User's Manual

Revised: March 26, 2015,
Cisco USC 8718 Installation Guide
Before You Begin
The Cisco Universal Small Cell (USC) 8718 module provides 3G or 4G cellular coverage in an indoor environment where improved
coverage and capacity is desired for cellular services. The small cell module is specifically designed to work with Cisco Aironet
3600/3700 series Wi-Fi access points (APs) or the USC 5030 small cell chassis. The small cell module is capable of supporting either
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) or Long Term Evolution (LTE) radio protocols in a single platform, is 3GPP
compliant and supports UMTS Release 7 and LTE Release 9 standards.
Each small cell module can support either:
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up to 32 simultaneous UMTS voice and data channels, a peak downlink rate of 21 Mbps and a peak uplink rate of 5 Mbps
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up to 32 active LTE users per radio, a peak download rate of 100 Mbps, and a peak upload of 50 Mbps when used with 20 MHz
channel bandwidth
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