WCDMA RAN

Active TX Chain Gain Calibration

Feature Parameter Description
Issue

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Date

2011-04-30

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Contents

Contents
1 About This Document..................................................................................................................1
1.1 Scope..............................................................................................................................................................................1
1.2 Intended Audience..........................................................................................................................................................1
1.3 Change History...............................................................................................................................................................1

2 Overview.........................................................................................................................................3
3 Technical Description...................................................................................................................4
4 Parameters.......................................................................................................................................5
5 Counters..........................................................................................................................................6
6 Glossary...........................................................................................................................................7
7 Reference Documents...................................................................................................................8

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1 About This Document

About This Document

1.1 Scope
This document describes WRFD-010211 Active TX Chain Gain Calibration, including its
technical principles.

1.2 Intended Audience

This document is intended for personnel who:
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Need to understand the features described herein

Work with Huawei products

1.3 Change History

This section provides information about the changes in different document versions. There are
two types of changes, which are defined as follows:
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Feature change
Changes in features of a specific product version

Editorial change
Changes in wording or addition of information that was not described in the earlier version

01 (2011-04-30)
This issue does not include any changes.

Draft B (2011-03-30)
This issue does not include any changes.

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1 About This Document

Draft A (2010-12-30)
Compared with Issue 01 (2010-03-30) of RAN12.0, Draft A (2010-12-30) of RAN13.0
optimizes the description.

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2 Overview

Overview

This feature provides high output power accuracy for the NodeB and reduces the margins
required in network dimensioning. Thus, the power can be fully utilized.

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3 Technical Description

Technical Description

The active TX chain gain calibration can increase the accuracy of the downlink transmit power
(for example, the power accuracy of the 3900 series NodeB is 0.6 dB), thus reducing the
protection band reserved for power calculation in network planning and improving the utilization
of transmit power.
Performance drift occurs on all RF hardware. The gain of an RF part (for example, TRX, PA,
RF connector, or duplexer) is related to the temperature, frequency, and lot number. Such a gain
difference leads to a 1.5 dB to 2 dB error in the NodeB transmit power.
The active TX chain gain calibration can reduce the changes in analog channel gains caused by
different temperatures, frequencies, and lot numbers, thus ensuring a stable total gain of links.
The active TX chain gain calibration method calculates the difference between the downlink
input power and transmit power and then adjusts digital channel gains based on the transmit
power on the analog channel. Gain control is performed in real time, thus ensuring the accuracy
of transmit power.

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4 Parameters

Parameters

There are no specific parameters associated with this feature.

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5 Counters

Counters

There are no specific counters associated with this feature.

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6 Glossary

Glossary

For the acronyms, abbreviations, terms, and definitions, see the Glossary.

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7 Reference Documents

Reference Documents

There are no specific reference documents associated with this feature.

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