NR891
NR891
Description
Digital Microwave Transmission System
ZXMW NR8961 Product Description
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Overview............................................................................................................................6
1.1 System Introduction...........................................................................................................6
1.1.1 OBU..................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1.2 ODU..................................................................................................................................... 7
1.2 Network Application.........................................................................................................10
3 Hardware Description..................................................................................................35
4 Typical Configurations................................................................................................37
4.1 1+0 Configuration............................................................................................................ 37
4.2 1+1 HSB Configuration Note.............................................................................................37
4.3 2+0 XPIC Configuration..................................................................................................38
4.4 4+0 XPIC Configuration..................................................................................................39
4.5 4x4 MIMO with XPIC Configuration Note....................................................................... 40
4.6 2+2 XPIC HSB Configuration Note.................................................................................. 41
6 Abbreviations.................................................................................................................64
FIGURES
TABLES
1 Overview
This chapter gives an overview of the ZXMW NR8961 (NR8961), one of the ZTE’s next
generation NR8000 portfolios, an all outdoor split-type digital microwave transmission
system.
NR8961 is an IP-based all outdoor microwave radio, which widely used for 3G, 4G LTE
and even 5G IP backhaul network with the highlight of zero-footprint. ZXMW NR8961
system includes Outdoor Baseband Unit (OBU) and Outdoor RF Unit (ODU). OBU and
ODU work coordinately in various scenarios. Figure 1-1 shows the appearance of
NR8961 system. Compare to the traditional split system, all outdoor solution can save
site rental fee (OPEX) for operators thus improving total TCO and ROI. The transmission
capacity of NR8961 can reach up to 5 Gbps based on the industry leading techniques,
such as 112MHz bandwidth , 4096QAM modulation scheme and MIMO. It also
[Notes]
supports built-in Wi-Fi module, IP routing, MPLS and 10GE interface; hardware is
prepared for SDN.
The NR8961 microwave system adopts all outdoor structure, include base band,
modem and radio module. . It is a waterproof system and can be mounted with
antenna in direct-mount way or remote-mount way.
1.1.1 OBU
NR8961 OBU provides core control, baseband processing, switching and service access
function. As an entire system, it is connected with ODU via an intermediate frequency (IF)
cable.
Front Back
1.1.2 ODU
ODU is the outdoor unit of the NR8000 split-type system. It delivers power amplification
and radio frequency (RF) conversion functions
SRU: Normal transmit power ODU, operates in the frequency range of 6 to 42 GHz
(6/7/8/10/11/13/15/18/23/26/28/32/38/42 GHz), support QPSK to 4096 QAM
modulation scheme and 7/14/28/40/56 MHz channel bandwidth [Notes1].
HRU: High transmit power ODU, operates in 6/7/8/11 GHz, support QPSK to 2048
QAM modulation scheme and 7/14/28/40/56 MHz channel bandwidth [Notes2].
SRU2: 2nd generation normal transmit power ODU with smaller dimension and less
weight, supports QPSK to 4096 QAM modulation scheme and 7/14/28/40/56/112
MHz channel bandwidth . The frequency bands of 13 to 42 GHz are on the
[Note3]
planning. SRU2 can reduce its power consumption for 2 watts at least in green
power mode in low Tx. power status.
SRU2 with Tunable Filter: The frequency channels in a certain frequency band of
one hardware unit can be selected via LMT (Local Maintenance Terminal) without
restriction of fixed sub-bands or Tx/Rx spacing. It is beneficial for project
management, especially for spares' reduction. This kind of SRU2 has different
hardware from the conventional SRU2. 23GHz is planned for this ODU.
RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indication) interface (BNC type) for RF receiver
signal monitoring.
Notes1: The recommended SRU for NR8961 includes three firmware versions:
3. SRU V1.5: QPSK ~ 2048 QAM @ 7/14 MHz; QPSK ~ 4096 QAM @ 28/40/56 MHz.
Notes3: SRU2: QPSK ~ 2048 QAM @ 7/14 MHz; QPSK ~ 4096 QAM @ 28/40/56 MHz; QPSK –
2048 QAM @ 112 MHz. The release plan of frequency bands please refer to “ZTE microwave radio
roadmap”.
NR8961 is generally used in the entire backhaul network from end to the aggregation
sites. The NR8961 provides zero footprint installation solution which reduces the CAPEX
and OPEX of outdoor cabinet and indoor equipment room rent.
The NR8961 could support up to 2048 QAM modulation scheme with 112 MHz wide
bandwidth. The throughput could reach up to 1.26 Gbps per single channel. Combined
with XPIC technology, single NR8961 could provide maximal 2.52 Gbps high capacity
transmission. Enhanced with advanced MIMO technology, two NR8961s could be
configured as 4x4 MIMO configurations, quadruple the capacity with one single
frequency pair, supports up to 5 Gbps which is one of the highest in the industry.
SRU2 can reduce its power consumption for 2 watts (7% of ODU power consumption) at
least in green power mode in low Tx. power status.
The system design conforms to high standard for the sake of high reliability and
availability.
With the high standard design, NR8961 is able to be applied in various severe
environments.
Notes:
3. Please refer to chapter 4 configuration and application for detail configuration description.
ATPC (Automatic Transmitter Power Control) is used to lower the RF transmit power
when environmental conditions are good in order to reduce wireless interference. Under
fading conditions the transmit power is automatically increased to compensate for far end
signal loss and to ensure the link continues to meet the required receiver signal level.
The response speed of ATPC is 40 dB/s (system) and 90 dB/s (ODU).
The NR8961 supports fixed modulation or Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM) mode
in all frequencies and Channel Spacing (CS).
In fixed modulation condition, the radio working status and capacity will not change
unless the modulation is changed by manual. Once the signal quality degrading lower
than receiver threshold, the link will break down and all the services are affected.
ACM enables the radio capacity to change according to the link quality, which is a perfect
way to supply additional best effort traffic under normal weather conditions. When
extreme weather conditions, such as a storm, affect the transmission and receipt of data
and voice over the wireless network, an ACM-enabled radio system automatically
changes modulation according to MSE (Mean Square Error, that indicates the signal
quality), which allows the high priority data (e.g. real time data) to continue to run
uninterrupted. With ZTE’s solution, no bit errors are generated during the modulation
change; it is designed for Carrier Grade networks.
ZTE’s enhanced ACM allows the radio maintains the highest level modulation with the
lowest transmit power (Tx power). Once fading occurs, NR8961 will increase the Tx
power quickly in order to keep the high modulation. Once the Tx power achieves the
maximal value of the current modulation, the modulation will degrade to lower level,
meanwhile the allowed maximum transmit power will be increased to the maximal Tx
power of current low modulation (The lower modulation has higher max. TX power).
When fading disappears, NR8961 will regain the highest modulation firstly and then
decrease the Tx power if the signal quality can meet the requirement of the highest
modulation.
Common scenarios:
XPIC could work alongside with ACM function and 1+1 protection scheme, which
can deliver a wireless backhaul solution with enhanced availability, high reliability
and high throughput.
PLA or LAG/enhanced LAG is usually used in XPIC radio link to achieve load
balance and high throughput
There’s another technique, MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output), to further improve the
transmission capacity within limited frequency resource besides XPIC. An NxN MIMO
system consists of N transmitters and N receivers, N streams of separate signals could
be transmitted with one frequency pair simultaneously. The basic principle of MIMO is to
transmit a signal with different paths between transmitters and receivers. For example, in
a 2x2 MIMO system, there are two possible paths between one transmitter and two
receivers. As shown in Figure 2-2, the interfering signal can be cancelled if the difference
in propagation between the two paths permits the two received signals to be orthogonal
to each other at the receiver modems. For a 2x2 system, this corresponds to a relative
phase difference of 90 degrees.
LoS (Line of Sight) MIMO is adopted in microwave radio system. The following
advantages could be expected from LoS MIMO:
Enhance the system throughput – double the throughput within the same frequency
pair.
NR8961 supports 4x4 MIMOnote (2x2 MIMO with XPIC, two units are required)
configuration. Two NR8961s use the same frequency pair, and each NR8961 (one OBU
with two ODU) works as a CCDP pair.
802.3ad/802.1ax ;
Widely used for Ethernet port protection and air
interface load balance;
Reliability
Static (with LACP) and manual (without LACP)
aggregation;
Enhanced LAG Load balance is realized by XOR and hash
(LACP) algorithm:
LAG - based on MAC address, IP address
(IPv4/IPv6);
Enhanced LAG - based on MAC address, IP
address (IPv4/IPv6), MAC/MPLS/IP V4/IP V6
packet identification.
Function Description
ICMP protocol.
TCP/UDP protocol.
FRR protection: IP FRR, LDP FRR, PW FRR, BGP
VPN FRR
BFD for OSPF/IS-IS.
LDP (Label Distribution Protocol).
Static routing.
OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) protocol V2 (RFC
2328).
Routing Protocols
IS-IS protocol (RFC 1195).
RIP (Routing Information Protocol) v1/v2.
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) (RFC4271).
ZTE will provide an open source OpenDaylight (ODL) based microwave controller- Zenic
MW Controller. It also can support in-built ODL/ONOS applications. This controller is
designed on the same platform with ZTE Zenic WAN controller used for carrier networks
and supports the open NBI (Northbound Interface) and SBI (Southbound Interface) to
enrich business applications and network services.
Three basic SDN features - topology auto-discovery, E2E L2 ETH service instantiation
and RF parameter configuration have been test for some famous telecom operators.
1. Topology Auto-discovery: ZTE’s Zenic MW controller can collect, manage and apply
the network topologies (physical topology and service topology) it manages, and
display them as required by the user via Netconfig. For instance, when a node or
link fails, the topology view can display the change of physical topology and can
also color the faulty link or node.
2. E2E ETH Instantiation: The end-to-end L2 service can be established by the Zenic
MW controller, including E-LINE and E-LAN, which conforms to the MEF standard.
3. RF Parameter Configuration: Through the ONF TR532 south of the interface, the
Zenic MW controller can configure the microwave radio port parameter, such as
frequency, bandwidth and modulation. During the network running, the controller
can also query microwave radio parameter configuration through TR532 interface.
Operators also can develop other automation APPs basing on TR532.
The NR8961 supports Ethernet traffic load balance by Physical Layer Aggregation (PLA)
for the internal two radio channels. PLA can send one Ethernet stream to far end through
two radio channels, which is very useful for delivering large data streams. It’s an
intelligent way of increasing bandwidth utilization by adjusting the two inside radio
channels’ throughputs dynamically according to their forwarding efficiency.
Function highlights:
Provide carrier grade network within 50 ms switching time for Ethernet service
In order to improve the transmission efficiency and the throughput under the limited radio
source, an encapsulation efficiency technology called Frame Header Compression is
adopted by NR8961.
ZTE industry leading Header Compression technology increases the effective capacity
over the radio link. It supports compression of Layer 2 (MAC address/VLAN tag), Layer
2.5 (MPLS labels) and Layer 3-4 (IPv4/IPv6 address/UDP) header fields. Header
Compression is accomplished by identifying packets with a recurring pattern of their
header fields. Such fields with recurring values are omitted and replaced with a much
shorter compression tag. Original headers are stored in Compression Table together with
their compression tag on both sides of the link. A handshake mechanism between the
transmitter and the receiver ensures that the Compression tables are synchronized on
both sides of the link.
Notes: The actual increased throughput depends on the packet size and compression scheme.
2.3.6 QoS
The Quality of Service (QoS) indicates the performance of data stream over a network. It
promises to provide end-to-end services of high quality for users by resolving network
delay and congestion problems. In case of network overload or congestion, QoS ensures
high priority traffics. The following features are supported:
Feature Description
Egress Shaping Queue or egress port based shaping at Nx64Kbit/s step size.
Priority sequence:
Priorities of Different
Services The priorities of CES E1s or VC-12s of ch.STM-1 are
assigned by the Ethernet priorities codes of the emulated
Feature Description
TDM service.
Priority mapping:
The system supports the mapping of 802.1p VLAN Pbit/VLAN
ID/IP DSCP values to MPLS EXP values
LCPT is a new E2E technique, which can be used for ZTE microwave and wireless
network interaction. NR8000 equipments will send LCPT messages (802.3ah OAM
message) to downstream base stations when microwave radio capacity changes. Then
the base station controller will send orders to the affected base stations to adjust the
traffic rate. ZTE unique LCPT function enables the base station to sense the microwave
radio capacity change timely:
Microwave radio capacity reduction: the BSC will schedule the services flexibly and
the downstream base station will reduce access services accordingly;
Therefore, the services will be adjusted actively by the base station instead of being
discarded by the microwave equipment passively.
Figure 2- 6 LCPT Working Scheme (MW Radio Works with 2G/3G RAN)
TIPS: LCPT function is available for L2 ETH switching network. Please refer to “LCPT
technical white paper” for more information.
NR8961 supports diversified clock in/out options and provides the mainstream
synchronization methods.
The microwave system could synchronize from radio frame and the external clock input.
NR8961 could also distribute clock signal to other equipments (base station for instance).
The clock accuracy complies with the ITU-T G.813, ITU-T G.823, ITU-T G.8260,
ITU-T G.8261, ITU-T G.8262, ITU-T G.8263, ITU-T G.8264, ITU-T G.8265, IEEE
1588v2, ITU-TG.8271, ITU-TG.8271.1, ITU-TG.8272, ITU-TG.8273, ITU-TG.8273.2,
ITU-TG.8275 and ITU-TG.8275.1 standards, supporting three working modes:
locking, maintaining, and free oscillation. .
Supports priority-based multi clock source protection and 1588v2 BMC algotithm.
NR8961 can prevent unauthorized logins and operations, ensuring network, radio link
and equipment management security.
Link Security Identification (link security ID) is used to avoid mismatch between two radio
links. Two ends of a radio link with different radio link IDs will not communicate each
other even if they have other proper configurations. It’s a good way of preventing
undesired link connection to improve network security, such as the third party malicious
data interception. Alarms will be reported and the traffic will be interrupted once link ID
differences between local and remote sites are detected.
Access Control List (ACL) can classify the ingress packets and implements black list
management to enhance the network security.
Black list can be created via setting ACL parameters to specify which kind of traffic will be
rejected per port. When a black list is enabled, the frames in the black list will be
discarded.
Filters can be created per port to prevent broadcast and multicast storms. Individual
filters are used for broadcast and multicast traffic. The limit is specified as fixed rate
(frames per second). When the limit is reached, additional frames will be discarded until
the frame rate is below the specified threshold. NR8961 supports limiting maximum
ingress rate for broadcast, multicast and unknown unicast packets to prevent disruption
of normal traffic flow.
Maximum ingress rate shall be configurable on per port basis. The adjustment range is
N×64 Kbps – 1 Gbps. The adjustment step is N×64 Kbps.
Maximum rate shall be configurable separately for the following packet categories:
Broadcast packets
Note: Unknown unicast packets are packets, which destination MAC address is not
stored in the MAC address table. Unknown multicast packets are packets, which
multicast destination address is not registered in the L2MC table.
1. Administrator
2. Operator
3. Browse User
Administrator has the highest authority and browse user is the lowest. The OMC could
set different authorization for each kind user to ensure the management security.
NR8961 will record and send the log and configure action to the EMS server.
Radio link encryption function using AES algorithm to encrypt radio data, thus preventing
the third parties unauthorized access to microwave transmission network. This function
can effectively prevent transmit data to be illegally obtain or modify.
Secure communication channels: MD5, SNMP V2/V3, SSH, HTTPS and SFTP.
ZTE offers powerful management system of NE (Networks element) level and Network
level. The following features are used in network management:
The NR8961 is an all outdoor architecture product, which is always installed on the tower
or rooftop. To improve the operation experience especially for maintenance work, the
NR8961 provides a Wi-Fi access management. With the ZTE app, the maintenance
engineer could check product status with a handheld terminal (such as smart phone, pad)
without climbing the tower. Wi-Fi access management is an optimal solution for all
outdoor architecture products.
Operating via smart terminal and not just via PC, easy access
Wi-Fi access, no need climbing the tower, saving 100 USD each time
Smart terminal APP, realize one key commissioning, high accuracy & efficiency
All the functions of NR8000 are prepared once the hardware is deployed, while some
functions are controlled by software license. This kind of design enables a step-by-step
and low risk investment. Thus, capital shortage and over investing is avoided.
In order to manage the license, standing on customer site, ZTE creates an industrial
leading intelligent license management system, which is a kind of centralized and flexible
license control solution with 3 typical features:
Transferable license.
License file can be bulk imported to the license center (separated server or share EMS
server) and act as license pool. After that, the on-line network elements (NEs) will
request license from license pool (or release license to license pool) automatically
according to link requirement. Manual setting is also supported.
2.6.4 OAM
IEEE 802.3ah complied Ethernet link OAM, IEEE 802.1ag and ITU-T Y.1731 complied
Ethernet service OAM is supported by NR8961, which provide E2E and hierarchical
Ethernet OAM for our customer’s network.
Ethernet Link OAM supports fault management on Ethernet links according to IEEE
802.3ah (also called “EFM”) and provides fault management and performance
monitoring in the Metro Ethernet Network (MEN) access link. It is used in physical line
connection scenario.
Link performance monitoring is used for event notification on error frames at both near
and far end and is used on NEs in operation. The notifications are based on a threshold
crossing within a specific time window.
2. Failure Notification
Notices the Ethernet link failure to the far end that in OAM operation.
3. Remote Loopback
Link OAM remote loopback can be used for fault localization and link performance testing
on LAN interfaces.
IEEE 802.1ag (also called “CFM") is a standard defined by IEEE. It defines protocols and
practices for OAM (Operations, Administration, and Maintenance) for paths through
802.1 bridges and local area networks (LANs).
IEEE 802.1ag is largely identical with ITU-T Recommendation Y.1731, which additionally
addresses performance management.
Built-in TWAMP (RFC 5357 - A Two Way Active Measurement Protocol) can be
used for online IP performance measurement during network stability period. The
test mainly includes Lost Packets, Latency/Delay and Packet Delay Variation. With
TWAMP available, network providers will be able to better know the exact behavior
of their networks and apply resources where improvement is most likely.
During site building, we can confirm whether there is adjacent station or overreach
station interference in short time.
3 Hardware Description
The ZXMW NR8961 microwave system adopts compact architecture. All functionalities
are integrated in only one all outdoor unit including RF module and Baseband switch.
The NR8961 provides plenty interfaces for service access in different application
scenarios.
2 pin
PWR -48 V DC supply for non-PoE scenario.
connector
RJ-45 TIA/EIA-568-B.1-2001
GE 10/100/1000 BaseT Rate: 10/100/1000 Mbps
1000 Mbps
(electrical) IEEE802.3ab self adaptive.
RFC894 Supports MDI/MDI-X.
Wave length:
850/1310/1550 nm (single
SFP+, LC
XGE mode).
10 Gbps 10GBase-LR/ER
(optical) Rate: 10 Gbps.
SFF-8431, SFF-8432
Frame format: Ethernet V2
(RFC894) and IEEE 802.3
4 Typical Configurations
NR8961 supports flexible configurations, such as 1+0 non-protection, 1+1 HSB/SD, 2+0
XPIC, 4+0 XPIC and 4x4 MIMO with PLANote.
The OBU could be mounted with SRU2 in direct-mount way and mounted with SRU2,
SRU and HRU in remote-mount way. The typical configuration diagrams are shown in
the following sub chapters.
1+0 configuration is designed for tail transmission with low cost and easy connection.
1+1 HSB is 1+1 hardware hot standby protection. In 1+1 HSB configuration, one OBU
and two ODUs are required. The two channels of the OBU provide hardware failure
protection for each other. The main ODU and standby ODU are installed on the same
antenna to provide hardware level protection.
NR8961 supports 2+0 XPIC configuration. NR8961’s two RF channels work at V and H
polarization of same frequency pair. Two ODUs direct mount to the antenna through a
special designed OMT. NR8961 should support internal cable lining for XPIC
cancellation of two RF channels.
NR8961 supports 4+0 XPIC (PLA) configuration with two OBUs and four ODUs, which
can be applied in high capacity link (aggregation link). The two ODUs of each NR8961
with the same polarization are installed to one coupler, and use the flexible waveguide to
connect the dual polarization antenna.
Combining the XPIC and MIMO technology, NR8961 can quadruple the link capacity with
the only one frequency pair, which is called 4x4 MIMO.
In 4x4 MIMO configurations, two NR8961 use the same frequency pair, and each
NR8961 works as a CCDP pair. Each NR8961 is directly mounted to one antenna
through a special designed OMT for spatial diversity. For service access,
Two NR8961 could connect to the other product through Y optical cable. When one unit
fails, the other one could change the working status and access the traffic through Y
optical cable directly. In this way, we can keep half of the transmission capacity once
failure occurs.
NR8961 supports 2+2 XPIC HSB (PLA) configuration, which can be applied in long
distance and high capacity link (aggregation link). Each NR8961 system works as one
group of XPIC pair, and two NR8961 OBUs provide hardware failure protection for each
other. Two ODUs with the same polarization are installed to one coupler, and use the
flexible waveguide to connect the dual polarization antenna.
The operation parameters include power supply, temperature, humidity and typical
power consumption.
Transportation/Storage
-40°C ~ 70°C -40°C ~ 70°C
Temperature
SRU
25 W (32/38/42 GHz)
27 W (6/7/8/10/11/13/15/23/26
GHz)
29 W (18/28 GHz)
SRU2
Typical Power 26 W (13/15/18/23 GHz) @
38.5 W
consumption Maximum transmit power.
23 W (13/15/18/23 GHz) @
Green power mode
HRU:
55 W (6/7/8 GHz)
50 W (11 GHz)
Specifications Standards
EN 301 489-1
IEC 610000-4-2
IEC 610000-4-3
EMC IEC 610000-4-4
IEC 610000-4-5
IEC 610000-4-6
EN 55022/CISPR22
Specifications Standards
Fault tolerance parameters include Residual Bit Error Ratio (RBER) and Mean Time
Between Failures (MTBF).
MTBF≥500,000 hours
MTTR≤1 hour
All the power supply units have the following safety design:
1. Electrical safety:
Overvoltage protection: the equipment will not be damaged within the power range
-38.4 V DC ~ -60 V DC.
Notes: The release plan of frequency bands is introduced in “ZTE Microwave Product
Roadmap”.
ITU-R F. 497
13 GHz 12.75-13.25 266 CEPT/ERC
REC T/R 12
ITU-R F. 748
26 GHz 24.549-26.453 1008 CEPT/ERC
REC T/R 13 Annex B
ITU-R F. 748
28 GHz 27.52-29.481 1008 CEPT/ERC
REC T/R 13 Annex C
ITU-R F. 1520
32 GHz 31.815-33.383 812 CEPT/ERC
REC T/R (01)
ITU-R F. 497
13 GHz 12.75-13.25 266 CEPT/ERC
REC T/R 12
IF signal RX (ODU TX,OBU RX) 140 MHz -15 dBm to -9 dBm @ ODU
RF transmitter output power (Tx. power) and ATPC range depend on the ODU type. The
Tx. power at 1024QAM and 1024QAM light are the same. The ATPC range can reach
from the maximum Tx. power to the minimum Tx power.
Table 5- 10 Transmit power & ATPC range - Part 1: SRU (6 GHz ~15 GHz)
Frequency Band
6 7 8 10 11 13 15
(GHz)
QPSK 30 28 28 26.5 28 26 26
16 QAM 28 24 24 22.5 25 24 24
32 QAM 26.5 24 24 22 24 24 24
Guaranteed ±2.0 dB
Frequency Band
6 7 8 10 11 13 15
(GHz)
QPSK 9 -2 -2 2 6 -4 -4
16 ~ 4096 QAM 9 -6 -6 2 6 -6 -6
QPSK 21 30 30 24.5 22 30 30
16 QAM 19 30 30 20.5 19 30 30
32 QAM 17.5 30 30 20 18 30 30
Notes:
1. SRU v1.3: QPSK-1024 QAM; SRU v1.4: QPSK-2048 QAM; SRU v1.5: QPSK-4096 QAM.
Table 5- 11 Transmit power & ATPC range - Part 2: SRU (18 GHz ~42 GHz)
Frequency Band
18 23 26 28 32 38 42
(GHz)
QPSK 24 24 25 25 23 23 21
Frequency Band
18 23 26 28 32 38 42
(GHz)
64 QAM *21/20 21 19 19 17 17 16
Guaranteed ±2.0 dB
QPSK 30 30 26 28 26 26 24
64 QAM *27/26 27 20 22 20 20 19
Notes:
0
Rated Minimum RF
Transmitter Power (dBm)
QPSK 33 33 33 31
16 QAM 31 31 31 30
32 QAM 30 30 30 29
64 QAM 30 30 30 27
128 QAM 30 30 30 27
256 QAM 29 29 29 26
512 QAM 27 27 27 24
1024 QAM 26 26 26 23
2048 QAMnote 25 25 25 22
Guaranteed ±2.0 dB
QPSK~2048 QAM 5
QPSK 28 28 28 26
16 QAM 26 26 26 25
32 QAM 25 25 25 24
64 QAM 25 25 25 22
128 QAM 25 25 25 22
256 QAM 24 24 24 21
512 QAM 22 22 22 19
1024 QAM 21 21 21 18
2048 QAMnote 20 20 20 17
Note:
1. The values of QPSK to 1024 QAM are available for HRUv1.3/ v2.0.
NR8961 complies with ETSI EN 302 217-2 v3.1.1 (2017-05) standard for Transmit
Spectrum Mask and Spurious Emission.
The receiver threshold or receiver sensitive is not only associated with frequency,
modulation scheme and channel spacing, but also related to hardware.
14 28
Modulation 7 40 56 (55) *112
Frequency (13.75) (27.5)
Scheme MHz MHz MHz MHz
MHz MHz
6/7/8 GHz 256 QAM -75 -72.5 -68.5 -67.5 -65.5 N/A
14 28
Modulation 7 40 56 (55) *112
Frequency (13.75) (27.5)
Scheme MHz MHz MHz MHz
MHz MHz
18/23 GHz 256 QAM -72 -70.5 -66.5 -66 -64 -60.5
14 28
Modulation 7 40 56 (55) *112
Frequency (13.75) (27.5)
Scheme MHz MHz MHz MHz
MHz MHz
Notes:
1. 13.75/27.5/55 MHz is applied for 18 GHz; 112 MHz is applied for SRU2.
3. The values of QPSK to 1024 QAM are available for SRU v1.3/v1.4/v1.5/SRU2.
Modulation 7 14 28 40 56
Frequency
Scheme MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz
Notes:
3. The values of QPSK to 1024 QAM are available for HRUv1.3/ v2.0.
The RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indication) interface allows measuring the RSL with
a standard volt-meter through a female BNC connector. The numerical relation between
RSL and output voltage @ RSSI interface is shown in Figure 5-1.
-70dBm≤RSL≤-30dBm: ±2 dB
-90dBm<RSL<-70dBm, -30dBm<RSL<-20dBm: ±3 dB
NR8961 complies with ETSI EN 302 217-2-2 standard for the following 3 kinds of
frequency interference: co-channel interference, adjacent channel interference and
continuous-wave interference.
NR8961 provides up to 1.1 Gbps Ethernet traffic per carrier. The actual transmission
capacity depends on the modulation scheme, channel spacing and frame size.
QPSK 9.3 9 ~ 11
64QAM 30.6 30 ~ 37
512QAM 47.3 47 ~ 57
2048QAM 58.5 58 ~ 70
128QAM 74.5 74 ~ 90
14 (13.75) MHz
256QAM 86.4 86 ~ 105
QPSK 43.4 43 ~ 52
QPSK 59.7 59 ~ 72
Notes:
1. Ethernet throughput is tested according to RFC2544 (frame size: 1518 bytes ~64 bytes) and
2. The actual throughput of each channel spacing and modulation scheme relates to the
4. 13.75, 27.5 or 55 MHz is applied for 18 GHz. 112 MHz is available for 13/15/18/23GHz.
The NR8961 provides a full frequency bands solution: 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18, 23, 26,
28, 32, 38, 42 GHz.
The release plan of NR8961’s frequency bands please refers to “ZTE Microwave Product
Roadmap”.
NR8961 supports the ACAP, ACCP and CCDP channel allocation of 7 / 14 (13.5) / 28
(27.5) / 40 / 56 (55) / 112 MHz channel spacing suggested by the ETSI EN 302 217-2-2
standard.
Notes: The actual occupied bandwidth is less than the defined channel spacing.
6 Abbreviations
CS Channel Spacing
FD Frequency Diversity
FE Fast Ethernet
NE Network Element
RF Radio Frequency
Rx Receiver
SD Space Diversity
SP Strict Priority
TRX Transceiver
Tx Transmitter