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FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS)
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Functional description
OneMFUsuppor
tsseveralmoduleswhichcanbeplacedanywhereintheframeorasacombinationofseveral
differenttypesofunitsinaframe.Thereare16UpositionsintheMFUthatcanbeutilized,eachmoduletypehasa
differentwidth(seeeachmodule’sspecifications)sothenumberofmodul
ethatwillfitinanMFUvaries.OneMFU
canhouse upto4powersuppliesor8basestationinterfacecardsor16fiberopticinterfacecards.See
Table1
.
EachMFUne
edsatlea stonepowersupply,buttheydonotnecessarilyhavetobeplacedintheMFUthatthey
power.QuiteoftenasystemhasmorethanonepowersupplyandtheyareusuallyplacedtogetherinoneMFUfor
easyaccess.EachMFUhastwomolexconnectorstha
tcanbeconnectedtoapowersupply.Thisallowsforaprimary
andaredundantpowersupplytobeconnectedtoittoensureoperationevenifonepowersupplyshouldfail.
TheMFUalsoco
ntainsfansusedtoventilatethe unitshousedintheframe.Thesearehighqualityfansthathavea
highMTBF.
Table 1 MFU Specifications
Parameter Value
Inputvo
ltage 28VDC
Powercon
nector Molex,10Pin
Ethernetco
nnector RJ45
Weight(wi
thoutmodules) 2.5kg
Tem perature ra
nge,Operational 045°C
Width 19Inch
Height 3U
Depth 300mm
Maximumnumberofmodule
ssupported
PSU 4
BIU 8
FOI 16