User's Manual Part 1

FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS)
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Remote Unit (RU)
Remoteunitsareavailableinawiderangeoffrequencies,gainandoutputpowertocatertosupportavarietyof
requirements.Remoteunitsarealsocapableofsupportingmorethanonefrequencybandinasingleunit.
Chassis types
Remoteunits(RU
s)areavailableintwochassis,asinglecompactchassisfor12bandsandadualchassisforupto4
bands(
Figure19
).Therearemultipleconfigurationsthatallowforvariouspowerlevelofamplifierstobeplacedinto
thechassis.
Table15
showshowthechassismaybeconfigured:
Table 15
Chassis type Low Medium High
Singlechassis 12 12 1
Dualchassis 34 34 2
Chassis Types
Itispossibletohavecombinationsoftheabove.Forexampleitispossibletobuildadualchassiswith2medium
powerbandsand1highpowerbandinthesameremote.Eachsideofadualchassisisvirtuallyidenticaltoasingle
chassisremoteunit.Thisensuresunparalleledflexibilitywhenb
uildingmultipleoperator/multipleban dsolutions.
Adualchassisma
yhave12fiberopticalremoteunits(FOR).Thisallowsforredundantfiberfeeds,multip leinput
andmultipleoutput(MIMO)applications,anddedicatedamplifiers.
Figure 19
Single Chassis
Remote Unit
Dual Chassis
Remote Unit
Remote Unit Chassis Types
AllRemoteUnitshaveanexcellentnoisefigure,contributingtoanoverallnoisefigureforthewholesystemfrom
remotetoheadendintothebasestationof<3dBfortheRFlink.
Bothchassisco
mplywithIP65protectionforuseinanyenvironment.Thedurablecoatingassistsinconvection
cooling.Nofansareusedforthe RemoteUnits.
Note: Theheatge
neratedbytheRemoteUnitswhenpoweredupisusedtopreventwateringressinto
units.Remoteunitsmustremainpoweredonwhenmountedoutdoors.
Bothwa
llorpol
emountingkitsareavailableforchassismounting.
Table16
containsalistofthemostcommonremoteunitsthatareusedwiththeBirdFiberDASsystem.Variantsare
availableuponre
quest.
Table 16 Remote Comparison Table
Product code
Pout (ETSI)
†Actualpowerdeterminedbyfrequencybandandspectrumdemands.
Pout (FCC) Bands
DDR(mediumpower).See
"DDR "onpage22
. 2630 36 14
DDS(Highpowerquadband).See
"DDS "onpage26
. 41 14
DDH(highpower).See
"DDH "onpage28
. 3243 43 12
DDU(highpower).See
"DDU "onpage 31
. 46 12