The escalating demand for bandwidth to support growing data consumption is increasing the need for denser networks. Yet, service providers are discovering that without expert support, rapid, cost-effective deployment of 5G networks with 4G/LTE and other legacy technologies is difficult to achieve.
Vital to the network lifecycle is integration and commissioning, which involves adding sites and technology layers to increase coverage and capacity. This is where integration and commissioning services are key – ensuring faster 5G-NR network rollouts with maximum performance.
XMARK Integration and Commissioning is a comprehensive, end-to-end network provisioning service covering all aspects of the network rollout.
Vendor-agnostic and backed by 24×7×365 support, we ensure that site deployment of any size – be it macro, small cell, DAS or Pico – is up and running quickly and effectively. Supported by tools, our service enables all stakeholders – from service providers and construction contractors to integration vendors and XMARK engineers – to work together with complete transparency and cost-effectively. All tools are fully customizable with the capability to track details at each stage of the rollout, allowing us to provide you with one-touch summaries and scripts, and eliminating the need for spreadsheets and verbal status reports.
The process includes extensive automation of script creation, alarm monitoring & notification and audit discrepancy clearing, all of which enable us to keep site visits to a minimum and complete the integration faster.
Team Responsibilities
- All equipment on site is in proper working order
- RF jumper and optical connections are going to the right ports
- Tx/Rx optical measurements pass
- RETs appear and there are no VSWR issues
- Installation, commissioning and integration for Nokia system module (ASIA/ASIB/ASIK/FSMF/FSME/ESMB), Ericsson basebands (BB6651/BB6648/BB6630/BB5216/DUS/DUL/DUW/DUG) and Nokia IXR/ALU CSR – (IXRe V1/V2 and IXR R6, SAS MXP 7210, 7705 SAR M/F) and DAS OEMs
- Radio upgrade, 2×2 to 4×4 MIMO/mMIMO, digital sector addition, AAS integration and AIR antenna 1641/6449 upgrade
- NR cell addition in N41, N39, N25; anchor integration, LAA cell addition, SA and NSA 5G integration in low band or millimeter band
What the Services Include
- Remote integration, including field integration and commissioning of BTS equipment and configuration of OSS equipment via remote integration support
- BTS equipment installation (basebands, routers, radios, multiplexers, etc.) and related cable/feeder connections
- Building new sites, carrier addition, site modernization, macro RBS, small cells, Pico cells, COW/special-event sites, C-RAN integration and 5G microsites
Service Methodology
The field integrator loads the BTS software and commissioning files, and then verifies:
- TX power and bandwidth are set correctly
- Remote OSS support has connection to the carriers
- Ensure technologies that need to be defined are configured (e.g., L21, L19, 5G, UMTS, 2G)
Once the cells are integrated and ready for E911 call tests, the field integrator completes the call/data tests following directions in the MOP provided by the service provider.