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SPECIFICATION

TIL-US1
ION-B Series* Interconnect Link for 700 Comm, LMR700,
LMR800, Cell850, LMR900, AWS, and PCS1900 Ext. Band
Applications

The Andrew Intelligent Optical Network The ION-B Series system is a Radio- The TIL-US1 is available in two different
over-Fiber solution able to meet any versions:
(ION) Series is the industry-leading
signal distribution need, from the • the WDM kit enabling the connection
optical distribution system that covers simplest to the most demanding between the master and slave subrack
applications. using one fiber optic
the full range of power levels, sending
• the kit enabling hte connection
signals loss-free at distances ranging The TIL-US1interconnect link is a multi between the master and slave subrack
module kit allowing to connect a using two fiber optics
from 100 m to 20 km. remote subrack up to 20 km far away
from the main ION-B Series master Each interconnect link kit consists of the
ION-B Series provides optimized multi- unit. following modules:

band, multi-operator, cost effective • TDTX transmitter module and TMRX

Thanks to the interconnect link kit the receiver module hosted in the ION-B
solutions. ION-B system can be expanded with master subrack (referred as master
a remote subrack, housing up to 8 side)
master optical TRXs (TFLN), up to 20 • TDTX transmitter module and TSRX
km far away guaranteeing no perfor- reciever module hosted in the ION-B
mance degradation due to the fiber remote subrack (referred as slave
optic connection between the two side)
subracks. The TIL-US1 key features are:
A built-in FSK modem allows to extend • Virtual 0 dB link loss guaranteed by
the RS485 bus available at master a wide AGC range
side to the remote side subrack thus • Direct connection to up to 8 TFLNs
enabling a full monitoring of the
• Built-in modem for alarm remotization
remote equipment

* ION-B Series, formerly Britecell®

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Electrical

Frequency range, MHz Optical Interface

700 Comm Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . 698 to 716
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776 to 787 Wavelenght, nm
Downlink . . . . . . . . . 728 to 757 two fiber version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1310±10
LMR700 Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . 788 to 806 WDM version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1310±20
Downlink . . . . . . . . . 758 to 776 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1550±20
LMR800 Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . 806 to 824 Source typical output power, dBm
Downlink . . . . . . . . . 851 to 869 two fiber version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +6 (Laser, Class 1)
Cell850 Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . 824 to 849 WDM version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +5 (Laser, Class 1)
Downlink . . . . . . . . . 869 to 894
LMR900 Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . 896 to 901 Optical receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PIN photodiode
Downlink . . . . . . . . . 935 to 940
AWS Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . 1710 to 1755 Max allowed input power, dBm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +8
Downlink . . . . . . . . . 2110 to 2155
PCS1900 Ext. Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . 1850 to 1915 Allowed optical loss under AGC operation, dB . . . 10
Downlink . . . . . . . . . 1930 to 1995
Allowed back reflection, dB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <-36
Max allowed RF input level, dBm
Master side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Fiber optic type, mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5/125 single mode
Slave side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -5
Supervision and Control
Gain, dB
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Green . . . . . . . . . . . Power supply ON
Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . Major/Critical alarm
10***
Downlink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Communication alarms* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FSK modem
10***
General alarms* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overtemperature
In-band link flatness, dB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Internal power supply
Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ±0.5
Downlink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ±0.9 Optical alarms* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wavelenght
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Input out of range
Impedance, ohms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Output out of range
Return loss, dB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >13 RF alarms* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RF failure
Noise figure, dB
Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <33 System Performances with Interconnect Link
<23***
Downlink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <53 Values below are intended to outline the variations on system
performances when applying the TIL-US1 interconnect link. Data are
Input ICP3, dBm estimated at any antenna port of the remote unit connected to the
Uplink slave subrack.
two fiber version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >17
>7*** Gain
WDM version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >15 Uplink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not affected
Downlink Downlink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not affected
700 Comm, LMR700 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >30
LMR800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >30 Downlink input power back-off, dB . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Cell850 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >30
LMR900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >30 Downlink output ICP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 dB lower
AWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >27
PCS1900 Ext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >27 Downlink wideband noise increase, dB** . . . . . . . . 10

Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Vdc Uplink input ICP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not affected

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (proprietary backplane) Uplink noise figure increase, dB**
Power consumption, watts 8 remote units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <2.5
Master side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 32 remote units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <1
Slave side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Blocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not affected

* Available through the local maintenance terminal (LMT) application or through the
optional supervision unit
** Due to the remote units connected to the slave subrack

*** Two Fiber version without 8-way splitter

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Mechanical RF ports
Two fiber version Master side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMA-female
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port)
Dimensions TMRX-200 . . . . . . . . 3 x SMA-female
Master side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 7TE x 4HE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port)
TMRX-200 . . . . . . . . 7TE x 4HE Slave side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMA-female
Slave side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 7TE x 4HE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port)
TSRX-244/8 . . . . . . . 21TE x 4HE TSRX-244/1 . . . . . . . 3 x SMA-female
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port)
Weight, kg (lb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (11)
Cable kit
Optical ports Master side Number of cables . . . 1
Master side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SC-APC Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86
TMRX-200 . . . . . . . . 1 x SC-APC Connectors . . . . . . . . SMA-male
Slave side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SC-APC Length, mm . . . . . . . 90
TSRX-244/8 . . . . . . . 1 x SC-APC
Number of cables . . . 1
RF ports Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86
Master side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMA-female Connectors . . . . . . . . SMB-female
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port) Length, mm . . . . . . . 90
TMRX-200 . . . . . . . . 3 x SMA-female
Slave side Number of cables . . . 3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port)
Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86
Slave side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMA-female
Connectors . . . . . . . . SMA-male
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port) Length, mm . . . . . . . 1x90, 2x250
TSRX-244/8 . . . . . . . 17 x SMA-female
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port)
Number of cables . . . 1
Cable kit Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86
Master side Number of cables . . . 1 Connectors . . . . . . . . SMB-female
Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86 Length, mm . . . . . . . 90
Connectors . . . . . . . . SMA-male
Length, mm . . . . . . . 90 Mechanical
WDM version
Number of cables . . . 1
Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86 Dimensions
Connectors . . . . . . . . SMB-female Master side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 7TE x 4HE
Length, mm . . . . . . . 90
TMRX-500 . . . . . . . . 7TE x 4HE
Slave side Number of cables . . . 17 Slavee side TDTX-500 . . . . . . . . . 7TE x 4HE
Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86 TSRX-344/8 . . . . . . . 21TE x 4HE
Connectors . . . . . . . . SMA-male
Length, mm . . . . . . . 1x90, 2x250, 12x280, 2x330 Weight, kg (lb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (11)

Number of cables . . . 1 Optical ports

Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86 Master side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SC-APC
Connectors . . . . . . . . SMB-female TMRX-500 . . . . . . . . 2 x SC-APC
Length, mm . . . . . . . 90 Slavee side TDTX-500 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SC-APC
TSRX-344/8 . . . . . . . 2 x SC-APC
Mechanical
Two fiber version without 8-way splitter RF ports
Master side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMA-female
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port)
Master side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 7TE x 4HE TMRX-500 . . . . . . . . 3 x SMA-female
TMRX-200 . . . . . . . . 7TE x 4HE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port)
Slave side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 7TE x 4HE Slavee side TDTX-500 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMA-female
TSRX-244/1 . . . . . . . 21TE x 4HE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port)
TSRX-344/8 . . . . . . . 17 x SMA-female
Weight, kg (lb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x SMB-male (comm. port)
Optical ports
Master side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SC-APC
TMRX-200 . . . . . . . . 1 x SC-APC
Slave side TDTX-300 . . . . . . . . . 1 x SC-APC
TSRX-244/1 . . . . . . . 1 x SC-APC
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Cable kit
Master side Number of cables . . . 1
Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86
Connectors . . . . . . . . SMA-male
Length, mm . . . . . . . 90

Number of cables . . . 1
Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86
Connectors . . . . . . . . SMB-female
Length, mm . . . . . . . 90

Number of cables . . . 1
Type of cables . . . . . optical jumper
Connectors . . . . . . . . SC-APC
Length, mm . . . . . . . 300

Slave side Number of cables . . . 17

Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86
Connectors . . . . . . . . SMA-male
Length, mm . . . . . . . 1x90, 2x250, 12x280, 2x330

Number of cables . . . 1
Type of cables . . . . . Sucoform 86
Connectors . . . . . . . . SMB-female
Length, mm . . . . . . . 90

Number of cables . . . 1
Type of cables . . . . . optical jumper
Connectors . . . . . . . . SC-APC
Length, mm . . . . . . . 300

Packaging Info

Height, depth, width, mm (in) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39x35x41

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1.5x1.4x1.6)

Weigth, kg (lb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 (17.16)

Environmental

Temperature range
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +5 °C to +40 °C
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -20 °C to +65 °C

MTBF @ 25°C, hours

TDTX-300, TDTX-500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.000
TMRX-200, TMRX-500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.804.000
TSRX-244/8, TSRX-244/1, TSRX-344/8 . . . . . 826.000

Compliance and Safety

Type approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CE

Environmental indoor use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ETS300 019-1-3 Class 3.1

Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EN60950

Laser safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EN60825

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TIL-US1 Interconnect Link - Ordering Information

Code Description Frequency bands

TIL-US1-HL ION-B interconnect link kit, two fiber version, multi band LMR700/LMR800/Cell850/LMR900/AWS/PCS1900 Ext.

TIL-US1-HL/1 ION-B interconnect link kit, two fiber version, multi band LMR700/LMR800/Cell850/LMR900/AWS/PCS1900 Ext.

TIL-US1-HLW ION-B interconnect link kit, WDM bversion, multi band LMR700/LMR800/Cell850/LMR900/AWS/PCS1900 Ext.

TSRX-344/8
TSRX-244/8

TSRX-244/1

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