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Radio operational. One or more non-critical faults
Radio operational. No faults.
FW-300i Adjustment
Note: Generally, increasing the downtilt results in less coverage; lowering the FW-300i
height (keeping tilt the same) also has the same impact.
Electrical Tilt: 0 degrees
Mechanical Tilt: 0 - 10 degrees
NOTE: This system is designed for rapid installation. The installer is responsible for
establishing an active link between the FW-300i and CPEs using the CPE WebUI. Once a
link is established, the system throughput and other operational parameters can be
verified.
CONFIGURATION
Default Configuration
The default configuration settings on the FW-300i include:
DHCP: ON
Fixed, non-routable local craft IP address: 169.254.1.1
WebUI: Enabled
Channel bandwidth: 20 MHz
Operating Frequencies: 3580,3600,3620MHz (eARFCN*: 43390,43590,43790)
TDD Frame Configuration: 2 (Special Subframe: 7)
RF Radio State: OFF
Cell State: Disabled
Transmit Power: 23 dBm
Clock source: GPS
*eARFCN shown for Band 42/43. Corresponding eARFCN for Band 48 are: [55540,55740,55940]
Logging In
Local login: SSH or WebUI. Use Local Craft IP: 169.254.1.1
Login from network: DHCP address or manually configured IP.
Default Username/Password: admin/admin
Configuration steps
1. Enter config mode
CLI commands: [config]
-Entering config mode will change the prompter to: Blinq eNB(config)#
-Config mode allows user to make configuration changes to any parameter
2. Set system mode of operation
CLI commands: [system id fixed-wireless-access]
-Enabling ‘fixed-wireless-access’ disables mobility-related functionality
FIXED-WIRELESS-ACCESS MODE of OPERATION
3. Set management IP address
CLI commands: [mgmt ip-config-mode], [mgmt ip], [mgmt netmask], [mgmt
default-gateway]
-IP-config-mode can be set to either STATIC or DHCP
-If set to static: IP address, netmask and default gateway need to be
configured
4. Set channel bandwidth
CLI commands: [radio bandwidth]
-Bandwidth is set to 20MHz by default
5. Set the maximum cell range
CLI commands: [cell range]
-Configuring the cell range parameter, auto-sets the parameters required by
the CPE to establish the link
6. Set operating frequency (eARFCN or frequency) for each sector
CLI commands: [radio rf 0 earfcn], [radio rf 1 earfcn], [radio rf 2 earfcn]
-eARFCN should be configured according to the frequencies licensed for
operation
-To configure frequency directly: [radio freq-setting-mode mfreq], [radio rf 0
frequency], [radio rf 1 frequency], [radio rf 1 frequency]
7. Set transmit power
CLI commands: [radio rf 0 tx-power], [radio rf 1 tx-power], [radio rf 2 tx-power]
-Transit power should be set to the max (30dBm). Unless otherwise required, BLiNQ
recommends to keep this value
8. Set cell identity parameters (cell ID, cell group ID)
CLI commands: [cell sector 0 cell-id], [cell sector 0 cell-group-id], [cell sector 1
cell-id], [cell sector 1 cell-group-id], [cell sector 2 cell-id], [cell sector 2 cell-
group-id], [cell tracking-area-code]
-Cell-ID & Cell Group-ID define each cell’s Physical Cell ID (PCI) which is used to decode data
transmission
-PCI calculation: 3*[cell-group-id] + [cell-id]
-BLiNQ recommends to pre-draft a careful PCI assignment strategy to avoid interference
due to PCI reuse; preconfigured default values can be used
-Refer to ‘PCI Planning Guidelines’ section for more information
9. Set eNodeB ID
CLI commands: [cell enb-id]
-eNodeB ID is used to identify each cell when establishing a connection with the EPC (i.e. three
connections setup per FW-300i)
-Three IDs are auto-generated from the configured value of this parameter for each cell
respectively using the following logic: {[enb-id]*256}, {[enb-id]*256+1}, {[enb-id]*256+2}
-All three IDs should match with the configured values in the EPC
10. Set EPC specific information
CLI commands: [epc plmn-id], [epc mme mme-ip], [epc sgw sgw-ip]
-PLMN ID defines the network; it consists of 3-digit mobile country code and 2(or 3)-
digit mobile network code. Value entered should match the one in EPC
-MME and SGW IP addresses define the route for the control and user plane traffic
respectively. By default, both are set to the same value
11. Set FW-300i IP address (optional)
CLI commands: [epc enb enb-ip], [epc enb enb-netmask]
-This defines the IP address used by the FW-300i to communicate with EPC. It
should be configured within the same subnet as the EPC
-eNodeB IP is auto-set to the management IP if the IP config mode is DHCP
12. Enable each sector and turn radio transmitter “ON”
CLI command: [cell sector X cell-enabled], [radio rf X admin-state]
-Cells are disabled by default
13. Commit changes and reboot system
CLI command: [commit], [exit], [copy running-config startup-config], [system
reboot]
-Exit command will change prompter to Blinq eNB#
-Copy running-config to startup-config command will make the changes persistent
over reboots
MOBILITY-BASED MODE of OPERATION
For small-cell operation, complete steps [1-9] outlined in ‘Fixed-Wireless-Access’
mode followed by the ones outlined below
1. Set IDLE-mode mobility parameters
CLI commands: [cell num-si 5], [cell ue-inactivity-timer], [cell uetimers uetimers-
t304], [cell uemsrctrl s-measure-set], [cell uemsrctrl s-measure-set-value], [cell
sib3 sib3-sintra-search], [cell sib3 sib3-sintra-search-value], [cell sib3 sib3-
snonintra-search], [cell sib3 sib3-snonintra-search-value]
-Idle mode mobility parameters enable reselection to neighbour cells
-Special care should be taken in the configuration so as to avoid
unnecessary ping-pong between cells
2. Set CONNECTED-mode mobility parameters
CLI commands: [cell uemsrctrl report-a2 0 a2-threshold-rsrp], [cell uemsrctrl
report-a3 0 a3-offset], [cell uemsrctrl report-a4 0 a4-threshold-rsrp], [cell
uemsrctrl report-a5 0 a5-threshold1-rsrp], [cell uemsrctrl report-a5 0 a5-
threshold2-rsrp]
-Connected mode mobility parameters enable handovers to neighbour cells
-Special care should be taken in the configuration so as to avoid
unnecessary ping-pong between cells
3. Set frequency & cell neighbour relations
CLI commands: [cell eutran-freq-relation 0 arfcn-value-eutran-dl], [cell eutran-
freq-relation 0 number-of-eutran-cells], [cell eutran-freq-relation 0 cell-
reselection-priority-value], [cell eutran-freq-relation 0 cell-relation 0 cell-
identity], [cell eutran-freq-relation 0 cell-relation 0 phy-cell-group-id], [cell
eutran-freq-relation 0 cell-relation 0 phy-cell-id], [cell eutran-freq-relation 0 cell-
relation 0 ho-allowed], [cell eutran-freq-relation 0 cell-relation 0 tac]
-Up to eight frequency neighbour relations can be defined
-Up to 16 neighbour cells can be defined
4. Set X2 relations
CLI commands: [epc ext-enb-config 0 ext-enb-ip]
-Up to five X2 relations can be defined
5. Set cDRX parameters
CLI commands: [mac 0 drx on-duration-timer], [mac 0 drx inactivity-timer],
[mac 0 drx long-cycle-type], [mac 0 drx-config]
-DRX allows battery savings for handheld devices
Step [11] outlined in ‘Fixed-Wireless-Access’ mode needs to be followed after the
aforementioned steps to save the changes and to make them persistent over system
reboot
SAS
SAS server connectivity is required for operation within LTE Band 48
Operating frequency, RF transmission and transmit power per sector are configured
based on the grants received by the SAS server
CLI commands: [cbsd common user-id], [cbsd common fcc-id], [cbsd common radio-
tech], [cbsd common sas-server-url], [cbsd enb id], [cbsd enb category], [cbsd enb
latitude], [cbsd enb longitude], [cbsd enb height], [cbsd enb height-type], [cbsd enb
h-accuracy], [cbsd enb v-accuracy], [cbsd enb indoor-deployment], [cbsd enb
antenna-azimuth], [cbsd enb antenna-downtilt], [cbsd enb antenna-gain], [cbsd enb
antenna-beamwidth], [cbsd enb group-type], [cbsd enb meas-capability-list 0
capability]
