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IntroductionMotivation and Feature Overview


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Active Antenna System

Flexi Multiradio Antenna System allows to create two cells arranged verticwithin one sector

Inner cell Outer cell

RAN2384 AAS Vertical Sectorization

RAN2383 AAS Active Antenna System 2100/1800 FAGF

Independent TX/RX tilting Independent carr

RAN2579 AAS RX/TX Tilting RAN2569 AAS Tilt

RX

TX

f1RX

TX

RAN 2597 AAS Active Antenna System 2100a/800-900p FAGP

• Active Antenna is a stand-alonefully operational multi-transceiver-antenna module.

• It includes full radio functionality(transmitter, receiver, antennaparts and related digital signalprocessing)

• Active antenna provides also(passive) antenna support for anexternal source (RRH/FRM)

• Power Amplifier (PA) for eachradiator element inside theantenna

• Intelligent beam-forming forcapacity enhancement

• Jumper cable losses eliminated• Less boxes

NEI Complex Introduction


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IntroductionMotivation and Benefits

• WCDMA network capacity enhancements due to trafficforecasts and the traffic evolution process

• Natural evolution step towards simplified sites ( lesselements, less visual impact, less weight, less wind load)

• Ability to provide innovative features like separate RX/TXtilting

• Optimize coverage, capacity, site space and costs

Motivations

T r a

f f i c v o u l u m e

Time

Voice traffic

Data traffic

Benefits

f1 or f2f1

• Integrated package of active RF parts and passive antenna elements are capable to provantenna features like:

• Vertical sectorization, separate rx/tx tilting, beam shaping, tilting per carrier• Active Antenna Vertical sectorization gives up to 65% capacity gain in DL and up to 1

gain in UL (upper bound achievable in case of high network load)

• Inner and Outer cell can operate on same frequency – doubled resour• In-built redundancy – multiple active elements inside active antenna• Compact site layout, improved power efficiency, no cable losses• Active Antenna enables advanced SON capabilities



IntroductionCompact Site Evolution Steps

• Natural evolution step towards simplified sites: less elements, less visual impact, less weight, less wind load• Very compact Flexi Multiradio BTS Site as the last link in the chain

Radio

Modular siteTraditional site

System(baseband)

Modular site SingleRAN

Modular site w. activeantenna

RF Sharing

GSM WCDMA

GSMWCDMA

System Module Shar

MHA

A c t i v eAn

t enn

a

Software Defined RadioDedicated HW per Technology

2002 2012+20102006

GSM /WCDMA

Dual B Anten



Technical DetailsFunctionality and Implementation



Technical DetailsWhy Active Antenna System is Called Active? What is Integrated Antenna System (IAS)?

TRX

TRX

TRX

TRX

TRX

TRX

TRX

TRX

Common

RRH

RRH

• Standard passive antennasolution

• Single Power Amplifier (PA) -external RRH

• No capacity gains, no beam-forming

• Feeder and jumper losses

• Integrated Antenna System(IAS)

• Single Power Amplifier (PA) -RRH integrated to the back ofpassive antenna

• No capacity gains, no beam-forming possibilities

• Has the same functionality aswith standard RRH connected

to antennas withfeeders/jumpers

• Jumper cable losses eliminated• Less boxes• Improved site solution as no

separate RRH visible

• Activfullytrans

• It inc(tranpartsproce

• Activ(passexter

• Fromsolut

• Poweradiaanten

• Intelcapac

• Jump• Less

Passive Antenna + RRH Integrated Antenna System Active Antenna System


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RET port on Commonsub-module has beenremoved according to

CN5213

Technical detailsActive Antenna System datasheet

Optional integratedDC power distributor

Operating bands:• Active 2100 MHz (40MHz bandwidth)• Passive: 1800 MHz (FAGF) and 800-900 MHz (FAGP)

Antenna Gain:

• 18 dBi (active part)• 17,5 dBi (passive part FAGF)• 16,5 dBi (passive part FAGP)

Beam:• Horizontal beam width: 65 ° (3dB loss)

• Three horizontal sectors only• Maximum three horizontal sectors site layout at the

time being• Vertical beam width:

• 6...20 ° adjustable for active part (3dB loss)• 7

°

passive part (3dB loss)

Details:• 8 Power amplifiers (10W each) with total 80W power• 10 passive elements• Fully Electrical Vertical Tilt: +7 ° / -7 ° • +/-45

°

Polarization• MIMO Support (2Tx & 2Rx)• Dual Cell support• Power consumption < 400 W @ 48V (100% RF load)• RET interface for passive part (8P connectors at passive

part)

Flexi System Module Rel.3

Dimmensions (FAGF):• Height: 1480mm• Width: 240mm• Depth: 210mm• Weight: < 36kg

Other details:• Active cooling with long life fans• Operating temperature range:

• -40… +55 ° C (with solar shield)

Installation options:• Mast• Pole• Wall Mounting


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Technical detailsSite evolution steps

GSM

GSM RF

GSM

Common RFWCDMASystem

GSM

Common RFWCDMA

• Losses on the feeder cablescan be even higher than3dB, depending on length,connectors and type.

• Possible use of TMA

Traditional Site Solution:GSM 1800 (20W)

• RF Sharing applied• Separate System Modules• Separate Antenna Systems

per technology

Flexi Multiradio GSM1800 / WCDMA2100Site Solution

• RF Sharing applied• Dual-band antenna system

1800/2100

• Possible feeder-less solution

Flexi Multiradio GSM1800 / WCDMA2100with Dual-band antenna Site Solution

• D• A• G• F


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Technical detailsSelf Optimizing Network SON

• Flexi Multiradio Antenna System will support the Self Optimizing Network approach• Active elements and Common module inside AAS enables advaced Active Antenna features such as vertical beam width, separate TX/RX tilting and tilting per car• Different time of the day brings different traffic distribution within one geographical area• Flexi Multiradio Antenna System may adopt to these states via:

• Adjusting electrical tilts and vrtica beam width for both inner and outer cells• Setting separate RX/TX/carrier tilts• Enabling/disabling vertical sectorization

• These actions brings several benefits like power saving, capacity and coverage improvements

Independent cell/carrier/TX&RX tilting Vertical SectorizationSON

Adjusting tilt settings inresponse to change in

traffic distribution

Disabling verticalsectorization in the night


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Configuration ManagementParameters and Configuration


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Configuration ManagementParameters - Overview

• Flexi Multiradio Antenna System introduces the following set of parameters that can be used to achive desired configuration.Parameters belong to three different Managed Object Classes (MOCs):

Mechanical tilt angle

Vertical TX tilt angle

Vertical sector beamwidth

Vertical RX tilt angle

Vertical sectorization inuse

Tilting per TX/RX in use

Tilting per carrier in use

RMODRadio Module related parameters

LCELWWCDMA BTS Local Cell

configuration related parameters

BTSSCWWCDMA BTS radio specific

configuration related parameters

f1 or f2f1

Mechanical tiltangle

TX

RX

TXRX

Vertical TX tiltangle

Vertical RX tiltangle

Til

Vertical sectorizatin use

Tilting per TX/RX inuse


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Configuration ManagementParameters - Mechanical tilt angle

Mechanical tilt can be up to 10degrees below the horizon level(adjusted with 0.5 degree step)

Total downtilt = Mechanicaltilt + Electrical Tilt

Horizon level

• The Mechanical Tilt iphysically tilting dowantenna via antenna b

Mechanical tilt angle

Abbreviated name tiltAngleMechanical

Description

This parameter is used to define tilt angle. This information i

purposes only (changing the paramdoes not change mechanical tilt a

of the antenna).

MOC RMOD

Data type Number

Parameter group -

Range and step 0...10 deg, step 0,5 deg

Default value 7 deg


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Configuration ManagementParameters - Vertical TX tilt angle

• With AAS it is possible to adjust the tilts separately for downlink directions

• Simulations show that optimal tilts (giving the best netwgains) are distinct for uplink and downlink directions

• Thus, separate RX/TX tilting allows to achive highest g• If RX/TX Tilting License Key is not present, Vertical RX

equals Vertical TX tilt angle regardless of the rxVerticalparameter value

TX

RX

Vertical TX tilt angle

Abbreviated name txVerticalTiltAngle

DescriptionThis parameter is used to define T

tilt angle value.

MOC LCELW

Data type Number

Parameter group -

Range and step -7...7 deg, step 0,5 deg

Default value 0 deg


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Configuration ManagementParameters - Vertical RX tilt angle

Vertical RX tilt angle

Abbreviated name rxVerticalTiltAngle

DescriptionThis parameter is used to de

electrical tilt angle va

MOC LCELW

Data type Number

Parameter group -

Range and step -7...7 deg, step 0,5 deg

Default value 0 deg

• With AAS it is possible to adjust the tilts separately for downlink directions• Simulations show that optimal tilts (giving the best netw

gains) are distinct for uplink and downlink directions

• Thus, separate RX/TX tilting allows to achive highest g• If RX/TX Tilting License Key is not present, Vertical RX

equals Vertical TX tilt angle regardless of the rxparameter value

TX

RX


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Configuration ManagementParameters - Vertical sector beamwidth

• This setting can be used to control the size area that is covered by inner and outer cell.

• It also helps to reduce to the inter-cell inter• It is also a Self Optimizing Network (SON

functionality – network load can be wiselautomatically split between inner and outer

8 deg 14 deg

Vertical sector beamwidth

Abbreviated name sectorVerticalBeamWidth

DescriptionThis parameter is used to defi

vertical beam width (3dB loss pattern).

MOC LCELW

Data type Number

Parameter group -

Range and step 6...20 deg, step 0,5 deg

Default value 7 deg


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Configuration ManagementParameters - Vertical sectorization in use

Vertical sectorization in use

Abbreviated name verticalSectorizationInUse

DescriptionThe parameter is used to enablSectorization for Active Anten

MOC BTSSCW

Data type Boolean

Parameter group -

Range and step True, False

Default value False

f1f1

Two cells per one frequency created from one FlexMultiradio Antenna System.

When both parameters vert icalSector izatand t i l t ingPerCarrierInUse parameters are

True value, it is possible to define separate tilts fothese two cells and achieve vertically sectorizated

site layout.


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Configuration ManagementParameters - Tilting per TX/RX in use

Tilting per TX/RX in use

Abbreviated name tiltingPerTxRxInUse

DescriptionThe parameter is used to enable

TX/RX for Active Antenna

MOC BTSSCW

Data type Boolean

Parameter group -


Default value False

• This parameter enables separate tilt setting for RX and T• If tiltingPerTxRxInUse is set to True value, Active

set separate electrical tilt values for uplink and downlink

• If tiltingPerTxRxInUse is set to False value, Verticequals Vertical TX tilt angle regardless of the rxVparameter value

TX

RX


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Configuration ManagementParameters - Tilting per carrier in use

• Tilting per carrier replaces the RETpassive antenna

• It allows to set electrical tilt for onecoming from the Flexi Multiradio A

• If the parameter tiltingPerCarriervalue, the default value of electricalfor all beams coming from the AASapplies then only

tiltingPerCarrierInUseTRUE

tiltingPerCarrierInUseFALSE

Tilting per carrier in use

Abbreviated name tiltingPerCarrierInUse

DescriptionThe parameter is used to enable

Carrier (local cell) for Active Ant

MOC BTSSCW

Data type Boolean

Parameter group -


Default value False


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Configuration ManagementTX/RX resource allocation

• Next slides describe the TX and RX resource allocation at Flexi Multiradi

Cell 1

3 sector (horizontal) case3 AAS needed

4 cells (2 x Dual Cell) 10W(1Tx+1Rx)


Cell 2

Dual CellMIMO

Dual CellMIMO

Cell 3Cell 3

Tx polarization 1

Rx polarization 1

Active Element 1(20W)




Rx polarization 2

Tx polarization 2

Rx1.1.1 Rx1.1.2 Rx1.1.3 Rx1.1.4

Rx1.2.3 Rx1.2.4Rx1.1.1 Rx1.1.2

Rx2.1.1 Rx2.1.2 Rx2.1.3 Rx2.1.4

Rx2.2.3 Rx2.2.4Rx2.1.1 Rx2.1.2

Rx3.1.1 Rx3.1.2 Rx3.1.3 Rx3.1.4

Rx3.2.3 Rx3.2.4Rx3.1.1 Rx3.1.2

Rx4.1.1 Rx4.1.2 Rx4.1.3 Rx4.1.4

Rx4.2.3 Rx4.2.4Rx4.1.1 Rx4.1.2

Tx1.1.1 Tx1.1.2 Tx1.1.3 Tx1.1.4

Tx1.2.3 Tx1.2.4Tx1.1.1 Tx1.1.2

Tx2.1.1 Tx2.1.2 Tx2.1.3 Tx2.1.4

Tx2.2.3 Tx2.2.4Tx2.1.1 Tx2.1.2

Tx3.1.1 Tx3.1.2 Tx3.1.3 Tx3.1.4

Tx3.2.3 Tx3.2.4Tx3.1.1 Tx3.1.2

Tx4.1.1 Tx4.1.2 Tx4.1.3 Tx4.1.4

Tx4.2.3 Tx4.2.4Tx4.1.1 Tx4.1.2

Window shows the exact cell/sitelayout that can be achieved via the

particular RX/TX resource allocation

Figure describing the TX/RXresource allocation on each Activ

Element belonging to Active AntenSystem. Maximum output power p

Active Element is 20W.


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Tx polar

Rx polar


Tx1.1.1

Tx1.2.1

Rx1.1.1

Rx1.2.1


Tx2.1.1

Tx2.2.1

Rx2.1.1

Rx2.2.1


Tx3.1.1

Tx3.2.1

Rx3.1.1

Rx3.2.1


Tx4.1.1

Tx4.2.1

Rx4.1.1

Rx4.2.1

5W 5W 5W 5W

1 cell 20W (1Tx+2Rx)

2way RX div

Rx polar

10W 10W 10W 10W

Cell 1

• TX/RX resource allocation is done during the BTS CommisioningProcess

• Each Active Element maximum total output power is 20W(2x10W for example maximum per polarization is 10W).

• The following format is used in the figure below:• Tx. [ActiElementNumber] .[PolarizationNumber] .[CellNumbe• Rx. [ActiElementNumber] .[PolarizationNumber] .[CellNumbe

f


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Tx polar

Rx polar


Tx1.1.1

Tx1.2.1

Rx1.1.1

Rx1.2.1


Tx2.1.1

Tx2.2.1

Rx2.1.1

Rx2.2.1


Tx3.1.1

Tx3.2.1

Rx3.1.1

Rx3.2.1


Tx4.1.1

Tx4.2.1

Rx4.1.1

Rx4.2.1

10W 10W 10W 10W

1 cell 40W+ 40W MIMO(2Tx+2Rx)

MIMO

Rx polar

10W 10W 10W 10W Tx polar

Cell 1




C fi i M


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Cell 1


2 cells 20W(1Tx+2Rx)


Cell 2

2way RX div

2way RX div

Tx polar

Rx polar


Tx1.1.1

Tx1.2.2

Rx1.1.1


Tx2.1.1

Tx2.2.2

Rx2.1.1


Tx3.1.1

Tx3.2.2

Rx3.1.1


Tx4.1.1

Tx4.2.2

Rx4.1.1

5W 5W 5W 5W

Rx1.2.2 Rx polar

5W 5W 5W 5W Tx polar

Rx1.1.2

Rx1.2.1

Rx2.1.2 Rx3.1.2 Rx4.1.2

Rx2.2.2Rx2.2.1 Rx3.2.2Rx3.2.1 Rx4.2.2Rx4.2.1




C fi ti M t


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Cell 1




Cell 2

Tx polar

Rx polar


Tx1.1.1




Rx polar

Tx polar

Dual Cell2way RX div

Dual Cell2way RX div

Cell 3Cell 3

Tx1.1.2

Tx1.2.3 Tx1.2.4

Rx1.1.1 Rx1.1.2

Tx2.1.1 Tx2.1.2

Tx2.2.3 Tx2.2.4

Tx3.1.1 Tx3.1.2

Tx3.2.3 Tx3.2.4

Tx4.1.1 Tx4.1.2

Tx4.2.3 Tx4.2.4

5W

5W

5W

5W

5W

5W

5W

5W

Rx1.1.3 Rx1.1.4

Rx1.2.3 Rx1.2.4Rx1.2.1 Rx1.2.2

Rx2.1.1 Rx2.1.2 Rx2.1.3 Rx2.1.4

Rx2.2.3 Rx2.2.4Rx2.2.1 Rx2.2.2

Rx3.1.1 Rx3.1.2 Rx3.1.3 Rx3.1.4

Rx3.2.3 Rx3.2.4Rx3.2.1 Rx3.2.2

Rx4.1.1 Rx4.1.2 Rx4.1.3 Rx4.1.4

Rx4.2.3 Rx4.2.4Rx4.2.1 Rx4.2.2




Configuration Management


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Cell 1




Cell 2

Tx polar

Rx polar





Rx polar

Tx polar

Dual CellMIMO

Dual CellMIMO

Cell 3Cell 3

Rx1.1.1 Rx1.1.2 Rx1.1.3 Rx1.1.4

Rx1.2.3 Rx1.2.4Rx1.2.1 Rx1.2.2

Rx2.1.1 Rx2.1.2 Rx2.1.3 Rx2.1.4

Rx2.2.3 Rx2.2.4Rx2.2.1 Rx2.2.2

Rx3.1.1 Rx3.1.2 Rx3.1.3 Rx3.1.4

Rx3.2.3 Rx3.2.4Rx3.2.1 Rx3.2.2

Rx4.1.1 Rx4.1.2 Rx4.1.3 Rx4.1.4

Rx4.2.3 Rx4.2.4Rx4.2.1 Rx4.2.2

Tx1.1.1 Tx1.1.2 Tx1.1.3 Tx1.1.4

Tx1.2.3 Tx1.2.4Tx1.2.1 Tx1.2.2

Tx2.1.1 Tx2.1.2 Tx2.1.3 Tx2.1.4

Tx2.2.3 Tx2.2.4Tx2.2.1 Tx2.2.2

Tx3.1.1 Tx3.1.2 Tx3.1.3 Tx3.1.4

Tx3.2.3 Tx3.2.4Tx3.2.1 Tx3.2.2

Tx4.1.1 Tx4.1.2 Tx4.1.3 Tx4.1.4

Tx4.2.3 Tx4.2.4Tx4.2.1 Tx4.2.2




Deployment Aspects


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Deployment AspectsLicenses Keys, Activation Processes and Example Confugurations


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Deployment Aspects


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Deployment AspectsExample configurations

• This slide presents AAS License Key combinations with typical order to use them

• 0-10 deg mechanical tilt• 0 deg Electrical Tilt• One cell per frequency

TX

RX

• 0-10 deg mechanical tilt• +/-7 deg Electrical tilt (Rx Tilt is the

same as Tx Tilt). Tilting per carrierreplaces the RET needed with passiveantenna.

• One cell per frequency

F1 or f2f1

• 0-10 deg mechanical tilt• +/-7 deg Electrical tilt (Rx Tilt is the

same as Tx Tilt). Tilting per carrierreplaces the RET needed with passiveantenna.

• Cell specific tilt values (in case morethan one cell configuration). This isnot possible with passive antennaRET.

• Two cells per frequency

RX

• 0-10 de• +/-7 de

Tilt canreplaceantenna

• Cell spethan onnot posRET

• Two ce

AAS Vertical SectorizationAAS Tilting per Carrier

AAS Tilting per CarrierNo license keys

Benefits and Gains


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Benefits and GainsSystem-level simulations both in static and dynamic simulators

Benefits and Gains


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Benefits and GainsSystem-level simulations

• Simulations performed in static and dynamic (NSN product aligned)system-level simulators

• Environment : Live network scenario – investigated area is the part of

the city that has more than one million citizens • Project area : North – South 4870m; West – East 5250m• Network : 55 sites,160 cells (320 cells in scenarios where Vertical

Sectorization has been applied)

• Results gathered from 10 central sites (indicated in black)• Propagation models : Dominant Path Model and 2D Propagation

Model

• Traffic Model : Full Buffer; FTP (dynamic simulator)• Link Level Curve : 256 – 11500 kbps

• Simulated services : HSDPA and HSUPA (dynamic simulator)• Electrical tilt range • Fixed vertical sector beamwidth (7 degrees)• User distribution : In static simulator users were distributed

according to some user distribution CDF. In dynamic simulator fixednumber of users were generated in each sector. During the simulationtime period users walk along the project area via randomly selectedroutes.

Simulation assumptions

Site within mask

Interferer site

Benefits and Gains


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System-level simulations

• Simulation Methodology• On all sites, passive antennas have been replaced with AAS• Electrical and Mechanical Tilt optimization process has been

performed in 3x1 network layout

• The performance of the 3x1 network has been recorded• On each site, an inner cell has been introduced• The performance of the 3x2 network has been recorded• The AAS capacity gain has been calculated according to the

following formula:

Network Layout Tilt offset[inner/outer]

Total TXPower

(inner/outer)CPICH Power[inner/outer]

Cont

3x1 AAS Antennas - 43 dBm 33 dBm

3x2 based on AAS Antennas (Pilot Power Optimized)

+10 +0 40 dBm / 43 dBm 30dBm / Optimized (30-35 dBm) 30dBm / Optimiz



+2 -2 40 dBm / 43 dBm 30dBm / Optimized (30-35 dBm) 30dBm / Optimiz

Scenarios

f1

%100* _ 13

_ 13- _ 23 _

e Performanc xe Performanc xe Performanc x

Gain AAS = The reference point for tilt offsets in 3x2 scenarios is an optimized tilt in

Benefits and Gains


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HSDPA System-level simulations

Simulator Network Layout Mean CellTP [kbps] Gain

Static

3x1 AAS Antennas 2062 -3x2 AAS Antennas +10 +0 1805 75%3x2 AAS Antennas +8 +0 1778 72%3x2 AAS Antennas +6 +0 1775 72%

3x2 AAS Antennas +2 -2 1609 56%

Dynamic

3x1 AAS Antennas 3254 -3x2 AAS Antennas +10 +0 2566 58%3x2 AAS Antennas +8 +0 2479 52%3x2 AAS Antennas +6 +0 2257 39%3x2 AAS Antennas +2 -2 2099 29%

2 D P a t

h l o s s

HSDPA Results:

• The best performance (AAS Gain) is observed for „+10 +0” tilt offsets • From sector and site point of view vertical sectorization brings clear benefit

DPM=Dominant Path Model

Benefits and Gains


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HSDPA System-level simulations

SectorTP

[kbps]

UE TP[kbps]

SectorTP

[kbps]

UE TP[kbps]

Now(650 UEs per mask)

2487 128,6 4038 206,3

Future(1100 UEs per mask)

2481 73,3 4204 123,0

Without VerticalSectorization

With VerticalSectorization

• AAS Vertical Sectorization solution brings benefits in current and future network load (static simulator analysis)

AAS VS allows to keep Mean UEthroughput at the same level in thefuture (with higher number of UEs)

AAS VS improves Mean UEthroughput when constant number

of UEs is considered

.00

200.00

400.00

600.00

800.00

1000.00

1200.00

80 160 480 640 800 1120 1600 3199 M e a n

U E T h r o u g

h p u

t [ k b p s

]

# of UEs

UE Throughput

With AAS Vertical SectorizationWithout AAS Vertical Sectorization

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

80 160 480 640 800 1120 M e a n

U E T h r o u g

h p u

t [ k b p s

]

# of UEs

Cell Throughput

With AAS VerticaWithout AAS Ver

Benefits and Gains


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HSUPA System-level simulations


Dynamic

3x1 AAS Antennas 673.0 -

3x2 AAS Antennas +10 +0 742.0 121%

3x2 AAS Antennas +8 +0 757.0 125%

3x2 AAS Antennas +6 +0 745.0 121%

3x2 AAS Antennas +2 -2 722.0 115%

Dynamic


3x2 AAS Antennas +10 +0 792.0 127%

3x2 AAS Antennas +8 +0 809.0 131%

3x2 AAS Antennas +6 +0 823.0 135%

3x2 AAS Antennas +2 -2 822.0 135% D P M P a t

h l o s s

2 D P a t

h l o s s

HSUPA Results:

• Very good gain (up to 135%) in mean value of site throughput is observed• With AAS VS users are served by 2 cells in one sector – it gives additional space for sum of received signal on BTS• Average UE throughput is significantly increased (even twice) after AAS Vertical Sectorization deployment• Even if one user is served by inner cell then other users have room (in terms of free noise rise level) for increasing UL Tx Power

Benefits and Gains


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Drive test results

Benefits and Gains


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HSUPA System-level simulations


Dynamic


3x2 AAS Antennas +10 +0 742.0 121%

3x2 AAS Antennas +8 +0 757.0 125%

3x2 AAS Antennas +6 +0 745.0 121%

3x2 AAS Antennas +2 -2 722.0 115%

Dynamic


3x2 AAS Antennas +10 +0 792.0 127%

3x2 AAS Antennas +8 +0 809.0 131%

3x2 AAS Antennas +6 +0 823.0 135%

3x2 AAS Antennas +2 -2 822.0 135% D P M P a t

h l o s s

2 D P a t

h l o s s

HSUPA Results:

• Very good gain (up to 135%) in mean value of site throughput is observed• With AAS VS users are served by 2 cells in one sector – it gives additional space for sum of received signal on BTS• Average UE throughput is significantly increased (even twice) after AAS Vertical Sectorization deployment• Even if one user is served by inner cell then other users have room (in terms of free noise rise level) for increasing UL Tx Power

Trial case: Improvement of office campus coverage and


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p p gcapacity

Route ~

Challenge: high traffic from campus, lack of

capacity at cell edge areaTarget: Create high capacity with new AAS cell

and improved coverage at campus area

Case: One cellCase: Two cell= vertical sectorization

Site introduction


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AAS site:• 1*FSME• 1*power

6-sector site Active antenna• Two sectors

vertical sectorization• Electrical tilting• 8*10W• MIMO

Seamless integratioFlexi BTS site. F

Effortless and fast imwithout separate

antenna lin

Tilt and coverage area example


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Cell 1

Cell 2

Bringing doubled resources in “old” sectorarea with using cell specific tilting

5.5 ° Cell 1

Cell 2

Case example (-3 ° /-8.5 °):Cell 1: tilt -3 ° Cell 2: tilt -8.5 °

AAS4° mechanicaldown tilt (-4 °)

Cell 1 (outer) = 3 ° down tilt (-3 °)

Cell 2 (inner) = 8.5 ° down tilt (-8.5 °)

Inner and outer celltilt angle separation

AAS tilt control is one key develo• NetAct – Manual control• Optimizer/SON – semi or ful

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electrical tilting and SONCase 1:Cell 1: tilt -2 ° Cell 2: tilt -7 °

5° Cell 1

Cell 2

RSCP = -86.44 dBm RSCP

Cell 2Cell 1

HSDPA thr. = 2.28 Mbps HSDPA

Cell 2Cell 1

Trial experienced different setting to creategood serving cell dominance area.

AAS provides accurate and efficient dominancecontrol with integrated electrical tilting


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leads to high Throughput

Case 3Case 2Case 1 Case 4

Case 3 (-1.5 °/-8.5 °) = 2.61 Mbps

Case 2 (-2 °/-9°) = 2.52 Mbps

Case 1 (-2 °/-7°) = 2.28 Mbps

Case 4 (-3 °/-8.5 °) = 3.43 Mbps

Averagpe(51

Case 1

4

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and downlink

Case 2: Single sector(-3 ° /not used)

Case 1: Verticalsectorization (-3 ° /-8.5 ° )

5.5 ° Cell 1

Cell 2n/aCell 1

n/a Case

Case

HSDPA measurements result:4 dB higher RSCP level for verti

Case 2: UE

Case 1: UE

HSDPA measurements result:

~6-9 dB better UE TX power for

Coverage gain – AAS brings clear coverage increase in uplinkd d li k


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− In this measurement case there is no RX diversity used, also in single sectcase uplink doesn’t have softer HO (thus -3dB from gain)

− Additional gains for vertical sectorization are related on two main beamsinstead of one (e.g. tolerance against shadowing)

− Tilting and overlap has high impact on TX power− 3dB can be taken off from vertical sectorization as single cell does not hav

softer HO− Note: RX diversity is turned off for this test, but then we could also see

benefit from AAS so called semi-4way RX diversity

and downlink, cont.

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cell users.Mobile user experience

Cell 1: tilt -2 ° Cell 2: tilt -8.5 °

6.5 ° Cell 1Cell 2

Average drive test DL throughput (Mbps):Vertical Sectorization = 1.32 MbpsSingle cell = 1.09 MbpsVertical gain for DT user = ~21%

Full sector users experi

Average DL sector throughput (M- Vertical sectorization = 3.77 M- Single cell = 2.23 MbpVertical gain for full sector = ~70

Drive test user experiencing inaverage +20% higher throughput

Full sector throughincreased by +70%

Doubled resources – Driving ultimate end-user experience alt th ll d


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at the cell edge.

(vertiSingle Cell

Average drive test user +30% higherthroughput for whole drive route

Drive test user throughputpeaks even +200%

Outer cell bringing new resources to cell edge Throughput >2.5 Mbps

Dediccel

Lack of capacity inSingle cell case

• Case AAS, in the inner cell area, resources areshared with three users but when car is locatedat outer cell then sharing is between two users.

• Case single cell three user sharing takes placefor whole area

Focus of Active Antenna is to double resourcesfor users in the existing sector. Creation of newcell to serve campus and at the same timeenabling dedicated resources for cell edge users.

Backup


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IntroductionGeneral Release Information

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Release Information for:RAN2383 AAS Active Antenna System 2100act/1800pas, FAGFRAN2597 AAS Active Antenna System 2100act/800-900pas, FAGP

Release Information for:RAN2384 AAS Vertical SectorizationRAN2569 AAS Tilting per CarrierRAN2579 AAS RX/TX Tilting

WCDMA Release RU40

I-HSPA System I-HSPA Rel.5

RNC Release support not required

mcRNC Release support not required

BTS (Flexi) WBTS 8.0

BTS HW(one of the following HWelements is required)

RAN2382 Flexi System Module FSMCRAN1016 Flexi System Module FSMDRAN1848 Flexi System Module FSMERAN2262 Flexi Multiradio System Modules (FSMF)

NetAct support not required

BSW/ASW BSW

License control -

WCDMA Release RU40

I-HSPA System I-HSPA Re

RNC Release support not req

mcRNC Release support not req

BTS (Flexi) WBTS 8.

BTS HW(one of the following HWelements is required)

RAN2382 Flexi System Module FRAN1016 Flexi System Module FRAN1848 Flexi System Module FRAN2262 Flexi Multiradio System

NetAct OSS5.4

BSW/ASW ASW

License Control BTS License

IntroductionWith and Without RAN2384 AAS Vertical Sectorization and RAN2569 AAS Tilting per Carrier

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f1 f1 or f1

RAN2384 Activated

RAN2384Not activated

• Without these features, it is not possible to create two separatecells arranged vertically and using the same frequency

• The operator cannot get capacity gain coming from verticalsectorization

• All users located at antenna azimuth are served by one cell• Cell resources are shared among all users

• With these features, it is possible to form two seone active antenna (one frequency is divided intarranged cells)

• Resources available for the users are doubled• Users located at antenna azimuth are served by i

Cell resources are shared among lower number o

• Capacity gain up to 65% in DL and up to 135%

Only one cell on particular frequency can be created at antenna azimuth Two cell on one frequency created by the Flexi Multiradio An


RA

IntroductionWith and without RAN2579 AAS RX/TX Tilting

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RAN2579 Activated


• With RAN2579, it is possible to adjust the tilts separately foruplink and downlink directions

• Simulations show that optimal tilts (giving the best networkcapacity gains) are distinct for uplink and downlink directions

• Thus, separate RX/TX tilting allows to achive highest gains• Wide range of optimization possibilities• Togehter with Vertical Sectorization and Tilting per Carrier,

Separate RX/TX Tilting brings ultimate solution to WCDMAnetworks based on AAS

TX

TX

RX

• Without this feature, it is not possible to set separate tilts for uplink and downlinktransmission

• The Active Antenna System sets exactly the same electrical tilt value for RX andTX directions

• Coverage and capacity optimization possibilities are limited

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Active Antenna (AA)

Antenna (A)

RF BB & ActiveElementControl

TX

TX

PA

PA

LNA

LNARX

RX

DuplexFilter

DuplexFilter

AA calibration & RF Loop


TX

TX

PA

PA

LNA

LNARX

RX

Duplex

Filter

DuplexFilter



TX

TX

PA

PA

LNA

LNARX

RX

DuplexFilter

DuplexFilter


Active Element (AE)

Active Element (AE)

Active Element (AE)

• Comon sub-module is an integrated part of Active Antennis to interconnect Active Elements to BTS (System Modu

Active Antenna/RRH in the same RP3-01 chain.

• Common sub-module also manages and handles those fun

common to other blocks inside Active Antenna:• O&M of whole Active Antenna• SW storing and downloading to CM

and also to AEs

• Power supply and distribution to AEs• Clock and timing generation and

distribution to AEs

• Calibration execution and control• Power measurements of radiation

pattern (beams)

• External interfaces (optical RP3-01,External Alarm & Control IF)

• Four internal electrical RP3-01interfaces towards active elements.

• In-built fans controlling

Common(CM)

AA PowerSupply

External IF

AAcalibration

AA control

Power

RP3-01

RP3-01

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Active Antenna (AA)

Common(CM)

Antenna (A)

AA PowerSupply

External IF

AAcalibration

AA control

Power

RP3-01

RP3-01

• Active Element (AE) sub-module (4 pcs)• Active Element control (including supervision &

recovery)

• RP3-01 processing• Synchronization• Multiplexing• Demultiplexing• Forwarding

• Air interface timing, phase & amplitude control• RF-BB (Radio Front End BaseBand) processing

(filtering, up- & down conversions, linearizationpower measurements, gain control)

• Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analogconversions

• RF processing (Tx chain, Power amplification,Duplex filtering, Low noise amplification, Rxchain)

• RF interfaces for two cross polarized antennas• Each Power Amplifier (PA) is 10W


TX

TX

PA

PA

LNA

LNARX

RX

DuplexFilter

DuplexFilter



TX

TX

PA

PA

LNA

LNARX

RX

Duplex

Filter

DuplexFilter



TX

TX

PA

PA

LNA

LNARX

RX

DuplexFilter

DuplexFilter


Active Element (AE)

Active Element (AE)

Active Element (AE)

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Active Antenna (AA)

Common(CM)


TX

TX

PA

PA

LNA

LNARX

RX

DuplexFilter

DuplexFilter



TX

TX

PA

PA

LNA

LNARX

RX

Duplex

Filter

DuplexFilter



TX

TX

PA

PA

LNA

LNARX

RX

DuplexFilter

DuplexFilter


AA PowerSupply

Active Element (AE)

External IF

AAcalibration

AA control

Active Element (AE)

Active Element (AE)

Power

RP3-01

RP3-01

• Antenna (A) sub-module:• Forms an interface between an AE radio transmi

space

• It provides:• High efficient, cross- polarized, antenna

a desired horizontal and vertical pattern

• Feed-back signal for Active Antenna cal• Cross-polarized RF inputs for 1800MHz

array

Calibration

Antenna (A)

InterdependenciesInterdependencies with Other Features or Functions


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InterdependenciesFeature Interdependancies

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RAN 2383 AAS Active Antenna

System 2100act/1800pasFAGF

RAN 2597 AAS Active Antenna

System 2100a/800-900pFAGP

• RAN2383 AAS Active Antenna System 2100act/1800pas FAGF and RAN2597 AAS Active Antenna System 2100a/800-900p FAGP requires Flexi SysModule Release 2 or 3:

• RAN2382 Flexi System Module FSMC• RAN1016 Flexi System Module FSMD• RAN1848 Flexi System Module FSME• RAN2262 Flexi Multiradio System Modules (FSMF)

RAN2382Flexi System

Module FSMC

RAN2262Flexi Multiradio System

Modules (FSMF)

RAN1016Flexi System

Module FSMD

RAN1848Flexi System

Module FSME

or


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Simulation backup


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Ground height map

00.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.70.8

0.9

1

0 20 # of users per

User density CDClutter type map


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• Red points receive the signal in two ways:• Simple geometry (building height is not taken into account)• Prediction model with 3D property (signal received via

diffracted ray)

• The higher masking angle difference impact could appear in somelocations close to a transmitter.

• The masking angle difference for receiver point close to thetransmitter is applicable to both outer (interferer) and inner (serving)antennas. Thus, pathloss difference of inner and outer cells seemsto compensate each other for close locations.

DPM predictions Simple


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• Red, orange and yellowmeans inner cell dominancearea

• Blue, dark blue and purplemeans outer cell dominancearea


outer cell dominance cell’s fronti

Pathloss delta map of inner and outer cell

Inner and Outer celldominance area

investigation.


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The bigger beamseparation angle is,the greater inner celldominance area is.


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3 otO



Beam separation isa trade-off between

the cell’s dominanceclarity (lower

interference) andsize of the inner cell

Benefits and GainsHSDPA System-level simulations

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Static

3x1 AAS Antennas 2062 -

3x2 AAS Antennas +10 +0 1805 75%

3x2 AAS Antennas +8 +0 1778 72%

3x2 AAS Antennas +6 +0 1775 72%

3x2 AAS Antennas +2 -2 1609 56%

Dynamic


3x2 AAS Antennas +10 +0 2566 58%

3x2 AAS Antennas +8 +0 2479 52%

3x2 AAS Antennas +6 +0 2257 39%

3x2 AAS Antennas +2 -2 2099 29%

Static


3x2 AAS Antennas +10 +0 2019 62%

3x2 AAS Antennas +8 +0 2027 63%

3x2 AAS Antennas +6 +0 1975 58%

3x2 AAS Antennas +2 -2 1857 49%

Dynamic


3x2 AAS Antennas +10 +0 2790 47%

3x2 AAS Antennas +8 +0 2743 44%

3x2 AAS Antennas +6 +0 2595 37%

3x2 AAS Antennas +2 -2 2340 23%

D P M P a t

h l o s s

2 D P a t

h l o s s

HSDPA Results:

• The best performance (AAS Gain) is observed for „+10 +0” tilt off• From sector and site point of view vertical sectorization brings cle• HSDPA CIR curve has better geometry in 3x1 scenario than 3x2 sc

cell interferences while vertical sectorization is deployed

• In all investigated AAS configurations CIR HSDPA level is lower

0

0.1

0.2

0.30.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1

-10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4

C D F

HSDPA CIR [dB]

HSDPA CIR (DPM;Static)

DPM 3x1 AAS AntennasDPM 3x2 +10 +0 PilotOPTDPM 3x2 +8 +0 PilotOPTDPM 3x2 +6 +0 PilotOPTDPM 3x2 +2 -2 PilotOPT

DPM=Dominant Path Model

Benefits and GainsSystem-level simulations Summary

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f1f1 f1f1

f1

3x2 tilt offsets +6 +0 3x2 tilt offsets +10 +0 3x1 scenario 3x2 sc

HSDPA

• Considering DL direction, the strongest source of inter-cellinterference for an inner cell is an outer cell ( and vice versa)

• The higher tilt offset between the inner and outer cell, the betterbeam separation is (in terms of pathloss). Lower level of signal isvisible as interference in outer cell (and vice versa)

• This is a reason why +10+0 tilt offsets combination gives betterresults in downlink than +6+0

• In simulations, a fixed vertical beamwidth has been used due toavailability limitations – flexible vertical beamwidth gives anopportunity to control the size of inner/outer cell dominance area

HSUPA

• Considering UL direction, cell’s do not interfe• Users who are served by one cell in reference

scenario are served by both inner and outer cel

• That means more resources are available (in tebe used. Users can transmit with higher bitrate

• More users are served by the inner cell if smalseparation is applied.

• The capacity gain in uplink is higher when usemore equaly between the outer and inner cells

• In simulations, a fixed vertical beamwidth hasavailability limitations – flexible vertical beopportunity to control the size of inner/outer c


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References and AbbreviationsActive Antenna System NEI References

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• AAS System Feature Specification • FAGF Flexi Multiradio Antenna 2100/1800 HW Architecture Specification • NetEng AAS Vertical Sectorization Capacity Study • PDDB WBTS.WN8.0 1.0-1.0 parameter report • NSN Active Antenna System Executive Summary • Focal Point AAS Feature extract • NSN Flexi Multiradio Antenna System Customer Presentation • NSN Flexi Multiradio Antenna System Datasheet

References and AbbreviationsActive Antenna System NEI Abbreviations

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2D Two Dimension f1 Frequency #1

3D Three Dimension f2 Frequency #2

AA Active Antenna GSM Global System for Mobile Com

AAS Active Antenna System HSDPA High-Speed Downlink Packet A

BTS Base Transceiver Station HSUPA High-Speed Uplink Packet Acc

BTSOM Base Transceiver Station Operation and Maintenance IAS Integrated Antenna System

CDF Cumulative Distribution Function LNA Low Noise Amplifier

CIR Carrier-to-Interference ratio MBB Mobile Broadband

CM Common Module MIMO Multiple Inputs Multiple Outp

deg Degree MOC Managed Object Class

div Diversity NEI Network Engineering Info

DL Downlink NSN Nokia Siemens Networks

DPM Dominant Path Model O&M Operation and Maintenance

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Question: What is the power of the power amplifier in Active antenna?Single power amplifier is 10W. There are eight power amplifiers inside Active Antenna (two for each Active Element).

Question: What is the total weight of the passive and active part of the AAS?For FAGF HW module, the total weight is less than 36 kilograms. Detailed data related to different HW modules can be found in the HW specification documents.

Question: It is unclear how we can separate UL noise of outer cell from UL noise of inner cell.Splitting one horizontal sector into to two vertically arranged cells gives more resources in terms of noise rise.

Question: Can we switch between active & passive mode (eg change GSM to active & WCDMA to passive)? Will this be also supporting LTE.

Specific Active Antenna HW module is designed to work in a specific frequency configuration. WCDMA can operate on 2100 MHz (in case of FAGF and FAGP). Passive pawhatever operator wants: WCDMA/GSM/LTE. For active frequency band in LTE there are dedicated HW modules.

Question: Isn't it true that beam forming is possible with one PA by placing phase-shifters between PA and antenna element?The beamforming mechanism controls the phase and amplitude of the signal to create a pattern of constructive and destructive interference in the wavefront. In case of Activein RU40, there is no user specific beamforming – only fixed beamforming is supported. That means the electrical tilts of each carriers and transmission direction (UL, DL Additionally, it is possible to shape the beam – make it wider or narrower in vertical plane (via setting Vertical Beam Width parameter).

Question: The tilt parameters belong to WBTS configuration data - do we need to reboot WBTS when we change tilt values?WBTS restart is not required after changing the tilt settings.

Question: How to verify whether ASW features are properly activated? How to deactivate them?There is no simple way to check whether ASW features work properly. The best way to check is to perform measurements in anechoic chamber. It may happen that the BTS sthe parameter values of ASW features but the Common Module inside the Active Antenna will not execute e.g. tilt setting because the license is missing.

Question: Are the amplifiers in the dual band antenna?Power amplifiers inside active antenna work only for active part of the antenna. To operate on passive part, additional RF module is required.

Question: Regarding passive part: What TILT options do we have? (Electrical and Mechanical)?Mechanical tilt is common for active and passive part of Active Antenna HW module. On passive part of the AAS there are 8P connectors to connect RET control for passive

Question: Regarding active part: Do we have option of UPTILT? (in the case we apply MECHANICAL tilt on the PASSIVE), but don't want TILT on active?Yes it is possible. Electrical tilt range for active part is: degrees.

Question: RP3-01 link, is it 6 Gbps or 3 Gbps?Link speed signal for RP3-01 interface is: Low-state 3072 Mbps and high-state 6144 Mbps

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Question: If you can have only 3 sector of 65° with Inner and Outer, is it possible to use 4 carriers for an operator which have 20MHz band in 3G with One active antenna, "coupling " passive or is it necessary to have 2 antennas?It is possible to use up to 8 WCDMA carriers with one AAS (40MHz bandwidth).

Question: Question on the Operating bands can we have AAS on UMTS 900?Currently, only two HW modules are going to be available in RU40 – both of them operates on 2100 MHz active frequency band. There are plans to introduce HW morequency bands but no strong statements at the moment.

Question: In this example (slide 42) can we have both TX on same polarization?

Yes, such an allocation is possible as well. This was just an example.Question: Typo on slide 45 second bullet point max power of AE is 10W not 20W.

There is no typo in this slide. Each Active Element is equipped with two power amplifiers. Each power amplifier is 10W.

Question: Can we have also 4 way RX configuration with a single cell with AAS?This configuration (4-way RX div) is not supported at the moment.

Question: In slide 46 we have same polarization numbers with different polarizations!Yes, you are right. My mistake – slide is already corrected. Thank you!

Question: Are all these 3 features are independent (Vertical sectorization, Tilting per carrier , RX/TX tilting?There are no interdependencies between these features (they can work either all together or separately).

Question: Did you compare 3x1 AAS to 3x1 Passive?This comparison is done in the following document: https://sharenet-ims.inside.nokiasiemensnetworks.com/Overview/D462638923

Question: Do you intent to do simulation with equal power for inner and outer?This scenario has been simulated and results are available in the following document: https://sharenet-ims.inside.nokiasiemensnetworks.com/Overview/D4626389

Question: In case +10 0 if we increase the beam width for the Inner, is it not going to increase the interferences in the outer cell ?Most probably yes, but my feeling is that even with higher interference level, high capacity gains will be available. Increasing inner cell size will introduce high capacity gainsnetwork load.

Question: Have you simulate the SHO performances Inner/Outer cells ? How do you think would be the strategy to define the neighbors in the Inner Cell? Should we just define neighrelationships to the outer cell and to the cells within the same site (the other sectors)? Answer under verification

Question: Do we have a comparison between 6 s ectors vs. AAS vertical sectorization?Yes we have, results can be found here: https://sharenet-ims.inside.nokiasiemensnetworks.com/Overview/D431631677
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