User's Manual

Revision History MC-Series High-Power System
998--01 Rev X1
iv CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY RadioFrame Networks, Inc.
2.5.8.2 Transmitter Performance Summary ........................................................................... 35
2.5.8.3 Tx Power Out.............................................................................................................. 35
2.5.8.4 Receiver Performance Summary ............................................................................... 36
2.5.8.5 Spurious RF Emissions .............................................................................................. 36
2.5.9 Environmental Specifications .............................................................................................. 37
2.5.10 Compliance ......................................................................................................................... 37
3 Pre-Installation ....................................................................................................................................37
3.1 Site Planning................................................................................................................................37
3.1.1 Space Requirements........................................................................................................... 38
3.1.2 Floor Loading ...................................................................................................................... 38
3.1.3 Anchoring ............................................................................................................................ 38
3.1.4 Seismic Zone Installation .................................................................................................... 38
3.1.5 Cooling of Equipment.......................................................................................................... 38
3.1.6 Power .................................................................................................................................. 39
3.1.7 Grounding............................................................................................................................ 39
3.1.8 GPS Antennas..................................................................................................................... 39
3.1.9 T1 Service ........................................................................................................................... 39
3.1.10 Alarm Blocks ....................................................................................................................... 40
3.1.10.1 Environmental Alarm System (EAS)........................................................................... 40
3.2 Scheduling / Logistics .................................................................................................................. 40
3.3 MC-Series High-Power System Installation Kit ........................................................................... 41
3.4 iDEN Configuration ...................................................................................................................... 41
3.4.1 Cabinet and Position Settings ............................................................................................. 41
3.4.2 BRs......................................................................................................................................41
3.4.3 Sectorization........................................................................................................................ 42
4 Installation...........................................................................................................................................42
4.1 Site Inspection .............................................................................................................................42
4.2 Receipt of Equipment................................................................................................................... 42
4.2.1 Equipment Inspection.......................................................................................................... 43
4.2.2 Equipment Inventory ........................................................................................................... 43
4.3 Mounting the MC-Series High-Power System Cabinet................................................................ 43
4.3.1 iSC-3s.................................................................................................................................. 45
4.3.2 EAS .....................................................................................................................................46
4.3.3 CSU..................................................................................................................................... 47
4.4 Mounting Auxiliary Equipment ..................................................................................................... 47
4.5 Cabinet-to-Site Cabling................................................................................................................ 47
4.5.1 Grounding............................................................................................................................ 48
4.5.2 T1 ........................................................................................................................................ 48
4.5.3 GPS Surge Arrestor ............................................................................................................ 48
4.5.4 EAS Alarm Cabling.............................................................................................................. 49
4.5.5 RF (Tx / Rx / Rx diversity) ................................................................................................... 49
4.5.6 Power .................................................................................................................................. 49
5 Final Checkout and Commissioning ...................................................................................................49
5.1 Prerequisites ................................................................................................................................50
5.2 Checkout Procedures .................................................................................................................. 51
5.3 Initial Powering Procedure........................................................................................................... 51
5.4 System Setup............................................................................................................................... 52
5.5 Functionality Test......................................................................................................................... 56
6 Management—Datafill, Configuration and Optimization..................................................................... 57
6.1 Datafill .......................................................................................................................................... 57
6.1.1 Unsupported Datafill Parameters ........................................................................................ 57
6.1.1.1 steThresholdMode ...................................................................................................... 57
6.1.1.2 brPwrReducModeAcg................................................................................................. 57
6.1.2 Parameters that Do Not Apply to the MC-Series High-Power System ............................... 57
6.1.2.1 combinerType ............................................................................................................. 58
6.1.3 Recommended Datafill Parameters .................................................................................... 58