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Chapter 5 Commissioning
Preparations
Theminimumofpreparationsnecessaryaretohavethesystemdocumentationwhichshouldincludethefollowing
itemsatleast:
 Thesystemlayoutandblockschematic
 Aconnectiondiagramforthehead‐endMasterUnit
 Thetypeofconnectorsandtappersusedtointerfacetothebasestationports
 ThenumberofcarriersforeachoftheBIUthatthebasestationsconnectsvia
 Maximumoutputpowerforeachservicefromthebasestations
 Fiberlossesshouldbedocumentedbeforehandsothatyoucancomparewhatthesystemactually
measures
 Sectorizationinformation,whichsectorsshouldgotowhichremotes
 DAScalculatorsheetsshowingtheexpectedsettingsforeachoftheRFchainsinuplinkanddownlink.
 InformationaboutEthernetconnectionifthe systemshouldbemonitoredbyremote.Howtoconnectitto
theInternetforremoteviewingunlessyouareusingamodem.
Necessary tools
Thetoolsnecessarytocommissionthesystemincludes:
 Onelaptopforchangingthesystemsettings,checkinganyalarmsandstatus.Onlysoftwareneededisa
webbrowser.OperatingsystemcanbeWindows,LinuxorMacasyouprefer.
 Spectrumanalyzertomeasuretheuplink.Thesystemreliesontesttonemeasurementsintheuplinkand
thereforeitisimportanttohaveequipmenttomeasurethem.
 SMAtooltobeabletoconnectordisconnectBTScablesfromtheBIU.
 QMAadaptersoyoucanmeasuresignalsdirectlyonthehead‐endunitssuchastheFOI,BIU,ICUandso
on.
Software
Noparticularsoftwareisnecessaryexceptamoderngraphicalbasedwebbrowser.