SIST ETS 300 609-4 E1:2003
(Main)Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2) (GSM); Base Station System (BSS) equipment specification; Part 4: Repeaters (GSM 11.26)
- Abstract
This European Telecommunication Standard (ETS) describes the Radio Fre quency (RF) tests for GSM 900 and DCS 1800 repeaters which receive, am plify, and retransmit a received Mobile Station (MS) signal in the GSM MS transmit band and simultaneously receive, amplify and retransmit a received Base Transceiver Station (BTS) RF signal in the GSM BTS tran smit band.
- Status
- Published
- Publication Date
- 30-Nov-2003
- Current Stage
- 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
- Start Date
- 01-Dec-2003
- Due Date
- 01-Dec-2003
- Completion Date
- 01-Dec-2003
SIST ETS 300 609-4 E1:2003 is the Slovenian adoption of ETS 300 609-4 Edition 1 from ETSI. It specifies radio frequency (RF) tests for GSM 900 and DCS 1800 repeaters in the digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2) Base Station System (BSS). Manufacturers, test laboratories and purchasers use it to verify repeaters that receive, amplify and retransmit Mobile Station (MS) and Base Transceiver Station (BTS) signals.
What does SIST ETS 300 609-4 E1:2003 specify?
SIST ETS 300 609-4 E1:2003 specifies the RF test methods and conformance checks for GSM 900 and DCS 1800 repeaters. It covers repeaters that work in both directions, handling MS and BTS paths at the same time, and it includes one informative annex for part-band repeaters.
The document is organized into:
- Scope
- Normative references
- Definitions and abbreviations
- General conditions
- Spurious emissions
- Intermodulation attenuation
- Out of band gain
- Annex A for gain testing of part-band repeaters
Clause 4 links the tests to the GSM 900 and DCS 1800 transmit bands, so the reader can see which service bands the measurements apply to. Annex A is informative and gives an additional method for repeaters that operate on only part of a GSM band.
What are the key requirements of SIST ETS 300 609-4 E1:2003?
SIST ETS 300 609-4 E1:2003 is mainly a test standard. Its key requirements are the test conditions, measurement setups and pass criteria for emissions, linearity and gain outside the wanted band.
Operating bands and declarations
Clause 4.1 ties the repeater to the relevant GSM transmit bands, including P-GSM 900, E-GSM 900 and DCS 1800. Clause 4.3 requires the manufacturer to declare the operating band or bands, the maximum rated output power per channel and the number of supported channels. In practice, these declarations define what the lab tests and how the equipment is set up.
Test environments
Clause 4.2 defines a normal test environment and an extreme test environment. The normal environment uses controlled but practical laboratory conditions, and the actual values must be recorded if they cannot be held within limits. For extreme testing, the manufacturer declares the environmental class, and extreme temperature tests follow the IEC procedures named in the document. This matters because the same repeater may be checked both in routine lab conditions and at its declared temperature extremes.
Spurious emissions
Clause 5 measures conducted spurious emissions at the antenna ports and radiated spurious emissions from the cabinet and structure. The repeater is set to maximum gain, tested with and without an RF input signal, and measured with the relevant ports terminated in 50 ohms. The test also uses a 360° rotation, orthogonal polarization and a substitution measurement for radiated components. In practice, this checks unwanted signals that could interfere with nearby services.
Intermodulation attenuation
Clause 6 uses two continuous sinusoidal RF input signals to check third-order intermodulation products. The signals are placed within the operating band with the minimum network spacing, and the test is repeated with the input levels increased by 10 dB. This shows whether the repeater stays sufficiently linear under load, which matters when many channels are active.
Out of band gain
Clause 7 measures the repeater gain outside the relevant MS or BTS transmit band and at harmonic frequencies. The repeater is set to maximum gain, and the input signal is stepped through offsets from the band edges and through harmonic frequencies up to the upper test range named in the document. The measurements are taken in normal and extreme temperature environments. This helps confirm that the repeater does not amplify unwanted frequencies too strongly.
What terms does SIST ETS 300 609-4 E1:2003 define?
- Broadband repeater - A repeater designed to operate on any allowed combination of ARFCNs within its operating band.
- Channelized repeater - A repeater designed for a specified subset of ARFCNs, either fixed at manufacture or programmable.
- Repeater - A bi-directional RF amplifier that receives, amplifies and retransmits MS and BTS signals.
- Spurious emissions - Emissions at frequencies other than the carrier and its normal modulation and switching sidebands.
- MS - Mobile Station, the mobile side of the GSM link.
- BTS - Base Transceiver Station, the base station side of the GSM link.
- RF - Radio Frequency, the signal domain covered by the tests.
Who uses SIST ETS 300 609-4 E1:2003?
SIST ETS 300 609-4 E1:2003 is used by repeater manufacturers, test laboratories, network operators and conformity assessors. It is especially relevant where a buyer needs evidence of RF behavior before acceptance, installation or regulatory review. It also helps engineers decide how to configure and measure repeaters that serve one band or part of a band.
Which standards are used with SIST ETS 300 609-4 E1:2003?
The document relies on several referenced standards:
- ETR 100 (GSM 01.04) - provides GSM abbreviations and acronyms.
- ETS 300 019-1-0, ETS 300 019-1-3, ETS 300 019-1-4 - define environmental condition classes used for test declarations.
- ETS 300 113 - gives the radiated test site requirements used for spurious emission measurements.
- ETS 300 577 (GSM 05.05) - provides the radio transmission and reception rules and the reference requirements cited in clauses 5 to 7.
- IEC 68-2 - supplies the temperature test procedures used for extreme temperature testing.
- IEC 721 - provides environmental condition classification where ETS 300 019 classes do not apply.
What does the SIST ETS 300 609-4 E1:2003 document contain?
The document contains the test organization, environmental conditions, and three main RF test methods: spurious emissions, intermodulation attenuation and out of band gain. It also includes a band table for the GSM service bands, a table of normal environmental limits, and a table of measurement bandwidths used in emissions testing. The informative annex adds a method for measuring gain outside the operating band of part-band repeaters.
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Frequently Asked Questions
SIST ETS 300 609-4 E1:2003 is a standard published by the Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST). Its full title is "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2) (GSM); Base Station System (BSS) equipment specification; Part 4: Repeaters (GSM 11.26)". This standard covers: This European Telecommunication Standard (ETS) describes the Radio Fre quency (RF) tests for GSM 900 and DCS 1800 repeaters which receive, am plify, and retransmit a received Mobile Station (MS) signal in the GSM MS transmit band and simultaneously receive, amplify and retransmit a received Base Transceiver Station (BTS) RF signal in the GSM BTS tran smit band.
This European Telecommunication Standard (ETS) describes the Radio Fre quency (RF) tests for GSM 900 and DCS 1800 repeaters which receive, am plify, and retransmit a received Mobile Station (MS) signal in the GSM MS transmit band and simultaneously receive, amplify and retransmit a received Base Transceiver Station (BTS) RF signal in the GSM BTS tran smit band.
SIST ETS 300 609-4 E1:2003 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 33.070.50 - Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM). The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
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Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2003
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Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2) (GSM); Base Station System (BSS)
equipment specification; Part 4: Repeaters (GSM 11.26)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ETS 300 609-4 Edition 1
ICS:
33.070.50 Globalni sistem za mobilno Global System for Mobile
telekomunikacijo (GSM) Communication (GSM)
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EUROPEAN ETS 300 609-4
TELECOMMUNICATION January 1997
STANDARD
Source: ETSI TC-SMG Reference: DE/SMG-081126P
ICS: 33.020
Key words: Digital cellular telecommunications system, Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
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GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR
MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2);
Base Station System (BSS) equipment specification;
Part 4: Repeaters
(GSM 11.26)
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
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© European Telecommunications Standards Institute 1997. All rights reserved.
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Whilst every care has been taken in the preparation and publication of this document, errors in content,
typographical or otherwise, may occur. If you have comments concerning its accuracy, please write to
"ETSI Editing and Committee Support Dept." at the address shown on the title page.
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Contents
Foreword .5
1 Scope .7
2 Normative references.7
3 Definitions and abbreviations .8
3.1 Definitions .8
3.2 Abbreviations .8
4 General.9
4.1 Radio frequency bands.9
4.2 Test environments .9
4.2.1 Normal test environment .9
4.2.2 Extreme test environment .10
4.2.3 Extreme temperature .10
4.3 Manufacturers declarations .10
5 Spurious emissions .11
5.1 Test purpose.11
5.2 Test case .11
5.3 Conformance requirement.12
5.4 Reference requirement.12
6 Intermodulation attenuation.13
6.1 Test purpose.13
6.2 Test case .13
6.3 Conformance requirement.13
6.4 Reference requirement.13
7 Out of band gain.14
7.1 Test purpose.14
7.2 Test case .14
7.3 Conformance requirement.14
7.4 Reference requirement.14
Annex A (informative): Testing of gain for part band repeaters .15
A.1 Rationale for this test.15
A.2 Gain outside operating band .15
A.2.1 Test purpose.15
A.2.2 Test case .15
A.2.3 Conformance requirement.15
History.16
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Foreword
This European Telecommunication Standard (ETS) has been produced by the Special Mobile Group
(SMG) Technical Committee of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
This ETS describes the Radio Frequency (RF) tests for GSM 900 and DCS 1800 repeaters within the
digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2). This ETS corresponds to GSM technical
specification GSM 11.26 version 4.2.2.
NOTE: TC-SMG has produced documents which give the technical specifications for the
implementation of the digital cellular telecommunications system. Historically, these
documents have been identified as GSM Technical Specifications (GSM-TSs). These
TSs may have subsequently become I-ETSs, or ETSs (Phase 2), whilst others may
become ETSI Technical Reports (ETRs). GSM-TSs are, for editorial reasons, still
referred to in current GSM ETSs.
Transposition dates
Date of adoption 3 January 1997
Date of latest announcement of this ETS (doa): 30 April 1997
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this ETS (dop/e): 31 October 1997
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 October 1997
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1 Scope
This European Telecommunication Standard (ETS) describes the Radio Frequency (RF) tests for
GSM 900 and DCS 1800 repeaters which receive, amplify, and retransmit a received Mobile Station (MS)
signal in the GSM MS transmit band and simultaneously receive, amplify and retransmit a received Base
Transceiver Station (BTS) RF signal in the GSM BTS transmit band.
2 Normative references
This ETS incorporates by dated and undated reference, provisions from other publications. These
normative references are cited at the appropriate places in the text and the publications are listed
hereafter. For dated references, subsequent amendments to or revisions of any of these publications
apply to this ETS only when incorporated in it by amendment or revision. For undated references, the
latest edition of the publication referred to applies.
[1] ETR 100 (GSM 01.04): "Digital cellular telecommunication system (Phase 2);
Abbreviations and acronyms".
[2] ETS 300 019-1-0: "Equipment Engineering (EE): Environmental conditions and
environmental tests for telecommunications equipment Part 1-0; Classification
of environmental conditions; Introduction".
[3] ETS 300 019-1-3: "Equipment Engineering (EE): Environmental conditions and
environmental tests for telecommunications equipment Part 1-3; Classification
of environmental conditions, Stationary use at weather-protected locations".
[4] ETS 300 019-1-4: "Equipment Engineering (EE): Environmental conditions and
environmental tests for telecommunications equipment Part 1-4; Classification
of environmental conditions, Stationary use at non-weather-protected locations".
[5] ETS 300 113: "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Land mobile service;
Technical characteristics and test conditions for radio equipment intended for
the transmission of data (and speech) and having an antenna connector".
[6] ETS 300 577 (GSM 05.05): "Digital cellular telecommunication system
(Phase 2); Radio transmission and reception".
[7] IEC 68-2: "Basic environmental testing procedures: Part 2 Tests".
[8] IEC 721: "Classification of environmental conditions".
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3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of this ETS, the following definitions apply:
broadband repeater: A repeater which is designed for operation on any combination of ARFCNs (up to a
specified maximum number) within the operating band of the repeater.
channelized repeater: A repeater which is designed for operation on a specified subset of ARFCNs
within the operating band of the repeater. The subset of ARFCNs may be determined during the
manufacture of the repeater, or may be programmable.
GSM: Unless otherwise specified, references to GSM include both GSM 900 and DCS 1800.
repeater: A bi-directional Radio Frequency (RF) amplifier which can amplify and transmit a received
Mobile Station (MS) signal in the GSM MS transmit band, simultaneously it can amplify and transmit a
received Base Transceiver Station (BTS) RF signal in the GSM BTS transmit band.
spurious emissions: Emissions at frequencies other than those of the carrier and sidebands associated
with normal modulation and switching.
3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of this ETS, the following abbreviations apply:
BTS Base Transceiver Station
MS Mobile Station
RF Radio Frequency
Abbreviations used within the GSM specifications are given in ETR 100 (GSM 01.04) [1].
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4 General
A repeater can be designed to amplify the whole transmit RF band or just a part of the band. In the latter
case the repeater can be either Broadband, with frequency band selective filtering, or channelized, with
channel selective filtering.
4.1 Radio frequency bands
A repeater, as a bi-directional amplifier, can amplify and transmit a received MS signal in the MS transmit
band, simultaneously it can amplify and transmit a received BTS signal in the BTS transmit band. The
relevant MS and BTS transmit bands, as defined in GSM 05.05 [6], are given in table 1.
Table 1: MS and BTS transmit RF bands
MS transmit band BTS transmit band
890 - 915 MHz 935 - 960 MHz
P-GSM 900
E-GSM 900 880 - 915 MHz 925 - 960 MHz
1 710 - 1 785 MHz 1 805 - 1 880 MHz
DCS 1 800
NOTE: In some circumstances, for instance when an operator (or more than one operator who
co-ordinate the use of repeaters), is not allocated a complete band as defined in
table 1, it may be necessary to restrict the frequency range of operations of repeaters.
In these circumstances, the test of "Gain outside operating band" in annex A may be
used to verify the performance of the repeater.
4.2 Test environments
For each test in this ETS, the environmental conditions under which the repeater is to be tested are
defined.
4.2.1 Normal test envir
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