Course Length: 2 Days
Prerequisites:
A fundamental understanding of telecommunications transmission principles will be useful for students taking this course.
Course Objectives:
A customized class based on the Alcatel MDR8000 microwave radio system. The class will cover hardware and software operating parameters including installation, provisioning using the USI and maintenance procedures.
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Course Outline:
Introduction to MDR Series Radios
- Terminal Configurations
- Radio Inventory
- Physical Layout
- Power Connections
- Alarm Connections
- Fan Module
Common Equipment
- Functional Inter-connections
- Power Supplies
- Controller Card
- Orderwire – Wayside
- Connection Backplanes
- Line build-out – LBO
- Splitters and Combiners
Antenna Connections
- Antenna Coupling – overview
- Filters - Circulators – Isolators
- Switching
- Stack Loss
- Space Diversity
- Frequency Diversity
Transmitter
- Block Diagrams
- UD-35 RF Modules
- UD-51 Power Amplifier
- Analog & Digital Paths
- ATPC
- Ref Osc. Adjustment
- TX Power Measurement
Receiver
- Receiver Blocks
- Demodulation Paths
- RSL Testing
- Measuring BER
- Ref. Osc. Adjustment
- Common Loss Alarm - CLA
USI Interface – Network Management
- MCS-11 Networks
- USI Connections
- Terminal Provisioning
- Traffic Configurations
- Status – Alarms
- Control Functions
- Performance Monitoring