Lucent UMTS Modular Cell Outdoor
Product Overview
This data sheet provides a high level description of the key
aspects of the Lucent UMTS Modular Cell (Modcell) Outdoor in
North America.
Lucent UMTS Modular Cell Outdoor
Lucent’s UMTS product range is specifically designed to provide
a range of flexible and high performance base station solutions
with embedded cost optimizing features and high operational
availability in a UMTS network.
The UMTS Modcell features high capacity and flexibility and
addresses a variety of network deployment and growth scenarios
including multi-band deployments (for example, 1900 and 850
MHz carriers in a single cabinet)
The architecture of the UMTS Node B Modcell is common to all
Lucent UMTS Node B macrocellular products. It consists of
three main components, (the Filter Module, Power Amplifier and
the Baseband Card Cage.) the functions of which are as follows:
Filter Module – The filter module provides the interface
between the amplifier and receiver, and the Tx/Rx antenna
system. In addition to the duplexer functionality it also contains a
low noise pre-amplifier, a two-way multicoupler and a power
supply/alarm unit for the TTLNA support. The standard Lucent
Filter Module supports both standalone and antenna sharing
configurations.
Amplifier Shelf – Each Power Amplifier Module provides up to
40W power output. Up to 12 PAMs per shelf can be supported,
and the hardware architecture allows two PAMs to be used in
parallel to increase power output.
Baseband Card Cage – The UMTS baseband channel unit
contains the radios and the channel elements and processes data
and voice calls.
Timing can be derived from an internal high accuracy oscillator
or via an optional external GPS reference.
The common assets used by all of the Lucent UMTS Node B
products provide flexibility in configuration and allow a common
spares pool. These assets include filters, amplifiers and digital
circuit packs.
Technical Performance
The UMTS Modcell supports configurations up to 3 sectors with
4 carriers per sector or 6 sectors with 2 carriers per sector and an
RF output of 20W at the antenna interface. Hardware support for
second carrier, 40W configurations and Transmit Diversity are
available as options.
UMTS Channel Unit (UCU) Card: UCU cards are the
baseband modules that provide the required capacity, in the
different Node B types, for traffic and signalling. They are a
pooled resource that can be allocated dynamically across the air
interface. Adding UCU cards increases baseband capacity and
the capacity per UCU is continually being enhanced by Lucent.
UMTS Radio cards (MCR): With the Multi-Carrier Radio
growth to second carrier configurations for the UMTS Modcell
are supported. The 15MHz MCR is a single slot card and is
common across the UMTS Node B portfolio. Versions to
support 850MHz, 1900 MHz and 2100MHz are available, and
dual-band configurations are supported.
Support of Future Enhancements: The UMTS Node B
portfolio has been designed for an IP-based future, and to scale
in capacity as demand dictates and technology allows.
Additional features such as RACH/FACH, HSDPA and the later
introduction of E-DCH, BLAST/MIMO and Intelligent Antennas
(IAs) offer improvements and increases in baseband capacity for
higher data rates.
Physical Characteristics Deployment and Connectivity
A major concern when rolling out UMTS networks is knowing
Mechanical Data that the network will be able to provide the required coverage
and capacity. The Lucent UMTS Node B products provide an in-
1840 x 910 x 1040 mm built downlink loading tool - the Orthogonal Channel Noise
Size (h x w x d)
(72.4 x 35.8 x 40.9 inches) Simulator (OCNS) - to ensure that the initial network design can
Weight (3s1c 20W) 374 kg (823 lbs) be tested with realistic levels of load before high traffic levels are
experienced.
Environmental Data The complete installation and commissioning process is based on
the concept of “Plug and Play”, i.e. once the system is installed
ETS 300 019-1-1 Class 1.2 and switched on, the system itself will run self test, determine its
Storage
GR-63-CORE, GR-487-CORE
own configuration and make itself ready to integrate in the
ETS 300 019-1-2 Class 2.3 network. Under normal circumstances this requires no test
Transport
GR-63-CORE, GR-487-CORE equipment. The installation and commissioning effort on site is
Operational
ETS 300 019-1-3 Class 3.1E minimized to ensure a rapid cost-efficient deployment.
GR-63-CORE, GR-487-CORE
OA&M
Operating
-40°C to +46°C (-40°F to +115F)
Temperature The Operations and Maintenance Centre (OMC), manages the
Relative Humidity 8%-100% Macrocell remotely. Connectivity is also included to allow a
technician with a PC-based Local Maintenance Terminal (LMT)
Class 4M3, IEC 68-2-27 Test Ea
Shock
GR-487-CORE
to manage system parameters during installation and
maintenance.
Not required for test under Class
Vibration
3.1E; GR-63-CORE OCELOT®
ETS 300 019-1-3 Class 3.1E Drawing upon Lucent’s extensive CDMA experience, Bell Labs
Earthquake Amendment 1: IEC 721-2-6;
developed a predictive optimization tool called OCELOT®,
GR-63-CORE Zone 4.
which creates a model of a mobile network using input such as
EN – 60529 IP20 road maps, base-station locations and traffic information. The
Ingress Protection
GR-487-CORE software can then analyze how each antenna should be pointed,
Cooling Method Filtered fresh air forced cooling tilted and powered to operate the network for optimal coverage
Acoustic Noise 67 dBA at 25°C (3s1c 20W) and capacity. Unlike other optimization techniques, OCELOT®
can simultaneously optimize for multiple service types, virtually
eliminating the need for lengthy drive tests. Net capacity
Electrical Data improvements of up to 35% have been achieved in operational
networks through the use of Ocelot optimization.
Power Supply +24V DC (ANSI T1.315)
230V AC, 50Hz Transmission Links:
Power Consumption 1849 W (3s1c 20W) E1/T1 – The URC cards each support up to eight links, including
100 Ohm T1, 75 Ohm unbalanced E1, or 120 Ohm balanced
E1.IMA (Inverse Multiplexing over ATM) is supported
Safety/Regulatory Data
providing a major increase in peak bandwidths. The system is
EMC GR-1089-CORE. FCC Part 15 hardware ready to provide redundancy and flexible loopback
configurations.
Safety UL 1950 / CSA 22.2 No. 234
UL601950 3rd, UL50 E3/T3 – Support of E3/T3 is possible using an optional upgrade
NEBS on the URC card. Each card will support 2 E3/T3 interfaces.
NEBS Compliant
CE CE Mark 93/68/EEC STM1/OC3 –Support of STM-1 is possible using an optional
R&TTE 99/5/EC upgrade on the URC card. . Each card will support 1+1 STM-1
interfaces. Both electrical and optical terminations are supported.
Ethernet – Support of Ethernet backhaul (IP RAN) within the
Modcell is planned using a next generation URC card.
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July 2006