NEC Microwave Quality

Standard

26-May-2009
By M Furqan
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Safety Guidelines for Equipment Installation

When performing hazardous work or entering potentially hazardous area wear

protective equipment, such as safety belt / head or eye protection.

Smoking or open flame are prohibited on operation area.

Properly remove and dispose of all unused hazardous materials.

Comply with hazardous material documentation and reporting requirement.

After using power tool or any other equipment, they must be cleaned and put in
storage on daily basis.

Keep all tool within designated work area.

When cutting any kind of material safety glasses must be used .

When handling conducting cable, the cable ends must be taped & insulated.

All accidents on-site must be reported to appropriate personal immediately.

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Indoor Installation Work flow

Start

19" Rack Installation

DC PDP Installation
IDU Installation
IDU Installation

C-node Installation

DDF Installation

Cable layout & Termination

Grounding of
Grounding of Equipment
Equipment

Labeling of Equipment

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19" Transmission Rack

Assemble the 19" rack.

Position the rack as per floor plan.

Mark the four holes with two base plates.

Drill the marked hole.

Fix the Rawal bolts.

Installed the rack (Distance from rear wall at least 200mm).

Check the leveling of the rack.

Install the grounding bus bar at upper rear side of 19" rack.

Install the blind panel in front of grounding bus bar.

Separate grounding of 19" rack should be done in shortest possible route.

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19" Transmission Rack

19 rack with installed equipment 19 rack

Site ID on 19 rack

Blind Panel at front of bus bar

Base plate

Improper installation of bus bar

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19" Transmission Rack

Grounding bus bar at rear of rack

Grounding for 19" Rack

Blind panel of grounding bus bar

Label for IDU

Label for Power cable

Link budget

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19" Transmission Rack

Rack grounding

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DC PDB Installation
DC PDB with 10 branch circuit breakers.
DC PDB installation with four screws
Grounding of DC PDB.
Labeling of branch circuit breakers.
Power & grounding cables separately routed.
6 Amps circuit breaker for IDU & C-
Circuit breaker for IDU & C-Node is 6 amperes. node

DC PDB Installation in 19 rack DC PDB Inner view

PDB Grounding

0 VDC

-Ve 48V DC

Branch CB labeled with Far end ID

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Rectifier Circuit breakers for NEC Equipment

32 amperes circuit breaker for DC PDB with 5 branch circuit breakers and 60 amperes
circuit breaker for DC PDB with 10 branch circuit breakers.

Rectifier CBs for NEC Equipment at out door site Rectifier CBs for NEC Equipment at indoor site

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Indoor Unit Installation

Before installing IDU in 19" rack ,should be retighten the screws of bracket
while correcting two brackets to 90 for IDU mount horizontally.

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Indoor Unit Installation

IDU must be installed with four screw, along with washers.
All screws must be securely tighten.
All screws must be of same size ( M5 ).
IDU must be separately grounded with bus bar.
Grounding thimble must be properly crimped.
IDU must be labeled with far end ID.

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Space between two IDUs

Space between two IDUs must be 1 U* for radiation of heat.

Space between two

units will be1 U

* 1U = 1.75inches = 44.45mm

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C-Node Installation
Unpack and inspect received equipment for any damage and missing material
Site preparation as per define layout.
Mount C-node sub rack in 19" rack.
Fasten the sub rack to the 19" rack with appropriate (M6) screws.
Ensure proper length and routing of fiber/E1s cables.
Use Flexible pipe for fiber patch cord when laid out of 19" rack .

C-Node tributary/E1 cables arrangement Fiber patch cord Use Flexible pipe for fiber patch cord when laid out of
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DDF Installation
The E1 cable is to be stripped with sufficient length to reach DDF, unused wires to
be cut and PVC tape must be used at the ends.
The E1 cable must be arranged and neatly run around the 19" rack to the DDF
panel.
No extra cable should be left in side the rack.
Grounding of DDF/DDP must be ensured.
DDF/DDP should be installed at bottom of rack.

Cable arrangement on DDF panel rear view Cable arrangement on DDF panel front view

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DDF Grounding /Labeling

Ensure Labeling of E1s on the DDF.
Hang DDF plan for O&M activity.

DDF grounding

E1s patching on DDF DDF grounding

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Cable layout &Termination

E1s cable and DC, AC power cable must be run separately along the cable rack as
standard rule for cable management.
Use flexible pipe for power cable/ optical fiber patch cords.
Use surge arrestor for IF cable.
All grounding cable must be of shortest possible length.

Cable layout Flexible pipe for Grounding Cable Surge Arrestors

fiber patch cord

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Cable layout/Termination

IF cable layout

IDU Power cable NMS & E1s Cable layout

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Cable Color and Size

Application color Dia /size

IDU grounding Yellow - Green 6mm

C-Node grounding Yellow - Green 6mm
DC PDB grounding Yellow - Green 6mm
DDF grounding Yellow - Green 6mm
Surge arrestor grounding Yellow - Green 2.5mm
ODU grounding Yellow - Green 6mm
19 rack grounding Yellow - Green 10mm
DC PDB Power from rectifier* Red - Black 10mm
IDU DC Power cable Red - Black 1.5mm
C-Node Power cable** Red - Grey 1.5mm

* For sites in MSC the DC PDB power cable is blue, black

** Prefabricated power cable with black jacket

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Grounding of Equipment

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Common Rule for Equipment Grounding

Yellow-Green color grounding cable.

Should be laid with shortest length.
Thimbles must be as per cable size.
Use proper crimping tool to crimp the thimble.
Grounding resistance less than 10 ohm.
Ground connections must be securely tighten.
No multiple connections with single point / thimble.
In case there is no point available for the grounding, it
should be informed to the TP implementation team.
Grounding of surge arrestors.

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Labeling of equipment

Following equipment labeling is mandatory for effective O&M activity.

19" rack with near end site ID.

Each hop with far end site ID.
IF cables for main /stand by system.
E1s cables .
Fiber patch cords for end to end connectivity.
Power cables for main/stand by system.
Rectifier circuit breaker for NEC equipment.
DC PDB branch circuit breaker with far end ID.
Surge arrestor for main/stand by system.
DC PDB labeling if more than one PDB is installed at the site.

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Outdoor Installation Workflow

Start

Antenna Offsetting & Assembling

Antenna Mounting

Side Strut Position

IF Cable Run & Fixing

Grounding

Labeling

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Antenna offsetting

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Antenna Assembling

Unpack and inspect received equipment for any damage and

verify the contents against packing list.
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Antenna Assembling

Assemble the mounting bracket with the antenna

(Different sizes of antenna requires different mounting
brackets, refer to the manual that comes along with the
antenna for details)
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Antenna Assembling

Position the antenna to the mounting bracket then

place the mounting screws and tighten

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Antenna Assembling
There are typical four kind of connection ways
to antenna

1- ODU Direct

2- Transducer

3- Flexible
Waveguide

4- Hybrid

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Antenna Mounting

Use enough man power for lifting

and installation of antenna.
Use rope and pulley for antenna
installation.

Take extra care while lifting the big

size antenna (1.8m) or lifting the
antenna to high points.

Hold the antenna using Rope from

down side during the lifting so that
antenna do not touch the tower by the
wind.

Use proper PPE (Personal Protective

Equipment) when lifting the antenna.

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Antenna Mounting with ODU Direct

Take out the ODU from the box, inspect it carefully for any damage.

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Antenna Mounting with ODU Direct

Fix the ODU to the bracket with four screws (tightening torque is 4.0
N.m +/- 10% recommendation).
Be careful not to damage the O-ring (Antenna).
Polarization should be according to link plan.

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Antenna Mounting with Transducer

Assemble the antenna, fix the ODU to the bracket by tightening the M6 screws
(four locations) & ensure it is firmly fixed. IF connector should be sealed
according to standard both from ODU & antenna (Transducer) side.

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Antenna Mounting with Flexible Waveguide

Assemble the antenna, fix the ODU to the bracket by tightening the M6 screws
(four locations) & ensure it is firmly fixed. Waveguide should be sealed
according to standard both from ODU & antenna side.

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Antenna Mounting with Hybrid

Assemble the antenna with Hybrid, fix the ODU to the bracket by tightening the
M6 screws (four locations) & ensure it is firmly fixed. IF connector should be
sealed according to standard both from ODU & antenna (Hybrid) side.

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Side Strut Position

Antenna Offsetting & Side Strut should be positioned in such a way that there should
be a suitable bending radius of IF cable/Waveguide, also the antenna should be free to
move 25 degrees (Left Offset) or 25 degrees (Right Offset) if required

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IF Cable Run and Fixing

1.2m

Black UV protect tie-wrap (3104.3 mm) used to fix IF cable by cross

tightens for vertical and horizontal cable run at 1.2m intervals.

The IF cable not to be over tightened to avoid any deformation to IF cable.

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IF Cable Run and Fixing

IF cables installed on horizontal rack; silicon applied at

porthole to ensure no water seepage

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IF Cable Run and Fixing

2 meter IF cable loop on tower behind antenna

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Water proofing of WG and IF cable

at ODU end

Water proofing with self bonding and again with Plastic (PVC) tape
three layers each.

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Grounding
Separate grounding point used for each cable, If no space available at bus bar
then both side of grounding bus bar can be used for two groundings only.

Single point ground termination Two groundings with single point termination

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ODU Grounding

ODU must be separately Grounded with grounding clamp on tower.

Thimbles must be crimped with proper crimping tool.

Ground terminations must be securely tighten at both ends.

Up to 0.6m antenna the Cable length will be at least 0.8 meter. ODU With Separate groundings

Up to 1.2m antenna the Cable length will be at least 1meter.

The ODU grounding cable should be as short as possible.

Thimble Crimping tool

Separate clamp for both ODUs

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IF Cable Grounding
IF cable grounding depends on the height of tower for more than 20 meter height; First grounding will be
at vertical cable tray and second will be on horizontal cable tray prior to enter into Roxtec porthole .For less
than 20 meter IF grounding will one time on vertical or horizontal cable tray depending on availability of
grounding bus bar.

At vertical cable Tray At Horizontal cable Tray

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IF Cable Grounding

Grounding kits must be properly terminated with each IF cable.

Water proofing with self bonding followed by PVC tape three layers each time.

Thimble must be crimped with proper crimping tool and securely tighten with grounding bus bar

Half of each turn must cover previous turn of tape while wrapping tape on the grounding kits

Separate grounding point of bus bar should be used for each IF cable.

Black UV protect tie-wrap (3104.3 mm) used at both ends of grounding kit for each IF cable.

Self bonding tape wrapping PVC tape wrapping PVC tape wrapping and black tie on both ends

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Labeling

Antenna Direction Label with Far end Site ID

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Labeling

ODU metal label and Direction Tag tied with IF cable

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