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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS);
UTRAN Iuant interface: Layer 1
(3GPP TS 25.461 version 15.3.0 Release 15)
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RTS/TSGR-0325461vf30
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Foreword
This Technical Specification (TS) has been produced by ETSI 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
The present document may refer to technical specifications or reports using their 3GPP identities, UMTS identities or
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Modal verbs terminology
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Foreword . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 References . 5
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 5
3.1 Definitions . 5
3.2 Abbreviations . 5
4 Iuant layer 1 . 6
4.1 General . 6
4.2 RS485 option . 7
4.3 Modem option . 7
4.3.1 Interference with existing systems . 9
4.3.1.1 Carrier frequency and frequency stability . 9
4.3.1.2 Modem isolation and modem emissions . 9
4.3.1.3 Modem intermodulation attenuation . 10
4.3.2 Recovery time . 10
4.3.3 Impedance . 10
4.3.4 Modulator characteristics . 11
4.3.4.1 Levels . 11
4.3.4.2 Spectrum emission mask . 11
4.3.5 Demodulator characteristics. 11
4.3.6 Duty cycle variation . 11
4.3.7 Operating bands . 12
4.3.8 Time delay and accuracy . 12
4.3.9 Insertion Loss. 12
4.3.10 DC port isolation . 13
4.3.11 RET control unit spurious emission . 13
4.3.12 Control unit spurious emission . 13
4.4 DC power supply . 13
4.4.1 Power consumption. 13
4.4.2 Conducted emission . 14
4.4.3 Power-up characteristics . 14
Annex A (normative): Test procedures . 15
Annex B (informative): Change history . 16
History . 19
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Foreword
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1 Scope
The present document specifies the standards allowed to implement layer 1 on the Iuant interface.
The specification of transmission delay requirements and O&M requirements are not in the scope of the present
document.
2 References
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present
document.
● References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or
non-specific.
● For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
● For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including
a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same
Release as the present document.
[1] 3GPP TS 25.462: "UTRAN Iuant interface: Signalling transport".
[2] ISO/IEC 8482 (1993-12): "Information technology - Telecommunications and information
exchange between systems - Twisted pair multipoint interconnections".
[3] TIA/EIA TSB89: "Application guidelines for TIA/EIA-485-A".
[4] 3GPP TS 25.101: "Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; User Equipment (UE)
radio transmission and reception (FDD)"
[5] 3GPP TS 36.101: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); User Equipment (UE)
radio transmission and reception"
[6] 3GPP TS 38.101: "NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception (FDD)"
3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply:
On-Off-Keying: A modulation system in which a carrier is switched between two states, ON and OFF.
Common feeder cable: Feeder cable where some antenna line devices (e.g. RET, TMA) are connected via the same
feeder cable.
3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
BS Base Station
DC Direct Current
DL Downlink
FDD Frequency Division Duplex
ISB Idle-State Biasing
OOK On-Off-Keying
RET Remote Electrical Tilting
RF Radio Frequency
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TMA Tower Mounted Amplifier
UE User Equipment
UL Uplink
UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UTRA UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access
4 Iuant layer 1
4.1 General
There are two layer 1 options:
- RS485 option: A screened multicore cable, which supports a conventional RS485 serial multi-drop bus.
- Modem option: A connection to a RET and/or a TMA control unit by way of a coaxial cable which is shared
with DC supply and RF signals.
Both layer 1 options support the connection of two-way serial data and DC power to the RET and/or TMA antenna
device.
At least one of these two layer 1 options shall be supported.
The default data rate for both layer 1 options shall be 9.6 kbps. Higher data rates of 38.4 kbps for both layer 1 options
and 115.2 kbps only for the RS485 layer 1 option may optionally be supported. Each unit communicates on one of the
three data rates, but different units on the same interface may use different data rates.
After a reset, a secondary device shall alternate between supported data rates. When alternating between data rates, the
data rate shall be held constant for 300 ms. After every correctly received device scan command (see TS 25.462 [1])
independent of whether it matches or not, at one of the supported data rates, that data rate shall be held constant for 1.5
seconds. After successful reception of an address assignment frame, the secondary device shall use that data rate until it
is reset.
Data rates:
- 9.6 kbps ± 3 %
- 38.4 kbps ± 3 %
- 115.2 kbps ± 3 %
The format of the data octet shall be as shown in figure 4.1.1:
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V –V
b a
Idle Idle
Logical 1
Carrier Off
Time
Logical 0
Carrier On
Least significant bit Stop bit (1)
Startbit (0) Most significant bit
Figure 4.1.1: Format and order of transmitted data
4.2 RS485 option
This option is constituted by a two wire bi-directional multi-drop configuration conforming to ISO/IEC 8482 [2]. The
mapping of mark/space to logical one and zero as referred to in ISO/IEC 8482 [2] shall be according to figure 4.1.1.
The use of ISB, also called idle-line failsafe in TIA/EIA TSB89 [3], is mandatory. The bias voltages shall be applied
only by the primary device to any separate RS485 bus. The polarity of the idle-state bias is defined as a transmitted 1.
The RS485 transmitter shall be set to drive the bus before the first start bit is sent and held active until the last stop bit is
sent. The RS485 transmitter shall stop driving the bus within 20 bit-times after the last stop bit is sent.
If an antenna modem is used ISB shall be implemented by the antenna modem.
4.3 Modem option
The connection to a RET and/or a TMA control unit by way of a coaxial cable which is shared with DC supply and RF
signals is provided by two modems, a BS modem and an antenna modem. The BS modem shall be either connected to
the antenna connector of the BS or integrated in the BS. It provides signal transmission to the antenna modem and
signal reception from the antenna modem over the antenna feeder cable. The antenna modem is located between the
antenna feeder cable and the antenna. Modem configurations and reference points for modem characteristics are
specified in figure 4.3.1 and figure 4.3.2. Unless otherwise stated, requirements in this section apply to both BS modem
and antenna modem.
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Reference point 4
Control data
Antenna modem
DC power
Reference point 3
Reference point 5
Iuant Antenna feeder cable
Reference point 2
Control data
BS modem
DC power
Reference point 1
(BS antenna connector)
Reference point 6
BS without
BS modem
Reference point 6, DC power to the BS modem,
is optional and does not exist if the BS modem
has integrated power supply.
Figure 4.3.1: Modem configuration and modem reference points for a BS without BS modem
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Reference point 4
Control data
Antenna modem
DC power
Reference point 3
Reference point 5
Iuant Antenna feeder cable
Reference point 2
(BS antenna connector)
BS
with integrated BS
modem
Figure 4.3.2: Modem configuration and modem reference points for
a BS with integrated BS modem
4.3.1 Interference with existing systems
The modem circuit shall be capable of managing its transmitting characteristic according to subclause 4.3.5.
4.3.1.1 Carrier frequency and frequency
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