Vanu Anywave Base Station Subsystem Manual

Vanu, Inc. One Cambridge Center, Cambridge MA 02142 t 617.864.1711 www.vanu.com Copyright © 2007 Vanu, Inc.
Vanu Anywave® Base Station Subsystem
Operator Guide

Vanu, Inc. One Cambridge Center, Cambridge MA 02142 t 617.864.1711 www.vanu.com Copyright © 2007 Vanu, Inc.
Copyright © 2007 Vanu, Inc. All rights reserved.
The product described in this manual is covered by US patents US 6,584,146 B2, US 6,654,428 B1, US 6,876,864, US
6,889,354, US 7,139,967, and pending patents in the United States and other countries.
Vanu, Inc., the VANU logo, Anywave, and “Where Software Meets the Spectrum” are trademarks or registered trademarks
of Vanu, Inc. in the United States and other countries. The product described in this manual includes copyrighted software.
This software is commercial software.
“Brandywine,” “Intel,” “Powerwave,” “Protium,” and any other trademarked terms used in this manual are trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective owners.
The terms of use of this software are set forth in detail in a related software license agreement. Except as otherwise set forth
in such software license agreement, none of such copyrighted material may be modified, copied, distributed, performed,
displayed, or reverse engineered.

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Vanu Anywave Base Station Subsystem Operator Guide
Contents
CHAPTER 1. Introducing the Vanu Anywave BSS ............................................................ 2
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................ 2
Manual Scope and Objectives............................................................................................................................... 2
What makes Vanu Anywave BSS different? ......................................................................................................... 3
System Operator Role ........................................................................................................................................... 5
CHAPTER 2. BTS Components & Connections.............................................................. 6
Overview................................................................................................................................................................ 6
BTS Server ............................................................................................................................................................ 7
BTS Server, Front View..................................................................................................................................... 7
BTS Server, Front Panel Control Switches and LEDs ...................................................................................... 8
BTS Server, Back View ..................................................................................................................................... 9
RF Front End ....................................................................................................................................................... 10
Protium RF Front End Unit .............................................................................................................................. 10
Overview of Protium RF Front End Connections ............................................................................................ 11
Protium Duplexer Connections........................................................................................................................ 11
Protium Up/Down Converter Connections....................................................................................................... 12
Protium Front-End LEDs.................................................................................................................................. 14
Power Shelf ......................................................................................................................................................... 15
Power Amplifier.................................................................................................................................................... 16
Power Amplifier, Front View ............................................................................................................................ 16
Power Amplifier, Back View............................................................................................................................. 17
Power Amplifier, Back View............................................................................................................................. 18
GPS Timing Source ............................................................................................................................................. 19
GPS 4 Timing Source Connections................................................................................................................. 19
GPS 4 Timing Source Indicator LEDs ............................................................................................................. 20
CHAPTER 3. Base Station Operation ............................................................................ 21
Hardware ............................................................................................................................................................. 21
Appendix A: Acronym Glossary........................................................................................... 22
Index ....................................................................................................................................... 23

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Figures
Figure 1: Hardware Architecture............................................................................................................................ 4
Figure 2: BTS Server Front View............................................................................................................................ 7
Figure 3: Server Control Switches and Status LEDs ........................................................................................... 8
Figure 4: BTS Server, Back View ........................................................................................................................... 9
Figure 5: Protium Translator System Block Diagram ........................................................................................ 10
Figure 6: Protium Duplexer Connections............................................................................................................ 11
Figure 7: Protium RF Up/Down Converter Connections ................................................................................... 12
Figure 8: Protium Front End LEDs....................................................................................................................... 14
Figure 9: Powerwave Power Shelf ....................................................................................................................... 15
Figure 10: Powerwave Amplifier, Front View...................................................................................................... 16
Figure 11: Powerwave Amplifier, Rear View....................................................................................................... 17
Figure 12: GPS 4 Timing Source Connections................................................................................................... 19
Figure 13: GPS 4 Timing Source Indicator LEDs ............................................................................................... 20
Figure 14: Intel Server Power Button .................................................................................................................. 21

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Preface
The Anywave® Base Station Subsystem (BSS) Operator Guide is intended for system users who have completed the Vanu
Anywave System Training Course. This Anywave BSS Operator Guide provides an overview of the Vanu Anywave Base
Station Subsystem application structure, along with information on how to perform system tasks, general system
maintenance, and basic issue resolution procedures.
The Anywave BSS Operator Guide provides information on the following areas:
•Introducing Vanu Anywave Base Station Subsystem
•BTS Overview

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CHAPTER 1. Introducing the Vanu Anywave BSS
Introduction
Welcome to the Vanu Anywave Base Station Subsystem Operator Guide. This manual is designed to serve as a knowledge
resource for the Vanu system currently installed at your site, and to assist you in your role as System Operator. This guide
focuses on ongoing system maintenance, and prepares you to provide first line technical support for your Anywave BSS.
The following is a high level overview of the scope and objectives of this guide:
Manual Scope and Objectives
This manual will cover BTS Hardware Components and Connections

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What makes Vanu Anywave BSS different?
The Vanu Anywave GSM BSS provides radio access network functionality by implementing the BTS (Base Transceiver
Station) in software running on a general-purpose server. Signal processing, protocol processing, and all other radio access
network functionality are implemented as application level software running on top of a Debian GNU/Linux system.
The Anywave BTS system uses Protium wideband RF front ends from Protium Technologies.
The Vanu Anywave BSS is composed of three major subsystems:
•RF front end, supporting the 850 MHz band, and providing Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog conversion
•Signal Processing
•Back end network connectivity
Vanu, Inc. integrates these subsystems, running its software on top of the COTS hardware that comprises a complete radio
access network, including the traditional functionality of the BTS.

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Figure 1: Hardware Architecture