9500 Microwave Cross Connect MXC

R.1.0

Technical Description

v.1.2

Version 1.2 August 2006

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1

Introduction...............................................................................................................................3
1.1

What Is the Product/Solution?.............................................................................................3

9500 MXC Platform Features .....................................................................................................4

System Overview .......................................................................................................................5

3.1

System Components ..........................................................................................................5

Intelligent Node Unit..................................................................................................... 5

Indoor Units ................................................................................................................. 6
ODU 300 .................................................................................................................... 6
Intelligent Node Units (INU/INUe) ................................................................................. 7
3.2

INU Card Overview ...........................................................................................................9

Node Controller Card (NCC) ...................................................................................... 10

Fan Unit (FAN) ........................................................................................................... 11
Radio Access Card (RAC) ............................................................................................ 11
Data Access Card (DAC) ............................................................................................. 12
Multiplexer DACs........................................................................................................ 13
Ethernet DAC (DAC ES)............................................................................................... 14
Gigabit Ethernet DAC (DAC GE) (*) ............................................................................. 15
Node Protection Card (NPC) ....................................................................................... 16
Auxiliary & Alarm I/O Card (AUX)................................................................................ 16
3.3

Indoor Unit (IDU).............................................................................................................17

3.4

ODU300 Outdoor Unit....................................................................................................17

3.5

Antenna Mount ...............................................................................................................18

3.6

Protected Configurations..................................................................................................18

Outdoor Units Datasheet (6 to 13GHz) ........................................................................ 19

Outdoor Units Datasheet (15 to 38GHz) ...................................................................... 20
System parameters ..................................................................................................... 21

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Introduction

The 9500 MXC provides a competitive solution for high capacity applications, a growing segment
driven by the introduction of UMTS and HSDPA in the mobile networks, by the renewal of television
networks with launch of DVB-T and DVB-H, and by the more and more popular broadband networks.
With the addition of 9500 MXC platform Alcatel presents the most competitive and complete wireless
point-to-point portfolio in the market.
SDH metro applications
High capacity PDH above 32xE1 in mobile backhauling
High capacity Ethernet for broadband data networks
Integrated cross connect to present aggregated traffic
Integrated Ethernet switch to optimize data traffic

1.1 What Is the Product/Solution?

The 9500 MXC provides solution for SDH and super PDH applications going up to 75 E1/100DS1,
higher flexibility is given by the integrated cross connection capabilities. Additionally, the product fits
well for fixed applications including DSL and WiMAX backhauling due to its multiple interfaces: PDH,
SDH and Ethernet with integrated layer-2 switching.

The 9500 MXC supports multiple applications including those for

mobile, private and carrier network infrastructures. The 9500MXC
addresses SDH applications with optimal spectrum efficiency, multiple
modulation schemes, frequency reuse (X-PIC) and 2xSTM-1 single
carrier (311Mbps).
The 9500MXC sided by the 9400AWY provides the best flexible and
cost optimized solution for backhauling of TDM NxE1, or data Ethernet
applications.
With the 9500MXC Capex optimization is achieved thanks to the cross
connection capabilities allowing local traffic aggregation.
The 9500 MXC is managed by the 1353NM common element
manager of all microwave radio platforms.

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2 9500 MXC Platform Features

Unique features include:
Cost-effective wireless solution for High Capacity applications up to 2xSTM-1.
High Capacity Ethernet transport with embedded L2 switch
Intelligent Indoor nodal unit supports up to six ODUs.
Universal ODUs capacity and modulation independent
Choice of operation as SDH or SuperPDH radio via software.
NxE1 rates up to 75xE1 over a single 28MHz carrier
NxE3 rates up to 8xE3 over a single 56MHz carrier
Choice of E1, E3, STM-1, Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet customer interfaces.
Software-configurable traffic routing, without local cabling.
9500 MXC Craft Terminal, an advanced Java-based maintenance tool presents local and
remote node status with performance monitoring, configuration control and diagnostics.

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3 System Overview
3.1 System Components
9500 MXC provides a choice of indoor units sided by an universal outdoor unit, depending upon the
deployment application:

Intelligent Node Unit

The wireless node architecture is enabled by the Intelligent Node Unit, or INU. Its modular design
supports either a simple terminal, or a more complex node, through a variety of hot-swappable plug-in
cards.
The INU is available in a standard 1RU and extended 2RU shelf (INUe) to support up to 3 outdoor units
(ODUs) or 6 ODUs respectively, with traffic routed internally to eliminate external tributary cables and
patch panels.

Figure 1: INU

Figure 2: INUe

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Indoor Units
The 9500 MXC Indoor Units, or IDUs, are 1RU units providing cost-optimized terminal solutions for:
STM-1 transmission (IDU155o)

Ethernet Transmission (IDU ES)

ODU 300
ODU300 supports all capacities from 4xE1 to 2xSTM-1 (8 to 311 Mbit/s) and modulation rates QPSK,
16QAM, 32QAM, 64QAM and 128 QAM without hardware change.
It makes full capacity migration possible without the need to climb towers.
ODU300 is available for all licensed frequency bands from 6 to 38 GHz and is for use with the INU
and IDUs.

Figure 3: 9500 MXC Outdoor Unit

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Intelligent Node Units (INU/INUe)

The INU/INUe consists of a chassis containing dedicated and universal slots that accept a variety of
plug-in cards.
The dedicated slots are for a Node Controller Card (NCC) and a Fan card (FAN). The universal slots
are for radio, tributary and services cards. The maximum number of ODUs supported are three for INU
and six for INUe.
The INU provides a total of three universal slot positions, which can support up to three ODUs or DAC,
one slot that can be used for DAC (Data Access Card) or NPC (Node Protection Card). The two
remaining slots are dedicated to the NCC unit (Node Controller Card) and to the FAN unit.

3
5

Figure 4: INU Slots

INU Slot

Card Type

1-2-3

RAC or DAC

NCC

NPC or DAC

FAN

The INUe, the extended version, provides additional slot positions and can support up to six ODUs.

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4
7

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12
9

11

10

13

Figure 5: INUe Slots

INUe Slot

Card Type

1 to 6

RAC or DAC

7-8-9

DAC

10

NCC

11

NPC

12-13

FAN

All plug-in cards are fully compatible between the INU and INUe.
Both the INU and INUe include an integral backplane that interfaces with all card types, and carries a
TDM bus, which in association with a control bus provides the cross-connect and end-to-end circuit
connectivity for traffic and overhead channels plus north-south traffic aggregation.
The TDM bus can operate in one of three programmable configurations, NxE1, NxE3 or NxSTM-1.

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Figure 6: INU/INUe TDM Bus

The traffic-handling capacity limit of each configuration is:

TDM Bus mode

Max Capacity

NxE1

100xE1

NxE3

8xE3

NxSTM-1

2xSTM-1

In this way, the INU can be configured as an NxE1, NxE3 or as an STM-1 radio. Or it can be
configured to provide a mix of E1, E3 , STM-1 and Ethernet traffic interfaces to/from a common NxE1
Bus, using multiplexer version DACs for the E3 and STM-1 interfaces.

3.2 INU Card Overview

The INU provides a combination of dedicated and universal slot positions for plug-in cards. The
dedicated slots are for a Node Controller Card (NCC) and a Fan card (FAN), both of which must be
installed in each INU configuration for correct operation.
The universal slots can be populated with a variety of available plug-in card types. There is no
restriction of plug-in combinations or slot position in the universal slots.

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Node Controller Card (NCC)

The NCC provides the key node management and control functions and carries the main power supply
for the 48 Vdc input.

Figure 7: NCC Card

The front panel interfaces provide:

Main 48 Vdc power connection
4-Port 10/100 Base-T LAN hub/switch for 9500 MXC Craft Terminal or NMS,
Serial interface for 9500 MXC Craft Terminal,
Two LED indicators for Test and Status.
The NCC also carries a CompactFlash card, which holds the terminal software configuration and Node
License. The card is accessible once the NCC card is withdrawn.
The Node License level is dependent upon the number of RACs fitted to the INU, and the capacity of
each link supported by the node. DACs are not assigned a license.

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Fan Unit (FAN)

The FAN module holds two long-life axial fans. Fan operation is temperature-controlled and is
performance-monitored by the NCC.
Under normal conditions one fan operates, cycled between the two available. Both fans will operate if
the first fails to keep the temperature below a preset threshold.

Radio Access Card (RAC)

The RAC is the intermediary between the digital base band and the ODU.
It performs the primary modulation/demodulation functions plus FEC, adaptive equalization and IF
loopback switching. It connects to its ODU via a single 50 coaxial cable and to other cards in the INU
via the TDM bus backplane.
Figure 8: RAC Card

Several RAC variants are available to cover capacity/bandwidth combinations and support to cochannel arrangement (X-PIC)
RAC Type

Supported
Modulations

Supported
Capacities

Supported channel BW

RAC 30

QPSK,

8 to 155Mbit/s

3,5 to 28/30MHz

155 and
311Mbit/s

28/30/40/56 MHz

155Mbit/s

28MHz

16QAM, 32QAM,
64QAM, 128QAM
RAC 3x

16QAM
128QAM

RAC 40 (*)

128QAM

(*) RAC 40 includes X-PIC section enabling co-channel operation.

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Up to three RACs can be fitted in one INU, and a further three in the INUe.
These RACs can be a mix of any frequency band and capacity. Two RACs are fitted to support
1+1 protected, diversity or 2+0 link operation.
Two RACs 40 provides 2xSTM-1 capacity over a single 28MHz RF channel.

Data Access Card (DAC)

The DAC performs the signal conversion between the customer interface and the TDM bus, where it
interfaces with other cards via the backplane.
It includes software selection of balanced or unbalanced E1 terminations, and tributary loopbacks.
Different DAC versions provide a full suite of capacity/interface options.

Figure 9: 16xE1 and 2xSTM-1 DACs

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The DAC options are:

RAC Type

Description

DAC 4x

4xE1 G.703

DAC 16x

16xE1 G.703

DAC 1x155o

1xSTM-1 Optical

DAC 2x155o

2xSTM-1 Optical

DAC 2x155e

2xSTM-1 Electrical

DAC 3xE3

3xE3 G.703

DAC 3xE3M

1xE3 to 16xE1 Mux

DAC 1x155oM

1xSTM-1 optical to 63xE1 Mux

DAC 1x155oM LR

1xSTM-1 optical long range to 63xE1 Mux

DAC ES

4x10/100BaseT with Ethernet Switch

DAC GE (*)

3x10/100/1000BaseT + 1xGigaBit Optical

with Ethernet Switch

(*) Available in Rel 1.1

Multiplexer DACs
Different types of multiplexer DAC are available to map either E3 or STM-1 optical or electrical to an
NxE1 TDM bus.
This enables access E1, E3 and STM-1 interfaces removing the need for an expensive STM-1
multiplexer.

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63 x E1
To TDM bus

1 x STM-1
To customer

Figure 10: DAC 155oM

Ethernet DAC (DAC ES)

The DAC ES provides a 4-Port 10/100 BaseT Ethernet bridging function with QoS and VLAN
management.
Using the flexibility of the TDM bus and the programmable capacity of the 9500 MXC platform,
Ethernet traffic can be delivered alone or combined with TDM NxE1 data from a second DAC fitted in
the INU.
Two 10/100 Base-T channels on the DAC ES are individually configurable in 2 Mbps capacity
increments, along with TDM traffic up to the capacity total of the radio.
The performance of each Ethernet channel can be controlled by reducing/increasing the bandwidth
allocation.

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Figure 11: DAC ES Architecture

For example, a link transporting an equivalent capacity of 32xE1 (64 Mbps) could have 16 Mbps
assigned to 8xE1 TDM traffic, and two Ethernet channels, each with 24 Mbps.
The DAC ES provides a 4-Port 10/100 BaseT Ethernet bridging function with full 802.3x compatibility.

Gigabit Ethernet DAC (DAC GE) (*)

The DAC GE provides a 3-Port 10/100/1000BaseT plus 1x1000BaseX (optical) Ethernet bridging
function with QoS and VLAN management.

The maximum assignable DAC GE capacity is 311 Mbps, either as 155 Mbps on both channels or 311
Mbps on one channel.
Where more capacity is needed use co-located INUs with DAC GE allows to reach 622Mbit/s capacity
through traffic aggregation.
In fact, DAC GE also aggregates Ethernet bandwidth from two or more separate physical LAN links to
support a single higher capacity LAN/VLAN.
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It provides a more resilient end-end connection through load balancing whereby communications
activity is distributed across the Ethernet channels to help ensure that no one channel is overwhelmed.
Link aggregation prevents a failure of one LAN channel leading to the complete disruption of traffic that
would otherwise have been assigned to that channel.
(*) available only with Rel 1.1

Node Protection Card (NPC)

Where additional redundancy for nodes supporting protected or multiple links is required, the NPC can
be installed in the INU to provide redundancy for the 48 Vdc power supply and TDM bus controller
functions provided by the NCC.
In the event of an NCC failure the NPC will maintain operation of the node until the NCC can be
replaced.

Auxiliary & Alarm I/O Card (AUX)

The AUX card provides user configurable auxiliary data channels and alarm input and output (I/O)
options.
Auxiliary Data Channels:
Up to three channels configurable as:
o

Synchronous 64Kbit/s

Asynchronous 19200bps

Alarm I/O:
The alarm options provide software-configurable TTL alarm inputs and Form-C relay outputs as follow:
2 TTL alarm inputs and 4 form C relay outputs
4 TTL alarm inputs and 2 form C relay outputs
6 TTL inputs only
Any local or remote alarms generated in the system, including any alarm TTL input, can be mapped,
singularly or in groups to any alarm output.

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3.3 Indoor Unit (IDU)

Along with INU and INUe a series of cost-optimized indoor units (IDUs) are also available.
In details 9500 MXC supports two application-specific IDUs to cost-effectively address:
SDH Applications with 1xSTM-1 transmission capacity (IDU 155o)
High throughput Ethernet applications up to 200Mbit/s (IDU ES)
The IDUs are a non-modular 1RU indoor unit optimized for installations where there is no requirement
for high flexibility.
The IDU series are air-compatible with INUs enabling radio links deployments with IDU and INU

3.4 ODU300 Outdoor Unit

The ODU300 spans a wide range of frequencies, capacities and modulation formats to support High
Capacity PDH and SDH without hardware change.
The same mechanical design is used for all bands from 6 to 38 GHz.
ODU300 connects to an INU or IDU via a single 50 coaxial cable, which carries the transmit and
receive IF signals, telemetry overheads, internal controls and ODU DC power.

Figure 12: 9500 MXC Outdoor Unit

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3.5 Antenna Mount

The ODU attaches to its antenna by a direct-mount collar, which includes a built-in rotator for selection
of vertical or horizontal polarization. For single antenna protected, frequency diversity and 2+0
operation, a direct-mount antenna combiner for two ODUs is available.
A full range of direct-mount antennas is offered with diameters from 0.2m to 1.8m. Remote-mount
antenna kits are available for use with standard antennas of any diameter.
As an aid to antenna alignment, the ODU includes receive signal level (RSL) access via a capped BNC
connector.

3.6 Protected Configurations

9500 MXC supports 1+1 protected configurations including Hot Stand-by and diversity configurations.
For additional protection of INU functions an NPC can be added to provide power supply and NCC
control redundancy.
Hitless receive switching is provided for hot standby and diversity.
Space diversity requires two ODUs, each with their own antenna.
Hot standby and frequency diversity are supported by a direct-mount combiner to combine the two
ODUs onto a single antenna.
The combiner is available with an unequal 6 - 1.5 dB coupler or with an equal 3 - 3 dB split. Space and
frequency diversity can be combined to provide hybrid diversity.

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Outdoor Units Datasheet (6 to 13GHz)

(Typical Values)

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Outdoor Units Datasheet (15 to 38GHz)

(Typical Values)

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System parameters

General
Operating Frequency Range
Digital Line Rate

6 to 38 GHz
2.048 Mbps (E1)
34.368 Mbps (E3)
155.52 Mbps (STM1)
4x, 5x, 8x, 10x, 16x, 20x, 32x, 40x, 48x, 52x, 64x, 75x E1
1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 8x E3
1x, 2x STM1
QPSK, 16, 32, 64, 128 QAM
FEC, Reed Solomon Decoding
20 Tap

Capacity Range Options

Modulation Options
Error Correction
Adaptive Equalisation
Radio Path Protection Options
Non Protected, 1+0
Protected Hot Standby, 1+1
Space Diversity, 1+1
Frequency Diversity, 1+1
Dual Path, Non-Protected, 2+0
Dual Path, Protected, 2+2
Standards Compliance
EMC
Operation
Operation
Storage
Transportation
Safety
Radio Frequency
Water Ingress
Environmental
Operating Temperature
Humidity

6 - 38 GHz
6 - 38 GHz
6 - 15 GHz
6 - 15 GHz
6 - 38 GHz
6 - 38 GHz

XPIC Optional
XPIC Optional

EN 301 489
300 019, Class 4.1
300 019, Class 3.2
300 019, Class 1.2
300 019, Class 2.3
EN 60950
EN 302 217 Classes 2, 4 & 5B
IEC 60529 (IPX6)

Outdoor Units
Indoor Units

ETS
ETS
ETS
ETS

Outdoor Units
Indoor Units
Outdoor Units
Indoor Units
Outdoor Units

Altitude
Fault and Configuration Management
Protocol
Interface, electrical
Interface, physical
Local/remote Configuration and Support Tool
Performance Monitoring
Routing Protocols supported

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Guaranteed
Guaranteed
Guaranteed
Guaranteed
Guaranteed

-5 to +45 C (23 to +113 F)

-33 to +55 C (-27 to +131 F)
0 to 95%, non-condensing
0 to 100%
4,500 meters (15,000 ft)
SNMP v2
Ethernet 10/100 Base-T or RS232
RJ-45
Caft terminal
To ITU-T Rec. G.826
Static and dynamic routing, RIP I, RIP II, OSPF

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Indoor Unit
General
Electrical

Input Voltage Range

Mechanical

-40.5 to -60.0 VDC

Power Consumption

16 W

Protection Circuit

5A Slow-Blow Fuse

Dimensions

44mm (1RU)x 482mm (19in) x 277mm (10.9in)

Weight

1.6 kg (3.5 lb)

Outdoor Unit
Electrical
Power Consumption

ODU300 6 GHz

50 W max

ODU300 7 to 38 GHz

40 W max

Mechanical
Size (H x W x D)

ODU300 6 GHz

287mm (11.3 in) x 287mm (11.3 in) x 175mm (6.9 in)

ODU300 7 to 38 GHz

287mm (11.3 in) x 287mm (11.3 in) x 119mm (4.7 in)

ODU Protection Splitter/Coupler

600mm (11.2 in) x 250mm (11.2 in) x 105mm (6.4 in)

ODU300 6 GHz

8.3 kg (18.7 lb)

Weight, max

6.4 kg (14 lb)

ODU300 7 to 38 GHz
ODU Protection Splitter/Coupler

6 to 8GHz

8.5 kg (18.7 lb)

11 to 38GHz

6.8 kg (15 lb)

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