GBSS8.

1 BTS3900E Product
Description

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Date 2009-10-30

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Contents

1 Introduction....................................................................................................................................4
1.1 Positioning ....................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.2 Benefits ............................................................................................................................................................ 5

2 Architecture ....................................................................................................................................7
2.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Hardware Architecture ..................................................................................................................................... 7
2.3 Ports ................................................................................................................................................................. 9

3 Application Scenarios ................................................................................................................10

3.1 General ........................................................................................................................................................... 10
3.2 Application of the BTS3900E ........................................................................................................................ 11

4 Technical Specification..............................................................................................................15
4.1 RF Specification ............................................................................................................................................. 15
4.2 Input Power .................................................................................................................................................... 16
4.3 Power Consumption ....................................................................................................................................... 16
4.4 Specification of the Equipment ...................................................................................................................... 17
4.5 Environment Specification ............................................................................................................................. 18

5 Acronyms and Abbreviations...................................................................................................19

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1 Introduction

1.1 Positioning
The rapid development in the field of mobile communications technology brings about sharp
growth in the number of mobile phone users, which increasingly pose high requirements in
the network quality of operators. In urban areas, network quality in places such as office
buildings, business centers, and hotels has caught much attention. However, the size and
weight of the BTS normally cause difficulty in acquiring a suitable site for operators during
network deployment. Customer-oriented and innovative, Huawei unveils the industry-leading
BTS3900E GSM (hereafter referred to as BTS3900E).
Characterized by its small size, large capacity, and low power consumption and only one
functional module, the BTS3900E, is an integrated BTS with outstanding performance, which
provides an excellent indoor coverage solution for operators. Generally, indoor coverage is
accompanied with difficult site selection and high requirements on network performance. The
highly integrated BTS3900E is designed with only one functional module. Small and
lightweight, the BTS3900E is easy to install and endowed with high capacity and
extraordinary performance, rendering it an effective solution for operators. Beyond that, the
BTS3900E complies with the International Protection standard IP65. The strong outdoor
environment adaptability enables the BTS3900E to fulfill outdoor installation requirements,
and to achieve good performance even for coverage in urban hotspots and rural outlying areas.
The BTS3900E supports up to six carriers. Capacity can be expanded through the addition of
modules. Each synchronous site supports up to 18 carriers. Figure 1-1 shows the BTS3900E.

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Figure 1-1 BTS3900E

1.2 Benefits
Compact Structure and Quick Network Construction
The BTS3900E has a highly integrated design, requiring less cable connections and facilitates
installation and maintenance. In compliance with the IP65 protection degree, the BTS3900E
features strong environment adaptability and has no need for an equipment room. The
BTS3900E can share the Distributed Antenna System (DAS) on the existing network to
maximize the investment protection for operators during network upgrade. Meanwhile, the
compact and lightweight BTS3900E has a small number of spare parts, thus greatly reducing
the cost of transportation and maintenance. The various installation options such as wall-
mounted, tower-mounted, support-mounted, and pole-mounted are possible with the
BTS3900E. These options can well address the operators' requirements for quick and flexible
site deployment, significantly accelerating network construction.

Expanded Capacity and Enhanced Coverage

The BTS3900E supports up to six carriers. The capacity of the BTS3900E can be expanded to
18 carriers through the addition of modules. In contrast to conventional indoor coverage
solutions, the BTS3900E substantially expands the capacity of the coverage, enhances the
traffic absorbing capability, and increases operators' revenues. Since it can be installed close
to the antenna system, BTS3900E has a high transmission power at the Top of Cabinet.
Combined with the flexibility in site deployment, the BTS3900E remarkably improves
network coverage. Drawing on such prominent advantages in coverage and capacity, the
BTS3900E can assist operators in enhancing network quality and user experience. Thanks to
the advanced Multi-Carrier Power Amplifier (MCPA) technology, the BTS3900E can
smoothly and quickly change from the coverage mode to the capacity mode, flexibly
responding to network requirements at different phases.

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Low Power Consumption and Energy Saving

The BTS3900E, another green BTS launched by Huawei, is conducive to the construction of
eco-friendly networks for operators. The low power consumption design and natural heat
dissipation mode allow the BTS3900E to work in energy saving mode. Apart from lowered
power consumption, the application scope of the BTS3900E is greatly expanded, and green
energy such as the solar and wind energy can be fully utilized.

Smooth Evolution and CAPEX Saving

Data services have been facing a fast rise in applications in indoor coverage and urban
hotspots area. The BTS3900E supports the PS service of the GPRS and EDGE and smooth
evolution to the EDGE+, thus providing data services of higher rates. The investment of
operators can be protected by reusing the hardware equipment during evolution.

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2 Architecture

2.1 Overview
With a highly integrated structure, the BTS3900E incorporates all the following functions of
conventional BTSs in one functional module:
z Transmission
z Main control
z Baseband processing
z RF processing
The BTS3900E has two types of functional modules: AC module and DC module, where the
former supports 110 and 220 V AC power inputs and the latter supports 48 V DC power
input.

2.2 Hardware Architecture

Figure 2-1 shows the structure of the BTS3900E AC module.

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Figure 2-1 Structure of the AC module

Figure 2-2 shows the structure of the BTS3900E DC module.

Figure 2-2 Structure of the DC module

The functional module of the BTS3900E consists of the following units:

z AC/DC converter
The AC/DC converter is located in the BTS3900E AC module. The AC/DC converter
converts the 110 or 220 V AC input power to operating DC voltage and distributes power
to other units in the module.
z DC/DC converter
The DC/DC converter is located in the BTS3900E DC module. The DC/DC converter
converts the 48 V DC input power to operating DC voltage and distributes power to
other units in the module.
z Transmission interface unit

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The transmission interface unit provides the E1/T1 transmission port, FE transmission
port, and ports for combined cabinets. The E1/T1 transmission port supports two
E1s/T1s. The FE electrical port implements FE transmission. The two ports for
combined cabinets connect to extension modules.
z Alarm interface unit
The alarm interface unit provides inputs of environment monitoring signals: four dry
contact alarms and one RS485 signal.
z Main control unit
The main control unit manages the entire BTS3900E in a centralized manner in terms of
OM and signaling processing. Also, the main control unit provides the system clock.
z Baseband unit
The baseband unit performs functions such as signaling processing, channel coding and
decoding, and modulation and demodulation.
z RF unit
The RF unit employs the MCPA technology to achieve the processing capability of one
to six carriers.

2.3 Ports
Table 2-1 Ports on the BTS3900E

Port Quantity Description

Antenna port 2 One is for transceiving RF signals, and the other is

for receiving RF signals.
Remote Electrical Tilt 1 Reserved.
(RET) port
E1/T1 transmission 1 Provides two E1s/T1s.
port
FE transmission port 1 For FE (electrical port) transmission.
Port for combined 2 Connects to the extension module.
cabinets
FE maintenance port 1 For local maintenance.
Monitoring port 1 Provides inputs of environment monitoring signals:
four dry contact alarms and one RS485 signal.

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3 Application Scenarios

3.1 General
The increasingly difficult site lease has made site acquisition into a bottleneck for network
construction. To address this issue, operators are pressing for a BTS with low site
requirements. With only one module required to be installed, the BTS3900E features easy
installation and low environment requirements, which reduces difficulty in site acquisition.
The BTS3900E has a wide variety of installation options, such as installation on a pole, wall,
tower (not for the AC module), or stand.
Figure3-1 shows the typical installation options of the BTS3900E.

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Figure 3-1 Typical installation options

If the module is mounted on a tower or a pole, the vertical height of the module must be less
than or equal to 15 m.

3.2 Application of the BTS3900E

The BTS3900E provides an ideal solution to urban indoor coverage, coverage in hotspot areas,
application of filling coverage holes in hotspot areas, as well as coverage in rural outlying
areas.

Indoor Coverage
Along with the development of cities, the indoor mobile application has become widespread.
For indoor coverage scenarios, however, operators are facing great challenges from the
perspective of site selection and construction speed. If macro BTSs are used to serve indoor
coverage, operators are frequently confronted with high lease cost of equipment rooms, and
the noises generated by macro BTSs make site acquisition even more difficult. Therefore,
operators are pressing for a BTS that places the equipment room in dispensable and generates
low noises. In indoor coverage scenarios, the BTS may be installed in locations such as the
light-current shaft, or storeroom. Such locations present complicated environment, confined
installation space, and highly difficult installation, which requires the BTS compact, light, and
possessed with strong environment adaptability.
Attributing to its compact structure and marvelous performance, the BTS3900E aids operators
in constructing an indoor network with high capacity and good coverage. Such network,
without doubt, brings more benefits for operators. As a signal source, the BTS3900E,

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combined with the DAS, can be widely applied in indoor coverage scenarios that require high
capacity and quality, such as hotels, office buildings, supermarkets, and business centers.
Figure 3-2 shows one of the application scenarios.

Figure 3-2 Indoor coverage scenario

Hotspot Coverage
In urban hotspot areas, high capacity of a BTS is always contradictory to the easy installation
of the BTS. The compact and light BTS3900E with high capacity, however, allows easy site
selection, simple engineering, and easy installation, thus contributing to fast network
deployment at lower costs for operators. The BTS3900E can be used to absorb traffic or fill
coverage holes in hotspot areas. Figure 3-3 shows the application in the hotspot coverage
scenario.

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Figure 3-3 Hotspot coverage scenario

Rural Coverage
The BTS with low power consumption and strong environment adaptability can well fulfill
applications in rural areas, network deployment of which is always complicated by deficient
transmission resources and instable power supply. In addition to significant reduction in
power consumption, the BTS3900E saves much energy and takes advantage of green energy,
such as luminous energy, wind energy, and methane that are abundant in rural areas. The
BTS3900E complies with IP65 and is strongly adaptive to temperature and outdoor
environment. The BTS3900E works at 40 to +45 in the presence of solar radiation and
at 40 to +50 in the absence of solar radiation. Furthermore, the BTS3900E supports
wide AC power voltage range from 90 V to 290 V to satisfy requirements of areas with
unstable power supply voltage.
With only one module, the BTS3900E features simple structure and easy installation.
Therefore, requirements for installation techniques and tools are low, and engineers after
receiving simple training are qualified to install the BTS3900E. The BTS3900E can have
significant achievements in rural areas where demand on wide coverage is not high. Figure 3-
4 shows the rural coverage scenario.

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Figure 3-4 Rural coverage scenario

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4 Technical Specification

4.1 RF Specification
Item Specification

Supported Frequency
RX Band (MHz) TX Band (MHz)
band Band
PGSM900 890915 935960

EGSM900 880915 925960

1,7101,755 1,8051,850
GSM1,800
1,7401,785 1,8351,880

Capacity z Each module supports up to six carriers and one cell

z Typical configuration: O1 to O6
z Maximum configuration: S666 (three modules)
Static RX independency 2-way RX diversity
Receiver
Sensitivity 112.5 dBm 115.5 dBm

Output 900 MHz(GMSK/8PSK) 1,800 MHz(GMSK/8PSK)

power z 1TRX: 30 W/20 W z 1TRX: 26 W/17 W
z 2TRX: 15 W/10 W z 2TRX: 13 W/8.5 W
z 3TRX: 8 W/5 W z 3TRX: 7 W/4.7 W
z 4TRX: 6 W/4 W z 4TRX: 5 W/3.3 W
z 5TRX: 3 W/2 W z 5TRX: 2.5 W/1.6 W
z 6TRX: 2.5 W/1.6 W z 6TRX: 2 W/1.3 W
RF standard 3GPP TS 45.005 V8.2.0 multicarrier BTS class 2 requirement

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4.2 Input Power

Item Specification
Input 48 V DC; voltage range: 38.4 V DC to 57 V DC
power
110 V AC, voltage range: 90 V AC to 135 V AC;
220 V AC, voltage range: 176 V AC to 290 V AC;

4.3 Power Consumption

Item Specification

Power 900MHz 1,800MHz

consumption Configuration
(DC Module) Typical Maximum Typical Maximum
value (W) value (W) value (W) value (W)
O2 130 170 120 150
O4 120 160 120 160
O6 100 140 110 130
900MHz 1,800MHz
Configuration
(AC Module) Typical Maximum Typical Maximum
value (W) value (W) value (W) value (W)
O2 150 190 130 170
O4 130 180 130 180
O6 110 150 120 150

NOTE
z The preceding typical power consumption is reached when the
BTS3900E works with 30% load.
z The preceding maximum power consumption is reached when the
BTS3900E works with 100% load.

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4.4 Specification of the Equipment

Item Specification

Dimensions Item Height (mm) Width (mm) Depth (mm)

DC module without
480 248 100
the housing
DC module with
485 268 130
the housing
AC module without
480 350 100
the housing
AC module with
485 370 130
the housing
Weight z 12 kg (without the housing)
DC module
z 13.5 kg (with the housing)
z 15.5 kg (without the housing)
AC module
z 17 kg (with the housing)

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4.5 Environment Specification

Item Specification

Temperature z 40 to +50 (without solar radiation)

z 40 to +45 (with solar radiation)

Relative
5% RH to 100% RH
humidity

Air pressure 70 kPa to 106 kPa

Operating ETSI EN 300019-1-3 V2.2.2 (2004-07) Class 3.1: "Temperature-

environment controlled locations"

Storage ETSI EN 300019-1-1 V2.1.4 (2003-04) Class 1.2: "Weather protected,

environment not temperature-controlled storage locations"

Transportation ETSI EN 300019-1-2 V2.1.4 (2003-04) Class 2.3: "Public

environment transportation"

Protection
IP65
degree

Anti-seismic
ETS300 019-2-3
performance

EMC The BTS3900E meets the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)

requirements and complies with the following standards:
T

z CISPR 22 (2003)
z CISPR 24 (1998)
z IEC61000-4-2
z IEC61000-4-3
z IEC61000-4-4
z IEC61000-4-5
z IEC61000-4-6
z IEC61000-4-29
z FCC Part 2
z FCC Part 15
z ETSI 301 489-1 V1.5.1 (2004-11)
z NEBS Bellcore GR-1089-CORE issue 3, 2002
Availability z DC: 99.99989%
z AC: 99.99984%
MTBF 238,000 hours

MTTR 1 hour

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5 Acronyms and Abbreviations

Abbreviation Expansion

8PSK 8 Phase-Shift Keying

CAPEX Capital Expenditure
DAS Distributed Antenna System
EDGE Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution
EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility
GMSK Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying
MCPA Multi-Carrier Power Amplifier
RET Remote Electrical Tilt
RH Relative Humidity
TOC Transmit Power at the Top Of Cabinet

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