User Manual

IP-RN 8000 Installation & Commissioning Guide 169
Chapter 14
Calibrating transmit power
About this chapter
This chapter explains how to measure the transmit power budget and calibrate transmit power for
each sector. This chapter contains the following sections:
• Understanding the transmit power calibration process
on page 170
• Understanding calibration purpose
on page 171
• Understanding requirements on page 171
• Understanding the need for simultaneous CLI sessions
on page 171
• Enabling the base station and checking the IP-RNC 8500
on page 172
• Verifying GPS status
on page 172
• Disabling all sectors
on page 174
• Attaching the sector’s test equipment
on page 176
• Enabling and blossoming the sector to be calibrated
on page 178
• Starting FTAP for the sector
on page 179
• Measuring power loss for the sector
on page 180
• Setting the sector’s transmit power
on page 181
• Verifying the sector’s power level
on page 182
• Completing the sector’s transmit power calibration process
on page 183
• Blossoming and enabling all sectors
on page 185