ZTE RET&TMA Solution

1. RET introduction
RET (Remote electrical tilt unit) is driver of AISG antenna. A RET controls the antenna tilt
remotely, sparing workers from climbing the tower to adjust the tilt. Maintenance personnel
can perform the following operations on an RET based on the AISG protocol through EMS:

 Self Test

 Clear AISG Device Alarm

 Query AISG Device Alarm

 Query Device Information

 ce Data

The principle is by changing the collinear array antenna oscillator phase, change the
magnitude of the vertical component and the horizontal component, varying the intensity of the
component synthesis field. Thus, the antenna is adjusted in the vertical downward direction.

Compared with the traditional antenna system, RET has many advantages:

 Adjust the down tilt angle of the electrical tilt antenna without switching off the power.
Detect the down tilt angle real time.

 High-accuracy tilt avoiding frequency interference and Tx interference.

 The down tilt angle of the antenna can be adjusted remotely without operator. Time and
Node B location have no affect on the tilt operation of the antenna.

 Saving time and cost.

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Figure1 RET

2. TMA introduction
Tower-mounted amplifier (TMA) is a low noise amplifier installed at the top of the receiving
antenna. It can amplify the received signal by 12dB before the signal into the feeder thus to
improve the signal quality of the uplink signal, improve the reliability of communication and
voice quality and enlarge the cell coverage.

Figure2 TMA

3. RRU with RET

The distance between RRU and RET is less than 20m，typical Figure as follow.

Figure 1 (a) is general solution. Figure 1 (b) is applied for the scenario: the distance between
antennae is less than 6m, and the distance between RRU an antenna is more than

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 10m.

RET RET RET RET RET RET

1710-2170MHz 1710-2170MHz 1710-2170MHz 1710-2170MHz 1710-2170MHz 1710-2170MHz

+45º -45º +45º -45º +45º -45º +45º -45º +45º -45º +45º -45º
TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD

RCU RCU

½ Jumpers ½ Jumpers
DM-DM DM-DM

AISG cable AISG cable

RRU RRU RRU RRU RRU RRU

Optical Fiber Optical Fiber

Sector1 Sector2 Sector3 Sector1 Sector2 Sector3

BBUB BBUB

（a） General solution （b）The distance between antennae is less than 6m

Figure 1 Solution for RRU

The distance between RRU and RET is more than 20m，typical Figure as follow.

RET RET RET RET RET RET

1710-2170MHz 1710-2170MHz 1710-2170MHz 1710-2170MHz 1710-2170MHz 1710-2170MHz

+45º -45º +45º -45º +45º -45º +45º -45º +45º -45º +45º -45º
TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD
½ Jumpers- RF
DM-DM ½ Jumpers-
ACU DM-DM ACU
AISG cable
28Vdc+485 AISG cable
DF DF DF
ASBT ASBT ASBT ASBT
DM DM DM

7/8 Feeder
DF-DF
28Vdc+485+RF 7/8 feeder-
DF-DF

DM DM DM
NSBT NSBT NSBT
DF DF DF
NSBT
½ Jumpers
DM-DMR ½ Jumpers-DM-DMR
RF
AISG special cable AISG special cable
28Vdc+485
TX/RX TX/RXD TX/RX TX/RXD TX/RX TX/RXD
TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD

Sector1 Sector2 Sector3 Sector1 Sector2 Sector3

Node B Node B

（c） General solution （d）The distance between antennae is less than 6m

Figure 2 Solution for RRU without SBT

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 RET RET RET
RET RET RET
1710-2170MHz 1710-2170MHz 1710-2170MHz
1710-2170MHz 1710-2170MHz 1710-2170MHz

+45º -45º +45º -45º +45º -45º

+45º -45º +45º -45º +45º -45º TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD
TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD
RF
RF
RCU
RCU AISG cable
AISG cable ½ Jumpers-
½ Jumpers- 28Vdc+485
28Vdc+485 DM-DM
DM-DM

DF
DF
ASBT
ASBT ASBT ASBT
DM
DM

7/8 Feeder DF- 7/8 Feeder DF-DF

DF

22Vdc+485+RF 22Vdc+485+RF

½ Jumpers ½ Jumpers
RF DMR-DM RF DMR-DM

TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD

Sector1 Sector2 Sector3 Sector1 Sector2 Sector3

Node B Node B

（e） General solution （f）The distance between antennae is less than 6m

Figure 3 Solution for RSU with SBT

4. Marco eNodeB with TMA and RET

Marco eNodeB with TMA and RET is shown as Figure 4.

DC power supply and AISG signal are transferred by NSBT and feeder.

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 RET RET RET

1710-2170MHz 1710-2170MHz 1710-2170MHz

+45º -45º +45º -45º +45º -45º

TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD
½ Jumpers-
DM-DM ACU
AISG cable

ADTMA ADTMA ADTMA

½ Jumpers
DM-DM

7/8 Feeder
DF-DF

Powerwave
NSBT7060.10 NSBT NSBT NSBT

½ Jumpers
DM-DM
AISG special cable

TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD

Sector1 Sector2 Sector3

Node B

Figure 4 Solution for RSU without SBT

RET RET RET

1710-2170MHz 1710-2170MHz 1710-2170MHz

+45º -45º +45º -45º +45º -45º

TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD
½ Jumpers-
DM-DM RCU
AISG cable

ADTMA ADTMA ADTMA

½ Jumpers-
DM-DM-0.5m

7/8 Feeder
DF-DF

½ Jumpers
DMR-DM-3m

TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD TX/RX RXD

Sector1 Sector2 Sector3

Node B

Figure 5 Solution for RSU with SBT

The maximum distance between RSU and RET is less than 100m..

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5. OMCB Management for TMA and RET
OMC configuration, management is shown as Figure 6.

Figure 6 OMCB manage TMA and RET

OMC Alarm as follow ：

Figure 7 OMCB Alarm Manage

ZTE OMC supports configuring 3GPP Compatible RET Antennas, 3GPP Compatible TMA,
Cascading of 3GPP Compatible RET Antennas.

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6. TMA Specification Configuration

TMA main characteristics:

1) Gain, 12dB

2) Noise Figure <1.8dB

3) Feeder Loss IL @1920-2170MHz

In-Line Tower Amplifier parameter set is shown as Figure 8.

Figure 8 Tower Amplifier parameter set

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