IBTUF V
3G-4G
Upgrade
Pathways
OEM Partners
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Today’s Agenda
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Caveats and Concerns for your budgets!
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Legacy 3G systems (the vast majority)
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4G pathway for Tyco-ADC-LGC
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4G pathway for Commscope-Andrew
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4G pathway for MobileAccess
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Outside the box thinking with Zinwave and Solid
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Gratitude
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Caveats and concerns for the budget…we will
not be covering….
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Design requirements for LTE? We are
seeing a need to hit LTE at 10 dB hotter
than Cell level? -85 -77 -75…Cell only
market???? Need to beat the Cell
signal!!!
Not addressing electric/space
requirements for new
equipment…centralized power?
Not addressing UPS requirements?
Cost drivers of cabling in labor STP, 75
Ohm, 50 Ohm
Will start “within each OEM offering”
Will then invite “out of the box”
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TE-ADC-LGC Migration Summary
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LGCell…..Smithsonian
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InterReach Unison….Complete new
layer(s)
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InterReach Fusion….Single new layer
with SISO or MIMO RAU and antenna(s)
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InterReach Spectrum (FlexWave
Prism)…Should be plug and play with
proper DARTs and RAU/Antenna
configuration
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InterReach Unison- Full Layer per LTE Stream
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InterReach Fusion- Single Cable Layer Upgrade
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InterReach Spectrum- Modular Upgrade
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InterReach Spectrum- 12 TS= 1 Pair Fiber
Remote Band Pairs/Timeslots
Cellular 850 (25MHz)
4 TS
PCS 1900 (65MHz)
12 TS
700 uC/ABC (SISO/MIMO)
(11MHz & 18MHz)
2TS & 3TS
700 uC/ABC
(SISO/MIMO)
(11MHz & 18MHz)
2TS & 3TS
PCS 1900
AWS
ESMR 800 (18MHz)
3TS
AWS (45MHz)
8TS
ESMR 800 (18MHz)
3TS
ESMR 900 (5MHz)
1TS
700 uC/ABC SISO
2TS & 3TS
AWS
8TS
Config Options
850/1900,
700/700,
800/900/AWS
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Legacy Commscope- Andrew ION-B Summary
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Medium Powered Remote Units- New
MIMO Booster and Second Stream
Coax/Antenna Structure if required
High Powered Remote Units- New MIMO
Booster and Second Stream
Coax/Antenna Structure if required
Q2 2011- New 7 Band High Powered
Remote includes one stream of LTE- (for
Multi-Operator upgrades). Requires full
parallel layer for MIMO
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Andrew ION-B Medium Powered Remotes
1.
2.
3.
4.
Addition of one (1) 700 MHz MIMO TPOI card at Head End Unit.
Addition of one (1) TFBM7/7 MIMO Booster Unit at each remote node (co-located with the
TFAM85/19.
Addition of two )(2) Hybrid Combiners at the remote unit to combine the 700 MHz signal with
the existing system.
Addition of Four (4) 2-way power splitters at the MIMO Booster to split the MIMO signals from
the Booster in order to equalize the number of antennas in Path 1 and Path 2.
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Andrew ION-B High Powered Remotes
1.
2.
3.
4.
Addition of one (1) 700 MHz MIMO TPOI card at Head End Unit.
Addition of one (1) TFBM7/7 MIMO Booster Unit at each remote node (co-located with the
TFAH85/19).
Addition of One (1) Hybrid Combiners at the Remote Unit to combine the 700 MHz signals
with the existing system.
Addition of one (1) 2-way splitter/divider at the Mimo Booster
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Andrew Ion-B High Powered Remotes-Multi Operator
TLCN
Note that the TLCN card (shown above) may need to be
changed out if it does not have any spare ports to inject the
700 MHz signals. This change would consist of changing
from a TLCN2 to a TLCN4 or from a TLCN4 to a TLCN8. It is
also important to note if this change is made, the signal
levels to and from the BTS will need to be adjusted as the
system gain has changed.
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Andrew Ion-B High Powered 7-Band Remote- Q2
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Migrating from Medium to High Powered 7 Band
This table provides a general guideline for replacing
existing TFAM85/19 with the TFAH-US7B
In some instances where remotes were remotely powered, local
power may be required. The requirements depend on distance and
composite cable gauge at the remote
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MobileAccess Networks Legacy Systems Summary
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All Systems are Verizon Preferred
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MA1000 – SISO plug and play add on
with MIMO requiring a second layer of
equipment and cabling
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MA2000 and 2000TSX - SISO plug and
play add on with MIMO Partitioned
Approach or dedicated second layer of
equipment and cabling
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MobileAccessVE- Full MIMO layer
alternative – single CAT5e cabling and
single VAP with two antennas
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MobileAccess 1K and 2K SISO addition
Add-on for Each
Remote Closet
Don’t Touch
the Riser
Fiber Optic Cabling
SMF or MMF
Add LTE
Conditioner
Works through
inline Splitters
Don’t touch the
Ceiling
Coax Cabling
700 SISO
850/1900
• No disruption to the facility or Cell/PCS service
• No site walks to determine antenna placements
• For 700MHz and AWS LTE simply add an Add-On
for each in the remote closet
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MobileAccess 2K TSX MIMO addition
VzW Preferred
MA 2000
Sprint/T-Mobile
AT&T/VzW
Headend
AT&T/VzW
MA 2000TSX
Remotes
 Can utilize dedicated or partitioned approach
 Dedicated Approach – utilizes dedicated amplifiers where
VzW can leverage a mix of 2K or 2K TSX packages depending
on site requirements
 Partition Approach - Dedicated Conditioners, Dedicated
Cell/PCS with partitioned 700MHz modules
- Carriers own equipment
- monitor your own platform
- Partitioned 700 MHz modules where software prevents
carriers from impacting each other
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MobileAccess 2K TSX MIMO addition
VzW Preferred
MA 2000TSX
Remotes
700 MIMO
Headend
850/1900
 Can utilize dedicated or partitioned approach
 Dedicated Approach – utilizes dedicated amplifiers where
VzW can leverage a mix of 2K or 2K TSX packages depending
on site requirements
 Partition Approach - Dedicated Conditioners, Dedicated
Cell/PCS with partitioned 700MHz modules
- Carriers own equipment
- monitor your own platform
- Partitioned 700 MHz modules where software prevents
carriers from impacting each other
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MobileAccessVE – VzW Preferred
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LTE MIMO, 14 dBm
• 10 MHz x 2 Streams
– Upper C - Currently
Deployed
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Cell/PCS, 9/14 dBm
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15/20 MHz each band
WiMAX MIMO, 14 dBm
• 10 MHz x 2 Streams
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Internal Omni or
External Antennas
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Current Fiber extension
is 330 Links
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MobileAccessVE MIMO or SISO Overlay
Cat5e/Cat6 Ethernet cabling
900ft
(source to VCU)
Telco Closet
300ft
Coax
(Master VCU to Slave VCU)
1 VCU supports up
to 12 slaves VCUS
300ft (VCU to POD)
Slave Controller
Existing Cat-5e/6
• Max 300ft
• Home run
AnySource
RF
RF
Source
COAX
Up to 12 VE VAPs
Master Controller
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A strong solution to add LTE MIMO to any type of DAS
1 CAT5e cable &1 VAP Supporting two antennas for LTE MIMO
Leverage existing CAT5e cabling – no shielding required
Omni Direction Antennas or External Directional Antennas
Fiber architecture support distances over 1500Ft
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Verizon Preferred Solutions:
LTE MIMO co-existing with WLAN
VE Access
VAP
VE Cellular
Controller
Switch
WLAN AP
MIMO 1
LTE
MIMO
Source
MIMO 2
LTE
Service
WLAN
“802.11n”
 Easily Add 700MHz LTE MIMO to existing WLAN solutions
 Leverage Existing CAT5e cabling – WLAN throughput is not
impacted – Cisco Tested and Approved
 POE included – if 1 system goes down the other
remains operational
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Outside the box
“THE BOX”
Comfort?
Cost?
Future?
(See Kern’s Presentation)
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Zinwave Mimo Support
Small
Floorplan, Single Service – Double
Antennas and Remote Units
Larger
Floorplan, Single Service – Split
LTE A and B Between Alternate RUs
• Small % Increase in Number of RUs Compared to SISO
Large
Site, Multi Service – Split Services
Between Parallel Systems
• Small % Increase in Number of RUs Compared to SISO
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Zinwave Architecture and Versatility
DROP IN REPLACEMENT FOR SOME LEGACY SYSTEMS!
Fiber to STP topology lends
itself well to a Zinwave
overlay!
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SOLiD for legacy upgrades
850/1900
Multi-Carrier
Upgrade
Head End
850/1900
Amplifier
• Single
Head End Box
RF TO FIBER
2-Strands
• Single Strand of fiber SISO or MIMO
• Single Remote
• Just add
LEGACY
HEADcoax
END for MIMO
LEGACY REMOTES
½” COAX
COAX &
ANTENNAS
1900/2100
700 LTE FB MIMO
Power Supply
1 Strand
850
BIU Power Supply
(MPSU)
BIU CPU (MCPU)
850 700
1900 2100
Combiner
(MCDU)
2100
1900
850 700
1900 2100
850
700LTE FB MIMO
ODU
CPU Card
ANT A ANT B
½” COAX
½” COAX
Multi-plexer
SOLiD HEAD END
SOLiD REMOTE
Optional
MIMO Leg
COAX &
ANTENNAS
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SOLiD850/1900
for legacy upgrades
Single-Carrier Upgrade
Head End
850/1900
Amplifier
2-Strands
RF TO FIBER
½” COAX
• Single Head End Box (4 Bands SISO or MIMO)
• 2 Strands of fiber for MIMO
• Just
add coax
for MIMO
LEGACY REMOTES
HEAD END
LEGACY
ODU – MIMO Leg B
SOLiD HEAD END
MRU
850
1900
BIU
BIU Power Supply
700 / 2100
850 700
1900 2100
EXPANSION
Combiner B
Combiner A
700 / 2100
850 700
1900 2100
850 / 1900
BIU CPU
ODU – MIMO Leg A
1 Strand
1 Strand
ARU
700
2100
COAX &
ANTENNAS
ANT A ANT B
½” COAX
½” COAX
MRU
700
2100
SOLiD REMOTES
COAX &
ANTENNAS
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Where have we been? (The Recap)

Caveats and Concerns for your budgets!

Legacy 3G systems (the vast majority)

4G pathway for Tyco-ADC-LGC

4G pathway for Commscope-Andrew
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4G pathway for MobileAccess

Outside the box thinking with Zinwave and Solid
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Gratitude
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Thank You
Kely Davis
Director of Business Development
Communications Technology Services, LLC
864.449.4975
[email protected]
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