RBS Overview

For an overview of the RBS cabinet and the RBS-TMR cabinet, refer to RBS Description.

3.1 Overview of the Cable Inlets

This section provides an overview of cable inlets for the RBS and the RBS-TMR.

3.1.1 RBS Cable Inlets

There are five variants of bottom plates with cable inlets. Table 2 shows which variant to
use according to the RBS configuration.

Table 2 Bottom Plate Variants

RBS Configurations No. of RUs No. of Variant

RRUs/AIR
Units
RBS with Internal Radios 1-6 0 Variant 1
Variant 2
RBS with Internal and External 1-6 1-3 Variant 2
Radios 1-3 1-6 Variant 3
RBS with External Radios 0 1-9 Variant 4
RBS with External Radios and 0 1-6 Variant 5
MINI-LINK TN 20p

Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4, and Figure 5 show the different bottom plates.

Table 3, Table 4, Table 5, Table 6, and Table 7 describe the cable inlets of the bottom
plates.
Figure 1 Cable Inlets, Variant 1

Table 3 Cable Inlets, Variant 1

Position Description Comments

A DC connection, including temperature -48 V DC
sensor connection
B AC cable inlet
C RF cable inlet (antenna)
D TM cable inlet Two large inlets for optical cable
Two small inlets for coaxial cable
E TM cable inlet
Co-site cable inlet
F OVP cable inlet, GPS receiver cable Including GPS receiver unit, external
inlet alarms, and transmission.
Figure 2 Cable Inlets, Variant 2

Table 4 Cable Inlets, Variant 2

Position Description Comments

A DC connection, including temperature -48 V DC
sensor connection
B AC cable inlet
C RF cable inlet (antenna)
D TM cable inlet Two large inlets for optical cable
Two small inlets for coaxial cable
E TM cable inlet
Co-site cable inlet
F OVP cable inlet Small inlets
SPD cable inlet Large inlets
Figure 3 Cable Inlets, Variant 3

Table 5 Cable Inlets, Variant 3

Position Description Comments

A DC connection, including temperature -48 V DC
sensor connection
B AC cable inlet
C RF cable inlet (antenna)
D Optical cable inlet
E TM cable inlet
Co-site cable inlet
F OVP cable inlet Small inlets
SPD cable inlet Large inlets
G OVP cable inlet Small inlets
Figure 4 Cable Inlets, Variant 4

Table 6 Cable Inlets, Variant 4

Position Description Comments

A DC connection, including temperature -48 V DC
sensor connection
B AC cable inlet
C Optical cable inlet
D TM cable inlet
E TM cable inlet
Co-site cable inlet
SPD cable inlet
F OVP cable inlet Small inlets
Figure 5 Cable Inlets, Variant 5

Table 7 Cable Inlets, Variant 5

Position Description Comments

A DC connection, including temperature sensor connection -48 V DC
B AC cable inlet
C Optical cable inlet
D TM cable inlet
E SPD cable inlet (DC cable outlet -48 V DC)
F TM cable inlet
G OVP cable inlet Small inlets
SPD cable inlet (DC cable outlet -48 V DC) Large inlets

3.1.2 RBS-TMR Cable Inlets

Figure 6 shows the cable inlets in the RBS-TMR, and Table 8 lists them.
Figure 6 Cable Inlets in RBS-TMR

Table 8 Cable Inlets in RBS-TMR

Pos. Comment
A DC connection, including temperature sensor connection
B AC cable inlet
C Power cable outlets
D TM cable inlets
E TM cable inlets