Installation Manual

Release 3.3 Revision A 1/99
90 WAVEXpress/BTS Installation and Commissioning Guide
7-1.1 Pre On-Line Commissioning Requirements
On-line commissioning activity will only begin after the following checks have been made by either the field technician
or the OMC operator.
The prerequisites for on-line commissioning are:
• The BSC is fully commissioned, in service and connected to the BTS.
• The OMC is in service and connected to the BSC via the MSC as defined in the
i nterWAVE BSS
Network Implementation Guide.
• The database questionnaire is completed, with all necessary BTS parameters listed, as defined in
the interWAVE BSS Network Implementation Guide
.
• A planned cell is created in the OMC's database which corresponds to the field-installed BTS.
• The BSC is connected to the MSC.
• The OMC has downloaded the BTS' configuration with the correct software version and opera-
tional parameters as defined in the WAVEView Operations and Maintenance Guide
and the inter-
WAVE BSS Network Implementation Guide.
• The RF frequencies are cleared to transmit.
• The BSC-BTS T1 link is properly installed:
• The BTS' dual port T1 cables are connected to the T1 provider.
• The BSC's dual port T1 cables connected to the T1 provider are assigned to the BTS.
• The BSC-BTS T1 link is properly certified. Note that the certification should state length of test-
ing and BER results.
It is the operator's responsibility to verify that all BSC-BTS T1 Abis links are ordered,
installed and certified by the local T1 provider. Certification should include a BER test
of at least 20 minutes on the Abis interface.
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