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Microwave Antenna Alignment: Wang Fuzhong Transmission Engineering Dept

1) The document provides guidance on tools, techniques, and steps for aligning microwave antennas, including using a multimeter to pan the antenna and achieve peak signal levels to ensure proper alignment. 2) It describes antenna radiation patterns and explains how to pan antennas horizontally and vertically to align the main beam between sites based on signal levels. 3) Special techniques are also discussed for mitigating multipath fading such as tilting the antennas slightly to avoid strong ground reflections for extremely long links over water bodies.

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Microwave Antenna Alignment: Wang Fuzhong Transmission Engineering Dept

1) The document provides guidance on tools, techniques, and steps for aligning microwave antennas, including using a multimeter to pan the antenna and achieve peak signal levels to ensure proper alignment. 2) It describes antenna radiation patterns and explains how to pan antennas horizontally and vertically to align the main beam between sites based on signal levels. 3) Special techniques are also discussed for mitigating multipath fading such as tilting the antennas slightly to avoid strong ground reflections for extremely long links over water bodies.

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2020年4月21日 星期二

Microwave
Antenna
Alignment
www.huawei.com

Wang Fuzhong
Transmission Engineering
Dept.TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
HUAWEI
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Page 1
Tools and Resources for antenna Alignment
 Riggers for antenna alignment: 4person, 2 for each site

 Multimeter: 2pcs, one for each site

 Laptop: 1, for Radio configuration and RSL check


 Engineering Order Wire handset
 Spanner (Wrench)
 Binoscopic

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Page 2


Antenna Radial Profile

>15dB

Simplified to

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Antenna Radial Pattern Envelope (RPE)
Top or side View of the antenna (RPE)

Main Beam

1st Side Lobe

The theoretic difference of the


gains between main beam
with 1st side lobe: 15 to 20dB.

During panning, If the difference between RSL with objective is less than 15dB, it
means the main beam already touched. Just do the fine-tuning.

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Page 4


Antenna Radiation Patterns Envelope (RPE)

1st Side Lobe

Main beam

Boresight View

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Antenna Radiation Patterns Envelope (RPE)

Main beam

Main beam Side


View
HPBW

Boresight View 1st Side Lobe

Main beam Top


View

FNBW: First Null BeamWidth

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Page 6


Antenna Alignment
Pan the antenna by Multi-meter & LCT

+3.45V
Multi-Meter
RSSI or AGC
ODU Voltage
IF CABLE

RSSI/VAGC

1st Side Lobe Azimuth


Main beam

IDU

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Antenna panning (Horizontal)

Top
View

Main beam Main beam

1st Side Lobe

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Antenna Panning (Vertical)

Main beam Main beam Side


View

1st Side Lobe

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Antenna Alignment (Horizontal)

Misaligned Proper Aligned

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Antenna Alignment

Boresight View of Azimuth Tracking


Signal Levels for Each Track
Paths for Different Elevations

Line A-A represents the azimuth tracking path of a properly aligned antenna.
The main beam is at point 2, and the first side lobe at points 1 and 3.

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Page 11


Antenna Alignment (Up and Down)
Up and Down Misaligned

Reflecting Ground or Specular Plane

Reflecting Ground or Specular Plane

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Antenna Alignment (Up and Down)

Aligned properly

Reflecting Ground or Specular Plane

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Special alignment to mitigate specular reflection
multipath fading for extremely long haul

Proper Aligned

Reflecting Ground or Specular Plane

A little up-tilt (0.35 to 0.5 degree, depending on the FNBW) of the


antennas so as to mitigate major ground specular refelection which
result in multi-path fading at long haul link which over water-body

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Page 14


Steps for MW Installation
 Check RFT (Ready for Telecom)

 Safety check
 Antenna and Outdoor works first under good weather condition
 IF cabling or Elliptical waveguide laying
 Indoor works (even in bad weather or night time)
 Labelling all the cables and links
 Grounding
 Premises Cleaning after the works
 Power Tapping
 etc.

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Page 15


Steps for antennas panning
 Pointing both side antennas to each other by azimuth

 Power on both sides’ radio

 Panning by multi-meters as well as Laptop with LCT

 Keep one antenna, i.e. Antenna #01 immobility (fixed temporary)

 Panning antenna #02 (coordinate antenna) at azimuth first(Horizental),


achieve RSL(or RSSI) peak, then by up/down (or Vertically), achieve
the peak RSL (or RSSI) also, fix it temporary
 Panning antenna #01 with the same way as above, then fix it

 Panning both sides antennas alternately till to achieve expected RSL

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Page 16


Thank You
www.huawei.com

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