LGC wireless InterReach Fusion SingleStar User manual

D-620605-0-20
Rev A
Installation, Operation, and Reference Manual
InterReach FusionTM SingleStar
®

D-620605-0-20 Help Hot Line (U.S. only): 1-800-530-9960
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Table of Contents
SECTION 1 General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.1 Firmware Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1.2 Purpose and Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1.3 Conventions in this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
1.4 Standards Conformance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
1.5 Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
SECTION 2 InterReach Fusion SingleStar
System Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.1 System Hardware Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2.2 System OA&M Capabilities Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.2.1 System Monitoring and Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2.2.2 Using Alarm Contact Closures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2.3 System Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
2.4 System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2.5 System Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
2.5.1 RF End-to-End Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
SECTION 3 Fusion SingleStar Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.1 Fusion SingleStar Hub Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
3.1.1 F Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3.1.2 Communications RS-232 Serial Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3.1.3 Hub LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3.2 Fusion SingleStar Hub Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
3.2.1 Fusion SingleStar Hub Rear Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
3.3 Faults, Warnings, and Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
3.3.1 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
3.3.2 View Preference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
3.4 Fusion SingleStar Hub Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

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SECTION 4 Remote Access Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.1 Remote Access Unit Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
4.1.1 N Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
4.1.2 F Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
4.2 RAU LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
4.3 Faults and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
4.4 Remote Access Unit Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
SECTION 5 Designing a Fusion SingleStar Solution . . . . . . 5-1
5.1 Downlink RSSI Design Goal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
5.2 Maximum Output Power per Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
5.2.1 850 MHz Cellular . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
5.2.2 900 MHz EGSM and EDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
5.2.3 1800 MHz DCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
5.2.4 1900 MHz PCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
5.2.5 2.1 GHz UMTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
5.3 System Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
5.3.1 System Gain (Loss) Relative to CATV Cable Type Length . 5-11
5.4 Estimating RF Coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
5.4.1 Path Loss Equation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
5.4.2 RAU Coverage Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
5.4.3 Examples of Design Estimates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
5.5 Designing for a Neutral Host System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
5.6 Connecting a Hub to a Base Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
5.6.1 Uplink Attenuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
5.6.2 RAU Attenuation and ALC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
SECTION 6 Installing Fusion SingleStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
6.1 Installation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
6.1.1 Component Location Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
6.1.2 Cable and Connector Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
6.1.3 Distance Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
6.2 Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
6.2.1 Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
6.2.2 General Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
6.3 Preparing for System Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
6.3.1 Pre-Installation Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
6.3.2 Installation Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
6.3.3 Tools and Materials Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
6.3.4 Optional Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
6.4 Fusion SingleStar Installation Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
6.4.1 Installing a Fusion SingleStar Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
6.4.2 Installing RAUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
6.4.3 Configuring the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19

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6.5 Interfacing the Fusion SingleStar to an RF Source . . . . . . . 6-22
6.5.1 Connecting a Single Fusion SingleStar Hub to an RF Source 6-22
6.5.2 Connecting Multiple Fusion SingleStar Hubs to an RF
Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27
6.6 Connecting Contact Alarms to a Fusion SingleStar System 6-32
6.6.1 Alarm Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33
6.6.2 Alarm Sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-36
6.6.3 Alarm Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-37
6.7 Alarm Monitoring Connectivity Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-39
6.7.1 Direct Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-39
6.7.2 Modem Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40
6.7.3 100 BASE-T Port Expander Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41
6.7.4 POTS Line Sharing Switch Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-42
6.7.5 Ethernet LAN Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-44
6.7.6 SNMP Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-45
SECTION 7 Replacing Fusion SingleStar Components . . . 7-1
7.1 Replacing an RAU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
7.2 Replacing a Fusion SingleStar Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
SECTION 8 Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Technical
Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
8.1 Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
8.2 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
8.3 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
8.3.1 Troubleshooting Using AdminBrowser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
8.3.2 Troubleshooting Using LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18
8.4 Troubleshooting CATV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-21
8.5 Technical Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22
APPENDIX A Cables and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
A.1 CATV Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
A.2 Coaxial Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
A.3 Standard Modem Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
A.4 RJ-45 100 BASE-T 100 Cross-over Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
APPENDIX B Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
B.1 Fusion SingleStar System Approval Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
B.2 Human Exposure to RF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3

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List of Figures
Figure 2-1 Fusion SingleStar System Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Figure 2-2 Three Methods for OA&M Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Figure 2-3 System Monitoring and Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Figure 2-4 Fusion SingleStar’s Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Figure 3-1 Fusion SingleStar Hub Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Figure 3-2 Fusion SingleStar Hub Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Figure 3-3 Fusion SingleStar Hub Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Figure 3-4 Preferences Check Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Figure 4-1 Remote Access Unit Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Figure 5-1 Determining APL between the Antenna and the Wireless Device . . . 5-13
Figure 5-2 ALC Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Figure 6-1 Installing in the Recessed Mounting Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Figure 6-2 Mounting of Rack Mounting Brackets for Hub Wall Mounting . . . . . 6-12
Figure 6-3 800/850 MHz Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Figure 6-4 Guideline for Unison RAU Antenna Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Figure 6-5 Connection Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
Figure 6-6 System Configuration Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
Figure 6-7 Simplex Base Station to a Fusion SingleStar Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
Figure 6-8 Duplex Base Station to a Fusion SingleStar Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24
Figure 6-9 Connecting a Fusion SingleStar Hub to Multiple Base Stations . . . . . 6-25
Figure 6-10 Connecting a Fusion SingleStar Hub to a Roof-top Antenna . . . . . . . 6-26
Figure 6-11 Connecting Two Fusion SingleStar Hub’s RF Band Ports
to a Simplex Repeater or Base Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29
Figure 6-12 Connecting Two Fusion SingleStar Hub’s RF Band Ports
to a Duplex Repeater or Base Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-31
Figure 6-13 Connecting MetroReach to Fusion SS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33
Figure 6-14 Using a BTS to Monitor Fusion SS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34
Figure 6-15 Using a BTS and AdminBrowser to Monitor Fusion SS . . . . . . . . . . . 6-35

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Figure 6-16 Using Fusion SingleStar to Monitor LGCell or Unison . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-36
Figure 6-17 Alarm Sense Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-36
Figure 6-18 5-port Alarm Daisy-Chain Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-37
Figure 6-19 Alarm Sense Adapter Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-38
Figure 6-20 OA&M Direct Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-39
Figure 6-21 OA&M Modem Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40
Figure 6-22 OA&M Connection using a 232 Port Expander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41
Figure 6-23 OA&M Connection Using a POTS Line Sharing Switch . . . . . . . . . . 6-42
Figure 6-24 Cascading Line Sharing Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-43
Figure 6-25 OA&M Connection Using Ethernet and ENET/232 Serial Hub . . . . . 6-44
Figure 6-26 Fusion SingleStar SNMP Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-45
Figure 6-27 Multiple Unison Systems Monitored
by a Single Network Management System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-46