

11. Align cabling holes on both cabinets, open
the front door, and fasten the two M8 inner
hexagon screws in the backplane of the
frontage of the cabinet.
12. Demount the rear door panel of the cabinet,
and fasten the two M8 inner hexagon screws
in the backplane of the back of the cabinet.
n Fix the cabinet roof on top of BC8910
cabinet

n The ZXSDR BS8900 is an outdoor device. After cabinet and
cables are installed, waterproofing and sealing treatment to the
cabling holes and the spacing between cabinets must be
applied.

n BC8910 Cabinet Layout
Climate conditioner
(Fan/Heater)
Cooling/Heating
Control Panel Available expansion
space (4U)
AC breakers
ILP
ZXSDR BS8200
GU360 Base Band
Unit
DC breakers
ZXDU58 B121
Rectifier Modules Power solution
Rectifier Control Module

Installation of Indoor BBU
n BS8700 Supports several indoor installation methods. On a bracket, on a
simplified bracket, on the wall or in an exisiting closed rack. For ENTEL
project an standard 19” selfstanding bracket is required. The location of
the 19" bracket should be not less than 400 mm away from the equipment
in front; Not less than 400 mm away from the equipments in back; Not less
than 100 mm away from the walls at both sides. Distance from the front to
other equipment should be not less than 800 mm.

n It is required a minimum of 5U (1U=1.75 inch =44.45mm) of
installation space available. 1U space on the top: reserved . 2U
space in the middle: for ZXSDR B8200.1U space below the
ZXSDR B8200 the wiring trough. The 1U at the bottom:
cable wiring.
n It is recommended to install B8200 one meter above the floor.
7 Bottom rung 2
6 Flat washer (M12) 8
5 Hex bolt (M12 × 25) 8
4 Flat washer (M10) 4
3 Hex bolt (M10 × 20) 4
2 Support 2
1 Top rung 2
No. Name Quantity Remarks

n Installation Flow
Start
Installation preparation
Install cabinet
Install modules inside the cabinet
Install cables
End

n Check and determine if current
19” location satisfies the
installation requirements.
n Inset the floating nut into the
mounting holes in the vacant 5U
slot in the mounting bracket
according to the location of the
ZXSDR B8200 equipment and the
wiring trough
n Carefully insert the wire trough
into the 1U space corresponding
to the floating nut,and fasten the
screw
n Install the B8200 equipment
above the wire trough. Check the
stability of B8200. It should not
shake with hand shaking.

Warning
n Be carefull with ventillation and air flow when installing ZXSDR

B8200 indoor, or the purity of air can not comply requirements,
causing fan air intake jam and raising temperature in ZXSDR
B8200, causing overtemperature alarm, and damaging the BBU.
n Radiating heat requirements: A minimum of 40mm ventilation
space should be reserved both the left/right sides of the ZXSDR
BS8700 cabinet. The air inlet is at the right side and the air outlet
is at the left side. No heat source should be located to the right
side of the ZXSDR B8200 cabinet. If there is, ZXSDR B8200
should be installed in other place.

Module Installation
•Control and clock module CC is installed in slot 1 and slot 2. it supports one or
two CC
•Fabric switch module FS is installed in slot 3 and slot 4. it supports one or two
FS. When uses one FS, slot 4 can be used to configure TAM, BPC, or UBPG.
•Site alarm extender board SE is installed in slot 5. It can have one SE or no SE.
If no SE, slot 5 can be used to configure BPC or UBPG.
•Tower amplifier module TAM can be installed in slot 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8. Usually,
TAM is installed in slot 8 first, and then 4. If no TAM , slot 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 can
be used to configure BPC or UBPG.
•Baseband processing board BPC/UBPG can be installed in slots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
•Site alarm module SA is installed in slot 13.
•Power module PM is installed in slot 14 and 15. It supports one or two PM.

Cable Installation
n Cabling Flow n Cable List
l Power cable
l Grounding cable
l Ethernet cable
l Optical fiber
l GPS jumper cable
l BITS cable
l Data cable

n Cabling Principles
l If the equipment room is equipped with racks and antistatic floorboards,

use downward cabling mode. If upward cabling mode is used, need to
install a cabling rack/cabling ladder at the upper part of the cabinet and
route the cables in the cabling rack.
l Cabling position should be designed in advance. The cables should be
arranged orderly, and their skin should not be damaged.
l External cables include power cables, tail fibers, trunk cables, and other
signal cables. Cables in the cabling rack should be categorized and
bundled, should not be crossed each other. Cables should be fixed by
cable ties. Bundling interval should be 20 cm.
l Bending position of each cable should be even and smooth. The
minimum bending radius = 60 mm.
l Cables should be bundled orderly and straightly. Cable ties should be
distributed at regular intervals, and tightened moderately.

l Cables in a cabling trough may not be bundled. Cables in a cabling
trough should be straight, not cross each other, and not overflow the
trough. Cables should be bundled at the entrance and exit of the cabling
trough and at the turning positions.
l Trunk cables routed from the cabinet to the cable terminal rack should
not be strained. Redundant cables should not be cut. In a cabling trough
or in a movable floor, cables leading to different cabinets should be
bundled separately from eachother. Cables should be straight and
ordered, not cross each other. Their skin should not be damaged. If
necessary, reserve additional length for the cables.
l Cable should be affixed with corresponding labels. Every label should be
affixed 2 cm away from one end of the cable. Label indicates the
destinations of both ends: cabinet number plus slot number plus socket
number.
l The cables should be routed to facilitate maintenance and future
expansion capacity.

n Cable Conection (BBU)

n Data Cable Description (for
indoor installations)
• End A is SCSI50 plug
• End B1 is grounding end
• End B2 is DB44 plug
(connected to E1/T1)
• End B3 is RS232/RS485
connector for monitoring
ZXDU58 B121 power
supply equipment
• End B4 is dry contact
connector

n Incomming cables to PC8910 cabinet
AC Power
DC Power
Optical
Fiber
Optical
Fiber, UTP,
E1
Optical Fibers
Installation Care
In order to prevent damages to fiber core, special cares must be paid to
Optical Fiber installation:
l Don’t step on the fibers of let heavy materials lay over them.
l Don’t bend the fibers forming angles, respect the minimum bending radius
l Don’t force connectors through passtrough engineering holes. Remove the hole
cap, lay the cables, cut the appropriate holes with side cuts to pass the cables and
reinstall the cap in the engineering hole. Use always outtern holes for the fibers
l Don’t force connectors into position by pressing from the cable surface.
l Don’t stress fibers with plastic straps, clamps or tools.
l Don’t cut the sheat of fibers

Installation Procedure
Do not pull the optical

fiber cable from the
inner side of the coil
because the cable may
get tangled.
If the cable is
tangled, carefully
Carefully release the
untangle it and
optical fiber cable coil
make sure the
after coil while is
bending radius is
gently pulled up the
at least 200 mm.
tower.

To pass trough enginnering passtrough holes, two operators should cooperate at the two
sides of the wall to thread the optical fiber cables through holes in the wall or feeder outlets
smoothly: one pulls the cable and the other releases the cable coil after coil so that the cable
will not get tangled. Do not pull cable from the connectors.

Do not bundle the
optical cable too
tightly. Otherwise,
optical loss will be
increased.
If the optical cables

are laid outdoors,
they shall be bundled
together with the
power cables with
antiultraviolet ties or
clamps. The intervals
between adjacent
ties/clips should be
consistently 500 mm.

Connecting Optical Fiber Cables at the RRU Side
Note: Optical modules of

Step 1: Remove the different kinds of
dustproof cap, hold the equipment may have
Press here to
LC connector with the different directions. Please
unplug the LC
thumb and the carefully distinguish the
forefinger, and insert the connector.
direction before inserting
connector in the correct the connector.
direction (if it is inserted
successfully, you can
hear a crisp sound). 。 Hold the two flank
sides when inserting
the LC connector.

Check the two sub
cables to make sure
they are not tangled.
They can have a
slight curvature.
Step 2: Gently insert the

inner sleeve into the
optical port.

After the outer sleeve is
Step 3: Screw the
tightly screwed, if the yellow
outer sleeve upward
ring is exposed, then it is
to make it tightly
considered that the inner
cover the flange of
subcables are not crooked.
the optical port.
Otherwise, redo Step 2.

Keep the optical fiber
cables from sharp Correct operation: The
edges and make sure optical cable should be
placed along the outer
the bending radius is at side of the E1 cable so
least 40 times of the that its bending radius
cable external diameter. can be increased.

Power Cables
Color Code Standards
DC Cable Color code for 48V: DC Cable Color code for Batteries:
Function Label Color
Function Label Color
Negative , 48V Blue
Negative NEG, Black
Positive/ Neutral/ +, N, Black
Working Ground 48VRTN, Positive/ Neutral/ POS, + Red
GND Working Ground
Protective Ground PE, PGND Yellow/ Green
AC Cable Color code (IEC 60446 / BS 7671):
Color
Function Label
New Old
Protective Ground PE, PGND greenyellow greenyellow
Neutral N blue blue
Line, single phase L brown brown or black
Line, 3phase L1 brown brown or black
Line, 3phase L2 black brown or black
Line, 3phase L3 grey brown or black
For single phase installations using 3 core cable, use brown/white for
phase, blue for neutral and black for ground

Power Cable Installations (outdoor cabinet)
n Arrange DC and AC cables at PC8910 cabinet to keep them sepparated
AC Cable
DC Cables

n Cable connections at the PDU of BC8910 cabinet
Battery
Temperature
Sensors (move
to PC8910
cabinet)
DC Power cables
Smoke AC Power
(black to +, blue to ) Sensor cable cable

n Power Cable connections at the back of BC8910 cabinet (ZXDU58 B121
PDU)

n Power Breakers at the front of BC8910 cabinet (ZXDU58 B121)

Battery Installation PC 8910 Cabinet
•The four batteries are in serial

connection with each other to reach
48V (12V each).
•Connect battery rack fan cables to the

batteries

•Measure output power with a multimeter to verify power output.

•Connect Battery cables to Rectifier
Connection Panel at the back of the
cabinet
•Attach Battery temperature sensors to

3 of the batteries
•Arrange cables and apply protective

cobers to the batteries
•Label cables and batteries

•Connect Open Door sensor cable DS
95820012V1.1 to sensor at PC8910
cabinet and sensor cable of BC8910
cabinet

Indoor Rectifier and Battery Rack
n Emerson Netsure 501 A50 Rectifier

n Emerson Rack 588820100

Indoor Lightning Protection Box
n Connect Input of ILP to

a 32A breaker of
rectifier
n Connect each output to
one RRU DC Power
cable

Checking Installation
n Cabinet installation location complies with the engineering design.

n Cabinet is installed in a stable and secure manner.
n Cabinet vertical deviation ≤2mm
n Cabinet surface is clean and tidy, with no paint loss. If paint is lost,
cabinet must be repainted with adequate paint for outdoor use, in
the same color of the cabinet.
n All screws are tightly screwed. The flat washers or spring washers
are in place.
n All cables are laid flat and smooth.
n Cable bending is smooth.
n Each cable is marked correctly and clearly.
n Cable connectors are in good contact with the interfaces.
n All metal connectors of the power cable and grounding cable must
be secured with plain/spring washers at the binding post.

n Cables are strapped in a clean and tidy way. Strap ties are evenly
distributed, neither tight nor loose. Surplus part of the straps/cables
should be cut.

n Engineering wastes are cleaned.
l Any engineering waste materials like unused electric cables, cutoff
cable pieces, etc are disposed off. There should be no cable clips or
sundries left at the installation site.
l Any waste materials should be put in a dust cover, closed tightly and
disposed off.

RRU & OLP Installation
•Hoist RRU and OLP/LPU to Tower
If it is required to hoist RRU and/or OLP/LPU to the tower or a building

terrace:
§Natural conditions for hoisting operation are satisfied, such as no fog

and high visibility. The hoisting operation is prohibited in windy, snowy,
or rainy days.
§Tools for hoisting operation are available, such as the rope (with a
bearing capacity of 100 kg) and the crown block; the crown block is
firmly installed in appropriate position on the tower.
§Open the package to check whether the cabinet is
in good condition.
§Hoist the cabinet to the tower after the inspection:
1. Take out the cabinet, make its fixing board
upwards, and lay it on the floor
2. Bind the fixing board with rope. Make sure that the
rope is bound on the two fixing boards, and the
binding is firm

3. Two persons stand at the foot of the tower.
One pulls the rope slowly, the other one
releases the rope slowly and prevents the
cabinet from touching the tower
WARNING
•RRU handle can not be used for binding

the hoisting rope.
•It is strictly prohibited to use steel wire rope
as the hoisting rope.
•During hoisting procedure, irrelevant
person is prohibited to stand surrounding
the tower, especially under the RRU/OLP.

• Fix RRU to Support
NOTE: ENTEL requests RRU to
easily accessed for maintenance
duties.
1. Install pole anchor clamp

components.
i. Fix anchor clamps onto the

pole, and align the anchor
clamp holes and screw the
bolts a bit;
ii. Adjust the space between the
clips based on the screw's
position of supporting panel,
and fix the RRU supporting
panel on the clips at the front
bracket with M8 bolts and
tighten it properly;
iii. Screw down M10 bolts tightly.

2. Mount the R8860 cabinet on the supporting panel and fasten the cabinet
with four M6X20 hexagon socket cap screws

• Fix Outdoor Lightning Protection Unit to Antenna Support
1. Install OLP supporting pannel on the back of the

bracket system for RRU.
2. Mount the OLP/LPU cabinet on the supporting
panel and fasten the cabinet with four M6X20
hexagon socket cap screws.

OLP will lay backtoback with RRU
OLP
Brackets
RRU

RRU Support Plate Antenna Support Pole
RRU OLP
Brackets OLP Support Plate

• Location of OLP and RRU (RRU&OLP on Same Pole as Antenna)

• Location of OLP and RRU (RRU&OLP Behind the Antenna)
Top of RRU
shouldn’t be over H2
H2≤1/2*H

• Location of OLP and RRU (RRU on working platform)

Cable Installation
n Cabling Flow n Cable List
l Power cable
l Grounding cable
l Optical fiber
l Environment Monitoring Cable
(connects to lightning protection
unit)
l Antenna Jumper
l AISG Antenna control cable

Power Cable
Optical Fiber between RRU and BBU
Environment Monitoring Cable
Antenna
RRU
Antenna Jumper AISG Antenna control cable

n ZXSDR 8860E RRU interfaces

n Cable Conection (RRU)

n Cable Connection – OLP Cabling
Monitoring
Grounding cable
cable
DC Input DC Output
(from rectifier) (to RRU)
DC Output
(for RRU
Expanssion)

n Cable Connection Monitoring Cable at OLP
Pin Color Code Description

15/16 White and blue/blue Dry contact 4 /+ (external alarms)
17/18 White and orange/orange Dry contact 3 /+ (external alarms)
19/20 White and green/green Dry contact 2 /+ (external alarms)
21/22 White and brown/brown Dry contact 1 /+ (external alarms)
23/24 Red and blue/blue RS485 receive (OLP monitoring C)
25/26 Red and orange/orange RS485 transmit (OLP monitoring NC)
NOTE: Use a multimeter to identify the pair

n Cable Connection – Cable Order
l DC Power Cables and Optical
Fibers are ordered from left to right
in the clamp.
n Cable Grounding
l DC cables requires to be grounded
using grounding kits at top of the
tower and before it reaches the
horizontal plane. When lenght of
DC cable ≤ 20m, only requires 1
grounding kit
Sector 1 Sector 2 Sector 3

Antenna Installation
Parameters
n Height
The installation height of antenna on the tower is
determined by network planning design.
n Azimuth
The azimuth/bearing of the antenna is determined by
network planning design.
n Downtilt/Uptilt
The downtilt angle of the antenna is determined by
network planning design. Usually the mechanical
down tilt angle is 0°~10°adjustementprovided by
Fastener B. Aditional downtilt is provided trough
electric downtilt mechanism from 0°to 8°
n Direction
Antenna direction depends on the antenna azimuth. If
two antennas in same sector, must share the same
azimuth.

Installation
•The antenna installation position must be in accordance
with project design
•The antenna should be hoisted according to same
safety standards as RRU
•The antenna installation position needs to take
care for lightning protection. If thunders storm days≥20
per year or mountain environment, protection angle
should be 30º. Otherwise 45º are recommended
1. Lighting rod 3. Antenna

2. 45~30°Lightning protection area 4. Grounding cable

•Antenna isolation
The antenna installation position must keep vertical and horizontal separation
from other antennas in order to prevent interference
d≥0.7 m between UMTS and d≥1.4 m between UMTS and

GSM850/1900 or DAMPS GSM850/1900 or DAMPS antennas.

3GPP criterion regarding GSM&WCDMA cosite interference, is focused mainly
to avoid the block interference, according to the equipment performance and
actual experience, the isolation dB and distance is defined as follows:
Parameter\Band GSM1900 & WCDMA850 DCS1800 & WCDMA850
isolation (dB) 43 33
vertical distance(M) 0.7m 0.5m
horizontal distance 1.4m 1m
Because WIMAX 3.5G and WCDMA 850M are at different frequency bands, so
we don’t need to consider the isolation between them.

Other considerations regarding antenna isolation:
Back to back antennas Confronted antennas

•Adjust supports along the antenna body according to antenna support size
and prepare the jumpers.

•Fix the antena to the poles, and adjust mechanical downtilt to meet engineering
design. Default is 0.
•NOTE: Leave space for the electric downtilt adjustment mechanism below the
antenna.

• Consider that if the site requires uptilt, the antenna brackets must be
installed reversed.
Downtilt mounting Uptilt mounting

Electric Downtilt
Adjustment Mechanism
•Adjust Electric downtilt according to engineering design. Default is 0

(all extended)

Pilot Pollution: An Issue to Consider When Installing UMTS
Antennas
UMTS ‘breathing cell’ nature requires

dynamic adjustment of cell footprint. This
doesn’t happens in the GSM ‘static cell’.
The effect of the rear and side lobes are
critical when deploying UMTS networks.
The parabolic reflector inside the body

of the antenna minimizes but doesn’t
eliminates the rear and side lobes of
the antenna beam. It is estimated an
effective range of 50 cm to the back
and back sides of the antenna.
n On UMTS and other CDMA networks a Common Pilot Signal Channel
(CPICH) is used to estimate the quality of the channel, cell selection and
handover. This is not necessary on GSM networks.
n The power of the CPICH signal defines the cell coverage and has a direct
impact on the cell capacity and the quality of the service.
n Usual CPICH signal power is between 30 and 33dBm and its dinamically
adjusted by the node B according to the quantity of subscribers attached to
the cell. It will decrease power as more subscribers get connected to the cell.
n Subscribers are virtually attached to a channel. Several node B can overlap a
point with the same channel to make possible the softhandoff of the
subscribers when moving from one cell to another. Subscribers remain on
the same channel when moves from one cell to another.
n When located on the overlapped area, a subscriber may be connected to
several cells simultaneously.
n Receiving Equal power CPICH signals or multiple strong CPICH signals with
its multipath components form cells that doesn’t belong to the current Active
Set causes Pilot Pollution
n On Pilot polluted environments, signaling power consumption increases,
reducing the power available for subcribers’ traffic; the call establishing
process is affected and also the degradation of the quality of the signal is
noticeable, the pilot pollution degrades the Frame Error Rate (FER) and Bit
Error rate (BER) increasing the number of terminated calls.
n Exposing the jumper of the UMTS antenna to the rear lobe of ayn antenna
may increase the pilot signal power, generating pilot pollution.

Installation of RET (Remote Electric Tilt) control
n Install Andrew ATM200A20 actuator on Antenna Electric Tilt

Adjustment device:
l Remove knob, compression bolt and ring of tilt adjustment
l Attach new washer and locking bolt
l Attach actuator to tilt adjustment end.
l Align actuator so it doesn’t touches the Jumpers.

nConnect 3m AISG cable between First ATM200A20 actuator and
ALPD, and 3m AISG cable from ALPD to RRU
AISG Cable doesn’t need

waterproof treatment on
actuator side.

nConnect 5m AISG cable between ATM200A20 actuators in a chain
topology
RCU RCU RCU
RRU ALPD RRU RRU

BBU
Opt i cal f i ber

Cabl e
AISG cabl e

Waterproof Treatment for Cables & Connectors
l Seal the jumper connector at RRU, antenna port connector, Monitoring
cable port connector at RRU and Power port connector at RRU for
waterproof treatment. 1 layer of vinyl electrical tape 3 layers of
waterproof nylon adhesive tape (mastic tape)– 3 layers of PVC insulating
tape.
n Wrap the waterproof adhesive tapes to lower side of connectors. Keep
wrapping direction same as the one that the jumper is tightened.
n While wrapping, extend the adhesive tapes to double their length. Note that
every wrapping layer must be overlapped the previous layer by half the width
of the tape Wrapping must be extended up to 50 mm (2 inches) away from
jumper connector position.

n Grip the tape with the hands to make the tape tightly adhered and
prevent air bubbles
n Wrap PVC tapes on top of the waterproof adhesive tape. During the
process, make sure the upper layer overlaps the lower layer by half
the width of the tape
l Seal the optical fiber connector of RRU, RET/ASIG port connector
of RRU and Grounding kit connections of RRU DC Power cables
with 2 layers of PVC insulation tape

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ZXSDR BS8700/BS8900 allows dual mode GSM+

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n It is baseband data that is tranmitted between BBU and RRU. Both

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850MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz, 1900MHz

ZXSDR R8860 （1T2R）

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n Protection Class: IP65

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Grounding Network Structure

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Depending on installation conditions, ZTE’s UMTS SDR can be

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Installing the modules in a cabinet

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•Attach carefully the equipment to hoisting hook using

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Install modules inside the cabinet

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