Product Description

DN991444 © Nokia Corporation Draft 5 (98)
Issue 3-0 en Draft Nokia Proprietary and Confidential
Contents
Contents 5
List of tables 7
List of figures 9
1 About this document 13
2 Introduction to the Nokia MetroSite EDGE Base Station 15
2.1 Base station system 15
2.2 Nokia MetroSite EDGE Base Station 16
3 Nokia MetroSite EDGE Base Station features 19
3.1 Building capacity with the Nokia MetroSite EDGE Base Station 19
3.1.1 Four TRX BTS with flexible sectoring and dual band operation 19
3.1.2 Chaining of Nokia MetroSite EDGE base stations 20
3.1.3 RF power and sensitivity for microcellular applications 21
3.1.4 Smooth capacity expansion 21
3.2 High network quality 21
3.2.1 Receiver diversity 21
3.2.2 Frequency hopping 22
3.2.3 Antenna solution 22
3.3 Telecommunication features 23
3.3.1 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) 24
3.3.2 Enhanced General Packet Radio Service (EGPRS) 24
3.4 Easy and fast deployment 24
3.4.1 Installation 24
3.4.2 Commissioning with the Nokia MetroSite BTS Manager 25
3.5 Advanced operation and maintenance 27
3.5.1 Integration of TRX and base control functions (BCF) 27
3.5.2 BTS diagnostics, alarms and TRX test 27
3.5.3 Battery backup with Nokia MetroSite Battery Backup 28
3.5.4 Temperature control 28
4 Applications 31
4.1 Building capacity with the Nokia MetroSite EDGE Base Station 31
4.2 Transmission with the Nokia MetroSite EDGE Base Station 36
5 Nokia MetroSite EDGE Base Station related software 39
5.1 Nokia MetroSite EDGE Base Station software 39
5.2 Nokia MetroSite BTS Manager software 40
5.3 BTS software updates 41
6 General function, construction and units 43
6.1 Nokia MetroSite EDGE Base Station general function 43
6.1.1 Signalling between network, BTS and MS 43
6.1.2 Nokia MetroSite EDGE Base Station internal function 45
6.2 Cabinet (HVMC) and cover (HVCU, WCUA) 48