Flexi WCDMA BTS Commissioning

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 Define Laptop IP
Address
Notes:

If you want to establish a connection

to the BTS site locally, connect the
PC to the LMP port on the System
Module (FSM) using 10baseT
Ethernet cable with RJ-45 connector.
In a remote connection, the
connection is established via DCN
network.

If the PC is connected to the FSM

LMP port, specify your PC's network
settings to match the following
settings: IP address:
192.168.255.130, Subnet mask:
255.255.255.0.

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 Launch BTS Manager
1. Choose Start  Programs 
Nokia Managers  BTS Site
Manager
2. If you want to establish a local
connection, select the Local
option from the IP Address list.
3. If you want to establish a remote
connection, define the IP address
of the remote BTS.
4. Enter the Username and
Password if necessary.
By default the user authentication
is not in use and you do not need
to enter the username and
password. If the user
authentication is enabled,
defining these parameters is
mandatory.

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 Launch BTS Manager
1. Click on Connect

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 New WCDMA BTS
Manager
This is the initial view after you
connect with the new WCDMA BTS
Manager

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 Update BTS Software
In the Update SW to BTS Site dialog
box you can update new software to
the BTS site. This procedure does not
download those application files
existing in the Flexi WCDMA BTS or
Flexi Transport submodule that have
the same version information. You
can view the current SW versions in
the Site Information dialog box by
choosing the Software → SW
Versions menu item.

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 Update Software to BTS
Site
1. Launch Nokia WCDMA BTS Site
Manager.
2. Choose the Software → Update
SW to BTS Site menu item.
3. The Update SW to BTS Site
dialog box opens.
4. Click the Select File button to
locate the master file containing
the new software.
5. The Select Build Descriptor
dialog box opens.

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 Select Build Descriptor
1. Locate and select the master file
(TargetBD_WNx.x_x.x-x.xml),
and click the Open button. The
new SW version is displayed in
the Update SW to BTS Site
dialog box.
2. Select the Activate SW After
Update check box to enable the
activation of the new software in
accordance with SW updating.
Note: If you do not want to activate
the new software at the same
time with downloading it, you
can leave the option unchecked,
and the SW is downloaded to
the BTS site in the background
only. To activate the SW later
with the Activate SW After
Update option selected, you
have to perform the SW update
again.
3. Click the Update button. The
Update button is enabled if a
valid master file has been
selected.

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 Software Update Report
1. SW download takes about 20
minutes. The time depends on
the number of items to be
downloaded and the bandwidth of
the DCN connection, for example.
2. The Update Progress steps show
the transfer status. Wait for the
SW update to be completed.
3. If the Activate SW After Update
check box was selected, the SW
will be activated and the site will
be reset.
4. If you want to stop the SW
update, click the Stop button.
5. If the SW download fails, update
the software again.
6. If you want to view information on
the SW download, click the View
Report button.
7. The Software Update Report
dialog box opens.
8. Click Close to close the Update
SW to BTS Site dialog box.

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 Manual Commissioning
If no commissioning file is available,
Nokia Flexi WCDMA BTS site has to
be commissioned manually.
The Flexi WCDMA BTS and/or Flexi
Transport submodule (TRS) are
commissioned with the
commissioning wizard in Nokia
WCDMA BTS Site Manager.
Commissioning can be started when
the modules are in 'Initialised' state.

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 Manual Commissioning
1. Choose the View →
Commissioning menu item or
click the Commissioning button
on the View Bar.
The Commissioning –
Introduction page opens.
2. Select the commissioning target
by clicking the appropriate
Option: BTS Site, BTS Only or
TRS Only.
3. Select the Manual option.
4. Click the Next button

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 Define Site Properties
1. Enter the name of the BTS site in
the Name field.
2. Enter the location in the Location
field.
3. Enter the description of the element
in the Description field.
4. Enter the BTS identifier in the BTS
Id field.
5. Verify the AAL2 End Address in the
A2EA field.
6. Define the following IP addresses:
The supported format is IPv4. The
following IP addresses should not
be configured:
. default address (0.0.0.0)
. addresses in the subnet 127.x.x.x
(reserved for loopbacks)
. addresses in the subnet
192.168.254.xxx (internal address)
. addresses in the subnet
192.168.255.xxx (internal address)
. multicast address (224.0.0.0 -
239.255.255.255)
. class E address (240.0.0.0 -
255.255.255.255)
. broadcast address (255.255.255.255)
. directed broadcast/network address
(x.x.x.255/24 or x.x.x.0/24)
7. Define the IP addresses:
• TRS IP address
• Subnet Mask

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 Define Physical Layer
Configuration
1. In the Commissioning - Physical
Layer Configuration page you can
configure physical interface
properties, set primary and
secondary synchronisation timing
sources, and create IMA groups for
PDH interfaces. During the
commissioning at least one physical
interface has to be taken in use and
one interface has to be selected as
the primary synchronisation timing
source.
2. The following modules are
supported:
• Flexi Transport Optical STM-1 sub
module, version A (FTOA)
• Flexi Transport PDH E1/T1/JT1
symmetric sub module, version B
• (FTPB)
• Flexi Transport E1 asymmetric sub
module, version B (FTEB)
• Flexi Transport Hybrid E1/JT1/T1
Ethernet submodule, version A
• (FTIA)
• Flexi Transport Hybrid E1 Ethernet
submodule, version A (FTJA)
• Flexi Transport Flexbus sub
module, version A (FTFA)

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 Define Physical Layer
Configuration
1. Select the interface type from the
Interface Type list.
1. For FTPB and FTIA the interface
type can be E1, T1 or JT1. For
2. FTEB, FTJA and FTFA the
interface is E1, and for FTOA
STM-1.
2. If the interface type is E1, T1 or
JT1, Select the check box in the
In Use column to take the
interface in use.

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 Define IMA Settings
1. If the interface type is E1, select
the check box in the CRC On
column if the Cyclic Redundancy
Check is to be used.
2. If the interface type is T1, select
the frame type from the list in the
Frame Type column and the line
build-out value from the list in the
Lbo column.
3. Define the synchronisation timing
source by selecting the Primary
or Secondary option from the list
in the Synchronisation column.
4. You can define one primary
timing source and one secondary
timing source.
5. If you want to include the
interface in an IMA group, select
the IMA group to which the
interface belongs from the list in
the IMA Group column.

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 Define Traffic
Descriptors
1. In the Commissioning – Traffic
descriptors page you can create
traffic descriptors that specify
capacities and types for ATM
based connections between the
BTS and RNC. You need to
define at least four traffic
descriptors:
1. BTS capacity on the VP level,
2. IUB signaling terminations,
3. AAL2 user path and
4. DCN interface

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 Define Traffic Descriptor
1. Click the New Traffic Descriptor
button.
2. Enter the name of the traffic
descriptor in the Name field.
3. Select the conformance definition
of the ATM service category from
the Conformance Definition list.
4. Enter the peak cell rate in the
Peak Cell Rate (PCR) field.
5. Click the New Traffic Descriptor
button to save the changes and
create another traffic descriptor.
6. Repeat the procedure for all
needed traffic descriptors.
7. If you want to delete an existing
traffic descriptor or cancel the
creation of a new traffic
descriptor, click the Delete Traffic
Descriptor button.
8. Click the Next button.

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 Define BTS IuB
Terminations
In the Commissioning - IUB
Terminations to BTS page you can
create IUB terminations that terminate
different channels between the RNC
and BTS on a virtual channel level.
You need to define the following IUBs:
Common NBAP, Dedicated NBAP,
AAL2 Signalling and at least one
AAL2
User Path.

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 Define IuB Terminations
via One Virtual Path
1. Select the IUB Terminations via
One Virtual Path check box if all IUB
terminations comes via one virtual
path. If you select this option, define
the following settings:
1. ATM Virtual Path towards RNC:
• ATM Interface
• VPI (virtual path identifier)
• VP TRDE (virtual path traffic
descriptor).
2. Common NBAP
• VCI (virtual channel identifier)
• VC TRDE (virtual channel traffic
descriptor).
3. Dedicated NBAP
• VCI (virtual channel identifier)
• VC TRDE (virtual channel traffic
descriptor).
4. AAL2 Signalling
• VCI (virtual channel identifier)
• VC TRDE (virtual channel traffic
descriptor)
• STC Alarm (enables/disables the
STC alarm on signalling link).
5. AAL2 User Path
• VCI (virtual channel identifier)
• TRDE (traffic descriptor)
• PID (path identifier).

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 Define IuB Terminations
not via One Virtual Path
1. If the IUB Terminations via One
Virtual Path option is not selected,
define the settings as follows:
When this page is opened, the New
Common NBAP is created with the
default values and added to the list.
You can modify the settings if
necessary. After configuring the
Common NBAP, click the New
Dedicated NBAP button and define
the settings for the Dedicated
NBAP. After that, click the New
AAL2 Signalling button and define
the settings. Finally, click the New
AAL2 User Path button, and define
the settings for at least one user
path.
Define the following settings for all IUB
terminations:
ATM Interface
Virtual Path Id
Virtual Path TRDE
Virtual Channel Id
Virtual Channel TRDE
In addition, for AAL2 Signalling select the
STC Alarm check box to enable the
STC alarm, and for AAL2 User
Path enter the Path Identifier.
2. Click the Next button.

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 Define the DCN Interface
In the Commissioning - DCN
Interfaces page you can define IP
over one
ATM interface.
The DCN connections are used to
establish a communication channel
between the network element and
NetAct™.
Local management port (LMP) is used
to allow or block the access of
locally connected equipment
accessing the DCN network.

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 Define the DCN Interface
1. Click the New ATM DCN
Interface button, and define the
following settings:
2. In this release only one DCN
connection is supported.
3. By default the DCN is initialised in
the same ATM interface where
the IUB terminations are
configured. The next free virtual
path identifier is generated for the
DCN and the virtual channel
identifier is set to the default
value (32). The destination
address is initialised in the default
gateway.
4. Define the ATM Parameters:
1. ATM Interface
2. Virtual Path Identifier
3. Virtual Path TRDE
4. Virtual Channel Id
5. Virtual Channel TRDE
6. Destination Address

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 Define the DCN Interface
1. The destination address is the IP
address of the remote node to
which the DCN interface is
connected. The supported format
is IPv4.
2. Select the LMP from the tree
view, and modify the restricted
mode if necessary.
3. Select the DCN Restricted Mode
In Use check box to enable
access only to the local BTS site.
If the check box is not selected,
other network elements within the
same network can also be
accessed via DCN connection.
4. Click the Next button.

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 Define BTS Settings
In the Commissioning - BTS Settings
page you can define BTS information.
This page is shown when the BTS
Only or the BTS Site option was
selected in the Commissioning -
Introduction page. If you selected the
TRS Only option, continue to Sending
parameters to BTS site.

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 Define BTS Settings
1. Enter your name in the
Commissioning Author field.
2. Enter the BTS name in the BTS
Name field if necessary.
3. Enter the name of the
configuration in the Configuration
Name field.
4. Select the local time zone from
the Time Zone list.
5. Select the HSDPA Resource
Allocation: BTS or Local Cell.
6. Select the In Use check box if
Nokia Real Tilt is in use and, if
you do so, enter the IP address in
the Real Tilt IP Address field.
7. Define the module locations in
the FSM and FR fields (optional).
8. If you want to define information
on passive units of the site, click
the Passive Units button. The
Passive Units dialog box opens.

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 Define Local Cell
Resources
In the Commissioning - Local Cell
Resources page you can create
local
cells, and define antennas of the radio
modules and carrier power to the
local cells. Local Cell Resource (LCR)
is a concept for defining all
hardware that a logical wideband cell
(WCEL) requires in the base station.

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 Define Local Cell
Resources
1. Define the cell id for the first cell
in the Local Cells list.
2. Assign the antennas of radio
modules to the local cell by
selecting the appropriate check
boxes.
3. Select the carrier power for the
local cell from the Carrier Power
list.
4. Click the New Cell button and
repeat the procedure for each
local cell you want to define.
5. Click the Next button.
1. The Next button is enabled if
you have created at least one
local cell and the settings for all
defined local cells are valid.

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 Define Local Cell
Settings
In the Commissioning - Local Cell
Settings page you can define Radio
Network Controller (RNC) settings
and intelligent shutdown parameters
for
local cells.

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 Define Local Cell
Settings
1. Select the RNC type by clicking the
appropriate option: Nokia or Other. If
you select the Nokia option, the RNC
settings are received from the Nokia
RNC and you do not need to define the
LCR Parameters and Gradual
Shutdown Procedure.
2. If the selected RNC Type is Other,
define the following settings: Define the
settings for each local cell in the Local
Cells list:
1. Cell Range
2. RACH Capacity
3. Expiration Time
4. Usage of Gradual Shutdown
Procedure and, if it is used,
5. Shutdown Steps and Shutdown
Window.
3. If the Intelligent Shutdown is meant to
be used, select the In Use check box
and define the following settings:
1. Mains Alarm Indication
2. External Alarm Line Id if you selected
the Other BBU (reserves 1 EAC line)
option
3. Shutdown Timeout for each local cell
in the Local Cells list.

4. Click the Next button.

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 Define WCDMA Carrier
Candidates
In the Commissioning – WCDMA
Carrier Candidates you can define
WCDMA carrier frequencies. The
allowed UTRAN Absolute Radio
Frequency Channel Number
(UARFCN) values for frequency
bands are displayed below the Carrier
Candidate table.
The carrier candidates are used in
testing purposes. After
commissioning, when the BTS is
entered in the Test Dedicated state,
you can run different test models,
BER test, site tests and WCDMA BTS
loop test. The parameter uses the so-
called UARFCN convention defined in
the IUB specification. The UARFCN
values are operator specific and
defined by the 3GPP. The parameter
specifies the downlink frequency.

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 Define UARFCN
1. Enter the UARFCN for each local
cell in the UARFCN column.
1. At least one carrier must be
defined for a frequency band; up
to four different values can be
defined for each frequency
band. The frequencies are
calculated according to the
entered channel numbers and
displayed in the Frequency MHz
column.
2. Click the Next button.

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 Define Antenna Line
Settings
1. In the Commissioning - Antenna
Line Settings page you can
define MHA and antenna
settings.
2. The BTS has an integrated
antenna line supervision in a
radio module to control the
antenna line condition by the
VSWR measurement. The fixed
limit for a minor VSWR alarm
activation is 1.9, and for a major
VSWR alarm activation 2.6. This
integrated HW based functionality
can be activated by downloading
a valid license to the BTS. Also,
you need to have a license in
order to the MHA support to work.
For more information on licenses,
see the License Management
document in the Nokia WCDMA
RAN System Documentation.
3. MHA Settings are disabled for
Flexi WCDMA BTS Mast Head
RF modules.

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 Define Antenna Line
Settings
1. Select the antenna from the
Antennas list.
2. Select the MHA In Use check box
if necessary, and define the
following settings for the MHAs
that are selected to be in use:
1. Serial Number
2. Product Code
3. MHA Type
4. . MHA Gain
5. .Depending If the selected MHA
Type is WMHC, select the
WMHC Port
3. Define the following antenna
settings:
1. . Feeder Loss
2. . Multiplexer Usage (None,
Diplexer or Triplexer)
3. . RTT Measurements:
4. Repeat the procedure for each
antenna.
5. Click the Next button.

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 Define External Alarm
and Control Settings
1. In the Commissioning - External
Alarm and Control Settings page
you can define external alarm
and control lines for external
devices. There are 12 external
alarm lines and six external
control lines.
2. If the Intelligent Shutdown is
selected to be used in the
Commissioning - Local Cell
Settings page
3. Alarm Lines are reserved for the
mains alarms depending on the
BBU type, and two additional
lines (13 and 14) are reserved for
Flexi Power Module (FPM)
alarms.

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 Define External Alarm
and Control Settings
1. Define the following settings for the
External Alarm Lines:
1. For the mains and FPM alarms,
you can only change the polarity
and the other settings are set to the
default values.
2. Select the check box in the In Use
column if the input device is in use.
3. Enter the name of the input device
in the Name column.
4. Select the input device polarity
from the list in the Polarity column:
Normally Open or Normally Closed.
5. Select the input device severity
from the list in the Severity column:
Critical, Major or Minor.
2. Define the following settings for the
External Control Lines:
1. Select the check box in the In Use
column if the control is in
2. use.
3. Enter the control name in the Name
column.
4. Select the initial state from the list
in the Initial State column:
5. On or Off.
3. Click the Next button.

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 Send Parameters to BTS
In the Commissioning – Send
Parameters page you can send the
previously entered commissioning
parameters to the BTS site. You can
also view the commissioning
parameters and save them in an XML
file.

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 View Parameters before
sending
1. If you want to view the
commissioning parameters
before sending them to the site,
click the View Parameters button.
2. The Commissioning - View
Parameters dialog box opens

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 View Parameters
1. You can Click the Close button to
close the dialog box and return to
the Commissioning - Send
Parameters page.

2. If you want to save the

commissioning parameters, click
the Save Parameters button, and
enter the file name and select the
location for the file to be saved.
1. Saving the parameters produces a
commissioning file that can be
used in the template and planned
commissioning.
3. Click the Send Parameters button.
1. In the template, manual and
reconfiguration commissioning, if
you have not saved the parameters
before clicking the Send
Parameters button, you will be
asked if you want to save the
parameters before sending them.
You can follow the parameter
transfer status in the page.
2. After the file transfer is complete, a
site reset will follow and the Next
button will become enabled.
4. Click the Next button.

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 Define Site Testing
In the Commissioning - Site Testing
page you can run tests on the
commissioned site. The test results
will be saved in the Commissioning
Report.

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 Site Tests
1. Click the Test button for the Site
Tests. The Site Tests dialog box
opens.
2. Select the Test Duration by clicking
the appropriate option, and click the
Start button to start the test. When
the test is started, the Test Results
list shows the list of tests to be
executed. The results are updated
dynamically when the results are
received from the BTS O&M.
3. If you want to stop the test, click the
Stop button. If you want to save the
test results, click the . button and
enter the filename and location for
the file in the Save Site Tests
Results dialog box.
4. If you want to print the test results,
click the . button and specify print
options in the Print Site Tests
Results dialog box.
5. Click Close to close the Site Tests
dialog box and return to the
Commissioning - Site Testing page.

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 WCDMA BTS Loop Test
(2)
1. If for some reason you want to
stop the test before it is finished,
click the Stop button.
2. After the test is completed or
stopped successfully you can
view the test results in the Test
Summary and Failure Details
tabs.
3. The Test Summary tab displays
the results of the completed loop
tests. You can save the test
results by clicking the Save
Report button. You can view
more detailed information on the
test in the WCDMA Loop Test
Report dialog box by clicking the
View Report button.

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 WCDMA Loop Test
Report
1. The Failure Details tab displays a
list of failed connections with the
failure reason: failed loops by the
modules, and the source and
description of the failure.
2. Click Close to close the WCDMA
BTS Loop Test dialog box and
return to the Commissioning -
Site Testing page.

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 EAC Functionality Test
1. Click the Test button for the EAC
functionality test. The
Commissioning - EAC Functionality
Test dialog box opens.
2. In the Alarms tab you can test EAC
input lines by selecting the check
box in the Selected To Test column.
The Test Status is changed to
'Faulty'. Change the state of the
supervised external device. After
the state change notification is
received from the BTS, the new
state is displayed in the State
column and the Test Status is
changed to 'OK'.
3. In the Controls tab you can test the
EAC output lines. Change the state
of the output line in the State
column. After the BTS has changed
the state of the external control line,
check the state of the supervised
external device, and change the
Test Status. The test results are
saved in the Commissioning Report.
4. Click Close to close the
Commissioning - EAC Functionality
Test dialog box and return to the
Commissioning - Site Testing page.
5. After you have run the desired tests,
click the Next button.

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 Saving the
Commissioning Report
1. In the Commissioning -
Commissioning Report page you
can save the commissioning
report in a file on the PC. The
report contains the parameters
entered during commissioning,
test results of the executed tests
and list of active alarms if there
are such alarms. The report is
split in the sublevels, which you
can expand or collapse by
clicking the arrow. You can
expand all levels or collapse all
and you can view the contents of
the report by scrolling down the
list.
2. The report is an ASCII text file
that you can open and check with
any text editor.
3. If you want to save the
parameters, click the “save”
button, and enter the file name
and select the location for the file
to be saved.
4. Click the Finish button to finish
the commissioning.

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