User's Manual Part 2

116 Part ######A revision 00a-DRAFT March 29, 2006
Macro Base Station Installation Procedures (NPM-1000)
Adding Sectors to a Base Station
This procedure describes how to add additional sectors to a base station. See your updated field
engineering package for site-specific information about the upgrade.
 To add sectors to a base station
1 Install any additional radio shelves. See “Attach the Radio Shelves to the Radio Rack” on page 62.
2 Install any additional CompactPCI power supplies for the radio shelves. See “Insert CompactPCI Power
Supplies” on page 73.
3 Install the additional cards. See “Insert the Radio and Utility Shelf Cards” on page 75.
4 Cover any unused card slots with filler panels. See “Cover Unused Card Slots” on page 77.
5 Install the additional RFSS modules. See “Install the RFSS Modules” on page 66.
6 Cover any unused RFSS module slots with filler panels. See “Cover Empty RFSS Slots” on page 67.
7 Install the power, Ethernet, signal, clock, and RF cabling for the new sectors. See “Connecting the
Cables” on page 78.
8 Set the PDP sector switch to the number of sectors that the upgraded base station will support. See
“Check PDP Sector Configuration” on page 54.
9 Perform a quality audit on the base station hardware as described in the field deployment (E1) package.
10 Review the condition of the status lights to ensure correct operation. See the Macro Base Station
Maintenance Procedures for information.
11 Add the new sectors to the base station network in the CM tool. See the System Administration
Reference for information.