ZXSDR BS8900 Hardware Structure

Overview

MGW MSCS

PSTN

Software Defined Radio for both G/W

systems

SDR R8860

GSM & B8200

UMTS HLR

BSC/RNC

BSC/RNC

IP Network
BS8800

SGSN GGSN
 Highlight Features

1- Smooth evolution
2- Easy installation
3- Evolution to IP RAN
4- Smooth expansion
5- Low power consumption
6- Rich interfaces
7- Flexible dual mode networking
1- Smooth evolution
BS8800 software and hardware support full-feature
EDGE and UMTS/HSPA and satisfy operators’ future
needs for data service. In the future evolution to EDGE+
and HSPA+, only software upgrade is needed.
2- Easy installation
BS8800 main cabinet dimension: 950mm * 600mm * 450mm
(H*W*D), auxiliary cabinet dimension: 700mm * 600mm *
450mm (H*W*D). Front wiring design enables against wall
installation and conveniently maintenance.
3- Evolution to IP RAN
BS8800 is developed based on the ZTE unified MicroTCA platform.
Abis/Iub interfaces based on GE/FE or IPoverE1 are provided. IP RAN
can be conveniently achieved.
4- Smooth expansion
Each BS8800 dual-mode Radio Unit (RU60) has the capability
to support 6 GSM TRX or 4 UMTS carriers. If GSM and UMTS
are configured at the same time, each radio unit supports 4
GSM TRX plus 1 UMTS carrier, or 2 GSM TRX plus 2 UMTS
carriers as an example.
5- Low power consumption
BS8800 apply Doherty, DPD and MCPA technologies to power
amplifier module which improve PA efficiency.
With S666 GSM, BS8800 power consumption is 732W, and S222
UMTS configuration, BS8800 power consumption is 600W – less
than half of conventional macro base station.

6- Rich interfaces
BS8800 provides E1/T1, STM-1 and GE/FE interfaces for Abis/Iub
connection and supports various transmission networking such as
SDH network, IP networking or splitting transmission.
 7- Flexible dual mode networking

BS8800 meets GSM/UMTS hybrid networking requirements in different scenarios.

BS8800 supports GSM900+GSM1800 hybrid networking and zero TCO from 2G to
3G smooth evolution. It can be configured only to support GSM in the initial stage;
UMTS 2100M can be supported by adding RU modules. In this way, GSM/UMTS co-
existence can be realized perfectly. Also GSM900+UMTS900 can be supported with
correspond software configuration.
•Network upgrade from GSM900 to GSM900+GSM1800
BS8800 supports 6 RU modules. By adding 3 RU-1800, GSM900+GSM1800 can be
supported and the capacity is GSM900 S666 plus GSM1800 S666 in one cabinet.
•Network upgrade from GSM900 to GSM900+UMTS2100
In network evolution, based on the existing GSM900 network, UMTS2100 network
can be constructed by adding 3 RU60-2100 modules and corresponding baseband
resource. This is the most economic 2G to 3G evolution step in which main control
module, transmission module and power are shared.
•Network upgrade from GSM900/1800 to GSM900/1800+UMTS900/1800
BS8800 can support SDR, designed to support UMTS, GSM or G/U with different
software configuration in the same frequency range. So in this network evolution, only
need add UMTS baseband process -board.
 Functionality
BS8800 accomplishes the following basic functions with Um/Uu, Abis/Iub
and O&M interfaces.
•With Um/Uu interface, BS8800 accomplishes UE access and radio link
transmission including RF processing, channel coding and decoding,
channel multiplexing and de-multiplexing, measuring and reporting, power
control, transmit diversity, receiving diversity, calibration and
synchronization.
•With Abis/Iub interface, BS8800 connects with BSC/RNC and
accomplishes the following functions including cell management, reporting
BTS measurement information, broadcasting system Information,
implementing access control from BSC/RNC, mobility management, radio
resource management and controlling, FP processing and ATM
transmission management.
With operating and maintenance interface, BS8800 provides system
management functions including configuration management, alarm
management, status checking and system monitoring.
 System Architecture

BS8800 main cabinet supports 36 GSM TRX. When stand carrier

frequency quantity surpasses 36 TRX, may superimpose the way
through the auxiliary cabinet to carry on the expansion. Each
auxiliary cabinet supports 36 GSM TRXs similarly. In addition,
may through the auxiliary cabinet superimposition way, realize
the multi-mode community station deployment way, saves the
area.
VELARIA BC8910

Heat Exchanger
Reserved for
Transmission

Lighting proof
BBU

RC8911

FAN1

PDM1

RU60/RU02

BATTERY

Pedestal
BC8910 Cabinet
RC8910 Radio Cabinet
•PC8910 Battery Cabinet
RC8931 Radio Cabinet
RC8911 Radio Cabinet
Side by side configuration
 Hardware Architecture

Baseband Unit Antenna

BB
(UBPG/BPC)

FS RSU40/RU60
CPRI RU02/RU02A

RadioUnit
Radio Unit
E1
SA/ CC
STM-1 SE/
NIS

RF Unit
GE/FE

Control Signaling

Clock

Data
 Baseband Unit

Baseband unit in BS8800 is responsible for processing the baseband signals

The Baseband unit consists of control & clock board, fabric switch board, baseband
processing board, site alarm board (optional), site alarm extension board, network
Interface of STM-1 board (optional), power module, and fan module.

UBPG/BPC
PM FS

FAM

SA

CC
Board Name Function Description
CC Control & Clock Board
FS Fabric Switch Board
UBPG Universal Baseband Processing board for GSM
BPC Base band Processing type C for UMTS
SA Site Alarm Board
SE Site alarm Extension Board
Network Interface of STM-1 Board
PM Power Module
FAM FAN Module
 Control & Clock Board (CC)

Interface Name Description

ETH0 Ethernet interface between BS8800 and BSC/RNC, adapting
interface of E1.
ETH1 Ethernet interface used for cascading, debugging or local
maintenance, adapting interface of MMI.

TX/RX Used for Ethernet interface connection between BS8800 and

BSC/RNC. This interface is / Ethernet optical interface.

EXT External communication port, connected to external receiver.

REF External connection GPS antenna, SMA(F) interface

Control & clock board functions are as follows:

•Ethernet switching function, implementing data switching for service and

control flow within the system
•Abis/Iub interface protocol processing
•Monitoring, controlling and maintaining of the base station system,
providing LMT interface
•Managing software versions of boards and programmable components,
and supporting local and remote software upgrade
•Supervising the running status of each board within the system
•Synchronizing with various external reference clocks, including the Abis/Iub
interface recovery clock, the GPS clock and the clock provided by BITS.
•Generating and delivering the clock signal demanded by each part
•Providing GPS receiver interface and managing the GPS receiver
•Providing a real-time clock for system operation and maintenance; the real-
time clock can be calibrated
•The board power interface (-48V, 0V ground, protection ground).
•Reading various hardware management marks in the system, including the
rack number, backplane type number, slot number, board function type, board
version, and board function configuration mark
•Supporting primary/slave switchover
 UBPG Board

UBPG is the GSM baseband processing board. It processes the physical layer protocol and
frame protocol specified by 3GPP

Interface Name Description

TX0 RX0～TX2 RX2 System Reserved for future

UBPG main function as follows:
•Achieving rate adaptation, channel coding, interleaving, encryption,
generate TDMA shock burst, GMSK/8PSK modulation, IQ baseband digital
signals output.
•Achieving uplink IQ data receiving, receiver diversity combiner, digital
demodulation (GMSK&8PSK, equilibrium), decryption, de interleaving,
demodulator, rate adaptation, GE Ethernet interface transmit it to CC board
for processing.
•Radio link synchronization, transmission frame processing
•Measuring parameters required in power control and handover
•Diversified transmission and receiving
•Communicating with CS via Ethernet interface
•Reading all the hardware management identifiers, including the backplane
type number, slot number, board function type, board version, board
function configuration identifier, and the CPU serial number.
 BPC Board

BPC hasn’t external interface, its main function as follows:

•Achieving downlink baseband signal processing, including downlink data
coding, multiplexing, rate adaptation, channel mapping, spread spectrum
and scrambling power regulation and channel compositing.
•Achieving uplink baseband signal processing, including uplink data RAKE
receiving, demodulator, transmitting the data to lub interface for processing.
•Downlink data coding/multiplexing, rate matching, channel mapping,
spreading and scrambling, power adjusting, and channel compositing.
•Uplink signal RAKE receiving and channel decoding
•Radio link synchronization and Frame processing
•Measuring parameters required in power control and handover
•Softer handover and carrier diversity.
•Communicating with the CS via the Ethernet interface
•Reading all the hardware management identifiers, including the backplane
type number, slot number, board function type, board version, board function
configuration identifier, and the CPU serial number
BPC is the UMTS baseband processing board. It processes the
physical layer protocol and frame protocol specified by 3GPP
 Fabric Switch Board (FS)

Interface Name Description

TX0 RX0～TX5 RX5 6 pairs optical interfaces,

connected to RRU
The FS has the following functions:
•Receive the signal from the rear board in the downlink and retrieve the
data and timing.
•Multiplex the received data and retrieve I/Q signal
•I/Q mapping in the downlink and multiplex I/Q signal to the optical
signals.
•Receive the I/Q in uplink and demultiplex/mapping into I/Q signal
•The multiplexed I/Q signal transmit to BP
•Exchange CPU interface signaling through HDLC interface with RU
module
 Site Alarm Board (SA)

The SA has the following functions:

•Provide maximum fan alarm monitoring and revolution control
•Responsible for alarm monitoring and providing the lightening
protection for the external interfaces.

Interface Name Description

- 8 E1/T1 interfaces, RS485/232
interface, 6+2 stem nodes
interfaces (6 input lines, 2 two-way
interfaces)
 Site alarm Extension Board (SE)

Interface Name Description

- 8 E1/T1 extension interfaces,

RS485/232 interface, 6+2
stem nodes interfaces (6
input lines, 2 two-way
interfaces)
 1.Network Interface of STM-1 board（NIS）

Interface Name Description

- 2 STM-1
The NIS has the following functions:
•2 STM-1fiber interfaces, support spending processing,
mapping and mapping solutions, space-division overlapping,
support 21 E1 or 28 T1 most greatly to the STM-1 mapping.
•Support the ADM/TM working.
•Support the AU3/AU4 mapping way.
•Support the APS protection function.
 Power Module （PM）

Interface Name Description

MON Debugging interface, RS232
interface
-48V/-48VRTN -48V input
The PM has the following functions:

•16 internal interfaces for +12 V load power;

•16 internal interfaces for +3.3 V management power;
•Measurement and protection of input over-voltage/under-voltage;
•Output over-current protection and load power management.
 Fan Array Module (FAM)

The FAM main functions are as follows:

•System temperature monitor and control;

•Monitor, control, and report of fan state.
 Radio Unit

Radio unit main process the conversion between baseband signals

and RF signals.

In the BS8800 radio unit has four kinds, respectively is: RU02,
RU02A, RSU40 and RU60. And RU02 and RU02A are the double
density carrier frequency modules, works in GSM mode. RSU40 is
the UMTS only radio frequency module, works in UMTS only below
the 2100MHz..RU60 is the multi-carrier radio frequency module,
can work in the GSM only, the UMTS only or the G/U double model
via software configuration
RU02 is GSM radio unit, can has 1 or 2 TRX via the software configuration. The
power amplifier output is 60W in GMSK, 40W in 8PSK. The RU02 mainly
divides into five parts from the system construction: power source, double
duplex filter, DTRU(dual-carrier transceiver unit), power amplifier and guard
plate. There are one TX/RX port and one RX port for connecting antenna.
RU02A and RU02 have the same internal structure and radio index. The
only difference lies in does not contain double duplex module and TX/RX
port. Therefore, RU02A is unable to configure alone, but uses to
coordinate RU02 to configure 4 TRX cell or capacity expansion from 2TRX
to 4TRX, and don’t need realize FWDR (four-way diversity receive),
reduces the net cost.
RSU40 is UMTS multi-carrier radio unit, only work below 2100MHZ.RSU40
support maximum 4 carriers, the output power is 60W. RSU40 module consists
of MCPA (multi-carrier power module) module, transceiver module, and duplex
filter LNA. There are one TX/RX port and one RX port for connecting antenna.
RU60 is multi-carrier RF module, RU60 can be configured as GSM only, UMTS
only or mixed mode module. RU60 can be configured to 1 to 6 TRX in GSM
mode. In case of GMSK modulation, 60W TOC output power can be provided, if
8PSK is used, the TOC output power is 40W. If RU60 is used as UMTS mode, it
can support 4 carriers with 60W TOC output power. In mixed mode, RU60 can
support 4 GSM TRX plus1 UMTS carriers, or 2 GSM TRX plus 2 UMTS carriers.
Fan control subsystem
Power system
System unit Technical Indices
AC power distribution unit Single-phase AC 220V, rated current of , a single air switch input mode, C +
D protection

2-way AC output, one for single-phase three-hole socket, and the other for a
single-phase AC standby output

Emergency lighting optional according to user requirements, capacity is ~ of

the air breakers, no emergency lighting in standard configuration

DC power distribution unit Provide two fuses, support two way Batteries input

Standard configuration:
Provide 5 ways once power shut off protection
Provide 1 way twice power shut off protection
Flexible configuration of the once and twice power shut off protection based
on user requirements.
Power rectifier DC output capacity:
Monitoring unit Single-phase AC 220V, rated current of , a single air switch input mode, C +
D protection
Note:
1.BS8900 has a total of
5 basic structure
2.The basic structure
of all kinds can be fit
together accordance to
the actual needs
Name BC8910 PC8910 RC8910 RC8911 RC8931
Dimension(H*W*D) 850*600*600 850*600*600 850*600*600 850*600*600 1700*350*60
( mm*mm*mm) 0
Weight of full 113 52 144 100 97
configuration without
battery(Kg)
Notes Reserved 6U 2*150AH 6*RU 3*RU+150AH 3*RU+150A
internal space, H
can be built-in
BBU,
transmission
equipments
and microwave
etc.
Solution 1: BC8910+RC8911 Solution 2: BC8910 + Solution 3: BC8910 + PC8910
RC8911 + RC8931 + RC8910

Full configuration without Full configuration without Full configuration without

battery: battery: battery:
Dimension(H*W*D): Dimension(H*W*D): Dimension(H*W*D):
1700×600×600(mm) 1700×950×600(mm) 1700×1200×600(mm)

Typical configuration: Expanded from solution 1: Capacity is same as solution2.

3*RU+150AH 6*RU+2*150AH
 Capacity Indices

Item Indices
Maximum UMTS TRX 24CS

Maximum GSM TRX Main cabinet support 36TRX（single RU

support 6TRX，fully configured maximum 6
RU, capacity expansion to 72 TRX via
auxiliary cabinet.

Maximum GSM/UMTS dual-mode GSM 18 TRX + UMTS 3S

TRX
Maximum Pure tone channel CE Uplink：960CE，Downlink:960CE

Maximum cell channel 123

Maximum throughput 216Mbps

 Operation Frequency Band

Item Indices
Frequency Band GSM: 850/EGSM/900/1800/1900 MHz
UMTS: 900/1800/2100 MHz
Interface Item Indices Type Standard
SFP ITU G.957
STM-1 2 pairs（optional）
(LC) ITU G.707
16 pairs（8pairs
E1/T1 DB44 ITU G.703/G.704
optional）
electrical
Abis/Iub
Auto-
RJ45 10/100/1000BASE-T IEEE 802.3 compatible
Negotiation.
Ethernet
Auto-MDI/MDIX
1 optical SFP 1000BASE-LX IEEE 802.3 compatible
1 optical (LC) 100BASE-FX IEEE 802.3 compatible
Cascading, electrical
Debugging or Auto-
Ethernet RJ45 10/100/1000BASE-T IEEE 802.3 compatible
Local Negotiation.
Maintenance Auto-MDI/MDIX
Baseband/Radi SFP
CPRI 12 pairs CPRI 2.0
o (LC)

GPS TX/RX Port

Clock GPS 1 SMA
NMEA 0183 V3.0
END