SDR commissioning

ZTE University
GSM-BSS Team

Commissioning Procedure
Commissioning Preparation BSC Installation Commissioning

Hardware Check

OMCR Data Configuration

Local Commissioning of LMT

OMCB Data Configuration

Installation & Configuration Check

No

Is link created?

Yes

Synchronize Data on Foreground and Background

Service Testing

End

Software, Documentation and Data Collection

1. Version package files of ZXSDR. 2. LMT software packages matching the ZXSDR version.The representative office must submit an application on the website http://support.zte.com.cn

to download all the required versions.

Hardware Installation Checking

SA

SA

Bits of X5 [1, 0] [Shorted, shorted] [Shorted, open] [Open, shorted] [Open, open] Reserved T1, 100 E1, 120 E1, 75 (default)

E1/T1 Mode

Bits of X5 [3, 2] [Open, open] [Shorted, shorted] [Open, shorted]

Mode Uplink short line, downlink short line Uplink long line, downlink long line Uplink short line, downlink long line

[Shorted, open]

Uplink long line, downlink short line

X6 SETTING

Bits of X6 [2, 1, 0] [Open, open, open] [Open, open, shorted] [Open, shorted, open] [Open, shorted, shorted] [Shorted, open, open] [Shorted, open, shorted] [Shorted, shorted, open] [Shorted, shorted, shorted] 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

BBU Cabinet Number

Checking the Input Power

Check whether polarities of the input power are correctly connected.

Check whether the power input range is 40 V DC to 57 V DC.

PSU (a module for conversion between AC and DC) should be used when the equipment room uses 220 V AC. Check whether the fluctuation range of the single-phase voltage is 200 V AC to 240 V AC.

Checking Cable Connections

Check whether FE cables between B8200 and iBSC are correctly connected if FE connections are applied on the Abis interface.

Check whether E1 media between DDF and B8200 are correctly connected if E1 connections are applied on the Abis interface.

Check whether optical fibers from the FS board of B8200 to R8860 are correctly connected.

Check whether the network connection between the debugging port ETH1 on the CC board and LMT is normal.

Check whether dry contact, the 232 serial port cables and the 485 serial port cables are correctly connected.

Checklist Before Power-on

Item Requirements and Criteria Types, quantities, and locations of boards are consistent with the planning. Check boards Check Abis Jumpers on the SA board are correctly set according to the actual transmission mode and cabinet cascading. Polarities of the input power of B8200/R8860 are correctly connected. The input voltage range of B8200/R8860 is 40 V DC to 57 V DC. Check the input power The fluctuation range of the single-phase voltage is 200 V AC to 240 V AC. The frequency fluctuation range is 47 Hz to 53 Hz, and PSU is connected to convert AC power into DC power for B8200/R8860 if B8200/R8860 adopts singlephase 220 V AC. Check cabinet cable connections Cables between FS board and R8860 are correctly connected. Note Check poweron results The equipment has been normally powered on. Power on the equipment Check the connections of LMT interface connections E1 media between DDF and BTS are correctly connected if E1 connections are applied on the Abis interface. The network interface on LMT is correctly connected to CC board. All the boards have been pulled out. The status of each board is normal after poweron. The shelves are properly grounded. Item Requirements and Criteria FE cables to the CC board are correctly connected if FE connections are applied on the Abis interface.

OMC Environment Setting

From the previous description of the differences in an SDR base station and a traditional 2G base station, we know that the SDR base station has two network management systems, that is, an OMCR and an OMCB. Most of work is done on the OMCB, as shown in Figure 1.13. In actual networking, we may install the OMCB and the OMCR on two standalone servers, or integrate them in one network management system (iSMG) and install them on one server (SBCX). The installation and debugging in this manual assume that the OMCB and the OMCR are installed on

one SBCX.

When an Abis Interface Uses Ethernet as the Bearer

OMC-B link end-to-end communication

OMC-B Client

OMC-B Server

Ethernet switch for OMC-B

IPBB or GIPI(electric or fibre interface)

BS8200 GU360 PM PM SA CC CC
FS FS BP BP BP BP

F A

FE1 FE2 FE3 FE4

FE1 FE2 FE3 FE4

IPBB or GIPI

iBSC Ethernet switch for SDR Ethernet switch for iBSC

May also be merged into one L3 switch

WAN router for SDR

May also be merged into one L3 switch

WAN router for iBSC

IP backbone

OMC-B network topology for ZXSDR (with Abis interface based on FE)

When an Abis Interface Uses E1/T1 as the Bearer

The Abis interface of the iBSC is connected to the base station by means of an E1/T1 interface board (DTB) instead of an IPBB interface board. It processes base station information on an EUIP. In this case, the OMC-B operation and maintenance gateway of the base station is the IP address set on the EUIP of the iBSC;

No Ethernet switch is used on the base station side. By means of E1/T1, the base station is directly connected to the E1 interface board (DTB) of the Abis interface of the iBSC

When an Abis Interface Uses E1/T1 as the Bearer

OMC-B link end-to-end communication

OMC-B Client

OMC-B Server

Ethernet switch for OMC-B

BS8200 GU360 PM PM SA CC CC
FS FS BP BP BP BP

F A

DTB

EUIP

FE1 FE2 FE3 FE4

IPBB or GIPI

iBSC

OMC-B network topology for ZXSDR (with Abis interface based on E1)

IP address planning
Configuration Item Configuration Information Mask

IP address of the network interface between the IBSC and the

Omcb Server 139.1.1.254 255.255.255.0

OMCB server IP address configured for the IBSC

139.1.1.200

255.255.255.0

IpAbis virtual address of the iBSC 118.18.1.1 255.255.255.255

IP address of the network interface between the IBSC and the BTS 118.18.X.254 255.255.255.0

IP address configured for the BTS 118.18.X.100 255.255.255.0

Networking description

OMCB

BIPP_OMCB

RPU

BIPP_SDR/ EUIP_SDR 118.18.2.254

SDR

139.1.1.200

139.1.1.254

118.18.1.1

18.18.2.100

When jointly deployed, an OMCB and an OMCR are logically two separate NM units though they are physically installed on SBCX boards. In this case, the iBSC needs to

provide two IP interfaces, connected respectively to an SDR base station and an OMCB
server; the BSC needs to be configured with a virtual address (RPU interface address)

OMCR Data Configuration

Set the global resource configuration parameters of the BSC;

Complete the Abis interface board and OMCB interface board configuration of the BSC;

Complete the IP interface configuration of the Abis interface, OMCB interface, and BSC virtual address;

Complete the logical site and radio parameter configuration of the SDR;

BSC Global Resources Configuration

Abis and OMCB Interface Configuration

When the Abis interface uses IPOverE1:

When the Abis interface uses FE

B8200 Configuration on OMCR

Complete the logical configuration of an SDR site. Complete the cell configuration and transceiver configuration of the SDR site.

CREAT SITE

Create B8200 Rack

Configure B8200 TRX

OMCB introduction

The configuration and management of conventional 2G BTS (such as BTSV2 and BTSV3) is performed through OMCR (including the iSMG). In contrast, the configuration of ZXSDR BTS is mostly performed through LMT or OMCB (OMCR completes the configuration of some wireless data only).

The Operation and Maintenance Center for Node B (OMCB) is

the operation and maintenance unit defined by 3GPP to manage Node B. As dual-mode products supporting GSM and

3G systems, ZXSDR BTS also supports OMCB. The old singlethread link mode (OMCRBSCBTS) is changed to the dualthread link mode (OMCBBTS and OMCRBSCBTS) and then one more entity exists above BTS

OMCR data configuration

The OMCR data configuration mentioned in this document refers to the ZXSDR-related data configuration on the BSC side. The other configuration performed during BSC installation commissioning is not described in this document. The data configuration on OMCR covers four parts:

a) Settings about BSC global resources; b) Abis interface board configuration; c) IP interface configuration; d) Radio parameter configuration of ZXSDR sites.

OMCB data configuration

OMCB is the operation and maintenance center for

ZXSDR BTS. During the commissioning, you can

configure the data of ZXSDR BTS through OMCB. In addition, the remote maintenance of ZXSDR BTS is also

implemented through OMCB.

LMT General introduction

LMT can be used to perform local debugging: Connect the commissioning PC to ZXSDR and perform data configuration locally through LMT software on the commissioning PC. You can use LMT to configure

transmission-related data (such as IP addresses and routes) physical configuration data (such as board configuration data and topology relation data)

some radio configuration data (such as frequency band data and central frequency data)

and to perform ZXSDR version management.

Synchronization

The synchronization between the foreground and the background refers to the synchronization of data from the foreground to the background or vice versa Three conditions must be met before you can create a connection between the foreground and the background:

The ZXSDR-related interface parameters have been

correctly configured on OMCR.

The ZXSDR management NE has been correctly

created on OMCB.

The transmission parameters have been correctly

configured on LMT.

SDR data configuration

It should be noted that the data configured on LMT is the same as that configured on OMCB. During the commissioning of

ZXSDR, configure the data on the BSC side through OMCR

and then configure the data on the ZXSDR side. You may configure the data on the SDR side in two ways:

a) configure all the data through OMCB, then configure the transmission parameters of ZXSDR on LMT so that LMT establishes a connection with the background, and finally synchronizes the data from OMCB to ZXSDR;

b) configure all the data on LMT, then create the ZXSDR

management NE on OMCB so that the NE establishes a connection with the foreground, and finally sends the configuration data of ZXSDR to the background.

Configuration preparation

The configuration data to be prepared includes the BTS configuration data and the Abis interface interconnection data. The BTS configuration data

includes the site type, the number of carriers per RRU, LAC, CI, and
frequency data. The Abis interface interconnection data includes the GSM site ID, the BTS IP address, and the IP Abis address of iBSC

Parameter

Data Instance

GSM site ID Abis interface IP address of BTS IP Abis address (virtual) of iBSC

2 118.18.2.100 118.18.1.1

SCTP port number of the remote BSC

Gateway address for access to the remote BSC

14595
118.18.1.1

OMCR and OMCB

From the previous description of the differences in an SDR base station and a traditional 2G base station, we know that the SDR base station has two network management systems, that is, an OMCR and an OMCB. Most of work is done on the OMCB.In actual networking, we may install the OMCB and the OMCR on two standalone servers, or integrate them in one network management system (iSMG) and install them on one server (SBCX). The installation and debugging in this manual assume that the OMCB and the OMCR are installed on one SBCX.

When using IP over E1

By means of E1/T1, the base station is directly connected to the E1 interface board (SDTB) of the Abis interface of the iBSC;

The Abis interface of the iBSC processes base station information on an EUIP. In this case, the OMC-B operation and maintenance gateway of the base station is the IP address set on the EUIP of the iBSC;

The OMC-B server is still accessed to the iBSC by means

of an IPBB board.

OMC-B link end-to-end communication

OMC-B Client

OMC-B Server

Ethernet switch for OMC-B

BS8200 GU360 PM PM SA
FS FS CC CC BP BP BP BP

F A

DTB

EUIP

FE1 FE2 FE3 FE4

IPBB or GIPI

iBSC

OMC-B network topology for ZXSDR (with Abis interface based on E1)

One example

The following table is an example of IP address planning. For the sake of direct observation, the third digit of a base station IP address is used to represent a site number, as shown by x in the following table.
Configuration Item Configuration Information 139.1.1.254 139.1.1.200 118.18.1.1 118.18.X.254 118.18.X.100

Mask
255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0

IP address of the network interface between the IBSC and the Omcb Server OMCB server IP address configured for the IBSC IpAbis virtual address of the iBSC IP address of the network interface between the IBSC and the BTS IP address configured for the BTS

Networking description

When jointly deployed, an OMCB and an OMCR are logically two separate NM units though they are physically installed on SBCX boards. In this case, the iBSC needs to provide two IP interfaces, connected respectively to an SDR base station and an OMCB server; the BSC needs to be configured with a virtual address (RPU interface address).

Connection between the SDR and the BSC: When E1 is physically used for
access, the interface board on the SDR side is SA and that on the BSC side is SDTB (EUIP is required for the access of IP); when FE/GE is used, the interface board on the SDR side is CC and that on the BSC side is IPBB.

Connection between the OMCB and the BSC: when FE/GE is used, the interface of the OMCB (that is, the external network interface of the SBCX) is generally HEART1. IPBB is used on the BSC side.

Networking example

In the example as shown in above Figure, the IP address of the OMCB server and that of the SDR are not in the same network segment IP. Therefore, it is necessary to add a route from an OMCB gateway to an SDR network segment.

How to Add route

In the Linux system, the command used to add a route is as follows: route add -net destination network address gw next hop address netmask network mask interface ip

In this example, the IP address of the OMCB server is 139.1.1.200. Its gateway address, that is, the IPBB_OMCB address, is 139.1.1.254. The IP

address of the SDR is in the network segment 118.18.1.0. Then, the command
used to add a route to the iBSC virtual address on the OMCB (that is, the SBCX) is as follows:

#route add net 118.18.1.0 gw 139.1.1.254 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth1

Set a permanent route

After you have added a route by using the route add

command, to prevent the configured route being lost due

to the restart of the SBCX, you may edit the /etc/rc.d /rc.local file as a root user and add the following line to

this file:

#route add net 118.18.1.0 gw 139.1.1.254 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth1

Thus, each time the SBCX is started, the route will be

automatically added.

LMT General introduction

The software packet of the SDR often contains two files: one is the foreground software - software specification package, the other is the debugging software LMT.

General introduction

JRE installation

Load the JRE in running the LMT. If the JRE is not installed in the debugger, the JRE should be installed under the LMT directory. The path is \.....\BLMT_v4.00.101b2\JRE\jre-6u2-windows-i586-p.exe. (If a different LMT version and the JRE have been installed in the debugger, re-installation is not required.)