Data Sheet

Huawei DBS3900 LTE

An Innovative Way for Site Deployment
With the expedition of mobile communications competition and the appearance of new radio technology, the wireless network
construction mode has totally changed. To better meet operators’ for quick, economical, and high-quality network construction,
Huawei incorporated the design of separated base unit and RF unit for the base station, and launched the innovative DBS3900 for
LTE, a distributed base station solution for outdoor application.

Flexible Installation and Saving
CAPEX for Operators
The DBS3900 LTE is compact, light,
and easy to transport, and it also
supports distributed installation, thus
reducing large scale construction
engineering and saving the CAPEX.
The BBU3900 can be installed on an
indoor wall or in a standard cabinet.
This reduces unnecessary installation
investment. Through CPRI-based
optical cable connection to the BBU,
the RRU can be mounted to a pole,
tower, or concrete wall. Flexible
installation location and low space
requirements reduce site lease costs.
The RRU can be installed close to the
antenna system in order to reduce the
cost of feeders and power
consumption.
High Efficiency and Low Power
Consumption
With Huawei’s innovative high
efficiency enhanced PA technology,
the DBS3900 LTE has a typical power
consumption of less than 800W,
which is only 50% of other macro
base stations. For 1000 sites per year,
over 1 million dollars can be saved,
and its CO2 emission can be reduced,
as well as a huge amount of
air-conditioner cost, which in turn
indicates a considerable reduction in
operators’ OPEX.
Cost-effectiveness with the
BBU shared by 2G/3G
The DBS3900 LTE provides a
future-proof solution since the BBU
can support legacy 2G/3G network by
simply adding a suitable base band
board, and connecting with a 2G/3G
RRU if operating in a different
spectrum. This ensures an
outstanding protection for the
operators’ investment. The DBS3900
LTE also supports RAN sharing by
which different operators can share
the RAN network, thus reducing
CAPEX.
Enhanced SON Functionality
The DBS3900 LTE can automatically
obtain connection parameters,
download software, configure data,
conduct tests, and upload information
to the EMS. This requires less
preparation for data configuration and
reduces manual handling during site
startup. Therefore, the OPEX can be
minimized. It can also automatically
maintain the integrity and validity of
the neighboring cell list by
automatically detecting missing
neighboring cells and evaluating the
neighboring cell relationships. This
increases the handover success rate
and reduces the cost of network
planning and optimization.
Comprehensive IP Transport
All-IP transport is supported and a
wide variety of transmission ports are
supported, such as FE/GE electrical
ports, FE/GE optical ports, and E1/T1
ports. Multiple QoS mechanisms are
adopted to guarantee the
transmission QoS, thus providing
highest capacity, implementing
differentiated services, and meeting
QoS requirements of services.

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Key Specifications of the DBS3900 LTE

BBU RRU

Optical Cable

Huawei DBS3900 LTE System Architecture

Technical Specification

Frequency Band 700MHz, 850MHz, 1900MHz, 1.7/2.1GHz, 2.6GHz

Channel Bandwidth 1.4MHz, 3MHz, 5MHz, 10MHz, 15MHz, 20MHz

Multi-Antenna Technology MIMO (2x2, 4x2), Tx/Rx diversity

Maximum Output Power RRU: 2x40W, with scaled back options to 2x10W, 2x20W or 2x30W

BBU: 86 mm x 442 mm x 310 mm (3.4” x 17.5” x 12.2”)

Dimensions (H x W xD)
RRU: 485 mm x 285 mm x 170 mm (19.1” x 11.3” x 6.7”)
BBU: < 12 kg (26.5 lb)
Weight
RRU: < 19 kg (41.9 lb)

Typical Power Consumption < 800W (S1/1/1)

Input Power Option -48V DC

BBU: –20°C to +55°C (-4ºF to +131ºF)

Working Temperature
RRU: –40°C to +55°C (-40ºF to +131ºF)

Transmission 2 FE/GE optical ports, 2 FE/GE electrical ports, E1/T1 ports (optional)

Clock Synchronization Option Ethernet (ITU-T G.8261), GPS, IEEE1588v2, Clock over IP

Abbreviation
BBU Base Band control Unit RF Radio Frequency
DBS Distributed Base Station RRU Remote Radio Unit
CPRI Common Public Radio Interface 2G Second Generation
EMS Element Management System 3G Third Generation
CAPEX Capital Expenditure LTE Long Term Evolution
OPEX Operational Expenditure SON Self Organizing Network

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