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Table Of Contents

Important Notice
Safety and Hazards
Limitation of Liability
Patents
Copyright
Trademarks
Contact Information
Revision History
1: Introduction
- Supported RF bands
- Physical features
- Application interface features
- Packet mode features
- LTE features
- Short Message Service (SMS) features
- Position location (GPS)
- Warranty and support
- Supporting documents
- Accessories
- Required connectors
- Ordering information
- Integration requirements
2: Technology Overview
- LTE
- CDMA
  - 1xEV-DO
  - 1X and IS-95A
3: Standards Compliance
4: Electrical Specifications
- Host interface pin assignments
- Power supply
- USB interface
  - USB high / full speed throughput performance
  - User-developed drivers
- SIM interface
  - SIM implementation
- Control interface (Signals)
  - W_DISABLE_N — Wireless disable
  - WLAN_LED_N — LED output
- Digital interface
5: RF Specifications
- RF connections
  - Shielding
  - Antenna and cabling
- Ground connection
- Interference and sensitivity
- Radiated sensitivity measurement
  - Sierra Wireless’ sensitivity testing and desensitization investigation
  - Sensitivity vs. frequency
- Supported frequencies
- Conducted Rx sensitivity / Tx power
- GPS specifications
6: Power
- Power consumption
- Module power states
  - Power state transitions
- Power interface
7: Software Interface
- Support tools
- USB interface
- TCP window size (Windows XP)
8: Mechanical and Environmental Specifications
- Device views
- Labeling
  - Electrostatic discharge (ESD)
- Thermal considerations
9: Regulatory and Industry Approvals
- Important notice
- Safety and hazards
- Important compliance information for North American users
- OEM integration
  - Application of regulatory guidelines
  - OEM device classification process
A: Antenna Specification
- Recommended GPS antenna specifications
- Antenna tests
B: Design Checklist
C: Testing
- AT command entry timing requirement
- Acceptance testing
  - Acceptance test requirements
  - Acceptance test procedure
- Certification testing
- Production testing
- Functional production test
- Quality assurance testing
- Suggested testing equipment
- Testing assistance provided by Sierra Wireless
- IOT/Operator testing
- Extended AT commands for testing
D: Packaging
E: References
- Web site support
- Sierra Wireless documents
F: Acronyms
Index

RF Specifications

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GPS specifications

Note: For detailed electrical performance criteria, see Recommended GPS antenna speci-

fications on page 67.

PCS (1900 MHz)

CDMA 1x

0.5% FER

-107.5 -104.0

EVDO rev A

0.5% PER

-109.5 -105.5

Table 5-6: Conducted Tx (Transmit) power tolerances

Parameter Conducted

transmit power

(dBm)

1. Preliminary values

Notes

LTE

LTE, Band 13

+23 dBm  1dB

CDMA

CDMA Band Class 0

(Cellular)

+24 dBm  1dB

CDMA Band Class 1 (PCS)

+23.5 dBm 1dB

(channel 1175)

+24 dBm 1dB

(other channels)

Table 5-7: GPS specifications

Parameter/feature Description

Satellite channels 12 channel, continuous tracking

Protocols NMEA 0183 V3.0

Acquisition time

Hot start: 1 s

Warm start: 29 s

Cold start: 32 s

Accuracy

Horizontal: < 2 m (50%); < 5 m (90%)

Altitude: < 4 m (50%); < 8 m (90%)

Velocity: < 0.2 m/s

Table 5-5: Conducted Rx (Receive) sensitivity — CDMA bands

CDMA bands

Conducted Rx sensitivity (dBm)

Typical Worst case