Objectives

chapter the student will be able to :-

State the functional areas of the

Horizon II macro cabinet.
• Describe the functions and
operation of the Horizon II macro
Digital modules.

• Describe the cabinet RF

Components.
 Basic Block Diagram of Cabinet

Antenna

RF interface to Antenna
( Transmit - Combining and filtering)
Main Functional areas:
(Receive – Amplification and filtering)
1. Digital Cards
2. Radios (CTU2)
3. RF equipment CTU2 CTU2 CTU2 CTU2 CTU2 CTU2

E1 Link Digital Cage == Controls the cabinet

Alarms
Power Supplies
BTS hardware supports the following functionality:
• Support of 6x double density CTU2
Single or Double carrier per Radio.

• Horizon II Site Controller (HIISC)

– Integrated NIU Integrated FMUX
– E1 support Enhanced E1
Redundancy
– Increased Capacity/removable flash media
– Increased RSL functionality

• Expansion of Horizon II macro cabinets to support 24

carriers per BTS site.
Horizon II Expansion Multiplexer (XMUX)
Site Input/Output (I/O) Panel

• Interoperability with current M-Cell and HORIZON

macro products
 HORIZON II macro Cabinet Front View
Alarm
Board

Site
Controller
(HIISC)
Circuit
Breaker
Card
(CBC)

Power
Supply
CTU2
Units Cooling
(PSU) Fans
 SURF2
HORIZON II macro Cabinet Top View
Site I/O
Power Panel
Supply

Link
Interface
Board

EAS Alarm, Tx Blocks

PIX 0 & 1
 Power Supply

Maximum 4x PSU per cabinet – One for Redundancy

Depends on the number of Radios fitted.

The Cabinet can support the three types of power

supply
• +27V (negative earth)
• -48V (positive earth)
• Nominal 120/240V AC
Horizon II macro cabinet power supply requirements

Nominal Voltage supply Current supply

Voltage range maximum

+27 V dc +19.5 to +30 V 204A (at

(negative earth) dc nominal
voltage)
-48 v dc -39 to –72 V dc 99A (at nominal
(Positive earth) voltage)

120/240 V ac 88 to 270 V 45A (at nominal

(50 to 60 Hz) voltage)
-48v Power Supply Units
 Supply Units
All three unit types support the same PSU
Alarms:
• O/P over/under voltage.
• I/P under voltage.
• Over temperature.
• Internal Fan failure.
 Circuit Breaker Card (CBC)

6x CCB for CTU2

2x Push Button HIISC

2x Push Button SURF2

1x Tx RF Blocks

1x FAN trays
 H11SC
Front Panel
•States LEDs –
GREEN (normal
Status Compact •Compact
operation) RED LEDs Flash Slot Flash Card slot
(Fault). – contains
32Mb of
memory.
•TTY MMI –
Reset Buttons connection for 9
CPU – is a Soft Reset pin D type
Reset (Reset TTY
Buttons connector.
Controllers MMI
Main •CAL PORT –
Processors. Calibrates the
Software NIU Sync Block. The
remains in Ethernet CAL 8K Reference is
RAM). Port Port used in GCLK
FULL – is a calibration.
Hard reset. •The NIU
Removes Ethernet and
software from Synch/NIU SYNC/NIU TTY
memory. Port are for
TTY PORT
factory use
only.
HIISC Functional Diagram Site Controller Card
NIU Block
Control via NIU
NIU Port 0, TS 0
Control
Processor NIU Port 0
& Port 1
2

Line Line TSI Site

Interface Interface (SMURF) Control
Module Unit & Processor
8 8 8 2
Framers

8
24?

Frequency
Control Interface Radio(s)
Reference
Internal 2048 kbps
TDM interface with
32 timeslots.
External E1 or T1
interface.

Internal E1 or T1
interface.
 Horizon II macro HSCII Block diagram
Uplink RSL
Insertion
16Kbs only SMuRF
E1 Inputs Sync, Mux, uBCU,
x 6 Current Replacement, FPGA
x 8 Future
LAPD
Encode/Decode
Layer 2 processing
CTU2
dual carrier unit
single/dual carrier
operation
single frequency band BTP function of the BTS
runs site software and
call processing functions
Second H2SC
configured for
redundancy

Three on board
XMUX functions Field Programmable Gate Array
FMUX equivalent (FPGA)
similar function as the ASIC
64Kb switch
incapable of sub-rate switching
 Cabinet Expansion
• The Cabinet can be expanded up to 3x
Horizon II macro Cabinets
• Can be expanded with Horizonmacro and
Mcell6 cabinet combinations.
• Expansion Kit – 1x XMUX card
1x Input/Output (I/O) card
1x 2m Fibre Optic cable
Cabinet Components – Inter connections
Horizon II
Cabinet
CTUII radio(s)
H-II Radio

H-II Expansion
TDM Cabinet
Alarm XMUX

Site IO XMUX

HIISC
NBSC Site IO
Horizonmacro
Cabinet
FMUX

FMUX

Alarm
Holdup Unit (AC Supply only)
 Cabinet Temperature Control

• Operating range -5 C to +45 C

• Three Internal FAN units – speed

controlled

• 3x Cabinet Temperature Sensors –

» 1x (70 C) for cabinet alarm
» 2x (85 C) to shutdown the cabinet, reset at 55 C.
 Horizon II Site Controller (HIISC)
• Performs functions of: MCUF, NIU, FMUX
and BPSM in Horizonmacro cabinet.

• Cabinet supports 2x HIISC cards

Master/Slave ( redundancy)

• Compact Flash card (32 Mbyte memory)

• XMUX
Location

XMUX
in slot 0
XMUX Functional Diagram
 Input/Output (I/O) card

Connects up to 3x extra cabinets

Fibre optic connections

GPS connector (not supported)

Site Expansion Board
 GPS
SITE I/O PANEL connection
CONFIGURATION

Fibre
connections
IN/OUT
 Expansion configurations
E1

Horizon II X Horizon II
macro (6xCTU2) M macro (6xCTU2)
U
X

Two Horizon II macro’s expanded.

E1

Horizon II X Horizon II F Horizonmacro

macro (6xCTU2) M macro (6xCTU2) M (6 x CTU)
U U
X X

Horizon II macro, expanded to a Horizon II macro and a Horizonmacro.

 Expansion configuration (cont)
E1

Horizon II X F Horizonmacro F F Horizonmacro

macro (6xCTU2) M M (6 x CTU) M M (6 x CTU)
U U U U
X X X X

Horizonmacro controlling a Horizon II macro and another Horizonmacro.

E1

Horizon II X F M-Cell 6 F F Horizonmacro

macro (6xCTU2) M M (6 x TCU) M M (6 x CTU)
U U U U
X X X X

M-Cell 6 controlling a Horizon II macro and a Horizonmacro.

 Cabinet Alarm Module
• Collects All internal Cabinet Alarms
• Controls the PIX connection (customer
external alarms)
• Process Antenna VSWR alarms

Note: NOT backwards compatible to the

Horizonmacro cabinet
 Alarm Board
Mains
ALL LEDs are
GREEN when the
equipment is OK
Door 1

Only 4x active Displays LVD RED when

equipment is
faulty
Fan 0

Fan 1 & 2
Compact Transceiver Unit
(CTU2)
CTU2
 Compact Transceiver Unit ( CTU2)
Single Density Mode – High Power 63W (48dbm) 900MHz
50W (47dbm)
1800MHz
Normal Power 20W (43dbm)
900MHz
16W (42dbm)
1800MHz

Double Density Mode –Normal Power 20W (43dbm) 900MHz

16W (42dbm)
1800MHZ
 CTU2 backwards compatibility
Compact Transceiver Unit 2 (CTU2)

Backwards compatible with Horizonmacro Cabinet (with

minor limitations).

• Requires the correct software ( GSR6 HII)

• Can NOT support the CCB controller function
• O/P power reduced when in Double Density Mode
• BBH not supported
 CTU2 Receiver Sensitivity Performance

EGSM900
• -110.5 dBm, static channel
• -107.5 dBm, faded channel
•
DCS1800
• -111.5 dBm, static channel
• -108.5 dBm, faded channel
•
 Compact Transceiver Unit 2 (CTU2)

TRANSMIT
RF OUT

TEST
INTERFACE
TTY
INTERFACE

Radio VCAT
Status INTERFACE
LED

Tx Tx
Status A Status B
LED LED
 CTU2 to SURF2 interconnection

Second SURF2 not supported

(4 branch diversity)
 Basic Block Diagram – TX (PA only)

Fwd Power Detect A

PA Branch 1
Branch A VVA

Rev Power Detect

PA Mode Switches
PA Temp.

PA Pad Switches Phase Adjust


2nd Temp.
Branch B VVA
PA Branch 2 Fwd Power Detect B
RF Equipment

RF Equipment
Sectorized Universal Receiver Front end (SURF2)
 SURF2 Functional diagram

3x Ant ports with 2x Branches each

Expansion
 VSWR Monitoring
Antenna
To SURF

VSWR
Monitor
Rx Filter

Tx Filter

• The Antenna VSWR Tx Block

monitoring function is used
to detect faults in antennas
or antenna path connections.
Tx Alarm
Board
CTU2

Signal
 Cabinet TX Blocks
Transmitter RF Blocks
New RF Blocks:
• DUP - Duplexer
• HCU - Hybrid Combiner Unit
• DHU - Dual Hybrid Combiner Unit
Connecting Panels
• Blanking Plate
• Feedthrough plate
Transmitter Blocks
 Blanking Plate

Used to control the Air flow within the cabinet

Feedthrough Plate
 Duplexer- DUP

•Connects a single CTU2 to

a single Tx/Rx Antenna.

•Typical 1db loss.

DUP Block diagram
 Hybrid Combiner Unit - HCU

HCU
•Used to connect 2x
CTU2 via a Hybrid
•Typical 3-4db loss
 HCU- Block diagram

Typical 3-4db loss

Dual Hybrid Combiner Unit - DHU

Typical 6 db loss
 Dual Hybrid Combiner Unit - DHU

6dbs typical
loss
 Software and Database Requirements

• New Cabinet Type - horizonmacro2 (24)

- horizonmacro2_ext (25)

• Equipping the DRI Density is required

Single or Double
(called the associated DRI)

• Setting CTU2 to High Power (max_tx_bts= -1)

 Equipping a DRI – Single Density
New line within
the command
MMI Command : equip <site number> DRI
Enter the 1st and 2nd DRI id: 0 0
Enter the density of this DRI: SINGLE
Enter the cabinet identifier: 0
Enter the type of connection to the BTP: master
Enter the port to which the TCU is connected: 0
Enter the 1st and 2nd RTF id:
Enter the GSM cell ID where the DRI appears: 1 2 3 9 9 4 21
Enter antenna select number for this cell: 1
Does this DRI use tuneable combining: no
Enter diversity flag for this DRI: 1
Enter the fm cell type: 4
 Equipping a DRI – Double Density

MMI Command: equip <site number> DRI Associated DRI Number

Enter the 1st and 2nd DRI id: 0 0
Enter the density of this DRI: DOUBLE
Enter the 2nd DRI id of the associated DRI: 1
Enter the cabinet identifier: 0
Enter the type of connection to the BTP: master
Enter the port to which the TCU is connected: 0
Enter the 1st and 2nd RTF id:
Enter the GSM cell ID where the DRI appears: 1 2 3 9 9 4
64
Enter antenna select number for this cell: 1
Enter diversity flag for this DRI: 1
Enter the fm cell type: 4
 CTU2 High Power parameter
• DRI equipped in SINGLE Density Mode only

• Parameter max_tx_bts = -1 (per cell basis)

• Parameter tx_power_cap =1 (DCS1800 only)

• RF power EGSM900 DCS1800

63W (48dbm) 50W (47dbm)