Installation Guide

AirStrand 1300 Installation Guide

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1 Introduction

This section provides a descriptive overview of the Airspan’s AirStrand 1300 Pico-class eNodeB

variant and its place in the Airspan product suite.

1.1 AirStrand 1300

AirStrand 1300 is part of Airspan’s carrier-class LTE advanced outdoor small cell eNodeB family.

AirStrand 1300 is a Pico-class LTE eNodeB product, providing high-speed data, mobility, Voice over

LTE, and broadcast/multicast services.

AirStrand 1300 is a super compact, easy to install Pico-class Outdoor Small Cell Strand mounted

eNodeB with an integrated DOCSIS (Alpha DSM33) backhaul solution. Allowing an operator to deploy

LTE broadband services on a cable strand without the need for backhaul connectivity or infrastructure

– It uses the already existing Macro layer for backhauling.

AirStrand 1300 is a dual sector product which is operated as a single 2x2 MIMO cell of 20MHz

channel using the advanced Lite-CoMP technology.

AirStrand 1300 fully supports the standard LTE (Uu/S1/X2) interfaces.

All Airspan eNodeB products, including AirStrand 1300, are interoperable with a rich portfolio of 3

party end user devices, including many handsets, indoor UEs, outdoor UEs and USB dongles from

several ODMs, using various chipsets. For an updated of interoperability list, please contact your

nearest Airspan Sales Representative.

Note: For management please refer to the AirStrand 1300 LTE Commissioning Manual as well as

the Netspan User Manual.

1.1.1 Deployment

AirStrand 1300 perfectly fits the requirements of the hard zoning outdoor locations such as hotels,

city centers, parks and universities all due to its super compact one box form factor.

AirStrand 1300 creates a single install process for LTE Access and Backhaul, and enables “Just

add Power” plug and play deployment method and along with the easy zoning of the product

saving deployment related costs and time.

Note: The following is for illustration only; actual layout may differ as infrastructure is installation-

specific.