BTS3900C WCDMA

Installation Guide

Issue 06
Date 2013-03-08

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

 This document is applicable to WCDMA V200R013C01/V
V200R014C00/V200R015C00.
.

Contents

on ………………………… 2
Prepare for the Installatio
Structure and Clearance ……………………………5
Obtaining the ESN ……… ……………………………… 6
Installing the BTS3900C Cabinet……………………
C 7
Installing the RRU ……… ………………………………14
Checking the DIP Switche es…………………………… 18
Installing the BTS3900C Cables
C …………………… 19
Checklist for the BTS3900C Installation …………
32
Appendix ………………… ……………………………… 35
Change History …………………………………… 38

Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 2013. All rights reserved.

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Prepare for the Installation
a Installation Procedure

Starrt

Information about the

installaation

Assemble the BTS3900C

B
cabinnet

Install the BTS3900C Install the BTS3900C Install the BTS3900C

cabinet on a wall cabinet on a metal
m pole cabinet on a stand

Install thee RRU

Check the DIP Switches on

the boards off the BBU

Install the BTTS3900C

Cablees

Checklist for the

BTS3900C innstallation

Endd

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Prepare for the Installation
b Installation Tools

Hex key(8mm) Crosshead

d screwdriver Straight screwdriver

Adjustable wrench Sockett wrench Torque wrench

Power cable crimping pliers mping pliers

RJ-45 crim Wire cutter

Rubber hammer Electric soldering iron Cable peeler

Percussion drill Hea

at gun Level bar

Multimeter Long measuring tape Vacuum cleaner

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Prepare for the Installation
c Installation Scenarios

On a wall

On a metal pole On a stand

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Structure and Clearance
a Structure of the BTS3900C
Structure of the BTS3900C AC cabinet
1、 1. RRUs in this document consist
of the RRU3804, RRU3801E,
RRU3806, and RRU3801C.
2. The exterior and procedure for
2
installing the RRU3804, RRU3801E, or
RRU3806 are the same. This
document uses the RRU3804 as an
example.

1 BBU3900
1.
2. HEUA
3. AC/DC power equipment
4. OMB AC subrack
5. RRU subrack
6. RRU
7. AC surge protection box

Structure of the BTS3900C DC cabinet

1. BBU3900
2. HEUA
3. DCDU-03B
4. OMB DC subrack
5. RRU subrack
6. RRU

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Structure and Clearance
b Clearance for the BTS3900C
Dimensions of the BTS3900C cabinet Maximum clearance for the BTS3900C
Unit: mm cabinet
Unit: mm

Obt i i the
Obtaining th ESN
1. Record the ESN on the BBU.
If there is not a label on the FAN unit of the BBU,
B you must record the ESN and site
information that is printed on a mounting ear of the BBU.

If there is a label on the FAN unit of the BBU

BBU,, the ESN is printed on the label and a
mounting ear of the BBU. In this case, you must
m take the label and record the site
information on the side labeled Site, as showwn in.

2. Report the ESN to the engineer for the commissioning of the base station.
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Installing the BTS3900C Ca
abinet
a Assembling the BTS3900C Caabinet

1. Use four bolts to combine the OMB 2. Remove the attachment plates
subrack and the RRU subrack. on the side of the OMB subrack.

M4

3. Install the removed attachment plates onto

o the back of the cabinet, use
retention screws to fix the attachment plates, and then tighten the four bolts to
fasten the two subracks.

M6x12

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Installing the BTS3900C Ca
abinet
b Installing the BTS3900C Cabinet on a Wall
1. Mark off four fixing points 2. Use a percussion drill to drill holes at
according to the holes on the the
e fixing points, and then install
backplane. expansion bolt assemblies.
Ф14

M10x60

Ensure that the depth of the holes is between 52 mm an nd 60 mm. If the depth of the holes is out of the range
of 52 mm and 60 mm, the expansion bolt assemblies ca annot be fastened. The requirements for the depth of
the holes that are drilled on the stand and on the wall arre the same. Use a cleaner to clear the dust inside and
around the holes. Then, measure the inter-hole spacing g. If the inter-hole spacing is too wide or too narrow,
locate and drill holes again.

Wear safety goggles or take other measures during the drilling to protect your eyes from dust.

3. Use expansion bolt assemblies to insta

all the backplane onto the wall.

M10x60

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Installing the BTS3900C Ca
abinet

4. Fit the tabs on the upper attachment plate of the BTS3900C cabinet to the
4
slots on the backplane, and then use anti-theft screws to fasten the lower
attachment plate at the bottom of the cabinet to the backplane.

M6x16

Install the RRU after the cabinet is installed on the wall.. The procedure for installing the RRU on a wall is the
same as that for installing the RRU on a metal pole or ono a stand. For details, see page 14.

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 Installing the BTS3900C Ca
abinet
c Installing the BTS3900C Cabinnet on a metal pole
1. Install the upper brackets on the metal pole, and then use a level bar to
measure the level of the brackets.

Spring
Flat
washer Bolt M10xx110
washer

2. Use bolts to fix the backplane 3. Fix

x the lower brackets and backplane to
to one of the lower brackets. the metal
m pole, and then use bolts to fix
the backplane
b to the upper bracket.
M10X40

255~306kgf·cm

Flat washer
Spring washer
Bolt

There is one outer hole and one inner hole for

installing one tightening pole. The diameter of
the metal pole determines which one of the two
holes is to use.

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Installing the BTS3900C Ca
abinet

4. Fit the tabs on the upper attachment plate of the BTS3900C cabinet to the
4
slots on the backplane, and then use two anti-theft screws to fasten the lower
attachment plate at the bottom of the cabinet to the backplane.

M10

The p
procedure for installing
g the RRU on a metal p
pole is the same as that for installing
g the RRU on a wall or
on a stand. For details, see page 14.

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Installing the BTS3900C Ca
abinet
d Installing the BTS3900C Cabinnet on a Stand
1. Mark off four fixing points 2. Use
U a percussion drill to drill holes at
according to the holes on the stand. the fixing points, and then install
exppansion bolt assemblies.

Ф16

Use a cleaner to clear the dust inside and around

the holes. Then, measure the inter-hole spacing.
p g If
the inter-hole spacing is too wide or too narrow,
locate and drill holes again.

3. Place the stand on the holes, and then use expansion bolt assemblies to
install the stand on the ground securely.

M12x6
60

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Installing the BTS3900C Ca
abinet

4 Install the backplane of the cabinet

4. cabinet.

Install the backplane of the cabinet in

the specified position.

Installation
position

M10x60

5. Install the cabinet onto the backplane.

The procedure for installing the RRU

on a stand is the same as that for
installing the RRU on a wall or on a
metal pole. For details, see page 14.

M6x16

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Installing the RRU
a Installing the RRU3801C

The procedures for installing the RRU on a wall, metal po

ole, and stand are the same.

1. Remove the fixing piece at the bottom of the RRU3801C.

Fixing piece on the

RRU3801C

2. Take out the new fixing pieces from the

e accessory package
delivered with the RRU subrack, and then n replace the fixing piece at
the top
p of the RRU3801C.

New fixing M6
piece

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Installing the RRU
3. Slide the RRU3801C into the RRU sub
brack.

4 Fix the fixing pieces on the RRU3801C

4. C to the RRU subrack.
subrack

M6

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Installing the RRU
•b
安装RRU3804
Installing the RRU3804
1. Remove the housing.

2. Replace the fixing piece at the top of th

he RRU3804.
Fixing piece on the Ne
ew fixing piece
RRU3804

M6

3. Slide the RRU3804 into the RRU subra

ack.

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Installing the RRU
b
4. Fix the fixing pieces on the RRU3804 to the RRU subrack.

2-hole fixing piece on the

top right of th
he RRU3804

1-hole fiixing piece on the

bottom left
l of the RRU3804

The procedures for installing the RRU on a wall, metal po

ole, and stand are the same.

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Checking the DIP Switches
s

Wear the
W th ES
SD wrist
i t strap
t or gloves
l before
b f removing
i or installing
i t lli a
board.

Socket for the ESD wrist

strap on the OMB

Check the DIP switch on the WMPT.

T1 mode

75-ohm E1 Mode 120-ohm E1 Mode

Check the DIP switch on the UELP.

75-ohm E1
Unbalance mode

Other mode

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Installing the BTS3900C Ca
ables
a Installing the Cables through the cable hole
1. Remove the outer screw 3. Le
ead the cable to be installed from the
from the waterproof unit. botto
om of the cable trough to the
corre
esponding cable hole in the waterproof
unit. Do not link the connector of the cable to
any port.

2. Remove the waterproof

unit from the cable trough.

4. L
4 Link the connectors of the cables to the
portts on the corresponding devices after
all the
t cables are lead through the cable
holees of the waterproof unit.

For details
F d t il about
b t th
the cable
bl hholes,
l cable
bl routes,
t andd
in
nstallation methods, see the following installation
p
procedures.

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Installing the BTS3900C Ca
ables
b Installing the PGND Cables

The procedures for installing the PGND cables in the BTS

S3900C DC cabinet and in the BTS3900C AC cabinet
are the same. The procedure is as follows:

Install the PGND cable of the BTS3900C.

Cable hole for

the PGND
cable of the
BTS3900C

Grounding Bar

z The other end of the PGND cable is connected to the external

e grounding bar.
z For details about the positions of the cable holes, see “Appendix
“ b”

The PGND cable is green and yellow. Th

he cross-sectional area of the PGND
2
cable of the BTS3900C is 16 mm . The cross-sectional
c area of the RRU PGND
2
cable is 6 mm .

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Installing the BTS3900C Ca
ables
Install the RRU3804 PGND cable.

Wiring terminal at
Cable hole for the the bottom of the
RRU3804 PGND cable RRU3804

Install the RRU3801C PGND cable.

Cable hole for the Wiring terminal at

RRU3801C PGND the bottom of the
cable RRU3801C

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Installing the BTS3900C Ca
ables
c Installing the Power Cables
Install the input power cable of the BTS3
3900C AC cabinet.

Cable
C bl h
hole
l ffor th
the
input power cable
of the BTS3900C
AC cabinet

Install the RRU3804 power cable of the BTS3900C

B AC cabinet.

When installing the RRU power cable, connect the RRU

U power cable first to the RRU and then to the power
device. Operations in the reverse sequence may cause
e damage to the components and injury of human bodies.

Cable ho
ole for the
RRU380 04 power cable of
the BTS33900C AC cabinet

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Installing the BTS3900C Ca
ables

Install the RRU3801C power cable of the BTS3900C AC cabinet

When installing the RRU power cable, connect the RRU

U power cable first to the RRU and then to the power
device. Operations in the reverse sequence may cause
e damage to the components and injury of human bodies.

Cable hole for the

RRU3801C power cablee of
the BTS3900C AC cabinet

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Installing the BTS3900C Ca
ables
cInstall the input power cable of the BTS33900C DC cabinet
cabinet.

Cable hole for the

input power cable
of the BTS3900C
DC cabinet

Install the RRU3804 power cable of the BTS3900C

B DC cabinet.
cabinet

When installing the RRU power cable, connect the RRU

U power cable first to the RRU and then to the power
device. Operations in the reverse sequence may cause
e damage to the components and injury of human bodies.

Cable hole for the

RRU3804 power
cable of the
BTS3900C DC
cabinet
bi t

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Installing the BTS3900C Ca
ables

Install the RRU3801C power cable of th

he BTS3900C DC cabinet.
cabinet

When installing the RRU power cable, connect the RRU

U power cable first to the RRU and then to the power
device. Operations in the reverse sequence may cause
e damage to the components and injury of human bodies.

Elbow OT terminal

Round waterproof
connector

Cable hole for the

RRU3801C power cable of
the BTS3900C DC cabinet

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Installing the BTS3900C Ca
ables
d Installing the Transmission Caables

The procedures for installing the E1 cables in the BTS390

00C DC cabinet and in the BTS3900C AC cabinet are
the same. The procedure is as follows:

Install the E1 cable.

E1 surge protection
transfer cable

Cable hole for

the E1 cable

E1 cable

Ensure that both ends of the E1 cable are disconnected. Then,

T weld connectors to the bare wires at one end of
the E1 cable all at once.

z The grounding clamp lies in the neighborhood of cable holes at the bottom right of the OMB.
z The procedures for installing the E1 cables in the BTS3900C cabinet configured with the RRU3801C and in the
BTS3900C
S3900C co
configured
gu ed with
t tthee RRU3804
U380 a are
e tthe
e sa
same.
e
z The FE cable is optional. The procedure for installing the FE cable and that for installing the E1 cable are the
same.

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Installing the BTS3900C Ca
ables
Install the CPRI optical cable (in the BTS3
3900C configured with the RRU3804).

z The CPRI optical cable connections in the BTS3900C configured

c with WBBPd are the same as that of WBBPb.
The following takes the WBBPb as an example.
z WBBPd is supported in V200R012 and later versions.

The CPRI optical

cable is led through
the RRU3804 clip.
Cable hole for the CPRI
optical cable

The procedures for installing the CPRI optical cables in the BTS3900C DC cabinet configured with the RRU3804
and in the BTS3900C AC cabinet configured with the RR RU3804 are the same.

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Installing the BTS3900C Ca
ables

I t ll th
Install the CPRI optical
ti l cable
bl (i
(in th
the BTS3
3900C configured
fi d with
ith th
the RRU3801C)
RRU3801C).

Cable hole for the

CPRI optical cable

The p
procedures for installing
g the CPRI optical
p cables in the BTS3900C DC cabinet configured
g with the
RRU3801C and in the BTS3900C AC cabinet configured d with the RRU3801C are the same.

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Installing the BTS3900C Ca
ables
e Installing the Signal Cables
Install the AISG multi-wire cable (in the BT
TS3900C configured with the RRU3804).

The AISG multi-wire cable is used when th

he RET antenna is required. The cable is
lead from the RET/PWR_SRXU port at the e bottom of the RRU to the RET port.

The procedures for installing the AISG multi-wire cables in the BTS3900C DC cabinet configured with the
RRU3804 and in the BTS3900C AC cabinet configured with w the RRU3804 are the same.

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Installing the BTS3900C Ca
ables

Install the AISG multi-wire

multi wire cable (in the BT
TS3900C configured with the RRU3801C)
RRU3801C).

The port is located at

the bottom of the
RRU3801C.

The procedures for installing the AISG multi-wire cabless in the BTS3900C DC cabinet configured with the
RRU3801C and in the BTS3900C AC cabinet configure ed with the RRU3801C are the same.

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Installing the BTS3900C Ca
ables
f Installing the RF Cables

Install the RF jumper (in the BTS3900 configured with the RRU3804).

1. Wrap up three
1 2. Wrap up tthree
2 3. Bind cable ties at two
3
layers of the layers of the
e ends of the wrapped
waterproof tape. insulation ta
ape. insulation tape to prevent
ageing of the tape.

z The procedures for installing the RF jumpers in the BT

TS3900C DC cabinet configured with the RRU3804 and
i th
in the BTS3900C AC cabinet
bi t configured
fi d with
ith the
th RRU38 804 are th
the same.
z The procedures for installing the RF jumpers in the BT
TS3900C cabinet configured with the RRU3801C and in
the BTS3900C cabinet configured with the RRU3804 are e the same.

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Checklist for the BTS3900C
C Installation
a Checklist for Installing the Cabinet

SN Item

1 The cabinet is located in compliance with

w the engineering design.

2 When the BTS3900C cabinet is installled on a metal p pole, the brackets are secure
and reliable. The subracks are secure
ely installed without any twist.

3 When the BTS3900C cabinet is installled on a wall, the holes in the cabinet well
aligned with those for expansion bolt assemblies and the cabinet is placed against
the wall securely and evenly.

4 When the BTS3900C cabinet is installled on a stand,

stand the holes on the stand is well
ell
aligned with those for expansion bolt assemblies, and the stand is installed
securely.

5 When the BTS3900C cabinet is installled on a wall or a stand, the BTS3900C

cabinet is secure and steady.

6 The cover plate of the RRU is fastene

ed to the maintenance cavity.

7 The cover plate of the RRU is fastene

ed to the cabling cavity and the empty cable
troughs are waterproofed.

8 The waterproof caps and chains at the bottom of the RRU are bound with the
cables nearby.
nearby

9 The BTS3900C surface is clean and neat

n and the external paint is intact.

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Checklist for the BTS3900C
C Installation
b Checklist for Installing the Power Cable and PGND Cable

SN Item

1 All self-made PGND cables must be

e copper-based with proper wire diameters.
No switch, fuse, or short circuit is allowed on the cable.

2 All cables are bound neatly with cab

ble ties that are arranged at even intervals, to
proper tightness, and in the same direction.
d

3 The power cable and PGND cable are

a routed separately from other cables.

4 All the labels at both ends of the ca

ables are legible
legible.

5 •In the indoor environment, extra ca

able ties are stripped off and all cuts are
smooth without sharp projections.
•In the outdoor environment, each cable
c tie has a reserved length ranging from 3
mm to 5 mm.

6 The power cables, signal cables, an nd antenna cables are not crossed. If these
cables are parallel, the spacing betw
ween them is greater than 3 cm.

7 Labels, tags, and nameplates are correct,

c legible, and complete.

8 When th
Wh the power cable
bl and
d PGND cable
c bl are routed
t d on the
th wall,
ll fix
fi them
th b
by using
i
cable ties.

9 All cable connections are secure. Pay

P special attention to those at the bottom of
the module.

10 Th PGND cable
The bl mustt b
be connecte
ted
d tto th
the grounding
di b bar.

11 The cross-sectional area of the PGND cable is not less than 16 mm2.

12 The layout of all cables must facilita

ate the maintenance and capacity expansion.
For example, the maintenance transfer cable must be bound to the BBU cable
claw and oriented outwards.

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Checklist for the BTS3900C
C Installation
c Checklist for Installing Signal Cables and Transmission Cables

SN Item

1 All self-made PGND cables must be e copper-based with proper wire diameters.
No switch, fuse, or short circuit is allowed on the cable.

2 If th
the RET antenna
t is
i installed,
i t ll d the
th RET
R signal
i l cables
bl are correctly
tl connected.
t d

3 All cables are bound neatly with cab

ble ties that are arranged at even intervals, to
proper tightness, and in the same direction.

4 The signal cables and transmission cables are routed separately from the power
cables and PGND cables.

5 All the labels at both ends of the cab

bles are legible.

6 •In the indoor environment, extra ca

able ties are stripped off and all cuts are
smooth without sharp projections.
•In the outdoor environment, each cable
c tie has a reserved length ranging from
3 mm to 5 mm
mm.

7 The power cables, signal cables, an nd antenna cables are not crossed. If these
cables are parallel, the spacing betw
ween them is greater than 3 cm.

8 Labels, tags, and nameplates are co

orrect, legible, and complete.

9 When the signal cables and transmiission cables are routed on the wall
wall, fix them
by using wall clips.

10 When the signal cables and transmiission cables are routed on the cable rack or
metal pole, fix them by using cable ties.
t Ensure that the transmission cable is
fitted with a protection tube. In outdo
oor routing, waterproof the protection tube.

11 All cable
bl connections
ti are secure. P
Pa
ay special
i l attention
tt ti tto those
th att the
th bottom
b tt off
the module.

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Appendix
a Pin Assignment

E1 Cable
Pin assignment for the wires of the 75-oh
hm E1 cable
Pin on the DB26 Wire Type Multi-W
Wire SN Label
Connector
X1.1 Tip 1 R1

X1.2 Ring

X1.3 Tip 2 R2

X1.4 Ring

X1.5 Tip 3 R3

X1.6 Ring

X1.7 Tip 4 R4

X1.8 Ring

X1.19 Tip 5 T1

X1.20 Ring

X1 21
X1.21 Ti
Tip 6 T2

X1.22 Ring

X1.23 Tip 7 T3

X1.24 Ring

X1.25 Tip 8 T4

X1.26 Ring

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Appendix

Pin assignment for the wires of the 120-o

ohm E1 surge protection transfer cable

Pin on the DB26 Wire Color Wire

e Type Label
Connector
X.1 Blue Twissted pair R1

X.2 White

X.3 Orange Twissted pair R2

X.4 White

X5
X.5 Green Twissted pair R3

X.6 White

X.7 Brown Twissted pair R4

X.8 White

X.19 Green Twissted pair T1

X.20 White

X.21 Blue Twissted pair T2

X.22 Red

X.23 Orange Twissted pair T3

X.24 Red

X.25 Green Twissted pair T4

X 26
X.26 Red

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Appendix
b Positions of Cable Holes
a

Positions of cable holes

Cable holes at the bottom Cable holes at the bottom

left of the OMB right of the OMB

Cable Position of the Label on the Cable

Cable Hole Hole

Input power cable of the BTS3900C AC Right AC IN

cabinet or BTS3900C DC cabinet

PGND cable of the BTS3900C AC cabinet Right PGND1

or BTS3900C DC cabinet

RRU cable of the BTS3900C AC cabinet or Right DC OUT

BTS3900C DC cabinet

FE cable Right E1/FE

E1 cable Right E1/FE

CPRI optical cable Left CPRI

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Change History
This describes changes in the BTS3900C WCDMA Installation Guide
Guide.

06(2013-03-08)
This is the sixth official release.
Compared with issue 05, this issue adde
ed the attention for installing the RRU
power cable.

05(2012-02-10)
This is the fifth official release.
Compared with issue 04, this issue upda
ated the procedure for removing the
RRU3804 housing.

04(2012-01-10)
04(2012 01 10)
This is the fourth official release.
Compared with issue 03, this issue upda
ated the version mapping between
documents and product versions.

03(2011-11-20)
This is the third official release.
release
Compared with issue 02, added the chec
cklist about the maintenance transfer
cable.

02(2011-04-10)
This is the second official release.
Compared with issue 01,01 this issue upda
ated the front cover and back cover
cover.

01(2011-03-30)
This is the first official release.
Compared with Draft A, this issue added
d some pictures in the chapter of
“Installing the BTS3900C Cables ”.

Draft A(2011-01-30)
This is the draft.

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