Mosaic Testing Guidelines

Mosaic

Testing Guidelines
Consolidation/Infill sites

Author: Aidan Byrne

Team: Design & Build
Date Created: 06th January 2015
Version: 5.3

Contents
1.

2.

Mosaic Testing Guidelines

Document History................................................................................................................ 3
1.1

Document Location........................................................................................................ 3

1.2

Revision History............................................................................................................. 3

Purpose................................................................................................................................ 4
2.1

Changes......................................................................................................................... 4

3.

Changes to Spectrums......................................................................................................... 5

4.

Test to be carried out........................................................................................................... 6

4.1

Radio Logical Share Tests........................................................................................... 6

4.2

Tests of the system when Introducing Hardware........................................................6

4.3

Re-terminated feeders Tests....................................................................................... 7

4.4

Three Installation feeder Tests..................................................................................7

5.

Examples of tests to be captured........................................................................................ 8

6.

Feeder Attenuation and Velocity Factor................................................................................9

7.

Plot/Documentation labelling Convention............................................................................ 9

8.

Summary............................................................................................................................. 9

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1. Document History
1.1

Document Location

TBC

1.2

Revision History

Revision Date:

6th January 2015

Date;
28/10/2011
18/11/2011

Summary of Changes;
1st Draft
2nd Draft i) Inclusion of ASC in SRL tests ii) New limit
line introduced iii) Extension of Markers to cover full
900 band width iv) Inclusion of Markers on UMTS SRL
tests v) Additional tests incorporated in Guidelines
Version 2 Reduction of Tests to be carried

24/04/2012
24/04/2012

24/04/2012

08/05/2012

Next Revision Date: 6th January 2016

Changes Marked;
New Document
Changes to
Spectrum
Tests to be carried
out
Tests to be carried
out
Version 3 i) Introduction of Air Cavity Combiners into Tests to be carried
Tests to be carried out ii) Additional examples included out
Examples
Version 4 Labelling convention Change
Plot/Documentatio
n Labelling
Convention
Version 4.1 Typo changed on 900 Uplinks Band
Changes to
Spectrum

31/05/2012

Version 5 i) Entire Document Revision Introduction

of Table of Contents ii) Introduction of Document
History iii) Additional tests for 900 Cavity Combiners

12/06/2012

Version 5.1 Inclusion of both O2 and MMC uplink and

downlink frequency bands for testing through the 900
ports of cavity combiners SRL tests only
Version 5.2 i) Inclusion of LTE 800, U/GSM 900,
LTE/GSM 1800 frequency changes as per spectrum
allocation from 2013 re-farm
ii)Removal of table 3 (section 3.0)
Version 5.3 Inclusion of Three Ireland testing
procedures

14/06/2013

06/01/2015

Throughout
Document
Section 1.
Section 4.2
Section 5
(Examples of 4.2)
Section 2.1.1
Section 3 Table 3
Section 3.0

Throughout
Document

06/01/2015

Changes will include the revised SRL Limit values

Section 2.1

06/01/2015

Changes extension of the U/GSM 900 and UMTS

spectrums to incorporate Threes limit values for the
Sitemaster setup (marked) and inclusion of Threes
LTE/GSM 1800 UL & DL values

Section 3.0

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06/10/2015

Inclusion of Test to be carried out during a Three new

install

Section 4.4

2. Purpose
The purpose of this document is to highlight minor changes and streamline the testing
procedure for all Consolidation/Infill sites been built across each Operators Network. This
revised testing guideline will cover the required spectrums that each Operator uses. And
capture the same information previously delivered using each operator respective Testing
Specification.

2.1 Changes
Test engineers should revert back to the guidelines provided by each operator as both Testing
Specifications are very similar for the tests being carried out on sites going forward. However,
some changes have been made to System tests going forward and are as follows;

2.1.1 The ASC/WTMA will not be included in the SRL testing for Meteor Only with
the inclusion of all markers as per the uplink and downlink bands below in
Table 2. For sites that have cavity combiners as part of the system separate
SRL tests are required for both O2, and MMC and H3GI given the uplink &
downlink frequencies o indicatedn below in table 3.
2.1.2 Limits are defined in new MOSAIC rigging test sheet.The limit for Meteor
Only SRL test on UMTS will now be 15.5dB the value determined within the
Downlink (Tx) band only is required.

2.1.3 The limit for all other SRL tests across the full bandwidth spectrums will now
be 14dB

2.1.4 The labelling convention for all stored plots and documentation are to be
A, B, C convention.

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3. Changes to Spectrums
3.1
When setting up the Site Master for testing whichever band in question simply extend
the lower and higher limits to take in all threeboth operators spectrum as shown in Table 1
below.
LTE 800 MHz

786 857 MHz

U/GSM 900 MHz

875 965 MHz

LTE/GSM 1800 MHz

1705 1885 MHz

UMTS

19100 2180 MHz

Table 1

For the full system test i.e. SRL simply extend the Markers on both the Uplink and
Downlink bands for LTE 800, U/GSM 900, LTE/GSM 1800 as shown in Table 2 below.
*For SRL tests on the LTE/GSM 1800, separate tests are to be carried out showing the
specific uplink and downlink bands assigned to each operator
For UMTS, theThe ASC/WTMA will notw be included in the SRL test with the inclusions of
markers 1, 2, 3 & 4 as per the uplink and downlink bands also in Table 2 below.
Uplink (Rx)

Downlink (Tx)

LTE 800 MHz

791 811 MHz

832 852 MHz

U/GSM 900 MHz

880 915 MHz

925 960 MHz

1750 -1770 MHz

1845 1865 MHz

1710 1725 MHz

1805 1820 MHz

17765 1785 MHz

18650 1880 MHz

*LTE/GSM 1800MHz
(THREE ONLY)
*LTE/GSM 1800 MHz
(O2 ONLY)
*LTE/GSM 1800 MHz
(MMC ONLY)
UMTS

1920 - 1980 MHz

2110 -2170 MHz

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Table 2

Use the specific ports assigned for tests through the 900 ports of cavity combiners for
both O2 and MMC and H3GIas these are operator band specific assigned frequencies.

4. Test to be carried out

The tests required from each installation will be determined on whether the antenna
system is been interfered with or not or whether it is anew installation as with the
current Three rollout on Infill and NRA sites.
4.1

Radio Logical Share Tests

When installing a Radio Logical share solution and not interfering with the Antenna
system one SRL sweep of each Antenna line System is sufficient given the steps on
page 2 are followed.
SRL
System Return Loss to Antenna (ASC/WTMA not
included (MMC Only) for UMTS systems)

4.2

Tests of the system when Introducing Hardware

When carrying out the following on a system;
a) Replacing antennas
b) introducing Air Cavity Combiners
c) ASC/WTMA swap out (faulty) or upgrade
The following system tests should be carried out prior to work on the system to
determine the status of the system pre-works. See below the test to be carried out
when this is the case.

PRE-SRL
System Return Loss to Antenna (ASC/WTMA
included (MMC Only) for UMTS systems)

not

Once all works is carried out 1 SRL sweep of each Antenna line System is sufficient
to determine the status of the system. See below the test to be carried out when
this is the case.
SRL
System Return Loss to Antenna (ASC/WTMA not
included (MMC Only) for UMTS systems)

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*When testing through the 900 ports of a Cavity Combiner separate SRL test for
both O2, and MMC and H3GI will be required. Markers must be set as per the values
on Table 21 above to each operators specific Uplink and Downlink band. Then
marker 5 peaked between 1 & 2, marker 6 peaked between 3 & 4. Markers for H3GI
and peak to be added. These additional test are only required when testing
900cavity combiners. See below the test to be carried out when this is the case.

*SRLO2
System Return Loss to Antenna (900 System with
Cavity Combiners) (Ref; Table 2)
*SRLMMC
System Return Loss to Antenna (900 System with
Cavity Combiners) (Ref; Table 2)

4.3

Re-terminated feeders Tests

When the feeders on a system are re-terminated the following system tests should
be carried out prior to work on the system
PRE-SRL
System Return
included (MMC Only) for UMTS systems)

Loss

to

Antenna

(ASC/WTMA

not

Once all works is carried out the following tests must be carried out
MFRLL*

Main Feeder Return Loss to Load (Main feeder only)

*This test is only required when antenna works is been carried out on
site in conjunction with the re-termination on the feeder at ground
level.
SRL
System Return Loss to Antenna (ASC/WTMA not
included (MMC Only) for UMTS systems)

4.4

Three Installation feeder Tests

When carrying out new Three installations following system tests should be carried out
post installation. All data captured in the tests below will allow full completion of the Rigging
Acceptance Document which will replace the previous VC4 form.
DTFL

Distance to Fault to Load

To get main feeder lengths

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Main Feeder Short Circuit

To get loss of main feeder only, calculated tail losses will be added in
spreadsheet
SRLBYP

System Return Loss Bypass TMA

Return loss on all paths through diplexers/combiners up to the antenna

ports but physical by pass the TMA

5. Examples of tests to be captured

Example for point 4.1
For a Radio logical share solution while not interfering with the antenna system based
on a three sector site a total of 1 test per cable, per technology band
(800/900/1800/UMTS) total - 6 SRL tests (12 for dual-band or 18 tests for a tri-band site
or 24 for four band site) are to be carried out.
Example for point 4.2
If antennas are to be replaced or additional hardware are introduced to the system and
based on a three sector site a total of 2 tests per cable, per technology
band( 800/900/1800/2100LTE/GSM/UMTS) 1 pre-test, 1 post-works test total 2 tests per
cable (12 tests for single technology, 24 tests for dual-band, and 36 tests for tri-band
ad 48 for four bands) are to be carried out.
*When Testing through the 900 ports of a Cavity Combiner separate SRL test for O2,
and MMC and H3G are required to be carried out, thus adding a total of 96 tests per
three sector site (for 900 onlyexample) (Ref; Table 2).
Example for point 4.3
If the feeders on the system are re-terminated and there is antenna works been carried
out based on a three sector site a total of 3 tests per cable, per bandtechnology
(LTE/GSM/UMTS800/900/1800/2100) 1 pre-test, 2 post-works test total 3 tests per
cable (18 tests for single technology, 36 tests for dual-band, and 54 tests for tri-band,
72 for four band) are to be carried out.

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If no antenna works is been carried out then 2 tests per cable, per technology
(900/1800/UMTS) 1 pre-test, 1 post-works test total 2 tests per cable (12 tests for
single technology, 24 tests for dual-band and 36 tests for tri-band) are to be carried
out.
Example for point 4.4
Where troubleshooting is required because of poor test results make sure to eliminate
the possibility of Vodafone antennas in close proximity or adjacent to installed
antennas. Each operators spectrum would need to be specifically tested and not across
the full bandwidth spectrum which includes Vodafones spectrum (Excludes LTE 800
spectrum).

6. Feeder Attenuation and Velocity Factor

The host site cable type will determine the feeder cable attenuation and velocity factors that
will entered into the Site Master database. These values can be obtained from each Operators
Testing Specifications.

7. Plot/Documentation labelling Convention

All stored plots and documentation are now to be A, B, C convention as opposed to 0, 1, 2 or
1, 2, 3. (Feeder labelling on site will remain as per the host convention down to the Air Cavity
Combiner then guest labelling convention will be used on the jumpers from the Air Cavity
Combiner to RBS)

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Always investigate if test results are borderline, even marginal passes. All new
systems should clearly pass, if not then theres something wrong.

Dont just walk away and expect it to be OK!

Any
queries
about
the
use
of
these
richard.doyle@mosaicnet.ie or call 086 8148346

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