Contents

1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 1
1.1 Functions of the BBU3900 ............................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Appearance of the BBU3900 ........................................................................................................................... 1
1.3 Boards of the BBU3900 .................................................................................................................................... 2
2 Technical Specifications ........................................................................................................... 7
2.1 BBU3900 Capacity............................................................................................................................................ 7
2.2 BBU3900 Transmission Ports ........................................................................................................................... 7
2.3 Input Power ..................................................................................................................................................... 8
2.4 Equipment Specifications ................................................................................................................................ 8
2.5 Environment Specifications ............................................................................................................................. 9
3 Acronyms and Abbreviations ................................................................................................. 11

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Introduction
Functions of the BBU3900
The BBU3900 is a baseband control unit. It performs the following functions:
Performing signal interaction between the base station and the BSC or RNC
Providing the system clock
Managing the entire base station in terms of OM and signaling processing
Providing an OM channel for the connection to the LMT or M2000
Two BBU3900 cabinets can be stacked to expand the capacity.
Appearance of the BBU3900
The BBU3900 has a case structure. It can be installed in a 19-inch-wide and 2 U-high indoor
spaces or outdoor protective cabinet. Outdoor solution is applicable to outdoor scenarios
such as basement, balcony, corridor, and garage. Indoor solution is applicable to indoor
scenarios such as office and house. 0 shows the BBU3900.
BBU3900


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Boards of the BBU3900
The BBU3900 can be configured with the following boards:
o GSM Timing and Main control Unit (GTMU)
o WCDMA Main Processing Transmission unit (WMPT)
o LTE Main Processing Transmission unit (LMPT)
o WCDMA Baseband Processing unit (WBBP)
o LTE BaseBand Processing unit (LBBP)
o Universal Transmission Processing unit (UTRP)
o Universal Power and Environment Interface Unit (UPEU)
o Universal Environment Interface Unit (UEIU)
o Universal Satellite card and Clock Unit (USCU)
o Universal Baseband Radio Interference board (UBRI)
o FAN module
These boards support plug-and-play, and thus can be configured as required.
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Functions of the BBU3900 boards
Board Function
GTMU Performs OM functions such as configuration management, equipment
management, performance monitoring, signaling processing, and radio
resource management
Provides an OM channel for the connection to the OMC (LMT or M2000)
Provides a reference clock for the entire system
Provides four E1s, one FE electrical port, and one FE optical port
Provides six CPRI ports for the communication with RF modules
WMPT Performs OM functions such as configuration management, equipment
management, performance monitoring, signaling processing, radio
resources management, and active/standby switchover
Provides an OM channel for connection to the OMC (LMT or M2000)
Provides a reference clock for the entire system
Provides four E1s that support both ATM transport and IP transport
Provides one FE electrical port and one FE optical port. Both of them
support the IP transport.
LMPT Performs OM functions such as configuration management, equipment
management, performance monitoring, signaling processing, and radio
resources management
Provides an OM channel for the connection to the OMC (LMT or M2000)
Provides a reference clock for the entire system
Provides Ethernet optical ports for the connection to transmission devices or
gateway devices
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Board Function
WBBP WBBPb: providing three CPRI ports for the communication with RF
modules
WBBPd: providing six CPRI ports for the communication with RF modules
Processes uplink and downlink baseband signals
LBBP Provides six CPRI ports for the communication with RF modules
Processes uplink and downlink baseband signals
UTRP UTRP2: providing two FE/GE optical ports for Ethernet MAC layer functions
including sending and receiving Ethernet link data and MAC address
resolution
UTRP3: providing eight routes of ATM over E1s/T1s on which an ATM data
flow is inversely multiplexed and demultiplexed
UTRP4: providing eight routes of IP over E1s/T1s on which HDLC frames are
decapsulated and assembled, assignment and controlling 256 HDLC
timeslots
UTRPb4: providing four TDM E1s/T1s for the GSM mode, and providing
another four TDM E1s/T1s for transmission extension of another mode
during dual-mode transmission
UTRP6: providing one unchannelized STM-1/OC-3 port
UTRP9: providing four FE/GE electrical ports for the MAC layer and
physical layer functions of the Ethernet
UPEU Converts the -48 V DC or +24 V DC power input to the +12 V power input
Provides two ports with each transmitting one route of RS485 signals and
another two ports with each transmitting four routes of Boolean signals.
UEIU Provides two ports with each transmitting one route of RS485 signals and
another two ports with each transmitting four routes of Boolean signals
Transmits the information reported by the environment monitoring unit and
alarm information to the main control board
USCU Provides the input port for the external RGPS (such as reused devices), BITS
device, and TOD
USCUb1: providing a GPS-capable satellite card for time synchronization or
obtaining clock signals from transmission links
USCUb2: providing a dual-satellite card that supports both GPS and
GLONASS
UBRI Provides six CPRI ports for the communication with RF modules

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BBU3900 Board Configuration in Single Mode
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UMTS mode, and LTE mode respectively.
Typical board configuration of the BBU3900 in GSM mode


Typical board configuration of the BBU3900 in UMTS mode


Typical board configuration of the BBU3900 in LTE mode


BBU3900 Board Configuration in Dual Mode
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dual mode, GSM+LTE dual mode, and UMTS+LTE dual mode respectively.
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Typical board configuration of the BBU3900 in GSM+UMTS dual mode

Typical board configuration of the BBU3900 in GSM+LTE dual mode


Typical board configuration of the BBU3900 in UMTS+LTE dual mode


BBU3900 Board Configuration in Triple Mode
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mode.
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Typical board configuration of the BBU3900 in GSM+UMTS-LTE triple mode



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Technical Specifications
BBU3900 Capacity
BBU3900 capacity
Mode Capacity
GSM S24/24/24
UMTS S8/8/8 (1,536 CEs in the UL and 1,536 CEs + 15 24 HSDPA codes in
the DL)
GSM+UMTS GSM S24/24/24 + UMTS S8/8/8 (1,536 CEs in the UL and 1,536 CEs +
15 24 HSDPA codes in the DL)
LTE 42 MIMO: 6 cells(5MHz/10MHz/15 MHz/20MHz)
22 MIMO: 12 cells(5MHz/10MHz/15 MHz/20MHz)

BBU3900 Transmission Ports
BBU3900 transmission ports
Mode Transmission Ports
GSM GTMU 4 E1s/T1s, 1 FE electrical port, 1 FE optical port
UTRPb4 8 E1s/T1s (UTRPb4 and GTMU totally support 8 E1s/T1s)
GSM+UMTS WMPT 4 E1s/T1s, 1 FE electrical port, 1 FE optical port
GTMU 4 E1s/T1s, 1 FE electrical port, 1 FE optical port
UTRP2 2 FE/GE optical ports
UL DL/UL
Boards NodeB Type DC-HSPA 64QAM MIMO MIMO+64QAM DC-HSPA+64QAM 16QAM LTE
EDLP NodeB - 3812E NA NA
EULP NodeB - 3812E NA NA NA NA NA NA
EBBC NodeB - 3800/3801C NA NA
EULPd NodeB - 3812E NA NA NA NA NA NA
EBBCd NodeB - 3800/3801C NA
WBBPb NodeB - 3900 NA
WBBPd NodeB - 3900 NA
LBBP NodeB - 3900 NA NA NA NA NA NA
DL
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Mode Transmission Ports
UTRP3 8 E1s/T1s
UTRP4 8 E1s/T1s
UTRPb4 8 E1s/T1s (UTRPb4 and GTMU totally support 8 E1s/T1s)
UTRP6 1 STM-1/OC-3 port
UTRP9 4 FE/GE electrical ports
UMTS WMPT 4 E1s/T1s, 1 FE electrical port, 1 FE optical port
UTRP2 2 FE/GE optical ports
UTRP3 8 E1s/T1s
UTRP4 8 E1s/T1s
UTRP6 1 STM-1/OC-3 port
UTRP9 4 FE/GE electrical ports
LTE LMPT 2 FE/GE electrical ports
2 FE/GE optical ports
1 FE/GE electrical port + 1 FE/GE optical port
Input Power
Input power
Item Specification
Input power 48 V DC; voltage range: 38.4 V DC to 57 V DC

Equipment Specifications
Equipment specifications
Item Specification
Dimension (H x W x D ) 86 mm 442mm 310 mm
Weight BBU3900 12 kg (in full configuration)
BBU3900 7 kg (in typical configuration)
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Environment Specifications
Environment specifications
Item Specification
Operating temperature

20C to +55C

Relative humidity

5% RH to 95% RH
Protection rating IP20
Signaling Storm
With increased application of intelligent terminals on the networks and application of high-
end services (such as Push Mail of RIM), networks face increasing signaling load. Potential
application services of intelligent terminals may bring additional bursting signaling that may
crash networks. The signaling plane handles RM/NBAP messages. In a 3900 NodeB, the
WMPT CPU handles CNBAP messages, namely, all Iub singling and resource allocation,
including SCTP signaling. The WBBP handles the DNBAP messages.
After two or more baseband boards are configured for a 3900 NodeB, the control board
becomes the bottleneck for signaling processing capability. Add the UTRP to divide the
processing tasks on the transmission control panel of the main control board. This
improves the signaling processing capability of the BBU.
Configuration NBAP RAN12.0 NBAP RAN13.0
WBBP+1*WBBP 55 60
WBBP+2*WBBP 110 120
WBBP+3*WBBP 130 170
WBBP+4*WBBP 130 170
UTRP+WBBP+1*WBBP 55 60
UTRP+WBBP+2*WBBP 110 120
UTRP+WBBP+3*WBBP 165 180
UTRP+WBBP+4*WBBP 200 240


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When multiple baseband boards form an UL resource group, the algorithm automatically
adjust the signaling processing load between different boards in the resource group. If
baseband boards from multiple resource groups, the algorithm cannot adjust the load
between resource groups in versions earlier than RAN13.0 released in September of 2011.
The load must be adjusted manually to reach a balance between resource groups. If the load
is not adjusted, the processing capability of the entire NodeB cannot meet the specifications
because the processing capability of resource groups cannot be fully used. The signaling
processing load is automatically adjusted from versions later than RAN13.0.
The enhanced feature of quick hibernation (WRFD 020500) is introduced. After the
RNC receives the signaling connection release indication (SCRI) of the UE, or the UE
inactivity timer times out, change the UE status to the CELL/URA_PCH status (not the
IDLE status in the traditional quick hibernation system) to reduce the signaling traffic
between the NodeB and RNC.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
Abbreviation Full Name
BBU Baseband Unit
CE Channel Elements
CPRI Common Public Radio Interface
DL Downlink
FE Fast Ethernet
GPS Global Positioning System
GTMU GSM Timing and Main control Unit
HSDPA High Speed Downlink Packet Access
LBBP LTE BaseBand Processing unit
LMPT LTE Main Processing Transmission unit
LMT Local Maintenance Terminal
LTE Long Term Evolution
MIMO Multi-input and Multi-output
OM Operation and Maintenance
RNC Radio Network Controller
STM-1 Synchronous Transport Mode-1
UBRI Universal Baseband Radio Interference board
UCIU Universal Cascaded Interface Unit
UEIU Universal Environment Interface Unit
UL Uplink
UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UPEU Universal Power and Environment Interface Unit
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Abbreviation Full Name
USCU Universal Satellite card and Clock Unit
UTRP Universal Transmission Processing unit
WBBP WCDMA Baseband Processing unit
WMPT WCDMA Main Processing Transmission unit