User's Manual

Uniwave UniTransport System Setup

User Manual

The Transport Module is visually similar to an Optical Module, but with internal hardware differences to

permit it to also perform the job of a Service Module. It is not interchangeable with an Optical Module.

A pair of Transport Modules is required to create a UniTransport link.

From a software perspective, any permutation of Service Module and Transport

Module may be fitted to the input slots of a Primary Hub, and any permutation of

Optical Module and Transport Module may be fitted to the output slots of a

UniTransport Hub.

From an RF perspective, note that the uplink performance as seen by any one

Base-Station is inversely proportional to the number of Remote Units that it is

connected to – a UniTransport system needs to be designed and planned just

like any other DAS.

12.2 Configuration of UniTransport Hub

As with all Primary Hubs, up to 4 Services are connected through Service

Modules in the rear slots and their levels are adjusted according to the required relative levels and the

expected absolute levels. The UniTransport Hub is capable of grouping the input services through a

switch matrix and routing some or all to the outgoing Transport Modules in the front Optical slots. These

controls on the System Setup page are configured as normal.

The right-hand side of the System Setup view shows a list of connected downstream Primary Hubs, as

well as the usual list of Remote Units, if any are connected.

The key difference between a directly-connected Remote Unit and one connected via a downstream

Primary Hub is that the gain budget is now split into two parts. There might be a need for 20dB gain

between a service input and each Remote Unit output, and to reach the overall link target, both the

UniTransport Hub and the downstream Primary Hub need gain settings that add up to 20dB. To make

it as simple as possible, the hub software calculates all the settings from your input of the power level

that is to be sent over the fiber.