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Huawei WiMAX Base Station 3703

The Huawei BTS3703, a WiMAX base

station, based on IEEE 802.16e-2005 and
WiMAX Forum NWG Release 1.0. The
BTS3703, networking with WASN9970 and
Mobile Station, is widely applied to the
wireless broadband services in both fixed
and mobile broadband access.

De si gne d in a us er-or ie nte d an d

modular manner, the BTS3703 is also
a highly integrated, small-sized and
light-weighted, catering to operators’
requirements for wide coverage, large
capacity, easy installation and maintenance.

Great Capacity and High Low Operational Cost and Fast close to the antenna and feeder system to

Spectral Efficiency Networking reduce the costs of the feeders and power
A single sector has a maximum of The BTS3703 adopts a distributed consumption.
512 online users. One base station has structure design. It consists of the Base Band
a maximum of 1,536 online users and a Unit (BBU) and the Remote Radio Unit (RRU). Flexible Networking
maximum of 10 k work flow. The maximum The BTS3703 is small in size and light in It includes flexible networking modes
throughput of a single sector of the weight, which enables low operational cost and frequency reuse modes. The BTS3703
BTS3703 is 30 Mbps at a bandwidth of and fast networking. The BTS3703 is easy to supports the star networking and cascaded
10 MHz or 15 Mbps at a bandwidth of 5 carry and can be separately installed, which networking, so that the operator can
MHz. In addition, 2x2 MIMO techniques is not restricted to load bearing or land area. choose according to their needs.
and OFDMA technique enhance the system In such a situation, large scale construction In addition, the BTS3703 supports
capacity and spectrum efficiency. engineering is not required. the f lexible cellular frequency reuse
Moreover, The BBU can be either modes, such as Single-frequency PUSC

Extensive Coverage installed on a wall or built in a standard networking, Three-frequency FUSC/PUSC

The BTS3703 allows large coverage 19-inch cabinet or a rack (the GSM outdoor with all SC networking, Single-frequency
and supports both intra-frequency and cabinet or APM for instance), and this PUSC + PUSC with all SC networking. The
inter-frequency networking. Therefore, the avoids redundant investment. The RRU operator can choose a suitable one for
coverage quality and spectrum efficiency can be mounted to a concrete pole, a stay different scenarios.
are enhanced. tower, or a building wall. It can be installed
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Multiple Timing with standards supplied by different based on the command line mode of

&Synchronization Modes vendors. And BTS3703 connects to the the Command Line Interface (CLI), the
The BTS3703 allows multiple timing ASN-GW based on the NWG R6 standard. remote maintenance by the iManager
and synchronization (T&S) modes to Moreover, the standard Common Public M2000 or a third party NMS based on the
accommodate timing modes in various Radio Interface (CPRI) applies to the Base SNMP interface. Environment monitoring,
networks. The BTS3703 allows external Band Unit (BBU) and the Radio Remote Unit alarming, testing, interface tracing and
timing input, such as the Global Positioning (RRU) of the BTS3703. You can upgrade online help, all these features improve
System (GPS) timing. The BTS3703 provides the BBU and the RRU separately using new network reliability, and ensure Quality of
the GPS 1PPS input as synchronization technologies. Thus, you don’t need to Service (QoS) of the network.
signals for the BBU while the GPS 1PPS replace the entire BS for upgrade.
output for the stacked BBUs. When the Huawei is one of the five leading Smooth System Upgrade
external GPS clock is lost, the BTS3703 can founders of CPRI standards, intending T h e B T S 3 7 0 3 i s f u t u re o r i e n t e d .
still run normally under free running mode to define open and standardized ports The hardware upgrade is achieved by
for up to 48 hours. between the baseband processing unit simple expansion. The BBU supports
and the RF unit. The rest are Ericsson, NEC, stack expansion, so that BBU and RRU

Powerful Compatibility Siemens, and Nortel Networks. can be flexibly configured based on the
The standardized interfaces and ports requirements of capacity and coverage. The
on the BTS3703 improve the scalability and Easy Operation and Maintenance BBU and the BBU stacked on it can share
compatibility of the system. The BTS3703 The BTS3703 supports convenient and the GPS clock signals. Due to the stack
provides air interface that complies with the pragmatic Operation and Maintenance expansion, it is not necessary to change the
IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard, and allows (O&M) modes such as: local maintenance entire modules, thus reducing the cost of
interconnection with the MSs that complies for the Ethernet ports and serial ports device upgrade.

Key Characteristics of BTS3703

• Profile C • QoS Guaranteed Service • Authentication and Encryption
• 802.16e AIR Interface • Hard Handover • RRC
• Interface with ASN-GW based on NWG Protocol • Flexible Networking, Pusc and Fusc • QoS

Technical Specification
BTS3703 system performance items Physical and electrical specifications of the BTS3703

Item Performance Item Specification

The BTS3703 operates in TDD mode. H: 42 mm

• 2.5 GHz: 2.496 GHz to 2.690 GHz BBU Dimensions W: 436 mm
Operating Frequency Band
• 2.3 GHz: 2.3 GHz to 2.4 GHz D: 300 mm
• 3.5 GHz: 3.4 GHz to 3.6 GHz
H: 430 mm
RRU Dimensions W: 554 mm
Maximum transmit power 2.5 G Hz or 2.3 G Hz: 10 W
D: 152 mm
of each antenna port 3.5 G Hz: 5 W
BBU: 5 kg
Maximum total transmit 2.5 G Hz or 2.3 G Hz: 20 W Total weight
RRU: 22 kg
power of each RRU 3.5 G Hz: 10 W
–48 V (BBU: –40 V to –60 V
Power input
Channel Bandwidth 5M or 10M RRU: –36 V to –60 V)
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Appendix Acronyms and Abbreviations

AAA Authentication, Authorization and Accounting

ASN-GW Access Service Network Gateway

BS Base Station

CSN Connectivity Service Network

BBU Base Band Unit

FUSC Fully Used Sub-Channel

MIMO Multiple Input Multiple Output

OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access

PUSC Partially Used Sub-Channel

QoS Quality of Service

RRC Radio Resource Control

RRU Remote Radio Unit

VoIP Voice over IP

TDD Time division duplex

Wi-Fi Wireless Fidelity

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