ALFOplus80HD

Access Link Full Outdoor

User manual
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Contents
Section 1.
USER GUIDE 5
1 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY ............................................................................... 5
2 FIRST AID FOR ELECTRICAL SHOCK AND SAFETY RULES .......................................... 6
2.1 FIRST AID FOR ELECTRICAL SHOCK..................................................................... 6
2.1.1 Artificial respiration.................................................................................. 6
2.1.2 Treatment of burns .................................................................................. 6
2.2 SAFETY RULES .................................................................................................. 7
2.3 CORRECT DISPOSAL OF THIS PRODUCT (WASTE ELECTRICAL &
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT) .................................................................................. 9
3 PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE OF THE MANUAL............................................................10
3.1 PURPOSE OF THE MANUAL.................................................................................10
3.2 AUDIENCE BASIC KNOWLEDGE ..........................................................................10
3.3 STRUCTURE OF THE MANUAL .............................................................................10
Section 2.
DESCRIPTIONS AND SPECIFICATION 13
4 ABBREVIATION LIST................................................................................................13
4.1 ABBREVIATION LIST .........................................................................................13
5 SYSTEM PRESENTATION ..........................................................................................15
5.1 GENERAL.........................................................................................................15
5.2 APPLICATIONS.................................................................................................15
5.2.1 Functionality ..........................................................................................16
5.3 PROGRAMMABILITY ..........................................................................................16
5.3.1 Software................................................................................................17
6 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ....................................................................................20
6.1 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ..............................................................................20
6.2 MAIN CHARACTERISTICS...................................................................................20
6.2.1 Available frequency.................................................................................20
6.2.2 Transmitter characteristics .......................................................................21
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6.2.3 Receiver characteristics ...........................................................................23
6.2.4 Adaptive modulation ...............................................................................25
6.3 LINE INTERFACE CHARACTERISTICS...................................................................25
6.3.1 Ethernet electrical interface characteristics .................................................26
6.3.2 Ethernet optical interface characteristics ....................................................27
6.4 POWER SUPPLY AND CABLE ...............................................................................27
6.5 WAVEGUIDE FLANGE ........................................................................................28
6.6 MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS........................................................................28
6.7 SURGE AND LIGHTNING PROTECTION.................................................................28
6.8 ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ..........................................................................29
7 EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................30
7.1 GENERAL.........................................................................................................30
7.1.1 Block diagram........................................................................................30
7.1.2 Baseband processor ................................................................................33
7.1.3 RF Transceiver unit .................................................................................33
7.1.4 Ethernet switch ......................................................................................33
7.1.5 Synchronisation unit (SETS) .....................................................................33
7.1.6 Adaptive code modulation ........................................................................34
7.1.7 ATPC and ACM interaction........................................................................35
7.2 LOOPS ............................................................................................................36
7.3 SYNCHRONISM.................................................................................................37
7.4 SOURCES OF SYNCHRONISM .............................................................................38
7.5 PROVIDE SYNCHRONISM TO EXTERNAL EQUIPMENT .............................................40
Section 3.
INSTALLATION 41
8 INSTALLATION OF ALFOplus80HD ...........................................................................41
8.1 GENERAL INFORMATION TO BE READ BEFORE THE INSTALLATION..........................41
8.2 GENERAL.........................................................................................................42
8.3 ELECTRICAL WIRING.........................................................................................42
8.4 CONNECTIONS TO THE SUPPLY MAINS................................................................42
8.5 GROUNDING CONNECTION................................................................................43
8.5.1 Mounting instruction of grounding cable KIT ICD00072F (Universal, No tools) .43
8.6 REQUIRED TOOLS FOR MOUNTING (NOT SUPPLIED) .............................................45
8.7 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE...............................................................................45
8.8 INSTALLATION ONTO THE POLE .........................................................................45
8.8.1 ODU......................................................................................................45
8.8.1.1 1+0 ODU with integrated antenna ..............................................45
8.9 ACCESSORIES FOR INSTALLATION .....................................................................52
8.9.1 Installation procedure of optical box ..........................................................53
8.9.2 RJ45 crimping tool ..................................................................................59
8.9.2.1 Use standard RJ45 crimper ........................................................59
8.10 USER CONNECTORS..........................................................................................60
8.10.1 M12 connector........................................................................................60
8.10.2 RJ45 connector.......................................................................................64
8.10.3 Optical connector ....................................................................................74
8.10.4 Optical SFP mounting procedure ...............................................................76
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8.10.5 Optical SFP unmounting procedure............................................................76
Section 4.
LINE-UP 83
9 LINE-UP OF ALFOplus80HD......................................................................................83
9.1 GENERAL.........................................................................................................83
9.2 SWITCH ON.....................................................................................................83
9.3 ALARM LED CHECK ...........................................................................................84
9.4 CONNECTION PROCEDURE.................................................................................84
9.5 INITIALIZATION PROCEDURE.............................................................................85
9.6 OPTIMIZING ANTENNA ALIGNMENT WITH RX MEASUREMENT................................91
9.7 ODU ACCESSING AND REMOTE MANAGEMENT......................................................92
9.8 COMMISSIONING MEASURES FOR ETHERNET TRAFFIC ..........................................93
9.8.1 Ethernet connection stability ....................................................................93
9.9 FIRMWARE UPDATE ..........................................................................................93
9.9.1 Scope....................................................................................................94
9.9.2 Procedure of firmware update...................................................................94
9.10 BACKUP FULL EQUIPMENT CONFIGURATION WITHOUT POSSIBILITY OF MODIFYING
THE PARAMETERS.............................................................................................96
9.10.1 Scope....................................................................................................96
9.10.2 Backup/restore configuration using WEBLCT ...............................................96
Section 5.
MAINTENANCE 97
10 ALARMS ...................................................................................................................97
10.1 GENERAL.........................................................................................................97
10.2 ALARMS SYSTEM..............................................................................................97
10.2.1 LED status .............................................................................................98
10.2.2 Alarm group...........................................................................................98
11 MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING...............................................................101
11.1 GENERAL....................................................................................................... 101
11.2 MAINTENANCE ............................................................................................... 101
11.2.1 Periodical checks .................................................................................. 101
11.2.2 Corrective maintenance (troubleshooting) ................................................ 102
11.3 TROUBLESHOOTING ....................................................................................... 102
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Section 6.
PROGRAMMING AND SUPERVISION 103
12 PROGRAMMING AND SUPERVISION.......................................................................103
12.1 GENERAL....................................................................................................... 103
12.2 SUPERVISION ................................................................................................ 103
12.2.1 General ............................................................................................... 104
12.2.2 ALFOplus80HD - 1NE - InBand - 1+0 link................................................. 104
12.2.3 ALFOplus80HD - 1NE - Emulated Out Of Band (L2) Management ................. 105
12.2.4 ALFOplus80HD - On-Site Management Port (MNG) .................................... 105
12.2.5 Configurability...................................................................................... 106
12.2.6 Address ............................................................................................... 107
12.2.7 Console access mode ............................................................................ 107
Section 7.
COMPOSITION 109
13 COMPOSITION OF OUTDOOR UNIT.........................................................................109
13.1 GENERAL....................................................................................................... 109
13.2 ODU PART NUMBER ........................................................................................ 109
Section 8.
LISTS AND SERVICES 111
14 LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................111
15 LIST OF TABLES .....................................................................................................115
16 ASSISTANCE SERVICE............................................................................................117
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Section 1.
USER GUIDE
1 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
SIAE MICROELETTRONICA
Via Buonarroti, 21 - Cologno (MI) - Italy
DECLARES
THAT THE PRODUCTS
Digital Radio Relay System ALFOplus80HD
(used as a stand-alone product or in conjunction with AGS-H Indoor unit)
comply with the essential requirements of article 3 of the R&TTE Directive (1999/05/EC)
and therefore is marked:
The following standards have been applied:
EN 60950-1:2006 and EN 60950-22:2006
Safety of information technology equipment
EN 301 489-4 v.2.1.1 (2012-11)
Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); ElectroMag-
netic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 4: Specific conditions for fixed
radio links and ancillary equipment and services
ETSI EN 302 217-2-2 V2.1.1 (2013-7)
Fixed Radio Systems; Characteristics and requirements for point-to-point equipment and antennas; Part
2-2: Digital systems operating in frequency bands where frequency co-ordinated is applied; Harmonized
EN covering the essential requirements of Article 3.2 of R&TTE Directive
The equipment makes use of non-harmonized frequency bands. Following the requirements
of the R&TTE Directive (article 12) and the relevant decision of the EC, in term of classifica-
tion of Radio Equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and associated iden-
tifiers, the transmitting equipment shall carry the 'class 2' identifier:
Cologno Monzese, 29/11/2013 On behalf of SIAE MICROELETTRONICA
Chairman and Executive Officer
Alberto Mascetti
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2 FIRST AID FOR ELECTRICAL SHOCK AND SAFETY
RULES
2.1 FIRST AID FOR ELECTRICAL SHOCK
Do not touch the bare hands until the circuit has been opened. pen the circuit by switching off the line
switches. If that is not possible protect yourself with dry material and free the patient from the con-
ductor.
2.1.1 Artificial respiration
It is important to start mouth resuscitation at once and to call a doctor immediately. suggested procedure
for mouth to mouth resuscitation method is described in the Tab.1.
2.1.2 Treatment of burns
This treatment should be used after the patient has regained consciousness. It can also be employed while
artificial respiration is being applied (in this case there should be at least two persons present).
Warning
Do not attempt to remove clothing from burnt sections
Apply dry gauze on the burns
Do not apply ointments or other oily substances.
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Tab.1 - Artificial respiration
2.2 SAFETY RULES
When the equipment units are provided with the plate, shown in Fig.1, it means that they contain compo-
nents electrostatic charge sensitive.
Step Description Figure
1
Lay the patient on his back with his arms parallel to the body.
If the patient is laying on an inclined plane, make sure that his
stomach is slightly lower than his chest. Open the patients
mouth and check that there is no foreign matter in mouth (den-
tures, chewing gum, etc.).
2
Kneel beside the patient level with his head. Put an hand under
the patients head and one under his neck.
Lift the patients head and let it recline backwards as far
as possible.
3
Shift the hand from the patients neck to his chin and his
mouth, the index along his jawbone, and keep the other fingers
closed together.
While performing these operations take a good supply of oxy-
gen by taking deep breaths with your mouth open
4
With your thumb between the patients chin and mouth keep
his lips together and blow into his nasal cavities
5
While performing these operations observe if the patients
chest rises. If not it is possible that his nose is blocked: in that
case open the patients mouth as much as possible by pressing
on his chin with your hand, place your lips around his mouth
and blow into his oral cavity. Observe if the patients chest
heaves. This second method can be used instead of the first
even when the patients nose is not obstructed, provided his
nose is kept closed by pressing the nostrils together using the
hand you were holding his head with. The patients head must
be kept sloping backwards as much as possible.
6
Start with ten rapid expirations, hence continue at a rate of
twelve/fifteen expirations per minute. Go on like this until the
patient has regained consciousness, or until a doctor has as-
certained his death.
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Fig.1 - Components electrostatic charge sensitive indication
In order to prevent the units from being damaged while handling, it is advisable to wear an elasticised band
(Fig.2) around the wrist ground connected through coiled cord (Fig.3).
Fig.2 - Elasticized band
Fig.3 - Coiled cord
This device has Class I LASER modules: it is not required to have a laser warning label or other laser state-
ment (IEC 60825-1).
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2.3 CORRECT DISPOSAL OF THIS PRODUCT (WASTE ELECTRICAL &
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT)
(Applicable in the European Union and other European countries with separate collection systems). This
marking of Fig.4 shown on the product or its literature, indicates that it should not be disposed with other
household wastes at the end of its working life. To prevent possible harm to the environment or human
health from uncontrolled waste disposal, please separate this from other types of wastes and recycle it
responsibly to promote the sustainable reuse of material resources. Household users should contact either
the retailer where they purchased this product, or their local government office, for details of where and
how they can take this item for environmentally safe recycling. Business users should contact their supplier
and check the terms and conditions of the purchase contract. This product should not be mixed with other
commercial wastes for disposal.
Fig.4 - WEEE symbol - 2002/96/CE EN50419
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3 PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE OF THE MANUAL
3.1 PURPOSE OF THE MANUAL
The purpose of this manual consists in providing for the user information which permit to operate and
maintain the ALFOplus80HD radio equipment.
Warning: This manual does not include information relevant to the SCT/WebLCT management program
windows and relevant application. They will provided by the program itself as helpon line.
3.2 AUDIENCE BASIC KNOWLEDGE
The following knowledge and skills are required to operate the equipment:
a basic understanding of microwave transmission
installation and maintenance experience on digital radio system
a good knowledge of IP networks and routing policy.
3.3 STRUCTURE OF THE MANUAL
The manual is subdivided into sections each of them developing a specific topic entitling the section.
Each section consists of a set of chapters, enlarging the main subject master.
Section 1 User Guide
It provides the information about the main safety rules and expounds the purpose and the structure of the
manual.
Section 2 Description and specifications
It describes a general overview of the typical applications and in particular of the whole radio equipment.
Section 3 Installation
The mechanical installation procedures are herein set down as well as the user electrical connections.
The content of the tool kit (if supplied) is also listed.
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Section 4 LineUp
Lineup procedures are described as well as checks to be carried out for the equipment correct operation.
The list of the instruments to be used and their characteristics are also set down.
Section 5 Maintenance
The routine maintenance actions are described as well as fault location procedures in order to identify the
faulty unit and to reestablish the operation after its replacement with a spare one.
Section 6 Programming and supervision
The ALFOplus80HD radio is programmed and supervised using different software tools. Some of them are
already available, some other will be available in the future. This section lists the tools implemented and
indicates if descriptions are already available.
Each description of software tools is supplied in a separated manual.
Section 7 Composition
Position, part numbers of the components the equipment consist of, are shown in this section.
Section 8 Indexes and services
Lists of figures, list of tables and assistance service are shown in this section.
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Fig.5
Section 2.
DESCRIPTIONS AND
SPECIFICATION
4 ABBREVIATION LIST
4.1 ABBREVIATION LIST
What follows is a list of acronyms used in this handbook:
- ACM Adaptive Code Modulation
- AGC Automatic Gain Control
- ATPC Automatic Transmitted Power Control
- BBP Base Band Processor
- BER Bit Error Rate
- CBS Committed Burst Size
- CF Coupling Flag
- CIR Committed Information Rate
- CLI Console Line Interface
- CoS Class of Service
- CVID Customer VLAN Identifier
- DSCP Differentiated Serviced Code Point
- EBS Excess Burst Size
- EIR Excess Information Rate
- ELP Ethernet Line Protection
- EVC Ethernet Virtual Connection
- FPGA Field Programmable Gate-Array
- IP ToS Type of Service IP
- ISS Intelligent Switching Solution
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- LACP Link Aggregation Control Protocol or Link Trunk
- LAN Local Area Network
- LLF Link Loss Forwarding
- LNA Low Noise Amplifier
- MAC Media Access Control
- MDI Medium Dependent Interface
- MDX Medium Dependent Interface Crossover
- MEF Metro Ethernet Forum
- NE Network Element
- OAM Operation Administration and Maintenance
- ODU Outdoor Unit
- PCP Priority Code Point
- PLL Phase Locked Loop
- POE Power Over Ethernet
- PToS Priority Type of Service
- PTP Precision Time Protocol (IEEE 1588)
- QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
- RED Random Early Drop
- RF Radio Frequency
- RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicator
- RX Direction from antenna to user
- SETS Synchronous Equipment Timing Source
- SCT Subnetwork Craft Terminal
- SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
- SVID Service VLAN Identifier
- TX Direction from user to antenna
- UNI User Network Interface
- VCO Voltage Controlled Oscillator
- VID Virtual Lan Identifier
- VLAN Virtual LAN
- WEBLCT WEB Local Craft Terminal
- WRR Weighted Round Robin
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5 SYSTEM PRESENTATION
5.1 GENERAL
ALFOplus80HD is a full-outdoor and full IP digital radio system for point-to-point applications, used for high
capacity Ethernet transport (2 Gbps). The frequency range is the e-band, from 71 GHz up to 76 GHz and
from 81 GHz up to 86 GHz available for both 250 MHz and 500 MHz channel bandwidth.
ALFOplus80HD radio equipment can work in two main modes:
fixed modulation: in this mode the system works with a fixed modulation and FEC profile, selectable
by software. The modulation and the error code do not change during the time.
Adaptive modulation: in this mode the system can dynamically change its modulation and FEC be-
tween a minimum and maximum ACM profiles that can be selected by software. The ACM profile is
instantaneously decided by the equipment depending on the propagation conditions.
ALFOplus80HD consists of a lightweight, compact, weather-proof box containing transceiver, modem,
baseband unit, line interface and lightning protection.
There are two available versions for ALFOplus80HD: Gigabit Electrical (GE) and Gigabit Optical (GO). This
document provides a general overview of ALFOplus80HD family (Access Link Full Outdoor) radio equip-
ment.
The ODU ALFOplus80HD combined with AGS-H can transport TDM traffic (STM-1 and E1). See AGS-H man-
ual (MN.00298.E) for more details.
5.2 APPLICATIONS
ALFOplus80HD is the ideal solution in urban environments for all carrier-class applications in which the typ-
ical requirements are Ethernet connections:
full IP radio, providing the foundation for a leading edge network
fully integrable with 3G, 4G, LTE nodes and backhaul
ideal for a fast and flexible evolution towards full IP network
complementary solutions for fiber deploy
last mile fiber extension for business customers
ISP high capacity and performance, for LAN-to-LAN connections
emergency wireless links
zero footprint applications
ALFOplus80HD doesnt need any indoor unit and the power supply can be provided directly by POE through
the data cable or through a dedicated 48V port.
Radio link system configuration:
1+0 (unprotected, one ODU only)
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Following Two versions of ALFOplus80HD are available:
Electrical Gigabit Version (2xGE)
- LAN1 - 1x10/100/1000BaseT traffic and/or supervision port with clock, synchronism recovery
and PoE
- LAN2 - 1x10/100/1000BaseT supervision and/or traffic port with clock, synchronism recovery
and PoE
Optical Gigabit Version (2xGO)
- LAN1 - 1x1000BaseX/(2.5 Gbps) traffic and/or supervision port with clock and synchronism re-
covery
- LAN2 - 1x1000BaseX supervision and/or traffic port with clock, synchronism recovery.
Depending on software configuration made for each port Lan1 and Lan2.
5.2.1 Functionality
ALFOplus80HD has a Ethernet switching (L2) unit and a processing unit, both embedded in the equipment,
toward the radio channel.
Ethernet ports support the standard subset of the functionalities provided by the embedded switch. In
particular, following functionalities are available:
Jumbo Frame up to 10.5 kbytes
MAC switching, Learning and Ageing
IEEE 802.3x Flow control
IEEE 802.3af PoE - Power over Ethernet
1
G.8264 SyncE Quality Management (SSM)
Ingress Filtering (MTU, ACL, Storm Control)
Service Instance Mapping & Classification (S-Tag)
Metering & Ingress Policing (Bandwidth profile)
Ingress Manipulation (C-Tag & S-Tag remapping)
Learning & Forwarding
Queue & Congestion Avoidance
Scheduling (Strict priority, WFQ/WRR)
Shaping (per port and queue)
Egress manipulation (remove outer Tag)
5.3 PROGRAMMABILITY
ALFOplus80HD radio system is managed by a microprocessor that makes it totally programmable via soft-
ware to perform the following functions:
radio link management
- bandwidth and modulation
1 With dispensation to maximum power.
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- ACM engine configuration
- Link ID
- Tx frequency and power
- ATPC (Automatic Transmission Power Control)
main management
- IP port configurable and supervisioning
- routing table
- remote element list
- alarm severity configuration (modify alarm)
- user manager (password, user Privilege level, authentication, SNMP login)
- SNMP V.1/V.2/V.3 compatible
- Security Management (SSH, SFTP)
- Secure HTTP access (HTTPS)
operation and maintenance
- permanent Tx Off
- Rx signal threshold alarm
- performance monitoring (G.828, Rx PWR, Tx PWR, ACM, Ethernet Statistic Rmon) with alarm
threshold
- S/N measure
- LAN summary, statistic basis on port, VLAN or Priority
- backup/restore configuration
- software update
- report&logger maintenance (inventory, faul, commands)
- SNTP alignment
manual operations (depends on timeout)
- Tx transmitter OFF
- force switch synch
- radio BER test
- I/Q modem loop
- LAN loop
Ethernet switch management and functionalities
synchronisation
5.3.1 Software
Radio equipment is provided with an embedded Web Server and can be locally/remotely controlled by a
HTTP browser running on PC (Internet Explorer or FireFox are recommended): this application is called
WebLCT.
Optionally, it is also available software with additional features, that allows the file transfer (Backup/Re-
store config. and firmware update):
WLC (WebLCT Console): it is a free software downloadable from the site www.siaemic.com after
registration
SCT (Subnetwork Craft Terminal) that can manage a subnetwork of max 100 SIAE network ele-
ments and nodal configuration.
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The hardware platform is based on Personal Computer with at least the following characteristics:
HD with 200 Mbyte of free space
Windows XP/Windows 7 32bit or 64bit.
The network management system (NMS5LX/UX) functionalities, SCT/WLC and the Console Line Interface
(CLI) are widely described in the separated relevant manual.
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1. AUX: auxiliary Ethernet connector (i.e.: 1+1 protection)
2. 1: LAN1 10/100/1000BaseT (or 1000BaseX
2
depending on HW version) for data/management traf-
fic
3. 48V: DC power (console) connector
4. 2: LAN2 10/100/1000BaseT (or 1000BaseX
2
depending on HW version) for data/management traf-
fic
5. MNGT: Local management connector (10/100BaseT) and pointing alignment
Fig.6 - ALFOplus80HD front/side view
2 In case of Optical version the supported SFP modules are always optical because electrical modules
are not mechanically compatible.
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6 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
6.1 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
The equipment complies with the following international standard:
EN 301 489-4 for EMC
ITU-R F.2006 and CEPT Recommendation T/R 05-07 for RF channel arrangement (see Tab.2)
Tab.2 - RF channel arrangement ,
EN 302 217 for digital point to point fixed radio
EN 300 132-2 Characteristics of power supply
EN 300 019 Climatic Characteristics (Operation: class 3.2 for IDU and class 4.1 for ODU; storage:
class 1.2; transport: class 2.3)
EN 60950 for operator Safety
IEEE 802.3 for Ethernet interfaces
ITU-T G.8261 for timing and synchronization aspects in packet networks.
6.2 MAIN CHARACTERISTICS
The reported values are guaranteed if not specifically defined otherwise.
6.2.1 Available frequency
- Frequency band see Tab.3
Tab.3 - Frequency band
- Modulation scheme
3
BPSK/4sQAM/4QAM/16QAM/64QAM
Frequency Band (GHz) Duplex spacing Channels number Subbands
80
10 GHZ
ETSI EN 302 217-2-2
19CH @250MHz, or
9CH @ 500MHz
(ITU-R F.2006 03/2012)
1
Frequency range
(GHz)
Duplex spacing
(GHz)
Reference recommendation
71 - 86 10 ITU-R F.2006 - CEPT T/R 05-07
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- Capacity see Tab.4
- RF filter range Wide Filter Option see Tab.5
- Transceiver tuning range see Tab.5
Tab.4 - Net Radio Throughput in Mbit/s versus channel bandwidth for ALFOplus80HD equip-
ment
Tab.5 - Filter sub-bands for ALFOplus80HD
The frequency carrier limits are given in Tab.6.
Tab.6 - 71.0 - 86.0 GHz band - Go-return: 10 GHz frequency carrier limits
6.2.2 Transmitter characteristics
- Maximum transmit power see Tab.7
3 Please, note that in modulation with, the s suffix (strong) means that the applied FEC redundancy
is higher, thus with more strength against fading and interference. Where no suffix is reported, this means
that the applied FEC redundancy is lower, which maximize the transported capacity.
Modulation type
Channel spacing (MHz)
250 500
BPSK 124.68 251.95
4QAMs 249.35 503.90
4QAM 336.69 678.57
16QAM 565.49 1318.18
64QAM 1020.78 2046.75
Frequency range: 71.0 - 86.0 GHz - Go-return: 10 GHz
ITU-R F.2006 - CEPT T/R 05-07
Subband Lower Half Limits (GHz) Upper Half Limits (GHz)
RF Filter Tuning Range
(GHz)
1 71 - 76 81 - 86 5
Frequency range: 71.0 - 86.0 GHz - Go-return: 10 GHz - 5 GHz
RF filter tuning range
Subband 1
Channel
spacing
(MHz)
Lower half of the band Higher half of the band
Lowest Frequency
Carrier (GHz)
Highest Frequency
Carrier (GHz)
Lowest Frequency
Carrier (GHz)
Highest Frequency
Carrier (GHz)
250 71.125 75.875 81.125 85.875
500 71.250 75.750 81.250 85.750
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Tab.7 - Maximum transmit power
- Tx bandwidth see Tab.5
- Frequency agility following ITU-R/CEPT channel plans or at
125 MHz steps
- RF output attenuation see Tab.8
Tab.8 - RF output attenuator
- Automatic Transmit Power Control (ATPC) range see Tab.9
- Remote Transmit Power Control (RTPC) range see Tab.10
- Spurious emissions according to ETSI EN 301 390
- RF frequency stability 6 ppm (including ageing)
- Muting attenuation 60 dB
Modulation Bandwidth (MHz)
Nominal Output Power
(dBm)
Nominal Power
Tolerance
BPSK
250 18 3 dB
500 18 3 dB
4sQAM
250 18 3 dB
500 18 3 dB
4QAM
250 18 3 dB
500 18 3 dB
16QAM
250 15 3 dB
500 15 3 dB
64QAM
250 13 3 dB
500 13 3 dB
Modulation Bandwidth (MHz) Power range (dBm) Power step (dB)
BPSK
250 20 1
500 20 1
4sQAM
250 20 1
500 20 1
4QAM
250 20 1
500 20 1
16QAM
250 17 1
500 17 1
64QAM
250 15 1
500 15 1
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Tab.9 - Automatic transmit power control (ATPC) range
Tab.10 - Remote transmit power control (RTPC) range
6.2.3 Receiver characteristics
- Receiver bandwidth see Tab.5
- Noise figure 10 dB typical (12 dB guaranteed)
- Guaranteed receiver sensitivities
4
(dBm) see Tab.11
Modulation Bandwidth (MHz) ATPC Power range (dB) Power step (dB)
BPSK
250 20 1
500 20 1
4sQAM
250 20 1
500 20 1
4QAM
250 20 1
500 20 1
16QAM
250 17 1
500 17 1
64QAM
250 15 1
500 15 1
Modulation Bandwidth (MHz) ATPC Power range (dB)
BPSK
250 20
500 20
4sQAM
250 20
500 20
4QAM
250 20
500 20
16QAM
250 17
500 17
64QAM
250 15
500 15
4 Typical receiver sensitivities are 2dB lower.
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Tab.11 - Guaranteed receiver sensitivities
- Rx Spurious emissions according to ETSI EN 301 390
- AGC dynamic range from -23 dBm to threshold @ BER=10
-6
- Accuracy of Rx level indication @ 25C (PC reading) 2 dB in the range -20 dBm threshold @
BER=10
-6
- Accuracy of Rx level indication over the whole
temperature range (PC reading) 4 dB in the range -20 dBm threshold @
BER=10
-6
- Residual BER (RBER) 10
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- Link ID identifier RFOH: 1 to 255
- Spectral efficiency see Tab.12
Tab.12 - Spectral efficiency
- Max RSL Threshold see Tab.13
Tab.13 - Max RSL Threshold
Bandwidth (MHz) BPSK 4sQAM 4QAM 16QAM 64QAM
250
BER=10
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BER=10
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500
BER=10
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BER=10
-10
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Modulation ETSI class
a
a. Please refer to section Ea 2.2 of EN 302-217-2-2 version 2.1.1
(2012-05)
BPSK 1
b
b. Modulation available on ACM, not selectable as reference modula-
tion.
4sQAM 1
b.
4QAM 2
16QAM 4L
64QAM 5LB
Max receive signal level Threshold (dBm)
Without degradation -26
With degradation up to BER 10
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-23
Without permanent damage -10
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6.2.4 Adaptive modulation
ALFOplus80HD ODUs implements an adaptive modulation algorithm to improve the system gain when the
quality of the received signal become insufficient to guarantee an error free link.
Adaptive modulation guarantees error free and hitless unidirectional downshifts with fading speed up to 30
dB/s. Ethernet frames arent lost in case of upshift and downshift events.
The threshold for ACM are shown in Fig.8.
Tab.14 - ACM switching on S/N thresholds
6.3 LINE INTERFACE CHARACTERISTICS
The line interfaces (LAN1, LAN2) are connected to an embedded Ethernet switch. Ethernet traffic is for-
warded to the radio interface through a 2.5 Gbps port, baseband and modem precessing blocks. Network
synchronism can be acquired and provided by each Ethernet switch port (see Fig.7).
Fig.7 - ALFOplus80HD block diagram
Modulation BER 1E
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Down-shift Up-shift
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Up-shift
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b. Upshift thresholds in case of constant output power
Channel spacing 250 MHz
BPSK 4.7
4sQAM 6.7 8.7 13.2 13.2
4QAM 9.2 11.2 22.4 19.4
16QAM 15.4 17.4 27.7 25.7
64QAM 21.7 23.7
Channel spacing 500 MHz
BPSK 4.7
4sQAM 6.7 8.7 13.2 13.2
4QAM 9.2 11.2 22.4 19.4
16QAM 15.4 17.4 27.7 25.7
64QAM 21.7 23.7
Ethernet
packet switch
Port A
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1+0
LAN1
LAN2
10/100/1000BaseT or
1000BaseX (2,5Gbps)
10/100/1000BaseT or
1000BaseX
Microcontroller
2500BaseX
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6.3.1 Ethernet electrical interface characteristics
- Gigabit electrical Ethernet connector LAN1 RJ45 10/100/1000BaseT
LAN2 RJ45 10/100/1000BaseT
- Ethernet cable category CAT5e/CAT6
- Ethernet cable max length 100m
- Power over Ethernet
5
IEEE 802.3af PoE
- Ethernet latency see Tab.15
Tab.15 - Guaranteed Ethernet Latency (ms) for ALFOplus80HD
- Guaranteed Ethernet throughput see Tab.16
Tab.16 - Guaranteed Ethernet Throughput (Mbit/s) for ALFOplus80HD
5 Maximum power excluded
Bandwidth (MHz) Modulation
Frame size (byte)
64 256 512 1024 1518 9000
250
a
a. @ maximum radio speed
BPSK 0.065 0.091 0.108 0.173 0.204 0.924
4sQAM 0.063 0.083 0.091 0.140 0.156 0.635
4QAM 0.063 0.081 0.087 0.131 0.143 0.560
16QAM 0.061 0.078 0.081 0.119 0.125 0.456
64QAM 0.061 0.077 0.079 0.115 0.119 0.417
500
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b. @ 2Gbps
BPSK 0.039 0.060 0.068 0.116 0.132 0.609
4sQAM 0.038 0.056 0.060 0.100 0.108 0.466
4QAM 0.038 0.055 0.058 0.096 0.102 0.429
16QAM 0.038 0.053 0.055 0.090 0.093 0.378
64QAM 0.037 0.053 0.054 0.088 0.090 0.358
Bandwidth (MHz) Modulation
Frame size (Mbyte)
64 512 1518
250
BPSK 112.55 124.67 125.96
4sQAM 225.11 249.35 251.92
4QAM 302.74 335.34 338.8
16QAM 587.01 650.23 656.23
64QAM 910.82 1008.91 1019.3
500
BPSK 225.11 249.35 251.92
4sQAM 450.22 498.7 503.84
4QAM 605.48 670.69 677.6
16QAM 1174.03 1300.46 1313.85
64QAM 1523.81 1924.81 1974.0
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6.3.2 Ethernet optical interface characteristics
The optical interface can be specialized for the different applications by insertion of the proper transceiver
SFP on the unit.
Gigabit optical Ethernet connector: LAN1 SFP 1000BaseX/(2.5 Gbps)
LAN2 SFP 1000BaseX
Fiber max length depending on SFP module (see Tab.17)
Tab.17 - Interface characteristics
6.4 POWER SUPPLY AND CABLE
Power supply can be provided at the 48V port.
- Operating voltage range 48Vdc 15%
- Power consumption
6
see Tab.18
- Cable max length see Tab.19
Tab.18 - Power consumption
Parameter
Gigabit 2.5 Gbps
Multi Mode Multi Mode
50/125 m 62.5/125 m 50 m 62.5/125 m
Operating Distance up to 550m up to 500m
Optical Center Wavelength 850 nm 850 nm
Optical Transmit Power -2 -9.5 dBm -3 -10 dBm
Receive Sensitivity -17 dBm -22 dBm
Average Receive Power
Max
0 dBm 0 dBm
Compliance
1000BaseSX
IEEE 802.3z
2500BaseX IEEE 802.3z
Transceiver Type Pluggable
Connectors Type LC
6 Power consumption with negligible cable length.
Typical Power
Consumption (W)
Guaranteed Power
Consumption (W)
ALFOplus80HD 50 53
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Tab.19 - Cable max length
For installation, please use rugged and waterproof cable.
6.5 WAVEGUIDE FLANGE
- Radio WG flange type UBR 740
6.6 MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Physical size of system components:
Tab.20 - Dimensions
Weight of system components:
- ALFOplus80HD 5.65 kg
6.7 SURGE AND LIGHTNING PROTECTION
In accordance to EN 301-489-1 (Ref. IEC 61000-4-5 Class 2)
Cable type/battery supply
voltage
Battery supply voltage
(40.5 Vdc)
battery supply voltage
(45 Vdc)
M10154 (0.75mmq) 50m 100m
M10166 (1.5mmq) 100m 200m
Width (mm) Height (mm) Depth (mm)
ALFOplus80HD 270 290 98.6
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6.8 ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
- Operational temperature range for outdoor
equipment -33C +55C
- Survival temperature range for outdoor equipment -40C +65C
- Operational humidity for outdoor equipment Weather proof according to IP65 and IP67
environmental class.
- Outdoor equipment Thermal Resistance Thermal resistance 0.5C/W.
- Solar heat gain Not exceeding 5C
- Wind resistance < 150 Km/h (in operation)
< 200 km/h (survival)
- ODU max height 4000m
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7 EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION
7.1 GENERAL
SIAE ALFOplus80HD (Access Link Full Outdoor) is a microwave radio system for full-outdoor digital link.
The Outdoor Unit can be easily installed and configured:
reduced size
easily orientable antenna
wide operating temperature range
high flexibility of line interfaces selection.
The first description given in the following first concerns the circuitry common to all the versions, then that
of the line interfaces will follow.
7.1.1 Block diagram
The ALFOplus80HD consists of one PCB housed in a small size aluminium cabinet:
BBP-GE (Baseband processor Gigabit electrical) and RF transceiver
or
BBP-GO (Baseband processor Gigabit optical) and RF transceiver
The description that follows (see Fig.8 and Fig.9) details the block diagrams of electrical and optical ver-
sion.
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7.1.2 Baseband processor
The baseband Processor (BBP) carries out the following operations:
primary and secondary power supply
line interfaces and protections
baseband circuits and packets processing
I and Q signals generation and sampling
I, Q demodulator
Rx baseband filtering
Actuators and measurement points for RF unit
FPGA
Controller
BBP unit is different depending on the interface type (electrical or optical).
7.1.3 RF Transceiver unit
RF Transceiver consists of the following functional blocks:
Sip Tx & Sip Rx.
7.1.4 Ethernet switch
Inside ALFOplus80HD is present an intelligent switching solution (ISS), a comprehensive software frame-
work providing Layer 2 switching and other Ethernet features described in detail in a separated manual.
7.1.5 Synchronisation unit (SETS)
Into ALFOplus80HD a synchronisation circuit, called SETS (Synchronous Equipment Timing Source), gets
the synchronisation signal from the following different sources:
LAN1
LAN2
radio
Internal source
From the synchronization sources the reference clock is chosen on the base of alarm roots (Synch Loss,
Synch Drift, Holdover, Freerunning), on the base of assigned priority, manual forcing and preferential
switch (see Fig.10).
The selected clock drives an oscillator through a PLL circuit. The oscillator will generate the required syn-
chronisation for the frame generation. If no input signals are available the internal oscillator source is used
for the local restart.
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Fig.10 - Synchronisation block diagram
7.1.6 Adaptive code modulation
ALFOplus80HD radio family uses Adaptive Code and Modulation (ACM) in order to employ the correct mod-
ulation profile depending on the Rx signal quality.
Available ACM profiles are the following:
BPSK
4QAM strong
4QAM
16QAM
64QAM
These profiles operate in an RF channel with the following bandwidth:
250 MHz
500 MHz.
ACM switching
The criteria defining the necessity of an ACM switching, upshift or downshift, is the Rx S/N ratio.
Upshift - When there is an increase of received S/N, the modulation complexity is increased in the
direction from BPSK to 64QAM increasing the spectral efficiency
Downshift - When there is a decrease od received S/N, the modulation is reduced in the direction
from 64QAM to BPSK reducing the spectral efficiency
TE LAN-1
Clock Selector
Synchronisation
Source
TE LAN-2
T2 Radio
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In order to configure properly the radio link using ACM facility, an optimization must be found between
max traffic during good propagation conditions and max availability during bad propagation conditions. To
obtain this purpose the ACM in ALFOplus80HD family can be configured via software setting the following
parameters: ACM setting and Tx Power mode.
ACM setting
The ACM can vary modulation profiles between two extremes defined by the operator through software
configuration: Upper modulation and Lower Modulation.
Upper modulation - When propagation into the given radio channel is in the better condition (high
RX S/N), the radio link is working at the maximum throughput defined at Upper Modulation: the
highest modulation profile that ACM can employ
Lower modulation - When propagation into the given radio channel is the worst channel in the
worst condition (low Rx S/N), the radio link is working at the minimum throughput, defined at Lower
Modulation: the lowest modulation profile that ACM can employ
Tx Output Power
Tx Output Power is dependent on ACM settings, in order to comply to ETSI Recommendation and optimise
the system gain in all ACM profiles.
7.1.7 ATPC and ACM interaction
The Automatic Transmission Power Control (ATPC) regulates the RF output power of the local transmitter
depending on the value of the RF level at the remote terminal. This value has to be preset from the local
terminal as threshold high and low. The difference between the two thresholds must be equal or higher
than 3 dB.
As soon as the received level crosses the preset threshold level low due to the increase of the hop atten-
uation, a microprocessor (P), embedded in the ALFOplus80HD, at the receiver side of the remote terminal
sends back to the local terminal a control to increase the transmitted power.
A good set of the thresholds is to put the ATPC Low Level threshold higher (or even slightly higher) than
the threshold of the highest modulation scheme of the ACM; this way, the ATPC start to work before than
the received signal is reduced and by consequence will force the system to downgrade the modulation. The
behaviour of the system is to always try to increase the PTx and so the System Gain, before than being
forced to reduce capacity due to modulation downgrade.
Resuming, the correct setting of the thresholds is when the two windows, the ATPC one and the ACM one,
are not overlapped, as per Fig.11.
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Fig.11 - ATPC diagram
7.2 LOOPS
To control the equipment correct operation a set of local and remote loops are made available. The com-
mands are forwarded by the WEBLCT program. The available loop facilities are:
Line loop (Ethernet port loop)
I/Q loop
Fig.12 - Available loops
Thresh High
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Hop attenuation (dB)
ATPC range
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7.3 SYNCHRONISM
Network Synchronisation is a growing subject related to the network evolution from TDM to Ethernet pay-
load.
In this chapter it will be described the different features supported by SIAE switch equipment for the syn-
chronization transport. The decision of the correct source to enable and how to pass the synchronisation
signal to customers equipment depends on network situation which has to be evaluated case by case.
Fig.13 - NodeB and BTS synch
The main concept is to transfer the synchronization signal throughout the network deployed. This implies
that SIAE equipment will take the clock signal from the concentration points (POC) and transfer it towards
the tail sites and distribute the synchronization signal to the external equipment such as NodeBs and BTS
(see Fig.13).
Fig.14 - SETS circuit
Going into details, this means that each SIAE equipment (represented in Fig.14) will have, at least, one
Input and one Output CK.
Input (CK IN) is/are the interface/s where the SIAE equipment get the Clock signal from, these could be
another SIAE equipment or external equipment.
Output (CK OUT) is/are the interface/s where the SIAE equipment provides the Clock Signal to, these could
be another SIAE equipment or external equipment.
Internally to each SIAE equipment the SETS identify the input and output types of interfaces by the fol-
lowing codes:
TE: This code represents an Ethernet interface (LAN) used as input CK
T0: Output interface. This code represents the Internal Clock
The purpose of the above list is to list the different acronyms used by the SETS that may be present in the
configuration screens. There are some features to be used for maintenance or refined tuning of the clock
propagation.
ETH
ALFOplus80HD
ETH
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Fig.15 - Synchronisation menu
Here below are listed the different configurations to be made:
Status Control: this is a forced status for maintenance purposes of the SETS. It can be forced in
- Free Running: Independently from the synchronization signal received, the clock is locked onto
the internal clock.
- Hold Over: The SETS is locked into the internal clock which tries to preserve the frequency
received when the SETS was locked.
- Locked: in this case the SETS is locked to a source of synchronization.
Time Settings: these are general setting for the synchronization
- Hold Off Time: Time (expressed in ms) during which the system keeps the evaluated frequen-
cy of a synchronism source become invalid (not present or degraded). At the end of the Hold
Off time, the invalid source will be rejected and the first input source having a valid signal will
be used.
- WTR Time: i.e. Wait-To-Restore, this is a wait time to avoid oscillations. Time (expressed in
minutes) that has to pass before allowing the selected valid input source to be actually used
within the process for the selection of T0 synchronism.
LTI Set Time and LTI Reset Time: are controls that avoid oscillations of Alarms. When one alarm
raises up, it has to be active for at least the LTI Set Time and when it disappears it has to be off
for at least LTI Reset Time.
7.4 SOURCES OF SYNCHRONISM
SIAE equipment is able to select among different sources of synchronization. A priority has to be assigned
to enable each source, with a value ranging from 1 to 9 included. The priority 1 corresponds to the maxi-
mum value, while the priority 9 corresponds to the minimum value. The priority shall be used to select in
which order the different synch sources must be used. In case the Priority is set as Disabled the corre-
spondent interface is not used as a synchronization source.
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Fig.16 - Source of synchronisation
The selectable sources of synchronisation are listed below. For each source it is also listed in square brack-
ets the correspondent acronym used by the SETS:
Radio Interface: depending on the RF configuration it is possible to have 1 radio interfaces (1+0).
GE Interface [TE]: to identify which LANs are the sources of synchronization they have to be chosen
under TE LAN 1 and TE LAN 2. This implies that a maximum of 2 LAN interfaces can be set as
source of synchronization. In order to receive the synchronization signal (and regardless of the SSM
status) the GE interface has to be set as Slave. The configuration choices and other details are
explained in SSM on Ethernet Interfaces.
Internal Clock [T0]: with the Synchronization not enabled the equipment is locked into its internal
clock
In case SSM is not enabled, the equipment switches from one source of synchronization to another follow-
ing the priority scale, starting from the source set to priority 1 and scaling to the sources with higher values
of priority (i.e. lower priority level). The synch source switch occurs when the present source suffers one
of the following events:
The source of synchronization is not physically available
The clock deviation is bigger than 4.6 ppm (maximum deviation that the internal clock can follow).
In other words, if the LAN1 is selected as first source (priority 1) of synchronization, and the LAN2 is se-
lected as the second source (priority 2) of synchronization, the SIAE equipment will be synchronized on
the LAN1 until the cable will be physically unplugged or the LAN1 frequency and phase will be out of their
specified ranges. Once one of these events occurs, the SIAE equipment will switch the source of synchro-
nization to the second source listed. If the second source listed is unplugged or out of maximum range then
the SIAE equipment will switch to the third source and so on.
In case no other synch sources are available the SIAE equipment will go on Internal Source, i.e. the in-
ternal clock present in SIAE equipment. In this condition the internal clock will be kept in hold status, trying
to keep the last synchronization reference received. In these conditions, the internal clock of SIAE equip-
ment has a reliability of 0.3 ppm over 24 h. When the SIAE equipment switches to internal clock, it prop-
agates a quality of SEC SDH Equipment Clock.
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7.5 PROVIDE SYNCHRONISM TO EXTERNAL EQUIPMENT
Once the SIAE equipment is synchronized, the clock signal has to be passed toward external equipment or
other SIAE equipment. SIAE equipment can give the synchronization signal through different interfaces.
Fig.17 - Provide synchronism
The interfaces that are available to provide synchronization to other SIAE or external equipment are:
Radio: this interface is passing the synchronism automatically to the remote equipment. No config-
uration is needed.
GE Interfaces: the TX CK of the all GE lines (i.e. LAN 1 and 2) is locked to the SETS. In this way,
the CK can be passed through these connections to other equipment provided that they support
Synchronous Ethernet. The GE Interfaces when used in Electrical can provide the CK signal to other
equipment: in this case the equipment port role must be Master. Once the synchronization is en-
abled in the SIAE equipment, automatically all the LAN interfaces are locked onto the SETS. This
implies that the synchronization signal is automatically provided onto all the LAN interfaces
The choices of the interface to pass the clock signal depend strictly on the external equipment. This means
that in first place it is necessary to establish the possible sources of synchronization available on the ex-
ternal equipment. Depending on the availability of these sources, SIAE equipment will be configured with
the correspondent interface to pass the clock signal.
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Section 3.
INSTALLATION
8 INSTALLATION OF ALFOPLUS80HD
8.1 GENERAL INFORMATION TO BE READ BEFORE THE INSTALLA-
TION
The installation, maintenance or removal of antenna systems requires qualified, experienced personnel.
SIAE installation instructions have been written for such personnel. Antenna system should be inspected
once a year by qualified personnel to verify proper installation, maintenance and condition of equipment.
SIAE disclaims any liability or responsibility for the results of improper or unsafe installation practices.
ALFOplus80HD equipment is a full-outdoor IP Ethernet radio link system operating in E-band frequency for
transport capacity up to 2036 Mbit/s, designed to establish LAN-LAN connections. For the details related
to the actual used frequency band refer to the label on the equipment.
The system is provided with an integrated antenna.
Warning: This equipment makes use of non-harmonized frequency bands.
Warning: Class 2 radio equipment subject to Authorisation of use. The equipment can operate only at the
frequencies authorised by the relevant National Authority.
Warning: The deployment and use of this equipment shall be made in agreement with the national regu-
lation for the Protection from Exposure to Electromagnetic Field.
Warning: The symbol indicates that, within the European Union, the product is subject to separate
collection at the product end-of-life. Do not dispose of these products as unsorted municipal waste. For
more information, please contact the relevant supplier for verifying the procedure of correct disposal.

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8.2 GENERAL
The ALFOplus80HD radio system is made up of an outdoor unit, protected by a metallic shield. Compliance
to electromagnetic compatibility is guaranteed through the following precautionary measures:
during the design phase
- use of protection circuits against electrical dischargers
- use of filters on the power supply input circuits against noise propagating on the power supply
wires
during the installation phase
- use of shielded cables
- use of ground connections.
The installation phases of the whole system are described in the following paraghaphs and it must be done
only by service person suitably trained.
Warning: Remember that the whole radio link can work only if ODUs chosen for local and remote side have
equal sub-band and different Tx module (H and L).
8.3 ELECTRICAL WIRING
The electrical wiring must be done using appropriate cables thus assuring the equipment responds to the
electromagnetic compatibility standards.
The cable terminates to flying connectors which have to be connected to the corresponding connectors on
the equipment front.
Position and pin-out of the equipment connectors are available in this section.
8.4 CONNECTIONS TO THE SUPPLY MAINS
During the final installation, protect the ODU by a magneto-thermal switch (not supplied with the equip-
ment), whose characteristics must comply with the laws in force in ones country.
The disconnection from the supply mains is made disconnecting the auxiliary connector M12 5Pin from the
ODU or disconnecting the LAN PoE cable.
The typical magneto thermal switch has characteristics at least 48 Vdc @6A with overcurrent relay class
C or K tripping curve.
Seal the M12 connector when it isnt used, in order to avoid the removal of the cover without tools.
MN.00318.E - 002 43
8.5 GROUNDING CONNECTION
Fig.18 and annexed legend show how to perform the grounding connections.
The ODU must be connected to ground with the available grounding bolt M08303 and eyelet terminal
M06614, making reference to details of Fig.23.
Legend
1. Ethernet equipment chassis grounding point. The cross section area of the cable used must be 4
sq. mm.
2. ODU grounding M6 bolt copper faston type. The cross section area of the cable used must be 16
sq. mm
3. IDUODU interconnection cable
4. Grounding cable kit type cable copper or copper alloy to connect the shield of interconnection cable.
5. Battery grounding point of IDU to be connected to earth by means of a cable with a section area
2.5 sq. mm. Length 10 m.
6. Grounding cords connected to a real earth internal of station. The cross section area of the cable
must be 16 sq. mm
7. Surge arrester (when needed)
Fig.18 - Grounding connection
8.5.1 Mounting instruction of grounding cable KIT ICD00072F (Univer-
sal, No tools)
The kit IDC00072F can be used for both IF cable and Ethernet cable.
Please, follow the procedure (see Tab.21):
Ethernet
equipment
(IDU)
ODU
unit
2
5
(+) (-)
4
Local
ground
rack
Chassis
ground
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Station
ground
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Tab.21 - Mounting Instructions
Description
Remove the cable jacket by 30mm width approximate-
ly.
Take care not to damage the copper conductor. Clean
and dry the application area.
Remove the protective film from the butyle sealing
paste.
Put the contact in position on the cable, by firmly press-
ing on the cable jacket, checking the adherence of the
butyle sealing paste. The contact is firmly positioned on
the cable jacket.
Wrap the copper mesh around the contact and outer
conductor (at least 4 revolutions).
Block the mesh terminal under the contact tooth.
Cut the exceeding mesh length.
Remove the self-agglomerating tape protective film.
Carefully wrap tight the tape around contact and cable,
following the suitable mean line.
Tape adheres remaining in position and progressively
self-agglomerates.
Connect the earthing cable.
MN.00318.E - 002 45
8.6 REQUIRED TOOLS FOR MOUNTING (NOT SUPPLIED)
N.2 13mm torque wrench
N.1 15 mm torque wrench
N.1 17 mm torque wrench
N.1 3 mm Allen wrench.
8.7 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE
Installation procedure proceeds according to the following steps:
According to antenna polarization (vertical or horizontal), assemble the antenna and support brack-
et
Warning: these instructions are fully detailed in a separate manual Antennas - Code: MN.00249.E
depending on the type of used antenna.
Installation of the ODU
Installation onto the pole of the supporting plate
ODU grounding.
8.8 INSTALLATION ONTO THE POLE
8.8.1 ODU
Mounting kit 1+0 version
Polarization kit V60334 (see Fig.20)
M5 bolts
Kit V60348 (see Fig.21)
ODU with O-ring and devices for ground connection
8.8.1.1 1+0 ODU with integrated antenna
Install the antenna using the antenna installation guide (specific for each antenna) inside the antenna box
provided by antenna producer.
After the antenna has been installed onto the pole, antenna back plate must be installed, see Fig.21.
Tight the four M06614 screws on the antenna back plate, see Fig.21.
Keep attention to the polarization of the antenna feeder depending on requested polarization. See
Fig.20 for twist disk polarization details; V (Vertical) or H (Horizontal) polarization will be chosen by
antenna installation (see Fig.22)
46 MN.00318.E - 002
It is recommended to apply seal and lubricant grease Dow Corning 4 (not supplied) to the O-ring,
protecting fingers with gloves, and insert in the proper track on the ODU flange
Position the ODU in order to match the ODU holes into the hex spacers and fix the bolts M08210,
see Fig.23
ODU is ready to be connected to the grounding cable and LAN cable
According toFig.23 and Fig.24 leave at least 250 mm straight LAN cable.
Fig.19 - ODU ALFOplus80HD
MN.00318.E - 002 47
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Fig.23 - ODU installation
MN.00318.E - 002 51
Fig.24 - ODU mounted layout
52 MN.00318.E - 002
8.9 ACCESSORIES FOR INSTALLATION
In the following a list of materials to be used during installation.
Tab.22 - Accessories for installation
SIAE code Descriptions View
U00921
a
Fibre optical splitter distribution box
for 1 ODU
U00922
a.

b
Junction box IP66, for fallen of optical
cable to connect 2 ODU
J23599 Amphenol wrench connector
M03148 9x360 nylon ties cable
ICD00072F Universal kit cable grounding
MN.00318.E - 002 53
8.9.1 Installation procedure of optical box
Components
Fig.25 - Components
U00899
a.
Optical box IP67
150x250x46
a. The boxes do not foresee replacement seal.
b. If the second ODU connection takes place much later than the first one, it is possible that the closing
of U00922 box doesnt guarantee the seal tightness.
SIAE code Descriptions View
54 MN.00318.E - 002
Recommended tools (not included)
Fig.26 - Recommended tools (not included)
MN.00318.E - 002 55
Installation
1. Open the cover by special key and screw off the middle plate
Fig.27
2. Take off the adapter panel, put it back after installing adapters
Fig.28
3. Fix PLC splitter, connect splitter ribbon fibres with output pigtails that coated loose tube, fix the ar-
ranged output pigtails with loose tube to tray. Lead output pigtail to the other side of the tray and
insert adaptor.
56 MN.00318.E - 002
Fig.29
4. Remove the input entry holder and tension member, put stripped fibre through rubber ring and fix;
then guide the fibres in sleeve to splice with input of splitter.
Fig.30
MN.00318.E - 002 57
5. Fibre connection, coiling and storage, fixing, suitable for 2mm (or 3mm) pigtail and drop cable.
Fig.31
6. Check and lock the door
58 MN.00318.E - 002
Fig.32
7. Installation:
- pole mounted, make pole band pass through brackets hole, fix the bracket to the pole by fas-
tening pole bands bolts
- wall mounted, mark the target point on the bracket to target point by nail or bolt.
Fig.33 - On pole
Fig.34 - Wall mounted
MN.00318.E - 002 59
8.9.2 RJ45 crimping tool
The recommended RJ45 crimping tool is shown in Tab.23.
Tab.23 - Recommended RJ45 crimping tool
Warning: the electrical connectivity is guaranteed only with coded connector. Please dont use other mo-
dalities (the RJ45 plug for indoor and outdoor must always be shielded).
8.9.2.1 Use standard RJ45 crimper
As shown in Fig.35, the comb of a standard crimper is inserted in the housing to fasten the indoor RJ45
shielded (P03192) connector, while in the case of an outdoor RJ45 shielded (P20051) which has a shorten
dimension, the comb could destroy the connector and therefore do not ensure Ethernet Connectivity, so it
is important unscrew/remove it as shown in the Fig.36.
Fig.35 - Standard RJ45 crimper used for RJ45 indoor connector
SIAE code Descriptions View
J01977
HTS2500 crimp tool for shielded plugs
with strain relief, one step
(L-COM Global Connectivity)
The comb
The comb
60 MN.00318.E - 002
Fig.36 - Standard RJ45 crimper (without comb) used for RJ45 shielded outdoor connector
8.10 USER CONNECTORS
ALFOplus80HD provides 3xM12 5pin connector and 2 types of Amphenol connector, which guarantee
Ethernet port compatibility for both version: Gigabit electrical and optical.
Warning: To ensure waterproofing, dont forget to close the port after the use, with relevant cap.
8.10.1 M12 connector
There are 3 separated M12 5 pin straight circular connector for different applications:
48V port
MNGT port
AUX port.
The available cables already assembled:
F03594 cable for laboratory use only (see Fig.55) dedicated for 48V port only
F03616 maintenance cable (remove it after commissioning pointing) (see Fig.56) dedicated for
MNGT port
MN.00318.E - 002 61
Tab.24 - M12 connector spare parts
Assembly steps for M12 male/female connector and conductor
a= slide on parts
b= strip conductor, widen shield and lay around the shielding ring, cut off projecting mesh. Slide cores
through the housing. mount shielding ring, gasket and clamping cage. Tighten pressure screw to fix the
cable. Screw down cores. Mount male/female part. Tighten pressure screw.
Fig.37 - Functional drawing
SIAE code Descriptions View
P04185 Female 5 pin M12 shielded connector
M10154
Outdoor power supply cable
2x0.75mmq for distance 100m
M10166
Outdoor power supply cable
2x1.5mmq for distance 200m
62 MN.00318.E - 002
Fig.38 - Dimensioned drawing - M12 connector
Schematic diagram
Fig.39 - Cable connection side M12 (screw connection)
Fig.40 - Pin assignment M12 socket, 5-pos., A-coded, socket side view
48V port
Used as a port for the secondary power supply source 48Vdc, when the power over Ethernet injector
through the data LAN cable is not available or it is possible use with both power source (PoE and
Aux) simultaneously.
In case of emergency console to restore equipment connectivity (if IP address is unknown) connect
it with serial console (F03594), (see Fig.55) using hyperterminal 115200 8, N, 1 and press Enter
button to access in the login.
MN.00318.E - 002 63
Tab.25 - Pinout 48V connector
MNGT port
It is a dedicated port used for local management only (fast Ethernet 100BaseT) also called On-
SMNGT (On-Site Management)
During alignment of antenna (see Fig.56). Remember to enable received signal strength indicator
in Equipment Menu - General: preset RSSI and after the alignment to set RSSI=Disable not to over-
load CPU.
Tab.26 - Pinout MNGT connector
AUX port
It is a specific fast Ethernet interface used for the 1+1 hot stand-by protection that allows the ex-
change of informations (alarms, signal quality,....) with the second unit ALFOplus80HD. the same
interface allows the passage of supervision network out of band.
Tab.27 - Pinout AUX connector
Pinout Description
1 Vdc (-) = -48 Volts
2 Vdc (+) = 0 Volts
3 Rx_Console
4 Tx_Console
5 GND_Console
Shield Ground
Pinout Description
1 TXP
2 RXP
3 TXN
4 RXN
5 Vpointing (+)
Shield Vpointing (-)
Pinout Description
1 TXP
2 RXP
3 TXN
4 RXN
5 Not used
Shield Ground
64 MN.00318.E - 002
8.10.2 RJ45 connector
The electrical RJ45 connection to ALFOplus80HD is guaranteed only with coded connector; do not use other
connectors, because the proper one is different than the RJ45 standard.
Part to be assembled (see Tab.28)
Tab.28 - Part to be assembled
SIAE code Description View
P20032
Amphenol kit RJ45 shielded full out-
door connector
M02472
Data cable SF/UTP CAT5e for outdoor
(AWG24) 100 Ohm
M05184
Indoor RJ45 boot protection black
=6mm
P03192
a.
Indoor RJ45 shielded plug
P20051
a
a. Dont use different RJ45 plug.
Outdoor RJ45 shielded
MN.00318.E - 002 65
1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet cables and connectors
Please be aware that modifying Ethernet cables improperly may cause loss of network connectivity. Please
follow colours of wiring.
Tab.29 - Wiring 1000Base-T
Fig.41 - Straight Ethernet cable
Fig.42 - RJ-45 Pinout
Pin
Assignment
1000Base-T
T568A
Colour wire
T568B
Colour wire
1 BI_DA+ WHT/GRN WHT/ORG
2 BI_DA- GRN ORG
3 BI_DB+ WHT/ORG WHT/GRN
4 BI_DC+ BLU BLU
5 BI_DC- WHT/BLU WHT/BLU
6 BI_DB- ORG GRN
7 BI_DD+ WHT/BRN WHT/BRN
8 BI_DD- BRN BRN
Straight cable EIA/TIA-568A
Straight cable EIA/TIA-568B
66 MN.00318.E - 002
Fig.43 - Indoor RJ45 unshielded assembly
LAN Cable connector - P20032 - Assembly procedure for RJ sealed connectors
Procedure to be used for terminating and assembling of Amphenol Connector Kit
Fig.44 - P20020 kit
Step 1
Feed CAT cable through boot and connector housing as shown below.
Warning: Care should be taken not to damage the rubber sealing gasket inside the rear of the connector
housing.
Fig.45 - Boot connector
MN.00318.E - 002 67
Step 2
Terminate RJ-45 connector onto CAT cable
Warning: It is mandatory to verify with Ethernet tester (not supplied) the proper connectivity of both ends,
in order to avoid autonegotiation problems (as for example 1Gbps full duplex not reached)
Strip jacketing and shield as shown
Fold shield back onto jacketing. Wrap grain wire
one and a half times around the shield. Trim ex-
cess length from drain wire
Untwist pairs and arrange to desired order.
Note: it is recommended to follow TIA-568 spec-
ifications for wiring orientation
Trim conductors at an angle and insert into the
loading bar
Trim excess wire from holder
Insert prepared cable into RJ-45 Plug
Bend strain relief to lay along cable
Crimp plug and strain relief
a
a. Used recommended RJ45 crimping tool
68 MN.00318.E - 002
Fig.46 - Assembled Amphenol
Fig.47 - Cable connector keys

KEY ODU CONNECTOR
ALIGN THE KEYS AND
PUSH
MN.00318.E - 002 69
Step 3
Insert terminated RJ-45 plug into connector housing.
While holding the connector body, pull cable through connector housing until RJ plus is near to the housing.
Align the plug latch with the connector housing keyway.
Depress Plug latch and completely insert the RJ plug into the housing.
Fig.48 - Connector housing
Step 4
Attach and tighten sealing boot using a 19mm wrench.
Recommended tightening torque is 5.5 to 6.0 (in-lbs) or 0.62 to 0.68 (N-m)
Fig.49 - Connector tight
70 MN.00318.E - 002
Fig.50 - P20032
MN.00318.E - 002 71
Fig.51 - Connector positions
Warning: Tighten all unused connectors with the appropriate cover, using the proper wrench J23599 (see
Fig.52).
72 MN.00318.E - 002
Fig.52 - Locking key for Amph. connector (J23599)
MN.00318.E - 002 73
Fig.53 - Assembled connectors
P04185 (connector M12 female 5p shelded)
Outdoor LAN connector
(LAN1-LAN2) P20032
Cable M10154 (Outdoor power supply
cable 2x0.75mmq)
Tighten strongly LAN
connectors with wrench J23599
to ensure the
complete isolaon
Tighten with proper plug M12
the unused connector
74 MN.00318.E - 002
8.10.3 Optical connector
- Cable characteristics see Tab.30 and Fig.58, Fig.59, Fig.60
- Operating temperature range -40 C to +85C
- Protection class IP67
Tab.30 - List of Amphenol optical cable
Connector End/End Length (m) Type Mode SIAE Code
SFP LC/LC 100 Single Mode P20046
SFP LC/LC 50 Single Mode P20045
SFP LC/LC 25 Single Mode P20044
SFP LC/LC 2.5 Single Mode P20053
SFP LC/OPEN END 2.5 Single Mode P20043
SFP LC/SFP LC 2.5 Single Mode P20047
SFP LC/LC 100 Multi Mode P20037
SFP LC/LC 75 Multi Mode P20050
SFP LC/LC 50 Multi Mode P20036
SFP LC/LC 35 Multi Mode P20049
SFP LC/LC 25 Multi Mode P20035
SFP LC/LC 15 Multi Mode P20048
SFP LC/LC 2.5 Multi Mode P20052
SFP LC/OPEN END 2.5 Multi Mode P20034
SFP LC/SFP LC 2.5 Multi Mode P20038
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8.10.4 Optical SFP mounting procedure
Follow the instructions:
plug the SFP module into LC embedded connectors until Click (see Fig.61 and Fig.62)
pull lightly the SFP and check that it is locked to the connector (see Fig.63)
insert plugged SFP on ALFOplus80HD optical cage (see Fig.64)
lock the connector by turning the nut with wrench J23599 (see Fig.65).
8.10.5 Optical SFP unmounting procedure
Follow the instructions:
unlock the connector by untightening the nut with wrench J23599
eject SFP module from ALFOplus80HD Optical cage
to unplug thr SFP from LC connector, push the locking by keeping a finger below the SFP module
(see Fig.66).
Warning: Dont insert the SFP module inside the housing of the ODU without the preliminary connection
between cable and the SFP as described in this paragraph.
MN.00318.E - 002 77
Fig.55 - F03594 cable for lab use only
Warning: ALFOplus80HD dont use connectors 8 and 4 for pointing alignment of F03594
78 MN.00318.E - 002
Fig.56 - F03616 maintenance cable (to remove after commission pointing)
MN.00318.E - 002 79
Fig.57 - ALFOplus80HD connectors
Fig.58 - SFP LC/LC
Fig.59 - SFP LC/OPEN END
Fig.60 - SFP LC/ SFP LC
80 MN.00318.E - 002
Fig.61 - LC connector
Fig.62 - SFP/LC connector locked
Fig.63 - SFP/LC connector check
Fig.64 - SFP into ALFOplus80HD
MN.00318.E - 002 81
Fig.65 - Locked connection
Fig.66 - Unplug SFP
82 MN.00318.E - 002
MN.00318.E - 002 83
Section 4.
LINE-UP
9 LINE-UP OF ALFOPLUS80HD
9.1 GENERAL
The line-up consists of the following steps:
switch on equipment
alarm leds check
connection procedure
equipment configuration (through PC software)
optimizing antenna orientation
check of Ethernet connections
quality evaluation with performance monitoring
Operations involving the use of SCT/WebLCT are roughly described here. For further details please refer
to software manual.
9.2 SWITCH ON
Checks to be performed before switching on the unit are:
check external power supply voltage.
antenna presence - check the connection between ODU output flange and antenna.
If everything is correct, switch on the ODU.
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9.3 ALARM LED CHECK
On the rear panel of ODU unit there is a transparent plastic window to see the status of an internal LED
dedicated to show unit alarms. Further information about ALFOplus80HD alarms can be found onto the
Section 5. MAINTENANCE.
9.4 CONNECTION PROCEDURE
Connection between PC and ALFOplus80HD can only occur if IP Address of the PC and the radio belong to
the same subnet and it can be made directly or through a switch on the Lan2 radio connector.
Using Subnetwork Craft Terminal (SCT):
1. select Options, tab Connection
2. select Connect using Local Area Network (see Fig.67)
3. press OK and Connect.
Using WebLCT Console
1. Add the IP Address of radio in the address book
2. Press double click over IP Address to open the browser.
First connection using SCT (you know IP address)
1. with SCT or browser (internet explorer) type IP address stored previously (Factory Default are
172.20.254.14/16 ODU L and 172.20.255.15/16 ODU H)
- Default User: admin
- Default Password: admin
2. after connection its possible to modify IP address, etc.....
Emergency connection (you dont know the IP Address)
1. Connection between PC and ALFOplus80HD with serial console cable (F03594) in auxiliary connector
2. Using Hyperterminal - Serial COM at 115200bps, 8bits, None parity, 1 stop bit, none flow control
and press Enter button to access in the login
3. After login the radio IP Address will be shown
4. Type Config if you want to change the boot parameters (IP address, etc...)
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Fig.67 - Connection option
9.5 INITIALIZATION PROCEDURE
To activate a radio link it is necessary to program the ODU (local and remote side) in some basic items
listed in the following:
bandwidth and modulation setting
Tx frequency & power
port configuration
agent IP address and equipment ID
routing table
remote element list
restart equipment
Bandwidth and Modulation setting
See Fig.68.
Into WebLCT at position:
Equipment menu
Equipment - BW & MOD/LINK ID
In Capacity and Modulation card, you can select Bandwidth&Modulation desired. Press Apply
and Confirm
Enable or disable ACM Engine, if you want dynamic modulation, press Apply and Confirm.
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Warning: Use the same parameters on remote unit.
Fig.68 - Bandwidth&Modulation, local link ID
Tx frequency setting
See Fig.69. Into WebLCT at position:
Equipment menu
Radio Branch
Settings card: in this card you have to select Duplex frequency and Tx frequency; Rx frequency
value is shown in the top status bar and is set automatically. Press Apply and Confirm.
Local Tx frequency must be set as at remote Rx frequency. Please set the frequency according to your
license.
Warning: Remember that the whole radio link can work only if ODUs chosen for local and remote side have
equal sub-band and different Tx module (example of permissible pair ODU 1H and ODU 1L).
Tx power setting
See .Fig.69.Into WebLCT at position:
Equipment menu
Radio Branch
Power card: in this card you have to set Tx power equal to radio planning value or if you do not
know it to maximum Tx power; in this card it is possible to enable automatic transmission power
control, but its important to set properly the ATPC thresholds: Rx Level Min, Rx Level Max. See
paragraph 7.1.7 ATPC and ACM interaction for more details). Press Apply and Confirm.
Warning: Use the same parameters at remote ODU.
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Fig.69 - Frequency and power setting
Port configuration setting
See Fig.70.
Into WebLCT at position:
Equipment menu
Main - Port configuration - Baseband - DCN - MGMT Port Configuration
Set the IP address, netmask and mask. Press Apply and Confirm. Press Store and Confirm.
Fig.70 - Port configuration
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Agent IP address setting
See Fig.74.
Into WebLCT at position:
Equipment menu
Main - Equipment properties
In General Info card, change the equipment ID and agent IP address equal to Ethernet IP address.
Press Apply and Confirm.
Fig.71 - Equipment properties
Routing table setting
See Fig.72.
Into WebLCT at position:
Equipment menu
Baseband - DCN - Routing table
Type the default gateway IP address and/or add manually the routing command.
Press Apply and Confirm.
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Fig.72 - Routing table
Remote element list setting
See Fig.73.
Into WebLCT at right position:
Press the button to expand Remote Element List window
Clear and Apply new list
Add station, type SIAE LINK and press OK
Select the station just created and add local element:
- IP address: type local radio IP agent address
- type of element: managed by SCT
Press OK, Apply and Confirm.
Add remote element:
- IP address: type remote radio IP agent address
- Type of element: Remote link
Press OK, Apply and Confirm.
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Fig.73 - Remote element list
Restart equipment
See Fig.74.
Into WebLCT at position:
Equipment menu
Main - Equipment properties
Press the button System Restart and Confirm.
Fig.74 - Equipment properties
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9.6 OPTIMIZING ANTENNA ALIGNMENT WITH RX MEASUREMENT
When the whole radio link is on, antenna alignment can be optimised. Antenna alignment optimization is
performed depending on the Rx signal power at local and remote equipment and evaluating both local and
remote S/N value maximizing them. There are two possibilities to see the Rx signal power level:
through WebLCT interface
through a voltmeter connected to MNGT port on the ODU (F03616 cable - see Fig.56).
In order to get the Rx signal power level via software, connect the PC to ALFOplus80HD (LAN2) and start
the communication towards the ODU microcontroller with SCT/WebLCT supervisory program.
Into WebLCT is shown in the top status bar (Rx1A= -value dBm) see Fig.73:
If youre using a voltmeter the Rx signal power level is available on the MNGT port of ODU, the measure-
ment can be performed with a proper cable (see Fig.56). Following this last procedure, the voltage youre
reading with the voltmeter is proportional to Rx power level, refer to Tab.31.
Tab.31 - Voltage measured in auxiliary port
Typical Rx signal power level -40 dBm. It is the most important item to optimise the antenna alignment,
but in a situation of interference Rx level can be good, BER acceptable but S/N margin low. This means
that when Rx fields will decrease then BER will increase fast. The situation can be easily shown with SCT/
WebLCT software looking at Signal Quality level. Into WebLCT Software select:
Equipment menu
Maintenance
S/N Meas. card (see Fig.75)
The S/N at nominal Rx level, read by WebLCT, must be 28dB@ 64QAM (typical S/N: 29dB) (see Fig.75).
Fig.75 - S/N measurement monitoring
Received Signal (dBm) Signal Output (V) Error (dB)
-20 3 4
-30 2.5 4
-40 2 4
-50 1.5 4
-60 1 4
-70 0.5 4
-80 0 4
Formula RSSI=Offset + (Signal Output)/Slope
Slope (V/dB) 0.05
Offset (dBm) -80
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Antenna aiming
Optimise antenna aiming towards remote side, operating on the azimuth nuts (1) and the elevation
nuts (2) to maximize antenna strength signal (see Fig.76).
- fine azimuth adjustment 7
- fine elevation adjustment 30
Fig.76 - Azimuth and elevation adjustment
9.7 ODU ACCESSING AND REMOTE MANAGEMENT
Local ALFOplus80HD ODU and its remote ODU can be accessed via LAN2 or LAN1 or MNGT ports depending
on supervisioning parameters, once the radio link has been initialized correctly (Local&Remote). In SCT
the window (see Fig.77) shows the network element belonging to selected station. In the login column
you can check the actual user profile of equipment (SYSTEM=Administrator; MONITOR=Read only) and
which is the local radio (local) and remote radio (remote link). To change the user profile, select the net-
work element and press Login.
To connect in remote radio you can press double click on remote link element or select Remote Link -
equipment - LCT interface.
In WebLCT software press Open Far End button to open and manage the remote radio window.
If the remote link is not visible, it means that the remote element list is missing in the local ODU (in SCT
- Tools - Subnetwork Configuration Wizard).
1 2
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Fig.77 - Remote accessing
9.8 COMMISSIONING MEASURES FOR ETHERNET TRAFFIC
9.8.1 Ethernet connection stability
Verify with the appropriate Ethernet analyser the Ethernet performances of equipment before commission-
ing of the link.
After checking commissioning measures it is mandatory to fill SIAE commissioning report and send it to
SIAE database, ready to be checked when necessary.
These reports are very important for SIAE and for the customer because they certify the conformity of SIAE
link.
For any technical problem contact help-desk office:
email: help@siaemic.com
tel. +39.02.27325452
9.9 FIRMWARE UPDATE
Firmware can be updated using the software SCT or WebLCT Console. There are two different memory
benches: one containing the running firmware and the other the stand-by firmware. This permits to down-
load a new firmware release to the stand-by bench without cutting the traffic
Use Bench Switch to activate the bench in stand-by (SW restart will be performed).
There are 2 firmware versions for the ODU:
N40052 - ALFOplus80HD Stand alone: radio full outdoor with transport of IP Ethernet traffic
N30052 - ALFOplus80HD split mount: the ODU must be necessarily connected to the IDU AGS-H
that it gets full control of the ODU. The radio composed transports TDM (E1&STM1) and IP Ethernet
traffic.
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9.9.1 Scope
Scope of this paragraph is to provide a procedure that describes, step by step, how to perform the software
upgrade of ALFOplus80HD equipment.
Downloading time depends on connection used between PC and ALFOplus80HD.
Warning: In order to transfer data, WebLCT Console or Subnetwork Craft Terminal running is neces-
sary.
9.9.2 Procedure of firmware update
Follow the steps below to perform the software upgrade of ALFOplus80HD stand alone.
Boot download
1. Unzip files E82112 XXX.zip in a suitable directory of the PC used to performed the upgrade.
2. Connect to the equipment using the SCT or the WebLCT (login as Admin).
3. Open the Software Download window:
- using SCT select Version from menu Equipment Menu and press Download SW Setup
- using WebLCT select Software Info&Maint (see Fig.78) from Equipment Menu and press
Upgrade (see Fig.79)
4. Select the file E82112.dwl (boot firmware) from the directory boot_ e82112_xxyyzz
5. Select Only difference or not present/peripheral as download mode
6. Start the download and confirm by clicking on the window that pops-up.
7. At the end of the boot firmware download, the equipment Controller will automatically restart. Wait
for the restart to be completed.
System Version Download
1. Unzip files N40052 XXX.zip in a suitable directory of the PC used to performed the upgrade.
2. Connect to the equipment using the SCT or the WebLCT (login as Admin)
3. Open the Software Download window:
- using SCT select Version from menu Equipment Menu and press Download SW Setup
- using WebLCT select Software Info&Maint (see Fig.78) from Equipment Menu and press
Upgrade (see Fig.79)
4. Select the file N40052.dwl (system version) from the directory bin
5. Select Forced as download mode
6. Start the download and confirm by clicking on the window that pops-up
7. At the end of the system version download, to activate the new system version a bench switch is
required: click on Bench switch confirm by clicking on the window that pops-up.
Warning: The bench switch may be traffic affecting depending on the system version previously running.
WebLCT Download
1. Connect to the equipment using the WebLCT (login as Admin)
2. In Equipment menu - Software Info&Maint - WebLCT - Upload Manager press Browse and
select the file Web_26_N96120_XXYYZZ
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3. Press the button Upload and Confirm
4. After the update it is recommended to clear temporary internet files, cookies and history of the used
browser.
Warning: WebLCT can be uploaded from the IP Address/Uploader.html.
Fig.78 - Software download procedure
Fig.79 - Upgrade software
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9.10 BACKUP FULL EQUIPMENT CONFIGURATION WITHOUT POSSI-
BILITY OF MODIFYING THE PARAMETERS
9.10.1 Scope
This chapter describes the procedure to backup the full equipment configuration. This permits to recover
the original equipment configuration in case of faulty CONTROLLER module replacement with spare.
Warning: In order to transfer data, WebLCT console or Subnetwork Craft Terminal running is necessary.
9.10.2 Backup/restore configuration using WEBLCT
Backup Configuration
Foreword: it is advisable to backup the configuration after the first installation. Proceed as follows:
1. select Backup/Restore Configuration in the Main menu
2. in the field Backup File name write the name of the configuration file you are going to upload in the
PC, complete with the full path of its folder
3. push Backup. The status of the backup procedure is shown in the Operation Status field.
Restore Configuration
Once the spare Controller has been installed or every time the saved configuration is necessary, proceed
as follow:
1. Select Backup/Restore Configuration in the Main menu
2. In the field Restore file name write the name of the configuration file you are going to download in
the ODU, complete with the full path of its folder
3. Push Restore. The status of the backup procedure is shown in the operation Status field. During
Restore operation the equipment creates a backup configuration, you can come back to this config-
uration at the end of the restore pushing Revert (see Fig.80)
Warning: the file full backup, making use of SCT, isnt compatible with WebLCT and vice versa.
Fig.80 - Backup/Restore configuration
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Section 5.
MAINTENANCE
10 ALARMS
10.1 GENERAL
In this document a description of alarms is present in order to help operators to perform equipment trou-
bleshooting.
10.2 ALARMS SYSTEM
There are two way to identify the alarms:
through LEDs
through SCT/WebLCT
For each part of SIAE radio system, groups of alarms are defined. These alarms can be independent or
interdependent with each other, according to the real causes that generated them.
Alarms are divided into 4 severity levels according to the effects that an alarm might cause to the regular
operation of the unit detecting it. Levels are prioritised as follows:
Critical (red): out-of-service, hw failure, urgent alarm
Major (orange): loss of signal, minimum residual functionality, urgent alarm
minor (yellow): failure neither urgent, high residual functionality, not urgent alarm
warning (light blue): indication or wrong configuration, not urgent alarm
none (green): no alarm or masked alarm.
Critical and Major alarms indicate impossibility of executing a service, hence the faulty units needs to be
serviced. Minor level represents the not urgent alarms which do not prejudice service continuity. Warning
level indicates malfunctions that might be locally removed without having to replace the unit. Alarm sever-
ity can be modified or masked in Alarm severity configuration via SCT/WebLCT by the operator.
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10.2.1 LED status
The visual indication is given by a LED, which can be green or orange or red. The information provided are:
Red light:
- ON - An internal alarm is active. Connect the PC for troubleshooting
- Flashing - An external alarm is active
Green light
- Flashing - No radio connection with far-end terminal
- ON - Radio connection with far-end terminal is active
Orange light: during restart
During the power-up follows three status of display LED (see Tab.32)
Tab.32 - Bootstrap status display
10.2.2 Alarm group
Alarms are divided in groups to refer to a particular functionality and are characterized by programmable
severity. Alarms, with group and a short description, are listed into Tab.33.
In the following you can find a class list and the item they describe:
COMMON Failure or status relevant to whole equipment
ETH LAN - Failure on Ethernet traffic
P.M. G.828 Performance monitoring on signal quality
P.M. ACM - Performance monitoring on ACM
P.M. Rx Power Performance monitoring on received signal
P.M. Tx Power Performance monitoring on transmitted signal
Plug-in module - Alarm on plug-in device
RADIO - Alarm on Tx/Rx section of radio
SETS - Synchronisation alarm or status
Unit - Hardware or software unit alarm
Tab.33 - Alarm severity list
Led 1st step - boot strap
2nd step - Loading
WebLCT
3rd step - Ready to
management
Green OFF OFF OFF/BLINKING
Red OFF ON OFF/BLINKING
Orange ON OFF OFF
Class WebLCT name Description Default severity
COMMON Equip Manual Operation At least one manual operation on Warning
ETH LAN Eth Lan Phy Link Loss Loss of Ethernet signal Major
P.M. ACM
PM ACM - 24H Alarm
ACM measurements on received radio
signal
Major
PM ACM - 15M Alarm Major
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P.M. G.828
pm G828 - 24H SepAlarm
Quality measurements on radio signal re-
ceived
a
Major
pm G828 - 15M SepAlarm Major
pm G828 - UAS Alarm Major
pm G828 - 24H Ses Alarm Major
pm G828 - 24H ES Alarm Major
pm G828 - 15M Ses Alarm Major
pm G828 - 15M ES Alarm Major
P.M. Rx Power
pm RxPwr - 24H Rlts Alarm
Rx Power measurements on radio signal
received
a.
Major
pm RxPwr - 15M Rlts Alarm Major
P.M. Tx Power
pm TxPwr - 24H Rlts Alarm
Tx Power measurements on radio signal
transmitted
a.
Major
pm TxPwr - 15M Rlts Alarm Major
Plug-in module Plug-in Module Alarm SPF module is missing Major
RADIO
Radio Configuration Mismatch
Wrong configuration set in local &remote
radio
Major
Radio Rx Quality Low Warning Received signal quality degraded Warning
Radio Rx Quality Low Alarm Insufficient received signal quality Major
Radio Rx AGC Alarm Automatic Gain Controller Failure Major
Radio Rt Vco Fail Voltage Controlled Oscillator failure Major
Radio Tx Power Alarm
Transmitted power below the fixed
threshold
Major
Radio Rx Power Low Alarm Received power below the fixed threshold Major
Radio Reduced Capacity
Capacity is reduced compared to upper
modulation
Warning
Radio Invalid Frequency Alarm Set Wrong frequency on radio link Major
Radio Equip Ber Sync Loss Alarm
Bit error rate/Sync loss on received radio
signal
Warning
Radio Demodulator Fail Alarm Failure on Demodulator/IF Rx Frequency Major
Radio Equip Link Telemetry Fail
Alarm
Telemetry failed to radio link missing Major
Radio Equip Link ID Alarm Wrong Link ID received Major
SETS
Timing Sync Active Status Timing Sync is active Status
Timing Sync Drift Alarm Selected Synch bad quality Major
Timing Sync Los Alarm Selected Synch missing Major
Timing Generator Holdover Status Equipment in holdover status Warning
Timing Generator Free Running
Status
Equipment in Free Running status Warning
Timing Generator T0 Fail Alarm T0 synch missing Major
Class WebLCT name Description Default severity
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Unit
Unit SW Mismatch Alarm SW mismatch detected on the unit Major
Unit HW Mismatch Alarm HW mismatch detected on the unit Major
Unit Not Responding Alarm No response from the unit Major
Unit Missing Alarm Missing condition on the unit Major
Unit Fail Alarm Failure on the unit Major
a. Regarding periods of 15 minutes or 24 hours.
Class WebLCT name Description Default severity
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11 MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING
11.1 GENERAL
In the following pages are listed all the procedures to follow for ALFOplus80HD maintenance.
When corrective maintenance is necessary, a troubleshooting procedure helps the operator to identify the
failure unit to replace it with a spare one.
11.2 MAINTENANCE
Maintenance consists of two stages:
1. periodical checks to be carried out using SCT/WebLCT
2. corrective maintenance.
Periodical checks serve to detect correct radio performance without the presence of any alarm condition.
Corrective maintenance takes place as soon as one or more alarm conditions are in existence. Operation
sequence to be carried out is shown in Troubleshooting paragraph.
11.2.1 Periodical checks
System routine maintenance consists in a series of routine checks aiming to verify correct operating mode
of an alarmfree system.
These checks are made through SCT/WebLCT program, installed on a PC.
The items to be checked are:
Tx power (i.e., attenuation value in dB vs. nominal value)
Rx field (value measured must comply with that resulting from hop calculation)
S/N (presence of possible interference)
BER (values measured must comply with hop calculations)
How these operations are carried out is specified in Lineup section or, more widely, in ALFOplus80HD
software manual.
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11.2.2 Corrective maintenance (troubleshooting)
Corrective maintenance starts as soon as one or more alarm indication become active.
Corrective maintenance purpose is to locate the faulty unit and replace it with spare after having verified
that the cause of faulty is not external to the equipment.
Corrective maintenance does not include malfunction due to a wrong or incomplete configuration of the
system or to failure due to alarm indication system itself or any other cause external to the system, i.e.:
cabling damage, main voltage loss, antenna misalignment and propagation problems.
See paragraph 11.3 TROUBLESHOOTING for details.
11.3 TROUBLESHOOTING
Main purpose of troubleshooting is to identify the possible cause of alarm:
Propagations of microwave
- interference (in a link radio turn off the Ptx module (local & remote) and monitoring the Prx dur-
ing the day, active local Link ID)
- desalign of antenna (check positions and screws, maximize the voltage MNGT port present in
ODU)
- obstacle in the 1 Fresnel Zone (tree, tower building, etc....)
- using the Performance Monitoring Prx, Ptx BER measuring
- particular condition (heavy rain, stratification of different air temperature, flat surface)
Radio hardware faulty
- alarms due of a wrong configurations or actual status of the radio
- faulty (using radio BER test generator and loops, to check hardware failure)
External event
- no constant 48 Volt power supply during the day/night
- very high temperature, humidity inside waveguide
- ODU operating range -33C to +55C; survival temperature range -40C to +65C
- ODU waterproof according to IP65 environmental class
The troubleshooting procedure is performed with:
check value of Power Transmitter and Receiver
reading Current Alarms and Alarm History labels and trying to figure out which part of the equip-
ment is affected.
disabled All Manual Operations
verifying with radio BER test a hardware failure or S/N measure
verifying the correct initialization of the Local and Remote Radio
HW restart
factory default
firmware update
replace with a spare part.
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Section 6.
PROGRAMMING AND
SUPERVISION
12 PROGRAMMING AND SUPERVISION
12.1 GENERAL
ALFOplus80HD is programmed and supervised using CLI and SCT or WLC. This subject is fully described in
the separated software manual.
Warning: Operating system compatibility for SCT and WLC are Windows XP or Windows7.
12.2 SUPERVISION
the description of management plane is differentiated on the base of the possible product interconnections
and applications.
In this section the applications of full outdoor product is described starting from basic 1+0 link.
In ALFOplus80HD the ports that can participate to the management plane are the following:
LAN1: GE or GO depending on ODU HW version
LAN2: GE or GO depending on ODU HW version
MGMT: On site management port (OnSMng). FE for local access connection only.
Basically the management plane can be shared with the data plane (In band management) or supported
via dedicated and independent channel (Out of Band). Moreover it could be managed at L2 or L3 level.
In the following the supported schemes are listed, on the base of ODU configuration and management
scheme is intended to be supported independently from the Data Plane configurations (Customer Bridge
mode or Provider Bridge mode).
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12.2.1 General
In general the management plane can be configured using CLI (see separated software manual). In par-
ticular, for management purposed, the LAN interfaces can be configured as follow:
Disable - the management is not transported for that LAN
Local Access Only - LAN is dedicated to the management and it allows to reach the local CPU only
In Band - LAN is configured to transport both management and data: management is differentiated
by dedicated VLan
Out Of Band (OOB) - LAN is dedicated to the management and the management forwarded over
the radio is maintained segregated from the data (in this application the segregation is virtually
achieved via LAN)
Drop Node - LAN is dedicated to the management and it is possible to access to both local CPU and
the rest of the network.
The combinations of management configuration for LAN1 and LAN2 are shown in the following.
12.2.2 ALFOplus80HD - 1NE - InBand - 1+0 link
In this configuration the management plane transport is shared with the data plane (see Fig.81). The dif-
ferentiation is obtained by managing different VLANs. A VLAN dedicated to the management shall be de-
fined (VLAN
mng
) and configured by the user.
Within "InBand context" it shall be possible to:
Define which ports participate to the VLAN
mng
and the port connectivity scheme to obtain the de-
sired reachability (local only or also remote)
In particular it shall be possible to dedicate a LAN to the management only (in this case untagged
management frames at this interface shall be supported, see "Drop Node" configuration)
Configure the priority of management VLAN (PCP) and ToS.
Fig.81 shows an example of LAN1, P, PortA as member of the VLAN
mng
.
Fig.81 - Example of InBand management, LAN1 with local and remote visibility

ODU
Switch
1
2
A
OnSMng
P
Switch
1
2
A
OnSMng
P
mng
VID
Mng

data
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Fig.82 - In band Management example, LAN2 port is dedicated to the management and accesses
to local CPU only
Restrictions in selection could be present in case of incompatible LAN configurations at physical layer or
data plane (for example, if two LANs are in ELP or LAG the management is InBand).
12.2.3 ALFOplus80HD - 1NE - Emulated Out Of Band (L2) Management
There is a LAN port dedicated to the management but the radio port is shared with the data. Therefore the
differentiation of the management over the air is performed by the system at logical level (adding a re-
served VLAN tag) that keeps data and management plane separated.
Note that the traffic expected over management LAN port can be tagged or untagged.
It shall be possible to assign a policer/shaper to the management and payload traffic for bandwidth allo-
cation.
The difference with the InBand management is that the user is not required to directly configure the VLAN
differentiation, but it is internally managed by the system.
Fig.83 - Emulated out of band (L2)
12.2.4 ALFOplus80HD - On-Site Management Port (MNG)
The MNG port present in the ODU is dedicated to the management for "On-Site" use only. This access is
expected to be used during first installation or replacement cases, for example to configure the system,
check system status, run Fade Margin procedure, recover NE configurations.

Switch
1
2
A
OnSMng
P
Switch
1
2
A
OnSMng
P
mng
data
mng
VID
Mng

Switch
1
2
OnSMng
P
mng
data
data
mng
A
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Fig.84 - Management traffic to/from On-Site Management port (1+0 case)
12.2.5 Configurability
The management mode of equipment affects the Ethernet Channel and on the Switch configuration (RSTP,
OAM, ). Therefore it is important to decide the optimal configuration of traffic Ethernet and management,
to avoid blocking traffic conditions.
In emulated Out of Band the management traffic is forwarded to radio side using internal Vlan stacking
with configurable priority, respect to network service requirements, so that data traffic with same priority
could affect the speed of management traffic.
The disabling of port A interface can cause outage of management and data traffic.
The configurations foreseen to be available with ALFOplus80HD are shown in Tab.34 and Tab.35.
Tab.34 - ALFOplus80HD electrical interface version
Configuration scheme Description
Protection: 1+0
Max Throughput: 2Gbps
Behaviour: Full Outdoor
Note: if requested, the Link Aggregation
line side will be provided directly by third
party network equipment. If not, the two
interfaces wont be aggregated.
Protection: 1+0
Max Throughput: 1Gbps
Behaviour: Full Outdoor
Switch Switch
1
2
A
OnSMng
P
1
2
A
OnSMng
P
VIDonSMng
VIDMng
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Tab.35 - ALFOplus80HD optical interface version
12.2.6 Address
The unit uses a single IP address associated at the management port of controller and a single "default
gateway".
12.2.7 Console access mode
The Console access is available in 48V port through serial port (F03594 cable) via Hyperterminal
(115200bps,n,8,1):
Login admin
Password admin
Configuration scheme Description
Protection: 1+0
Max Throughput: 2Gbps
Behaviour: Full Outdoor
Note: 2x1Gbps optical interfaces (in this
case, L2 Link Aggregation is strongly sug-
gested to be provided).
Protection: 1+0
Max Throughput: 2Gbps
Behaviour: Full Outdoor
Note: 1x2.5Gbps optical interfaces.
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Section 7.
COMPOSITION
13 COMPOSITION OF OUTDOOR UNIT
13.1 GENERAL
There are several versions of ALFOplus80HD, each of them with different hardware characteristics, that if
inserted improperly in local and remote side, radio link doesnt work.
Following statements:
you must have 2 ODUs, the first working in the lower selected subband and the second one working
in the correspondent higher subband.
Part number, hardware layout and equipment composition are subject to change without notice.
13.2 ODU PART NUMBER
Every version is identified by a specific part number (see Tab.36) shown on a label attached on ODU.
Other information such as power consumption, allowed configuration, feature key, system version, part
number P/N and serial number S/N are also written.
P/N consists of six digits with the following meaning (see Tab.37).
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Tab.36 - ODU part number
Tab.37 - ALFOplus80HD versions
Digit Letter/number Meaning
1 G
Functional assembly of units completed by a mechanical
structure
2 B ALFOplus80HD equipment
3 to 4 99 80 GHz (E-band)
5 to 7
0 to 1
2 to 3
4 to 5
Gigabit electrical interface
Gigabit electro/Optical interface
Gigabit optical
Code Description RF/Subband
GB 9910 ODU ALFOplus80HD (LAN1 RJ45 LAN2 RJ45) 1L
GB 9911 ODU ALFOplus80HD (LAN1 RJ45 LAN2 RJ45) 1H
GB 9914 ODU ALFOplus80HD Opt. (LAN1 SFP LAN2 SFP) 1L
GB 9915 ODU ALFOplus80HD Opt. (LAN1 SFP LAN2 SFP) 1H
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Section 8.
LISTS AND SERVICES
14 LIST OF FIGURES
Fig.1 - Components electrostatic charge sensitive indication................................................. 8
Fig.2 - Elasticized band ................................................................................................... 8
Fig.3 - Coiled cord.......................................................................................................... 8
Fig.4 - WEEE symbol - 2002/96/CE EN50419 ..................................................................... 9
Fig.5 ............................................................................................................................ 13
Fig.6 - ALFOplus80HD front/side view .............................................................................. 19
Fig.7 - ALFOplus80HD block diagram ............................................................................... 25
Fig.8 - ALFOplus80HD GE ............................................................................................... 31
Fig.9 - ALFOplus80HD GO............................................................................................... 32
Fig.10 - Synchronisation block diagram............................................................................ 34
Fig.11 - ATPC diagram................................................................................................... 36
Fig.12 - Available loops .................................................................................................. 36
Fig.13 - NodeB and BTS synch ........................................................................................ 37
Fig.14 - SETS circuit ...................................................................................................... 37
Fig.15 - Synchronisation menu........................................................................................ 38
Fig.16 - Source of synchronisation................................................................................... 39
Fig.17 - Provide synchronism.......................................................................................... 40
Fig.18 - Grounding connection ........................................................................................ 43
Fig.19 - ODU ALFOplus80HD........................................................................................... 46
Fig.20 - Polarization disk ................................................................................................ 47
Fig.21 - Antenna back plate............................................................................................ 48
Fig.22 - Antenna flange.................................................................................................. 49
Fig.23 - ODU installation ................................................................................................ 50
Fig.24 - ODU mounted layout.......................................................................................... 51
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Fig.25 - Components ..................................................................................................... 53
Fig.26 - Recommended tools (not included) ...................................................................... 54
Fig.27 .......................................................................................................................... 55
Fig.28 .......................................................................................................................... 55
Fig.29 .......................................................................................................................... 56
Fig.30 .......................................................................................................................... 56
Fig.31 .......................................................................................................................... 57
Fig.32 .......................................................................................................................... 58
Fig.33 - On pole............................................................................................................ 58
Fig.34 - Wall mounted.................................................................................................... 58
Fig.35 - Standard RJ45 crimper used for RJ45 indoor connector........................................... 59
Fig.36 - Standard RJ45 crimper (without comb) used for RJ45 shielded outdoor connector ...... 60
Fig.37 - Functional drawing............................................................................................. 61
Fig.38 - Dimensioned drawing - M12 connector ................................................................. 62
Fig.39 - Cable connection side M12 (screw connection)....................................................... 62
Fig.40 - Pin assignment M12 socket, 5-pos., A-coded, socket side view ................................ 62
Fig.41 - Straight Ethernet cable....................................................................................... 65
Fig.42 - RJ-45 Pinout ..................................................................................................... 65
Fig.43 - Indoor RJ45 unshielded assembly ........................................................................ 66
Fig.44 - P20020 kit........................................................................................................ 66
Fig.45 - Boot connector.................................................................................................. 66
Fig.46 - Assembled Amphenol ......................................................................................... 68
Fig.47 - Cable connector keys ......................................................................................... 68
Fig.48 - Connector housing............................................................................................. 69
Fig.49 - Connector tight ................................................................................................. 69
Fig.50 - P20032 ............................................................................................................ 70
Fig.51 - Connector positions ........................................................................................... 71
Fig.52 - Locking key for Amph. connector (J23599)............................................................ 72
Fig.53 - Assembled connectors........................................................................................ 73
Fig.54 - IDU-ODU optical connection................................................................................ 75
Fig.55 - F03594 cable for lab use only.............................................................................. 77
Fig.56 - F03616 maintenance cable (to remove after commission pointing) ........................... 78
Fig.57 - ALFOplus80HD connectors .................................................................................. 79
Fig.58 - SFP LC/LC ........................................................................................................ 79
Fig.59 - SFP LC/OPEN END ............................................................................................. 79
Fig.60 - SFP LC/ SFP LC ................................................................................................. 79
Fig.61 - LC connector..................................................................................................... 80
Fig.62 - SFP/LC connector locked .................................................................................... 80
Fig.63 - SFP/LC connector check ..................................................................................... 80
Fig.64 - SFP into ALFOplus80HD...................................................................................... 80
Fig.65 - Locked connection ............................................................................................. 81
Fig.66 - Unplug SFP....................................................................................................... 81
Fig.67 - Connection option.............................................................................................. 85
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Fig.68 - Bandwidth&Modulation, local link ID..................................................................... 86
Fig.69 - Frequency and power setting .............................................................................. 87
Fig.70 - Port configuration.............................................................................................. 87
Fig.71 - Equipment properties......................................................................................... 88
Fig.72 - Routing table .................................................................................................... 89
Fig.73 - Remote element list ........................................................................................... 90
Fig.74 - Equipment properties......................................................................................... 90
Fig.75 - S/N measurement monitoring ............................................................................. 91
Fig.76 - Azimuth and elevation adjustment ....................................................................... 92
Fig.77 - Remote accessing.............................................................................................. 93
Fig.78 - Software download procedure ............................................................................. 95
Fig.79 - Upgrade software .............................................................................................. 95
Fig.80 - Backup/Restore configuration.............................................................................. 96
Fig.81 - Example of InBand management, LAN1 with local and remote visibility................... 104
Fig.82 - In band Management example, LAN2 port is dedicated to the management and accesses
to local CPU only .......................................................................................................... 105
Fig.83 - Emulated out of band (L2) ................................................................................ 105
Fig.84 - Management traffic to/from On-Site Management port (1+0 case) ......................... 106
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15 LIST OF TABLES
Tab.1 - Artificial respiration .............................................................................................. 7
Tab.2 - RF channel arrangement , ....................................................................................20
Tab.3 - Frequency band ..................................................................................................20
Tab.4 - Net Radio Throughput in Mbit/s versus channel bandwidth for ALFOplus80HD equipment .
21
Tab.5 - Filter sub-bands for ALFOplus80HD........................................................................21
Tab.6 - 71.0 - 86.0 GHz band - Go-return: 10 GHz frequency carrier limits ............................21
Tab.7 - Maximum transmit power .....................................................................................22
Tab.8 - RF output attenuator ...........................................................................................22
Tab.9 - Automatic transmit power control (ATPC) range ......................................................23
Tab.10 - Remote transmit power control (RTPC) range ........................................................23
Tab.11 - Guaranteed receiver sensitivities .........................................................................24
Tab.12 - Spectral efficiency .............................................................................................24
Tab.13 - Max RSL Threshold ............................................................................................24
Tab.14 - ACM switching on S/N thresholds.........................................................................25
Tab.15 - Guaranteed Ethernet Latency (ms) for ALFOplus80HD ............................................26
Tab.16 - Guaranteed Ethernet Throughput (Mbit/s) for ALFOplus80HD ..................................26
Tab.17 - Interface characteristics .....................................................................................27
Tab.18 - Power consumption............................................................................................27
Tab.19 - Cable max length ..............................................................................................28
Tab.20 - Dimensions.......................................................................................................28
Tab.21 - Mounting Instructions ........................................................................................44
Tab.22 - Accessories for installation..................................................................................52
Tab.23 - Recommended RJ45 crimping tool .......................................................................59
Tab.24 - M12 connector spare parts..................................................................................61
Tab.25 - Pinout 48V connector .........................................................................................63
Tab.26 - Pinout MNGT connector ......................................................................................63
Tab.27 - Pinout AUX connector.........................................................................................63
Tab.28 - Part to be assembled .........................................................................................64
Tab.29 - Wiring 1000Base-T ............................................................................................65
Tab.30 - List of Amphenol optical cable .............................................................................74
Tab.31 - Voltage measured in auxiliary port.......................................................................91
Tab.32 - Bootstrap status display .....................................................................................98
Tab.33 - Alarm severity list..............................................................................................98
Tab.34 - ALFOplus80HD electrical interface version........................................................... 106
Tab.35 - ALFOplus80HD optical interface version .............................................................. 107
Tab.36 - ODU part number ............................................................................................ 110
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16 ASSISTANCE SERVICE
For more information, refer to the section relevant to the technical support on the Internet site of the com-
pany manufacturing the product.
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