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HON HAI Technology Group
Foxconn RPQN O-RU Installation and Operating Guide
HON LIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Foxconn RPQN O-RU Installation and
Operating Guide
Project name:
Local 5G NR System
Version:
v1.9
Date:
2021/11/23
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This confidential document is the property of Foxconn and must not be copied or circulated without permission.

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  • Page 1 Foxconn RPQN O-RU Installation and Operating Guide HON LIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Foxconn RPQN O-RU Installation and Operating Guide Project name: Local 5G NR System Version: v1.9 Date: 2021/11/23 This confidential document is the property of Foxconn and must not be copied or circulated without permission.
  • Page 2 Blake firmware image upgrade with M-plane/ V1.1.5q.432 support Multicast V1.1 Ryan/Joe/ Lief 2021/01/13 Add antenna port number, correct 7901 LO, Kevin internal/external antenna This confidential document is the property of Foxconn and must not be copied or circulated without permission.
  • Page 3 Remove mounting kit section v1.8 Lief 2021/11/18 Add model-name Add FCC statement Add limited power source statement v1.9 Lief 2021/11/23 Add SFP+ statement This confidential document is the property of Foxconn and must not be copied or circulated without permission.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    5.1 How to check if the O-RU is booted up and running normally? 5.2 Log “xran 10GbE is not ready... d6fff000” is normal or abnormal? This confidential document is the property of Foxconn and must not be copied or circulated without permission.
  • Page 5 5.11 How to calculate Tx power? 5.12 How to disable/enable DPD? 6 Troubleshooting 6.1 Why DU can not receive any data from RU? 6.2 Recover O-RU This confidential document is the property of Foxconn and must not be copied or circulated without permission.

  • Page 6: List Of Packages

    10Gb SFP+ GBIC ■ 1Gb Copper SFP ■ 12VDC AC Adapter Power cord ■ Mounting Kit Overview of RPQN O-RU Figure 1 RPQN O-RU specs This confidential document is the property of Foxconn and must not be copied or circulated without permission.

  • Page 7: Outlook

    One 10Gbps SFP+ (support of C/U-Plane) ■ Reset button, Micro USB ■ Support PoE++ (10Gbps Ethernet RJ-45) or Power jack of 12VDC power adapter This confidential document is the property of Foxconn and must not be copied or circulated without permission.

  • Page 8: 10Gb Sfp+ Optics (Gbic)

    "Limited Power Source"), rated 12 Vdc, 5A minimum, Tma = 0 degree C minimum. If need further assistance, please contact Foxconn for further information. This confidential document is the property of Foxconn and must not be copied or circulated without permission.

  • Page 9: Mounting Kit

    4.1.2 RPQN O-RU setting, by typing command “cat /home/root/test/version.txt”, it may looks like below: In this example, the software version tag was v1.0.3q.431. This confidential document is the property of Foxconn and must not be copied or circulated without permission.

  • Page 10: Regulation And Certification

    Please keep plastic caps remained in place for the unused RF ports. Warning: Hot parts. To avoid the risk of hot parts, please use the RPQN O-RU with caution, and wait at least 30 minutes before handling the RPQN O-RU after powering off.
  • Page 11 This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. This confidential document is the property of Foxconn and must not be copied or circulated without permission.

  • Page 12: Cabling And Assemble Instruction

    10Gb RJ-45 Ethernet cabling, recommend to use Cat 6A Ethernet cable. 3.1.2 For O-RAN S/M-plane connection ■ 1Gb RJ-45 Ethernet cabling: recommend to use Cat 5E Ethernet cable. This confidential document is the property of Foxconn and must not be copied or circulated without permission.

  • Page 13: Antenna Port Number

    12VDC power adapter: IN AC 100-240 V, 50/60 Hz, 2 A; OUT 12 V, 5 A. 3.1.5 Micro USB ■ Micro USB: for RPQN O-RU debug console. Figure 9 Example of cabling assemble This confidential document is the property of Foxconn and must not be copied or circulated without permission.

  • Page 14: Operating Instruction

    PTP 1588v2 clock source setting Before starting to use a RPQN O-RU, please set your PTP 1588v2 GM or BC correctly to match the design of RPQN O-RU. In the following example, a Qulsar QG2 GM is used. The following pictures referenced from Qulsar’s user manual and the setting in the pictures may not be matched to RPQN O-RU’s design.
  • Page 15 0 instead of 3 Figure 16 PTP Clock Source Port Setting ■ Step 4: Please set the PTP operation to “Unicast” mode. This confidential document is the property of Foxconn and must not be copied or circulated without permission.

  • Page 16: Unicast And Multicast Configuration

    ■ Step 2: Start the tool “Device Manager” in your PC and check the COM port number of RPQN O-RU. For example, there is a USB Serial Port with COM port number 19 after RPQN O-RU is connected. Figure 18 Example of COM Port in Device Manager ■...
  • Page 17 Figure 21 Set BBU MAC Address to Be Connected with RPQN O-RU ◆ Set the VLAN ID for C-plane and U-plane, respectively. The default value is 0x0001 and 0x0002. This confidential document is the property of Foxconn and must not be copied or circulated without permission.
  • Page 18 U-plane. There is an xpath “/processing-elements/ru-elements/transport-flow/eth-flow/vlan-id” needs to modified if VLAN ID of interface “iU” changed. It must be aligned to the VLAN This confidential document is the property of Foxconn and must not be copied or circulated without permission.
  • Page 19 ID of U-plane. ◆ c. Set the LO frequency of RRH (in Hz). The xpath is “/user-plane-configuration/tx-array-carriers/center-of-channel-bandwidth” with the name “TX-Ca0” of tx-array-carries. ◆ This confidential document is the property of Foxconn and must not be copied or circulated without permission.
  • Page 20 M-plane: please reference step 6.2. (The firmware version should > v1.0.3q.432) ■ Step 6.1: Use a network cable to connect RPQN O-RU and GM/BC you use. If the GM/BC supports DHCP server, RPQN O-RU should get an IP address after connecting. You can use “ifconfig”...
  • Page 21 Figure 27 Example of PTP Sync Up If you want to re-run “init_rrh_config_enable_cuplane” command after correcting some setting issue, please power cycle the RPQN O-RU and go to step 6 to set the IP address and then you can re-run the command.
  • Page 22 Figure 28 Example of RPQN O-RU Start up Success Figure 29 Example of xRAN packet coming to O-RU ■ Step 10: When you power cycle the RPQN O-RU, you can start the RPQN O-RU from step 6 if the GM/BC’s setting and LO frequency is not changed. ■...

  • Page 23: Works With Multicast Ptp

    Change mode to multicast Change domain number (align with GM) Once the ptp start to sync, After ptp locked, it will start to enable C/U-plane This confidential document is the property of Foxconn and must not be copied or circulated without permission.

  • Page 24: Reboot And Shutdown

    HON LIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 4.1.5 Reboot and Shutdown If rebooting or shutting down a RPQN O-RU is needed, a user must connect the RPQN O-RU via terminal software to run the command, “./reboot.sh” or “./shutdown.sh” respectively. There are two methods to do that.

  • Page 25: Firmware Image Upgrade

    Figure 33 Example of Boot-up Process Success ■ Step 5: Next, your PC and RPQN O-RU must be located on the same network and there must be a DHCP server in that network to allocate IP to your PC and the RPQN O-RU automatically.
  • Page 26 HON LIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Figure 34 Subnet Mask Confirmation ■ Step 6: After the IP address is obtained, use WINSCP at the PC side to connect RPQN O-RU. After v1.4.12q.524, it needs a password. In non-oam mode, the default password is cj/6c93zj4g4d;”.

  • Page 27: Enable Oam Mode

    Step 13: After rebooting, the installation is done and RRH will automatically run M-plane. 4.2.2 Disable OAM mode ■ Disable OAM mode: ./set_oam_mode -d This confidential document is the property of Foxconn and must not be copied or circulated without permission.

  • Page 28: Oam Mode Command

    - Active Alarm Lists: NETCONF Client could get active alarm lists from RRH. ■ 6. U-Plane Configurations - Static profiles of RRH now. This confidential document is the property of Foxconn and must not be copied or circulated without permission.

  • Page 29: How To Use The Sample App To Verify O-Ru Working Properly Or Not

    ● If not, you may need to check PTP configuration, O-RU software/hardware/configuration, front-haul connection. The software name would be: oran_bronze_release_v1.1_sample_app.tar.gz This confidential document is the property of Foxconn and must not be copied or circulated without permission.

  • Page 30: Operation Steps

    (0000:d8:0a.0 and 0000:d8:0a.1 are example, you should see the PCIe address of the 10GbE NIC on BBU) 4. Edit setupenv.sh a. # cd ./o-du/phy b. # vi setupenv.sh c. Change DIR_ROOT=/root This confidential document is the property of Foxconn and must not be copied or circulated without permission.
  • Page 31 # source setupenv.sh c. # cd fhi_lib/app d. edit run_o_du.sh e. # ./run_o_du.sh f. Modify the configuration of VSA(vector signal analyzer) SS/PBCH This confidential document is the property of Foxconn and must not be copied or circulated without permission.
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