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HUAWEI GSM BTS3900B

Structure and Working Principles

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  Features of the BTS3900B
 Indexes and Advantages of the BTS3900B
 Application Scenarios of the BTS3900B
 Functions and Ports of the BTS3900B
 Networking Mode of the BTS3900B BTS
 Networking Mode of the BTS3900B RRU

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 Chapter I Overview of the BTS3900B

Chapter II Hardware Structure and

Principles of the BTS3900B

Chapter III Networking of the BTS3900B

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BTS3900B Forms
 BTS3900B is a highly integrated pico BTS. A single BTS3900B is able to
perform the functions of baseband processing and RF processing of a
traditional BTS.
 Supporting four work frequency bands; small size, light weight, and
simple installation
 Supporting GPRS and the evolution towards EDGE+.

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Features of the BTS3900B
 Small size
 2L in volume
 Light weight
 1.5 kg
 Multiple frequency bands
 Supporting GSM850/EGSM900 /DCS1800/PCS1900 frequency
bands, thereby meeting the demands of the operations in different
regions.

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Features of the BTS3900B
 Easy installation
 Wall mount
 Ceiling mount
 Concealed ceiling mount
 Smart Operation
 Automatic data allocation
 Automatic frequency optimization
 Automatic detection of macro cell
 Automatic power adjustment
 Reliable security
 Supporting IPSec, and thus safeguarding the security of the system over the
public network

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Features of the BTS3900B
 Easy operation and maintenance
 Supporting local maintenance, remote maintenance, and centralized
maintenance (through the NMS)
 Performing authorized remote centralized maintenance over the whole
network through the centralized maintenance client software
 After installation and before data allocation, it can create a default
maintenance channel together with upper-level devices, through which users
can remotely programs and data to the BTS.
 Flexible clock synchronization
 BTS3900B supports the following clock synchronization modes:
 IP clock synchronization
 Air interface acquisition synchronization

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Environmental Adaptability
Item Description

Water resistance and Conforming to IP30 (International Protection) standard

dustproof
Chemical adaptability Chemical conditions in the operating environment:
3/4C2 for the places with average pollution and wild
distribution of industrial active substances or cities and
towns with heavy traffic;
3/4C3 for chemically polluted places that are near to
industrial areas;
conforming to IEC 3/3/21(class 3K8H) standard.
Biological adaptability 4B2, applicable to the places with mould and damages
caused by animals (including mice)
Operating temperature -10℃ - +45℃ (derated to 100mW)

Power supply Supporting 110V AC/220V AC input

Supporting Power over Ethernet (PoE)

Noise requirements Natural cooling and no noise

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RF Indexes
Item Specification
Frequency Working Rx frequency band Tx frequency band
band frequency
support band
EGSM900 880 MHz - 915 MHz 925 MHz - 960 MHz

DCS1800 1710 MHz - 1785 MHz 1805 MHz - 1880 MHz

GSM850 824 MHz - 869 MHz - 894 MHz
949 MHz
PCS1900 1850 MHz - 1910 MHz 1930 MHz - 1990 MHz

Tx indexes Output power (GMSK/8PSK)

200 mW/50 mW
Rx Channel type Static sensitivity
indexes
TCH/FS -95 dBm

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Power Indexes
Item Specification

Input power supply PoE

110V AC/220V AC
Power consumption When a single carrier is configured, the typical power
consumption is 13 W.
When dual carriers are configured, the typical power
consumption is 18 W.

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Actual Power Consumption

Status Test Item Voltage (V) Current (A) Power (W) Remarks

No RF card is in
12V-trunk
position, and the board 12.05 0.738 8.8929
circuit current
is started completely.

A single RF card is in
12V-trunk
position but does not 12 0.968 11.616
circuit current
work.

A single RF card is in 12V-trunk The power is

11.96 1.235 14.7706
position and works. circuit current 23.4 dBm.

The dual RF cards are

12V-trunk
in position, but neither 11.97 1.21 14.4837
circuit current
of them works.
The dual RF cards are
12V-trunk The power is
in position and only 11.91 1.455 17.32905
circuit current 23.5 dBm.
one of them works.
The dual RF cards are
12V-trunk The power is
in position and both of 11.82 1.815 21.4533
circuit current 23.1 dBm.
them work.

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Lightning Protection Indexes

Prot Name Lightning Protection Mode Indexes

PoE port •Common mode •2 kV

•Differential mode •0.5 kV

AC input port •Common mode •2 kV

•Differential mode •1 kV

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Environmental Conditions
Item Specification

Operating environment Operating temperature: -10℃ - +45℃ (at 100mW)

Relative humidity: 5%RH - 95%RH
Other indexes conform to ETS 300 1/3/19 Class 3.2.
Transportation Transportation temperature: -40 ℃ - +70 ℃
environment Relative humidity: 10 ％ - 95 ％
Meeting ISTA packing and transportation standard.
Meeting the unpacked drop requirements in GR-63
Other indexes conform to ETS 300 1/2/19 Class 2.3.
Storage environment Storage temperature: -40 ℃ - +70 ℃
Relative humidity:10 ％ - 100 ％
Other indexes conform to ETS 300 1/1/19 Class 1.2.
Noise environment Natural cooling and no noise

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Advantages
 Rapid networking at low cost
 The BTS3900B, 2L (width x depth x height: 230mm×54mm×165mm) in volume, is the
smallest pico BTS. Compared with traditional BTS, the BTS3900B has a low requirement on
equipment room, and the site can be easily obtained, thus minimizing the cost of operators.
 The BTS3900B can be installed easily. The installation can be finished by one person with a
few common tools.
 The BTS3900B, 1.5 kg in weight, requires no special transportation equipment, thus greatly
reducing the installation cost.
 The BTS3900B adopts compact and modular design for convenient installation and
disassembly, thus meeting rapid networking requirement.
 High performance meeting indoor coverage demands
 The BTS3900B can fill the coverage blind spots in hot areas.
 The BTS3900B can cover the inside of large shopping malls, airports, subways and garages.
 The BTS3900B can provide special cellular coverage for middle-range and small-size
enterprises, and SOHO network.
 The BTS3900B supports PoE through the network cable.
 The BTS3900B supports AC input and can connect to 110V AC/220V AC through a power
adapter.

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Advantages
 Building an energy-saving communication network
 BTS3900B incorporates innovative power amplifier and power consumption
management, thus reducing the energy consumption. In addition, it is in small
size and does not require a special equipment room. Therefore, the
BTS3900B sets a good example in building an energy-saving communication
network.
 The typical power consumption of the BTS3900B is 13 W when a single
carrier is configured and 18 W when dual carriers are configured. Compared
with that of a traditional BTS, its power consumption per carrier reduces
significantly.
 Supporting GPRS and the evolution towards EDGE+
 Supporting GPRS
 Supporting the evolution towards EDGE+

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Application Scenarios of the BTS3900B
 The BTS3900B, as a small BTS used for indoor coverage, can cover isolated
spots, so it is applicable to the scenarios where a few frequency resources and
limited capacity are available and the BTS3900B BTS is required to absorb some
traffic, such as office buildings, coffee houses, clubs and products. It provides
efficient indoor coverage within dozens of to one hundred meters to address the
problems of non-continuous coverage inside the basement and garage, thereby
improving independent networking and incomplete coverage on high-rise buildings.

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Features of the BTS3900B BTS
 A BTS3900B BTS supports two carriers at most.
 1800M/900M/850M/1900M
 Supporting BTS and RRU working modes and IP and CPRI ports.
 RRU working mode supports multiple systems by adding appropriate cards.
 Supporting IP transmission over private network
 Supporting two power supply modes: POE (single TRX) and 220V AC
 Tx power: 200 mW; power consumption: <13 W for single carrier, and <20 W for dual
carriers
 Supporting GMSK and EGPRS
 Supporting automatic frequency planning
 Supporting air interface synchronization
 Supporting IP transmission over public network and IPSec
 Compared with DBS3900, BTS3900B does not provide the following functions any more:
baseband and RF hopping, PBT and transmit diversity, E1/T1 transmission, Abis ring
network, concatenation of TDM, HDLC transmission, built-in satellite transmission, and
FlexAbis

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 Chapter I Overview of the BTS3900B

Chapter II Hardware Structure and

Principles of the BTS3900B

Chapter III Networking of the BTS3900B

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Operating Principles of the BTS3900B

Function Models of the BTS3900B

Control
Local Maintenance Channel
Main Control Unite Radio
Console Frequency
Channel
Radio Frequency
Maintenance Module Antenna

Radio Frequency Unit

Channel
Service Data
Channel
BTS Interface Unit

Radio Frequency
Clock
Module Antenna
Frame Number
and Clock
Clock Unite

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Operating Principles of the BTS3900B
 Main control unit: The main control unit manages the whole
BTS3900B system in a centralized manner, including operation &
maintenance and signaling processing. In addition, it provides
system clock signal.
 Supporting UART
 Controlling the BTS interface unit to communicate with BSC/BTS
 Controlling the RF interface unit to communicate with the RF module
 BTS interface unit.
 Connecting BTS and BSC
 Processing and distributing IP packets
 Synchronizing the lower level clock and upper level clock
 Clock unit.
 Providing centralized supply and management of clock signal
 Judging the phase-locking status and providing software phase-locking and DA

adjustment as well as generating frame number

 Supporting the input of external synchronization clock

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Operating Principles of the BTS3900B
 RF interface unit
 Completing signaling processing, channel coding, interleaving and de-
interleaving, demodulation, timeslot interchange
 Generating control signal of RF synthesizer, digital power control, GMSK/8PSK
modulation, and sampling and filtering of intermediate frequency signal
 RF module
 The RF module contains an uplink Rx channel and a downlink Tx channel.
The downlink Tx channel functions as follows:
 Coding, modulating, and filtering downlink signals
 Performing D/A conversion (through a DAC) and IQ modulation
 Converting the RF signal to the Tx frequency band
The uplink Tx channel functions as follows:
 Converting the received signal to the intermediate frequency signal
 Amplifying the intermediate frequency signal and performing IQ modulation
 Performing D/A conversion (through an ADC)

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Ports

(1) Power port (2) FE port (debugging port)

(3) Clock test port (4) Maintenance port

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Ports
Port Port Type Description

Power port 4-pin power Used to connect the power adapter

connector
FE port RJ45 connector Used for the communication between the
BTS3900B and IP network devices such as
public network hub, public network switch or
DSL/IP MODEM. If PoE is adopted, PoE
equipment is required. You can power the
BTS3900B through the network cable.
Debugging RJ45 connector Used to load debugging software (sharing the
port same physical port with the FE port)

Clock test port USB connector Used to connect a test instrument to test the
output clock signal of BTS3900B

Maintenance USB connector Used for loading software version during local
port maintenance.

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Indicators Indicator Color Status Description

PWR Green On Normal power

supply
Off No power supply

RUN/ Red The green Normal

ALM and indicator operation
green blinks at an
interval of 1s.

The green Loading or not

indicator in service
blinks at an
interval of 1s.
The red Operating failure
indicator is alarm
on.
LINK Green On FE port is
connected
normally.
0.125S on, FE port is
0.125S off transmitting or
receiving data.
Off FE port is not
connected.

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Structure of the BTS3900B BTS

 Outline dimensions: 250mm x

200mm x 40mm
 Overall weight: 1.5 kg
 Installation: wall mount, ceiling
mount, and pole mount
 Cooling mode: natural cooling
 Antenna: supporting built-in and
external antennas

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Installation Mode of the BTS3900B

 Ceiling mount

Directly Directly
put the hang
Directly hang adapter the Finally,
the into the adapter tighten
BTS3900B adapter on the the nuts
BTS on the bracket hook. to secure
hook. the two
brackets.

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Installation Mode of the BTS3900B
 Pole/wall mount

Directly put the

Directly put the adapter into
the adapter
adapter into the bracket. See
adapter the ceiling
bracket. See mount.
the ceiling
mount.

Directly hang
Directly hang
the BTS3900B the BTS3900B
BTS on the BTS on the
hook. See the hook. See the
ceiling mount. ceiling mount.

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Ports of the BTS3900B

 Power port
 Transmission port (debugging
port)
 CPRI optical port
 Clock debugging port
 USB port (maintenance port)

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 Chapter I Overview of the BTS3900B

Chapter II Hardware Structure and

Principles of the BTS3900B

Chapter III Networking of the BTS3900B

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Networking Mode of the BTS3900B BTS

Building

BTS3900B BTS

In-building coverage

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Networking Mode of the BTS3900B RRU

rHub

CAT5 Fiber
rHub BBU

BTS3900B RRU BTS3900B RRU

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Advantages of Distributed BTS3900B

 BBU can be mounted on a wall independently or embedded into a

standard 19-inch frame.
 A piece of optical fiber can be led out of the macro BTS to connect the
BBU to the rHub, to achieve seamless convergence with the existing
network and ensure QoS.
 Supporting direct coverage
 Supporting 2G/3G hybrid networking
 Supporting GERAN and multi-mode evolution
 Applicable to the scenarios where a high coverage area and large
capacity is required.

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