6113 EDGE Base Station Test Set GSM I
6113 EDGE Base Station Test Set
GSM I & C testing July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
What is the 6113? • GSM, GPRS and EDGE BTS tester • Verifies base station installation and commissioning • Provides maintenance/fault-finding capability • Verifies performance to GSM recommendations (11. 21) • Independent evaluation of BTS RF performance July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
6113 - Digital Radio Test Set • Supports GSM 850, 900, 1800 and 1900 frequency bands • Options to control & test ALL BTS types • Test sequences for full customization • Optimized for installation and commissioning, routine maintenance, fault finding and production testing • A-bis interface for FULL BTS control and bit error ratio (BER) measurements July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
6113 Customers • • • • Airtel/Bharti, India Airnet Alcatel AT&T Wireless, USA Austrian PTT Belgacom, Belgium Bell Canada Bell South, New Zealand Birla/AT&T Comm, India China Mobile China Unicom Cingular Wireless, USA Digi, Malaysia DST, Brunei E-Plus, Germany Ericsson July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt • • • • • Eurotel, Czech Republic Eurotel, Hungary Interwave Italtel Macau PTT Mannesman Microcell Motorola Nederlands PTT Nokia Nortel Matra O 2, UK Orbitel PKI (Lucent) Siemens Livingston Hire • • • • • Locamesure Omnitel, Italy Optus, Australia Orange, UK Orange, France Panavox, Greece PCCW Hong Kong People’s Telephone, HK Radiolinja, Finland Renault SC&C Thailand Sonofon, Denmark Smar. Tone HK Telecom Australia Telecom Eireann Telecom Finland Telecom Italia Mobile Commercial in Confidence • • • • Telecom Americas, Brazil Tele. Danmark Mobil, Denmark Telia Mobile, Sweden Telenor, Norway TIM, Brazil TIM, Chile T-Mobile UK T-Mobile USA Total Access Communication, Thailand Vodafone, Fiji Vodafone, Ireland Vodafone, UK Westel, Hungary 6113 Base Station Test
Front View of the 6113 Soft. Keys Spin Wheel RACAL INSTRUMENTS 6113 E Digital Radio Test Set Enter 6113 PCS 1900 POWER CONTRAST 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +/- 0 . RF Out Key Pad RF In/Duplex MEMORY CARD PCMCIA A-bis Connections BNC or Banana July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt RF Out - RF In/Duplex - TNC female N-type female Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Rear View of the 6113 Freq Ref Connections 10 R Encryption Module July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt BOSS RF IN/Duplex (SMA female) & BOSS RF OUT(TNC female) Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Maximum/Minimum Power Levels July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
6113 Emulation Capability • Standard A-bis closed loop control • Cell Integrity Test / Analysis • Live Testing (Non Intrusive) July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 BSC mobile BSC 6113 mobile 6113 Base Station Test
6113 Test Capability Functional Transmitter Receiver A-bis link tests Cell control channel Bit error ratio (BER) Code download Bit error ratio (BER) Block error ratio (BLER) Configure BTS Block Error (BLER) TCH Absolute sensitivity Reset BTS Power RACH sensitivity Special functions Power Steps Rx level Power profile Rx quality Phase error Encryption Frequency error Modulation spectrum July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Abis Controlled
Main Menu Parameters Main Menu 14 DEC 2003 14: 12: 44 Information 6113 Offsets Results Live Tests Special Functions A-bis File Controlled PCS 1900 Manager Self Tests / Tests Test Sequences System T. A. : GPIB : 20 July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt BTS RXQUAL: RXLEV: Std: 10 MHz Results: Off Commercial in Confidence Offsets : On 6113 Base Station Test
A-bis Controlled Testing • A-bis control software for different BTS manufacturers make product unique • Base station can be tested prior to connection to network July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Simulation • Automatic Simulation of Mobile • Layer 1 - RF • Layer 2 - LAPDm • Layer 3 - Call Processing as required • Automatic Simulation of BSC • Layer 1 - G 703/704 • Layer 2 - LAPD • Layer 3 - O & M - Manufacturer Specific and 08 -58 July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Setup of 6113 for Abis Controlled Testing
Setting Up The 6113 manually • BTS information • • BTS manufacturer BTS model BTS s/w version BTS code path Mapping Table Interface RF connection • Enter an offset for RF losses • Write & save a parameter file • Setup results file July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
BTS Information A-bis Settings BTS Information 14 DEC 1995 14: 12: 44 Mapping BTS Manufacturer BTS type Table Radio System : PCS 1900 Interface BTS Model BTS Manufacturer : Nokia Balanced BTS Model : RF Connect Radio System Ultrasite BTS Software Version : PU 1 Duplex BTS Software Code Path : A : BTS S/W Code Path T. A. : GPIB : 20 July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt RXLEV: Std: 10 MHz RXQUAL: Results: Off Commercial in Confidence Offsets : On Exit 6113 Base Station Test
RF Offsets Parameters Main Menu 14 DEC 1995 14: 12: 44 BTS Information 6113 Offsets Results Live Tests Special Functions File A-bis Manager Controlled PCS 1900 Self Tests / Test Sequences System T. A. : GPIB : 20 July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Tests RXQUAL: RXLEV: Std: 10 MHz Results: Off Commercial in Confidence Offsets : On 6113 Base Station Test
Entering Offsets Results 14 NOV 1996 14: 12: 44 Parameter Cancel All Edit parameter Value Default Level Offsets Off BTS Transmit Offset 0. 00 d. B BTS Receive Offset 0. 00 d. B Reset Allowed List: Off, On (A negative value specifies loss in path) T. A. : GPIB : 20 July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt RXQUAL: RXLEV: Std: 10 MHz Results: Off Commercial in Confidence Offsets : Off EXIT 6113 Base Station Test
Mapping Table • Define Abis Timeslot usage • Define TRXs in BTS Cabinet • Define Signalling and Traffic slots July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Parameter Files Parameters Main Menu 14 DEC 1995 14: 12: 44 Information 6113 Offsets Results Live Tests Special Functions A-bis File Controlled PCS 1900 Manager Self Tests / Tests Test Sequences System T. A. : GPIB : 20 July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt BTS RXQUAL: RXLEV: Std: 10 MHz Results: Off Commercial in Confidence Offsets : On 6113 Base Station Test
Read / Write Read File Parameters 14 DEC 1995 14: 12: 44 Write File GSM Parameters Timing Output Port T. A. : GPIB : 20 July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt RXQUAL: RXLEV: Std: 10 MHz Results: Off Commercial in Confidence Offsets : On EXIT 6113 Base Station Test
Writing a parameter file July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Test Results Display/Logging Parameters Main Menu 14 DEC 1995 14: 12: 44 6113 Offsets Results PCS 1900 Self Tests / Tests Special Functions Test Sequences System T. A. : GPIB : 20 July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Live A-bis Controlled Tests File Manager BTS Information RXQUAL: RXLEV: Std: 10 MHz Results: Off Commercial in Confidence Offsets : On 6113 Base Station Test
Results Screen Results 14 DEC 1995 14: 12: 44 Results BTS Serial Number(s) Off Test Results Header Operator BTS Serial Number(s) Remarks Configure Printer 777 Operator John Doe Remarks ACU not working Print Header Print Footer T. A. : GPIB : 20 July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt RXQUAL: RXLEV: Std: 10 MHz Results: Off Commercial in Confidence Offsets : On EXIT 6113 Base Station Test
A-bis Control Testing • Three Test Modes • Single Test Mode • Test Sequences • Multimode July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Single Test
Single Tests • Manual control of all parameters • PASS / FAIL and full results • Test can be repeated • Graphic screens if applicable • Results printout July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
GSM - Transmitter Tests July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
GSM A-bis Receiver Tests July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Receiver BER Parameter July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Receiver Bit Error Ratio A-bis interface BTS Receiver RF interface • Known Bit Pattern sent to BTS • Monitor Bit Pattern on Abis TRAU/PCU frames on A-bis Interface Receive 6113 Transmit • Identify Class Ib, Class II bits, FER • Available on Transmitter BTS Control Mode July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence • Available Signalling Channels 6113 Base Station Test
Receiver BER test result July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Sequences
Test Sequence Generation Parameters Main Menu 14 DEC 1995 14: 12: 44 Information 6113 Offsets Results Live Tests Special Functions A-bis File Controlled PCS 1900 Manager Self Tests / Tests Test Sequences System T. A. : GPIB : 20 July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt BTS RXQUAL: RXLEV: Std: 10 MHz Results: Off Commercial in Confidence Offsets : On 6113 Base Station Test
Auto Test Sequences • Repeatable List of Tests • Easy-to-use Front panel ‘learn’ mode • Ability to Change all test parameters • Tests can be programmed using RIBASIC • Continue/Pause/Exit on Pass/Fail • Full and summary results printout • Seq/Results Stored on memory card July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Defining a sequence Select in order each test you want July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
End of test action (each test) July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Running a sequence July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Sequence summary July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Editing a sequence • Cannot use the 6113. • Use a text editor on the PC SET EOTACTION ON, CONTINUE, ON, HOLD ! Step Number 2 - TEST Transmitter Test TEST TXTST 512, 0, 0, -85. 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 95. 0, 5. 00, 20. 00, +42. 0, 3. 0, 1 July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
![Sequence Basics • First two lines are special: • [Line 1]<Code version> - <Date>](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/0e68efb235898b7d8c91189e8d42af62/image-42.jpg "Sequence Basics • First two lines are special: • [Line 1]<Code version> - <Date>")
Sequence Basics • First two lines are special: • [Line 1]<Code version> - <Date> • [Line 2] File description • ! Comment • Keywords • Variable names • loops July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Multimode
Multimode • Continuous real time readings • Graphics for easy diagnosis • Simple/Dynamic control of settings • Out of limits readings highlighted • Intermittent Fault Finding • Fault Isolation July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Multimode Results • • Pass/Fail Samples/Events/Ratio for FER, Class lb and Class II. Phase Error (graph) Frequency Error BTS Power Profile (graph) Modulation Spectrum (graph). July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Multimode Power Profile Test Information Multimode : Power Profile 6 DEC 1995 15: 08: 24 Channel No. 90 10 0 BER Rx Level -10 -85. 0 d. Bm -20 Phase Error d B -30 Timeslot 4 -40 -50 Summary -60 BTS Power MAX -70 0 Modulation Spectrum Measured BTS Power T. A. : GPIB : 20 July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt 20 40 60 Bits Current 2. 50 d. BM RXLEV: Std: 10 MHz 80 100 Minimum 2. 29 d. Bm 120 140 Maximum 3. 53 d. Bm More. . . RXQUAL: Results: Off Commercial in Confidence Offsets : On Abort 6113 Base Station Test
Multimode Modulation Spectrum 512 July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
6113 CITA
What is Ci. TA? • Cell Integrity Test • Tests the whole cell – antennas as well as BTS RF performance • Used to assess the quality of the radio channel between a BTS and a mobile anywhere in the cell July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Benefits of Ci. TA • Checks Uplink & Downlink quality • Checks the citing & orientation of all antennas • Checks the performance of masthead LNAs • Checks UL/DL antenna balance of site • Checks voice quality& BER • Checks cell coverage • Identifies interference • Identifies potential site location • Optimises network performance July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Ci. TA Process • • • Racal 6113 provides a one cell network Make calls using mobile/test sim Loopback in 6113 for voice quality assessment Loopback in 6113 for BER test measurements Monitors Rx. Level/Rx. Quality Reports July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
How Does Ci. TA Work? Tx. BTS Tx Level = 6 6113 RXLEVD RXQUALD RXLEVU RXQUALU sent to BSC BTS DL_Attn = BTS Tx power (d. B) - MS Rx. Lev (d. B) = 40 – (2 * 6) - (-57) = 85 d. B July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence downlink RXLEVD RXQUALD sent to BTS Test SIM UL Att. (d. B) DL Att. (d. B) Min Max Av. 81 95* 90 77 111* 87 83 89 87 76 86 82 80 99 92 81 97 90 84 95 89 82 92 87 81 91 86 77 91 82 89 99 95 81 94 85 79 88 82 75 85 77 6113 Base Station Test
Call Info BSC BTS Test SIM 6113 July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Logs following information: ARFCN Timeslot BTS power Mobile power Uplink RXLEV Uplink RXQUAL Downlink RXLEV Downlink RXQUAL Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Ci. TA Results 5. 01 P - 24 Jan 00 Ci. TA PASS ARFCN 518 TRX ID 1 IMSI TS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Min 0. 00 0. 00 July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Timeslot Format All TCH/F 001010123456789 BER Max 0. 03 0. 00 2. 08 0. 00 2. 09 Av. 0. 00 0. 42 0. 00 0. 43 UL Att. (d. B) Min Max Av. 81 95* 90 83 89 87 80 99 92 84 95 89 81 91 86 89 99 95 79 88 82 MS Tx Level BTS Tx Level UL Pwr Ctrl Call Set-up DL Att. (d. B) UL QUAL Min Max Av. Mn Mx Av 77 111* 87 0 0 0 76 86 82 0 0 0 81 97 90 0 82 92 87 0 0 0 77 91 82 0 0 0 81 94 85 0 0 0 75 85 77 0 0 0 Commercial in Confidence 10 6 OFF MT DL QUAL Mn Mx Av 0 2 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 6113 Base Station Test
Ci. TA-GPS • Ci. TA with GPS • RF parametric measurements • • • July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt UL/DL Level, Quality Loss BER, FER, Class 1 b, Class 2 Timing Advance, Time Slot, DTMF Timestamped results stored on memory card Timestamped GPS location Time-matched using PC application to show location vs Cell performance (Ci. TA Data) Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Ci. TA-GPS Screenshot July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Live Testing
Main Menu Parameters Main Menu 14 DEC 2003 14: 12: 44 Information 6113 Offsets Results Live Tests Special Functions A-bis File Controlled PCS 1900 Manager Self Tests / Tests Test Sequences System T. A. : GPIB : 20 July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt BTS RXQUAL: RXLEV: Std: 10 MHz Results: Off Commercial in Confidence Offsets : On 6113 Base Station Test
Live Testing Benefits • BTS in Real Traffic on real network conditions. • Don’t Need take site off air and so can perform routine maintenance. • Scan Mode to find Network BCCH(s) • Transmitter Tests (freq error, Phase Error, Mod Spectrum, BER) • Call Set-up for Receiver Sensitivity and Rx BER Tests July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Live Tests Process BSC BTS 6113 l l l Connect to BTS Rx monitor port(s) Connect to ‘tee’ in up-link A-bis (high impedance) Perform Call Set-up with Live SIM Receiver Bit Error Ratio via A-bis Note: limited control with Call Setup July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence SIM Reader Live SIM 6113 Base Station Test
Live Testing Menu Live Tests 31 MAY 1997 12: 48 CURRENT SETTINGS Radio System Type : BTS Manufacturer : BTS Model : Interface : RF Configuration : Unit Software Version : T. A. : GPIB : 20 July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt RXLEV: Std: 10 MHz BTS Information RF Tests (B. O. S. S. ) PCS 1900 A-bis Protocol Analysis XXXXX XXX A-bis, Unbalanced Simplex 5. 01 p RXQUAL: Results: Off Commercial in Confidence Offsets : On EXIT 6113 Base Station Test
RF Testing - Channel Scan July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
RF Testing Summary Screen July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Call Set-up Screen July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Call Present July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
BTS Rx Sensitivity Screen July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Special Functions Power Meter Signal Generator
Special Functions Menu July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Special Functions - Power Meter July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Special Function - Signal Generator July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Other Features • Synchronisation port for Spectrum Analyser • Full control of Global GSM Parameters • Full remote control via GPIB • Self test • Software upgrade program July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
EDGE features, applications and tests
EDGE Features, Applications and Tests • 6113 EDGE option for testing EDGE capable base stations • Similar functionality to existing 6113 • A-bis interface for full BTS control and BLER measurements • Support for all major manufacturers July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
(E)GPRS channels supported • In addition to the current GSM channel types, the following (E)GPRS channels are also supported: • CS-1 to CS-4 • MCS-1 to MCS-4 • MCS-5 -9 * GMSK 8 -PSK MCS-6 to MCS-9 will be added as part of the ongoing enhancements and software support July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
A-bis Measurement Mode July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
EDGE Mapping Table • Define EDGE Abis Timeslot usage by Allocating EDGE Traffic slots to TRXs July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
EDGE Transmitter Tests • • • Signal power level Modulation spectrum Frequency Burst profile Phase error (GMSK) or EVM (8 -PSK) July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Transmitter Test July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Tx. Test - Modulation Spectrum July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Tx. Test - Power Profile July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Tx. Test - EVM July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Tx. Test - IQ Vector Plot July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Transmitter BLER July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
EDGE Receiver Tests • • Receiver BLER test Absolute sensitivity test RX Level test RX Quality test July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Receiver BLER July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Manufacturers supported • • • Alcatel Ericsson Motorola Nokia Nortel Siemens July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt • Support for other BTS manufacturers will be considered on a case by case basis Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
6113 EDGE • Available now • • Ericsson Nortel Nokia Siemens July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt • Available Q 2/FY 05 • Alcatel • Motorola Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Upgrades and new test sets
Upgrading an existing test set • Order options 440 R and S 440 • Hardware upgrades: • Units manufactured before Dec 03 need to be returned to local RIWS service centre for hardware upgrade • Units manufactured from Jan 04 will be shipped with EDGE capable hardware to allow softwareonly upgrade to be carried out at the customer’s site July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
Ordering a new test set • Order manufacturer options plus EDGE options 440 and S 440 July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt • Manufacturer support: • • • Commercial in Confidence Alcatel Ericsson Motorola Nokia Nortel Siemens option 275 option 220 option 255 option 270 option 250 option 235 6113 Base Station Test
Software Support • Software support contracts ensure that the 6113 EDGE remains up to date with the latest base station software and functionality. • As part of the ongoing software support additional EDGE functionality will be added to the test set: • • • Tx/Rx BLER MCS-6 to MCS-9 Tx Downlink Power Control Rx Absolute Sensitivity MCS-6 to MCS-9 Rx Quality and Rx Level Multimode • Valid software support contract needs to be in place for new units and units that are to be upgraded July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
I and C Testing Our strengths • • Transmitter and receiver testing Manufacturer specific software One box dedicated solution Accuracy of measurement Single button testing Racal experience and reputation Industry standard with 2000 units in use by virtually every GSM operator in the world July 2004 6113 Customer. ppt Commercial in Confidence 6113 Base Station Test
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