Equipment room

The mechanical structure of the Flexi BSC does not place any special requirements on
the ceiling, the walls, or the floor. No raised floor is needed.
The height of the room should be at least 2500 mm. This ensures that there is almost
500 mm of open working space above the cable troughs on top of the cabinet(s).
The Flexi BSC cabinet can be located in many different ways in the equipment room.
However, take the following points into consideration when planning where to locate the
BSC:
• future expansion of the BSC
• location of other equipment on the same site
• air-conditioning of the equipment room
• sufficient working space around the cabinet(s)
Location of the cabinet is discussed in more detail in Engineering for Flexi BSC.

Environmental conditions
The internationally recognised and comprehensive description of the environmental
conditions is covered by the following ETS standards:
• ETS 300 019-1-1, 1992, Equipment Engineering (EE); Environmental conditions
and environmental tests for telecommunications equipment Part 1-1; Classification
of environmental conditions, Storage
• ETS 300 019-1-2, 1992, Equipment Engineering (EE); Environmental conditions
and environmental tests for telecommunications equipment Part 1-2; Classification
of environmental conditions, Transportation
• ETS 300 019-1-3, 1992, Equipment Engineering (EE); Environmental conditions
and environmental tests for telecommunications equipment Part 1-3; Classification
of environmental conditions, Stationary use at weatherprotected locations

Electromagnetic environment
• EN 300 386, V1.3.2, Electromagnetic compatibility and radio spectrum matters
(ERM); Telecommunication network equipment; Electromagnetic compatibility
(EMC) requirements.
• Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47 (CFR 47), Telecommunication, Revised Oct.
1. 2003, Federal Communications Commission, Part 15 (FCC 15), Radio Frequency
Devices (EMC).

Restriction of Hazardous Substances

The Flexi BSC complies with the European Union RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC on the
restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.
The directive applies to the use of lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium,
polybrominated biphenyls (PBB), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) in electrical
and electronic equipment put on the market after 1 July 2006.

Cabinet
The Flexi BSC cabinet is based on an indoor, ventilated cabinet variant IC209-A. The
frame of the cabinet consists of side rails, made of plated steel sheet, that support an
upper shelf and a lower shelf with adjustable legs.
The closed space in the cabinet configuration is surrounded by the side plates, the
doors, the upper cable conduit, and the baseboard. The doors are perforated to facilitate
cooling.
The height, width and depth of a standard Flexi BSC cabinet are (with cabling and doors)
is 2000 mm x 900 mm x 600 mm.
If more than one Flexi BSC is located on the same site, the cabinets can be connected

to each other. Each Flexi BSC constitutes a closed EMC-shielded space.

If there is a raised floor in the equipment room, the incoming and outgoing cables can
be placed under the floor and connected to the equipment racks either through a vertical
cable conduit SCC, which can be placed at either side of the Flexi BSC cabinet, or
through the cabling cabinet. The width of the side cable conduit is 75 mm and the width
of the cabling cabinet is 300 mm. The power supply cables must also be brought in
through the side cable conduit or through the cabling cabinet. The side cable conduit
does not belong to the EMC protection, but the cabling cabinet does.

Cabling
Standard-length cables are used for the internal cabling of the Flexi BSC. The internal
cables of the cabinet are installed at the factory. Within a cabinet, the cabling is installed
from each cartridge to the next one.The PCM trunks of the Flexi BSC enter the exchange room via
a cabling cabinet orcabling panels on top of the cabinet. Other station cables (external alarm,
external synchronisation,uplink LAN, and external peripheral cables) enter the cabinet via a
connectorpanel on top of the cabinet. The power supply cables are terminated to the power supply
connector on top of the cabinet.

Structure of the power supply

Reliability, easy installation, and easy maintenance have been the main objectives in the
design of the power supply system of the Flexi BSC.
All the voltages required for the Flexi BSC are generated from the DC voltage by high
frequency transformers using chopper technique.
The input voltage is between 41.5 V and 72 V. Because the range is wide, the main
battery voltage of the Flexi BSC can be 48 V or 60 V. In both cases, it is possible to use
a direct floating battery.

Power consumption
Typical operating power consumption of the 3000 TRX Flexi BSC is approximately 0.5
W per TRX in basic configuration. The following table lists the typical power consumption
of the basic configuration with 500 TRX capacity steps.
Additional typical power consumption coming from packet control and external interface
units:
PCU ~25 W per unit
ETIP1-A ~21 W per unit
ET16 ~12 W per unit
ETS2 ~26 W per unit
Site power distribution is recommended to be dimensioned as defined in Installation Site
Requirements for Base Station Controller and Transcoder (for max.3.9 KW).

Cooling of cabinets
The Flexi BSC includes forced cooling system to ensure optimum ambient temperature
for its functional units. Forced cooling is more effective than natural convection cooling
and allows higher heat dissipation.
The Flexi BSC cabinet is equipped with four Fan Trays (FTRB), each of which contains
five fans. Each FTRB is powered by a PFDU. The fans are n+1/L redundant, meaning
that if one of them fails, the remaining 19 fans automatically start to operate at maximum
speed, which is enough to provide sufficient cooling until a maintenance activity takes
place.
Capacity
steps (TRX) 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 4200

Full PS
Capacity 2050W 2325W 2600W 2875W 3150W 3425W 4000W
Cooling of cabinets
The Flexi BSC includes forced cooling system to ensure optimum ambient temperature
for its functional units. Forced cooling is more effective than natural convection cooling
and allows higher heat dissipation.
The Flexi BSC cabinet is equipped with four Fan Trays (FTRB), each of which contains
five fans. Each FTRB is powered by a PFDU. The fans are n+1/L redundant, meaning
that if one of them fails, the remaining 19 fans automatically start to operate at maximum
speed, which is enough to provide sufficient cooling until a maintenance activity takes
place. To make the forced cooling efficient enough, the empty cartridges have to be equipped
with cover plates. Correspondingly, in case there are empty slots in the cartridges, they
have to be covered with shim plates.