Bi–Directional

Amplifier (BDA)
Cost effective and flexible radio
communication solutions, for coverage
in challenging environments.
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 BDAs are a cost effective and flexible way to:
– Overcome
 challenges presented by environments like high–rise buildings, basements,
tunnels, subways, etc.
– Extend coverage
– They can be used in many different systems, such as Analogue PMR/MPT, Digital DMR
Conventional/Trunked, TETRA, etc.

Wireless emission transfer device (RF signal amplifier)

Signal coverage for blind/weak signal area to extend coverage,
BDA such as inside buildings, tunnels, subways, etc.
Small capacity with large coverage
Cost effective and flexible

amplified

desired signal extended coverage

interference signal
signal source DL
suppressed UL

Overview
A BDA (Bi–Directional Amplifier) is an RF signal booster used to
improve radio communications in situations where radio signal
levels are degraded due to obstacles in the radio path. This might
be in tunnels, high rise buildings and underground car parks where
their construction can prevent the signals from a source reaching
Large buildings Shopping centres Transport hubs
the users in these areas.
They are available in a number of variants to suit the
communications situation, this includes integrated and distributed
configurations and band and channel select options.
Metros and tunnels Underground car parks Elevators

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 Sports Stadiums
– Semi–open/reinforced concrete structure:
Few partition walls
– Indoor coverage includes:
Entrance gates, spectator and player
areas, office, security counter, VIP rooms,
equipment rooms, etc.

Hotels
– Multi floors and complicated building
structure with many partition walls
– Indoor coverage includes:
Offices, hotel lobby, hotel corridors, elevators,
meeting rooms, dining rooms, equipment
rooms, underground parking, etc.

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 Transport Hubs
– Semi–open/reinforced concrete structure:
Few partition walls; high ceiling, etc.
– Indoor coverage includes:
Offices, waiting rooms, security counter,
VIP rooms, stores, equipment rooms,
underground parking, etc.

Metros and Tunnels

– Fully enclosed underground locations
that are often long distances
– Indoor coverage includes:
The tunnel itself, and platforms, and outside
or above ground areas.

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 Hytera BDAs
Shopping Centres
– Complicated
 structural design: Highlights
Few partition walls, multiple levels – Rugged construction:
– Indoor coverage includes: Metal housing = good ingress protection and heat dissipation
Shopping areas, management offices, – Portable: small, lightweight, with flexible mounting options
security offices, meeting rooms, rest rooms,
– Comprehensive range of variants:
underground parking, etc.
integrated/distributed, band/channel select, direct/wireless coupling, VHF/UHF
– Flexible
 network topologies:
tree/star/chain/ring/hybrid – to allow best fit for application

DS–9300 Highlights
– Multi–network type: DMR, PDT, TETRA are supported
– Easy to deploy: DS–9300 Is small, light–weight, with flexible mounting options
– UHF: DS–9300 supports 400–470MHz
– Excellent
 out-of-band rejection:
the DS–9300 starts signal rejection from 50KHz, which provides excellent rejection of
out-of-band signals, which enhances coverage and voice quality
– Excellent intermodulation attenuation: for the DS–9300, 8 carriers deliver –45dBc
Intermodulation attenuation which is effective in eliminating the interference of
intermodulation signals. This helps to provide better coverage and voice quality

TS–9200 Highlights
– Multi-network type: DMR, PDT, TETRA are supported
– Integrated and distributed: TS–9200 offers both options
– VHF: TS–9200 supports VHF (136–174MHz) and UHF (Integrated model
only) (350–520MHz)
– Channel and band select variants: TS–9200 supports both options
– Analogue fibre: some TS–9200 BDAs can be connected with analogue fibre

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 Flexible networking options
Distributed BDAs can offer a number of different network topology options to suit the best
distribution of the signals dependent on the coverage requirement.

BDA Network – Tree Network BDA Network – Star Network

Dot Coverage Example use:

Coverage for big public stadium can be realised with one local optical–fiber BDA with some remote BDA’s. Office buildings, where multiple remote units can be distributed to provide coverage in blind spots.

remote
remote remote

base station local

base station local
remote

Building A

remote remote
air or direct remote
air or direct coupling
coupling

Building B remote

BDA Network – Chain Network BDA Network – Ring Network

Linear Coverage Optical link backup:

Tunnel, subway and other weak coverage area. For customers that require full redundancy, ring networking provides full link backup.

remote remote local base station remote remote remote

base station

air or direct
coupling local remote

left side middle right side air or direct

coupling

remote
distance from local unit to far distance from local unit to far

end remote unit ≤20KM end remote unit ≤20KM

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 Classification
– BDAs are classified under a number of criteria: Integrated RF BDA
– Transmission mode – wireless (integrated) or fibre (distributed) panel antenna
– Band or channel selective
– Wireless or direct coupling
– Hytera offer a range of BDA products to meet the above integrated BDA
base station
classifications
antenna
– Selection of the type depends on the requirements yagi antenna

feeder feeder

Obtain wireless signal from the signal source, and transfer

trunking BS
Integrated BDA it into feeder signal, then use the antenna to provide
the coverage
– System
 gain & power output are high enabling wide coverage
Classified by – Used
 to extend coverage or in shorter tunnels & high–storey buildings
transmission mode
Composed of local and remote unit, local unit obtains signal
Distributed optical
from signal source with feed cable, and converts electrical Distributed BDA
signal into photo–signal and transmits to remote unit, the
fibre BDA
remote unit converts the photoelectric signal back to electrical
and the antenna provides the desired signal coverage
panel panel
base station antenna antenna
antenna yagi antenna

Band–selective BDA Select the specified frequency range to amplify

Classified by
selection mode local remote remote

Channel–selective BDA Select specified frequency points to amplify trunking BS

feeder optical fibre

power divider

– One
 local unit can connect several remote units
– Local
 & remote units connected via optical fibre
– Direct
 and wireless coupling options available

– High power/wide coverage
– Used
 in tunnels/large building complexes or areas far away from the BS

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 DS–9300 Range DS–9300 Range
Cable Access Specifications

Specification
Category Name Item
Downlink Uplink

Frequency range – 320–400 MHz, 400–470 MHz

U1,U3 Operating bandwidth: 5 MHz, TX and RX spacing: 10 MHz
D5–9300
Cable–
Digital optical Max. output power 37±2 dBm –10±2 dBm
access
fiber band–
band– Max. gain 50±3 dB 45±3 dB
selective
selective
repeater
Donor unit: 442mm x 320mm x 44mm (cable–access)
Dimensions
Remote unit: 385mm x 300mm x 142mm

Frequency range – 320–400MHz,400–470MHz

U1,U3 Operating bandwidth: 5 MHz, TX and RX spacing: 10 MHz

Channel bandwidth 25 KHz 25 KHz

5W Digital
Cable–
16–channel– Number of channels 1 to 16 1 to 16
access
5W 8/16 channel–selective (local unit) 5W 8/16 channel–selective (remote unit) selective
channel– Max. output power 37±2 dBm –10±2 dBm
optical fibre
selective
repeater
Max. gain 50±3 dB 45±3 dB

Donor unit: 442mm x 320mm x 44mm (L x W x H)

Dimensions
Remote unit: 385mm x 300mm x 142mm

Wireless Access Specifications

Frequency range – 320–400 MHz, 400–470 MHz

U1,U3 Operating bandwidth: 5 MHz, TX and RX spacing: 10 MHz
D5–9300
Wireless–
Digital optical Max. output power 37±2 dBm 30±2 dBm
access
fiber band–
band– Max. gain 95±3 dB 90±3 dB
selective
selective
repeater
Donor unit: 385mm x 300mm x 142mm (wireless–access)
Dimensions
Remote unit: 385 mm x 300 mm x 142 mm

Frequency range – 320–400MHz,400–470MHz

U1,U3 Operating bandwidth: 5 MHz, TX and RX spacing: 10 MHz
5W digital band–selective (local unit) 5W digital band–selective (remote unit)
Channel bandwidth 25 KHz 25 KHz
D5–9300
Wireless–
Digital optical Number of channels 1 to 16 1 to 16
access
fiber channel–
channel– Max. output power 37±2 dBm 30±2 dBm
selective
selective
repeater
Max. gain 90±3 dB 85±3 dB

Donor/remote unit: 385mm x 300mm x 142mm (wireless–access)

Dimensions
Remote unit: 385 mm x 300 mm x 142 mm

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 TS–9200 Range TS–9200

Integrated Repeater Specifications

Specification
Category Name Item
Downlink Uplink

Frequency range 350–520 MHz (UHF)

Operating bandwidth Operating bandwidth: 5 MHz, TX and RX spacing: 10 MHz

10W
Wireless– Max. output power 40±2 dBm 33±2 dBm
access band–
selective Max. gain 90±3 dB 85±3 dB
repeater
5W/10W wireless access band/8 channel 5W wireless access fibre band–selective
Cast aluminium case: 453mm x 357mm x 217mm (L x W x H)
selective integrated repeater distributed repeater (local unit)* Wireless– Dimensions
access Sheet metal case: 530mm x 400mm x 200mm (L x W x H)
band–
selective Frequency range – VHF 136–174 MHz 136–174 MHz
repeater
Operating bandwidth Operating bandwidth: 1–2 MHz, TX and RX spacing: 5.7–10 MHz
5W Wireless–
Max. output power 37±2 dBm 30±2 dBm
access band–
selective
Max. gain 90±3 dB 85±3 dB
repeater
Cast aluminium case: 453mm x 357mm x 217mm (L x W x H)
Dimensions
Sheet metal case: 530mm x 400mm x 200mm (L x W x H)

Frequency range – UHF 350–520 MHz

5W wireless access fibre band–selective 5W wireless access digital
distributed repeater (remote unit)* 8 channel–selective distributed Operating bandwidth Operating bandwidth: 5 MHz, TX and RX spacing: 10 MHz
repeater (local/remote, split type)*
Channel spacing 25 kHz 25 kHz
10W Wireless–
access digital Number of channels 8 8
8–channel–
selective Max. output power 40±2 dBm 33±2 dBm
repeater
Max. gain 95±3 dB 90±3 dB

Cast aluminium case: 453mm x 357mm x 217mm (L x W x H)

Wireless–
Dimensions
access
Sheet metal case: 530mm x 400mm x 200mm (L x W x H)
digital 8–
channel–
Frequency range – VHF 136–174 MHz 136–174 MHz
selective
repeater
Operating bandwidth Operating bandwidth: 1–2 MHz, TX and RX spacing: 5.7–10 MHz
5W 16 channel digital fibre 5W 16 channel digital fibre
channel–selective distributed repeater channel–selective distributed repeater Channel spacing 25 kHz 25 kHz
(remote unit, split type)* (local unit, split type)* 5W Wireless–
access digital Number of channels 8 8
8–channel–
selective Max. output power 37±2 dBm 30±2 dBm
repeater
Max. gain 95±3 dB 90±3 dB

Cast aluminium case: 453mm x 357mm x 217mm (L x W x H)

*VHF Only – for UHF –please refer to DS–9300 range Dimensions
Sheet metal case: 530mm x 400mm x 200mm (L x W x H)

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 TS–9200 – Distributed Repeater TS–9200 – Distributed Repeater

Wireless Access Specifications Cable Access Specifications

Specification Specification
Category Name Item Category Name Item
Downlink Uplink Downlink Uplink

136–174 MHz
136–174 MHz
Frequency range
Frequency
Operating bandwidth: 1–2 MHz, TX information
and RX spacing: 5.7–10 MHz
Operating bandwidth: 1–2 MHz, TX
and RX spacing: 5.7–10 MHz
5W Digital
Digital band- Max. output power 37±2 dBm 30±2 dBm
band–
selective optical
selective
fiber repeater Max. output power 37±2 dBm 30±2 dBm
optical fibre Digital band–
Wireless Access Max. gain 90±3 dB 85±3 dB 5W Digital band–
repeater selective optical
selective optical
fibre repeater.
Outdoor donor unit : 530mm x 400mm x 200mm fibre repeater
Cable Access
(L x W x H) Max. gain 90±3 dB 85±3 dB
Dimensions
Remote unit: 530mm x 400mm x 200 mm
(L x W x H) Outdoor donor unit : 530mm x 400mm x 200mm
(L x W x H)
Frequency range 136MHz–174MHz Dimensions

Remote unit: 530mm x 400mm x 200 mm (L x W x H)

Operating bandwidth: 1–2 MHz, TX and RX spacing:
Operating Bandwidth
5.7–10 MHz

Channel bandwidth 25 kHz 25 kHz

5W Digital
Digital channel-
8-channel-
selective optical
selective Number of channels 8 8
fiber repeater
optical fiber
Wireless Access
repeater
Max. output power 37±2 dBm 30±2 dBm

Max. gain 95±3 dB 90±3 dB

Donor/Remote unit: 530mm x 400mm x 200mm

Dimensions
(L x W x H)

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 Example uses
Distributed BDAs to eliminate blind spots – example at an airport

receiving BS
wireless signal

dispatch
remote unit antenna
yagi antenna
NMC
donor unit two–way splitter

antenna

remote unit
trunking BS in terminal
floor 2

antenna
three–way splitter

floor 1

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 Example uses
Extension of base station coverage into buildings

ceiling antenna

control room

power divider

ceiling antenna ceiling antenna

BS

8 x control rooms

ceiling antenna

control room

ceiling antenna ceiling antenna

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 Tunnel coverage solution
tunnel 1
1500 m 1500 m 500 m
radiating cable radiating cable radiating cable
DMR T3 direct coupled direct coupled
BS 1
integrated BDA integrated BDA

battery backup battery backup

tunnel 2
1500 m 1500 m 500 m
radiating cable radiating cable radiating cable

BS 2 direct coupled direct coupled

integrated BDA integrated BDA

battery backup battery backup

tunnel 3
1000 m 800 m
radiating cable radiating cable

BS 3 direct coupled
integrated BDA

battery backup

tunnel 4
1000 m gallery 1 gallery 2 unit 1 gallery 4
radiating cable radiating cable 350 m

BS 4
gallery 1 gallery 3
radiating cable 275 m

Multiple tunnel coverage solution

radiating cable radiating cable

site 1 1860 m site 2 site 3 1450 m site 4

TS-9200 TS-9200
Integrated Integrated
Band select Band select
BDA BDA RD985S DC 12v
– duplexer battery
battery backup battery backup – battery backup backup
240 Vac UPS 240 Vac UPS – power supply

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 Distributed BDA – multiple remote connections/extended coverage range
– example: wind farm installation

server NMC

optical fibre

remote remote remote remote

optical fibre
base station
8 channel
remote remote remote remote
RF multi–port
coupler
interface DS–9300 digital cable–access
–20 dB 16 channel selective
coupler BDA remote units
9 systems

–20 dB
directional
couplers

donor units x 9 optical fibre

remote remote remote remote

optical fibre

remote remote remote remote

DS–9300 digital cable–access

16 channel selective BDA

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