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FiberDistributedAntennaSystem(FiberDAS)
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BIU
TheBIUservesastheRFinterfacebetweentheRFsourceandtheICU/FOI.EachBIUispresettoafrequencyband
andisnotfieldtunable.
TheBIUhastw
osetsofRFsourceconnections.Theunitscanaccepttwoindependentfeeds(withinthesameband).
ThefeedscanbefromseparatesourcesorAandBpathsinaMIMOconfiguration.
Duetothehighlev
elofRFcomingintoBIU,useonlyqualityRFcables.
Figure 34 BIU Connections
RF
Source
ICU
or
FOI
InstalltheBIUintheMasterUnit.TheBIUusestwoslotsintheMasterUnit.
Note: TheUL1andUL2uplinktestpo
rtsare3dBlowerthanthesignalonthecorrespondingDL/UL
BTSport.
ConnectSMAtotheRFsource.Tightento8inpounds(0.9Nm)withacalibratedtorquewrench.
ConnectQMAtotheICU/FOI.
CAUTION
Over
drivingtheRFsourceinputintotheBIUwillcausepermanentequipmentfailureandwillvoidthewarranty.
Theinstallermustensurethatinputlevelsarenote x ceeded.PlanformaximumpoweroutoftheRFsourceand
attenuateaccordinglywithexternalattenuatorsifneeded.
BIU Type Minimum DL Input Maximum DL Input
LowLevel 7dBm +7dBm
HighLevel +20dBm +33dBm
CAUTION
WhenmatingRFconnectors,ensurethattheyareproperlyalignedandnotcrossthreaded.
TightenSMAconnectorsto8in.lbs(0.9Nm).
DoovertorqueRFconnectors,thiscouldresultindamagetotheUnit.
DonotundertorqueRFconnectors,thiscouldresultinpoorsignaltransmission.
CAUTION
Excesstensiononth
ecab
leorconnectorsmaycausePIMissues.
Cablesmustbesecuredintherackwithoutapplyingtensiontotheconnectors.