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3900 & 5900 Series Base Station Product Documentation

Product Version: V100R015C10
Library Version: Draft F
Date: 2019-05-23

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RRU5901 Technical Specifications

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6.1.5.3.10 RRU5901 Technical Specifications

6.1.5.3.10 RRU5901 Technical Specifications

The RRU5901 is a multimode remote radio unit. With the software-defined radio (SDR) technology, the
RRU5901 can work in multiple modes through software configuration.

Supported Modes and Frequency Bands

The following table lists the modes and frequency bands supported by an RRU5901.

Table 1 Modes and frequency bands supported by an RRU5901

Type Frequency RX Frequency TX Frequency Mode IBW
Band (MHz) Band (MHz) Band (MHz) (MHz)

RRU5901 1800 1710 to 1785 1805 to 1880 LTE FDD, GL, 45

LM, GLM, LN
(SUL), GLN
(SUL)

RF Specifications
The following tables list RF specifications of an RRU5901.

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Table 2 Receiver sensitivity of an RRU5901

Type TX/RX Receiver Sensitivity Receiver Sensitivity Receiver Sensitivity
Channel with One Antenna with Two Antennas with Four Antennas
(dBm) (dBm) (dBm)

RRU5901 4T4R GSM: -114.0 GSM: -116.8 GSM: -119.5

LTE FDD: -106.6 LTE FDD: -109.4 (theoretical value)
LTE NB-IoT: LTE NB-IoT: LTE FDD: -112.1
-127.3 -130.1 LTE NB-IoT: -132.8

NOTE:

• ATBR in the TX/RX Channel column indicates that the RF module uses A transmit
channels and B receive channels.
• The GSM receiver sensitivity, as recommended in 3GPP TS 51.021, is measured at the
antenna connector assuming that the channel rate is 13 kbit/s and the bit error rate (BER)
is lower than or equal to 2%.
• The LTE FDD receiver sensitivity, as recommended in 3GPP TS 36.104, is measured
under a 5 MHz channel bandwidth based on the FRC A1-3 in Annex A.1 (QPSK, R = 1/3,
25 RBs) standard.
• The LTE NB-IoT receiver sensitivity, as recommended in 3GPP TS 36.104, is measured
under a 200 kHz bandwidth and a 15 kHz subcarrier spacing based on the FRC A14-1 in
Annex A.14 (π/2 BPSK, R = 1/3, one RB) standard.

Table 3 Capacity and output power of an RRU5901

Type Capacity Maximum Typical Output Power
Output Power

RRU5901 GSM: 8 carriers 4x40 W For details, see Typical Power

Configuration Reference for RRU
LTE FDD: 2 carriers.
(Excluding NB-IoT) and NB-IoT Typical
The bandwidth per
Power Configurations (RRU).
carrier is 5, 10, 15, or
20 MHz.
LTE NB-IoT: 1 carrier
NR: 1 carrier

NOTE:
For details about power configuration principles for RF modules, see Power Configuration Principles for
RF Modules.

NR SUL Carrier Configuration

When NR SUL carriers are configured, the uplink bandwidth of LTE carriers enabled with LTE and NR
uplink spectrum sharing must be the same as the uplink bandwidth of NR carriers. The following table
lists the bandwidths. The uplink bandwidth of LTE carriers not enabled with uplink spectrum sharing is

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the same as their downlink bandwidth. For details about the downlink bandwidth, see "Typical Output
Power".

Table 4 SUL carrier configuration of an RRU5901 (LN, 1800 MHz, 4R)

Total Number of LTE FDD Total Number of NR SUL Bandwidth per NR SUL
Carriers Carriers Carrier (MHz)

2 (MIMO) 1 15, 20

Table 5 SUL carrier configuration of an RRU5901 (GLN, 1800 MHz, 4R)

Total Number of Total Number of LTE FDD Total Number of Bandwidth per NR
GSM Carriers Carriers NR SUL Carriers SUL Carrier (MHz)

8 2 (MIMO) 1 15, 20

Engineering Specifications
The following tables list the equipment specifications of an RRU5901.

Table 6 Input power of an RRU5901

Type Power

RRU5901 -48 V DC; voltage range: -36 V DC to -57 V DC

Table 7 Dimensions and weight of an RRU5901

Type Dimensions (H x W x D) Weight (kg)

RRU5901 400 mm x 300 mm x 100 mm 15 (without the housing)

(without the housing)

Table 8 Power consumption of an RRU5901

Type Frequency Band (MHz) Typical Power Consumption (W)

RRU5901 1800 337

NOTE:

• DC RRUs can use external power modules (such as AC/DC power modules, OPM15M,
and OPM50M) to support AC scenarios. For details about the external power modules, see
user guides of the corresponding models.
• The typical power consumption of an RF module is measured when the ambient
temperature is 25°C and the traffic load reaches 50%. The actual power consumption has a
10% deviation from this value.

The following table lists the environmental specifications of an RRU5901.

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Table 9 Environmental specifications of an RRU5901

Type Operating Temperature Relative Absolute Atmospheric
Humidity Humidity Pressure

RRU5901 • Without solar 5% RH to 100% 1 g/m3 to 30 70 kPa to 106

radiation: -40° RH g/m3 kPa
C to +55°C
• With solar
radiation: -40°
C to +50°C

NOTE:
According to the installation scenario, traffic load, and carrier configuration, the output power of an
RRU decreases when the RRU reaches a temperature 10°C less than its maximum operating
temperature.

The following table lists the compliance standards for an RRU5901.

Table 10 Compliance standards for an RRU5901

Item Standard

RF • 3GPP TS 45.005
• 3GPP TS 36.141
• 3GPP TS 38.104
• 3GPP TS 37.141

Operating ETSI EN 300019-1-4 V2.1.2 (2003-04) Class 4.1: "Non-weatherprotected

environment locations"

Storage ETSI EN300019-1-1 V2.1.4 (2003-04) Class 1.2: "Weatherprotected, not

environment temperature-controlled storage locations"
NOTE:
• The validity period is one year.
• The product can function properly within the validity period if
the storage environment meets the preceding standards.

Shockproof NEBS GR63 zone4

protection

Ingress IP65
protection
rating

Surge • IEC 62305-1 Protection against lightning - Part 1: General

protection principles

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Item Standard
• IEC 62305-3 Protection against lightning - Part 3: Physical
damage to structures and life hazard
• IEC 62305-4 Protection against lightning - Part 4: Electrical and
electronic systems within structures
• ITU-T K.35 Bonding configurations and earthing at remote
electronic sites
• ITU-T K.56 Protection of radio base stations against lightning
discharges
• ITU-T K.97 Lightning protection of distributed base stations
• ETSI EN 300 253 Environmental Engineering (EE): Earthing
and bonding configuration inside telecommunications centers
• YD/T 2324-2011: Lightning protection requirements and test
methods for radio base stations
• GB 50689-2011: Code for design of lightning protection and
earthing engineering for telecommunication bureaus (stations)

The following table lists the surge protection specifications of ports on an RRU5901.

NOTE:

• Unless otherwise specified, the surge protection specifications depend on the surge
waveform of 8/20 μs.
• All the surge current items, unless otherwise specified as Maximum discharge current,
refer to Nominal discharge current.

Table 11 Surge protection specifications of ports on an RRU5901

Port Surge Protection Mode Surge Protection Specifications

Power supply port Surge current 20 kA

Specifications of CPRI Ports

The following tables list the specifications of CPRI ports on an RRU5901.

Table 12 Specifications of CPRI ports on an RRU5901

Type Number of CPRI CPRI Data Rate (Gbit/s) CPRI Topology
Ports

RRU5901 2 1.25, 2.5, 4.9, or 9.8 Star, chain, or dual-star

Table 13 RRU5901 CPRI cascading levels and maximum distance from the BBU
Type Cascading Level Maximum Distance from the BBU (km)

RRU5901 Multimode (GL, UL, or GUL):

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Type Cascading Level Maximum Distance from the BBU (km)

Multimode • When the LBBPc or LBBPd1 is
(excluding GU) configured: 20
CPRI MUX: 4 • When the LBBPd2, UBBPd3, UBBPd4,
levels UBBPd5, UBBPd6, UBBPg, or UBBPe is
configured: 40
• When the LBBPd3 is configured:
◾ Number of cells ≤ 3: 40
◾ Number of cells ≥ 4: 20
Multimode (including NB-IoT): 20
Multimode (including NR): 10

Antenna Capability
The following table lists the antenna capability of an RRU5901.

Table 14 Antenna capability of an RRU5901

Type TMA Support RET Antenna Support

RRU5901 Supported AISG2.0 and AISG1.1

NOTE:
For RF modules supporting RET antennas, the feeding voltage is 12 V and feeding current is 2.3 A.

Parent Topic: Technical Specifications of RRUs

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