ECATS and EPUMA BB-RF interface training

Part I BTS and Transceiver basics

Table of contents
The material is split into the following sections
Part 1: BTS and Transceiver basics Part 2: Base Band Module runtime operation Part 3: Base Band Module initialization (Initialization from UC SW point of view) Part 4: RFM (Radio Frequency Module) in runtime operation Part 5: RFM initialization (from UC SW point of view) Part 6: RFM initialization, calibration parameters and calibration EEPROM Part 7: TRX timing Part 8: TRX Alarms handling Part 9: TRX test loops Part 10: Mixed CATS/ECATS and PUMA/EPUMA configurations

BTS functions
B T S
T R A N S M IS S IO N PARTS BASE BAND PARTS
D L A N T E N N A
A IR IN T ER

RF PARTS

FA

CE

D -B U S

B S C

A b is

UL

DL

U L

T R X

u n its

BTS adapts the transmission (Abis) signal to air interface (like a modem) BTS receives the data to be transmitted and control data from BSC The received data from MS and BTS status/alarm information is sent to BSC through Abis Signal flowing towards MS is referred as DL and signal from MS towards BSC is referred UL in all interfaces, but specially the interface between BBB and RFM is referred with DL and UL

 Maximum 4 TRX units,

CATS / ECATS BTS

Power supply unit Transceiver units

dualband, triband and mixed configurations supported, CATS/HPCATS/ECATS... Interface unit supports chaining of BTS's. The BTS oven oscillator is in interface unit Transmission unit connects the BTS to BSC, several options of transmission supported fixed (terrestrial) and radio links Fan unit on the bottom is controlled by the cabinet master (O&M) TRX, smooth temperature control

Interface unit

Transmission unit

Fan unit

PUMA/EPUMA BTS
Power supplies (PSU) and transmission units similar to CATS/ECATS TRX unit is split to separate BB (BB2) and RF units BOI unit is a multiplexer, which makes the cross-connection between BB2 and RF units (And it is also the O&M unit of the BTS without own RF parts) In the example drawing, the bottom half of the cabinet is filled with battery back-up units, but in normal configuration the cabinet can take up to 12 channel units (BB&RF)

PSU BB2 units of TRX BOI Transmission units RF units of TRX

BLO

1700 mm

BBAG

BBAG

 Slightly simplified TRX unit is a box which you plug into ECATS TRX = 1 box Base Station mechanical framework The tranceiver functions need one base band TRX module/unit and one RF module/unit The base band and RF parts are described in later parts of the material...

TRX Unit
EPUMA TRX = 1 RF unit + 1 BB unit (more precisely 0.5 * BB as one BB2 unit caninterface two RF units)

RF BB2

D1 bus is the data bus between transmission and all BB units of the BTS D2 bus connects the BB units together and enables fast SW loading from master to slaves Q1_int bus is the internal control bus between the BB of master TRX and transmission unit. It may be routed to all TRX units but only master (O&M)TRX uses it F-bus is base band hopping bus between TRX units in the same cabinet

BTS Buses (cabinet level)

M B B B A S T E R D L U L D 1 T R A N S M IS S IO N Q 1 D1 bus S L A V E B B B D L U L T R X R F M T R X R F M

D2 bus

Q1 bus

F -b u s

S L A V E B B B D L U L

T R X R F M

BTS Buses (cabinet level) The I2C bus between all

LMB

Intelligent Back Plane

It is used by master TRX TRANSMISSION (O&M) to read version/serial number info and to control the FAN Local
EEPROM

I2C

units is the cabinet I2C bus

MASTER TRX BBB UART I2C I2C RFM

Management Tool

SLAVE TRX RFM

VIF
EEPROM

I2C

LMB is Local Management Bus Connecting through VIF front panel connector all TRX units and transmission unit can be accessed

SLAVE TRX BBB PSU

EEPROM

RFM I2C

Supply cntrl

FAN FAN CTRL

EEPROM EEPROM