Sierra Wireless AirPrime MC7710 User manual

ProductTechnicalSpecification
& Customer Design Guidelines
AirPrime MC7710
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Contents subject to change

Preface
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Important
Notice Due to the nature of wireless communications, transmission and reception of data
can never be guaranteed. Data may be delayed, corrupted (i.e., have errors) or be
totally lost. Although significant delays or losses of data are rare when wireless
devices such as the Sierra Wireless modem are used in a normal manner with a
well-constructed network, the Sierra Wireless modem should not be used in
situations where failure to transmit or receive data could result in damage of any
kind to the user or any other party, including but not limited to personal injury,
death, or loss of property. Sierra Wireless accepts no responsibility for damages
of any kind resulting from delays or errors in data transmitted or received using
the Sierra Wireless modem, or for failure of the Sierra Wireless modem to
transmit or receive such data.
Safety and
Hazards Do not operate the Sierra Wireless modem in areas where blasting is in progress,
where explosive atmospheres may be present, near medical equipment, near life
support equipment, or any equipment which may be susceptible to any form of
radio interference. In such areas, the Sierra Wireless modem MUST BE
POWERED OFF. The Sierra Wireless modem can transmit signals that could
interfere with this equipment.
Do not operate the Sierra Wireless modem in any aircraft, whether the aircraft is
on the ground or in flight. In aircraft, the Sierra Wireless modem MUST BE
POWERED OFF. When operating, the Sierra Wireless modem can transmit
signals that could interfere with various onboard systems.
Note: Some airlines may permit the use of cellular phones while the aircraft is on the
ground and the door is open. Sierra Wireless modems may be used at this time.
The driver or operator of any vehicle should not operate the Sierra Wireless
modem while in control of a vehicle. Doing so will detract from the driver or
operator's control and operation of that vehicle. In some states and provinces,
operating such communications devices while in control of a vehicle is an offence.
Limitation of
Liability The information in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not
represent a commitment on the part of Sierra Wireless. SIERRA WIRELESS AND
ITS AFFILIATES SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ANY AND ALL
DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, GENERAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL,
PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUE OR ANTICIPATED PROFITS OR REVENUE
ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE ANY SIERRA WIRELESS
PRODUCT, EVEN IF SIERRA WIRELESS AND/OR ITS AFFILIATES HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR THEY ARE
FORESEEABLE OR FOR CLAIMS BY ANY THIRD PARTY.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall Sierra Wireless and/or its
affiliates aggregate liability arising under or in connection with the Sierra Wireless
product, regardless of the number of events, occurrences, or claims giving rise to
liability, be in excess of the price paid by the purchaser for the Sierra Wireless
product.

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Patents This product may contain technology developed by or for Sierra Wireless Inc.
This product includes technology licensed from QUALCOMM®.
This product is manufactured or sold by Sierra Wireless Inc. or its affiliates under
one or more patents licensed from InterDigital Group and MMP Portfolio
Licensing.
Copyright ©2013 Sierra Wireless. All rights reserved.
Trademarks AirCard®is a registered trademark of Sierra Wireless. Sierra Wireless™,
AirPrime™, Watcher™, and the Sierra Wireless logo are trademarks of Sierra
Wireless.
Windows®and Windows Vista®are registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation.
Macintosh and Mac OS X are registered trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in
the U.S. and other countries.
QUALCOMM®is a registered trademark of QUALCOMM Incorporated. Used
under license.
Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Contact
Information
Consult our website for up-to-date product descriptions, documentation,
application notes, firmware upgrades, troubleshooting tips, and press releases:
www.sierrawireless.com
Sales Desk: Phone: [phone]
Hours: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Time
E-mail: [email protected]
Post: Sierra Wireless
13811 Wireless Way
Richmond, BC
Canada V6V 3A4
Technical support: [e-mail]
RMA support: [email protected]
Fax: [phone]
Web: www.sierrawireless.com

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Revision
History
Revision
number Release date Changes
1October 2010 Initial release.
2May 2011 Draft release.
3September 2011 Updated LED table
Updated UMTS Tx and Rx test sequences
Updated LTE power consumption
Added suggested antenna part number
4January 2013 Updated preface.
Removed note indicating LTE Band 1 support was SKU-dependent.
Added Windows 8 support.
Corrected HSDPA data rate category.
Corrected GPRS/EDGE class details.
Updated current consumption - standby+sleep activated, LPM+sleep deactivated
(Table 6-1)
5February 2013 Updated developer zone URL
6March 2013 Removed DC-HSPA+ SKU-dependency, and LTE Band 1 SKU-dependency note

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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Supported RF bands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Physical features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Application interface features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Packet mode features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
LTE features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Short Message Service (SMS) features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Position location (GPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Warranty and support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Supporting documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Required connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Ordering information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Integration requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Technology Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
LTE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
UMTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
HSPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
HSPA+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
DC-HSPA+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
GPRS / EDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Standards Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Electrical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Host interface pin assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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USB interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
USB high/full speed throughput performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
User-developed drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SIM interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SIM implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Control interface (Signals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
WAKE_N — Wake host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
W_DISABLE_N and GPS_EN_N — Wireless disable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
WLAN_LED_N—LED output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Digital interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
RF Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
RF connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Shielding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Antenna and cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Ground connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Interference and sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Interference from other wireless devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Host-generated RF interference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Device-generated RF interference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Methods to mitigate decreased Rx performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Radiated Spurious Emissions (RSE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Radiated sensitivity measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Sierra Wireless’ sensitivity testing and desensitization investigation . . . 43
Sensitivity vs. frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Supported frequencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Conducted Rx sensitivity / Tx power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
GPS specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Power consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Module power states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Power state transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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Power interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Power ramp-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Power-up timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Transmit power waveform (GSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Power supply noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
SED (Smart Error Detection) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Software Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Support tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Mechanical and Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Device views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Thermal considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Regulatory and Industry Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Important notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Safety and hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
EU regulatory conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Antenna Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Recommended GPS antenna specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Antenna tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Design Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
AT command entry timing requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Acceptance testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Acceptance test requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Acceptance test procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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Certification testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Production testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Functional production test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Production test procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
UMTS RF transmission path test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
UMTS RF receive path test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
LTE RF receive path test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
GPS standalone connector test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Quality assurance testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Suggested testing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Testing assistance provided by Sierra Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
IOT/Operator testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Extended AT commands for testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Web site support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Sierra Wireless documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Command documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Other Sierra documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Industry/other documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

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List of Tables
Table 1-1: Supported RF bands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Table 1-2: Required host-module connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Table 2-1: Supported GPRS / EDGE power classes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Table 3-1: Standards compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Table 4-1: Connector pin assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Table 4-2: Power and ground specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Table 4-3: USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Table 4-4: SIM interface signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Table 4-5: Module control signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Table 4-6: LED states (Default behavior) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Table 4-7: GPIO signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Table 5-1: LTE frequency band support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Table 5-2: LTE bandwidth support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Table 5-3: WCDMA frequency band support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Table 5-5: Conducted Rx (Receive) sensitivity—LTE bands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Table 5-6: Conducted Rx (Receive) sensitivity—UMTS bands. . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Table 5-7: Conducted Rx (Receive) sensitivity—GSM/EDGE bands. . . . . . . . 45
Table 5-4: GSM frequency band support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Table 5-8: Conducted Tx (Transmit) power tolerances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Table 5-9: GPS specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Table 6-1: Averaged standby DC power consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Table 6-2: Averaged call mode DC power consumption (LTE/WCDMA/HSUPA) .
50
Table 6-3: Averaged call mode DC power consumption (GSM/EDGE) . . . . . . 50
Table 6-4: Miscellaneous DC power consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Table 6-5: Module power states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Table 6-6: Power state transitions (including voltage/temperature trigger levels). .
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Table 8-1: Mechanical and environmental specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Table A-1: Antenna requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Table A-2: GPS standalone antenna requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Table B-1: Hardware integration design considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Table C-1: Test settings—Transmission path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Table C-2: Test settings—Receive path. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Table C-3: Test settings—Receive path. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Table C-4: Extended AT commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Table F-1: Acronyms and definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

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List of Figures
Figure 4-1: System block diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 4-2: Expanded RF block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 4-3: SIM application interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Figure 4-4: SIM card contacts (contact view) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Figure 4-5: Recommended WAKE_N connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Figure 4-6: Recommended wireless disable connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Figure 4-7: Example LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure 5-1: Module connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 6-1: Voltage/temperature monitoring state machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Figure 6-2: Power-up timing diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Figure 6-3: GSM transmit power waveform (class 10 operation) . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Figure 8-1: Top and bottom views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Figure 8-2: Dimensioned view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Figure 8-3: Unit label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Figure 8-4: Shield locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Figure 4-1: Device placement in module tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Figure 4-2: Shipping package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

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1: Introduction
The Sierra Wireless MC7710 PCI Express Mini Card is a compact,
lightweight, wireless LTE - and UMTS-based modem.
The MC7710 provides LTE, DC-HSPA+, HSPA+, HSDPA, HSUPA,
WCDMA, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, and GPS connectivity for portable
and handheld computers, point-of-sale devices, telemetry products
and other machine-to-machine and vertical applications over several
radio frequency bands.
Supported RF bands
The modem, based on Qualcomm's MDM9200 baseband processor,
supports data operation on LTE, DC-HSPA+, HSPA+, EDGE, GPRS,
and GSM networks.
Physical features
•Small form factor—conforms to F1 as specified in PCI Express
Mini Card Electromechanical Specification Revision 1.2.
•Operating temperature range: -30 °C to +60 °C
Table 1-1: Supported RF bands
Technology Bands Diversity
LTE
•Band 1 (2100 MHz)
•Band 3 (1800 MHz)
•Band 7 (2600 MHz)
•Band 8 (900 MHz)
•Band 20 (DD800 MHz)

(MIMO)
UMTS (WCDMA)
HSDPA
HSUPA
HSPA+
DC-HSPA+
•Band 1 (2100 MHz)
•Band 8 (900 MHz) 
GSM
GPRS
EDGE
•GSM 900 (900 MHz)
•DCS 1800 (1800 MHz)
•PCS 1900 (1900 MHz)

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Application interface features
•USB interface (QMI and Direct IP)
•NDIS NIC interface support for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP
platforms
•Support for Windows 8 in-box NDIS MBIM driver
•Multiple non-multiplexed USB channel support
•USB selective suspend to maximize power savings
•AT command interface ([1] AT Command Set for User Equipment (UE)
(Release 6) (Doc# 3GPP TS 27.007), plus proprietary extended AT
commands)
•Software Development Kit (SDK) including a Linux API (Application Program
Interface)
Packet mode features
•LTE data rates (category 3, MIMO)
·100 Mbps DL within 20 MHz bandwidth
·50 Mbps UL within 20 MHz bandwidth
•Circuit-switched data bearers (up to 64 kbps for GSM and UMTS)
•Quad-mode UMTS (WCDMA) / HSDPA / EDGE / GPRS operation
•HSDPA data rates up to category 24
•HSUPA data rates up to category 6
•GPRS multislot class 10
EDGE multislot class 12
LTE features
•Basic cell selection and system acquisition
·PSS/SSS/MIB decode
·SIB1–SIB8, SIB10, SIB11 decoding
•NAS/AS security procedures
·Snow 3G/AES security
•CQI/RI/PMI reporting
•Paging procedures
·Paging in Idle and Connected mode
•Dedicated bearer
·Network-initiated dedicated bearer
·UE-initiated dedicated bearer
•Multiple PDN connections (IPv4 and IPv6 combinations)
•Connected mode intra-LTE mobility
•Idle mode intra-LTE mobility
•iRAT between LTE/2G (future release)
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•Detach procedure
·Network-initiated detach with reattach required
·Network-initiated detach followed by connection release
Short Message Service (SMS) features
•Mobile-terminated SMS for UMTS
•Mobile-originated SMS for UMTS
•SMS over SGs (LTE)
Position location (GPS)
•Standalone mode
•A-GPS SUPL1.0
•A-GPS SUPL2.0 (future release)
•GLONASS support on GPS connector 1 (future release)
•DC bias on GPS connector 1 to support external active GPS antenna
Warranty and support
The MC7710 offers the following support features:
•Standard 1-year warranty
•Enabling software (drivers, SDK, etc.) for Android, Linux, Windows 8,
Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP
Supporting documents
Several additional documents describe Mini Card design, usage, integration, and
other features. See References on page 89.
Accessories
The Universal Development Kit (UDK) is a hardware development platform for
AirPrime MC-series modules. It contains hardware components for evaluating
and developing with the module, including:
•Development board
•Cables
•Antennas (Bands 17, 13, and 7 are not supported by supplied antennas)
•Documentation suite
•Initial allotment of support hours
•Other accessories
For instructions on setting up the UDK, see [4] PCI Express Mini Card Dev Kit
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For over-the-air LTE testing, ensure that suitable antennas are used. (Two
antennas are required for this testing; Sierra Wireless offers an LTE-capable
antenna covering 700–2600 MHz BW—please order part number 6000492
(Qty 1—this contains two antennas).)
Required connectors
Tabl e 1-2 describes the connectors used to integrate AirPrime MC-series
modules into your host device.
Ordering information
To order, contact the Sierra Wireless Sales Desk at [phone] between
8AM and 5 PM Pacific Time.
Integration requirements
Sierra Wireless provides, in the document suite, guidelines for successful Mini
Card integration and offers integration support services as necessary.
When integrating the MC7710 PCI-Express Mini Card, the following items need to
be addressed:
•Mounting—Effect on temperature, shock, and vibration performance
•Power supply—Impact on battery drain and possible RF interference
•Antenna location and type—Impact on RF performance
•Regulatory approvals—As discussed in Regulatory and Industry Approvals on
page 63.
Table 1-2: Required host-module connectors1
1. Manufacturers/part numbers are for reference only and are subject to change. Choose
connectors that are appropriate for your own design.
Connector type Description
RF cables •Mate with Hirose U.FL connectors
(model U.FL #CL331-0471-0-10)
•Two or three connector jacks, depending on module
support for diversity and GPS functionality. (Note: The
UDK has two connector jacks.)
EDGE (52-pin) •Industry-standard mating connector
•Some manufacturers include Tyco, Foxconn, Molex
•Example: UDK board uses Molex 67910-0001
SIM •Industry-standard connector. Type depends on how host
device exposes the SIM socket
•Example: UDK board uses ITT CCM03-3518

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•Service provisioning—Manufacturing process
•Software—As discussed in Software Interface on page 55.
•Host Interface, compliance with interface voltage levels

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