Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell CBRS Small Cell (HeNB) Manual (Model: SC-220) Caution Please read cautions in this manual carefully before handling Qucell HeNB. Please keep this operation manual carefully to be accessible any time when you need Figures in this manual are just examples. It may be different from real images.
Contents 1. 2. 3. Application Range ........................................................................................................................................ 5 1.1. References ................................................................................................................................................................ 5 1.2. Revision History ..................................................................................................................................
5.2. 5.3. 5.4. 6. Layout ...................................................................................................................................................................... 24 5.2.1. Architecture of Menu ............................................................................................................................... 24 5.2.2. Actual View ....................................................................................................................................
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0. 0.3 1. Application Range This document describes feature, function and structure of 『LTE Small Cell (HeNB)』 (abbreviate to “Small Cell”) 1.1. References - This document consists of information for the supported software and Small Cell for Small Cell users. 1.2. Revision History Revision history of this document, please refer to the table below. Version Date Editor 0.0.1 2019-04-11 Qucell DEV Changes Initial draft 1.3. Copyright © 2019 by Qucell.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 2. LTE Small Cell System Summary LTE Small Cell(HeNB) is wireless network system which supports 3GPP LTE (Long Term Evolution)(3GPP LTE is abbreviated as “LTE” hereafter) service. LTE Small Cell can be a cost effective solution for both installation and operation with performance as a Macro cell and internet security.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 1. Residential Small Cell: used at home 2. Enterprise Small Cell: used for enterprise/in-building, smaller than Picocell Picocell Picocell is a low-power power compact base station that covers small area, such as office and part of a building. Sometimes, it includes Small Cells used at outdoors.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 Figure 2. Types of Small Cell (Source: Small Cell forum) 2.3. Features of LTE Small Cell LTE services support data service except multimedia on user handset. To satisfy user’s needs, it is necessary to provide high-speed but low-cost packet transmission service. LTE Small Cell Features are as follows: 1. Data Traffic dispersion effect: Because LTE Small Cell can use existing Internet/PSTN 2.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 Figure 3. Features of LTE Small Cell 2.4. System Summary LTE Small Cell provides a high-speed data service adopting downlink OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) transmission technique, uplink SC (Single Carrier) FDMA transmission technique and various Spectrum allocations with supporting scalable bandwidth. LTE Small Cell contains LTE service function in SoC and thus it is possible to compose system simply with low cost.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 2.5. LTE Small Cell Network Configuration LTE Small Cell is also called HeNB(Home evolved UTRAN Node B), it serves Wireless connection function with UE to process Packet by LTE Air Standards between UE(User Equipment) and EPC. LTE Small Cell serves HeNB function interworking with HeNB GW(Gateway), HeMS(HeNB Management System) Server. Small Cell is connected with HeNB GW and ready to serve Services by communicating with MME.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 Figure 5. E-UTRAN Small Cell network configuration diagram 3. Small Cell System 3.1. Appearance of Small Cell Small Cell H/W size is 305 x 305 x 80 (mm). There are 3 LED indicators on the back side. LED functions are like below. 1. Power/GPS 2. Internet 3. Service The LTE antenna is located inside the Small cell H/W. One GPS Port is located on top view. Two LAN port are located on bottom view.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 Figure 6.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 3.2. Small Cell Installation Method Small Cell H/W support two mount options that Pole mount, Wall mount. For Pole mount option, it needs a Horse clamp to fix main body. 1. Pole mount and Horse Clamp Figure 7. Pole mounting 2. Wall mount Figure 8.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 3.3. System Configuration Operating system and LTE Protocol Stack operate by using Core Processor, DSP and Hardware Accelerator inside of SoC. Small Cell is configured using SoC that acts as the main processor and LTE HeNB. LTE Digital Signal flows from/to SoC and LTE signal is received and transmitted through RF Transfer, Amp and Antenna.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 Type 1 interface HNB to HNB Management System (HMS) Telecommunications 32.583 management; Home Node B (HNB) Operations, Administration, Maintenance and Provisioning (OAM&P); Procedure flows for Type 1 interface HNB to HNB Management System (HMS) 32.821 33.820 33.320 32.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 36.101 User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception 36.201 LTE; E-UTRAN; LTE Physical Layer; General Description 36.211 Physical Channels and Modulation 36.212 Multiplexing and Channel Coding 36.213 Physical Layer Procedures 36.300 E-UTRAN Overall Description 36.306 User Equipment (UE) radio access capabilities 36.321 E-UTRA Medium Access Control Protocol (MAC) Specification 36.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 VPLMN HPLMN CSG List Srv HSS C1 (OMA DM /OTA) S6a UE LTE-Uu S1-MME HeNB GW S1-MME HeNB MME S11 S-GW S1-U Figure 9. LTE Small Cell(HeNB) and HeNB GW, EPC Interface LTE Small Cell can be used to connect directly to the EPC as following figure without going through HeNB GW and it also supports S1-U, S1-MME interface defined in TS29.281 and TS36.413.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual 3.5. Version: 0.0. 3 Support Service LTE Small Cell supports below services. Data Call Service SMS, MMS Service Voice Call Service (VoLTE) 3.6. Synchronization LTE Small Cell supports synchronization using GPS, PTP/NTP and NL. 3.7. Handover Small Cell supports S1/X2 based handover defined in 3GPP TS 36.331, TS 36.413 and TS 36.413. The following figures show the handover procedures.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 Source eNB UE Target eNB HeNB GW Handover Preparation Stage S1AP Handover Required S1AP Handover Request S1AP Handover Request Acknowledge S1AP Handover Command Handover Execution Stage RRC Connection Reconfiguration S1AP eNB Status Transfer S1AP MME Status Transfer Handover Completion Stage S1AP Handover Notify S1AP UE Context Release Command S1AP UE Context Release Complete Figure 11.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 3.8. Scheduling Small Cell supports QoS scheduling (conforming to QCI priority, GBR and MBR for GBR bearer, UEAMBR for Non-GBR bearer) and PF (Proportional fairness) scheduling for Non-GBR bearer. 3.9. ANR (Automatic Neighbor Relation) Small Cell can automatically update for neighbor cell’s information such as Physical Cell ID, Cell Global ID, Tracking Area Code and etc.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 Figure 13. E-UTRAN Small Cell network configuration diagram with CBRS In CBSD – SAS interface, CBSD should send request messages according to the CBSD state. Following figure describes CBRS registration state. When CBSD is unregistered state, CBSD sends registration request message to register state which means CBSD can request grant. And CBSD can send deregistration message to deregister from the SAS. Figure 14.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 success response, grant status changes to “Authorized” and CBSD is ready to start service. CBSD should send Heartbeat request message sequentially to maintain authorized grant. And CBSD can send relinquishment message to remove grants. Figure 15. CBRS Granted State Diagram 3.10.2. Domain Proxy Domain Proxy supports aggregating CBSD messages in CBSD – SAS interface. Following figure describes CBSD – Domain proxy – SAS architecture.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 4. Product Specification Table 2. LTE Small Cell Specification Classification Band LTE Maximum Output Standard LTE Band 48 (CBRS, CA) CBRS Freq. : 3550MHz ~ 3700MHz • 12dBm/Path for 10MHzBW 15dBm/Path for 20MHzBW 10MHz, 20MHz Bandwidths CA: 10MHz+10MHz, 10MHz+20MHz, 20MHz+20MHz (contiguous/non-contiguous) Antenna Structure 4 Antennas (2 carrier, 2x2 MIMO) GPS Antenna Fc = 1575.42MHz, Gain < 2.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 5. Web Terminal 5.1. Operator UI The Operator UI is an OAM feature that operates on the web interface so that operators can access small cells. The purpose of the function is to enable easier allow operators to setup and check small cell without knowledge on architecture of small cell.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual 5.2.2. Version: 0.0. 3 Actual View Figure 18. UI View If an operator successfully logs in, the above figure will be displayed. The left side of the figure (blue) shows menu for accessing each view. On the right side of the figure (red), the operator can check HeNB’s status, and set parameters, and run device management commands. 5.3. How to Access 5.3.1.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 Figure 19-2. Operator UI Login 5.3.3. - Password Password Change Password can be changed in the ‘Account Management’ page. Figure 19-3. Change Password - Password Rules The password must conform to the following rules Must be at least 8 characters long. Must contain at least one alphabet letter. {a~z, A~Z} Must contain at least one special character. {~, !, @, #, $, %, ^, &, *, (, ), _, +} Must contain at least one number.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual 5.3.4. Version: 0.0. 3 Logout Here are three cases where a session is logged out. 1. When ‘Logout’ button on the header is clicked Figure 19-4. Operator UI Logout 2. When no command in Operator UI for 5 minutes 3. When a new session is logged in (Note that the existing session is immediately logged out.) 5.4. How to Use 5.4.1. Parameter Setting An example of changing the SyncSource explains how to set the parameters by Operator UI. 1.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 Figure 20-2. Sync Source Setting 4. Click ‘OK’ button in the popup window or ‘Reboot’ button on the header. Figure 20-3. popup window1 5. If changing target parameter needs reboot, system will popup window below. Click ‘OK’ button and femto will reboot. Figure 20-4. popup window2 5.4.2. Reboot You can run ‘Reboot’ using Operator UI. 1. Change Boot Side and Reboot Click ‘Firmware Update’ button on the menu.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 Figure 21-1. Change Boot side and Reboot menu 2. Select the boot side. 3. Click ‘Apply’ button. Figure 21-2. Select boot side 4. Click ‘OK’ button in the popup window. Figure 21-3. boot side popup 1. Immediate Reboot Click ‘Reboot’ button on the header. Figure 22-1. reboot button 2. Click ‘OK’ button in the popup window.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 Figure 22-2. reboot popup 5.4.3. 1. Factory Reset Click ‘Firmware Update’ button on the menu Figure 23-1. Factory reset menu 2. Click ‘Factory Reset’ button on ‘Firmware Version’ pane. Figure 23-2. Factory Reset button 5.4.4. 1.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 Figure 24-1. Log Manager 2. Set the log level from 0 to 5 for each log file and click ‘Apply’ button. Figure 24-2. Log Level 3. Click ‘Download Selected Files’ or ‘Download All Files’ button.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 Figure 24-3. Log Download 4. Check the files downloaded. Figure 24-4.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 6. CLI 6.1. Data Model Configuration You can confirm and change data model parameter. Enter the following command. - # idm oam The numbers after ‘OAM’ means firmware version of your device. Figure 25-1. ‘idm oam’ Command Move to the directory where the parameter which you want to change or confirm is located. For example, if you want to change ‘Device.ManagementServer.Username’ parameter, move to /Device/ManagementServer/ directory.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 Figure 25-3. Data Model Value Change using CLI - 2 You can exit idm oam using ‘exit’ command Figure 25-4. Exit CLI 6.2. HeNB Status Check You can check HeNB status using ‘status’ command. The status information which you can check is as follows. Figure 25-5.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 7. Firmware Update 7.1 Firmware Update Procedure You can update a firmware of the small cell by following the procedure below. 1. Click ‘Firmware Update’ button on the menu Figure 26-1. Firmware Update menu 2. Select a firmware file for small cell. 3. Click ‘Update’ button. Figure 26-2.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 Figure 26-3. Select firmware Image 4. Check the name of the updated firmware package. Figure 26-4.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 8. LED Operation 8.1 LED Operation Description and Scenario Normal Operation Status In normal operation status, all LED is displayed by Cyan LED. The LED operation scenario is as follows. Table 3.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 Alarm Status Alarms are grouped by their similarity and each alarm group is represented by the LED states. There are ten alarm groups to represent alarm status by LED. The alarm groups are classified in alphabetical order from Group A to J.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 Each alarm group is represented by the following LED states which uses Red LED to indicate there are raised alarms.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 FCC - statement This device complies with part 96. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Qucell 4G/LTE Small Cell System Manual Version: 0.0. 3 Professional installation instruction 1. Installation personal This product is designed for specific application and needs to be installed by a qualified personal who has RF and related rule knowledge. The general user shall not attempt to install or change the setting. 2.
