Supported Wavence device objects and auxiliary equipment

General information

NFM-P supports the following Wavence device shelves, objects, and auxiliary equipment:

• MSS chassis

• radios

• basic and advanced fan trays

• LAG objects

Supported MSS chassis types

The following MSS chassis types can be managed by NFM-P:

• MSS-1

  The MSS-1 is a 1 RU, 1-slot shelf. The first four ports of this shelf are Ethernet ports. Ports 5 and 6 are SFP ports. The shelf also supports 16 × DS1 or 16 × E1 ports.

  L1 radio LAG is supported on MSS-1 from Wavence Release 7.1 or later. To be members of the L1 LAG, MPTs must be on port 5 or 6 of the MSS-1. You need to perform L1 radio LAG configuration using the NEtO external element manager before discovery from NFM-P. See the Wavence documentation for more information.

  Note: The equipment tree in the NFM-P GUI displays the MSS-1 shelf as a card slot with Ethernet ports numbered from 1/1 to 1/6 and TDM ports from 1/7 to 1/22.

• MSS-4 and MSS-8

  Slots 1 and 2 are reserved for Core-E cards. Each shelf requires a Core-E card in slot 1 and can have an optional spare card installed in slot 2 to protect the main card.

  The MSS-4 shelf supports cards in slots 3 and 4. A card in slot 3 can be protected by an identical card in slot 4.

  The MSS-8 shelf supports cards in slots 3 to 8. Protected cards must be installed in slots 3, 5, or 7 and are protected by optional identical cards in slots 4, 6, and 8, respectively.

• MSS-O

  The MSS-O is a compact, full outdoor MSS unit. The device provides both optical and electrical Ethernet interfaces and can be installed indoors or outdoors.

Radio support

The microwave radio is a microprocessor-controlled transceiver that interfaces the MSS with the microwave antenna. A radio can be either an outdoor unit (ODU) or an indoor unit (IDU). Each Wavence chassis connects with one radio, either through a radio modem card or a Core card. Radio units can be configured for protection, that is, one radio unit can protect another. In 1+1 configuration the active radio unit is protected by a standby radio unit: in the event of failure of the active radio the standby radio takes over the active role. If there is no standby radio the configuration is called 1+0.

NFM-P can manage the following radio variants:

• MPT-HCv2

  The MPT-HCv2 ODU transports Ethernet traffic over an RF Radio channel between the MSS and the antenna, according to the configured QoS and to the scheduler algorithms. The input interface is a standard Gigabit Ethernet interface (electrical or optical). The MPT-HCv2 is XPIC-ready by the installation of a dedicated module. The MPT-HC V2 is frequency dependent.

• MPT-MC

  The MPT-MC is similar to MPT-HCv2 from an architecture standpoint. The differences are:

  • MPT-MC is medium capacity

  • MPT-MC is natively Ethernet powered through a proprietary PFoE

  • MPT-MC has an optical cable length limit of 100 m

• MPT-XP

  The MPT-XP is a very-high-power version of the MPT-HCv2 and provides +7-8 dB of additional transmit power as compared to the equivalent MPT-HCv2. The MPT-XP is frequency dependent.

• MPT-HL

  The MPT-HL transceiver card is a microprocessor-controlled RF transceiver that interfaces with the Core-E card or MSS-1 shelf MPT-HL port with an antenna. The MPT-HL transceiver microprocessor manages transmit and receive frequencies, transmit power, alarms, and performance monitoring. The MPT-HL transceiver resides in the MPT-HL shelf.

  The following configurations are supported:

  • one or two Non-Standby (1+0) radios

  • Hot Standby (1+1) and Hot Standby space

  • frequency diversity

• MPT-HLC

  The MPT-HLC transceiver card is a microprocessor-controlled RF transceiver that interfaces with the Core-E card, EASv2 card, or MSS-1 shelf MPT-HLC port with an antenna. The MPT-HLC transceiver microprocessor manages transmit and receive frequencies, transmit power, alarms, and performance monitoring. The MPT-HLC transceiver resides in the MPT-HL shelf.

  The following configurations are supported:

  • one or two Non-Standby (1+0) radios

  • Hot Standby (1+1) and Hot Standby space

  • frequency diversity

  • single-shelf repeater

• MPT-HLS

  The MPT-HLS is a fully indoor radio system, for long haul and cabinet requirements, and transports Ethernet traffic over an RF Radio channel. The MPT-HLS transceiver is connected to an MSS-1, MSS-4, or MSS-8. The MPT-HLS can be connected to the Core-E card or to an EASv2 card. The MPT-HLS is a four-rack (2200, 2000, 1700, 1300 mm) unit with two RT subracks. The subracks can be hosted with up to 10 transceivers. The TRU (always protected) is located on the top of the ETSI rack. A fan subrack is configured for each RT subrack. Two types of fan modules are available for configuration, Fan 4 and Fan 8. See the Wavence documentation for more information about configuring the MPT-HLS Radio.

  NFM-P supports viewing the adaptive modulation values for the usage time 512 QAM and 1024 QAM in MPT-HLS.

• MPT-HQAM

  The MPT-HQAM outdoor unit is a microprocessor-controlled RF transceiver that interfaces with the MSS-1/4/8/1c shelf; MPTACC, Core-E, P8ETH, and EASv2 card, or standalone with the antenna. Fixed and adaptive modulation schemes are supported. Channel frequency is software selectable within tuning range of the MPT-HQAM transceiver. The MPT-HQAM transceiver is frequency dependent. An MPT-HQAM connected to a Core-E, P8ETH, or EASv2 card requires a power source. The MPT-HQAM has integrated XPIC and RPS functions.

  NFM-P supports two operating modes in the MPT-HQAM:

  • Standard mode

    The MPT-HQAM is used with its own capabilities and profiles. The air compatibility with another MPT-HQAM in Standard mode is supported.

  • MPT-HC Compatibility mode

    MPT-HQAM is used with the MPT-HC capabilities and profiles. The air compatibility with another MPT-HQAM in MPT-HC Compatibility mode or with an MPT-HC is supported.

  The operating modes are configured on the Wavence element manager, and NFM-P supports viewing the MPTHC Compatibility parameter, with the values set to True or False, on the Radio→General tab of the Physical Port (Edit) form.

  NFM-P supports viewing 1+1 protection configuration for:

  • two MPT-HQAMs, both configured in Standard mode

  • two MPT-HQAMs, both configured in MPT-HC Compatibility mode

  • two MPT-HQAMs, one configured in Standard mode and one in MPT-HCv2 Compatibility mode

  • one MPT-HCv2 (with the main role as protection) and one MPT-HQAM configured in Standard or MPT-HC Compatibility mode

  • one MPT-HQAM configured in MPT-HC Compatibility mode (with the main role as protection) and one MPT-HCv2

  NFM-P supports the discovery of Radio L1 LAG by adding:

  • MPT-HQAM in MPT-HC Compatibility mode to an L1 LAG of MPT-HCv2

  • MPT-HQAM in Standard mode to an LAG L1 of MPT-HCv2

  • MPT-HQAM in Standard or MPT-HC Compatibility mode to an L1 LAG of MPT-MC

  • MPT-HQAM in Standard/MPT-HC Compatibility mode or MPT-MC to an L1 LAG of MPT-HQAM in MPT-HC Compatibility or Standard mode

  NFM-P supports the discovery of Radio L2 LAG by adding:

  • MPT-HQAM in MPT-HC Compatibility mode to an L2 LAG of MPT-HCv2

  • MPT-HQAM in Standard mode to an L2 LAG of MPT-HCv2

  • MPT-HQAM in Standard/MPT-HC Compatibility mode to an L2 LAG of MPT-HQAM in MPT-HC Compatibility/Standard mode

  See the Wavence documentation for more information about configuring a Radio LAG.

  An MPT type conversion procedure allows you to update an MPT-HCv2 to an MPT-HQAM on the node. For the complete procedure, see the Wavence documentation. The node restarts after the conversion and the NFM-P displays the updated MPT-HQAM on the equipment tree and the Port Usage parameter value in the General tab of the Physical Port (Edit) form.

• UBT

  The UBT outdoor unit is an ultra broadband transceiver. The UBT is supported in split-mount configuration, interfacing with the CorEvo, EAC, EASv2, or MSS-1. Adaptive modulation is supported. The UBT transceiver microprocessor manages transmit and receive frequencies, transmit power, alarms, and performance monitoring. See the Wavence documentation for information about channel spacing, shifter and frequency management, and modem profiles.

  The following variants are supported:

  • UBT-C: provides a single radio carrier with functionality similar to UBT-S in the frequency band of ≤ 38 Ghz

  • UBT-m: provides a single radio carrier in the E-band (80 Ghz) frequency

  • UBT-S: provides a single radio carrier in the 5.8 Ghz - 42 Ghz frequency bands

  • UBT-I: indoor unit that includes a single radio carrier in the 5.8 Ghz - 42 Ghz frequency bands in addition to a combiner module

  • UBT-T: provides double the radio capacity in the 5.8 Ghz - 42 Ghz frequency bands

    The two radio carriers of UBT-T can be used to aggregate traffic on the same direction (Twin Aggregated Radio). The carrier mode is set during the commissioning phase and cannot be changed later.

  • UBT-T XP: provides a 6Ghz and 11GHz dual-band carrier

The UBT is commissioned in the Wavence element manager. The NFM-P will discover the UBT and display the variant in the Port Usage parameter value in the General tab of the Physical Port (Edit) form.

Fan tray support

The Wavence supports two fan tray types: basic and advanced. For the advanced fan tray, you can configure four ports for housekeeping alarms. See the Wavence documentation for more information about configuring a Wavence fan tray.

LAG objects support

NFM-P supports the following LAG objects on Wavence devices:

• L1/L2 Radio LAGs - You must use the Wavence element manager to complete the initial LAG configuration before discovery by NFM-P.

• L2 Ethernet LAGs - You can configure and discover L2 Ethernet LAGs using NFM-P or a Wavence element manager.

See Chapter 10, Wavence LAG object configuration for more information about Wavence LAG objects.

XPIC support

The Cross-Polarization Interference Cancellation (XPIC) function doubles the capacity of a single frequency by using both horizontal and vertical electromagnetic polarizations on a path. This increases capacity while also saving spectrum and antenna costs.

XPIC is required on two Radio interfaces in order to provide additional cross-polarization discrimination and to avoid co-channel interference. See the Wavence documentation for more information about radio support of XPIC and how to use the Wavence element manager to configure XPIC.