1GTR8000BaseRadioDescription
Thischapterprovidesahigh-leveldescriptionoftheGTR8000BaseRadioandGPW8000Receiverandthe
functiontheyserveinyoursystem.
1.1Introduction
Figure1-1GTR8000BaseRadio/GPW8000Receiver
ThismanualprovidesinformationonthestandaloneGTR8000BaseRadioandGPW8000Receiverandassociated
applications.ThetermbaseradioorBRisusedtodenotethetransceiverandassociatedmodules.Asviewedin
theseinstances,onebaseradioisastandaloneconguration.
AGTR8000BaseRadioconsistsofatransceivermodule,powerampliermodule,fanmoduleandpower
supply.Thetransceivermoduleincludesthefunctionalityfortheexciter,receiver,andstationcontrolwithan
optionaltransceiveroptioncard.Thebaseradiosoftware,conguration,andnetworkmanagement,aswellas
inbound/outboundtrafchandling,areperformedthroughthetransceivermodule.On-boardserialandEthernet
serviceportsarelocatedonthismoduleforlocalservicingthroughCSS.Thepowerampliermoduleamplies
thelow-levelmodulatedRFsignalfromthetransceivermoduleanddeliverstheampliedsignalonthepathto
thetransmitantenna.Thepowersupplymodulesupportsthetransceiverandpowerampliermodules.Radio
FrequencyDistributionSystem(RFDS)providestheinterfacebetweenthetransceiversandthesiteantennas
andbetweenthepoweramplierandthesiteantennas.
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