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CommScope ASH User Manual

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Antenna Sharing Hub User's Guide
Antenna Sharing Hub
User's Guide
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  • Page 1 Antenna Sharing Hub User’s Guide Antenna Sharing Hub User’s Guide www.commscope.com @2018 CommScope, Inc All rights reserved Visit our website at www.commscope.com or contact your local CommScope representative or Business Partner for more information 7831237 G Page 1 of 38...
  • Page 2 Updated site report changes for release 1.4 Site Reports 06/17/2020 Correct title for section 3.2.8 3.2.8 www.commscope.com @2018 CommScope, Inc All rights reserved Visit our website at www.commscope.com or contact your local CommScope representative or Business Partner for more information 7831237 G Page 2 of 38...
  • Page 3 APPENDIX ............................36 ............................36 CRONYMS ....................37 NOWN IMITATION AND ONSTRAINTS www.commscope.com @2018 CommScope, Inc All rights reserved Visit our website at www.commscope.com or contact your local CommScope representative or Business Partner for more information 7831237 G Page 3 of 38...
  • Page 4 FIGURE 4 EGYHHTT-65B-R6 ANTENNA SHARING SCENARIO 3 FIGURE 5 EGYHHTT-65B-R6 ANTENNA SHARING SCENARIO 4 FIGURE 6 ATC200-LITE-USB CONNECTED TO COMMSCOPE ANTENNA SHARING HUB ON CONTROL PORT C.13 FIGURE 7 ATC200-LITE-USB CONTROLLER END PANELS FIGURE 8 ANTENNA SHARING CONFIGURATION TOOL USER’S INTERFACE...
  • Page 5 5. Supports up to 24 RET elements from any number of Antenna devices in SRET and MRET modes daisy chained at ASH output port when two or more BTS/RRH control ports are in use. Supports up to 12 Ret elements when a single BTS/RRH control port in use.
  • Page 6 10. Packet forwarding and AISG 2.0/3GPP protocol translation between BTS/RRH controllers and daisy chained Antenna RETs. www.commscope.com @2018 CommScope, Inc All rights reserved Visit our website at www.commscope.com or contact your local CommScope representative or Business Partner for more information 7831237 G Page 6 of 38...
  • Page 7 All hardware required for the installation is included with the product. The Antenna Sharing Hub hardware can be installed in any orientation, however, orienting the ASH with its AISG connectors facing down is preferred whenever practical. This ensures an extra measure of protection against weather exposure that is independent of installation workmanship.
  • Page 8 RET Master NodeB eNodeB Figure 1 CommScope Antenna Sharing Hub Installation www.commscope.com @2018 CommScope, Inc All rights reserved Visit our website at www.commscope.com or contact your local CommScope representative or Business Partner for more information 7831237 G Page 8 of 38...
  • Page 9 2.2.1 Scenario 1. All control ports in MRET mode. An antenna sharing configuration for the Antenna Model EGYHHTT-65B-R6 is programmed into the CommScope ASH where all control ports are configured to AISG2.0/3GPP MRET protocol mode. Antenna Sharing Mapping is as follows:...
  • Page 10 2.2.2 Scenario 2. All control ports in SRET mode. An antenna sharing configuration for the Antenna Model EGYHHTT-65B-R6 is programmed into the CommScope ASH where all control ports are configured to AISG2.0/3GPP SRET protocol mode. Antenna Sharing Mapping is as follows:...
  • Page 11 Antenna Sharing Hub User’s Guide 2.2.3 Scenario 3. Mixed MRET/SRET mode control ports. An antenna sharing configuration for the Antenna Model EGYHHTT-65B-R6 is programmed into the CommScope ASH where all control ports are configured to both AISG2.0/3GPP SRET/MRET protocol modes.
  • Page 12 Antenna Sharing Hub User’s Guide 2.2.4 Scenario 4. Mixed RETs mapping. CommScope ASH supports multiple antenna sharing configuration variants not only the before mentioned scenarios. In this last example, a mixed RET antenna sharing configuration for the Antenna Model EGYHHTT- 65B-R6 is programmed into the CommScope ASH.
  • Page 13 3. CONFIGURATION OF THE ANTENNA SHARING HUB 3.1 Antenna Sharing Hub Configuration Tool The Antenna Sharing Hub Configuration Tool is the PC software used to communicate with the CommScope ASH hardware. The PC software uses the CommScope ATC200-LITE-USB portable controller hardware and runs on Windows operating systems (Windows 7 or higher).
  • Page 14 The Antenna Sharing Hub Configuration Tool can be used in two modes: 1. In Online mode, the ASH Configuration Tool provides direct management of the hub. The operator can a. view, edit, or delete antenna model configurations stored on the hub b.
  • Page 15 Antenna Sharing Hub User’s Guide 3.2 Antenna Sharing Hub Configuration Tool (Online mode) In Online mode of operation, a physical connection to any CommScope ASH RRH/BTS control port is required using ATC-LITE-USB hardware. Communication activities between Antenna Sharing Hub Configuration Tool and the CommScope ASH will not interfere with on-going activities from RRH/BTS controllers.
  • Page 16 Antenna Sharing Hub User’s Guide 3.2.2 Setting up Antenna Sharing Hub configuration tool Under User Preference Settings, select the Serial COM port to be used to communicate with CommScope ASH hardware. Figure 9 Antenna Sharing Hub Configuration Tool Preferences www.commscope.com...
  • Page 17 ‘604400-1 Test’ is shown as that it has no configuration and there is a device with this model connected to the ASH. www.commscope.com @2018 CommScope, Inc All rights reserved Visit our website at www.commscope.com or contact your local CommScope representative or Business Partner for more information 7831237 G Page 17 of 38...
  • Page 18 Also the clicking on the plus icon before the ‘EGYHHTT-65B-R6’ model name will display an expanded list of antenna device serial numbers based on the protocol mode (SRET/MRET) that are connected to the ASH. A window with device details is displayed when mouse is moved over the information icon at the end of the serial number as shown in the figure above.
  • Page 19 Antenna Sharing Hub User’s Guide Table below shows the Access Policy enforced by CommScope ASH hardware for Full and Restricted Accesses. AISG 2.0/3GPP Procedure Full Access Restricted Access RET Discoverable Reset Software Get Alarm Status Get Information Clear Active Alarms...
  • Page 20 Figure 12 Antenna Sharing Access Level available for the chosen Antenna Model Online Mode www.commscope.com @2018 CommScope, Inc All rights reserved Visit our website at www.commscope.com or contact your local CommScope representative or Business Partner for more information 7831237 G Page 20 of 38...
  • Page 21 ‘Execute configuration’ button. In Online mode, the User has the option to send these changes to the connected ASH hardware and/or also save to file as shown in Figure 13. The configuration data saved to a given file will have the extension name .dat.
  • Page 22 Antenna Sharing Hub User’s Guide Figure 14 Confirmation message for sending configuration to ASH and/or file. www.commscope.com @2018 CommScope, Inc All rights reserved Visit our website at www.commscope.com or contact your local CommScope representative or Business Partner for more information...
  • Page 23 To store the changes for the selected antenna model, click on the ‘Execute Configuration’ button. The user will be prompted to send the changes to the connected ASH hardware and/or to save to a file as shown in Figure 13.
  • Page 24 Figure 16 Changing BTS/RRH Control port protocol modes for given antenna model. When connected to the ASH the current active protocol modes on the ASH’s BTS/RRH control ports are shown in the section ‘Active Hub AISG Protocol Modes’ as shown in the Figure 17 below.
  • Page 25 If the loaded configuration does not have an antenna model in the ‘Hub View’ list, then the following message is displayed. Figure 18 Message for non-availability of antenna model for loaded configuration from file. The configuration can be changed and sent to ASH and/or saved to a file through ‘Execute Configuration’ button click. www.commscope.com...
  • Page 26 3.2.8 Site Reports Reports about the configurations and its details available in the connected ASH device are generated through the ‘Reports’ menu under ‘Tools’. The report generate window allows the user to specify a file name or use the file name provided.
  • Page 27 Figure 20 Confirmation message for report generation. Figure 21 Generated report open in the viewer. www.commscope.com @2018 CommScope, Inc All rights reserved Visit our website at www.commscope.com or contact your local CommScope representative or Business Partner for more information 7831237 G Page 27 of 38...
  • Page 28 When the tool connects to the ASH (Connect tool bar button click), the firmware version from the ASH is compared to the bundled firmware version. If there is a need for updating the firmware on the ASH, tool displays the message with descending timer value as shown in the Figure 22 below.
  • Page 29 Antenna Sharing Hub User’s Guide On the elapse of the timer value on the message or the user click on ‘Yes’ button, the firmware update to the ASH will proceed as shown in the Figure 23 below. Figure 23 Firmware update progress for connected ASH.
  • Page 30 Figure 24 Confirmation message on the successful completion of firmware update. www.commscope.com @2018 CommScope, Inc All rights reserved Visit our website at www.commscope.com or contact your local CommScope representative or Business Partner for more information 7831237 G Page 30 of 38...
  • Page 31 Full Access of all RET elements on all BTS/RRH control ports. See Figure 26. www.commscope.com @2018 CommScope, Inc All rights reserved Visit our website at www.commscope.com or contact your local CommScope representative or Business Partner for more information 7831237 G Page 31 of 38...
  • Page 32 Antenna Sharing Hub User’s Guide Figure 26 Default Antenna Sharing Access Policies. www.commscope.com @2018 CommScope, Inc All rights reserved Visit our website at www.commscope.com or contact your local CommScope representative or Business Partner for more information 7831237 G Page 32 of 38...
  • Page 33 Figure 27 Antenna Sharing Access Level available for the chosen Antenna Model Offline Mode. www.commscope.com @2018 CommScope, Inc All rights reserved Visit our website at www.commscope.com or contact your local CommScope representative or Business Partner for more information 7831237 G Page 33 of 38...
  • Page 34 3.3.3 Saving configuration for antenna model A generated Antenna Sharing Configuration for an antenna model can be saved as a .dat file and used to configure the ASH hardware by any AISG2.0/3GPP-compliant RRH/BTS controller. Refer to the section 3.4 for more details.
  • Page 35 Antenna Sharing Hub Configuration Tool, as the payload for the software download to any addressed RET behind the ASH unit. (Note that the commanding operator port must have the Full Access Policy enforced.) The hub will recognize the command payload as a new configuration, intercept and store the data, and reboot with the new configuration applied.
  • Page 36 Multiple Single-RET remote electrical tilt Normal response mode Poll bit Poll/Final bit www.commscope.com @2018 CommScope, Inc All rights reserved Visit our website at www.commscope.com or contact your local CommScope representative or Business Partner for more information 7831237 G Page 36 of 38...
  • Page 37 CommScope Antenna Share Hub Hardware acts as a Proxy between BTS/RRH Controllers and daisy chained Antenna internal RETs. Because CommScope ASH has no control over response time of every Antenna internal RETs there are scenarios where strict compliance with AISG 2.0/3GPP response time cannot be achieved. Here, we list known issues measured during CommScope internal stressed qualification testing.
  • Page 38 AISG2.0/3GPP responses could exceed 1 second. 3. The ASH Ghost RET is operational within 3 seconds after an ASH’s board level reset. However, mapped RETs at ASH BTS/RRH control ports will not be operational until AISG2.0/3GPP device scan is completed at ASH output port in the event of an ASH board level reset.