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Nokia Flexi EDGE Base Station, Rel. EP1,

Product Documentation, v.1

Nokia Flexi EDGE Dual TRX

Module (EXxA) Description

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Contents

Contents
Contents 3
1

Dual TRX Module (EXxA) 5

Dual TRX Module (EXxA) main blocks 7

Dual TRX Module (EXxA) power requirements 9

Dual TRX Module (EXxA) interfaces 11

Dual TRX Module (EXxA) dimensions and weight 15

Dual TRX Module (EXxA) LED indications 17

Contents of the Dual TRX Module (EXxA) delivery 19

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Dual TRX Module (EXxA)

Dual TRX Module (EXxA)

The Dual TRX Module (EXxA) is a two-carrier TRX unit. The module
contains the common (2 carrier) baseband part and two separate RF parts
for two transceivers (transmitter and receiver chains) and space for two
optional Wideband Combiner Modules.
The Dual TRX Module is used as:
.

a combined module with the Dual Duplexer Module (ERxA), making

a logical Sector Module

or a stand-alone TRX module with the Remote Tune Combiner

(ECxA) Module

or a stand-alone extension TRX module.

The Dual TRX Module and System Module (ESMA) communication is

managed through a single Ethernet interface. Each transceiver within the
Dual TRX Module can be separately activated with a licence key at the
BSC.
The Dual TRX Module contains two transceivers that can be used:
.

as a separate TRX in the same sector

as a separate TRX in different sectors

or as a Double Power TRX.

There are separate Dual TRX Modules for each frequency band that Nokia
Flexi EDGE BTS supports:

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EXTA GSM800

EXGA GSM900

EXDA GSM1800

EXPA GSM1900

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See the following figure for an isometric view of the Dual TRX Module.

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Figure 1.

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Dual TRX Module

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Dual TRX Module (EXxA) main blocks

The Dual TRX Module (EXxA) includes the following functional blocks:

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Baseband
.
TRX, O&M, telecom and digital signal processing (DSP)
.
Ethernet interface for control, user and baseband hopping data
.
Synchronisation
.
Digital up/down conversion and filtering
.
TX and RX data conversion
.
TX Double Power support
.
Intelligent Downlink Diversity (IDD)
.
4-way Uplink Diversity support
.
RX 4-Way Interference Reject Combining (IRC) support
.
Temperature management

Power supply
.
Power distribution of TRX internal supply voltages

Transmitter
.
Direct conversion from TX interface to TX RF
.
Digital power control
.
TX Double Power and IDD support

Receiver
.
Dual down-conversion from RX RF to RX interface
.
Diversity reception
.
Digital Automatic Gain Control (AGC)

Synthesisers
.
Local oscillator signals for TX and RX up/down conversions
.
Frequency hopping capability on timeslot basis

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Fan Connector

Fan Module

Dual TRX Module

BB Module

28V
PSU

TX2 Chain

28V
PSU

RX FHS 1 & 2

PA Module

RxB

Div RX 2

RxA_
Div

Main RX 2

RxA

RX FFS

Div RX 1

TxA
DP

TX FHS 1 & 2

Main RX 1

ERxA

PWR
(48 V)

TRX Module

PA Module

PSU (All voltages)

BUS

Supports DP functionality

TX1 Chain

Data Converter

BB

Power,
Data, IF
signals,
Control
signals
and
Clock

TxB
RxB_
Div
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In 2-way diversity case the signal comes from DTRX's other Rx main
connector and with 4-way diversity the signal comes from the diversity Rx
connector.
PSU - power supply unit, BB - baseband, IF - interface, DP - double power,
FHS - frequency hopping system, PA - power amplifier
Figure 2.

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Dual TRX Module (EXxA) power

requirements
Table 1.

Dual TRX Module (EXxA) power requirements

Property

Value

Nominal system voltage

48 V DC

Input voltage range

40.5 - 57 V DC

Table 2.

Dual TRX Module power consumption

EXTA/EXGA (800/900)

EXDA (1800)

EXPA (1900)

Maximum

325 W

365 W

385 W

Nominal

295 W

335 W

355 W

Idle

39 W

37 W

37 W

One PA in use

180 W

200 W

210 W

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Dual TRX Module (EXxA) interfaces

RxA
Div
TxA

RxA

RxB
RxB
Div

TxB

Bus

ER_A

Grounding
point
PWR

DP

Electrostatical
sensitive device

Caution,
Hot Surface
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Figure 3.

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Table 3.

Nokia Flexi EDGE Dual TRX Module (EXxA) front panel connectors,
cable types and interfaces

Label name
on module

Description

Connector
type

Cable type

BUS

Ethernet (1000 BaseT/100 Base-TX)

baseband processing
of end user, hopping,
synchronisation, and
O&M data

MDR 26
(female)

Bus cable, AWG30

Twinax, MDR 26
(male)

length: 1054/1554
mm (41.5/61.2 in.)

ERxA cable, MDR 36 ERxA

(male)

ER_A

Power and control

MDR 36
interface for the ERxA (female)

Interface(s)

Signal
direction
(to/from
the
module)

ESMA, ESEA

To and
from the
module

hard-wired with other

end fixed to ER_A

PWR

DP

RxA, RxB
(blue)

-48 VDC input power

with fuse protection

Synchronous
combining of both
transmitters in the
module to generate
one GSM/EDGE
carrier capacity with
increased output
power

Molex Microfit
(male)

Receives a digitally
modulated GSM/
EDGE RF carrier in
accordance with the
appropriate
telecommunications
standard (Rx input)

QMA (female)

RxA Div , RxB Four-way uplink

Div (blue)
receive diversity
(4UD)

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Multi-Beam
XL (female)

QMA (female)

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length: 200 mm (7.9

in.)

Power cable, 2 x
AWG12, Multi-Beam
XL (male)

length: 1188/2000
mm (46.8/78.7 in.)

DP cable, 4 x
AWG24, Molex
Microfit (female)

length: 203 mm (8.0

in.)

RF cable, SemiFlex
50, QMA (male)

length: 172/275/1300
mm (6.8/10.8/51.2 in.)

RF cable, SemiFlex
50, QMA (male)

length: 172/275/1300
mm (6.8/10.8/51.2 in.)

To and
from the
module

ESMA, ESEA

To and
from the
module

EWxA

To and
from the
module

ERxA, ECxA

To the
module

ERxA, ECxA

To the
module

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Table 3.

Nokia Flexi EDGE Dual TRX Module (EXxA) front panel connectors,
cable types and interfaces (cont.)

Label name
on module

Description

Connector
type

Cable type

TxA, TxB
(red)

Transmits a digitally
modulated GSM/
EDGE RF carrier in
accordance with the
appropriate
telecommunications
standard (Tx output).

QMA (female)

RF cable, SemiFlex
50, QMA (male)

length: 172/275/1300
mm (6.8/10.8/51.2 in.)

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Interface(s)

Signal
direction
(to/from
the
module)

ERxA, EWxA,
ECxA

From the
module

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Dual TRX Module (EXxA) dimensions

and weight
The dimensions of the Flexi EDGE Dual TRX Module are presented in the
table below.

Table 4.

EXxA dimensions and weight

Property
Width

1)

Value
447/492 mm
(17.6/19.4 in.)

Height

90 mm
(3.5 in.)

Depth

2)

422/560 mm
(16.6/22.1 in.)

Weight

10.2 kg
(22.5 lbs)

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Width of the casing without front covers/with front covers

2)

Depth of the casing without front covers/with front covers

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Dual TRX Module (EXxA) LED

indications
The Dual TRX Module (EXxA) has two tri-colour LEDs on the front panel to
indicate the operational status of the module and all fault conditions during
operation.

Table 5.

Dual TRX Module LED indications

Colour

Explanation

Cycling colours

Nokia Flexi EDGE BTS Manager has requested

information and the timer is still running.

Red

The O&M software of the module is not running, or

7606 alarm (TRX faulty) is active on both carriers.

Red, blinking

7606 alarm (TRX faulty) is active on one carrier, or

7607 alarm (TRX operation degraded) is active on one
or both carriers.

Yellow

Both carriers in the TRX module are blocked/locked

from EM/BSC, or
Both carriers in the TRX module are shutdown from
BSC, but TRX module is still providing power and
control for an ERxA, or
Both carriers in the TRX module are shutdown from
BSC, but TRX module is powered following a reset of
ESMA or ESEA module, or
Both carriers in the TRX module have LAPD on
TRXSIG channel disconnected when the carriers state
is supervisory, or
One carrier is not in supervisory state but other carrier
is in supervisory state with LAPD on TRXSIG channel
disconnected.

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Table 5.

Dual TRX Module LED indications (cont.)

Colour

Explanation

Yellow, blinking

TRX_OM SW state is in TRX_Started State, or

TRX_OM SW state is Clock sync, or
One or both carriers are configuring:
.

Wait for LAPD establishment

or

Wait for system information

One or both carriers have LAPD on TRXSIG channel

disconnected when none of the carriers are in state
supervisory.
Green

Both carriers are in state supervisory and no 7606 or

7607 alarms are active and LAPD on TRXSIG is
connected to both carriers.

Green, blinking

Only one carrier is in state supervisory and no 7606 or

7607 alarm is active and LAPD on TRXSIG is
connected for this carrier, or
Both carriers are in state supervisory but one carrier
has LAPD on TRXSIG channel disconnected.

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Contents of the Dual TRX Module (EXxA)

delivery
Table 6.

Nokia Flexi EDGE Dual TRX Module (EXxA) delivery contents

Description

Product code Quantity

EDGE Dual TRX Module (EXxA):

.

EDGE Dual TRX Module 800 MHz (EXTA)

470214A

EDGE Dual TRX Module 900 MHz (EXGA)

470215A

EDGE Dual TRX Module 1800 MHz (EXDA)

470216A

EDGE Dual TRX Module 1900 MHz (EXPA)

470217A

Dual TRX Module Cable Set:

083309A

Power cable 1188 mm (46.8 in.)

994940

Bus cable 1054 mm (41.5 in.)

994938

RF cable 172 mm (6.8 in.)

994931

M5 screws

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