SDR commissioning

ZTE University

GSM-BSS Team
 Commissioning Procedure
BSC
Commissioning
Installation
Preparation
Commissioning

OMCR Data
Hardware Check
Configuration

Local
OMCB Data
Commissioning of
Configuration
LMT

Installation &
Configuration
Check

No

Is link created?

Yes

Synchronize Data
on Foreground and
Background

Service Testing

End
 Software, Documentation and Data Collection

 1. Version package files of ZXSDR.

 2. LMT software packages matching the ZXSDR
version.The representative office must submit an
application on the website http://support.zte.com.cn
to download all the required versions.
Hardware Installation Checking
SA
 SA

Bits of X5 [1, 0] E1/T1 Mode

[Shorted, shorted] Reserved

[Shorted, open] T1, 100 Ω

[Open, shorted] E1, 120 Ω

[Open, open] E1, 75 Ω (default)

Bits of X5 [3, 2] Mode

[Open, open] Uplink short line, downlink short line

[Shorted, shorted] Uplink long line, downlink long line

[Open, shorted] Uplink short line, downlink long line

[Shorted, open] Uplink long line, downlink short line

 X6 SETTING

Bits of X6 [2, 1, 0] BBU Cabinet Number

[Open, open, open] 0

[Open, open, shorted] 1

[Open, shorted, open] 2

[Open, shorted, shorted] 3

[Shorted, open, open] 4

[Shorted, open, shorted] 5

[Shorted, shorted, open] 6

[Shorted, shorted, shorted] 7

 Checking the Input Power

 Check whether polarities of the input power are correctly

connected.

 Check whether the power input range is –40 V DC to –57 V

DC.

 PSU (a module for conversion between AC and DC) should

be used when the equipment room uses 220 V AC. Check
whether the fluctuation range of the single-phase voltage
is 200 V AC to 240 V AC.
 Checking Cable Connections

 Check whether FE cables between B8200 and iBSC are correctly connected if FE
connections are applied on the Abis interface.

 Check whether E1 media between DDF and B8200 are correctly connected if E1
connections are applied on the Abis interface.

 Check whether optical fibers from the FS board of B8200 to R8860 are correctly
connected.

 Check whether the network connection between the debugging port ETH1 on the CC
board and LMT is normal.

 Check whether dry contact, the 232 serial port cables and the 485 serial port cables
are correctly connected.
 Checklist Before Power-on

Item Requirements and Criteria Item Requirements and Criteria

Types, quantities, and locations of boards are FE cables to the CC board are correctly
consistent with the planning. connected if FE connections are applied on the
Check Abis Abis interface.
Check boards Jumpers on the SA board are correctly set interface
according to the actual transmission mode and connections E1 media between DDF and BTS are correctly
cabinet cascading. connected if E1 connections are applied on the
Abis interface.
Polarities of the input power of B8200/R8860
are correctly connected. Check the
The network interface on LMT is correctly
connections
The input voltage range of B8200/R8860 is –40 connected to CC board.
of LMT
V DC to –57 V DC.
Check the All the boards have been pulled out.
The fluctuation range of the single-phase
input power
voltage is 200 V AC to 240 V AC. The frequency Power on the The status of each board is normal after power-
fluctuation range is 47 Hz to 53 Hz, and PSU is equipment on.
connected to convert AC power into DC power
The shelves are properly grounded.
for B8200/R8860 if B8200/R8860 adopts single-
phase 220 V AC. Check power-
The equipment has been normally powered on.
on results
Check
Cables between FS board and R8860 are
cabinet cable
correctly connected. Note
connections
 OMC Environment Setting

 From the previous description of the differences in an SDR base

station and a traditional 2G base station, we know that the SDR
base station has two network management systems, that is, an
OMCR and an OMCB. Most of work is done on the OMCB, as
shown in Figure 1.13. In actual networking, we may install the
OMCB and the OMCR on two standalone servers, or integrate
them in one network management system (iSMG) and install them
on one server (SBCX). The installation and debugging in this
manual assume that the OMCB and the OMCR are installed on
one SBCX.
 When an Abis Interface Uses Ethernet as the Bearer

OMC-B link end-to-end

communication

OMC-B OMC-B
Client Server

Ethernet switch for OMC-B

IPBB or GIPI(electric
or fibre interface)

BS8200 GU360
PM FS BP
PM FS BP F FE1 FE1
时钟测
CC BP FE2 FE2
SA A
试接口
CC BP
FE3 FE3
FE4 FE4
IPBB or
GIPI
iBSC

Ethernet switch for SDR Ethernet switch for iBSC

May also be WAN router for SDR May also be WAN router for iBSC
merged into merged into
one L3 switch one L3 switch

IP backbone

OMC-B network topology for ZXSDR

(with Abis interface based on FE)
 When an Abis Interface Uses E1/T1 as the Bearer

 The Abis interface of the iBSC is connected to the base station by

means of an E1/T1 interface board (DTB) instead of an IPBB
interface board. It processes base station information on an EUIP.
In this case, the OMC-B operation and maintenance gateway of
the base station is the IP address set on the EUIP of the iBSC;

 No Ethernet switch is used on the base station side. By means of

E1/T1, the base station is directly connected to the E1 interface
board (DTB) of the Abis interface of the iBSC
When an Abis Interface Uses E1/T1 as the Bearer

OMC-B link end-to-end

communication

OMC-B OMC-B
Client Server

Ethernet switch for OMC-B

BS8200 GU360
PM FS BP
PM FS BP F FE1
时钟测
CC BP FE2
SA A
试接口
CC BP DTB EUIP FE3
FE4
IPBB or
GIPI
iBSC

OMC-B network topology for ZXSDR

(with Abis interface based on E1)
 IP address planning

Configuration Item
Configuration Information Mask

IP address of the network interface between the IBSC and the

Omcb Server
139.1.1.254 255.255.255.0

OMCB server IP address configured for the IBSC

139.1.1.200 255.255.255.0

IpAbis virtual address of the iBSC

118.18.1.1 255.255.255.255

IP address of the network interface between the IBSC and the

BTS
118.18.X.254 255.255.255.0

IP address configured for the BTS

118.18.X.100 255.255.255.0
 Networking description

BIPP_SDR/
OMCB BIPP_OMCB RPU SDR
EUIP_SDR

139.1.1.200 139.1.1.254 118.18.1.1 118.18.2.254 18.18.2.100

 When jointly deployed, an OMCB and an OMCR are logically two separate NM units
though they are physically installed on SBCX boards. In this case, the iBSC needs to
provide two IP interfaces, connected respectively to an SDR base station and an OMCB
server; the BSC needs to be configured with a virtual address (RPU interface address)
 OMCR Data Configuration

 Set the global resource configuration parameters of the

BSC;

 Complete the Abis interface board and OMCB interface

board configuration of the BSC;

 Complete the IP interface configuration of the Abis

interface, OMCB interface, and BSC virtual address;

 Complete the logical site and radio parameter

configuration of the SDR;
BSC Global Resources Configuration
 Abis and OMCB Interface Configuration

 When the Abis interface uses IPOverE1:

When the Abis interface uses FE
 B8200 Configuration on OMCR

 Complete the logical configuration of an SDR site.

 Complete the cell configuration and transceiver
configuration of the SDR site.
CREAT SITE
Create B8200 Rack
Configure B8200 TRX
 OMCB introduction

 The configuration and management of conventional 2G BTS

(such as BTSV2 and BTSV3) is performed through OMCR
(including the iSMG). In contrast, the configuration of ZXSDR
BTS is mostly performed through LMT or OMCB (OMCR
completes the configuration of some wireless data only).

 The Operation and Maintenance Center for Node B (OMCB) is

the operation and maintenance unit defined by 3GPP to
manage Node B. As dual-mode products supporting GSM and
3G systems, ZXSDR BTS also supports OMCB. The old single-
thread link mode (OMCRBSCBTS) is changed to the dual-
thread link mode (OMCBBTS and OMCRBSCBTS) and
then one more entity exists above BTS
 OMCR data configuration

 The OMCR data configuration mentioned in this

document refers to the ZXSDR-related data configuration
on the BSC side. The other configuration performed
during BSC installation commissioning is not described in
this document. The data configuration on OMCR covers
four parts:

 a) Settings about BSC global resources;

 b) Abis interface board configuration;

 c) IP interface configuration;

 d) Radio parameter configuration of ZXSDR sites.

 OMCB data configuration

 OMCB is the operation and maintenance center for

ZXSDR BTS. During the commissioning, you can
configure the data of ZXSDR BTS through OMCB. In
addition, the remote maintenance of ZXSDR BTS is also
implemented through OMCB.
 LMT General introduction

LMT can be used to perform local debugging: Connect the

commissioning PC to ZXSDR and perform data configuration
locally through LMT software on the commissioning PC.

You can use LMT to configure

 transmission-related data (such as IP addresses and routes)

 physical configuration data (such as board configuration data

and topology relation data)

 some radio configuration data (such as frequency band data

and central frequency data)

 and to perform ZXSDR version management.

 Synchronization

 The synchronization between the foreground and the

background refers to the synchronization of data from the
foreground to the background or vice versa Three
conditions must be met before you can create a
connection between the foreground and the background:
  The ZXSDR-related interface parameters have been
correctly configured on OMCR.
  The ZXSDR management NE has been correctly
created on OMCB.
  The transmission parameters have been correctly
configured on LMT.
 SDR data configuration
 It should be noted that the data configured on LMT is the same
as that configured on OMCB. During the commissioning of
ZXSDR, configure the data on the BSC side through OMCR
and then configure the data on the ZXSDR side. You may
configure the data on the SDR side in two ways:
 a) configure all the data through OMCB, then configure the
transmission parameters of ZXSDR on LMT so that LMT
establishes a connection with the background, and finally
synchronizes the data from OMCB to ZXSDR;
 b) configure all the data on LMT, then create the ZXSDR
management NE on OMCB so that the NE establishes a
connection with the foreground, and finally sends the
configuration data of ZXSDR to the background.
 Configuration preparation

 The configuration data to be prepared includes the BTS configuration data

and the Abis interface interconnection data. The BTS configuration data
includes the site type, the number of carriers per RRU, LAC, CI, and
frequency data. The Abis interface interconnection data includes the GSM site
ID, the BTS IP address, and the IP Abis address of iBSC

Parameter Data Instance

GSM site ID 2

Abis interface IP address of BTS 118.18.2.100

IP Abis address (virtual) of iBSC 118.18.1.1

SCTP port number of the remote BSC 14595

Gateway address for access to the remote BSC 118.18.1.1

 OMCR and OMCB

 From the previous description of the differences in an

SDR base station and a traditional 2G base station, we
know that the SDR base station has two network
management systems, that is, an OMCR and an OMCB.
Most of work is done on the OMCB.In actual networking,
we may install the OMCB and the OMCR on two
standalone servers, or integrate them in one network
management system (iSMG) and install them on one
server (SBCX). The installation and debugging in this
manual assume that the OMCB and the OMCR are
installed on one SBCX.
 When using IP over E1

 By means of E1/T1, the base station is directly connected

to the E1 interface board (SDTB) of the Abis interface of
the iBSC;

 The Abis interface of the iBSC processes base station

information on an EUIP. In this case, the OMC-B
operation and maintenance gateway of the base station is
the IP address set on the EUIP of the iBSC;

 The OMC-B server is still accessed to the iBSC by means

of an IPBB board.
OMC-B link end-to-end
communication

OMC-B OMC-B
Client Server

Ethernet switch for OMC-B

BS8200 GU360
PM FS BP
PM FS BP F FE1
时钟测
CC BP FE2
SA A
试接口
CC BP DTB EUIP FE3
FE4
IPBB or
GIPI
iBSC

OMC-B network topology for ZXSDR

(with Abis interface based on E1)
 One example

 The following table is an example of IP address planning. For the

sake of direct observation, the third digit of a base station IP
address is used to represent a site number, as shown by x in the
following table.

Configuration Item Configuration

Mask
Information
IP address of the network interface between
the IBSC and the Omcb Server 139.1.1.254 255.255.255.0

OMCB server IP address configured for the

139.1.1.200 255.255.255.0
IBSC
IpAbis virtual address of the iBSC 118.18.1.1 255.255.255.255
IP address of the network interface between
the IBSC and the BTS 118.18.X.254 255.255.255.0

IP address configured for the BTS 118.18.X.100 255.255.255.0

 Networking description

 When jointly deployed, an OMCB and an OMCR are logically two separate
NM units though they are physically installed on SBCX boards. In this case,
the iBSC needs to provide two IP interfaces, connected respectively to an
SDR base station and an OMCB server; the BSC needs to be configured
with a virtual address (RPU interface address).

 Connection between the SDR and the BSC: When E1 is physically used for
access, the interface board on the SDR side is SA and that on the BSC side
is SDTB (EUIP is required for the access of IP); when FE/GE is used, the
interface board on the SDR side is CC and that on the BSC side is IPBB.

 Connection between the OMCB and the BSC: when FE/GE is used, the
interface of the OMCB (that is, the external network interface of the SBCX)
is generally HEART1. IPBB is used on the BSC side.
 Networking example

 In the example as shown in above Figure, the IP address of the

OMCB server and that of the SDR are not in the same network
segment IP. Therefore, it is necessary to add a route from an
OMCB gateway to an SDR network segment.
 How to Add route

 In the Linux system, the command used to add a route is as follows:

route add -net destination network address gw next hop address netmask
network mask interface ip
 In this example, the IP address of the OMCB server is 139.1.1.200. Its gateway
address, that is, the IPBB_OMCB address, is 139.1.1.254. The IP address of
the SDR is in the network segment 118.18.1.0. Then, the command used to
add a route to the iBSC virtual address on the OMCB (that is, the SBCX) is as
follows:
 #route add –net 118.18.1.0 gw 139.1.1.254 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth1
 Set a permanent route

 After you have added a route by using the route add

command, to prevent the configured route being lost due
to the restart of the SBCX, you may edit the /etc/rc.d
/rc.local file as a root user and add the following line to
this file:

 #route add –net 118.18.1.0 gw 139.1.1.254 netmask

255.255.255.0 eth1

 Thus, each time the SBCX is started, the route will be

automatically added.
 LMT General introduction

The software packet of the SDR often contains two files: one is the foreground
software - software specification package, the other is the debugging software LMT.
General introduction
 JRE installation

Load the JRE in running the LMT. If the JRE is not installed in the debugger,
the JRE should be installed under the LMT directory. The path is
\.....\BLMT_v4.00.101b2\JRE\jre-6u2-windows-i586-p.exe. (If a different LMT
version and the JRE have been installed in the debugger, re-installation is
not required.)